Armor is essential for your characters in Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time. Without it, you won't have the physical and magical defense to withstand enemy attacks. Armor also comes with elemental resistances, which is something else you'll want to keep in mind when exploring new areas. The most obvious way to get armor is to buy it from the Armory in Eternia Village, the Mysteria capital, etc. However, you'll find that the better armor can be crafted with one of your Crafting Lives.
Although armor and weapons should go to your party members first and foremost, there are some Fantasy Life i quests that will require a piece of good quality armor/tool/weapon. You won't be able to get good quality equipment from stores, so you'll want to work on leveling your Lives. One of the most commonly requested items by your villagers is the Hunter's Hood.
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Which Life Can Make Hunter's Hood?
Unlocking Hunter's Hood
In order to craft a Hunter's Hood, you'll need the Tailor Life. You can choose the Tailor Life as soon as you start Auntie Anne's quest to get 10k Dosh. The Hunter's Hood is a level 2 crafting recipe. If you're not seeing it or you can't seem to successfully make one, you should raise your Tailor Life level and get a stronger Needle (tool).
To make the Hunter's Hood, you'll need the following ingredients:
- x1 Wool
- x3 Dandelion Cotton
- x1 Woven Straw Fabric
All three of these materials can be made through the Tailor Life. Alternatively, you can purchase them from the Material Shop in Eternia Village or Mysteria Capital.
If you're still new in your Fantasy Life i journey, then it's better you craft the materials yourself since you'll want to save your Dosh to expand your Base Camp.
How to Get Dandelion Cotton
The Dandelion Cotton recipe is a Tailor Fledgling Recipe. This means it'll be one of the first recipes you have immediately upon completing the Tailor Life starter quest. Here's what you'll need:
- To make x1 Dandelion Cotton, you'll need x2 Dandelion Puff.
- Dandelion Puffs are distinguishable by their white 'heads.' They're not hard to miss either, and you can start by searching for them outside Eternia Village.
How to Get Woven Straw Fabric
You can buy Woven Straw Fabric or you can craft it. The Woven Straw Fabric crafting recipe is a Fledling Recipe, just like the Dandelion Cotton.
- You'll need x2 Straw Thread to make x1 Woven Straw Fabric.
- Straw Thread can be found in the Capital of Mysteria. Specifically, you can collect some near the oak trees and the castle moat by the southeast bridge leading into the capital.
- Corny enemies also have a chance of dropping Straw Thread upon defeat.
How to Get Wool
Unlike the Dandelion Cotton and Woven Straw Fabric, the Wool is a Tailor Apprentice Recipe, meaning you'll want to raise your Tailor Life to the next stage. You can do so by completing Tailor Life quests and reporting to the Tailor HQ in Eternia Village.
Once you unlock Apprentice recipes, you'll find the Wool crafting recipe has been added to your list. Again, you can purchase Wool from the Materials store, or you can craft it yourself. Here's how to make Wool and where to find its crafting ingredients:
- You need x2 Sheep Fleece to make x1 Wool.
- As their name indicates, Sheep Fleece is an enemy drop from the White Woolies you'll find in the Mysteria Capital. There's some to the southwest of the capital, but only during the day.
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How to Get Good Quality or Higher
Understanding Skill Points
When selecting a crafting recipe, you'll notice a Recommended bar with a number. This number represents the recommended Skill Level you'll need for the recipe. If your Skill Level (on the left side of the screen) is lower, you have a higher chance of failing even if you score well during the minigame.
You should always make sure your Skill Level is near the Recommended Skill Level. Generally, to get good/great/top quality gear, you'll want your Level to be higher than the Recommended Level. To improve your Tailor Skill Level, you should do the following:
- Unlock Skill nodes in the Skill Menu.
- Equip a fine-ranking Bronze Needle or an Iron Needle.
- Have a Tailor Buddy (Strangeling) with you when you craft. You can find the Wooly Chair Strangeling (Shea) in the East Greatgut Plains of Ginormosia.
The Recommended Level for the Hunter's Hood is 120. When your Tailor Skill Points/Level meet that number, go ahead and start crafting.
During the minigame, you'll want to score Great or Excellent to ensure you get a good/great quality Hunter's Hood. If you look at the top of your screen, you'll see the timer, the number of turns you have, and the stations that you'll need to interact with for your current turn and the next turn.
You'll want to avoid failing crafting as much as possible. Failing to make something will result in losing some materials.
If you're successful, your good-quality Hunter's Hood will have a higher defense stat (or magic defense stat) than a regular Hunter's Hood you could buy from the Armory. If you're lucky, the armor piece may have a skill attached to it, such as "Light Defense+".
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Where to Use Hunter's Hood
Should You Give It Away?
Hunter's Hood is a good headgear to equip when you're just starting out. You'll obviously end up replacing it with something stronger as you rank up your other Lives, but it should hold you for the beginning areas.
Once you start reverting Strangelings back to normal, they'll move in to your Base Camp. Sometimes, a villager will have a request for you. When your Affinity is low or when the villager is brand new to the Base Camp, they'll ask you for a Good or Better Hunter's Hood. Complete this, and you'll get a furniture item (depending on the villager), Dosh, and some Affinity points.
You'll want to give them a Good or Higher quality Hunter's Hood that you're not wearing in the Equipment or Outfit menu. Keep the stronger Hunter's Hood for yourself (or your party members) and turn in the "weaker" Hunter's Hood for the quest. Once you give away the Hunter's Hood, there's no way of reclaiming it, so you'll want to be sure you're not giving away one with a useful armor perk.
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