Dragon mail

The dragon mail is a recurring piece of armor in the Dragon Quest series. Much like the beasts of its namesake, it boasts a fantastic resistance to fire breath and is a powerful piece of equipment.

Appearances

Dragon Quest III

Can be bought for 9,800 gold in Tantegel, Hauksness, and Kol. Its sell price is 7,350 gold. The Hero and warriors can equip it for a +45 defense increase. Fire breath damage is reduced by 33.3%, but this will not stack with other elemental damage reduction.

Dragon Quest IV

The dragon mail has a defence bonus of +45 and protects against fiery breath and snowstorms, reducing fire breath by 33.3% in the original and 20 points in the remakes. The Hero, Ragnar, and Psaro can equip it. It can be sold for 3,900 gold and bought for 5,200 gold.

Dragon Quest V

The dragon mail has a defence bonus of +50, and protects against fire breath by 10.

Dragon Quest VI

Has +60 defense and protects against flame attacks by 15 points. It can be bought at the Secret Shop for 12,000 gold, and will grant the wearer a +15 style boost when worn with the Dragon shield and Dragonsbane.

Dragon Quest VII

The dragon mail has a defence bonus of +60 and a style bonus of +37. It can only be equipped by the Hero and Aishe. Once again, it has a +15 style bonus if equipped with the dragon shield and the dragonsbane.

Dragon Quest VIII

The dragon mail has a defence bonus of +60 and cuts fiery breath damage by 20. Only the Hero and Yangus can equip it.

Dragon Quest IX

Dragon mail
Defence	+44
Equipable by
Buy Price	11500g (Wormwood Creek, Upover)
Sell Price	5750g
Flavor text	A scaly suit that deflects fire and ice based damage.
Notes	Reduces damage from fire and ice by 20% .

Can be made using the alchemy recipe of 1 Magic armour, 2 Dragon's scales, and 1 Raging ruby.

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Locations

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Castle Avalonia	Sold by traveling merchant (10000g)

Equipping characters

Characters
Hero

Gallery

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  The male warrior from Dragon Quest III wearing dragon mail

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  The dragon mail from Dragon Quest VII