Editing Castlevania: Symphony of the Night/Armor

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This page includes all items available in equipment slots other than hands and holder slot.  For the shields, please refer to [[Castlevania: Symphony of the Night/Weapons|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.
{|{{prettytable|text center=1}}
! Name !! Type !! Def !! Special !! Source
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|''' Sunglasses '''|| Head || 1 || INT -1 || Found: Alchemy Laboratory
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|''' Felt Cap '''|| Head || 1 || INT +1 || Drop: Phantom Skull
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|''' Velvet Cap '''|| Head || 1 || INT +2 || Buy: $400
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|''' Goggles '''|| Head || 1 || INT +4 || Found: Royal Chapel
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|''' Holy Glasses '''|| Head || 1 || INT +5<br/>Required for best ending || Other: Provided by Maria at Castle Center
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|''' Leather Cap '''|| Head || 2 || - || Buy: $1000
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|''' Ballroom Mask '''|| Head || 2 || - || Found: Catacombs<br/>Drop: Bone Pillar
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|''' Bandanna '''|| Head || 2 || INT +1 || Found: Underground Caverns
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|''' Stone Mask '''|| Head || 2 || INT +4 || Found: Long Library<br/>Drop: Ghost Dancer
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|''' Steel Helm '''|| Head || 3 || INT +1 || Found: Clock Tower
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|''' Dragon Helm '''|| Head || 4 || STR +4<br/>Lower enemy defense by half (not confirmed) || Starting gear<br/>Found: Reverse Clock Tower
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|''' Wizard Hat '''|| Head || 5 || STR +1, CON +1, INT +7, ATK +1 || Drop: Salome
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! Name !! Type !! Int !! Special !! Source
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|''' Circlet '''|| Head || 5 || - || Buy: $4000<br/>Drop: Marionette
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|''' Gold Circlet '''|| Head || 6 || Absorb holy attack and heal for 80 || Drop: Salem Witch
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|''' Coral Circlet '''|| Head || 7 || Immune to curse || Drop: Venus Weed
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|''' Cat-eye Circlet '''|| Head || 8 || Absorb cat attack and heal for 120 || Found: Catacombs
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|''' Topaz Circlet '''|| Head || 10 || Absorb poison attack and heal for 80 || Found: Long Library
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|''' Ruby Circlet '''|| Head || 10 || Absorb fire attack and heal for 80 || Found: Floating Catacombs
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|''' Opal Circlet '''|| Head || 10 || Absorb ice attack and heal for 80 || Drop: Frozen Half
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|''' Beryl Circlet '''|| Head || 10 || Absorb thunder attack and heal for 80 || Found: Reverse Entrance
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|''' Silver Crown '''|| Head || 12 || - || Buy: $12000
|}

== Body ==
:Items: 26 in both PS and SS versions.
