Final Fantasy III/Armors

Armor list

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Armor list (NES)

Default sorting is according to how early they can be found for free; items that can only be purchased are inserted according to the location of the earliest shop.

The Ninja is not listed because he can equip verything.

Light armor parts

Body protection (robes)

Name	Price	Def	Ev%	MDf	Effects	Jobs (Wind; Fire; Water; Earth)	Location	Shops
Cloth	50	1	0%	0	-	all (except Mk)	Start, Tozus	Ur
Leather	94	2	1%	1	-	all (except Mk)	2 in Ur	Ur
Wizard	2000	9	7%	7	-	Wm Bm Rm ; - ; Ev ; De Ma Su Sa	-	Ancients' Village, Dwarven Hollows
Scholar	5000	15	12%	7	-	Wm Bm ; Sc ; - ; De Ma Sa	Dwarven Hollows, Argus Castle	Saronia
Gaia	4200	16	12%	8	-	- ; - ; Ge ; -	Saronia Castle, Saronia Catacombs.	Duster, Saronia, Airship Invincible
Bard	5500	15	12%	7	Atk-6	- ; - ; Ba ; -	-	Duster
Black	7000	20	12%	14	Int+5	Bm Rm ; - ; Ev ; Ma Su Sa	-	Saronia, Airship Invincible
White	7000	20	12%	14	Spi+5	Wm Rm ; - ; Ev ; De Su Sa	-	Saronia, Airship Invincible

Head protection (hats)

Name	Price	Def	Ev%	MDf	Effects	Jobs (Wind; Fire; Water; Earth)	Location	Shops
Leather	14	1	1%	1	-	all (except Mk)	Starting equipment	Ur
Scholar	7500	5	10%	6	-	Wm Bm ; Sc ; - ; De Ma Sa	Dwarven Hollows, Saronia Castle	Saronia
Feather	8000	7	9%	8	Agi+5	- ; Sc Hu ; Ge Ba Ev ; De Ma Su Sa	-	Duster
Ribbon	10	9	10%	10	Resists all elements & statuses	all	1 in Eureka, 4 in Dark World	-

Arms protection (bracers)

Name	Price	Def	Ev%	MDf	Effects	Jobs (Wind; Fire; Water; Earth)	Location	Shops
Copper	80	1	2%	3	-	Wm Bm Rm ; Sc ; Ge Ev ; De Ma Su Sa	Altar Cave	Ur
Mithril	120	2	7%	3	-	Wm Bm Rm ; Sc ; Ge Ev ; De Ma Su Sa	2 in Tozus	Kazus, Canaan
Power	2500	4	11%	1	Str+5	Rm Wa Mo ; Sc Ra Th Kn ; Ge Ba Bb Dr Vi ; -	Amur sewer	-
Rune	5000	5	10%	6	-	Wm Bm Rm ; Sc ; Ge Ev ; De Ma Su Sa	-	Duster, Saronia
Diamond	10000	6	12%	6	Resists lightning	Wm Bm Rm ; Sc ; Ge Ev ; De Ma Su Sa	Temple of Time, Sunken cave.	Ancient Ruins, Airship Invincible
Protect ring	30000	9	15%	7	Vit+5	all (except Mk)	2 in Temple of Time, 1 in Ancients' Maze.	-

Heavy armor parts

Shields

Name	Price	Def	Ev%	MDf	Effects	Jobs	Location	Shops
Leather shield	40	3	3%	2	-	Wa Rm Kn Dr Vi On Th	2 in Altar Cave, 1 in Sasune Castle.	Ur
Mithril shield	180	5	7%	7	-	Wa Rm Kn Dr Vi On Th	-	Kazus, Canaan
Ice shield	1800	8	9%	8	Resists Fire	Wa Rm Kn Dr Vi On Th	-	Dwarven Hollows
Hero shield	3500	10	12%	12	-	Kn Dr Vi	Molten cave.	Amur
Aegis shield	28000	16	17%	25	Agi+5	Kn Dr Vi	Sunken cave, Saronia Catacombs, Lake Dohr.	-
Diamond shield	18000	13	14%	15	Resists Lightning	Kn Dr Vi	Temple of Time, Sunken cave.	Ancient Ruins, Airship Invincible
Crystal shield	50000	23	19%	30	Str+5, Agi+5, Vit+5	Wa Rm Kn Dr Vi On Mk	Ancients' Maze, Sylx Tower.	Eureka

