Final Fantasy V/Armor

Final Fantasy V has a wide variety of armor which protects characters from physical and magical damage. The Freelancer and Mime class can equip almost all armor parts in the game. However, some classes cannot equip certain types of armor.

Common armor
Armor parts and accessories that can be equipped by any job.

Accessories
Default sorting is by purchasing price (equal to twice the selling price). Accessories introduced in the GBA remake are highlighted in green.

Light armor
Armor parts and accessories that can be equipped by magical jobs. They include hats (head parts) and robes (body parts). Default sorting is by price and game progression; sort by "part" to separate hats from robes.

The following jobs can wear these armors only: White Mage, Black Mage, Time Mage, Summoner, Geomancer, Bard, Oracle, Necromancer.

The following jobs can also wear medium armor parts: Blue Mage, Red Mage, Chemist, Dancer, Cannoneer.

Medium armor
They include clothes and light helms.

Ribbon armor
Ribbon armor parts can only be equipped by the Dancer. If the Dancer masters the "Equip ribbons" ability, any other job can use these armor parts (plus the Man-eater knife).

These armor parts affect not only the Dancer's "Dance" command, but also the "Dance" effect of the Dancing dagger, a weapon that can be equipped by most job. Dance is simplified as follows: the most useful dance (the Tempting Tango that inflicts Confusion) is removed, and the chance of performing the Sword Dance is doubled.

Heavy armor
They include body armor, helms, shields and gauntlets.