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! Name  !! Type !! Def !! Special !! Source
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|''' Cloth Tunic '''|| Body || 1 || - || Bloody Zombie, Zombie
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|''' Alucart Mail '''|| Body || 2 || Equip with Alucart Sword and Alucart Shield for LCK +30 || Found: Marble Gallery
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|''' Hide Cuirass '''|| Body || 2 || - || Found: Alchemy Laboratory<br/>Drop: Dhuron
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|''' Bronze Cuirass '''|| Body || 3 || - || Found: Long Library<br/>Drop: Axe Knight (Green)
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|''' Mirror Cuirass '''|| Body || 3 || Immune to stone (you will take normal damage) || Found: Outer Wall
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|''' Iron Cuirass '''|| Body || 4 || - || Buy: $1500<br/>Drop: Flea Armor, Spear Guard
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|''' Healing Mail '''|| Body || 4 || While walking, restore 1 HP every 3 seconds || Found: Clock Tower
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|''' Fire Mail '''|| Body || 4 || Strong against fire element || Found: Castle Keep<br/>Drop: Gremlin, Hellfire Beast, (SS)Ifreet
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|''' Steel Cuirass '''|| Body || 5 || - || Buy: $4000
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|''' Silver Plate '''|| Body || 6 || - || Found: Royal Chapel
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|''' Gold Plate '''|| Body || 8 || - || Found: Clock Tower<br/>Drop: Blade, Gurkha, Hammer
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|''' Dark Armor '''|| Body || 8 || Immune to dark element || Drop: Malachi
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|''' Ice Mail '''|| Body || 8 || Strong against ice element || Found: Clock Tower<br/>Drop: Frozen Shade
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|''' Lightning Mail '''|| Body || 8 || Strong against lightning element || Found: Reverse Keep<br/>Drop: Hellfire Beast
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|''' Platinum Mail '''|| Body || 10 || - || Found: Castle Keep<br/>Drop: Rock Knight
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|''' Holy Mail '''|| Body || 11 || Strong against holy element || Found: Entrance
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|''' Spike Breaker '''|| Body || 12 || Break spikes when wearing<br/>Required for best ending || Found: Catacombs
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|''' Brilliant Mail '''|| Body || 12 || INT +1<br/>Increase strength of subweapons || Drop: Sniper of Goth
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|''' Fury Plate '''|| Body || 13 || ATK +1<br/>Gain DEF +20 for a while after taking damage || Found: Reverse Colosseum<br/>Drop: Minotaur
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|''' Dracula Tunic '''|| Body || 14 || STR +1, CON +1, INT +1, ATK +3 || Other: Super jump from below the Librarian
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|''' Diamond Plate '''|| Body || 15 || - || Buy: $12000
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|''' Mojo Mail '''|| Body || 15 || INT +1<br/>Increase strength of spells and familiars || Drop: Tin Man
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|''' Axe Lord Armor '''|| Body || 15 || ATK +2<br/>Becomes Axe Knight || Starting gear (Axe armor mode)<br/>Drop: Spiked Ball<br/>Other: Super jump from below the Librarian
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|''' Alucard Mail '''|| Body || 20 || Strong against fire, ice and lightning elements || Starting gear<br/>Found: Death Wing's Lair
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|''' God's Garb '''|| Body || 25 || CON +2 || Drop: Guardian
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|''' Walk Armor '''|| Body || 1 per 60 rooms explored || - || Found: Catacombs
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== Cloaks ==
:They have visual effects when Alucard is wearing one.
:Items: 8 in PS version and 9 in SS version.
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! Name !! Type !! Con !! Special !! Source
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|''' Cloth Cape '''|| Cloak || 1 || - || Found: Alchemy Laboratory
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|''' Reverse Cloak '''|| Cloak || 3 || Unlock "Cloak lining" option under the System Menu to choose the side || Buy: $2000
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|''' Blood Cloak '''|| Cloak || 4 || LCK -1<br/>Convert damage taken to hearts || Found: Colosseum
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|''' Elven Cloak '''|| Cloak || 5 || - || Buy: $3000
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|(PS)''' Crystal Cloak '''|| Cloak || 6 || Makes Alucard somehow transparent || Found: Underground Caverns
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|(SS)''' Glaring Cloth '''|| Cloak || 6 || Always glowing<br/>Immune to dark element || Found: Underground Caverns
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|(SS)''' Rainbow Robe '''|| Cloak || 7 || Always changing color || Found: Clock Tower
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|''' Royal Cloak '''|| Cloak || 8 || - || Found: Reverse Keep
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|''' Joseph's Cloak '''|| Cloak || 9 || Unlock "Cloak color" option under the System Menu to choose color || Buy: $30000
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|''' Twilight Cloak '''|| Cloak || 10 || - || Starting gear<br/>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.
