The examples of cosmetic customization abilities Flairs brings with costumes.
Flairs are accessory-like cosmetic items that makes your heroes look more legendary. They are meant to add more customization ability for the heroes aside from costume accessories and also to add some "flair" hence the name. They can only be equipped through the Hero Customization Manager which can be accessed through the cosmetic button in the player's inventory. Along with costumes, accessories and tower skins, they make up Dungeon Defenders II's cosmetic system.
The flairs system is divided into four categories :
Head (halos, crowns, masks, mustaches and eyepatches),
Back (wings, tendrils and backpacks),
Waist (auras, tails and floating objects) and
Feet (auras and other effects)
How to acquire
Currently there are no flairs available that can be directly purchased with gems, gold, or defender medals. Instead, the ways they can only be acquired are through defender packs, reaching a certain milestone in specific gamemodes, solving map secrets or obtaining codes from giveaways.
Certain limited seasonal flairs can be also be bought through DLCs during seasonal times.
Flairs sets
While there are various different types of flair, certain flairs are made together to form a set giving a complete look. Two or four pieces of themed flairs usually makes a set. The sets will be provided as a set when obtained through defender packs, DLCs or a gamemode's milestone. (However, Mastery's sets are awarded separate pieces as its reward pool are tiered.)
There are currently 12 flair sets in the game:
- Crow Lord set - (Raven Lord Crest, Raven Lord Wing, Raven Lord Molt and Raven Lord Mist)
- Bramblewood set - (Bramblewood Crowns and Bramblewood Wings)
- Bonemancer's set - (Bonemancer's Crown and Bonemancer's Wings)
- Au set - (Glimmer of Au and Path of Au)
- Blessing of Entwood set - (Blessing of Entwood and Wildbloom Growth)
- Rotbane set - (Rotbane Aura and Path of Pestilence)
- Ancient's set - (Ancient's Mark of Wisdom, Ancient's Runewings, Ancient's Rune Belt and Ancient's Aura)
- Hero's Valor set - (Hero's Valor Crown, Hero's Prestigious Wings, Hero's Waistguard of Valor and Hero's Valorous Aura)
- Angel set - (Lightforged Halo, Wing's of Glory, Lightfeather Plumage and Light's Radiance)
- Old Doom set - (Mark of Old Doom, Tendrils of Old Doom, Dark Whispers Aura and Writhing Dark)
- Final Form set - (Final Form Aura and Final Form Wake)
- Hellion's set - (Hellion's Glare, Hellion's Flight, Hellion's Whiptail and Hellion's Embers)
List of Flairs
Defender Packs
Each Defender Pack will have a chance to give one of these flair pieces below. Some flairs will be given together as a set rather than individual pieces. They cannot be directly bought with gems, defender packs are the only way to acquire them in-game. However, they could also be obtained through codes acquired from various giveaways.
Flair |
Rarity |
Flavor Text |
In-Game
|
Raven Lord Crest
|
Legendary |
Bear the Crest of the Raven Lord gilded in gold, rubies and black feathers. |
Example
|
[[|50px]]
Rainbow 'Fro
|
Mythical |
Get down with the color-o-funk in the Rainbow 'Fro. |
Example
|
Lucky Bunny Mask
|
Mythical |
No bunnies were harmed in the making of this mask, so you could say it's lucky for the bunnies. |
Example
|
Snow Liger Mask
|
Mythical |
Wear the powerful visage of the Snow Liger with this fun mask. |
Example
|
Imperial Grin Mask
|
Mythical |
You'll never be out of style in the Imperial Grin Mask, show your nobility off. |
Example
|
Trust Me Disguise
|
Mythical |
Nothing says "I'm trusthworthy" in this pointed nosed fiendish mask. |
Example
|
Ebonfire Blaze
|
Mythical |
Ominous ebonfire burns atop the hero who to whom its power is bound. |
Example
|
Winner's Crown
|
Epic |
Here's your reward for a marginal, barely recognizable achievement. Good for you. |
Example
|
Bramblewood Crown
|
Epic |
Wearers of this crown can hear the faint, distant sounds of the faeri-chants. |
Example
|
Bonemancer Crown
|
Legendary |
A crown born of bone and shadow looms ominously in the air above the wearer. |
Example
|
Handsome Handlebars
|
Mythical |
Hang on and have fun. |
Example
|
