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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.

Crystal Light armor Medium armor Ribbon armor Heavy armor
1. Wind White mage
Black mage
Monk
Thief
Blue mage
- Knight
2. Water Time mage
Summoner
Red mage - Mystic knight
Berserker
3. Fire Geomancer
Bard
Ranger
Ninja
Beastmaster
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4. Earth - Chemist Dancer Dragoon
Samurai
5. Advance jobs Oracle
Necromancer
Cannoneer - Gladiator

Common armor

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

Armor parts

Name Part Cost Def M.Def. Special Location
Leather cap Head 50 1 1 - Find: Pirates' Hideout, Wind Shrine
Buy: Tule
Win: Goblin
Leather armor Body 80 1 1 - Buy: Tule
Steal: Melusine
Leather shoes Acc. 70 1 1 - Find: Tule (x2)
Steal: Melusine, Minotaur
Win: Black Goblin
Plumed hat Head 350 2 2 - Buy: Karnak, Crescent
Steal: Tonberry, Calofisteri

Accessories

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

Name Part Cost Def. M.Def. Special Location
Silver glasses Acc. 250 1 1 Prevents Blind. Find: Walse
Win: Iron Claw
Steal: Page 64, Headstone, Vilia
Elven mantle Acc. 4000 0 3 Evasion +33%; Spd+1, Mag+1. Find: Walse Castle, Karnak Castle, Moogle Village
Win: Halicarnassus
Steal: Cherie
Reflect ring Acc. 20000 0 0 Grants Reflect. Find: Istory Falls
Win: Reflect Knight, Parthenope, Leviathan
Steal: Reflect Mage, Carbuncle, Barrier, Calofisteri, Fury, Lemure
Protect ring Acc. 30000 10 10 Grants Regenerate; Sta+5. Find: Istory Falls, Pyramid of Moore, Island Shrine
Steal: Soul Cannon (Phoenix Tower), Odin
Hermes sandals Acc. 50000 0 3 Grants Haste; prevents Slow, Stop, Paralyze and Sleep. Find: Interdimensional Rift
Buy: Phantom Village
Win: Cherie
Flame ring Acc. 50000 5 5 Absorbs fire, immune to ice; weak to water. Find: Great Sea Trench
Buy: Istory, Phantom Village
Steal: Red Dragon
Coral ring Acc. 50000 5 5 Absorbs water, immune to fire; weak to lightning. Find: Interdimensional Rift
Buy: Istory, Phantom Village
Win: Yellow Dragon
Steal: Parthenope
Angel ring Acc. 50000 5 10 Prevents Instant-Defeat, Old and Zombie. Find: Interdimensional Rift
Buy: Istory, Phantom Village
Win: Vilia
Steal: Druid, Baldanders
Cursed ring Acc. 2 25 5 Inflicts Doom to wearer. Find: Pyramid of Moore
Steal: Fury, Hades
Advance remake
Hyper wrist Acc. ? 3 0 Str+5, Atk+10 Find: Sealed Temple
Chaos orb Acc. ? 0 8 Raises elemental attacks; inflicts Sap to wearer Win: Archeodemon
Crystal orb Acc. ? 0 20 Mag+5 Win: Guardian
Sorcerer's mantle Acc. ? 0 0 Resists all elements; evasion +10% Find: Sealed Temple

Light armor

They include robes and hats.

Medium armor

They include clothes and light helms.

Ribbon armor

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

Heavy armor

They include body armor, helms, shields and gauntlets.