Golden tiara

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The Golden Tiara (also known as the Golden barrette, tiara or spellward circlet) is a piece of headwear 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.

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 tiara has a defence bonus of +43 and an appearance bonus of +50. It can only be worn by Maribel and Aira.

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, and is an upgraded version of the silver tiara that can be created with alchemy. Also, unlike other games, the spellward circlet can be worn by male or female 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%.