The role of armor in Final Fantasy 2 has some controversial aspects.
Armor reduces the damage inflicted to a character, and this sounds good. On the other hand, a character who receives lots of damage improves his/her maximum HP, stamina, basic defense and basic evasion.
Therefore, it could be advisable not to buy armor. In the earliest parts of the game, the characters will not only suffer damage, thus increasing the aforementioned attributes, but also will have to use often the Cure spell, thus some of them will increase their maximum MP, magic and wisdom.
Later in the game, several good armor parts can be found for free in the dungeons, and some of them have special properties (elemental protection, status ailment prevention, attributes improvement).
Armor list[edit | edit source]
Armor parts can be grouped in equipment sets with similar properties, as in the table below. Armor parts in the same set can generally be found in the same part of the game.
Some body armors are not part of any equipment set.
- Legend:
- Gold: the cost of the armor part in a shop (equals twice its selling cost);
- Def: defense bonus;
- Ev%: evasion rate bonus (positive) or penalty (negative);
- MDef: magic defense bonus;
- Mag: penalty on magic damage/healing output;
Armor parts for magic users[edit | edit source]
These armor parts do not limit the magic skills of the wearer. Most of these armor parts give bonuses to the wearer's attributes.
| Armor | Part | Gold | Special | Def | Ev% | MDef | Mag | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clothes | Body | 20 | - | 1 | -5% | 0% | -2% | Initial equipment |
| Copper cuirass | Body | 200 | - | 5 | -5% | 5% | -1% | Buy: Ch.02 - Paloom, Poft |
| Silver cuirass | Body | 400 | - | 10 | -5% | 5% | -1% | Find: Ch.04 - Snow cave, Paul's house Buy: Bafsk |
| Ruby cuirass | Body | 800 | - | 15 | -5% | 5% | -1% | Find: Ch.11 - Paul's house Buy: Tropical island |
| Gold cuirass | Body | 2500 | - | 22 | -5% | 5% | -1% | Find: Ch.09 - Fynn basement, Paul's house Buy: Fynn |
| Diamond cuirass | Body | 20000 | - | 43 | -5% | 5% | -1% | Find: Ch.13 - Castle Palamecia |
| Agility set | ||||||||
| Thief's gloves | Arms | 1000 | Agi +10 | 15 | -3% | 5% | -40% | Find: Ch.05 - Dreadnought, Paul's house Buy: Mysidia |
| Gold hairpin | Head | 600 | Agi +10; resists lightning |
11 | -2% | 10% | -0% | Find: Ch.06 - Leila, Mysidia cave, Paul's house |
| Black garb | Body | 2500 | Agi +10; resists matter |
40 | 0% | 5% | -1% | Find: Ch.09 - Mysidia cave, Paul's house |
| Strength set | ||||||||
| Power vest | Body | 50 | Str +10 | 25 | -5% | 5% | -1% | Find: Ch.10 - Leviathan |
| Power armlet | Arms | 5000 | Str +10 | 19 | -3% | 5% | -2% | Find: Ch.10 - Leviathan |
| Twist headband | Head | 50 | Str +10; resists mind |
12 | -2% | 5% | -2% | Find: Ch.10 - Leviathan |
| Wizard's set | ||||||||
| White robe | Body | 5000 | Spi +10; resists death, body, mind, matter |
30 | -5% | 21% | -0% | Find: Ch.10 - Mysidian tower |
| Black robe | Body | 5000 | Int +10; resists poison, fire, ice, lightning |
35 | -5% | 21% | -0% | Find: Ch.10 - Mysidian tower |
| Protection ring | Arms | 5000 | Resists death | 18 | -3% | 21% | -0% | Find: Ch.13 - Jade passage |
| Ribbon | Head | 10000 | Resists status ailments | 10 | 0% | 21% | -0% | Find: Ch.13 - Pandaemonium |
Armor parts for physical fighters[edit | edit source]
These armor parts inflict a penalty on the magic skills of the wearer. Many of these armor parts grant elemental resistances.
Body armors, helms and gloves reduce evasion rate; shields, on the contrary, increase evasion rate, but they grant no bonus to basic defense.
