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Onion Shield FFIII Art — Artwork from *Final Fantasy III*.

A shield forged for swordsmen who have mastered every technique and achieved knighthood's most exalted rank.
Description, Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions.

Onion Shield (オニオンシールド, Onion Shīrudo?), also known as Onion, is a recurring shield in the series. It is the most powerful shield in the games it appears in, giving outstanding defenses but lacking any other special properties such as that of the Adamant Shield or other such high-leveled shields.

Appearances

Final Fantasy III

Template:Sideicon Onion Shield is the strongest shield in the game. It can only be dropped from Yellow Dragon, Green Dragon, and Red Dragon. It can only be equipped by the Onion Knight.

In the NES version, it provides 48 Defense, 48 Magic Defense, and 48% Evade. In the 3D versions, it provides 30 Defense, 30 Magic Defense, and +2 to all stats.

Final Fantasy IV

Template:Sideicon Onion Shield is the strongest shield in the game, providing Defense equal to the user's Level/10, Stamina equal to the user's current Level/3, and resistance to all statuses except Berserk. It can only be obtained by trading a Blue Tail to the Tail Collector, and can be equipped by Cecil, Kain, Rosa, Rydia, and Edge.

Final Fantasy XIV

Template:Sideicon Onion Shield is a item level 90 shield equippable by Gladiator and its job Paladin. It has a 92 block strength and a 295 block rate, and provides 9 Strength, 10 Vitality, 7 Parry and 11 Critical Hit Rate.

Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions

Template:Sideicon Onion Shield is the strongest shield in the PSP version of the game, providing 80% Physical Evasion and 75% Magic Evasion. It can only be obtained in Rendezvous mode, and can only be equipped by the Onion Knight.

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Etymology

[view · edit · purge]The onion, also known as the bulb onion or common onion, is used as a vegetable and is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium.

In a 2020 Famitsu interview with Koichi Ishii and Hiromichi Tanaka about Final Fantasy III, Tanaka stated that he created the term "Onion Knight" after seeing Ishii's character design for the job, likening the shape of its helmet's large, white plume to that of an onion.^[1]

Fans had previously speculated that "Onion Knight" refers to the Japanese metaphoric idiom "peeling away one layer at a time and crying all the way" (referring to poverty) or from the slang phrase "to know one's onions" (meaning to be very versatile).

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↑ "『FF3』30周年で訊く、開発秘話ミニインタビュー。ジョブデザインや魔剣士、たまねぎ剣士の秘密も" by Famitsu (2020), translated into English in "The Origin of Final Fantasy’s Onion Knight (Translated Interview)" by Lost in Localization (2022)

[1] "『FF3』30周年で訊く、開発秘話ミニインタビュー。ジョブデザインや魔剣士、たまねぎ剣士の秘密も" by Famitsu (2020), translated into English in "The Origin of Final Fantasy’s Onion Knight (Translated Interview)" by Lost in Localization (2022)

