Golden tiara
The golden tiara, also known as the golden barrette, tiara or spellward circlet, is a piece of headwear in the Dragon Quest series. Designed for women, it guards against various status ailments.
Appearances
Dragon Quest III
Unlike other games in the series, the tiara is an accessory. It increases luck by +13, changes the wearer's personality to Princess. It only appears in remake versions of the game.
Dragon Quest IV
The golden tiara may be purchased in Porthtrunnel, Mintos, Femiscyra, and found in the Pharos Beacon. It has a defence bonus of +12, and reduces the accuracy confusion spells and abilities to 1/3rd.
Dragon Quest V
The golden tiara has a defence bonus of +45, and reduces the accuracy of Fuddle, snooze, fizzle, and whack to 1/8th, setting the precedent for the majority of its later appearances. It can only be worn by human characters, and is found behind a locked door in king Dominicus' Domain.
Dragon Quest VI
The tiara is found in Mortamor's dreadlair, and possesses the same parameters as before. It may be equipped by Milly and Ashlynn.
Dragon Quest VII
The golden tiara has a defence bonus of +43, a style bonus of +50, and increases resistance against Fizzle, Fuddle, Snooze, and Dazzle. It can only be worn by Maribel and Aishe. The golden tiara can be won by placing first in the Wisdom Ranking of the Excellence Grading Organisation with a female character. It can be sold for 8,500 gold, but it is not recommended to do so.
Dragon Quest VIII
The golden tiara has a defence bonus of +43. It can only be worn by Jessica.
Recipe: Thinking cap + Silver tiara + Gold nugget
Dragon Quest IX
In this game the golden tiara is referred to as the Spellward Circlet. There is also an upgraded version of the silver tiara that can be created with alchemy called the golden tiara. The spellward circlet can be wornfemale characters provided that they are priests, mages, minstrels, armamentalists, rangers, sages, or luminaries. Equipping the helmet reduces the accuracy of fuddle, fizzle, snooze, and whack by 25%.
Gallery
Alena wearing the tiara
The golden tiara from Dragon Quest VII
