Dino Gear
Dino Gear is Equipment for your tamed Creatures. Where the player wears weapons and armour, tames wear saddles and bardings that make them faster, harder-working, and tougher in a fight. Dino gear is freely re-equippable and never consumed, so a single piece can be moved between creatures as your stable changes.
Gear slots and stats
Each creature has two gear slots:
| Slot | Focus | Stats granted |
|---|---|---|
| Saddle | Work & speed | Swiftness, Worker buff |
| Barding | Combat | Guard, Power |
The four dino-gear stats:
- Swiftness — how quickly the creature moves and works.
- Worker buff — a saddle multiplier that boosts the bonus a creature gives when assigned as a worker (for example ×1.15 = a 15% larger worker bonus).
- Guard — the creature's defense and survivability in combat.
- Power — the creature's attack; party power also feeds into your own attack on hunts.
Saddles specialise in getting more out of your workers; bardings specialise in fighting strength. A well-kitted creature runs both a saddle and a barding.
Saddles
Saddles are made by Crafting and grant swiftness and a worker buff.
| Saddle | Swiftness | Worker Buff | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiber Saddle | +2 | ×1.05 | Crafting |
| Hide Saddle | +5 | ×1.10 | Crafting |
| Grainwoven Saddle | +9 | ×1.15 | Crafting (Farm materials) |
| Skyleather Saddle | +14 | ×1.20 | Crafting |
Bardings
Bardings are made by Crafting and Smithing and grant guard and power.
| Barding | Guard | Power | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hide Barding | +3 | — | Crafting |
| Bone Barding | +6 | +2 | Crafting |
| Bronze Barding | +9 | +3 | Smithing |
| Iron Barding | +13 | +5 | Smithing |
| Obsidian Barding | +18 | +8 | Smithing |
Exclusive gear
Beyond the craftable tiers, a handful of dino gear pieces drop nowhere on the crafting bench:
- Cache Relics — the Wayfarer's Saddle, Sunfeather Saddle, Stormfang Barding and Bulwark Barding, found only in Trail Caches on Expeditions. See Relics.
- Mark Exchange — the Huntmaster's Saddle (+10 swiftness, worker buff ×1.30) and Trailwarden Barding (+15 guard, +10 power), bought only with Fang Marks earned from the Contract Board.
These sit above the craftable gear and are the best-in-slot creature equipment.