Dragon Warrior IV/Items and Equipment

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Diagram showing relationship between price, attack value and special effects of weapons.

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 the specified location
** Item can be traded for small medals by the Smallmini medals by the Mini Medal King.

Selling price is always 75% of purchasing price.

Default sorting is by price. In fact, some weapons with lower attack value can instead cast offensive spells that deal lots of damage anyway (e.g. Staff of ThunderLightning Staff), or have special properties that make them valuable (e.g. Staff of HealingSalvation). The same applies for armors, shields and helms.

Equipment parts 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. Equipment parts that cannot even be sold are the rarest and most valuable, they are listed at the end of the tables, and their price is set as zero.

If a character is not controlled by the video game artificial intelligence, he/she has to select the weapon from the "Item" menu to cast its spell. A female hero can use a few "female-only" pieces of armor that a male hero cannot wear.

Characters abbreviations:

• H: Hero (Solo/Sofia)
• S: Soldier (Ragnar)
• M: Merchant (TaloonTorneko)
• P: Princess (Alena)
• C: Chancellor (CristoKiryl)
• F: Fortune Teller (NaraMeena)
• D: Dancer (MaraMaya)
• W: Wizard (BreyBorya)

Characters are sorted according to this order in the tables below, for the reasons outlined here:

• Solo/Sofia, Ragnar and TaloonTorneko (the "warriors") can use similar equipment;
• Alena (the "fighter") can use very limited equipment;
• Cristo, Nara, Mara and BreyKiryl, Meena, Maya and Borya (the "spellcasters") can use similar equipment; moreover:
  • Cristo and NaraKiryl and Meena are both White Mages, and have more equipment in common;
  • Nara and MaraMeena and Maya are both girls, and can both use some female-only equipment;
  • Mara and BreyMaya and Borya are both Black Mages, and have more equipment in common.

Weapons

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

Weapon	Price	Attack	Special effect	H	S	M	P	C	F	D	W	Location
Cypress Stick	4	2	-	Y	Y	Y	-	Y	Y	Y	Y	one location only
ClubOaken Club	30	7	-	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	-	-
Copper Sword	100	12	-	Y	Y	Y	-	Y	Y	-	-
Thorn WhipDivine Dagger	200	14	-	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	-
BoomerangHunting Bow	350	18	-	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Chain Sickle	550	20	-	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	-	-
Iron Fan	620	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-
Venomous DaggerPoison Moth Knife	750	24	Inflicts paralysis on enemy	-	-	Y	-	-	Y	Y	Y
Iron SpearLance	880	28	-	Y	Y	Y	-	Y	-	-	-
Morning StarHoly Lance	1250	33	-	-	Y	-	-	Y	Y	-	-
Poison Needle	1300	0	Instant-kill chance	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	Y
Iron Claw	1500	38	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	Endor Castle
Abacus of VirtueAstraea's Abacus	1600	35	Item: casts Expel	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-
Broad SwordSteel Broadsword	2000	40	-	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-
Staff of ForceSomatic Staff	2500	55	Uses 3 MP per attack	-	-	-	-	Y	Y	Y	Y
Sword of MaliceCautery Sword	3500	45	Item: casts FirebalSizz	Y	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-	Loch TowerTur
Battle Axe	5500	50	-	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-
StilettoFalcon Knife Earrings	7500	5	Attacks twice per turn	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	Y	-
Sword of LethargyDream Blade	8000	60	Inflicts sleep on enemy; item: casts SleepmoreKasnooze	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dragon KillerDragonsbane	15000	90	Deals extra damage to Dragons	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-
Staff of JubilationThalian Staff	90	33	Item: Chance of enemy missing a turn	-	-	-	-	Y	Y	Y	Y	Casino, 1000 coins
Sword of DecimationMassacre Sword*	200	120	Cursed: user has 0 def Item: casts defence	-	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-	KonenburPorthtrunnel
Silver Tarot Cards*	500	21	Item: 1 of 9 random effects	-	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	AkemtoMamon Mine
DemonHela's Hammer	600	70	Cursed: 1/3 critical hit chance, 2/3 miss	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ice BladeIcicle Dirk*	800	75	Item: casts SnowstormCrackle	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	Lakanaba in Chapter 5
Multi-EdgeDouble-Edged Sword*	3300	99	Cursed: damages wielder	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	Endor
Staff of Antimagic*	4000	50	Item: casts StopSpellFizzle	-	-	-	-	Y	Y	Y	Y	Royal Crypt
Staff of PunishmentDivine Wrath**	4300	35	Item: casts InferMoreSwoosh	-	-	-	-	Y	Y	-	-	SmallMini Medal King, 1 medal
Staff of HealingSalvation*	6000	5	Item: casts HealMoreMidheal	-	-	-	-	Y	Y	-	Y	World TreeYggdrasil
Sword of MiraclesMiracle Sword**	9500	100	Heals 1/4 HP on non-lethal hits	Y	Y	Y	-	Y	-	-	-	SmallMini Medal King, 6 medals
Fire Claw*	10000	60	Item: casts FireBaneSizzle	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	Basement of GardenburFemiscyra castle
Staff of ThunderLightning Staff*	20000	29	Item: casts FireBaneSizzle	-	-	-	-	-	-	Y	Y	Palace of NecrosaroPsaro's Castle
Metal BabbleLiquid Metal Sword*	0	130	Guaranteed damage to metal enemies	Y	Y	Y	-	Y	Y	-	-	Cascade Cave
Magma Staff*	0	63	Item: casts Boom	-	-	-	-	Y	Y	Y	Y	Hidden in SanteemZamoksva Castle
Zenithian Sword*	0	65	Item: removes status ailments	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	World TreeYggdrasil