The Wilfred
|
Mythical |
Die or beat these goblins. |
Example
|
The Swanson
|
Mythical |
It wants all of your bacon and eggs, not a lot of them, all of them. |
Example
|
The Broomly
|
Mythical |
Catches all of your dust and household dirt. |
Example
|
[[|50px]]
Tony Strange
|
Mythical |
Egomania in beard form. |
Example
|
[[|50px]]
The Connery
|
Mythical |
Stirred, not shaken. |
Example
|
Char Ming
|
Mythical |
Mustache of the merciless. |
Example
|
[[|50px]]
The Sifu
|
Mythical |
A wise master's whiskers. |
Example
|
Zaiden Curl
|
Mythical |
Twirl it, cut it, gram it. |
Example
|
Burly Swirly Durly
|
Mythical |
A curly whirly from the surely durly. |
Example
|
Fisherman's Comfort
|
Mythical |
A fuzzy comfort. |
Example
|
Salty Sea Chops
|
Mythical |
Perfect for eating fish sticks and gravy. |
Example
|
Eye Patch
|
Epic |
Lose some perspective. |
Example
|
[[|50px]]
Jolly Roger Patch
|
Legendary |
If it's worn in the other eye, it's called the Sad Roger. |
Example
|
Royal Patch
|
Mythical |
A straw hat would make a royal addition. |
Example
|
Pirate Patch
|
Mythical |
Look me in the eye and call me a pirate. |
Example
|
Gilded Patch
|
Mythical |
Doubloons well spent. |
Example
|
Bitey Mcshark Mask
|
Legendary |
A face you can kiss. |
Example
|
Frost Drake Mask
|
Mythical |
Frost breath not included. |
Example
|
Frosty Grin Mask
|
Legendary |
No magical hat needed. |
Example
|
Flair |
Rarity |
Flavor Text |
In-Game
|
Raven Lord Wings
|
Legendary |
Adorn the great black wings of the Raven Lord and strike fear into the hearts of the Old One's army. |
Example
|
Mutagenous Talons
|
Legendary |
Realize your inner Cronenberg dreams and unleash these wicked mutated wings. |
Example
|
Ebonwing's Grace
|
Mythical |
Ebonwing was said to appear as a murder of crows over great battlefields heralding the dead to their final journey. |
Example
|
Verdant Raven Wings
|
Mythical |
Green color variant of Ebonwing's Grace. |
Example
|
Sallow Raven Wings
|
Mythical |
Yellow color variant of Ebonwing's Grace. |
Example
|
Amethyst Raven Wings
|
Mythical |
Purple color variant of Ebonwing's Grace. |
Example
|
Azure Raven Wings
|
Mythical |
Blue Color variant of Ebonwing's Grace. |
Example
|
Crimson Raven Wings
|
Mythical |
Red color variant of Ebonwing's Grace. |
Example
|
[[|50px]]
Psycho Raven Wings
|
Legendary |
Hypnotic colors flow from the feathers. |
Example
|
Earth Drake Wings
|
Legendary |
Wings fashioned after those of the fabled drakes of Embermount. |
Example
|
[[|50px]]
Gilded Honorwings
|
Legendary |
In the days of living legends, defenders of Etheria were gifted many abilities; including flight. |
Example
|
Hive Striker Wings
|
Mythical |
Wings of the Hive Striker insectoids are armored in chitonous green and menacing claws. |
Example
|
Great Eagle Wings
|
Legendary |
The lift potential of the Great Eagles far exceeds what their physical measurements alone would indicate is possible. |
Example
|
Gargoyle Wings
|
Epic |
Much like the stone creatures during the day, these wings offer no upward movement but still looks menacing and cool. |
Example
|
Bramblewood Wings
|
Epic |
The bramblewoods near Dragonfall harbour many secrets. There are tales of nymphs and faeries dancing and flying in between the trees and branches. |
Example
|
Bonemancer Wings
|
Legendary |
A single beat of these wings is enough to send a shiver down your spine. |
Example
|
Citrine Wings
|
Mythical |
These wings are grown from a rare mineral found only in ancient bedrock. |
Example
|
Crystalline Wings
|
Mythical |
If you listen carefully you can hear a low frequency hum. |
Example
|
[[|50px]]
Sapphire Monarch
|
Epic |
Jump in Dragonfall, feel it in Moraggo. |
Example
|
Mechanoid Exhaust
|
Mythical |
Vile biomechanical exhaust ports. |
Example
|
Hoysters
|
Epic |
Real decor from Etheria's favorite family restaurant. |
Example
|
Not-A-Dolphin
|
Legendary |
You still need to learn how to swim. |
Example
|
[[|50px]]
Back-Lit
|
Epic |
For the romantic glow wherever you go. |
Example
|
Expedition Pack
|
Mythical |
Take the cabin with you in this stylish pack. |
Example
|
[[|50px]]
Plumage of Frost
|
Legendary |
Each flap of those wings brings a wall of frosty air. |
