These shoes come from another era. The fact they're still here is a testament to their quality.
Return by day to open the Ritual Dagger chest
Find the Ritual Dagger in the excavation and use Compel Soul on the corpse while carrying it. This reveals the interaction needed to use the dagger as the chest key; the Ancient Footwear is inside. Compel Soul is a daytime ability. If you clear the excavation at night, return during the day to speak with the corpse. The activity marker can disappear after the witch is defeated, so use the footwear marker below to find the small hillside entrance beside Xanthe’s banner.
Its listed base modifiers are +6% magic damage, +12% charge restoration from hits, −4% spell cooldown and +4% magic damage reduction, with 55 armour at 3 weight. Compare them with your current boots when planning a Witchcraft loadout.
Ancient Greaves are different: heavy leg armour rewarded for destroying the Font of Life in Stronger Than Achilles, with charge restoration from blocks rather than hits.
Where to find Ancient Footwear
Shop selections change with story progress, loot varies by encounter and level, and carried equipment is separate from what an enemy may drop.
Map locations
Ancient Footwear properties
- Slot
- Feet
- Armour type
- Heavy
- Rarity
- Unique
- Armour
- 55
- Weight
- 3
- Base buy value
- 1,111
- Base sell value
- 190
- Material
- Cloth
Base values before level scaling and shop effects. How shop prices work.
Equipment bonuses
- Magic damage reduction+4%
- Charge restoration from hits+12%
- Spell cooldown-4%
- Magic damage+6%
Compare footwear
Compare Ancient Footwear with other equipment for the feet slot. Values apply to the variants shown; open an item to view its other variants.
| Equipment | Armour | Weight | Bonuses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient FootwearSelected itemHeavy · Unique | 55 | 3 |
|
| Vagrant Knight's BootsHeavy · Epic | 47 | 3.2 |
|
| Bear Hide BootsHeavy · Master | 42 | 2.8 |
|
| Enhanced Boots of the ArbiterHeavy · Unique | 57 | 2.9 |
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