Dragon Warrior IV/Items and Equipment

Some items can only be found in certain locations or dropped by enemies. Some cast spells when used as an item in battle. Cursed items negatively affect your party and can only be removed by healers in town.

* Item is found in a chest at this location

** Item can be traded for small medals by the Small Medal King.

Weapons
Weapons are very important for most characters, especially the fighters, who cannot cast spells.

Default sorting is by price. Some weapons with lower attack value can instead cast offensive spells that deal lots of damage anyway, or have special properties that make them valuable. The Hero has to select the weapon from the "Item" menu to cast a spell.

Selling price is always 75% of purchasing price. Weapons that cannot be purchased in shops are listed afterwards, as more rare and valuable, their Price cell is shaded in gray, and price is calculated from the selling price.

Characters abbreviations:
 * H: Hero (Solo/Sofia)
 * S: Soldier (Ragnar)
 * M: Merchant (Taloon)
 * P: Princess (Alena)
 * C: Chancellor (Cristo)
 * F: Fortune Teller (Nara)
 * D: Dancer (Mara)
 * W: Wizard (Brey)

Characters are sorted according to this order in the table below, for the reasons outlined here:
 * Solo/Sofia, Ragnar and Taloon (the "warriors") can use similar equipment;
 * Alena (the "fighter") can use very limited equipment;
 * Cristo, Nara, Mara and Brey (the "spellcasters") can use similar equipment; moreover:
 * Cristo and Nara are both White Mages, and have more equipment in common;
 * Nara and Mara are both girls, and can both use some female-only equipment;
 * Mara and Brey are both Black Mages, and have more equipment in common.

Armor
Armor offers protection from enemy blows. Unlike weapons, armor cannot be used as an item during battle, but some do have special effects like protecting against different types of attacks.

Shields
Although most early shields provide little defensive strength, by the end of the game you will obtain some very nice shields. Like weapons, certain shields have useful abilities when used in battle.

Helmets
Compared to armors and shields, helmets give relatively little defense with three exceptions, the Metal Babble Helm, the Zenithian Helm and the Iron Mask. Since only the Hero and Ragnar can wear the Iron Mask, and only the Hero gets the Zenithian Helm, most of your party members need to settle for weaker helmets. In addition, the Metal Babble Helm is rather hard to get, requiring 20 small medals out of a total of 32 medals, so you need to either save up your medals or you can spend them on multiple Hats of Happiness and Swords of Miracles instead.

Usable Items
These items can be purchased at a store (or the Casino) and have an effect when used.

** Purchased at Casino with Casino coins.

Quest Items
These items are required to complete the game. Many of them also have an effect when used.