Leather hat

Leather hat
Japanese	かわのぼうし 皮のぼうし
Romaji	Kawa no bōshi
Old localisations	Leather Helmet
Found in	Dragon Quest III Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake Dragon Quest IV Dragon Quest V Dragon Quest VI Dragon Quest VII Dragon Quest VIII Dragon Quest IX Dragon Quest X Dragon Quest XI Dragon Quest Swords Dragon Quest Treasures Dragon Quest of the Stars
Effect	Increases the wearer's Defence.

The Leather hat is a hat in the series. It is usually the first and most basic piece of headwear found in each game.

Appearances

Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation

The Leather hat has a Defence bonus of +2 and can be equipped by the Hero, Warriors, Mages, Priests, Merchants, Gadabouts, Thieves, and Sages. It can be purchased from Reeve, Romaria, and the Immigrant Town in its early stages for 80 gold and sold for 60 gold. Leather hats can be dropped by Antnibblers, Spiked hares, and Mermaniacs. One can be found in Romaria in a chest of drawers and another on the first Treasures n' Trapdoors board.

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake

Leather hat

Description
Keeps the sun off the wearer's head and not much else.
Stats	Vocations
Defence +3
Notes
N/A
Price	Location
65/19	Sold at the armour shops in Reeve and the Immigrant Town during the second and third stages. Found in a wardrobe on 2F of Aliahan's inn. Found in a dresser at Reeve. Found in a treasure chest on B2F of Manoza Cave. Sparkly spot west of Aliahan. Sparkly spot west of Damdara.

Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen

The Leather hat has a Defence bonus of +2 and can be equipped by by all characters. It is also part of Oojam and Hank Hoffman Jr.'s default equipment. It can be purchased for 65 gold from Burland, Zalenagrad, Lakanaba, Laissez Fayre, and Casabranca, and sold for 47 gold. Tessie will sell it at Torneko's shop for 97 gold.

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride

The Leather hat has a Defence bonus of +2 and can be equipped by the Hero, Bianca, Nera, the Hero's son and Hero's daughter, Harry, Sancho, Tuppence, Saber, Jailcat, Brownie, Orc king, Hoodlum, Archdemon, Gigantes, Slime knight, Restless armour, Blizzybody, Warhog, Moosifer, Pip fighter, Conkuistador, Hulagan, Old man of the sea, Epipany, Wiz pip, Conkuisitor, Conkjurer, Dracky, Fat rat, Mudraker, Magic marionette, Wax murderer, Golem, Grudgerigar, Pocus poppet, Chimaera, Snowbird, Powie yowie, Cross eye, Flamethrower, Minidemon, Hellion, Beastmaster, Samigina, Hawk man, Mandrake marshal, Hyperanemon, Killing machine, Barbatos, Dwight, Starkers, Revaulting horse, Walking corpse, and Rockbomb.

It can be purchased in Stockenbarrel for 65 gold and sold for 32 gold.

Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation

The Leather hat has a Defence bonus of +2, a Style bonus of +2, and can be equipped by the Hero, Carver, Milly, Ashlynn, Nevan, Amos, Terry, and Lizzie. It is part of Nevan's initial equipment. It can be purchased at Weaver's Peak of the Upper World, Haggleton, Somnia of the Upper World, and Port Haven for 65 gold and sold for 48 gold. barksmen have a ¹⁄₃₂ chance of dropping one.

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past

The Leather hat has a Defence bonus of +3, a Style bonus of +2, and can be equipped by all characters. It can be purchased from Estard for 65 gold and sold for 32 gold. Some can be found in various locations, including Pilchard Bay, Ballymolly in the present, Regenstein, the Roamer Encampment in the past, Alltrades Abbey in the past, Gröndal in the past, El Magnífico Puente de Pomposo in the past, and Spilton-on-Sea. Leather hat can be won as a prize from the Lucky Panel at the Casino.

Leather hats can also be dropped by Crested vipers, Tongue fu masters, Oligarchaeopteryxes, Sky fries, and Pogoin' penguins.

