Nyx's Shroud (armour)

Nyx's Shroud is the armour trim built for fighting other players: night itself, drawn closed over the breach. It arrived with Map III as the replacement for the retired Wayfarer set, and it is the only PvP-facing trim set in the game.

Its stat lines stay hidden in /trims until the first player applies one. What it grants is left for those who earn it to discover.

Worn as a complete four-piece set it unlocks a full-set ability of its own, Rift Wound: your hits bank damage on the target, and the wound bursts for 20% of what was banked. Only your swings and wand or bow shots bank damage, counted after your damage bonuses and crits. On bosses and players a burst deals its share of the banked damage, and it also bursts on shades, wraiths and Erebus Guards.

Being a PvP set, it is the trim to chase if your endgame is PvP, such as the Sacred Way.

Where to get it

Nyx's Shroud has exactly one source: the Erebus Crates that fall when an Erebus Tear is sealed. There is no lootbox, boss or vendor path to it.

The route in runs through Nyx, the quest guide standing with the others at spawn. Her quest line, Breachbound (see The Quest Lines), is about tears, and talking to her again tells you when the next tear is due and where a live one has opened.

Sealing a tear calls down three crates near the breach. They're open to anyone: landing the killing blow gives you no claim, and the first player to mine a crate open takes everything inside it. Only the deeper tears pay a Shroud at all, so the reliable approach is to seal the highest tier you can reach rather than farming volume at the shallow end.

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Version history

v4.0.0 (Map 4)

• Rift Wound bursts now deal 20% of the banked damage, down from 30%. Wounds bank each hit after your damage bonuses and crits, and only from your swings and wand or bow shots.
• Rift Wound now bursts on shades, wraiths and Erebus Guards.