At a Glance:
- Focus your gear upgrades on your top 3 heroes and the gear pieces that give the best stat returns (Health for front-liners, Lethality for damage classes).
- Mythic Gear unlocks new gear tiers (level 100+, “Red Gear”), but has strict requirements (Town Center level, Forge Mastery, etc.).
- Best ways to get Mythic Gear: Arena Shop, saving up rewards, doing high-tier PvP, events, and being consistent.
What is Hero Gear, & Why Upgrade It Smartly
Hero Gear in Kingshot improves the power of your heroes by increasing stats like Health, Lethality, Defense, etc. Upgrading this gear effectively is often more impactful than spreading resources to many heroes unevenly.
Some important facts:
- Gear rarities go from Common (Grey) → Green → Blue → Purple → Gold (Mythic) → Red.
- Mythic Gear (Gold rarity) can be upgraded up to level 100. After that, it can be imbued into Red Gear when conditions are met.
- Gear pieces (helmet, boots, chest, gloves) often specialize in giving different stats: some pieces give Health or Defense, others give Lethality or Attack. Focusing on pieces that align with your hero class (Infantry, Archer, Cavalry) is critical.
Gear Upgrade Strategy: What to Prioritize
Here’s how to maximize return on your upgrade materials and get strong power without wasting resources:
- Pick and focus on your “main march” heroes
- Identify the 3 heroes you use most often (for events, rallies, etc.). Only heavily invest gear upgrades in those.
- For heroes outside your main 3, either leave their gear minimal or later use reforge/reset mechanics to reclaim resources.
- Upgrade by class‐role & stat priority
Depending on hero class:
Class
Gear Pieces to Prioritize
Primary Stats to Focus On First
Infantry (tank/front line)
Chest & Gloves (or “armor” + “gloves”)
Health first → then some Lethality once Health is solid.
Archer
Helmet & Boots
Lethality first → then Health.
Cavalry
Helmet & Boots
Lethality first → then Health.
Enhancement & Forging/Forge Mastery
- Use Enhancement XP to level up gear. Pieces from lower rarities (Grey/Green/Blue) can be merged in to raise higher rarity pieces.
- Forge Mastery (or “forgehammers” etc.) adds more power to Mythic gear especially. Make sure when you reach Mythic, you invest in Forge Mastery.
- Reforge / Reset unused gear
- If you’ve upgraded gear on heroes you don’t use often, use “reforge” (or similar mechanic) to reclaim enhancement XP and forge materials. Then redirect those materials to your main gear pieces.
- Don’t consume gear pieces mindlessly — reforging gives back some portion of what was invested.
- Build complete sets, not many incomplete ones
- It’s better to have three full gear sets (one for each troop class) at decent level than spread across many heroes with low gear.
- Completing sets gives consistent bonuses and allows you to use them effectively in multiple game modes.
- Time upgrades with events or when bonuses are active
- If there are events giving extra enhancement XP, reduced forging costs, or other buffed rewards, schedule major upgrades around those.
What is Mythic Gear & How to Get It
Mythic Gear is the tier above Purple (Epic) and before Red. It unlocks at higher player progression and is required for the strongest gear path. Here’s how to obtain and use it:
Unlock and Requirements
- To upgrade gear to Mythic rarity and use its full potential, you need your Town Center at least level 15.
- Mythic Gear can be upgraded to level 100. When level 100 + Forge Mastery level 10 is reached, you can imbue the Mythic Gear into Red Gear (if the other conditions are met).
- Red Gear unlocks when your Town Center is level 30 and state age is about 40 days old. Imbuement requires two extra Mythic gears to merge in.
How to Obtain Mythic Gear
Community and guides point to several ways:
- Arena Shop – You can buy pieces of Mythic gear from the Arena shop. It’s seen as the most reliable Free‐to‐Play (F2P) path.
- Arena Rewards – Performing well in Arena (leaderboards, ranking) gives rewards including Mythic gear pieces.
- Chests / Luck / Drops – Mythic gear can drop from chests or lucky gear chests, though drop rates are low and inconsistent.
- Events / Offers – Some limited‐time events or VIP/player top‐ups may offer Mythic gear or gear chests that have chance to drop them. But relying on them alone is risky.
What Mythic Gear Does
- Once you have Mythic gear, it heavily boosts your hero power by enabling higher stat ceilings (especially Health and Lethality).
- Mythic gear is required to transition into Red Gear (the next tier) which unlocks past level 100 upgrades with higher effects.
- Mythic gear with high Forge Mastery is more powerful — stats scale up.
Example Strategy Flow
Here’s a sample timeline / approach you can follow as you play:
- Early Game (Town Center ~ levels <15): Use whatever gear you have (rare/epic), upgrade core pieces (helmet/boots or chest/gloves depending on hero class), but conserve materials.
- Mid Game (Town Center 15-30): Start unlocking Mythic Gear possibilities. Earn Arena Shop currency, focus on the main 3 heroes, upgrade the priority gear pieces as above.
- Late Mid / Early Late Game: Push your Mythic Gear to level 100 + Forge Mastery. Begin preparing to imbue into Red Gear. Save two extra Mythic pieces for that imbue process. Use events to get those extra gear pieces.
- Once Red Gear unlocked: Continue upgrading with Mithril as required (every 20 levels past +0). Keep prioritizing your damage dealers and tanks as per class‐stat roles.
Final Thoughts
Upgrading gear smartly rather than spreading resources thin is one of the best ways to improve quickly in Kingshot. Mythic Gear is a milestone—hard to get but brings massive returns. Focus on your main heroes, prioritize gear pieces matching their class role, use reforging to reclaim wasted resources, and always aim for complete sets.
If you do this with patience and consistency, even Free-to-Play players can reach high power levels and compete well.