Example
|
[[|50px]]
Frost Drake Wings
|
Legendary |
These huge wings blast glacial wings with every icy flap. |
Example
|
Frigid Flight
|
Mythical |
Let the winds of winter lift you. |
Example
|
Raven Lord Molt
Legendary
|
Seismancer Familars
Legendary
|
Glimmer of Au
Legendary
|
Blessing of Entwood
Mythical
|
Rotbane Aura
Mythical
|
Blessing of Winter
Mythical
|
Frost Spine Tail
Mythical
|
Water Drake Tail
Legendary
|
Raven Lord Mist
Legendary
|
Path of Pestilence
Mythical
|
Path of Au
Legendary
|
Wildbloom Growth
Mythical
|
Seismic Pressure
Epic
|
Feeding Frenzy
Mythical
|
Nibbles
Legendary
|
Twinkle Toes
Epic
|
Cool Runnings
Mythical
|
Gamemodes Rewards
These flairs can only be acquired by reaching a certain point in various gamemodes (currently just Mastery and Onslaught). While the Mastery gamemode awards flairs piece by piece when a milestone is reached, the later stage of the Onslaught gamemode instead awards a set when a milestone is reached. Both gamemodes offers different flairs as they are meant to signify that the player has reached a certain point or completion of the gamemodes.
Flair |
Rarity |
Acquired From |
Flavor Text |
In-Game
|
Ancient's Runewings
|
Legendary |
Having 420 Stars in Mastery. |
"Mainly for decoration and use in certain rituals, the Guardians granted those worthy the honor of bearing these great wings." |
|
Hero's Prestigious Wings
|
Legendary |
Having 735 Stars in Mastery. |
"Grand and beautiful, it's said these wings are given only to those champions who show considerable strength of courage in battle." |
|
Wings of Glory
|
Legendary |
Clearing Onslaught Floor 30 for the first time. |
The powerful wings adorn the heroes who have struggled and triumphed over numerous challenges. |
|
Tendrils of Old Doom
|
Legendary |
Clearing Onslaught Floor 40 for the first time. |
The power of the Old Ones transforms you, granting monstrous tendrils that writhe menacingly on your back. |
|
Flair |
Rarity |
Acquired From |
Flavor Text |
In-Game
|
Ancient's Rune Belt
|
Legendary |
Having 105 Stars in Mastery. |
"Although of no understood functional reason, only the warrior caste of Guardians wore these mystical belts." |
|
Hero's Waistguard of Valor
|
Legendary |
Having 525 Stars in Mastery. |
"Much like the crown's namesake, the Hero's Waistguard of Valor can only be worn by those deemed worthy to bear it." |
|
Lightfeather Plumage
|
Legendary |
Clearing Onslaught Floor 30 for the first time. |
Even heavenly wings have to shed their feathers from time to time. |
|
Dark Whisper's Aura
|
Legendary |
Clearing Onslaught Floor 40 for the first time. |
Shh! Did you hear that? No, Did you? You can feel the Old Ones whisper all around you. |
|
Final Form Aura
|
Legendary |
Clearing Onslaught Floor 45 for the first time. |
Earned through hard fought battles, waves of foes and endless resolve. Show them your final form! |
|
Flair |
Rarity |
Acquired From |
Flavor Text |
In-Game
|
Ancient's Aura
|
Legendary |
Having 210 Stars in Mastery. |
"The powers harnessed by the Guardians could not be contained by their bodies alone and would ebb out casting a glow beneath their feet." |
|
Hero's Valorous Aura
|
Legendary |
Having 630 Stars in Mastery. |
"Blessed by the spirits of the ancient kings of Dragonfall, your honor and valor in defense of Etheria light your steps wherever you go." |
|
Light's Radiance
|
Legendary |
Clearing Onslaught Floor 30 for the first time. |
Brilliant light shimmers beneath your heroes. Bask in the radiance! |
|
Writhing Dark
|
Legendary |
Clearing Onslaught Floor 40 for the first time. |
The Old Ones dark influence over you can be seen in every step you take. |
|
Final Form Wake
|
Legendary |
Clearing Onslaught Floor 45 for the first time. |
Your immense waves of power generates intense waves of pressure around you. |
|
Secret Map Rewards
These flairs can only be obtained by solving the secret mechanic of certain maps. Usually all versions of a map would have its secret mechanic. However, Drakenfrost Keep is an exception as only its Adventures version has its secret mechanic currently due to its secret unleashing the Drakenlord boss lorewise in other versions of the map.
