Final Fantasy XI armor sets/Rise of the Zilart

This is a list of armor sets introduced in the Rise of the Zilart expansion pack in Final Fantasy XI.

When Rise of the Zilart was released, the level cap which was at 60 at the time was raised over the course of the next few version updates to 75, where it remained for the next 7 years. Most notably, this era of Final Fantasy XI marked the introduction of Artifact Armor. This expansion's era also introduced high level crafted gear and a number of armor sets which represented the end game for its time.

Relic Armor
Relic Armor, commonly known as AF2 and often regarded as the second official armor sets for jobs, were introduced alongside the large scaled battle content known as Dynamis. Relic Armor is job specific and offer unique stats for each job. Graphically, Relic Armor are slightly altered versions of Artifact Armor, with each set receiving either a palette swap or slight reskin. Relic Armor originally belonged to members of the Hydra Corps, an elite unit of soldiers who fought in the Battle at Xarcabard during the Crystal War.

Initially, jobs from Aht Urhgan such as Corsair were not intended to have Relic Armor obtainable from Dynamis as Aht Urhgan did not participate in the war, and the Puppetmaster profession did not even exist yet. However, with the introduction of Wings of the Goddess, it was reasoned that as adventurers traveled back in time through the cavernous maws to participate in the war, it would explain the existence of their job's armor during that time period.

The jobs from Seekers of Adoulin, Geomancer and Rune Fencer, currently do not have Relic Armor sets.