Saintess shield

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Saintess shield
DQIX Saintess shield.png
Japanese 聖女の盾
Romaji Seijo no tate
Old localizations N/A
Found in Dragon Quest VIII
Dragon Quest IX
Dragon Quest X
Dragon Quest XI
Dragon Quest Heroes
Dragon Quest Heroes II
Effect Cuts elemental damage

The Saintess shield is a recurring shield in the Dragon Quest series, introduced in Dragon Quest VIII. Embellished with the enchanting figure of a holy woman, the shield is occasionally reserved for the fairer sex and greatly reduces elemental damage.

Appearances[edit]

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King[edit]

GameDescription
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A holy shield that reduces the damage from fire and ice based attacks by 2/3.

The Saintess shield offers a defense bonus of +46. It can only be equipped by Jessica, as well as Red in the Nintendo 3DS port, and cuts fire and ice breath by 33.3%. The in-game description for the shield erroneously states that it reduces the damage by two-thirds rather than to two-thirds.

Recipe: Saintess shield = Mirror shield + White shield + Holy water

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies[edit]

Starting with this game, the saintess shield became a light pink and red colored version of the Goddess shield and is also unisex, rather than exclusive to female characters.


Saintess shield.png Saintess shield DQIX Logo.png
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Description
A sanctified shield that's stout in the face of magical attacks
Rarity Stats Vocations
★★★☆☆ Defence +32
Charm +54
Block +6.5%
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IXPaladinicon.pngIXpriesticon.pngIXsageicon.pngIXwarrioricon.png
Notes
-7% Blast/Lightning, Dark, Fire, Ice, & Wind damage
Upgrades into Goddess shield
Price Location
NA/14,000 Krak Pot
Ingredient 1 Ingredient 2 Ingredient 3
DQIX Ruinous shield.png DQIX Saints ashes.png x3 N/A



Dragon Quest X[edit]

Characters need to be level 80 before they can equip the Saintess shield. It increases defence by +7, block rate by +4.5%, magical might by +3, magical mending by +3, style by +10, and weight by +12. It will reduce all spell damage by 5%.

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age[edit]

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Saintess shield xi icon.png
Description
A blessed buckler that can block a fair bit of the damage dealt by magical attacks
Rarity
★★★★☆
Stats with forge buffs
Defence +46/47/49/51
Block +11%
Notes
-7% all elemental damage
Price Location
NA/14,000 See below
Forging difficulty
N/A
Ingredients
N/A
Characters
Hero XI sprite walk.gifHendrik sprite walk.gif


A Saintess Shield is a rare drop off of Dark dullahans at a 1/256 rate and by Headless hunters at 1/128, which are found in the Fortress of Fear .

Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below[edit]

GameDescription
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A shield sanctified by the patron saint of punch-ups.

The Saintess shield has a blocking bonus of +30 and can only be equipped by Aurora. It can be purchased after defeating the Barbatos at Yggdrasil for 8,400 gold and can be sold for 4,200 gold.

Trivia[edit]

  • The Saintess shield's countenance in VIII is based on the Silver shield's design prior to VII. The Saintess shield would see a redesign in IX from a rounded buckler into a kite shield to better distinguish the two.

Gallery[edit]