Flair |
Rarity |
Acquired From |
Flavor Text |
In-Game
|
Forbidden Worshipper's Mask
|
Mythical |
Solving the secret mechanic within Plunderer's Paradise in any gamemode. |
Utilizing the dark power of the mask, a lost pirate crew sacrificed themselves to seal an old one within the island. To this day their songs can still be heard... |
|
Endless Winter Crown
|
Legendary |
Solving the secret mechanic within Drakenfrost Keep in the Adventures gamemode. |
N/A |
|
Limited Seasonal Offering
Limited Seasonal Offering flairs are used as initiatives or celebrations for certain events like seasonal. They will only be available for a limited-duration at a time, but they could be released again at a later date unlike unobtainable exclusives.
Flair |
Rarity |
Acquired From |
Flavor Text |
In-Game
|
Boozzaro's Grin
|
Mythical |
Not available at the moment. |
"Wearers are compelled to gather in the dark and damp sewers carrying around red balloons and frighten small children with their toothy grins." |
|
Hobgoblin's Grin
|
Mythical |
Not available at the moment |
"It's said to have appeared out of the dark bogs to a lost and weary traveler. This is a mask of dubious and mischievous portent." |
|
Cursed Jade Mask
|
Mythical |
Not available at the moment |
"Fashioned from a large chunk of glowing jade, the wearer is compelled to bend to their darkest vises and passions until death." |
|
Dark Noh Mask
|
Mythical |
Not available at the moment |
"Ancient Legends tell of a powerful dark spirit bound to a mask that grants power most dangerous and evil." |
|
Mask of Insanity
|
Mythical |
Not available at the moment |
"Once worn all sanity will be fleeting so be wary of this face to mask meeting." |
|
Blazing Hellgeist Mask
|
Legendary |
Not available at the moment |
"A pact has been made, the terms are final, this spirit of blazing vengeance has no rival!" |
|
Hellion's Glare
|
Mythical |
Bundle of the Beast DLC (Halloween) |
"Wearing this mask gives you the strangest urge to cause serious mayhem." |
|
Shutter Shades
|
Legendary |
Not available at the moment |
"To keep the hoards that'll think ill of you at bay." |
|
Flair |
Rarity |
Acquired From |
Flavor Text |
In-Game
|
Hellion's Flight
|
Mythical |
Bundle of the Beast DLC (Halloweeen) |
"Take flight like a bat outta Hell with these devilish wings." |
|
Flair |
Rarity |
Acquired From |
Flavor Text |
In-Game
|
Hellion's Whiptail
|
Mythical |
Bundle of the Beast DLC (Halloween) |
"Your face might not make not reveal your intentions but this fiendish appendage will make no mystery of your mischief." |
|
Flair |
Rarity |
Acquired From |
Flavor Text |
In-Game
|
Hellion's Embers
|
Mythical |
Bundle of the Beast DLC (Halloween) |
"With your feet to the ground you'll leave fire all around, with each step making critters and grass into smoke and ash." |
|
These flairs can only be obtained by participating in various community activities. Some of these flairs has a chance to be obtained (through codes) through watching Chromatic Weekend Wind Down's and The Caster's Guild's streams. Both provides different flairs. There is also a flair that can be obtained by testing content as part of the Remote Playtesting Group.
