Weapons

Armors and attempted translations from...

Final Fantasy IV

Here's the armor portion of the item list. Everything appears in the order the game stores them internally. Items are briefly explained as needed.

Equippability is handled by "class" rather than by character. While there are two different White Mage classes internally, they have identical equipment sets, so there's no need to distinguish between them here. And to keep things briefer, I'll be using these shorthands for common values:

Items tagged as "metal" inflict a Paralysis-like effect on characters if equipped during a certain part of the story. The flag has no other known effects.

Warning: May contain spoilers

Armors

Empty
     
Defense: 0, 10% evade Used for nothing equipped? Used by: Any

Shields

Note also that wearing any shield provides the wearer with a (level / 16) bonus to EvdX in addition to the bonuses listed here.

(shield) アイアンシールド (shield) Iron Shield (shield) Iron
Defense: 1, 20% evade, metal   Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin, Engineer

Renamed to てつのたて (still "Iron Shield", but with purely Japanese terms) in the EasyType.

(shield) あんこくのたて  (shield) Shield of Darkness (shield) Shadow
Defense: 1, 22% evade, metal   Used by: Dark Knight
(shield) デモンズシールド (shield) Demon's Shield (shield) Black
Defense: 2, 24% evade, 0 MDef, 1% MEvd, metal   Used by: Dark Knight

Renamed to やみのたて ("Shield of the Dark" with purely Japanese terms) in the EasyType. Why not あくまのたて (Demon's Shield)? Beats me.

(shield) ひかりのたて   (shield) Shield of Light (shield) Paladin
Defense: 2, 24% evade, 1 MDef, 1% MEvd, metal +3 spr, strong against Undead Used by: Paladin
(shield) ミスリルシールド (shield) Mithril Shield (shield) Silver
Defense: 3, 26% evade, 2 MDef, 2% MEvd, metal strong against Spirits Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin, Engineer

Renamed to ミスリルのたて (still "Mithril Shield", but with more pure Japanese) in the EasyType.

(shield) フレイムシールド (shield) Flame Shield (shield) Fire
Defense: 3, 28% evade, 2 MDef, 2% MEvd, metal resists Ice (weak to Flame) Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin, Engineer

Renamed to ほのおのたて (still "Flame Shield", but with purely Japanese terms) in the EasyType.

(shield) アイスシールド  (shield) Ice Shield (shield) Ice
Defense: 3, 30% evade, 2 MDef, 2% MEvd, metal resists Flame (weak to Ice), strong against Reptiles Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin, Engineer

Renamed to こおりのたて (still "Ice Shield", but with purely Japanese terms) in the EasyType.

(shield) ダイヤシールド  (shield) Diamond Shield (shield) Diamond
Defense: 4, 32% evade, 2 MDef, 3% MEvd resists Thunder Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin, Engineer

Renamed to ダイヤのたて (still "Diamond Shield", but with more pure Japanese) in the EasyType.

(shield) イージスのたて  (shield) Aegis Shield (shield) Aegis
Defense: 4, 34% evade, 5 MDef, 4% MEvd, metal +3 int, strong against Mages,
immune to Stone and Gradual Petrification
Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin, Engineer
(shield) げんじのたて   (shield) Genji's Shield (shield) Samurai
Defense: 5, 36% evade, 3 MDef, 4% MEvd, metal   Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin, Engineer
(shield) ドラゴンシールド (shield) Dragon Shield (shield) Dragoon
Defense: 6, 38% evade, 3 MDef, 5% MEvd resists Flame, Ice, and Thunder, strong against Dragons Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin, Engineer

Renamed to ドラゴンのたて (still "Dragon Shield", but with more pure Japanese) in the EasyType.

(shield) クリスタルのたて (shield) Crystal Shield (shield) Crystal
Defense: 7, 40% evade, 4 MDef, 6% MEvd +3 spr, strong against Undead Used by: Paladin

Headgear
(helm) アイアンヘルム  (helm) Iron Helm (helm) Iron
Defense: 3, metal   Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin, Engineer

Renamed to てつかぶと (still "Iron Helmet", but with purely Japanese terms) in the EasyType.

(helm) あんこくのかぶと (helm) Helmet of Darkness (helm) Shadow
Defense: 4, metal   Used by: Dark Knight
(helm) ハデスのかぶと  (helm) Hades Helmet (helm) Darkness
Defense: 5, 1 MDef, metal   Used by: Dark Knight

Renamed to やみのかぶと ("Helmet of the Dark" with purely Japanese terms) in the EasyType.

