Castlevania: Symphony of the Night/Armor

This page includes all items available in equipment slots other than hands and holder slot. For the shields, please refer to Weapons page.

Any item with "(PS)" or "(SS)" label means that it is only available in that version (PlayStation and Sega Saturn, respectively).

Head

Items: 21 in both PS and SS versions.

Name	Type	Def	Special	Source
Sunglasses	Head	1	INT -1	Found: Alchemy Laboratory
Felt Cap	Head	1	INT +1	Drop: Phantom Skull
Velvet Cap	Head	1	INT +2	Buy: $400
Goggles	Head	1	INT +4	Found: Royal Chapel
Holy Glasses	Head	1	INT +5 Required for best ending	Other: Provided by Maria at Castle Center
Leather Cap	Head	2	-	Buy: $1000
Ballroom Mask	Head	2	-	Found: Catacombs Drop: Bone Pillar
Bandanna	Head	2	INT +1	Found: Underground Caverns
Stone Mask	Head	2	INT +4	Found: Long Library Drop: Ghost Dancer
Steel Helm	Head	3	INT +1	Found: Clock Tower
Dragon Helm	Head	4	STR +4 Lower enemy defense by half	Starting gear Found: Reverse Clock Tower
Wizard Hat	Head	5	STR +1, CON +1, INT +7, ATK +1	Drop: Salome

Name	Type	Int	Special	Source
Circlet	Head	5	-	Buy: $4000 Drop: Marionette
Gold Circlet	Head	6	Absorb holy attack and heal	Drop: Salem Witch
Coral Circlet	Head	7	Immune to curse	Drop: Venus Weed
Cat-eye Circlet	Head	8	Absorb cat attack and heal a lot	Found: Catacombs
Topaz Circlet	Head	10	Absorb poison attack and heal	Found: Long Library
Ruby Circlet	Head	10	Absorb fire attack and heal	Found: Floating Catacombs
Opal Circlet	Head	10	Absorb ice attack and heal	Drop: Frozen Half
Beryl Circlet	Head	10	Absorb thunder attack and heal	Found: Reverse Entrance
Silver Crown	Head	12	-	Buy: $12000

Body

Items: 26 in both PS and SS versions.

Name	Type	Def	Special	Source
Cloth Tunic	Body	1	-	Bloody Zombie, Zombie
Alucart Mail	Body	2	Equip with Alucart Sword and Alucart Shield for LCK +30	Found: Marble Gallery
Hide Cuirass	Body	2	-	Found: Alchemy Laboratory Drop: Dhuron
Bronze Cuirass	Body	3	-	Found: Long Library Drop: Axe Knight (Green)
Mirror Cuirass	Body	3	Immune to stone (you will take normal damage)	Found: Outer Wall
Iron Cuirass	Body	4	-	Buy: $1500 Drop: Flea Armor, Spear Guard
Healing Mail	Body	4	While walking, restore 1 HP every 3 seconds	Found: Clock Tower
Fire Mail	Body	4	Strong against fire element	Found: Castle Keep Drop: Gremlin, Hellfire Beast, (SS)Ifreet
Steel Cuirass	Body	5	-	Buy: $4000
Silver Plate	Body	6	-	Found: Royal Chapel
Gold Plate	Body	8	-	Found: Clock Tower Drop: Blade, Gurkha, Hammer
Dark Armor	Body	8	Immune to dark element	Drop: Malachi
Ice Mail	Body	8	Strong against ice element	Found: Clock Tower Drop: Frozen Shade
Lightning Mail	Body	8	Strong against lightning element	Found: Reverse Keep Drop: Hellfire Beast
Platinum Mail	Body	10	-	Found: Castle Keep Drop: Rock Knight
Holy Mail	Body	11	Strong against holy element	Found: Entrance
Spike Breaker	Body	12	Break spikes when wearing Required for best ending	Found: Catacombs
Brilliant Mail	Body	12	INT +1 Increase strength of subweapons	Drop: Sniper of Goth
Fury Plate	Body	13	ATK +1 Gain DEF +20 for a while after taking damage	Found: Reverse Colosseum Drop: Minotaur
Dracula Tunic	Body	14	STR +1, CON +1, INT +1, ATK +3	Other: Super jump from below the Librarian
Diamond Plate	Body	15	-	Buy: $12000
Mojo Mail	Body	15	INT +1 Increase strength of spells and familiars	Drop: Tin Man
Axe Lord Armor	Body	15	ATK +2 Becomes Axe Knight	Starting gear (Axe lord mode) Drop: Spiked Ball Other: Super jump from below the Librarian
Alucard Mail	Body	20	Strong against fire, ice and lightning elements	Starting gear Found: Death Wing's Lair
God's Garb	Body	25	CON +2	Drop: Guardian
Walk Armor	Body	1 per 60 rooms explored	-	Found: Catacombs

Cloaks

They have visual effects when Alucard is wearing one.

Items: 8 in PS version and 9 in SS version.

