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Silver shield

Bouclier d'argent
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ArmourShields★★Infinite

A shiny shield that shuns MP absorption, fire and thunder.

The essentials

  • Simplest: buy it, 30,500 G (Stornway – Armour Shop (post-game)).
  • Sells for 15,250 G.
  • Defence +32: 12th of 44 shields; top: Soul sucker (+40).

“Simplest”, in this order: buy it (cheapest), pick it up, from a monster (best rate), make it, then the other sources.

Defence +32Block Chance 6%

Vocations that can equip it: Warrior, Priest, Mage, Minstrel, Armamentalist, Paladin, Sage, Luminary

Resistances: fire -10% damage; lightning / blast -18% damage; Drain Magic -25% success

Style: Chic 42 · Aloof 38 · Vanity 29 · Allure 27 · Casual 25 · Naive 19

Shops Read in the code

  • 30,500 G: Stornway – Armour Shop (post-game)

Alchemy Read in the code

  • White knight's shield ×1 + Mirrorstone ×3 + Mythril ore ×2
  • Recipe in the book “Cooking up the Coolest Kit” (Oubliette – B3)

DQVC (Wi-Fi shop, online) Community (yabd.org)

  • 15,250 G: High Seas Sale (Jan 21)

Best defence in the category, by vocation

Under the hood

Internal item number: 21294; record no. 1175 of prm/itemdt (file order); selling price in its record (u16 at +0x1A): 15250; stars: +0x09 bits 1-3.

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