Crystal Mail

Mail of crystal, crafted long ago.
Final Fantasy description

Crystal Mail (クリスタルメイル, Kurisutaru Meiru?), also known as Crystal Armor, is a recurring armor in the series. It is a high-ranked heavy armor that provides outstanding defenses, and may sometimes provide status resistances in addition to other stat bonuses.

Appearances[edit | edit source]

Final Fantasy[edit | edit source]

Crystal Mail is a high-ranked armor exclusive to the Game Boy Advance and later versions that provides 44 Defense, -10 Evasion, 10 Weight, +3 Intelligence, and resistance to Blind, Silence, and Petrify. It can be found in the Whisperwind Cove.

Final Fantasy III[edit | edit source]

Crystal Mail is a high-ranked armor that can be bought for 50,000 gil (65,000 in the NES version) at Eureka or found at Ancients' Maze and Crystal Tower. It can only be equipped by the Onion Knight, Freelancer, Warrior, Red Mage, Knight, Dragoon, Viking, and Dark Knight classes.

In the NES version, it provides 28 Defense, 18 Magic Defense, and 20% Evade. In the 3D versions, it provides 55 Defense, and 24 Magic Defense.

Final Fantasy IV[edit | edit source]

Armor that prevents various status ailments.
Description

Crystal Mail is a high-ranked armor, originally the best armor for Cecil outside of the Adamant Armor, and provides 25 Defense, 10 Magic Defense, -10 Evasion, 6 Magic Evasion, +3 Spirit, and resistance to Darkness, Silence, Mini, Toad, Pig, Berserk, and against attacks from Undead enemies. It can be found in the Lunar Subterrane.

In the 3D remakes, it now provides 25 Defense, 10 Magic Defense, 6 Magic Evasion, +3 Spirit, and resistance to Darkness, Silence, Mini, Toad, Pig, and Berserk. It can still only be equipped by Paladin Cecil and is still found at Lunar Subterrane.

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years[edit | edit source]

Crystal Mail provides 25 Defense, 10 Magic Defense, -10 Evasion, 5% Magic Evasion, +3 Spirit, resists Mini, Toad, Pig, Berserk, and strong against undead attacks. It can be equipped by Cecil, Ceodore, Kain, and Golbez. It can be found at Depths.

Final Fantasy V[edit | edit source]

Dazzling armor cut from crystal.
Description

Crystal Armor is a high-ranked armor, initially the strongest armor only bested by the Genji Armor, and provides 20 Defense, 2 Magic Defense, and 8 Weight. It can be bought for 12,000 gil at Phantom Village or Great Sea Trench, dropped by Sekhmet and Crystal Dragon, and found at the Pyramid of Moore in a monster-in-a-box with five Objet d'Arts.

Final Fantasy VI[edit | edit source]

Resplendent suit of crystal plate mail.
Description

Crystal Mail is a high-ranked heavy armor that provides 72 Defense and 49 Magic Defense. It can be bought for 17,000 gil at Maranda in the World of Ruin, found at Darill's Tomb, or Metamorphed from Platinum Dragon, Ice Dragon, Storm Dragon, Earth Dragon, Gold Dragon, Skull Dragon, Blue Dragon, Red Dragon, and Proto Armor. It can be equipped by Terra, Locke, Edgar, Cyan, Celes, and Setzer.

Final Fantasy Tactics[edit | edit source]

Platinum armor reinforced in places with crystalline gemstones found deep within the earth.
Description

Crystal Armor is a high-ranked armor that provides +110 HP. It can be bought for 19,000 gil at an Outfitter after the Battle of Fort Besselat during Chapter 4, or found as rare treasure at Fort Besselat Sluice.

Final Fantasy Type-0[edit | edit source]

Crystal Mail is an accessory that provides Defense +70 and Auto-Trance. It can be bought from the SPP Post (complete "A Charge on the Border" on Finis difficulty) for 20000 SPP. It sells for 10000 gil.

Bravely Default[edit | edit source]

A rare type of mail made by painstakingly bonding together fragments that flaked way from a crystal. They cannot be mass-produced because each crystal fragment has a unique shape. Some say it takes an unfathomable length of time to complete one set of this armor.
Description

Crystal Mail is heavy armor that provides 50 P.DEF and 12 M.DEF.