Cursed Equipment

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'''Cursed Equipment''', as its name implies, are weapons or armor pieces that are cursed and will inflict misfortune on those who equip them. Some items that are cursed will remain permanently equipped until the player must visits a [[Church]] and gets it removed. What curse befalls the player varies from equipment to equipment.
Cursed Equipment are obvious to spot, be it their name, appearance, or their ominous item description. Sometimes Cursed Equipment are one of, if the most powerful items in the game, making them high-risk, high-reward.

Later installments, starting with {{DQ8}}, introduced the [[Saint's ashes]], an item that rids the curse off the item, turning them into more powerful and useful equipment.

==Appearances==
''Repeat items have the same effects unless stated otherwise.''

==={{DQ}}===
*[[Death necklace]] - Prevents the {{Hero 1}} from entering [[Tantegel]] Castle.
*[[Wasteband]]- Prevents the {{Hero 1}} from entering Tantegel Castle and sometimes makes him unable to move.

==={{DQ2}}===
*[[Devil's tail]] - Makes the wearer more susceptible to [[Snooze]] and [[Fizzle]].
*[[Sword of ruin]] - Occasionally [[Paralysis|paralyzes]] the wielder.
*[[Thanatos' shield]] - Occasionally paralyzes the wielder.
*[[Wailer's mail]] - Occasionally paralyzes the wearer.

==={{DQ3}}===
*[[Cower ring]] - Changes [[Personality]] to Wimp.
*[[Double-edged sword]] - Deals 25% recoil damage when attacking.
*[[Golden claws]] - Causes the wearer to get into random battles every single step (in the remakes this effect is restricted to [[Pyramid]] it is obtained in).
*[[Hapless helm]] - Reduces {{Luck}} to 0.
*[[Headsman's axe]] - Has tremendously low accuracy, but every hit it scores is a critical hit.
*[[Mask of Implacability]] - Inflicts permanent [[Confusion]] on the wearer and makes them unable to cast spells outside of battle.
*[[Shield of shame]] - Damage dealt to the wielder will sometimes be passed on to a random ally.
*[[Skull Ring]] - Changes Personality to [[Lone wolf]].
*[[Sword of ruin]] - Same effect as ''Dragon Quest II''.
*[[Ten ton toupee]] - Changes Personality to [[Mule]].
*[[Hate mail]] - 33% chance to paralyze the wearer.

==={{DQ4}}===
In the game's remakes, the {{Psaro 9}} can equip cursed items and not suffer any of their negative effects.
*[[Double-edged sword]] - Same effect as ''Dragon Quest III''.
*[[Hela's armour]] - Reduces {{Agility}} to 0.
*[[Hela's hammer]] - Has low accuracy, but every hit it scores is a critical hit.
*[[Massacre sword]] - Reduces {{Defence}} to 0.
*[[Zombie mail]] - Reduces {{HP}} every step.

==={{DQ5}}===
*[[Massacre Sword]] - Hits all enemies when attacking, but reduces defense to 0.
*[[Double-edged sword]]
*{{Hades' helm E}} - Makes the wearer unable to move on the first turn of any battle.
*[[Hela's armour]] - Reduces agility to 0.
*[[Restless armour (Equipment)|Restless armour]] - Reduces {{Agility}} to exactly 43, {{Defence}} to exactly 54, and {{Attack}} to exactly 69.
*[[Ruinous shield]] - Reduces {{Defence}} to 0.

==={{DQ6}}===
*[[Massacre Sword]]
*[[Hela's Armour]]
*[[Ruinous shield]]

==={{DQ7}}===
*[[Hate mail]]
*[[Hela's armour]]
*[[Shield of shame]]
*[[Ruinous shield]]

==={{DQ8}}===
*[[Demon whip]] - Stuns the wielder 25% of the time.
*[[Devil's tail]] - Makes the wearer more susceptible to magic attacks.
*{{Hades' helm E}}
*[[Ruinous shield]] - Makes the wearer more susceptible to elemental attacks.
*[[Skull helm]] - Reduces {{Attack}} to 0.
*[[Skull ring]] - Reduces {{MP}} by half.
*[[Thanatos' shield]] - Makes the wielder unable to act on the first turn.
*[[Zombie mail]]

==={{DQ9}}===
*[[Archdemon whip]] - Sometimes prevents the wearer from acting in battle.
*[[Demon whip]] - Sometimes prevents the wearer from acting in battle.
*{{Hades' helm E}}
*[[Nightmare gown]] - Increases susceptibility to {{Sleep}}, [[Confusion]], [[Dazzle|dazzling]], [[Paralysis]], and [[Whack|instant death]].
*[[Oh-No bow]] - Occasionally stuns the wielder.
*[[Reckless necklace]] - Sometimes prevents the wearer from acting in battle.
*[[Ruinous shield]] - Same effect as ''Dragon Quest VIII''.
*[[Skull helm]] - Sometimes prevents the wearer from acting in battle.
*[[Skull ring]] - Sometimes prevents the wearer from acting in battle.
*[[Terrible tattoo]] - The wearer takes 20% more damage from all elemental attacks, and is 50% more susceptible Dazzle, Snooze, Fuddle, Poison, and Paralysis.

[[Category:Status ailments]]

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