Body protection (armors)

Name	Price	Def	Ev%	MDf	Effects	Jobs	Location	Shops
Mithril armor	350	3	3%	3	-	Rm Wa Kn Dr Vi Ra On	-	Kazus, Canaan.
Carapace armor	1250	4	4%	4	-	Wa Kn Dr Vi Ra	Nepto's Temple.	Ancients' Village
Flame armor	2400	5	6%	4	Resists ice	Wa Kn Dr Vi Ra	Tower of Owen.	Ancients' Village
Ice armor	2400	5	6%	4	Resists fire, weak to ice	Wa Kn Dr Vi Ra	-	Dwarven Hollows
Knight armor	7500	12	9%	7	-	Kn	Dwarven Hollows.	-
Dragon armor	8000	15	10%	7	-	Dr	4 in Saronia	-
Rusted armor	100	-	-	-	Cannot equip	-	5 in Saronia Castle.	-
Viking armor	4000	10	8%	7	-	Vi	Saronia Castle.	Amur
Reflect armor	25000	20	12%	12	-	Kn Dr Vi	Sunken cave, Saronia Catacombs, Ancient Ruins, Lake Dohr	-
Diamond armor	33000	18	10%	10	Resists lightning	Kn Dr Vi	Temple of Time, Sunken cave.	Ancient Ruins, Airship Invincible
Crystal armor	65000	28	20%	18	-	Rm Wa Kn Dr Vi Mk On	Ancients' Maze, Sylx Tower	Eureka

Head protection (helms)

Name	Price	Def	Ev%	MDf	Effects	Jobs	Location	Shops
Mithril helm	130	2	4%	4	-	Kn Dr Vi On Wa Rm Th	-	Kazus, Canaan
Carapace helm	450	3	5%	3	-	Kn Dr Vi On Wa	Molten cave.	-
Ice helm	1200	4	6%	6	Resists Fire	Kn Dr Vi Wa Rm Ra Th	-	Dwarven Hollows
Dragon helm	28000	7	10%	7	-	Dr	4 in Saronia, 1 in Saronia Castle.	-
Viking helm	3000	7	10%	7	-	Vi	Saronia Castle.	Amur
Diamond helm	20000	8	12%	9	Resists Lightning	Kn Dr Vi	Temple of Time, Sunken cave.	Ancient Ruins, Airship Invincible
Crystal helm	50000	12	15%	12	-	Kn Dr Vi On Wa Rm Mk	Ancients' Maze, Sylx Tower.	Eureka

Arms protection (gloves)

Name	Price	Def	Ev%	MDf	Effects	Jobs	Location	Shops
Mithril gloves	120	1	5%	2	-	Kn Dr Vi On Wa Rm	-	Kazus, Canaan
Gauntlets	2500	2	8%	3	-	Kn Dr Vi	Dwarven Hollows.	-
Diamond gloves	15000	6	10%	6	Resists Lightning	Kn Dr Vi	Temple of Time, Sunken cave.	Ancient Ruins, Airship Invincible.
Crystal gloves	50000	10	15%	10	-	Kn Dr Vi On Wa Rm Mk	Ancients' Maze, Sylx Tower.	Eureka

