Leather equipment

Leather Equipment is a recurring type of equipment in the Final Fantasy series. It is usually the weakest type of equipment, and Leather equipment tends to be starting equipment for the characters. The Leather equipment set is made up of Armor, a Cap, Gloves, and a Shield, sometimes called a Buckler.

Final Fantasy
Leather Armor is the second weakest armor, and the Leather Cap, Leather Gloves and Leather Shield are all the weakest equipment pieces in their respective equipment categories.

Final Fantasy II
Once again, Leather Armor is the second weakest armor, and the Leather Cap, Leather Gloves and Buckler are all the weakest equipment pieces otherwise.

Final Fantasy III
The Leather Armor is the third-weakest armor, and the Leather Cap and Leather Shield are the weakest shield and helmet.

Final Fantasy IV
The Leather Garb is the third-weakest armor, and the Leather Cap is the weakest helmet.

Final Fantasy V
The Leather Armor, Leather Cap and Leather Shield are the weakest equipment pieces in the game. In terms of defensive power, the Gold Hairpin is technically weaker than the Leather Cap, but has a powerful ability that the Cap lacks.

Final Fantasy VI
The Leather Armor, Leather Hat and Buckler are the weakest equipment shields, although they are considerably stronger than other incarnations of Leather equipment in other games.

Final Fantasy IX
The Leather Wrist, Leather Hat, Leather Shirt and Leather Plate are all weak armor pieces, but not the weakest.

Final Fantasy XII
The game has a larger variety of Leather equipment then previous installments. The Leather Shield is the second weakest shield, and the Leather Cap and Leather Clothing are the weakest Light armor pieces. There are also two stronger pieces of Light armor, the Leather Headgear and Leather Breastplate. The Leather Helmet and Leather Armor are the weakest Heavy armor pieces.

Final Fantasy Tactics
The Leather Armor is the weakest armor, and the Leather Clothing is the second weakest clothing, with the Leather Plate as the third weakest. The Leather Cap and Leather Helmet are the weakest hat and helmet, respectively.

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
The Leather Garb is the weakest clothing.