(helm) デモンズヘルム  (helm) Demon's Helm (helm) Black
Defense: 6, 1 MDef, 1% MEvd, metal   Used by: Dark Knight

Renamed to あくまのかぶと (still "Demon's Helmet", but with purely Japanese terms) in the EasyType.

(helm) ひかりのかぶと  (helm) Helmet of Light (helm) Paladin
Defense: 7, 2 MDef, 1% MEvd, metal strong against Undead Used by: Paladin
(helm) ミスリルヘルム  (helm) Mithril Helm (helm) Silver
Defense: 8, 2 MDef, 2% MEvd, metal strong against Spirits Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin, Engineer
(helm) ダイヤのかぶと  (helm) Diamond Helmet (helm) Diamond
Defense: 9, 2 MDef, 2% MEvd resists Thunder Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin, Engineer
(helm) げんじのかぶと  (helm) Genji's Helmet (helm) Samurai
Defense: 10, 6 MDef, 3% MEvd   Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin, Engineer, Ninja
(helm) ドラゴンヘルム  (helm) Dragon Helm (helm) Dragoon
Defense: 11, 7 MDef, 4% MEvd resists Flame, Ice, and Thunder, strong against Dragons Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin, Engineer
(helm) クリスタルヘルム (helm) Crystal Helm (helm) Crystal
Defense: 12, 8 MDef, 5% MEvd +3 spr, resists Flame, Ice, and Thunder,
strong against Undead
Used by: Paladin
(helm) かわのぼうし   (helm) Leather Hat (helm) Cap
Defense: 1, 5% evade, 1 MDef, 1% MEvd   Used by: All but Dark Knight

Renamed to ぼうし (just "Hat") in the EasyType for no apparent reason.

(helm) はねつきぼうし  (helm) Plumed Hat (helm) Leather
Defense: 2, 6% evade, 3 MDef, 3% MEvd   Used by: All but Dark Knight
(helm) さんかくぼうし  (helm) Triangle Hat (helm) Gaea
Defense: 3, 7% evade, 5 MDef, 5% MEvd +3 int, +3 spr Used by: Magic users

Renamed to まほうのぼうし (Magic Hat) in the EasyType for no apparent reason.

(helm) しさいのぼうし  (helm) Priest Hat (helm) Wizard
Defense: 5, 8% evade, 7 MDef, 7% MEvd +5 spr, strong against Undead Used by: Magic users

Renamed to まどうしのぼうし (Mage's Hat) in the EasyType for no apparent reason.

(helm) きんのかみかざり (helm) Gold Hair Ornament (helm) Tiara
Defense: 7, 10% evade, 10 MDef, 9% MEvd, metal +10 int, resists Thunder, strong against Dragons Used by: Summoner (child or adult), White Mage
(helm) リボン      (helm) Ribbon (helm) Ribbon
Defense: 9, 12% evade, 12 MDef, 12% MEvd strong against Mages, immune to Poison, Darkness, Silence, Pig, Pygmy, Toad, Stone, Incapacitated, Gradual Petrification, and Curse. Used by: All but Dark Knight

As usual, the Ribbon provides immunity to a wide variety of status ailments. The EasyType makes it incredible by adding Flame, Ice, and Thunder absorption.

(helm) ねじりはちまき  (helm) Twisted Headband (helm) Headband
Defense: 1, 10% evade, 1 MDef, 1% MEvd +5 str, immune to Confusion Used by: All but Dark Knight
(helm) グリーンベレー  (helm) Green Beret (helm) Bandanna
Defense: 3, 12% evade, 1 MDef, 1% MEvd +5 str, +5 stm Used by: All but Dark Knight
(helm) くろずきん    (helm) Black Hood (helm) Ninja
Defense: 5, 14% evade, 1 MDef, 1% MEvd +3 str, +3 agi, +3 stm, immune to Sleep Used by: All but Dark Knight

Renamed to にんじゃのずきん (Ninja Hood) in the EasyType. As if no one would have figured out the connection otherwise.

(helm) ガラスのマスク  (helm) Glass Mask (helm) Glass
Defense: 30 "immune" flag* Used by: All but Dark Knight

It is believed that the "immune" flag is meant to turn elemental resistances from other equipment into immunities. It's glitched, though, and not only does it not do that, it also sets base evasion to 99%. Weird, but at least it's useful.


