List of Rune Factory 5 outfits and how to change

Rune Factory 5 on Nintendo Switch has several outfits that your protagonist Ares or Alice can transform into, we’ve listed them below, along with how to change costumes in-game.

Rune Factory 5 finally comes out in English, nearly a year after the game was first released in Japan. Plus, it’s a huge comeback for fans as this entry resurrects the series after nearly a decade since previous development studio Neverland went bankrupt. Now is the time to farm, craft, fish, forge, breed monsters, and date anime characters.

How Outfits Work in Rune Factory 5 and How to Change Your Protagonist’s Clothes

Male protagonist Ares and female protagonist Alice have three different outfits that you can change from default in Rune Factory 5. First you have the normal SEED ranger uniform that you wear by default, your casual clothes that are also worn by the protagonist during the intro sequence, and a single swimsuit outfit. These are the default outfits available in the game from the start.

Other outfits you can buy in-game

There are several other outfits you can purchase in-game with gold from Yuki and Randolph’s bakery. These are pajamas, casual clothes, aristocratic clothes, magician outfits and armored knight outfits.

How to change outfit

You can change your outfit after playing the game intro and examining the wardrobe in the middle of your room:

• Choose the first option to change your outfit.
• Then choose the character to modify.
• Choose the outfit you want to change into.

How to get a new wardrobe

If you accidentally broke your wardrobe, you can get a new one from the carpenter for 3000 Gold, 50 Wood and 20 Stone.

In addition, there are several bonus costumes depending on the version of Rune Factory 5 you purchased, and there are also several paid DLC outfits.

Bonus costumes via limited editions

the Rune Factory 5 the limited physical “Earthmate Edition” and the digital deluxe edition include bonus costumes based on the Bachelors’ and Bachelors’ outfits Rune Factory 4 as downloadable content:

• Vishnal outfit
• Clorica Outfit
• Arthur’s outfit
• Strong Outfit
• The Kiel outfit
• Margaret’s outfit
• Doug’s outfit
• Xiao Pai’s outfit
• Dylas’ outfit
• Amber’s outfit
• Leon’s outfit
• Dolce’s outfit
• Pico’s outfit

Purchasing these editions is the only way to get these costumes. They are not sold separately via DLC and cannot be purchased in-game.

DLC costumes and swimsuits sold separately

Former protagonists

Several outfits are sold separately via DLC. First, you have the Past Protagonist DLC, with Raguna, Kyle, Micah costumes for RF5 male protagonist Ares, and Mist, Mana, Shara costumes for RF5 female protagonist Alice.

Swimwear

Then you have 6 different swimsuit DLCs for Ares and Alice. This is great for Western fans because in the Japanese release, these swimsuits were all spread out in various store-specific pre-order bonuses, as is often the case in Japan. This meant that if you wanted all of these costumes, you had to pre-order the game from various stores. Usually hardcore fans do this, get the DLC product codes, and then resell the extra copies.

Five of these DLCs are already available. The 6th DLC, The Holy Knight and the Bibliophile Swimsuits, will be released on April 26, 2022.

Rune Factory 4 special save file unlocks bonus outfits in Rune Factory 5

Finally, if you have Rune Factory 4 Special and have a game save on your Nintendo Switch, you will get the costumes of the RF4 protagonists. You will get the Lest costume for Ares and the Frey costume for Alice.

Costumes of Azel (Adel) and Sonia (Sonja) from Rune Factory Oceans (Tides of Destiny)

The Azel and Sonia outfits are available from the start in the Western version alongside the other default costumes, just like in the Japanese version.