Effects of Silver Tarot Cards

When used as an item, the Silver Tarot Cards have a random effect from the ones listed below. In chapter 5, they can be used only choosing the "Try out" tactic. The numbers (N.) come from official Japanese artwork.

In order to get past the Fool card, you should use the Tarots in a party where as many characters as possible can cast a Revive spell.

N.	Tarot	NES effect	NDS effect
10	Sun	Heal: casts Healusall on all party.	Heal: restores some health points to all party.
20	Evil/Devil	BAD: casts StopSpell on one ally.	Disable: casts Kasap on all enemies.
30	Justice	Attack: casts Expel on all enemies.	Attack: casts Poof on all enemies.
40	Terminator/Death	Disable: replaces all enemies with a powerful Necrodain skeleton. It's always drawn last, after the party has been weakened by the "bad" tarots.	Attack: casts Whack on one enemy.
50	Star	Support: doubles experience and gold gained from the battle.	Support: doubles experience and gold gained from the battle.
60	Tower	BAD: casts Zap on all allies.	Attack: casts Zap on all enemies.
70	Perfection/Fool	BAD: casts Defeat on all party.	BAD: casts Thwack on all party.
80	Strength	Support: casts Bi-Kill on one ally.	Support: casts Oomph on one ally.
90	Moon	Disable: casts Surround on all enemies.	Disable: casts Dazzle on all enemies.

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.

Item	Price	Defense	Special effects	H	S	M	P	C	F	D	W	Location
Basic Clothes	10	4	-	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	-
Wayfarer's Clothes	70	7	-	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	-
Silk Robe	110	10	-	Y	-	-	Y	-	Y	Y	-	-
Leather Armor	180	12	-	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	-	-	Y	-
Leather Dress	250	14	-	(F)	-	-	Y	-	Y	Y	-	-
Chain Mail	350	18	-	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	-	-	-	-
Dancer's Costume	400	8	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	Y	-	-
Fur Coat	600	22	-	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	-	-
Bronze Armor	700	25	-	Y	Y	Y	-	Y	Y	-	-	-
Half PlateIron Armor	1200	30	-	Y	Y	-	-	Y	Y	-	-	-
Iron Apron	1500	32	-	-	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-
Full Plate Armor	2300	35	-	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cloak of Evasion	3000	28	-	-	-	-	Y	-	-	Y	Y	-
Sacred RobeMagic Vestment	4400	38	Reduces Fire and Ice damage	-	-	-	-	Y	Y	-	-	-
Dragon Mail	5200	45	Reduces Dragonbreath damage	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pink Leotard	6300	40	-	(F)	-	-	Y	-	Y	Y	-	-
SwordedgeSpiked Armor	9800	50	Enemies are damaged when they attack wearer	Y	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-
Metal BabbleLiquid Metal Armor	15000	95	-	Y	Y	Y	-	Y	Y	-	-	-
Water Flying ClothesFlowing Dress	15000	41	Reduces Fire and Dragonbreath damage	-	-	-	-	-	Y	Y	Y	-
Zombie Mail*	834	49	Cursed: reduces wearer's HP with every step	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	Den of RamdiviceAamon
DemonHela's Armor*	1000	60	Cursed: sets Agility to zero	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	Final CaveDoorway to Nadiria
Robe of Serenity*	6000	33	While asleep In battle, defense is increased	-	-	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Cave of PadequiaImperial Pantry of Parthenia
Mysterious BoleroGlombolero*	7500	37	Absorbs MP of spells cast on wearer	-	-	-	-	Y	Y	Y	Y	Zenithian Tower
Dress of RadianceShimmering Dress*	8800	45	Bounces spells back at caster	(F)	-	-	Y	-	Y	Y	-	Shrine of Horn, Final CaveBaron's Folly, Doorway to Nadiria
Zenithian Armor*	0	70	Reduces Dragonbreath, Fire and Ice damage	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Shrine of Breaking WavesBriny Lair

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.