Body
(armor) アイアンアーマー (armor) Iron Armor (armor) Iron
Defense: 4, 1 MDef, metal   Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin, Engineer

Renamed to てつよろい (still "Iron Armor", but with purely Japanese terms) in the EasyType.

(armor) あんこくのよろい (armor) Armor of Darkness (armor) Shadow
Defense: 5, 1 MDef, metal   Used by: Dark Knight
(armor) ハデスのよろい  (armor) Hades Armor (armor) Darkness
Defense: 7, 2 MDef, metal   Used by: Dark Knight

Renamed to やみのよろい ("Armor of the Dark" with purely Japanese terms) in the EasyType.

(armor) デモンズアーマー (armor) Demon's Armor (armor) Black
Defense: 9, 3 MDef, metal   Used by: Dark Knight

Renamed to あくまのよろい (still "Demon's Armor", but with purely Japanese terms) in the EasyType.

(armor) ナイトのよろい  (armor) Knight's Armor (armor) Paladin
Defense: 11, 3 MDef, 1% MEvd, metal +3 spr, strong against Undead Used by: Paladin
(armor) ミスリルアーマー (armor) Mithril Armor (armor) Silver
Defense: 13, 4 MDef, 2% MEvd, metal strong against Spirits Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin, Engineer

Renamed to キスリルのよろい (still "Mithril Armor", but with more pure Japanese) in the EasyType.

(armor) フレイムメイル  (armor) Flame Mail (armor) Fire
Defense: 15, 4 MDef, 2% MEvd, metal resists Ice (weak to Flame) Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin, Engineer

Renamed to ほのおのよろい ("Flame Armor" with purely Japanese terms) in the EasyType.

(armor) アイスアーマー  (armor) Ice Armor (armor) Ice
Defense: 17, 4 MDef, 2% MEvd, metal resists Flame (weak to Ice) Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin, Engineer

Renamed to こおりのよろい (still "Ice Armor", but with purely Japanese terms) in the EasyType.

(armor) ダイヤアーマー  (armor) Diamond Armor (armor) Diamond
Defense: 19, 4 MDef, 2% MEvd resists Thunder Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin, Engineer

Renamed to ダイヤのよろい (still "Diamond Armor", but with more pure Japanese) in the EasyType.

(armor) げんじのよろい  (armor) Genji's Armor (armor) Samurai
Defense: 21, 7 MDef, 4% MEvd   Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin, Engineer, Ninja
(armor) ドラゴンメイル  (armor) Dragon Mail (armor) Dragoon
Defense: 23, 8 MDef, 5% MEvd resists Flame, Ice, and Thunder, strong against Dragons Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin, Engineer
(armor) クリスタルメイル (armor) Crystal Mail (armor) Crystal
Defense: 25, 10 MDef, 6% MEvd +3 spr, strong against Undead, immune to Darkness, Silence, Pig, Pygmy, Toad, and Berserk Used by: Paladin

For better or worse, the Crystal Mail is the only equipment in the game that provides Berserk immunity.

The tunic icon used for many of the following items does not exist in the Japanese version of the game. It was added in the English version using one of the character codes freed up by not having to support the Japanese character set, and helps compensate for how short item names were forced to be.

(armor) ふく       (tunic) Clothing (tunic) Cloth
Defense: 1, 10% evade   Used by: All but Dark Knight
(armor) かわのふく    (tunic) Leather Clothes (tunic) Leather
Defense: 2, 10% evade, 1 MDef, 1% MEvd   Used by: All but Dark Knight
(armor) だいちのころも  (tunic) Earth Garb (tunic) Gaea
Defense: 3, 10% evade, 3 MDef, 3% MEvd immune to Gradual Petrification Used by: Magic users

Renamed to まほうのローブ (Magic Robe) in the EasyType for no apparent reason.

(armor) しさいのローブ  (tunic) Priest Robe (tunic) Wizard
Defense: 5, 10% evade, 5 MDef, 5% MEvd +5 spr Used by: Magic users

Renamed to まどうしのローブ (Mage's Robe) in the EasyType for no apparent reason.

(armor) くろのローブ   (tunic) Black Robe (tunic) Black
Defense: 8, 10% evade, 7 MDef, 7% MEvd +5 int (+5 spr instead in English and EasyType) Used by: Black Magic users

What a bizarre change. Wielders of Black Magic need the intelligence more than the spirit!