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! Name !! Type !! Sell Price !! ATT bonus !! Drop
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|''' Zircon '''|| Accessory || 150 || 1 || Blue Raven, Merman, (SS)Gargoyle (Lv.15)
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|''' Aquamarine '''|| Accessory || 800 || 3 || Black Crow, Killer Fish
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|''' Turquoise '''|| Accessory || 1500 || 6 || Fire Warg, Skull (Yorick), Paranthroupus (without cleared files)
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|''' Onyx '''|| Accessory || 3000 || 10 || -
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|''' Garnet '''|| Accessory || 5000 || 16 || Wereskeleton
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|''' Opal '''|| Accessory || 8000 || 23 || -
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|''' Diamond '''|| Accessory || 20000 || 32 || -
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== 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.
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! Name !! Type !! Stats !! Special !! Source
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|''' Ankh of Life '''|| Accessory || - || Increase effect of potions by 50% || Found: Royal Chapel
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|''' Bloodstone '''|| Accessory || - || Double healing from sucking blood || Found: Catacombs
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|''' Covenant Stone '''|| Accessory || STR +15 || - || Drop: Azaghal
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|''' Duplicator '''|| Accessory || CON -10, INT -10, LCK -10 || Consumables will not be used up<br/>Only available after clearing the game once || Buy: $500000
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|''' Gauntlet '''|| Accessory || ATK +5 || - || Buy: $8000<br/>Drop: Paranthropus, Lion
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|''' Gold Ring '''|| Accessory || - || Required for best ending || Found: Underground Caverns
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|''' Heart Broach '''|| Accessory || - || Reduce heart cost of subweapons by 1/2 with one equipped,<br/> or 2/3 with two equipped || Drop: Dodo Bird
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|''' King's stone '''|| Accessory || STR +10 || - || Drop: Imp
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|''' Lapus Lazuli '''|| Accessory || LCK +20 || - || Starting gear (Luck mode)<br/>Drop: Orobourous
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|(SS)''' Lyric Card '''|| Accessory || - || Increase chance of your Half-Faerie familiar singing || Found: Catacombs
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|''' Medal '''|| Accessory || ATK +1, DEF +1 || - || Buy: $3000<br/>Drop: Owl Knight
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|''' Moonstone '''|| Accessory || STR +5, CON +5, INT +5, LCK +5 || Only work at certain time period || Found: Underground Caverns
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|''' Mystic Pendant '''|| Accessory || - || Double MP restore rate<br/>Effect does not stack || Found: Royal Chapel<br>Drop: Bitterfly
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|''' Nauglamir '''|| Accessory || DEF +15 || - || Drop: Cave Troll
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|''' Necklace of J '''|| Accessory || DEF +5 || - || Starting gear<br/>Found: Floating Catacombs<br/>Drop: Frozen Half
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|''' Ring of Arcana '''|| Accessory || - || Increase drop rate of rare loot<br/>May cause bigger money bag to drop || Found: Necromancy Laboratory<br/>Other: Super jump from below the Librarian
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|''' Ring of Ares '''|| Accessory || STR +24, DEF -24 || - || Found: Abandoned Mine
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|''' Ring of Feanor '''|| Accessory || STR +7, CON +7, INT +7, LCK +2, ATK +1, DEF +1 || - || Drop: Karasuman
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|''' Ring of Pales '''|| Accessory || STR +1, CON +1, INT +1, LCK +1, DEF +1 || - || Buy: $4000
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|''' Ring of Varda '''|| Accessory || STR +30, CON +10, INT +30, LCK +5, ATK +10, DEF +10 || Only drops after clearing the game once,<br/>otherwise Turqoise will appear instead || Drop: Paranthropus
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|''' Secret Boots '''|| Accessory || - || Makes Alucard taller by one pixel || Found: Underground Caverns
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|''' Silver Ring '''|| Accessory || - || Required for best ending || Found: Royal Chapel
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|''' Staurolite '''|| Accessory || - || Increase power of subweapon cross || Found: Forbidden Library
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|''' Sunstone '''|| Accessory || STR +5, CON +5, INT +5, LCK +5 || Only work at certain time period || Found: Reverse Clock Tower
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|''' Talisman '''|| Accessory || - || Occasionally nullify ranged damage taken || Found: Reverse Entrance<br/>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.''

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