Dark Knight: Guide by Raenryong/Head

I am not listing any options which do not add any largely significant stats.

General key: Alternative choice (I would not necessarily recommend this but it is viable) Personal choice (what I would personally recommend using) Luxury item (could mean expensive or hard to get) Ultimate item (in my opinion, the best weapon of this type) If an item is hard to get but also something I deem as somewhat necessary, it will appear as blue.

Head
Level 15: Enyo's Mask - If you do Salvage, you might have this. Not a big loss if not. Level 24: Empress Hairpin/Emperor Hairpin - If you can get these, you will be using them a long time. Level 25: Phobos's Mask - If you do Salvage, you might have this. Not worth the effort over the hairpins though. Level 30: Dandy Spectacles - If you can be bothered putting them on for the right time of the day, they are better than the hairpins. I wouldn't consider it worth the effort though. Level 35: Deimos's Mask - If you do Salvage, you might have this if you are very lucky. Not worth the effort over the hairpins though. Level 39: Sinister Mask - Decent for weaponskills, but obtained from a very elusive NM. Probably not worth the effort. Level 41: Voyager Sallet - Can be awful to get but is your best head piece for many levels by a long shot. Worth the effort, but could be a very painful camp. Level 43: Walkure Mask - Not better than Voyager Sallet for TP or WS, but a very solid head piece if you don't have one. Better than the Valkurm Emperor head items. Level 43: Valkyrie's Mask - Marginally better than Walkure Mask but not worth the extra cost unless you have money spare. All other comments on the Walkure Mask apply. Level 50: Storm Zucchetto - Very rare item and slightly better than Voyager Sallet for TP, worse for WS. Not worth the effort, but if you have one and no Voyager Sallet... Level 59: Sipahi Turban - About on par with Walkure Mask/Valkyrie's Mask for TP, slightly better for WS. I wouldn't bother getting one if you have a Voyager Sallet or Storm Zucchetto, especially since at level 60 there is... Level 60: Chaos Burgeonet - AF helmet. Very good for Dark Magic macro, WS, TP at this level and Souleater-related stuff. Top quality helmet, definitely do not go on without it. Voyager Sallet and Storm Zucchetto are better for TP, but you should not skip this item -- especially if you do not have these. Valuable AF+1 armour later. Level 60: Patroclus's Helm - Drops from a very obnoxious NM, but can situationally be the best TP helmet until 69. The -enmity, although not amazing, is definitely quite helpful at this levels. Not worth the effort to get it, but can be very powerful. Level 70: Optical Hat - Best TP head for this level by miles, and a very good head piece for Guillotine depending on the rest of your build. Can be very time-consuming, frustrating and difficult to get, but well worth the effort. Drops from Hakutaku, 100% drop. Level 70: Maat's Cap - If you have this, it makes for a very nice weaponskill head used properly. Level 71: Gnadbhod's Helm - Very nice weaponskill head and worth using almost forever if you don't have Ace's Helm or Hecatomb Cap amongst over pieces. Level 73: Hecatomb Cap - Immense weaponskill piece and has a fair bit of accuracy. Ultimate weaponskill head for greatsword weaponskills, and can be very potent for Guillotine if it fits into your build. Very difficult to obtain however. Level 74: Ace's Helm - Crazy piece. Ultimate TP piece by miles and very good for weaponskill. Insanely difficult to get though... good luck! Drops from King Vinegarroon. Level 74: Chaos Burgeonet +1 - Dark Magic/WS/Souleater enhancement piece. Not good for TP at this stage in your DRK progression. Level 75: Ares's Mask - Can be very nice for Guillotine situationally, also a decent TP head in certain situations where accuracy is low. Very difficult to obtain. Level 75: Askar Zucchetto - Slightly better than Walahra Turban on DRK, but a lot of effort for this piece for such a minor upgrade which won't always even be an upgrade. Level 75: Walahra Turban - TP piece for a VERY long time in likelihood, and also a very good headpiece for zerging. Nice and easy to acquire.