Onion Helm

Type (Icon)Helm
Armor Type Helm
Defense 48
Evasion 48%
Base Magic Defense 48
Value 32,750 gil
Elemental Resistance
Fire
Cold
Air
Earth
Recovery

Equipped By

In terms of defense compared to the next best Armor, the Onion Helm is actually the most powerful piece of Onion gear. It's also relatively easy to get, being dropped by both Green and Yellow Dragons. Beyond its fantastic stats, the Onion Helm grants resistance to most Elements in addition to the standard Status immunity provided by all Onion Armor.
Compare Onion Helm to other Armor
Status Immunities
Poison Blind Mini Silence Toad Petrification KO Confusion Sleep Paralysis Partial Petrification
Immune Immune Immune Immune Immune Immune Immune Immune Immune Immune Immune
Monsters: Which have Onion Helm – 2 shown
Treasure guardians are only encountered when opening treasure chests; bosses are unique monsters encountered during the plot; the final boss must be defeated to complete the game; rare monsters are hard to find and very powerful, but drop powerful rewards; invincible monsters are not meant to be defeated
Name
The monster's starting and maximum hit point total
HP
The amount of gil earned for defeating this monster
Gil
The chance of getting this item on a successful steal attempt
Steal Rate
The chance of getting this item after defeating the monster
Drop Chance
The total amount of experience earned for defeating this monster (this is split evenly among surviving party members)
Exp
Attack determines the base per-hit damage of the monster's physical attack
Att
The number of hits a monster attempts and the accuracy of each of those hits
Acc
Some monsters' attacks are elemental in nature, and the damage may be adjusted by any weaknesses or resistances the target has
Att. Element
A monster's attack may have a chance to inflict a status ailment when it connects
Status Att.
Undead creatures are damaged by healing spells; dividing creatures split after taking physical damage provided there is room on the battlefield; spells or attacks with dark-elemental weapons do not cause these creatures to split
Type
Defense reduces the amount of damage taken per physical hit
Def
The number of evasion attempts a monster gets when physically attacked, and the success rate of each attempt
Eva
Magic defense reduces the amount of damage taken by spells and special attacks
Mag. Def.
The number of spell resistance attempts a monster gets when targeted with a spell or special attack, and the success rate of each attempt
Mag. Res.
The monster takes double damage from spells or attacks of any of the listed elements
Weakness
Monsters that resist an element take half damage from spells or attacks of that element, while monsters that absorb an element are healed instead of taking damage; individual monster pages indicate which elements are resisted and which are absorbed
Resists/Absorbs
Monsters are immune to the listed status ailments; not that, although no immunities are listed, all bosses are immune to all status ailments
Status Immunities
Green Dragon 10,000 2,900 gil - 9.4% 4,000 170 10×80% - - - 10 4×30% 4 2×40% - - Toad, Conf
Yellow Dragon 10,000 5,400 gil - 4.7% 5,000 170 10×80% - - - 10 4×30% 4 2×40% - - -
Leather Cap Mythril Helm