Saintess shield
The Saintess shield is a shield equipment item in the Dragon Quest series. Embellished with the enchanting figure of a holy woman, the shield is often reserved for the fairer sex and greatly reduces elemental damage.
Appearances
Dragon Quest VIII
The saintess shield offers a defense bonus of +46. It can only be equipped by Jessica, as well as Red in the 3DS port, and cuts fire and ice breath by 33.3%.
Recipe: Mirror shield + White shield + Holy water
Dragon Quest IX
| Saintess shield (DS) | |
|---|---|
| Defence | 32 |
| Block chance | 6.5% |
| Rarity | 3/5 |
| Equipable by | |
| Buy Price | --- |
| Sell Price | 14000 |
| Flavor text | A sanctified shield that's stout in the face of magical attacks. |
The shield can now be equipped by either sex, and is created by combining a Ruinous shield with three phials of Saint's ashes. It can be further elevated by mixing with a Goddess ring and an ingot of Orichalcum
Dragon Quest X
Characters need to be level 80 before they can equip the saintess shield. It increases defence by +7, block rate by +4.5%, magical might by +3, magical mending by +3, style by +10, and weight by +12. It will reduce all spell damage by 5%.
Trivia
The saintess shield's countenance in VIII is based on the Silver shield's design prior to VII.