Item	Price	Defense	Special effect	H	S	M	P	C	F	D	W	Location
Leather Shield	90	4	-	Y	Y	Y	-	Y	Y	-	Y
Scale Shield	180	7	-	Y	Y	Y	-	Y	Y	-	Y	Final CaveDoorway to Nadiria
Iron Shield	650	12	-	Y	Y	Y	-	Y	Y	-	-	-
Dragon Shield	7100	30	Reduces Dragonbreath damage	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shield of StrengthPower Shield	13000	40	Item: casts HealmoreMidheal	Y	Y	Y	-	Y	-	-	-	-
AeolusTempest Shield*	4700	50	Item: casts ExpelPoof	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	Dire PalaceDiabolic Hall
Mirror Shield*	9000	45	Reflects spell damage back at caster.	Y	Y	-	-	Y	-	-	-	Final CaveDoorway to Nadiria
Metal BabbleLiquid Metal Shield	43690	60	Item: casts FendspellSnub.	-	-	-	-	Y	Y	Y	Y	Casino, 50000 coins
Zenithian Shield*	0	55	Item: casts Bounce	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	GardenburFemiscyra

Helms

Compared to armors and shields, helms give relatively little defense with three exceptions: the Metal BabbleLiquid Metal 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 helms. In addition, the Metal BabbleLiquid Metal 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 MiraclesHappy Hats and Miracle Swords instead.

Item	Price	Defense	Special effect	H	S	M	P	C	F	D	W	Location
Leather Hat	64	2	-	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	-
Wooden HatHardwood Headwear	120	6	-	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	-	-	-
Feather HatFeathered Cap	280	8	-	-	-	-	Y	-	Y	Y	-	-
Golden BarretteGolden Tiara	540	12	-	(F)	-	-	Y	-	Y	Y	-	-
Iron HelmHelmet	1100	16	-	Y	Y	Y	-	Y	-	-	-	-
Iron Mask	3500	25	-	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mask of CorruptionDeath Mask*	8	200	Cursed: wearer is confused	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Cascade Cave
Hat of HappinessHappy Hat**	15	15	Restores 1 MP every four steps	-	-	-	-	Y	Y	Y	Y	SmallMini Medal King, 4 medals
Metal BabbleLiquid Metal Helm**	0	50	-	Y	Y	Y	-	Y	Y	-	-	SmallMini Medal King, 20 medals
Zenithian Helm*	0	30	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	StanciaCanalot

Notable equipment sets

Cursed	Price	Atk	Def	Curse effect	H	S	M	P	C	F	D	W	Location
Sword of DecimationMassacre Sword*	200	120	-	Sets defense to zero	-	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-	KonenburPorthtrunnel
DemonHela's Hammer	600	70	-	1/3 critical hit chance, 2/3 miss	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	Colossus
Multi-EdgeDouble-Edged Sword*	3300	99	-	Damages wielder	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	Endor
Zombie Mail*	834	-	49	Reduces wearer's HP with every step	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	Den of RadimviceAamon
DemonHela's Armor*	1000	-	60	Sets Agility to zero	Y	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	Final CaveDoorway to Nadiria
Mask of CorruptionDeath Mask*	8	-	200	Wearer is confused	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Cascade Cave

Metal BabbleLiquid Metal	Price	Atk	Def	Special effect	H	S	M	P	C	F	D	W	Location
Metal BabbleLiquid Metal Sword*	0	130	-	Guaranteed damage to metal enemies	Y	Y	Y	-	Y	Y	-	-	Cascade Cave
Metal BabbleLiquid Metal Armor	15000	-	95	-	Y	Y	Y	-	Y	Y	-	-	-
Metal BabbleLiquid Metal Shield	43690	-	60	Item: casts FendspellSnub.	-	-	-	-	Y	Y	Y	Y	Casino, 50000 coins
Metal BabbleLiquid Metal Helm**	0	-	50	-	Y	Y	Y	-	Y	Y	-	-	SmallMini Medal King, 20 medals

Zenithian	Price	Atk	Def	Special effect	H	S	M	P	C	F	D	W	Location
Zenithian Sword*	0	65	-	Item: removes status ailments	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	World TreeYggdrasil
Zenithian Armor*	0	-	70	Reduces Dragonbreath, Fire and Ice damage	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Shrine of Breaking WavesBriny Lair
Zenithian Shield*	0	-	55	Item: casts Bounce	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	GardenburFemiscyra
Zenithian Helm*	0	-	30	-	Y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	StanciaCanalot

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.

