Radiant Armor Guide — Glowing Bone Warrior of Gerudo

The Radiant Armor is a specialized farming and combat set with a glowing ethereal appearance. It serves two functions: the full set bonus boosts damage from bone-type weapons (Gibdo Bone, Lizalfos Tail fusions), and the luminous glow actively attracts Stal-type skeletal enemies at night — making it the best set for farming bone materials. If you're building a bone weapon damage build or grinding horn/bone drops from undead, this is the armor you want.

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Quick Stats

| Stat | Value | |------|-------| | Set Bonus | Bone Atk. Up | | Per-Piece Bonus | None (utility via glow) | | Upgradeable | Yes (Great Fairy Fountains) | | Fairy Level for Bonus | Level 2 (2-star) | | Category | Combat / Utility | | How to Obtain | Gerudo Town secret jewelry shop |

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How to Get the Radiant Armor

Location: Gerudo Town Jewelry Shop

The Radiant Set is purchased from the Greta's Jewelry shop in Gerudo Town. This is not the main shop — it's a smaller boutique inside the town interior.

Access requirements:

1. Complete the Gerudo Town infiltration (disguise as a Hylian woman to enter)
2. Progress enough of the Gerudo questline that the town's shops are accessible
3. Find Greta's shop in the northeastern section of the Gerudo Town interior

Prices:

• Radiant Mask — 600 Rupees
• Radiant Shirt — 600 Rupees
• Radiant Tights — 600 Rupees
• Full set total: 1,800 Rupees

Rupee tip: 1,800 Rupees is significant in the early-to-mid game. Farm ore deposits in the Eldin region (Death Mountain has dense ore nodes), sell unneeded materials, or do the Lurelin Village casino minigame for fast rupees.

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Set Bonus — Bone Atk. Up

At 2-star upgrade, the full set increases damage dealt with bone-type weapons. Bone weapons are any weapon with a bone material fused to it:

• Gibdo Bone fused weapons — Gibdo Bone is the single highest base attack fusion material in the game (+25 attack). With Bone Atk. Up, these become extraordinarily powerful
• Keese Wing fused weapons — not bone, so no bonus
• Lizalfos Tail — classified as bone-type, gets the damage bonus
• Moblin Bone and Bokoblin Fang fusions — get the full damage bonus
• White-Maned Lynel Bone Crusher — already a bone weapon type; set bonus amplifies it further

The Gibdo Bone combo: Fuse a Gibdo Bone to any high-damage weapon (Royal Claymore, two-handed weapons) and add the Radiant set bonus. This creates one of the highest raw damage-per-hit builds available without the Master Sword.

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The Glowing Lure Effect

Even without the set bonus active, the Radiant Armor has a unique passive: its glow attracts Stal-type enemies at night.

Stal enemies include:

• Stalbokoblin
• Stalmo (Stalmoblin)
• Stalizalfos
• Stalkoblin
• Any other skeleton-form enemies on the surface

How to use this for farming:

1. Equip any pieces of the Radiant set (glow effect works even with partial sets)
2. Go to an open area with known Stal spawns (Hyrule Field, Akkala Highlands, or Lanayru at night)
3. Stand still or walk slowly — Stal enemies will actively gravitate toward your position rather than wandering randomly
4. Kill them with bone weapons (set bonus active if wearing full set) for maximum drops

What drops from Stal enemies:

• Bokoblin Horn / Fang (from Stalbokoblins)
• Moblin Horn / Fang (from Stalmo)
• Lizalfos Horn / Tail (from Stalizalfos)
• Occasionally Stal parts used in specific elixirs

These drops are identical to their living counterparts — Stalbokoblins drop the same Bokoblin Horns as regular Bokoblins. The Radiant glow just lets you farm them passively.

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Upgrade Costs

1-Star (⭐)

• Per piece: 3x Bokoblin Fang, 1x Bokoblin Horn

2-Star (⭐⭐) — Set Bonus Unlocked

• Per piece: 3x Moblin Horn, 1x Molduga Fin

3-Star (⭐⭐⭐)

• Per piece: 5x Lizalfos Horn, 5x Gibdo Bone

4-Star (⭐⭐⭐⭐) — Max Defense

• Per piece: 5x Blue Lizalfos Horn, 5x Gibdo Bone, 1x Star Fragment

Molduga Fin note: Molduga Fins are required for 2-star. Moldugas are fought in the Gerudo Desert sands (not the Lightning Temple). They surface and charge when you move on sand. Use Bomb Arrows to stun them on the surface, then attack while down. Each Molduga drops 1–3 fins.

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Best Uses for Radiant Armor

Bone Weapon Damage Build

• Full Radiant set at 2-star for Bone Atk. Up
• Gibdo Bone fused to a 30+ base attack weapon = 55+ attack before multipliers
• Best for Lynel fights and boss encounters where raw DPS matters

Stal Farming Runs

• Even 1 piece of Radiant Armor triggers the lure effect
• Equip one piece at night in Hyrule Field → Stal enemies come to you
• Kill them in large groups for efficient horn/bone collection
• Combine with a Bone weapon for extra drops per kill

Depths Runs (Gibdo farming)

• The Depths has Gibdo enemies throughout
• Full Radiant set makes Gibdo fights faster with the bone damage bonus
• After defeating Queen Gibdo, Gibdo armies dissipate on the surface but persist in the Depths

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Radiant Armor vs. Evil Spirit Set

The Evil Spirit Set is the functional opposite — it hides you from Stal enemies instead of attracting them.

| | Radiant | Evil Spirit | |--|--|--| | Effect on Stal | Attracts them | Makes them ignore you | | Combat bonus | Bone Atk. Up (2-star) | None | | Best for | Farming, bone weapon builds | Stealth traversal in Stal-heavy areas | | How to get | Purchase in Gerudo Town | Depths Bargainer Statue chests |

Use Radiant when you want Stal enemies. Use Evil Spirit when you want to avoid them.

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Radiant Armor Lore

The Radiant Armor originates from Gerudo culture — specifically from the ancient Gerudo tradition of dancing ceremonies that invoked the spirits of the desert at night. The glowing patterns on the armor replicate ancient Gerudo spirit-calling sigils, originally used by Gerudo priestesses to summon and commune with the desert's undead guardians. Over time, these ceremonial robes were adapted into armor. The bone-enhancing property is not a magical enchantment so much as a material resonance: the same materials used in the armor's construction (bone weave and luminous powder from desert creatures) are related to the materials in Stal enemies' bodies, causing the Stal to recognize the wearer as kin rather than prey. Greta in Gerudo Town commissioned the current versions as a commercial product after discovering the ancient designs in a buried Gerudo vault.

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Related Guides

• Barbarian Armor Guide
• Best Armor Sets in TotK
• Armor Upgrades Guide
• Gibdo Enemy Guide
• Rupee Farming Guide
• Gerudo Town Guide