In The Blood of Dawnwalker , armor choice plays an important role because different armor types can affect your combat performance and movement abilities.
The Second Skin skill is an important upgrade for players who want to use medium armor without suffering from its original penalties. By learning this skill, you can remove the negative modifiers and make medium armor much more effective.
This guide explains where to find the Second Skin Training Manual, how to unlock the skill, and how to completely remove the medium armor penalty.
Second Skin Training Manual Location In The Blood of Dawnwalker
The Second Skin Training Manual can be purchased from an early armor smith located near Margear Crossroads.
Before buying the manual, make sure you have enough currency because you will need to purchase the required training materials to unlock the skill.
For more skill progression information, visit our The Blood of Dawnwalker Skills section.
Find The Armor Smith Near Margear Crossroads
The first step is reaching the armor smith near Margear Crossroads.
This location is also connected to a main story route, making it a convenient stop while progressing through the game.
Purchase The Second Skin Training Manual
The armor smith sells multiple useful items, but the important ones are the training manuals available in his inventory.
Purchase the manuals and open your inventory to learn the new abilities.
Unlock The Second Skin Skill
After purchasing the Second Skin Training Manual, interact with it from your inventory.
This unlocks the new skill option in the mastery menu.
Upgrade Second Skin To Remove Armor Penalty
To activate the full benefits of Second Skin, you need to invest skill points into the ability.
First, unlock the required progression skill and then continue upgrading Second Skin to reduce the medium armor penalty.
How Second Skin Removes Medium Armor Penalty
Each upgrade level gradually reduces the negative modifier applied by medium armor.
Investing three points into Second Skin completely removes the penalty, allowing medium armor to perform without its original drawback.
Second Skin I vs Second Skin II
Second Skin has two important armor-training levels, and which one you need depends on the type of armor you want to use.
- Second Skin I: removes the penalties associated with Medium Armor.
- Second Skin II: removes the penalties associated with Heavy Armor.
If you are still using medium equipment early in the game, Second Skin I may be enough. Once you begin using heavy armor, however, you will eventually want Second Skin II so that the heavier equipment no longer carries its normal proficiency penalties.
Where To Buy Second Skin I Early
One of the earliest places shown for purchasing Second Skin I is an armor vendor in the early village referred to as Mara Gear in the gameplay route.
Visit the local armorer and check the vendor inventory for the level-one Second Skin training. This gives you an early way to remove Medium Armor penalties without waiting until much later in the game.
The gameplay also notes that Second Skin manuals can be sold by armorers in multiple parts of the map, so this should be treated as an early example rather than the only possible vendor.
Where To Get Second Skin II
Second Skin II is the upgrade you need when you want to remove Heavy Armor penalties.
According to the gameplay route, armorers in Zvartra can sell the level-two training needed for Heavy Armor.
Other armorers around the map may also offer the training, so Zvartra is a reliable example rather than necessarily the only place where it can appear.
Why Second Skin Is Important For Heavy Armor
Second Skin becomes much more important once you start collecting powerful heavy armor sets.
The gameplay demonstrates this with a heavy cuirass that still shows armor-proficiency penalties because the required Heavy Armor training has not yet been completed.
Once Second Skin is fully upgraded for Heavy Armor, those penalties are removed, allowing you to take advantage of the armor more effectively.
This becomes especially useful later when using powerful heavy sets such as the Arbiter armor, making Second Skin II an important progression upgrade for heavy-armor builds.
Second Skin Final Effect
After fully upgrading Second Skin, the negative medium armor modifier disappears completely.
This makes medium armor a much stronger option for players who want additional protection without sacrificing performance.
Heavy Armor Second Skin Skill
A similar Second Skin upgrade also exists for heavy armor later in the game.
However, the medium armor version is the important early upgrade because it can be unlocked much sooner.
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