| Armor | Part | Gold | Special | Def | Ev% | MDef | Mag | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leather armor | Body | 100 | - | 2 | -6% | 0% | -4% | Buy: Ch.01 - Gatrea |
| Leather gloves | Arms | 50 | - | 1 | -3% | 0% | -4% | Buy: Ch.01 - Altair, Gatrea, Machanon |
| Leather cap | Head | 80 | - | 1 | -2% | 0% | -2% | Buy: Ch.01 - Altair, Gatrea, Machanon |
| Buckler | Shield | 50 | - | 0 | 4% | 0% | -70% | Buy: Ch.01 - Altair, Gatrea, Machanon |
| Bronze set | ||||||||
| Bronze armor | Body | 400 | - | 5 | -14% | 5% | -20% | Buy: Ch.02 - Salamand |
| Bronze gloves | Arms | 300 | - | 3 | -8% | 0% | -24% | Buy: Ch.02 - Paloom, Poft, Bafsk, Salamand |
| Bronze helm | Head | 200 | - | 2 | -5% | 0% | -8% | Buy: Ch.02 - Paloom, Poft, Bafsk, Salamand |
| Bronze shield | Shield | 200 | - | 0 | 5% | 0% | -70% | Buy: Ch.02 - Paloom, Poft, Bafsk, Salamand |
| Mithril set | ||||||||
| Mithril armor | Body | 1000 | - | 10 | -14% | 5% | -20% | Buy: Ch.03 - Altair, Machanon Find: Deist cave |
| Mithril gloves | Arms | 800 | - | 6 | -8% | 5% | -24% | Buy: Ch.03 - Altair, Machanon Find: Deist cave |
| Mithril helm | Head | 300 | - | 4 | -5% | 5% | -8% | Buy: Ch.03 - Altair, Machanon Find: Deist cave |
| Mithril shield | Shield | 500 | - | 0 | 6% | 0% | -70% | Find: Ch.04 - Snow cave, Deist cave Buy: Altair, Machanon |
| Golden set | ||||||||
| Golden armor | Body | 2500 | Resists poison | 15 | -19% | 5% | -30% | Find: Ch.05 - Kashuan, Fynn basement Buy: Fynn |
| Golden shield | Shield | 1000 | Resists poison | 0 | 7% | 0% | -70% | Find: Ch.05 - Kashuan, Fynn basement Buy: Fynn |
| Giant's set | ||||||||
| Giant's helm | Head | 600 | Str +10 | 6 | -13% | 5% | -24% | Find: Ch.05 - Dreadnought Buy: Fynn, Machanon |
| Knight's armor | Body | 5000 | - | 22 | -26% | 5% | -44% | Find: Ch.06 - Deist cave Buy: Mysidia, Machanon |
| Giant's gloves | Arms | 2000 | Str +10 | 15 | -17% | 5% | -60% | Find: Ch.08 - Fynn castle Buy: Mysidia, Machanon |
| Flame set | ||||||||
| Flame armor | Body | 10000 | Resists ice | 29 | -33% | 5% | -58% | Find: Ch.09 - Fynn basement, Mysidian tower |
| Flame shield | Shield | 5000 | Resists ice | 0 | 7% | 0% | -70% | Find: Ch.09 - Fynn basement, Mysidian tower |
| Flame helm | Head | 1000 | Resists ice | 13 | -14% | 5% | -26% | Find: Ch.10 - Mysidian tower |
| Ice set | ||||||||
| Ice shield | Shield | 5000 | Resists fire | 0 | 7% | 0% | -70% | Find: Ch.05 - Dreadnought, Mysidian tower Buy: Mysidia, Machanon |
| Ice armor | Body | 10000 | Resists fire | 36 | -40% | 5% | -72% | Find: Ch.10 - Mysidian tower |
| Ice gloves | Arms | 5000 | Resists fire | 20 | -22% | 5% | -80% | Find: Ch.10 - Mysidian tower |
| Diamond set | ||||||||
| Diamond shield | Shield | 8000 | Resists lightning | 0 | 7% | 0% | -70% | Find: Ch.10 - Leviathan |
| Diamond armor | Body | 20000 | Resists lightning | 43 | -47% | 5% | -86% | Find: Ch.11 - Cyclone |
| Diamond gloves | Arms | 8000 | Resists lightning | 25 | -27% | 5% | -100% | Find: Ch.11 - Cyclone |
| Diamond helm | Head | 5000 | Resists lightning | 17 | -18% | 5% | -34% | Find: Ch.11 - Cyclone |
| Dragon set | ||||||||
| Dragon armor | Body | 65000 | Resists all elements | 50 | -54% | 5% | -50% | Find: Ch.13 - Jade passage |
| Dragon shield | Shield | 15000 | Resists poison, fire, ice, lightning |
0 | 9% | 0% | -70% | Win: Ch.13 - Blue Dragon, Red Dragon, Black Dragon |
| Genji set | ||||||||
| Aegis shield | Shield | 40000 | Resists death, body, matter, mind |
0 | 10% | 0% | -70% | Find: Ch.13 - Jade passage |
| Genji armor | Body | 30000 | - | 75 | -79% | 10% | -100% | Find: Ch.13 - Pandaemonium |
| Genji gloves | Arms | 20000 | - | 45 | -47% | 10% | -100% | Find: Ch.13 - Pandaemonium |
| Genji helm | Head | 20000 | Resists matter | 30 | -31% | 10% | -60% | Find: Ch.13 - Pandaemonium |