Mithril Vest

The Mithril Vest represents a new tier of Armor, outclassing every body piece that was previously available while itself being available to every Character. As with some of the other mithril equipment, it is the last universally-usable type of body Armor.

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Shop Items: Mithril Vest – 5 shown

World of Ruin shops replace the original shops in the World of Ruin Shop	Price	Area	Map	World	Notes
Jidoor Armor	1,200 GP	Jidoor	Armor Shop	Balance	-
Albrook Armor	1,200 GP	Albrook	Armor Shop	Balance	-
Tzen Armor	1,200 GP	Tzen	Armor Shop	Balance	-
Maranda Armor	1,200 GP	Maranda	Armor Shop	Balance	-
Vector Armor	1,200 GP	Vector	Armor Shop	Balance	Unavailable after floating continent appears

Monsters: Which have Mithril Vest – 2 shown

World of Ruin monsters cannot be found in the World of Balance; unique monsters are found as set encounters or treasure guardians, but never in a random battle; legendary dragons are unique monsters that are found in the World of Ruin; special bosses have unique music and immense power; the final bosses are the last creatures fought in the game Name	HP	MP	LV	Exp.	GP	Elements	Most monsters have a special attack that is a modified basic attack; this attack is sometimes referred to as 'Special' regardless of its name Special Attack	'Battle' refers to the effects of the monster's normal attack; HP draining, and MP draining attacks are indicated by their text color Special Attack Effect	Speed	Stamina	Mag.Pwr	Bat.Pwr	The estimated average amount of damage this monster's attack will deal to a target with 128 Defense; actual damage will vary considerably based on the target's Defense and other factors, but this is a good measure of the relative danger of monster's attacks Damage	The estimated average amount of damage this monster's special attack will deal to a target with 128 Defense; actual damage will vary considerably based on the target's Defense and other factors S.A. Dmg.	Defense	The percentage of base damage (based on 128 Defense) this monster takes from physical attacks due to its Defense score; a '1' indicates that the monster takes 1 damage from any physical attack Phys. Vuln.	Evade % is listed in gray to indicate that, due to a bug, this value is not used; MBlock% is used to evade physical attacks instead Evade %	Mag.Def	The percentage of base damage (based on 128 Mag.Def) this monster takes from magic attacks due to its Mag.Def score; a '1' indicates that the monster takes 1 damage from any magic attack Mag.. Vuln.	Due to a bug, MBlock% is used to evade physical attacks instead of Evade % MBlock%	The chance that Ragnarok's Metamorph will work on this monster if it hits Metamorph %	The items that this monster can be turned into with a successful Metamorph Metamorph	Hit Rate	The items that can be stolen from this monster; even if a steal attempt would be successful, if no item is selected it will fail and can be attempted again Steal	The items that can be dropped by this monster; there is always a chance of a drop if an item is listed Win	Any special properties the monster has Notes	Status effects that are always active on this monster as well as those it is immune to Statuses
Rider	1,300	170	14	400	1,290	Weak pt: Fire, Poison	SilverPike	Battle ×3	45	18	10	48	91	273	120	105%	0	150	82%	0	25.0%	Gold Lance (1/4), Gold Shld (1/4), Gold Helmet (1/4), Gold Armor (1/4)	100	Mithril Vest (7/8), Elixir (1/8)	Remedy (100%)	Human	Prevent: Zombie, Imp, Muddled
Commando	580	35	18	252	273	Weak pt: Thunder, Water	Program 65	Mute	30	17	10	13	67	-	210	35%	0	145	86%	0	99.6%	Antidote (1/4), Green Cherry (1/4), Eyedrop (1/4), Soft (1/4)	100	Tent (7/8), Mithril Vest (1/8)	Tent (1/8)	Human	Prevent: Zombie, Poison, Imp, Petrify, Seizure

Characters: Who start with Mithril Vest – 2 shown

Hidden characters will join after special quests in the World of Ruin; temporary characters will only join the party for a short time and cannot be re-equipped Name	The special command that is unique to this character Command	If a character uses the Fight command while at low HP (less than 1/8 of maximum), they have a 1/16 chance of using this special attack instead; each attack can be used only once per battle Special	The character's starting Vigor score; this does not increase with level but may be permanently increased with esper bonuses Vigor	The character's starting Speed score; this does not increase with level but may be permanently increased with esper bonuses Speed	The character's starting Stamina score; this does not increase with level but may be permanently increased with esper bonuses Stamina	The character's starting Mag.Pwr score; this does not increase with level but may be permanently increased with esper bonuses Mag.Pwr	The character's base Bat.Pwr score; this is augmented by equipped weapons but cannot be permanently increased Bat.Pwr	The character's base Defense score; this is augmented by equipped armor and relics but cannot be permanently increased Defense	The character's base Evade % score; it is shown in gray to indicate that, due to a bug, this value is not used; MBlock% is used to evade physical attacks instead Evade %	The character's base Mag.Def score; this is augmented by equipped armor and relics but cannot be permanently increased Mag.Def	The character's base MBlock% score; this is augmented by equipped armor and relics but cannot be permanently increased; due to a bug, MBlock% is used to evade physical attacks instead of Evade % MBlock%	The character's base HP score at level 1; this increases with level and may be increased further with esper bonuses Base HP	The character's base MP score at level 1; this increases with level and may be increased further with esper bonuses Base MP	The first time a character joins the party in each of the World of Balance and the World of Ruin, their level will be increased to the average party level modified by this number; Terra begins the game at level 3 LV	While running, the character's run value increases by a value in this range at regular intervals; they will successfully run when this value is greater than or equal to the encounter's run difficulty Run Skill
Setzer	Slot	Red Card	36	32	32	29	18	48	9	26	1	46	9	0	1–4
Gogo	Mimic	X-Meteo	25	30	20	26	13	39	10	25	6	36	12	+2	1–4

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