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 |
- | - |
| 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
Armor parts and accessories that can be equipped by magical jobs. They include hats (head parts) and robes (body parts). Default sorting is by price and game progression; sort by "part" to separate hats from robes.
The following jobs can wear these armors only: White Mage, Black Mage, Time Mage, Summoner, Geomancer, Bard, Oracle, Necromancer.
The following jobs can also wear medium armor parts: Blue Mage, Red Mage, Chemist, Dancer, Cannoneer.
| Name | Part | Cost | Def | M.Def. | Special | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cotton robe | Body | 350 | 2 | 4 | - | Buy: Carwen, Walse |
| Silk robe | Body | 500 | 4 | 6 | - | Find: Walse Tower Buy: Karnak Steal: Mykale |
| Sage's surplice | Body | 1000 | 6 | 8 | Prevents Silence. | Buy: Jachol, Crescent Win: Drippy Steal: Ra Mage |
| Wizard's hat | Head | 1500 | 4 | 2 | Mag+1. | Buy: Regole, Quelb, Castle of Bal, Castle Surgate Win: Gilgamesh, Mini Magician Steal: Mini Magician |
| Gaea gear | Body | 2000 | 8 | 10 | Improves earth-elemental spells. | Buy: Regole, Quelb, Castle of Bal, Castle Surgate Win: Gravitator Steal: Sorcerer, Abductor |
| Sage's miter | Head | 3000 | 6 | 2 | Mag+2. | Buy: Moore Win: Flaremancer Steal: Death Dealer |
| Luminous robe | Body | 4000 | 11 | 12 | Mag+2. | Buy: Moore Win: Mykale, Necrophobe |
| Circlet | Head | 4500 | 10 | 2 | Mag+3. | Find: Island Shrine Buy: Phantom Village, Great Sea Trench Win: Gorgimera |
| White robe | Body | 8000 | 14 | 14 | Mag+3, Sta+3. | Find: Pyramid of Moore Buy: Phantom Village, Great Sea Trench Win: Mindflayer |
| Black robe | Body | 8000 | 14 | 14 | Mag+5. | Find: Pyramid of Moore Buy: Phantom Village, Great Sea Trench Win: Fury |
| Gold hairpin | Head | 30000 | 0 | 2 | MP cost of all spells is halved. | Find: Pyramid of Moore, Barrier Tower Steal: Famed Mimic Gogo |
| Robe of lords | Body | ? | 18 | 22 | Mag+1. | Find: Sealed Temple |
Medium armor
Default sorting is according to game progression. Sorting by "part" you can separate body vests, headgear and accessories.
The following jobs can wear medium armor parts: Monk, Thief, Ninja, Ranger, Blue Mage, Red Mage, Beastmaster, Chemist, Dancer.
The following jobs can also wear heavy armor parts: Knight, Dragoon, Samurai, Berserker, Mystic Knight, Mimic.
| Name | Part | Cost | Def | M.Def. | Special | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper cuirass | Body | 350 | 3 | 2 | - | Buy: Carwen |
| Kenpo gi | Body | 450 | 5 | 2 | Str+1. | Buy: Walse |
| Silver plate | Body | 600 | 7 | 2 | - | Buy: Karnak Win: Sergeant |
| Green beret | Head | 2500 | 3 | 1 | Str+1, Spd+1 | Find: Fire-Powered Ship Buy: Jachol, Lix, Regole, Castle of Bal, Quelb Steal: Page 32, Enkidu, Mindflayer |
| Thief's gloves | Acc. | 3000 | 4 | 0 | Thief and Mime only. Improves Steal success rate; Spd+1. |
Find: Fire-Powered Ship Steal: Sekhmet, Necrophobe |
| Ninja suit | Body | 3000 | 9 | 2 | Spd+1. | Find: Library of the Ancients Buy: Jachol, Lix, Regole, Quelb, Castle of Bal Win: Page 256 |
| Angel robe | Body | 3000 | 10 | 11 | Chemist and Mime only. Immune to Poison; Sta+2. |
Find: Castle of Bal Buy: Phantom Village |
| Twist headband | Head | 3500 | 6 | 0 | Str+3 | Buy: Quelb, Castle Surgate Steal: Steel Fist |
| Power sash | Body | 4500 | 11 | 0 | Str+3. | Buy: Quelb, Castle Surgate Win: Yojimbo |
| Kornago gourd | Acc. | 10000 | 0 | 0 | Improves Beastmaster's Catch success rate. |
Buy: Quelb (for 10000 Gil and a Kornago) Steal: Omniscient |
| Hypno crown | Head | 75000 | 5 | 4 | Improves Beastmaster's Control success rate; Mag+1. |
Find: Drakenvale |
| Bone mail | Body | 2 | 30 | 1 | Grants Undead status [1]; Sta-5. | Find: Drakenvale Win: Hades Steal: Necromancer |
| Tiger mask | Head | 5000 | 9 | 2 | - | Buy: Moore Win: Famed Mimic Gogo |
| Diamond plate | Body | 6000 | 13 | 2 | Resists lightning. | Buy: Moore Win: Calofisteri |
| Black garb | Body | 9000 | 17 | 2 | Str+1, Spd+1 | Find: Pyramid of Moore Buy: Phantom Village, Great Sea Trench |
| Kaiser knuckles | Acc. | 15000 | 8 | 0 | Improves Monk's karate (barehanded); Str+5. |
Find: Great Sea Trench Win: Steel Fist |
| Black cowl | Head | 6500 | 12 | 2 | Spd+2 | Buy: Phantom Village, Great Sea Trench Win: Azulmagia Steal: Covert |
| Mirage vest | Body | 100 | 14 | 4 | Grants Blink status. | Find: Phantom Village Win: Tonberry Steal: Oiseaurare |
| Vishnu vest | Body | ? | 20 | 8 | Resists fire, ice and lightning. | Find: Sealed Temple |
- ↑ Undead status: absorbs poison; prevents Instant-Defeat, Blind, Old, Confuse, Berserk and Regen; resist ice; weak to fire and Holy; damaged by healing and revive.
Ribbon armor
Ribbon armor parts can only be equipped by the Dancer. If the Dancer masters the "Equip ribbons" ability, any other job can use these armor parts (plus the Man-eater knife).
These armor parts affect not only the Dancer's "Dance" command, but also the "Dance" effect of the Dancing dagger, a weapon that can be equipped by most job. Dance is simplified as follows: the most useful dance (the Tempting Tango that inflicts Confusion) is removed, and the chance of performing the Sword Dance is doubled.
| Name | Part | Cost | Def | M.Def. | Special | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamia's tiara | Head | 2500 | 3 | 7 | Improves Flirt, prevents Confuse, simplifies Dance; Mag+3 | Buy: Phantom Village Win: Lamia Queen Steal: Lamia |
| Rainbow dress | Body | 5800 | 18 | 3 | Improves Flirt, prevents Confuse, simplifies Dance. | Find: Interdimensional Rift Steal: Parthenope |
| Red slippers | Acc. | 9800 | 11 | 0 | Improves Flirt, prevents Confuse, simplifies Dance; M.Eva+3 | Find: Interdimensional Rift Steal: Cherie |
| Ribbon | Head | 2 | 12 | 2 | All attributes +5; prevents all status ailments. | Find: Karnak Castle, Regole, Pyramid of Moore, Interdimensional Rift, Sealed Temple Steal: Lemure |
Heavy armor
They include body armor, helms, shields and gauntlets.