This section will cover the various armor weights, headgear, and shields that are obtainable in the game. You can select an icon below to quickly jump to the selected armor type:
Armor (heavy)
Jobs that can equip heavy armor: Ramza (Chapter 2 and up), Knight, Dragoon, Samurai, Dark Knight, and Onion Knight.
Supplemental support ability: Equip Armor (Knight).
| Icon | Gear | Attributes |
|---|---|---|
 | Leather Armor | +10 HP |
 | Linen Cuirass | +20 HP |
 | Bronze Armor | +30 HP |
 | Chainmail | +40 HP |
 | Mythril Armor | +50 HP |
 | Plate Mail | +60 HP |
 | Golden Armor | +70 HP |
 | Diamond Armor | +80 HP |
 | Platinum Armor | +90 HP |
 | Carabineer Mail | +100 HP |
 | Mirror Mail | +130 HP, User has Reflect status |
 | Crystal Mail | +110 HP |
 | Genji Armor | +150 HP |
| Grand Armor | +170 HP, User has Reraise, Regen status |
 | Maximilian | +200 HP |
 | Onion Armor | +250 HP, only equipable by Onion Knights. User has Reraise, Regen, Protect, Shell status |
Clothing (medium)
Jobs that can equip medium armor: Squire, Chemist, Archer, White Mage, Black Mage, Time mage, Summoner, Thief, Orator, Mystic, Geomancer, Ninja, Arithmetician, Bard, Dancer, Dark Knight, and Onion Knight.
| Icon | Gear | Attributes |
|---|---|---|
 | Clothing | +5 HP |
 | Leather Clothing | +10 HP |
 | Leather Plate | +18 HP |
| Ninja Gear | +20 HP, +1 Speed, User has Invisible status |
 | Ringmail | +24 HP |
 | Mythril Vest | +30 HP |
 | Adamant Vest | +36 HP |
 | Wizard Clothing | +42 HP, +15 MP |
 | Brigandine | +50 HP |
 | Jujitsu Gi | +60 HP, +1 PA, Immune: KO status |
 | Power Garb | +70 HP, +2 PA |
 | Gaia Gear | +85 HP, +10 MP, Absorbs: Earth-element, Boosts: Earth-element |
 | Black Garb | +100 HP, Immune: Stop status |
 | Mirage Vest | +120 HP, +1 Speed |
 | Minerva Bustier | +120 HP, Only equipable by females, Negate: Fire, Lightning, Wind, Darkness-element, Halves: Ice, Water, Earth, Holy-element |
 | Rubber Suit | +150 HP, +30 MP, Negate: Lightning-element |
 | Brave Suit | +160 HP, +40 MP, User has Reraise, Regen status |
Robes (light)
Jobs that can equip light armor: Knight, White Mage, Black Mage, Time Mage, Summoner, Orator, Mystic, Geomancer, Dragoon, Samurai, Arithmetician, Dark Knight, and Onion Knight.
| Icon | Gear | Attributes |
|---|---|---|
 | Hempen Robe | +10 HP, +10 MP |
 | Silken Robe | +20 HP, +16 MP |
 | Wizard’s Robe | +30 HP, +22 MP, +2 MA |
 | Chameleon Robe | +40 HP, +28 MP, Immune: KO status, Absorb: Holy |
 | White Robe | +50 HP, +34 MP, Halves: Fire, Lightning, Ice-element |
 | Black Robe | +60 HP, +30 MP, Boosts: Fire, Lightning, Ice-element |
 | Luminous Robe | +75 HP, +50 MP |
| Lordly Robe | +100 HP, +80 MP, +2 PA, +1 MA, User has Protect, Shell status |
 | Sage’s Robe | +120 HP, +100 MP, Halves: all elements |
Helmets
Jobs that can equip this headgear: Ramza (Chapter 2 and up), Knight, Dragoon, Samurai, Dark Knight, and Onion Knight.
