Diamond Armor

Description Brilliant armor made of diamond.

Type Armor

Absorb 42

Evade Penalty −10%

Value 30,000 gil (30,000 gil on Easy)

Found In Sunken Shrine 4F

Elemental Resistance

Equipped By

The Diamond Armor is second to none in terms of Defense for your Knight. A nice upgrade over the Ice Armor and Flame Mail, the Diamond Armor also grants resistance against Lightning, which can come in handy in the Sunken Shrine when you run into Water Nagas. If you want to give your Knight resistance to Fire or Ice, have him use the Ice or Flame Shield, because the Diamond Armor is a bigger upgrade than the Diamond Shield.

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Treasures: Containing Diamond Armor – 1 shown

Map	The specifics of where this treasure can be found Notes
Sunken Shrine 4F	Found in a chest in the northern room

Ice Armor Dragon Mail

Diamond Shield

Description Shield made of diamond.

Type Shield

Absorb 16

Value 7,500 gil (7,500 gil on Easy)

Found In Flying Fortress 2F, Sunken Shrine 5F

Elemental Resistance

Equipped By

The Diamond Shield, like the Diamond Armor, offers resistance to Lightning. Like the rest of the Diamond equipment, though, it is only usable by Knights, so Ninjas can't gain Lightning resistance without a Ribbon. The Diamond Shield is a 4 Defense upgrade over the Flame and Ice Shields, but you may still want to use them to gain resistance to Fire or Ice in certain Areas.

Diamond Helm

Description Helmet made of diamond.

Type Helm

Absorb 8

Evade Penalty −3%

Value 5,000 gil (5,000 gil on Easy)

Found In Sunken Shrine 5F

Equipped By

Unlike the Diamond Armor and Shield, the Diamond Helm offers no elemental resistance, but it is a slight upgrade from the Mythril Helm for your Knight. No helm in the game offers more Defense.

DiamondGloves

Description Gloves made of diamond.

Type Gloves

Absorb 8

Evade Penalty −3%

Value 10,000 gil (10,000 gil on Easy)

Found In Flying Fortress 2F, Sunken Shrine 5F

Equipped By

The DiamondGloves offer the same Defense as the Protect Ring, but without resistance to Death, and with two more points of Weight. You can give them to your Knight to save money, but in the long run you are better off using a Protect Ring. In addition, if you are trying to follow the NES version's Armor slot restrictions, you may want to wear the Giant's Gloves or Gauntlets instead, at the cost of 2 Defense.

DiamondArmlet

Description Decorative armlet with a diamond inset.

Type Armor

Absorb 34

Evade Penalty −1%

Value 32,500 gil (32,500 gil on Easy)

Found In Sunken Shrine 5F

Equipped By

The DiamondArmlet has the best Defense available on body Armor for every Class except the Knight and Ninja, but unfortunately there's only one in the game. Usually you will give it to either your second-slot character (if he is not a Ninja) or your healer to keep them alive. At 10 Defense more than the Ruby Armlet or Black or White Robes, the DiamondArmlet is a powerful piece of Armor.

Opal Armor

Absorb 42

Type Armor

Evade Penalty −10%

Value 30,000 G

Elemental Resistance

Equipped By

Found In Sunken Shrine 4F

The Opal Armor is second to none in terms of Absorb for your KNIGHT. A nice upgrade over the Ice and Flame Armors, the Opal Armor also grants resistance to Lightning, which can come in handy in the Sunken Shrine when you run into NAGAS. If you want to give your KNIGHT resistance to Fire or Cold, have him use the Ice or Flame Shield, because the Opal Armor is a bigger upgrade than the Opal Shield.

Diamond Armor

Defense 43

Evasion −47%

Type Body

Magic Def. +5%

Magic Penalty 86%

Value 10,000 gil

Elemental Resistance

Equipped By Leon

Found In Cyclone 5F

Dropped By Emperor

As heavy Armor, the Diamond Armor is somewhat underwhelming. Offering only 3 more defense than the Black Garb at the cost of as much as 57 points of evasion, it's really hard to justify using it in favor of that Armor. The Lightning defense is occasionally useful, but there are other ways to get it.