(armor) ひかりのローブ  (tunic) Robe of Light (tunic) Sorcerer
Defense: 12, 10% evade, 9 MDef, 9% MEvd +5 int, +5 spr, resists Thunder, strong against Undead Used by: Magic users
(armor) しろのローブ   (tunic) White Robe (tunic) White
Defense: 18, 10% evade, 10 MDef, 6% MEvd +15 spr, immune Darkness,
strong against Spirits and Undead
Used by: White Magic users
(armor) ちからだすき   (tunic) Power-Boost Suit (tunic) Power
Defense: 5, 10% evade +15 str Used by: All but Dark Knight
(armor) ミネルバビスチェ (tunic) Minerva Bustier (tunic) Heroine
Defense: 20, 40% evade, 5 MDef, 5% MEvd +15 str, +15 agi, +15 stm, -15 int, -15 spr,
immune to Paralysis
Used by: Summoner (child or adult), White Mage

Minerva is the Roman goddess of war (among other things). Renamed to ヒロインのドレス (Heroine's Dress) in the EasyType, which also lowers the stat bonuses to +10 but more than makes up for it by removing those annoying penalties.

(armor) しゅうじんのふく (tunic) Prison Uniform (tunic) Prisoner
Defense: 1, 10% evade, 1 MDef immune to Sleep Used by: All but Dark Knight

Renamed to しゅうじんふく (still "Prison Uniform") in the EasyType for no apparent reason.

(armor) しじんのふく   (tunic) Bard's Clothes (tunic) Bard
Defense: 2, 10% evade, 1 MDef immune to Silence Used by: All but Dark Knight
(armor) けんぽうぎ    (tunic) Kung Fu Suit (tunic) Karate
Defense: 5, 20% evade, 2 MDef, 1% MEvd +3 str Used by: All but Dark Knight
(armor) くろおびどうぎ  (tunic) Black Belt (tunic) Bl. Belt
Defense: 10, 30% evade, 3 MDef, 2% MEvd +5 str, +5 stm Used by: All but Dark Knight
(armor) アダマンアーマー (armor) Adaman Armor (armor) Adamant
Defense: 100, 10% evade, 20 MDef, 12% MEvd +15 all stats, nearly immune to Flame, Ice, and Thunder, immune to Poison, Darkness, Silence, Pig, Pygmy, Toad, Stone, Incapacitated, Gradual Petrification, Confusion, Sleep, Paralysis, Levitation, and Curse, "immune" flag* Used by: All but Dark Knight

The "immune" flag actually does turn elemental resistances into (near) immunities here, but it's still glitched and also sets base evasion rate to 99%.

Worse, the Adaman Armor apparently plays around with some extended flags, and removing it after having it equipped once makes that character very weak (4x damage taken) to both Flame and Ice (and supposedly weak to Thunder as well, but my testing doesn't support that). In short, if you manage to get one of these, equip it to someone and don't ever remove it. But why would you want to remove it anyway?

(armor) くろしょうぞく  (tunic) Black Outfit (tunic) Ninja
Defense: 24, 70% evade, 15 MDef, 8% MEvd +3 agl Used by: Ninja

The EasyType renames this the にんじゃふく (Ninja Clothes) and raises the agility bonus to +5.


Other
(gauntlet) てつのこて    (gauntlet) Iron Bracer (gauntlet) Iron
Defense: 2, metal   Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin, Engineer, Ninja
(gauntlet) あんこくのこて  (gauntlet) Bracer of Darkness (gauntlet) Shadow
Defense: 2, metal   Used by: Dark Knight
(gauntlet) ハデスのこて   (gauntlet) Hades Bracer (gauntlet) Darkness
Defense: 3, metal   Used by: Dark Knight

Renamed to やみのこて ("Bracer of the Dark" with purely Japanese terms) in the EasyType.

(gauntlet) あくまのこて   (gauntlet) Demon's Bracer (gauntlet) Black
Defense: 4, metal   Used by: Dark Knight
(gauntlet) ガントレット   (gauntlet) Gauntlet (gauntlet) Paladin
Defense: 5, 1 MDef, 1% MEvd, metal +3 spr, strong against Undead Used by: Paladin

Renamed to はがねのこて ("Steel Bracer" with purely Japanese terms) in the EasyType.