Flair |
Rarity |
Acquired From |
Flavor Text |
In-Game
|
Protean Shellmet
|
Legendary |
Chromatic Weekend Wind Down Streams giveaways. |
"A prototype helmet designed by Profesor Proteus based on one of many automaton head unit design." |
|
Caster's Juiced Helmet
|
Legendary |
TCG Juicebags giveaways. |
Orange you glad you too can now be juicy? |
|
Flair |
Rarity |
Acquired From |
Flavor Text |
In-Game
|
Researcher's Parrot Gliders |
Legendary |
Testing content as part of the Remote Playtester Group (RPG) or Remote Quality Assurance (RQA) group. Third tier reward. |
Rewarded to RPG Defenders for their extraordinary service. |
Example
|
Trendy Pizza Gliders
|
Legendary |
Chromatic Weekend Wind Down stream giveaways. |
Get your gliders on Fridays at 3 PM ET at twitch.tv/chromatic_games. |
|
Caster's Sky Protector
|
Legendary |
TCG Sho giveaways. |
Sho's secret weapons that's always got your back. |
|
Flair |
Rarity |
Acquired From |
Flavor Text |
In-Game
|
Caster's Ouroboros
|
Legendary |
TCG Exglint giveaways. |
This drake is found past the edge of the world map. |
|
Flair |
Rarity |
Acquired From |
Flavor Text |
In-Game
|
Caster's Unearthed Sidewalk |
Legendary |
TCG SidewalkHero giveaways. |
Your heroic prowess causes the ground to crumple and swirl around you. |
Example
|
Unobtainable Exclusive
These flairs are unobtainable as they are specifically for exclusive events and players such as 2017 Ancient's Prelude's Prove Your Mastery Winners.
Grand Master's Crown I
Legendary - Grand Masters Chaos I
|
Grand Master's Crown II
Legendary - Grand Masters Chaos II
|
Grand Master's Crown III
Legendary - Grand Masters Chaos III
|
Grand Master's Crown IV
Legendary - Grand Masters Chaos IV
|
Grand Master's Crown V
Legendary - Grand Masters Chaos V
|
Grand Master's Crown VI
Legendary - Grand Masters Chaos VI
|
Grand Master's Crown VII
Legendary - Grand Masters Chaos VII
|
Trivia and Notes
- Some flairs like Boozarro's Grin, Mutagenous Talons, Tony Strange & Blazing Hellgeist Mask and The Connery are references to real-life popular cultures such as Stephen King's It, the works of David Cronenburg, Marvel's Tony Stark/Doctor Strange & Ghost Rider and James Bond (with Sean Connery) respectively.
- Dragonfall Carnival consumable masks have been re-added as actual flairs as of Power of the Ancients Expansion (2.0). Though their consumable version will still be in players' inventory unchanged.
- When the Protean Shift expansion (3.0) went live, all Xbox One Players at that time gets to redeem a code for the Protean Shellmet as a thank you for installing DD2 on Xbox One. A short time later, [CG]Lawlta decided to also repurposed it as a Trendy Friday Fun Stream (Now Chromatic Weekend Wind Down) giveaway item so it can be accessible to PC and PS4 players too.
- While the Pizza Gliders seems to be primarily the giveaway item for Chromatic Weekend Wind Down streams, you will be given an option to pick either Pizza Gliders or Protean Shellmet if you happen to win a giveaway.
- The Pizza Gliders made it into DD2 because [CG]Lawlta loves pizza!
- The Caster's flairs was CG's way of supporting the TCG streamers who have been reliable for a year and have helped make DDII better.
History
- 4.2 : Frost themed flairs added. TCG flairs and Pizza Wings also added.
- 4.1 : More flairs added.
- 4.0 : Pirate themed flairs and more added. Secret Map flair reward also added.
- 3.0 : Protean Shellmet added.
- 2.4 : Shutter Shades added.
- 2.3 : More flairs added.
- 2.0 : Added defender pack exclusive flairs. Onslaught flairs also added.
- 1.2 : Introduced.