Mastercrafted Wolven gear (Mastercrafted Wolven). You wear it from level 34. Crafting uses up a superior piece.
Combat style
The Wolven set is a medium hybrid. Pieces give you attack and adrenaline, so you mix fast and strong slashes and keep the pace in a fight. When you want only fast attacks, pick the Cat set. This set is a mix of everything, signs included. It fits Aard, Igni, Quen, Yrden, and Axii.
Piece stats
| Piece | Armor | Main bonuses |
|---|---|---|
| Chest | 205 | +20 % adrenaline, +17 % piercing, +16 % bludgeoning, +22 % slashing, +25 % monsters |
| Gloves | 73 | +10 % signs, +4 % piercing, +5 % slashing, +3 % monsters, +10 % elemental |
| Trousers | 77 | +10 % attack +10 % signs, +8 % slashing, +7 % monsters, +30 % elemental |
| Boots | 77 | +10 % attack, +4 % piercing, +4 % bludgeoning, +5 % slashing, +3 % monsters |
The four pieces add up to around 432 armor.
Piece stats in New Game+
In New Game+ you get this set from NG+ start level + 34.
| Piece | Armor | Main bonuses |
|---|---|---|
| Chest | 210 | +30 % adrenaline, +25 % piercing, +20 % bludgeoning, +32 % slashing, +30 % monsters |
| Gloves | 75 | +15 % signs, +7 % piercing, +7 % slashing, +5 % monsters, +20 % elemental |
| Trousers | 79 | +15 % attack power, +15 % signs, +12 % slashing, +10 % monsters, +45 % elemental |
| Boots | 79 | +15 % attack power, +7 % piercing, +7 % bludgeoning, +8 % slashing, +5 % monsters |
The four pieces add up to 443 armor. The numbers in the table apply at NG+ start + 35. After that, armor keeps scaling. The chest gains +5 for each further Geralt level, and gloves, trousers, and boots gain +2. The full set picks up +11 armor per level.
When you start NG+ at 50 and you are at level 88, you are three levels above the table. The chest is at 225, gloves at 81, trousers and boots at 85, and the total is 476.
Where to find the diagrams
For the mastercrafted Wolven set you need two Hieronymus notes. You buy one from Hattori in Novigrad and the other from the armorer in Kaer Trolde. After you read them, objectives pop up in Velen and on Skellige.
Head to the elven ruins southeast of Duen Hen and follow the objectives the quest adds step by step. Each marker holds the next diagram until you have the full mastercrafted set.
Who crafts it
Here you need a master. Yoana at Crow’s Perch forges the armor (quest Master Armorers), and Hattori in Novigrad forges the swords (Of Swords and Dumplings). The Runewright can craft mastercrafted gear too, but it costs more, and you have the list in the blacksmiths and armorers overview.
Where next
Lower tier: Superior Wolven gear
Higher tier: Grandmaster Wolven gear
Every school in one place: The Witcher 3 — armor sets.