

In the actual Fate Route (after Saber is summoned) we see Gilgamesh in casual
attire when he confronts Saber and Shirou before getting into his golden
armour. However, in Unlimited Blade Works and before the start of the Fate
Route, his casual attire is different, particularly his hair and that he's not
wearing earrings.

![Gilgamesh casual in Unlimited Blade
Works](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pF9QZm.jpg) ![Gilgamesh casual in
Fate](https://i.stack.imgur.com/i31T2m.png)

(left: Unlimited Blade Works; right: Fate)

Now I can understand that in Unlimited Blade Works the reason he doesn't wear
his armour when fighting Shirou in the end is in part due to his ego in
thinking he won't need it on someone like Shirou. However, I don't think it's
his ego which is the cause of his change in appearance.

So I am wondering, why does Gilgamesh's casual appearance look different in
these two routes, considering his Unlimited Blade Works appearance was also
seen when he was talking to Sakura?


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Why does Gilgamesh's casual appearance look different in different routes?


I never play _Fate/stay night_ until the end but know a little, I think it's
more like "he has anything in his vault and willing to wear casual clothes, so
let's make him stylish" sort kind of thing. Because as I know, other servants
don't even wear "normal casual" clothes as much as Gilgamesh, they pretty much
always use their astral dress/clothes which is very(?) strong/sturdy (in the
case with Saber's dress that can block certain magical attacks).

As for the reason why Gilgamesh wear casual clothes much, I think it's to
emphasize his arrogance, I mean he is a king and think himself the most
powerful entity in their universe, and mostly because he is ranged-type
because most of the time he just throw whatever in his vault, even his
strongest weapon Ea isn't melee-type weapon like Lancer's noble phantasm Gae
Bolg: barbed spear that pierces with death or even Caster's Rule Breaker or
Assassin's Tsubame Gaeshi.


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## Gil likes to keep up with the latest fashions, and has a number of casual
outfits

From a real-world perspective, my guess is just that they wanted to give him a
few different looks, instead of making him look identical in every scene.

In-universe, though, the golden armor is his proper battle outfit when he
takes a fight seriously. He owns quite a number of casual outfits, as the
[Type-Moon Wikia entry on
him](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Gilgamesh#Appearance) notes:

> He normally wears golden armor that makes a heavy first impression on those
> he encounters. [...]
>
> He likes to wear casual clothes, "playing attire" to ward off boredom from
> being in spirit form, when not in battle, later becoming knowledgeable on
> the latest fashion trends after living in modern society for ten years. He
> has collected a number of casual outfits.
>
>   * Fate/Zero: The clothing he wears in during the Fourth Holy Grail War is
> a fashionable white v-neck with three quarter sleeves, and python print
> pants.
>   * Fate route: During Fate, he wears a white jacket with a fur collar, a
> black shirt, and black pants.
>   * Biker outfit: The "biker outfit" worn at the beginning of the game and
> in the Unlimited Blade Works route and Heaven's Feel route is his favorite
> outfit, liking it enough to ignore Shirou's group when presented with the
> possibility of the ashes from the burning Einzbern Castle dirtying it. It
> can be said Shirou's life is worth less to him than his coat. He dons this
> clothing in the first Fate/stay night Manga adaptation of both the Fate
> route and Unlimited Blade Works route.
>

(And that's not even including _Fate/hollow ataraxia_.)

The article cites the entry on Gilgamesh in the _Fate/side material_ book, p.
59 ([translated by Mcjon01 on p. 39-40 of this
PDF](https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B49crU71miHObWRvV2tDUllYTjQ/edit?pli=1)):

> Perhaps because he has been living in human society for the past ten years,
> he seems to be hip on the latest fashions. He owns various casual clothes,
> but his favorite is the biker outfit he wore in the Rin route.
>
> Well, he liked it enough to overlook Shirou's group and leave instead of
> letting it get dirty, at any rate. I can't believe the protagonist's life
> was worth less to Gil than his coat…! [...]

The entry also explains the out-of-universe reason why Gilgamesh wears golden
armor:

> Also, during the design stage, I selfishly insisted that "Gil absolutely has
> to wear full golden plate armor".
>
> Why, you ask? Well, it might be because I was repeatedly challenging a
> certain 60 story tower at the time…

(This is an apparent reference to the character of Gilgamesh in the game [_The
Tower of Druaga_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tower_of_Druaga).)


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