Name	Type	Con	Special	Source
Cloth Cape	Cloak	1	-	Found: Alchemy Laboratory
Reverse Cloak	Cloak	3	Unlock "Cloak lining" option under the System Menu to choose the side	Buy: $2000
Blood Cloak	Cloak	4	LCK -1 Convert damage taken to hearts	Found: Colosseum
Elven Cloak	Cloak	5	-	Buy: $3000
(PS) Crystal Cloak	Cloak	6	Makes Alucard somehow transparent	Found: Underground Caverns
(SS) Glaring Cloth	Cloak	6	Always glowing Immune to dark element	Found: Underground Caverns
(SS) Rainbow Robe	Cloak	7	Always changing color	Found: Clock Tower
Royal Cloak	Cloak	8	-	Found: Reverse Keep
Joseph's Cloak	Cloak	9	Unlock "Cloak color" option under the System Menu to choose color	Buy: $30000
Twilight Cloak	Cloak	10	-	Starting gear Found: Anti-Chapel

Jewels

Other than money bags, these are your only income by being able to be sold.

You can find them in many places. Killing an enemy with Jewel Sword may sometimes yield a drop.

They can be equipped as accessories, but have no effect in most cases. In Sega Saturn version however, they can increase the ATT of your Jewel Sword.

Items: 7 in both PS and SS versions.

Name	Type	Sell Price	ATT bonus	Drop
Zircon	Accessory	150	1	Blue Raven, Merman, (SS)Gargoyle (Lv.15)
Aquamarine	Accessory	800	3	Black Crow, Killer Fish
Turquoise	Accessory	1500	6	Fire Warg, Skull (Yorick), Paranthroupus (without cleared files)
Onyx	Accessory	3000	10	-
Garnet	Accessory	5000	16	Wereskeleton
Opal	Accessory	8000	23	-
Diamond	Accessory	20000	32	-

Accessories

Two can be equipped at the same time. Some of the effects may stack, while some may not.

Items: 24 in PS version and 25 in SS version.

Name	Type	Stats	Special	Source
Ankh of Life	Accessory	-	Increase effect of potions by 50%	Found: Royal Chapel
Bloodstone	Accessory	-	Double healing from sucking blood	Found: Catacombs
Covenant Stone	Accessory	STR +15	-	Drop: Azaghal
Duplicator	Accessory	CON -10, INT -10, LCK -10	Consumables will not be used up Only available after clearing the game once	Buy: $500000
Gauntlet	Accessory	ATK +5	-	Buy: $8000 Drop: Paranthropus, Lion
Gold Ring	Accessory	-	Required for best ending	Found: Underground Caverns
Heart Broach	Accessory	-	Reduce heart cost of subweapons by 1/2 with one equipped, or 2/3 with two equipped	Drop: Dodo Bird
King's stone	Accessory	STR +10	-	Drop: Imp
Lapus Lazuli	Accessory	LCK +20	-	Starting gear (Luck mode) Drop: Orobourous
(SS) Lyric Card	Accessory	-	Increase chance of your Half-Faerie familiar singing	Found: Catacombs
Medal	Accessory	ATK +1, DEF +1	-	Buy: $3000 Drop: Owl Knight
Moonstone	Accessory	STR +5, CON +5, INT +5, LCK +5	Only work at certain time period	Found: Underground Caverns
Mystic Pendant	Accessory	-	Double MP restore rate Effect does not stack	Found: Royal Chapel Drop: Bitterfly
Nauglamir	Accessory	DEF +15	-	Drop: Cave Troll
Necklace of J	Accessory	DEF +5	-	Starting gear Found: Floating Catacombs Drop: Frozen Half
Ring of Arcana	Accessory	-	Increase drop rate of rare loot May cause bigger money bag to drop	Found: Necromancy Laboratory Other: Super jump from below the Librarian
Ring of Ares	Accessory	STR +24, DEF -24	-	Found: Abandoned Mine
Ring of Feanor	Accessory	STR +7, CON +7, INT +7, LCK +2, ATK +1, DEF +1	-	Drop: Karasuman
Ring of Pales	Accessory	STR +1, CON +1, INT +1, LCK +1, DEF +1	-	Buy: $4000
Ring of Varda	Accessory	STR +30, CON +10, INT +30, LCK +5, ATK +10, DEF +10	Only drops after clearing the game once, otherwise Turqoise will appear instead	Drop: Paranthropus
Secret Boots	Accessory	-	Makes Alucard taller by one pixel	Found: Underground Caverns
Silver Ring	Accessory	-	Required for best ending	Found: Royal Chapel
Staurolite	Accessory	-	Increase power of subweapon cross	Found: Forbidden Library
Sunstone	Accessory	STR +5, CON +5, INT +5, LCK +5	Only work at certain time period	Found: Reverse Clock Tower
Talisman	Accessory	-	Occasionally nullify ranged damage taken	Found: Reverse Entrance Drop: Bone Musket

Note on Moonstone and Sunstone: The system clock will be used if available (anything other than PS), othewise it will refer to game time passed per every 24 hours. In either case, when the time is between 6:00 and 18:00, the Sunstone will have effect and the Moonstone will not, and vice versa at 18:00 to 6:00.