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 Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King, introduced the Saint's ashes, an item that rids the curse off the item, turning them into more powerful and useful equipment.
Appearances
Dragon Quest
- Death necklace - Prevents the Hero from entering Tantegel Castle.
- Wasteband- Prevents the Hero from entering Tantegel Castle and sometimes makes him unable to move.
Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line
- Devil's tail - Makes the wearer more susceptible to Snooze and Fizzle
- Sword of ruin - Occasionally paralyzes the wielder.
Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation
- Double-edged sword - Deals 25% recoil damage.
- 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.
- Mask of Implacability - Permanently confuses 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.
- Sword of ruin - Occasionally paralyzes the wielder.
- Wailer's mail - 33% chance to paralyze the wearer.
Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen
In the game's remakes, Psaro can equip cursed items and not suffer any of their negative effects.
- Double-edged sword - Deals 25% recoil damage.
- Hela's armour - Reduces Agility to 0.
- Hela's hammer - Permanently equipped.
- Massacre sword - Reduces Defence to 0.
- Zombie mail - Reduces HP every step.
Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride
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Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation
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Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past
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Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
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Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies
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Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
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