Supplemental support ability: Equip Armor (Knight).
| Icon | Gear | Attributes |
|---|---|---|
 | Leather Helm | +10 HP |
 | Bronze Helm | +20 HP |
 | Iron Helm | +30 HP |
 | Barbut | +40 HP |
 | Mythril Helm | +50 HP |
 | Golden Helm | +60 HP |
 | Close Helmet | +70 HP |
 | Diamond Helm | +80 HP |
 | Platinum Helm | +90 HP |
 | Circlet | +100 HP |
 | Crystal Helm | +120 HP |
 | Genji Helm | +130 HP |
 | Grand Helm | +150 HP, Immune: Blind, Sleep status |
| Vanguard Helm | +150 HP, +20 MP |
 | Onion Helm | +200 HP, only equipable by Onion Knights |
Hats
Jobs that can equip this headgear: Squire, Chemist, White Mage, Black Mage, Knight, Time Mage, Archer, Thief, Summoner, Bard, Dancer, Ninja, Orator, Mystic, Arithmetician, Dark Knight, and Onion Knight.
| Icon | Gear | Attributes |
|---|---|---|
 | Leather Cap | +8 HP |
 | Plumed Hat | +16 HP, +5 MP |
 | Red Hood | +24 HP, +8 MP |
 | Headgear | +32 HP, +1 PA |
 | Wizard’s Hat | +40 HP, +12 MP, +1 MA |
 | Green Beret | +48 HP, +1 Speed |
 | Headband | +56 HP, +2 PA |
 | Brass Coronet | +60 HP, +100 MP, +3 MA, Immune: Silence status |
 | Celebrant’s Miter | +64 HP, +20 MP, +1 MA |
 | Black Cowl | +72 HP |
 | Gold Hairpin | +80 HP, +50 MP, Immune: Silence status |
 | Lambent Hat | +88 HP, +15 MP, +1 MA, +1 Speed |
 | Thief’s Cap | +100 HP, +2 Speed, Immune: Immobilize, Disable status |
| Acacia’s Hat | +120 HP, +20 MP, +2 Speed, Immune: Berserk, Charm, Confuse status |
Hair Adornments
Jobs that can equip this headgear: Onion Knight, Soldier (Cloud), and female characters.
| Icon | Gear | Attributes |
|---|---|---|
 | Cachusha | +20 HP, Immune: Undead, Blind, Silence, Toad, Poison, Slow, Immobilize, Disable, Doom status |
 | Barette | +20 HP, Immune: KO, Stone, Traitor, Confuse, Vampire, Berserk, Stop, Charm, Sleep status |
| Ribbon | +10 HP, Immune: All negative status except Chicken, Oil, Atheist, and Faith |
Shields
Jobs that can equip shields: Knight, Dragoon, Samurai, Dark Knight, and Onion Knight.
Supplemental support ability: Equip Shields (Knight).
Shields improve your character’s physical and/or magic evasion rates (noted as S-EV). Shields are ineffective from attacks from behind.
| Icon | Gear | Attributes | Evasion% (Phy/Mag) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Escutcheon | N/A | 10/3 |
 | Buckler | N/A | 13/3 |
 | Bronze Shield | N/A | 16/0 |
 | Round Shield | N/A | 19/0 |
 | Mythril Shield | N/A | 22/5 |
 | Golden Shield | N/A | 25/0 |
 | Ice Shield | Absorbs: Ice-element, Halves: Fire-element, Weak: Lightning-element | 28/0 |
 | Flame Shield | Absorbs: Fire-element, Halves: Ice-element, Weak: Water-element | 31/0 |
 | Aegis Shield | +1 MA | 10/50 |
 | Diamond Shield | N/A | 34/15 |
 | Platinum Shield | N/A | 37/10 |
 | Crystal Shield | N/A | 40/15 |
 | Genji Shield | N/A | 43/0 |
 | Kaiser Shield | Boosts: Fire, Lightning, Ice-element | 46/20 |
 | Venetian Shield | Halves: Fire, Lightning, Ice-element | 50/25 |
 | Reverie Shield | Halves: all elements | 50/25 |
| Escutcheon “II” | N/A | 75/50 |
 | Onion Shield | Only equipable on Onion Knights | 80/75 |