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.
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. |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
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. |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Defense: 1, 22% evade, metal | Used by: Dark Knight | |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
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. |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Defense: 2, 24% evade, 1 MDef, 1% MEvd, metal | +3 spr, strong against Undead | Used by: Paladin |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
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. |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
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. |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
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. |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
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. |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
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 |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Defense: 5, 36% evade, 3 MDef, 4% MEvd, metal | Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin, Engineer | |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
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. |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Defense: 7, 40% evade, 4 MDef, 6% MEvd | +3 spr, strong against Undead | Used by: Paladin |
Headgear | ||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
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. |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Defense: 4, metal | Used by: Dark Knight | |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
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. |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
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. |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Defense: 7, 2 MDef, 1% MEvd, metal | strong against Undead | Used by: Paladin |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Defense: 8, 2 MDef, 2% MEvd, metal | strong against Spirits | Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin, Engineer |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Defense: 9, 2 MDef, 2% MEvd | resists Thunder | Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin, Engineer |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Defense: 10, 6 MDef, 3% MEvd | Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin, Engineer, Ninja | |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Defense: 11, 7 MDef, 4% MEvd | resists Flame, Ice, and Thunder, strong against Dragons | Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin, Engineer |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Defense: 12, 8 MDef, 5% MEvd | +3 spr, resists Flame,
Ice,
and Thunder, strong against Undead |
Used by: Paladin |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
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. |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Defense: 2, 6% evade, 3 MDef, 3% MEvd | Used by: All but Dark Knight | |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
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. |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
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. |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Defense: 7, 10% evade, 10 MDef, 9% MEvd, metal | +10 int, resists Thunder, strong against Dragons | Used by: Summoner (child or adult), White Mage |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
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. |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Defense: 1, 10% evade, 1 MDef, 1% MEvd | +5 str, immune to Confusion | Used by: All but Dark Knight |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Defense: 3, 12% evade, 1 MDef, 1% MEvd | +5 str, +5 stm | Used by: All but Dark Knight |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
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. |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
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 | ||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
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. |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Defense: 5, 1 MDef, metal | Used by: Dark Knight | |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
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. |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
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. |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Defense: 11, 3 MDef, 1% MEvd, metal | +3 spr, strong against Undead | Used by: Paladin |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
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. |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
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. |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
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. |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
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. |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Defense: 21, 7 MDef, 4% MEvd | Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin, Engineer, Ninja | |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Defense: 23, 8 MDef, 5% MEvd | resists Flame, Ice, and Thunder, strong against Dragons | Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin, Engineer |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
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. |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Defense: 1, 10% evade | Used by: All but Dark Knight | |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Defense: 2, 10% evade, 1 MDef, 1% MEvd | Used by: All but Dark Knight | |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
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. |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
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. |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
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! |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Defense: 12, 10% evade, 9 MDef, 9% MEvd | +5 int, +5 spr, resists Thunder, strong against Undead | Used by: Magic users |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Defense: 18, 10% evade, 10 MDef, 6% MEvd | +15 spr, immune Darkness, strong against Spirits and Undead |
Used by: White Magic users |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Defense: 5, 10% evade | +15 str | Used by: All but Dark Knight |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
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. |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
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. |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Defense: 2, 10% evade, 1 MDef | immune to Silence | Used by: All but Dark Knight |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Defense: 5, 20% evade, 2 MDef, 1% MEvd | +3 str | Used by: All but Dark Knight |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Defense: 10, 30% evade, 3 MDef, 2% MEvd | +5 str, +5 stm | Used by: All but Dark Knight |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
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? |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
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 | ||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Defense: 2, metal | Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin, Engineer, Ninja | |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Defense: 2, metal | Used by: Dark Knight | |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
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. |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Defense: 4, metal | Used by: Dark Knight | |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
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. |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Defense: 6, 2 MDef, 2% MEvd, metal | strong against Spirits | Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin, Engineer, Ninja |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Defense: 7, 3 MDef, 3% MEvd | resists Thunder | Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin, Engineer |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Defense: 10 | +10 str, +10 stm, strong against Giants, immune Pygmy | Used by: Wyrmknight, Monk, Paladin, Engineer, Summoner (adult), Ninja |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Defense: 8, 5 MDef, 3% MEvd | Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin, Engineer, Ninja | |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Defense: 9, 6 MDef, 3% MEvd | resists Flame, Ice, and Thunder, strong against Dragons | Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin, Engineer |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
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. |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
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"). |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Defense: 0, 10% evade, 3 MDef, 2% MEvd | immune to Pig | Used by: All but Dark Knight |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
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 |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Defense: 2, 10% evade, 2 MDef, 2% MEvd, metal | +5 str | Used by: Wyrmknight, Monk, Paladin, Engineer, Summoner (adult), Ninja |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
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. |
||
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
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 |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
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 |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Defense: 10, 15% evade, 12 MDef, 10% MEvd | +15 stm, resists Flame, Ice, and Thunder | Used by: All but Dark Knight |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
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. |
||
E-mail comments, corrections, etc.
Return to Final Fantasy 4 index