Superior Ursine Armor

Superior Ursine Armor

Type	Chest Armor, Heavy
Rarity	Witcher Gear
Level	30
Armor	185
Effects	+15% Adrenaline Point gain +15% Resistance to piercing damage +15% Resistance to bludgeoning damage +25% Resistance to slashing damage
Slots	-
School	Ursine
Tier	Superior
DLC	Base game
Crafting	Journeyman armorer 1x Enhanced Ursine Armor 3x Cured Draconid Leather 2x Dimeritium Plate 1x Monster Essence 1x Monster Hide

Superior Ursine Armor is the Superior tier of the Ursine (Bear School) chest armor, heavy witcher armor from the base game. It gives 185 armor at level 30, with +15% adrenaline gain. Its diagram is in the monster den northwest of Hanged Man's Tree in Velen. It comes into play late in the game.

It also gives +15% piercing, +15% bludgeoning, +25% slashing and +26% monster resistance. The adrenaline gain suits an adrenaline build.

As an Ursine piece it belongs to a set whose bonuses reward Quen.

Set Bonus

The Ursine set is heavy armor. It has five tiers: Basic at level 20, Enhanced at 25, Superior at 30, Mastercrafted at 34 and Grandmaster at 40. 3 pieces: when a Quen shield breaks, a new one may cast at no stamina cost, with the chance rising by 5% per set piece. 6 pieces: damage from abilities that involve Quen rises by 200%. These bonuses come from Grandmaster pieces worn as a set.

How to Get Superior Ursine Armor

Follow Scavenger Hunt: Bear School Gear Upgrade Diagrams - Part 3.
Loot the monster den northwest of Hanged Man's Tree in Velen.
Take the diagram, which lies with the gauntlets, trousers and boots diagrams.
A journeyman armorer crafts it from the Enhanced Ursine Armor.

Superior Ursine Armor Map Location and Quest Guide

The Superior Ursine Armor diagram sits in a chest in a small alcove of the cave northwest of the Hanged Man's Tree in Velen, the trolls' cave from A Deadly Plot. The pin marks the chest, which also holds the boots, gauntlets and trousers diagrams of Scavenger Hunt: Bear School Gear Upgrade Diagrams - Part 3.

Buy Ibrahim Savi's third map from the armorer at Kaer Trolde to start Scavenger Hunt: Bear School Gear Upgrade Diagrams - Part 3.
Go to the cave northwest of the Hanged Man's Tree.
Kill the nekkers and the nekker warrior outside the entrance, unless A Deadly Plot is active.
Enter the cave and follow the main path as it curves.
Loot the chest in the small alcove on the left for the Superior Ursine Armor diagram.