Job-specific armor parts

Monk & Black Belt

Name	Price	Def	Ev%	MDf	Effects	Jobs	Location	Shops
Kenpo Suit	1200	6	8%	3	-	Mo Bb	Tokkul	Ancients' Village, Dwarven Hollows
Headband (head)	1200	4	6%	4	-	Mo Bb	-	Ancients' Village
Chakra (head)	2000	5	10%	6	Str+5, Vit+5	Mo Bb	Ancient Ruins	Amur
Black Belt Suit	3800	12	11%	5	Agi+5	Mo Bb	Ancient Ruins	Amur

Thief

Name	Price	Def	Ev%	MDf	Effects	Jobs	Location	Shops
Dark Suit	3800	8	70%	5	Agi+5	Th	Amur	Amur
Dark Hood	2000	5	8%	5	Str+5	Th	Amur	Amur
Thief Gloves	2500	3	9%	4	Str+5	Th	Amur	Amur

Mystic Knight

Name	Price	Def	Ev%	MDf	Effects	Jobs	Location	Shops
Demon shield	50000	12	24%	18	-	Mk	Falgabard	Falgabard
Demon armor	25000	17	15%	9	-	Mk	Falgabard	Falgabard
Genji shield	38000	20	19%	35	Str+5, Agi+5	Mk	Cave of Shadows.	-
Genji armor	40000	24	20%	15	-	Mk	Cave of Shadows.	-
Genji helm	32000	10	12%	11	-	Mk	Cave of Shadows.	-
Genji glove	30000	9	15%	7	-	Mk	Cave of Shadows.	-

Onion Knight

Name	Price	Def	Ev%	MDf	Effects	Jobs	Location	Shops
Onion Shield	65000	48	48%	48	-	On	Won from Dragons	-
Onion Helm	65500	48	48%	48	Resists all elements & statuses	On	Won from Dragons	-
Onion Armor	65000	48	48%	48	-	On	Won from Dragons	-
Onion Gauntlet	65000	32	32%	32	Str+5, Agi+5, Vit+5	On	Won from Dragons	-

Notable armor sets

Light armor

Leather armor

Name	Price	Def	Ev%	MDf	Effects	Jobs	Location	Shops
Leather shield	40	3	3%	2	-	Kn Dr Vi On Wa Rm Th	2 in Altar Cave, 1 in Sasune Castle.	Ur;
Leather hat	14	1	1%	1	-	all (no Mk)	-	Ur
Leather armor	94	2	1%	1	-	all (no Mk)	2 in Ur.	Ur;

Scholar armor

Name	Price	Def	Ev%	MDf	Effects	Jobs (Wind; Fire; Water; Earth)	Location	Shops
Scholar hat	7500	5	10%	6	-	Wm Bm ; Sc ; - ; De Ma Sa	Dwarven Hollows, Saronia Castle	Saronia
Scholar robe	5000	15	12%	7	-	Wm Bm ; Sc ; - ; De Ma Sa	Dwarven Hollows, Argus Castle.	Saronia;

Heavy armor

All the heavy armor parts are divided by set. The parts in each set can be related by three parameters: (1) the name, (2) the location, (3) the users.

In this section, they are sorted by game progression.

1. Mithril armor

Name	Price	Def	Ev%	MDf	Effects	Jobs	Location	Shops
Mithril shield	180	5	7%	7	-	Kn Dr Vi Rm Th	-	Kazus, Canaan.
Mithril helm	130	2	4%	4	-	Kn Dr Vi On Wa Rm Th	-	Kazus, Canaan.
Mithril armor	350	3	3%	3	-	Kn Dr Vi On Wa Rm Ra	-	Kazus, Canaan.
Mithril gauntlets	120	1	5%	2	-	Kn Dr Vi On Wa Rm	-	Kazus, Canaan.

