Courtly Breeches

Courtly Breeches

Defense	7
Magick Defense	13
Slash Res	0
Strike Res	0
Knockdown Res	3
Elemental Res	None
Debilitation Res	None
Weight	1.04
Buy Price	150000
Sell Price	950
Type	Leg Armor
Vocation	All Vocations

Courtly Breeches is leg armour that every vocation can wear. It is formal wear for Vernworth Castle, and the story asks for it twice. The masquerade in The Stolen Throne needs it, and Myrddin opens The Sorcerer's Appraisal only to visitors wearing it with the Courtly Tunic.

Sven hands it over near the end of The Ornate Box, a side quest in Vernworth. Another pair lies in a chest in the guest chambers on the second floor of Vernworth Castle.

Formal raiment worn by palace attendants and visitors. None save the most ill-mannered boor would dare enter Vernworth Castle without it.

How to Get Courtly Breeches

Buy the Ornate Box from Auriol in the Merchant Quarter of Vernworth and give it to Sven.
Meet Sven at the fountain over the following days.
Collect the breeches at one of the later meetings.

Courtly Breeches is sold for 150,000 G.

Merchant: Philbert's Sundries in Vernworth
Location: Upstairs in the western bedroom of the Comptroller's Home, in Vermund.
Chest: In a chest in Sven's Chambers in Vernworth Castle.
Chest: In a chest on the second floor of Allard's Estate, in Vermund.
Location: In a second floor bedroom, in Vermund.

Courtly Breeches Map Location and Quest Guide

The Ornate Box is a side quest given by Sven and Auriol in Vernworth. It becomes available during the main quest Seat of the Sovran, in the Merchant Quarter. Sven hands over the Courtly Breeches at one of the later meetings at the fountain.

Go to the merchant stalls in the Merchant Quarter, where Sven wants the Ornate Box from Auriol's shop but lacks the gold.
Buy the Ornate Box from Auriol. The price drops once Medicament Predicament is complete.
Find Sven in the Merchant Quarter and give him the box.
Wait a few days, then meet Sven at the fountain in the centre of Vernworth. He hands over a Jasper. The pawns give a reminder each time he is ready to meet again.
Meet him at the fountain the next day for a Ring of Accrual.
Keep returning to the fountain on the following days. Sven hands over a Ferrystone, the Courtly Tunic, the Courtly Breeches and his gold, completing the quest.

Rewards: 900 XP, 4,000 G, Jasper, Ring of Accrual, Ferrystone, Courtly Tunic and Courtly Breeches.

Outcomes:

Buy the Ornate Box for Sven: the full reward.
Lend Sven the gold instead: he repays it in gold in place of the Jasper and Ring of Accrual.

Courtly Breeches map location:

Map credit by Map Genie.

Smithing Upgrade Guide

Every piece of armour can be enhanced three times at an armoury or smithy, each time for gold and the materials listed below, and a fourth time with Wyrmfire. Any armoury or smithy works on weapons and armour alike. Each smith works in one style, and you can mix styles from one level to the next.

Vermundian raises every attribute moderately. Armouries and smithies in Vermund offer it, such as Roderick's Smithy and Bjorn's Armory in Vernworth.
Elven raises Magick and Magick Defense greatly, Strength and Defense only a little. Grisha's Armory in Sacred Arbor offers it.
Battahli raises Strength and Defense greatly, Magick and Magick Defense only a little. Armouries in Battahl offer it, such as Awaran's Arms and Bodas's Armory in Bakbattahl.
Dwarven raises Knockdown Power and Knockdown Resistance. Sara at Brokkr's Smithy offers it after Steeled Resolve, Blazing Forge, and Gautstafr after Put a Spring in Thy Step.
Wyrmfire halves the weight and gives a further boost once the first three enhancements are done. The Dragonforged at Bay Wayside Shrine takes payment in Wyrmslife Crystals instead of gold.

The tables below give the cost, materials and result of every level for each style.

Taking Courtly Breeches to level 3 costs 63,000 G in all, whichever style you choose. Battahli smithing gives it the most Defense at level 3 (19), while Dwarven gives the most Knockdown Resistance (11). Wyrmfire then costs 5 Wyrmslife Crystals.

Max Smithing Levels

Level	Magick Def	Defense	Knockdown Res	Weight	Materials	Cost
Battahli Lvl 3	25	19	3	1.13	• 1x Jasper • 1x Griffin Pinion	37500
Battahli Wyrmfire	35	29	3	0.565	5x Wyrmslife Crystal	None
Dwarven Lvl 3	25	18	11	1.13	• 1x Jasper • 1x Tiger Eye	37500
Dwarven Wyrmfire	35	28	11	0.565	5x Wyrmslife Crystal	None
Elven Lvl 3	25	17	3	0.98	• 1x Onyx • 1x Tiger Eye	37500
Elven Wyrmfire	35	27	3	0.49	5x Wyrmslife Crystal	None
Vermundian Lvl 3	25	18	3	0.98	• 1x Onyx • 1x Griffin Pinion	37500
Vermundian Wyrmfire	35	28	3	0.49	5x Wyrmslife Crystal	None

Battahli

Level	Magick Def	Defense	Knockdown Res	Weight	Materials	Cost
Level 1	17	11	3	1.07	None	7500
Level 2	21	15	3	1.1	1x Monster Hide	18000
Level 3	25	19	3	1.13	• 1x Jasper • 1x Griffin Pinion	37500
Wyrmfire Battahli	35	29	3	0.565	5x Wyrmslife Crystal	None

Dwarven

Level	Magick Def	Defense	Knockdown Res	Weight	Materials	Cost
Level 1	17	10	5	1.07	None	7500
Level 2	21	14	8	1.1	• 1x Monster Hide • 1x Griffin Pinion	18000
Level 3	25	18	11	1.13	• 1x Jasper • 1x Tiger Eye	37500
Wyrmfire Dwarven	35	28	11	0.565	5x Wyrmslife Crystal	None

Elven

Level	Magick Def	Defense	Knockdown Res	Weight	Materials	Cost
Level 1	17	10	3	1.02	None	7500
Level 2	21	13	3	1	• 1x Monster Hide • 1x Griffin Pinion	18000
Level 3	25	17	3	0.98	• 1x Onyx • 1x Tiger Eye	37500
Wyrmfire Elven	35	27	3	0.49	5x Wyrmslife Crystal	None

Vermundian

Level	Magick Def	Defense	Knockdown Res	Weight	Materials	Cost
Level 1	17	10	3	1.02	None	7500
Level 2	21	14	3	1	1x Monster Hide	18000
Level 3	25	18	3	0.98	• 1x Onyx • 1x Griffin Pinion	37500
Wyrmfire Vermundian	35	28	3	0.49	5x Wyrmslife Crystal	None

Wyrmfire

Level	Magick Def	Defense	Knockdown Res	Weight	Materials	Cost
Wyrmfire	10	10	0	0.52	5x Wyrmslife Crystal	None

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