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

Repeat items have the same effects unless stated otherwise.

Dragon Quest

• Choker - Prevents the Hero from entering Tantegel Castle.
• Wasteband- Prevents the Hero from entering Tantegel Castle and sometimes makes him unable to move.

Dragon Quest I HD-2D Remake

• Choker - Slightly damages the Hero each time he takes a turn.
• Cower ring - The Hero will occasionally attempt to flee every so often in battle.
• Demon whip - Occasionally paralyzes the Hero.
• Double-edged sword - Deals 25% recoil damage when attacking.
• Hapless helm - Reduces Luck to 0.
• Hate mail - Occasionally paralyzes the Hero.
• Headsman's axe - Misses often, but every hit it scores is a Critical Hit.
• Mask of Implacability - Permanently Confuses the Hero.
• Ruinous shield - Makes the Hero weak to all elemental attacks.
• Sword of ruin - Misses often, but every hit it scores is a Critical Hit. Also increases the critical hit rates of enemies.
• Ten ton toupee - Forces the Hero to do nothing but defend.
• Wasteband - Slightly damages the Hero's MP each time he takes a turn.
• Zombie mail - Drains the Hero's HP with every step he takes.

Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line

• Devil's tail - Makes the weaker more susceptible to Snooze and Fizzle.
• Sword of ruin - Occasionally paralyzes the wielder.
• Thanatos' shield - Occasionally paralyzes the wielder.
• Wailer's mail - Occasionally paralyzes the wearer.

Dragon Quest II HD-2D Remake

• Choker
• Cower ring
• Demon whip
• Double-edged sword
• Golden claws - Causes the wearer to get into random encounters with every single step.
• Hapless helm
• Hate mail
• Headsman's axe
• Mask of Implacability
• Massacre sword - Attacks all enemies, but reduces defense to 0.
• Ruinous shield - Makes the wielder weak to all elemental attacks.
• Shield of shame - Damage dealt to the wielder will sometimes be passed to a random ally.
• Sword of ruin -
• Thanatos' shield - Occasionally paralyzes the wielder.
• Ten ton toupee -
• Wailer's mail - Occasionally paralyzes the wielder.
• Wasteband
• Zombie mail

Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation

• Cower ring - Changes Personality to Wimp.
• Double-edged sword -
• 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 -
• Headsman's axe -
• Mask of Implacability -
• Shield of shame -
• Skull Ring - Changes Personality to Lone wolf.
• Sword of ruin - Occasionally paralyzes the wielder.
• Ten ton toupee - Changes Personality to Mule.
• Hate mail - 33% chance to paralyzes the wearer.

Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen

In the game's remakes, the 9th Chosen One can equip cursed items and not suffer any of their negative effects.

• Double-edged sword -
• Hela's armour - Reduces Agility to 0.
• Hela's hammer - Has low accuracy, but every hit it scores is a Critical Hit.
• Massacre sword -
• Zombie mail -

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride

• Massacre Sword -
• Double-edged sword -
• Hela's armour - Reduces Agility to 0.
• Restless armour - Reduces Agility to exactly 43, Defence to exactly 54, and Attack to exactly 69.
• Ruinous shield - Reduces Defence to 0.

Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation

• Massacre Sword
• Hela's Armour
• Ruinous shield

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past

• Hate mail
• Haywire helm
• Hela's armour
• Shield of shame
• Ruinous shield

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King

• Demon whip -
• Devil's tail - Makes the wearer more susceptible to magic attacks.
• Hades' helm
• Ruinous shield -
• Skull helm - Reduces Attack to 0.
• Skull ring - Reduces MP by half.
• Thanatos' shield - Makes the wielder unable to act on the first turn.
• Zombie mail

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

• Archdemon whip - Sometimes prevents the wearer from acting in battle.
• Demon whip -
• Hades' helm
• Nightmare gown - Increases susceptibility to Sleep, Confusion, dazzling, Paralysis, and instant death.
• Oh-No bow - Occasionally stuns the wielder.
• Reckless necklace - Sometimes prevents the wearer from acting in battle.
• Ruinous shield -
• Skull helm - Sometimes prevents the wearer from acting in battle.
• Skull ring - Sometimes prevents the wearer from acting in battle.
• Terrible tattoo - The wearer takes 20% more damage from all elemental attacks, and is 50% more susceptible Dazzle, Snooze, Fuddle, Poison, and Paralysis.

In Animation

In Captain N: The Game Master, the Cursed necklace turns the wearer into a target for the legendary Golden Dragon. It will alter in size to fit the wearer. Attempts to remove the necklace without disabling the magic will result in a shock. It is placed on Simon Belmont by The Dragonlord as a means of getting rid of him and The N Team.

Simon was able to remove it through the use of some Fairy water, and tossed it onto The Dragonlord, who after removing it with some Fairy water tosses the Necklace onto the dragon as a result.