Ha! I knew I'd get your attention! When I say free, that means you must quest for it, and as the name of the game implies, there are a ton of stuff to get if you're willing to put in a little time. The best armor quest for low level Rangers is the Trushot Armor quest and when all is said and done, you'll have a nice set of bright green armor and be the envy of all your friends.
This quest starts in Greater Faydark and the person to speak with is Samatansyn Flamecaller. He's in the Faydark Champions building in Felwithe. Use your find button to located and hail him. After a bit of banter between the two of you, he will give you a Trueshot Assembly Kit and then it's time to go shopping! To save you the trouble if running back and forth crafting each part individually, I have a shopping list of ingredients:
For pair of Boots: 3 bricks of crude bronze (these are found on the orcs in Crushbone)
1 severed orc foot (also in Crushbone)
1 spider legs (found on any spiders in Greater Faydark)
For EACH Bracer: 1 brick of crude bronze
1 skleton tibia
1 pixie wing (found on pixie tricksters)
1 gypsy wine (bought in taverns in Greater Faydark)
For Coif: 2 bricks of crude bronze
1 royal jelly (found on the wasps)
1 spiderling eye (found on spiderlings)
1 ration (bought at general merchants)
For pair of Gauntlets: 3 bricks of crude bronze
1 orc ulna
1 orc tibia
2 orc finger bones (found on orc pawns in Greater Faydark)
For Legplates: 4 bricks of crude bronze
1 orc fibula (found on orc slavers or orc wardens in Crushbone)
1 orc clavicle
1 lighstone (found on will o' the wisps in Greater Faydark)
For Sleeves: 2 bricks of crude bronze
2 giant wasp venom sacs
1 large widow abdomen
1 white wine (bought in taverns in Greater Faydark)
For Tunic: 5 bricks of crude bronze
1 orc fibula
1 golden bandit tooth (found on bandits just south of Felwithe)
1 pristine forest drakeling scale
1 orc ribcage (found on centurians in Crushbone)
1 orc eye
Place the ingredients (unstacked, this means one in each square) in the assemble kit, and then go to the cultural armor forge in Felwithe. It's located up the ramp from the normal forge. Place the assembly kit and the mold for whatever you're crafting into the forge. (DO NOT place the mold into the assembly kit.) Then equip your armor and return to Samatansyn for your next mold.
Once you have this nifty suit of armor, Samatansyn asks a favor. BONUS! He'll make you a nice long sword if you retrieve a master key and 2 orc eyes. These are found in Crushbone, if you haven't already guessed. When all is said and done, you'll look like a leprechaun but your armor class (AC), strength (STR), and stamina (STA) will be much better... and you can hit magical creatures and do damage! What a deal!