2. Shell armor

Name	Price	Def	Ev%	MDf	Effects	Jobs	Location	Shops
Carapace helm	450	3	5%	3	-	Kn Dr Vi On Wa	Molten cave.	-
Carapace armor	1250	4	4%	4	-	Kn Dr Vi Wa Ra	Nepto's Temple.	Ancients' Village;

3. Fire armor (standalone)

Name	Price	Def	Ev%	MDf	Effects	Jobs	Location	Shops
Flame armor	2400	5	6%	4	Resists ice	Kn Dr Vi Wa Ra	Tower of Owen.	Ancients' Village;

4. Ice armor

Name	Price	Def	Ev%	MDf	Effects	Jobs	Location	Shops
Ice shield	1800	8	9%	8	Resists Fire	Kn Dr Vi On Rm	-	Dwarven Hollows.
Ice helm	1200	4	6%	6	Resists Fire	Kn Dr Vi Wa Rm Ra Th	-	Dwarven Hollows.
Ice armor	2400	5	6%	4	Resists fire, weak to ice	Kn Dr Vi Wa Ra	-	Dwarven Hollows.

5. Knight armor

Name	Price	Def	Ev%	MDf	Effects	Jobs	Location	Shops
Hero shield	3500	10	12%	12	-	Kn Dr Vi	Molten cave.	Amur;
Knight armor	7500	12	9%	7	-	Kn	Dwarven Hollows.	-
Gauntlet	2500	2	8%	3	-	Kn Dr Vi	Dwarven Hollows.	-

6. Dragoon armor

Name	Price	Def	Ev%	MDf	Effects	Jobs	Location	Shops
Dragon helm	28000	7	10%	7	-	Dr	1 in Saronia, 3 in Dragoon Spire, 1 in Saronia Castle.	-
Dragon armor	8000	15	10%	7	-	Dr	1 in Saronia, 3 in Dragoon Spire.	-

7. Viking armor

Name	Price	Def	Ev%	MDf	Effects	Jobs	Location	Shops
Viking helm	3000	7	10%	7	-	Vi	Saronia Castle.	Amur.
Viking armor	4000	10	8%	7	-	Vi	Saronia Castle.	Amur.

8. Diamond armor

Name	Price	Def	Ev%	MDf	Effects	Jobs	Location	Shops
Diamond shield	18000	13	14%	15	Resists Lightning	Kn Dr Vi	Temple of Time, Sunken cave.	Ancient Ruins, Airship Invincible;
Diamond helm	20000	8	12%	9	Resists Lightning	Kn Dr Vi	Temple of Time, Sunken cave.	Ancient Ruins, Airship Invincible;
Diamond armor	33000	18	10%	10	Resists lightning	Kn Dr Vi	Temple of Time, Sunken cave.	Ancient Ruins, Airship Invincible;
Diamond gauntlets	15000	6	10%	6	Resists Lightning	Kn Dr Vi	Temple of Time, Sunken cave.	Ancient Ruins, Airship Invincible.

9. Aegis & Reflect armor

Name	Price	Def	Ev%	MDf	Effects	Jobs	Location	Shops
Aegis shield	28000	16	17%	25	Agi+5	Kn Dr Vi	Sunken cave, Saronia Catacombs, Lake Dohr.	-
Reflect armor	25000	20	12%	12	-	Kn Dr Vi	Sunken cave, Saronia Catacombs, Ancient Ruins, Lake Dohr	-

10. Crystal armor

Name	Price	Def	Ev%	MDf	Effects	Jobs	Location	Shops
Crystal shield	50000	23	19%	30	Def+23 to all party; Str+5, Agi+5, Vit+5	Kn Dr Vi On Wa Rm Mk	Ancients' Maze, Sylx Tower.	Eureka;
Crystal helm	50000	12	15%	12	-	Kn Dr Vi On Wa Rm Mk	Ancients' Maze, Sylx Tower.	Eureka;
Crystal armor	65000	28	20%	18	-	Kn Dr Vi On Wa Rm Mk	Ancients' Maze, Sylx Tower.	Eureka;
Crystal gauntlets	50000	10	15%	10	-	Kn Dr Vi On Wa Rm Mk	Ancients' Maze, Sylx Tower.	Eureka;