Dragon Quest VII Reimagined

The Leather hat increases defence by 3 and can be equipped by all party members. It can be purchased for 65 gold coins and sold for 32. They can be found in various locations like Pilchard Bay, Ballymolly (both in the past and in the present), as a reward in the Lucky Panel minigame in Pilgrim's Rest in the past. It is also dropped by Sky fries and Tongue fu masters.

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King

Game	Description
	A popular hat made of leather.

The Leather hat has a Defence bonus of +3 and can be equipped by all characters. It is part of Yangus's initial equipment. The hat can be purchased for 65 gold in Farebury and sold for 33 gold. Beetleboys drop them rarely and Bunicornss, Dark sabrecatss, and High rollers drop them commonly. The hat can be upgraded into a Feathered cap or a Pointy hat with the Alchemy Pot.

Item	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3
Feathered cap	Leather hat	Chimaera wing	-

Item	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3
Pointy hat	Leather hat	Iron nail	-

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

Leather hat

Description
A highly ordinary headpiece of hardened hide.
Rarity	Stats	Vocations
★☆☆☆☆	Defence +3 Magical Mending +2	All Vocations
Notes
Used to create Feathered cap, Fur hood, or Pointy hat.
Price	Location
65 / 33	Sold in Stornway and Zere. Rarely dropped or stolen from Bodkin archers. Commonly dropped or stolen from Bodkin bowyers.
Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3
-	-	-

Dragon Quest X

The Leather hat has a Defence bonus of +3, a Style bonus of +1, and increases the wearer's weight by 4. The hat can be equipped by various vocations and can be crafted with sewing. In the Offline version of the game, it can be equipped by the Hero as a Warrior, Priest, Martial Artist, Thief, Minstrel, Gladiator, Paladin, Armamentalist, Ranger, Luminary, Dancer, or Gadabout, as well as Hussar, Mjoll, Raguas, and Duston. It can be made with the Fun-Size Forge using the same recipe as before.

• Recipe: Hardy hide + Flaxen thread

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Leather hat

Description
Hardy headwear crafted from tanned and hardened hides sewn together.
Rarity
F
Stats (Base/+1/2/3)
Defence +3/4/5/6
Notes
Requires 2 Perfectionist's pearls to rework.
Price (Buy/Sell)	Location
65 / 32	Sold at the armour shops in Heliodor City, Downtown Heliodor, and from the roving emporium at the Manglegrove. 1⁄64 chance of being dropped by Bodkin archers, Bodkin bowyers, Bunicorns, Vicious bunicorns, Malicious bodkin archers, and Malicious bodkin bowyers.
Forging Difficulty
N/A
Ingredients
N/A
Characters

Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors

Leather hat  (Wii)
Defence	+3
Found	Worn by the Hero at the beginning of the game. Sold at the armour shop in Castle Avalonia.
Equipable by	Hero
Class	Helmet
Buy Price	65
Sell Price	32

Dragon Quest Treasures

Game	Description
	Head protection made of hide and hardened with gloopy glue.

The Leather hat is Treasure No. 188 in the Armour 1 category and can be found on the Wingswept Moors. It has a base value of 24,000 gold.

Dragon Quest of the Stars

Leather Hat (皮のぼうし Kawa no bōshi)

Basic information

Type		Rarity	Secondary stat
Hat			N/A
Defense		Defense at +25	Max defense
4		9	21

Skills

Skill 1		Skill 2	Skill 3
N/A		N/A	N/A

Other details

Alchemy		Set	Obtention
N/A		Leather armour	Dropped in Story Quests.
Flavor text
N/A

In Other Languages

Language	Translation	Meaning
Español	Gorro de piel	Spanish for "leather hat".
Français	Casque de cuir	Spanish for "leather helmet".
Deutsch	Lederhut	German for "leather hat".
Italiano	Cappello di pelle	Italian for "leather hat".

Related items

• Leather cape
• Leather dress
• Leather kilt
• Leather armour
• Leather shield

Gallery

• 
  Erdrick in III
• 
  Kiryl wearing a Leather hat (left)
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  Illustration from IV
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  V, being worn by a Dracky
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  The leather hat from VII
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  Leather hat in VII Reimagined
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  Treasures icon
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  Female player using the full Leather armour set in Stars