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 [[File:Onion Shield FFIII Art.png|right|thumb|250px|Artwork from ''Final Fantasy III''.]]
 {{Q|A shield forged for swordsmen who have mastered every technique and achieved knighthood's most exalted rank.|Description, ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions]]''.}}
-'''Onion Shield''' {{J|オニオンシールド|Onion Shīrudo}}, also known as '''Onion''', is a recurring shield in the [[Final Fantasy (Series)|series]]. It is the most powerful shield in the games it appears in, giving outstanding defenses but lacking any other special properties such as that of the [[Adamant Shield]] or other such high-leveled shields.
+'''Onion Shield''' {{J|オニオンシールド|Onion Shīrudo}}, also known as '''Onion''', is a recurring shield in the [[Final Fantasy (series)|series]]. It is the most powerful shield in the games it appears in, giving outstanding defenses but lacking any other special properties such as that of the [[Adamant Shield]] or other such high-leveled shields.
 ==Appearances==
 ===''[[Final Fantasy III]]''===
 {{sideicon|FFIII}}
-[[List of Final Fantasy III Armor#Onion Shield|Onion Shield]] is the strongest shield in the game. It can only be dropped from [[Yellow Dragon (Final Fantasy III)|Yellow Dragon]], [[Green Dragon (Final Fantasy III)|Green Dragon]], and [[Red Dragon (Final Fantasy III)|Red Dragon]]. It can only be equipped by the [[Onion Knight (Final Fantasy III)|Onion Knight]].
+[[List of Final Fantasy III armor#Onion Shield|Onion Shield]] is the strongest shield in the game. It can only be dropped from [[Yellow Dragon (Final Fantasy III)|Yellow Dragon]], [[Green Dragon (Final Fantasy III)|Green Dragon]], and [[Red Dragon (Final Fantasy III)|Red Dragon]]. It can only be equipped by the [[Onion Knight (Final Fantasy III)|Onion Knight]].
 In the NES version, it provides 48 Defense, 48 Magic Defense, and 48% Evade. In the 3D versions, it provides 30 Defense, 30 Magic Defense, and +2 to all stats.
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 ===''[[Final Fantasy IV]]''===
 {{sideicon|FFIV}}
-[[List of Final Fantasy IV 3D Armor#Onion Shield|Onion Shield]] is the strongest shield in the game, providing Defense equal to the user's Level/10, Stamina equal to the user's current Level/3, and resistance to all statuses except [[Berserk (Status)|Berserk]]. It can only be obtained by trading a Blue Tail to the [[Tail Collector]], and can be equipped by [[Cecil Harvey|Cecil]], [[Kain Highwind|Kain]], [[Rosa Joanna Farrell|Rosa]], [[Rydia]], and [[Edge Geraldine|Edge]].
+[[List of Final Fantasy IV 3D armor#Onion Shield|Onion Shield]] is the strongest shield in the game, providing Defense equal to the user's Level/10, Stamina equal to the user's current Level/3, and resistance to all statuses except [[Berserk (status)|Berserk]]. It can only be obtained by trading a Blue Tail to the [[Tail Collector]], and can be equipped by [[Cecil Harvey|Cecil]], [[Kain Highwind|Kain]], [[Rosa Joanna Farrell|Rosa]], [[Rydia]], and [[Edge Geraldine|Edge]].
 ===''[[Final Fantasy XIV]]''===
 {{sideicon|FFXIV}}
-[[List of Final Fantasy XIV Armor/Shield#Onion Shield|Onion Shield]] is a item level 90 shield equippable by [[Gladiator (Final Fantasy XIV)|Gladiator]] and its job [[Gladiator (Final Fantasy XIV)#Paladin|Paladin]]. It has a 92 block strength and a 295 block rate, and provides 9 [[List of Final Fantasy XIV Stats#Strength|Strength]], 10 [[List of Final Fantasy XIV Stats#Vitality|Vitality]], 7 [[List of Final Fantasy XIV Stats#Parry|Parry]] and 11 [[List of Final Fantasy XIV Stats#Critical Hit Rate|Critical Hit Rate]].
+[[List of Final Fantasy XIV armor/Shield#Onion Shield|Onion Shield]] is a item level 90 shield equippable by [[Gladiator (Final Fantasy XIV)|Gladiator]] and its job [[Gladiator (Final Fantasy XIV)#Paladin|Paladin]]. It has a 92 block strength and a 295 block rate, and provides 9 [[List of Final Fantasy XIV stats#Strength|Strength]], 10 [[List of Final Fantasy XIV stats#Vitality|Vitality]], 7 [[List of Final Fantasy XIV stats#Parry|Parry]] and 11 [[List of Final Fantasy XIV stats#Critical Hit Rate|Critical Hit Rate]].
 ===''[[Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions]]''===
 {{sideicon|FFT}}
-[[List of Final Fantasy Tactics Armor#Onion Shield|Onion Shield]] is the strongest shield in the [[PlayStation Portable|PSP]] version of the game, providing 80% Physical Evasion and 75% Magic Evasion. It can only be obtained in [[Rendezvous]] mode, and can only be equipped by the [[Onion Knight (Tactics)|Onion Knight]].
+[[List of Final Fantasy Tactics armor#Onion Shield|Onion Shield]] is the strongest shield in the [[PlayStation Portable|PSP]] version of the game, providing 80% Physical Evasion and 75% Magic Evasion. It can only be obtained in [[Rendezvous]] mode, and can only be equipped by the [[Onion Knight (Tactics)|Onion Knight]].
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