Prolonged use items	Price	Location	Effect
Meteorite ArmbandBracer**	0	Casino, 4000 coins	Doubles Agility of wearer.
Sage's Stone	0	Necrosaro's PalacePsaro's Castle	Casts HealusMultiheal
Sandglass of RegressionSands of Time	0	Cascade Cave	Allows you to reverse time in battle once per day.
SmallMini Medal	0	Hidden around the world	Trade to SmallMini Medal King
Treasure Map	0	Mintos	Use to see world map.
Wizard'sPrayer Ring**	0	Casino, 500 coins	Restores 15-30 MP, has a chance of breaking when used.

Enix seeds	Price	Location	Effect
Luck SeedSeed of Luck	70		Permanently increases Luck of user.
Agility SeedSeed of Agility	90		Permanently increases Agility of user.
Strength SeedSeed of Strength	120		Permanently increases Strength of user.
Lifeforce NutsSeed of Life	250		Permanently increases max HP of user.
Mystic AcornsSeed of Magic	550		Permanently increases max MP of user.

Single use items	Price	Location	Effect
MedicalMedicinal Herb	8		Restores some HP.
AntidoteAntidotal Herb	10		Cures poison
FairyHoly Water	20		Repels weaker monsters on overworld map.
Wing of WyvernChimaera Wing	25		Use to return to towns you have previously visited, same as Return Spell.
Full Moon HerbMoonwort Bulb	30		Removes numbness when used.
Scent PouchMusk	150		Attracts enemies
LunchPacked Lunch	10	TaloonTorneko's wife	Restores HP of user.
Magic PotionWater**	30	Casino, 30 coins	Restores some MP.
Mirror of RaRa's Mirror**	0	Casino: 2500 coins, Dark CaveNadiria	Reveals an enemy's true form.
Dew of the World TreeYggdrasil Dew	0	Zenithian CastleZenithia	Restores HP of all party members
Leaf of the World TreeYggdrasil Leaf	0	World TreeYggdrasil	Revives one party member.

Quest Items

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

Item	Location	Notes
Baron's HornBugle	Baron's Horn ShrineFolly	Can access your wagon when used.
Birdsong Nectar	Birdsong Tower	Used to cure the king of SanteemZamoksva.
Boarding Pass	Keeleon CastlePalais de Leon	Used to ride a ship to Endor.
Bronze AmuletBronze Rosary	Cave Southeast of GardenburCove's Cove	Return this to GardenburFemiscyra.
Final KeyUltimate Key	GardenburFemiscyra	Unlocks all doors.
Fire of SerenityHoly Embers	The LighthousePharos Beacon	Lights the LighthouseBeacon.
Flute of UncoveringFlute of Revelation	SanteemZamoksva Castle	Reveals hidden things.
Flying ShoesTalaria	OldAuld Well	Used to fly to Loch TowerTur.
Gas Canister	AkemtoMamon Mine	Used to make the balloon.
Golden BraceletArmlet of Transmutation	Cave South of FrenorVault of Vrenor	Find this to free the "Princess of SanteemTsarevna of Zamoksva."
Gunpowder JarPowder Keg	Akemto MineMamon Mine	Use this to make a loud noise.
Iron SafeSteel Strongbox	Cave of the SafeCave of Safekeeping	Prevents money loss on death.
Lamp of DarknessNight Light	Cave West of KievsGupta Gupha	Changes day into night.
Magic Key	Cave West of KievsGupta Gupha	Used to unlock Magic Key doors.
Magma Staff	SanteemZamoksva Castle	This weapon is also a quest item needed to reach GardenburFemiscyra.
Padequia SeedFeverfew Seed	Cave South of SorettaImperial Pantry of Parthenia	Give to King of Soretta to receive Padequia RootParthenia to receive Feverfew Root.
Padequia RootFeverfew Root	SorettaParthenia	Needed to cure CristoKiryl.
Prince's Letter	BonmalmoBallymoral	Give to Princess MiaVeronica of Endor.
Royal Scroll	Endor	Give to the King of BonmalmoBallymoral.
Silver StatuetteSilver Goddess Statue	Cave of the Silver StatuetteThe Cistern Chapel	Trade this to a man in Endor for a lot of gold.
Sphere of Silence	Cave West of KievsGupta Gupha	Casts StopspellFizzle when used as an item in battle.
Staff of TransformMod Rod	Royal Crypt	Use in Dire PalaceDiabolic Hall to speak to monsters.
Stone of DroughtKarstaway Stone	Seaside VillageDunplundrin	Dries up water.
Symbol of Faith	Cave of BetrayalCon Cave	Restores HectorHoffman's faith in people.
Thief's Key	FrenorVrenor	Use to open Thief doors.
Zenithian Armor	Shrine of Breaking WavesBriny Lair	Needed to enter Zenithian Tower.
Zenithian Helm	King of StanciaCanalot	Needed to enter Zenithian Tower.
Zenithian Shield	GardenburFemiscyra	Needed to enter Zenithian Tower.
Zenithian Sword	World TreeYggdrasil	Needed to enter Zenithian Tower.