(gauntlet) ミスリルのこて  (gauntlet) Mithril Bracer (gauntlet) Silver
Defense: 6, 2 MDef, 2% MEvd, metal strong against Spirits Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin, Engineer, Ninja
(gauntlet) ダイヤのこて   (gauntlet) Diamond Bracer (gauntlet) Diamond
Defense: 7, 3 MDef, 3% MEvd resists Thunder Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin, Engineer
(gauntlet) きょじんのこて  (gauntlet) Giant's Bracer (gauntlet) Zeus
Defense: 10 +10 str, +10 stm, strong against Giants, immune Pygmy Used by: Wyrmknight, Monk, Paladin, Engineer, Summoner (adult), Ninja
(gauntlet) げんじのこて   (gauntlet) Genji's Bracer (gauntlet) Samurai
Defense: 8, 5 MDef, 3% MEvd   Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin, Engineer, Ninja
(gauntlet) ドラゴンのこて  (gauntlet) Dragon Bracer (gauntlet) Dragoon
Defense: 9, 6 MDef, 3% MEvd resists Flame, Ice, and Thunder, strong against Dragons Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin, Engineer
(gauntlet) クリスタルのこて (gauntlet) Crystal Bracer (gauntlet) Crystal
Defense: 10, 7 MDef, 4% MEvd +3 spr, strong against Undead Used by: Paladin

The ring icon used for the following items does not exist in the Japanese version of the game. It was added in the English version using one of the character codes freed up by not having to support the Japanese character set, and helps compensate for how short item names were forced to be.

(gauntlet) てつのうでわ   (ring) Iron Bracelet (ring) IronRing
Defense: 2, 10% evade, 2 MDef, 1% MEvd, metal   Used by: Summoner (child), Sage, Royalty, White Mage, Monk, Black Mage, Summoner (adult), Ninja, Lunarian

In an odd reversal of its tendency to give things more Japanese names, the EasyType renames this with the borrowed English term ブレスレット ("Bracelet").

(gauntlet) ルビーのゆびわ  (ring) Ruby Ring (ring) RubyRing
Defense: 0, 10% evade, 3 MDef, 2% MEvd immune to Pig Used by: All but Dark Knight
(gauntlet) ぎんのうでわ   (ring) Silver Bracelet (ring) Silver
Defense: 4, 10% evade, 4 MDef, 4% MEvd, metal strong against Spirits Used by: Summoner (child), Sage, Royalty, White Mage, Monk, Black Mage, Summoner (adult), Ninja, Lunarian
(gauntlet) パワーリスト   (ring) Power Wrist (ring) Strength
Defense: 2, 10% evade, 2 MDef, 2% MEvd, metal +5 str Used by: Wyrmknight, Monk, Paladin, Engineer, Summoner (adult), Ninja
(gauntlet) ルーンのうでわ  (ring) Rune Bracelet (ring) Rune
Defense: 5, 10% evade, 8 MDef, 8% MEvd +3 int, +3 spr, strong against Mages, immune to Silence Used by: Summoner (child), Sage, Royalty, White Mage, Monk, Black Mage, Summoner (adult), Ninja, Lunarian

Renamed to まほうのうでわ ("Magic Bracelet" with purely Japanese terms) in the EasyType.

(gauntlet) クリスタルリング (ring) Crystal Ring (ring) Crystal
Defense: 20, 15% evade, 12 MDef, 10% MEvd +5 agl, strong against Dragons,
immune to Confusion, Sleep, and Paralysis
Used by: All but Dark Knight
(gauntlet) ダイヤのうでわ  (ring) Diamond Bracelet (ring) Diamond
Defense: 6, 10% evade, 8 MDef, 6% MEvd resists Thunder Used by: Summoner (child), Sage, Royalty, White Mage, Monk, Black Mage, Summoner (adult), Ninja, Lunarian
(gauntlet) まもりのゆびわ  (ring) Protect Ring (ring) Protect
Defense: 10, 15% evade, 12 MDef, 10% MEvd +15 stm, resists Flame, Ice, and Thunder Used by: All but Dark Knight
(gauntlet) のろいのゆびわ  (ring) Ring of Curses (ring) Cursed
Defense: 0 -15 all stats, "absorb" flag* Used by: All

When worn together with any equipment that resists any attack element, upgrades the resistance to absorption. Useless for the Dark Knight even though he can wear it and you can get one with him in your party, because none of his equipment has any elemental resistance.


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