Flame Shield Flame Shield , also known as Flame , Flame Shld , Fire , and Crimson Shield , is a recurring shield in the series . It is commonly found mid - game , alongside the Ice Shield and Thunder Shield , and generally absorbs or nullifies Fire - elemental damage or resistance towards Ice - elemental damage . Appearances . " Final Fantasy " . Flame Shield is a low to mid - ranked shield that provides 12 Defense and resistance to Ice - elemental attacks . It can be found at Mount Gulg , and can be equipped by the Warrior , Knight , and Ninja classes . " Final Fantasy II " . Flame Shield is a high - ranked shield that provides 14 % Evasion , - 70 Int / Spr , and resistance towards Ice - elemental attacks . It can be found in the basement of Fynn Castle and in Mysidian Tower . " Final Fantasy IV " . Flame Shield is a mid - ranked shield that provides 3 Defense , 2 Magic Defense , 28 Evade , 2 Magic Evade , resistance towards Ice - elemental attacks and weakness towards Fire - elemental attacks . It can be bought for 1 , 250 gil at Dwarven Castle , dropped from Flame Knight , or found at Tower of Babil . It can be equipped by Cecil , Kain , and Cid . In the 3D versions , it also provides immunity to Paralysis and Confusion , and in the Android version no longer carries a weakness to Fire . " Final Fantasy IV - Interlude - " . Flame Shield returns with the same stats as before , and can be bought for 1 , 250 gil at Damcyan , Fabul , and from the dwarf on the " Falcon " , or dropped from Flame Knight . " Final Fantasy V " . Flame Shield is a mid to high - ranked shield that provides 7 Defense , 40 Evade , 5 Magic Defense , 5 Magic Evade , 5 Weight , and absorbs Fire - elemental damage . It can be dropped from Odin , stolen from Dueling Knight and Twintania , or found at Great Forest of Moore ( after fire if Aegis Shield is not obtained first ) and Pyramid of Moore . " Final Fantasy VI " . Flame Shield is a mid - ranked shield that provides 41 Defense , 28 Magic Defense , 20 % Evasion , 10 % Magic Evasion , absorbs Fire - elemental damage , nullifies Ice - elemental damage , and is weak to Water - elemental attacks . In addition , it casts Firaga when used as an item during battle and then breaks , as well as teaches Fira at a x5 rate while equipped . It can be found in Dreamscape , by betting the Ice Shield in the Dragon ' s Neck Coliseum , by re - recruiting Locke from the Phoenix Cave , stolen from Rahu and Ketu , or by Metamorphing Chimera , Bomb , Grenade , and Balloon . It can be equipped by all characters except Umaro . " Final Fantasy X " . Crimson Shield is an armor for Tidus , obtained if the dominant ability on any shield is Fire Eater . " Final Fantasy XI " . The Flame Shield is a buckler - type shield ( blocks the most often , but reduces the least damage ) equippable at level 58 by any job that natively has MP : WHM , BLM , RDM , PLD , DRK , SMN , BLU , SCH , GEO , and RUN . It has Defense of 12 , fire resistance of + 20 , and punishes those who attack its bearer in melee combat with the effect of Blaze Spikes . It is occasionally found when Zaldon cuts open a Gigant Squid brought by the player for the the quest Inside the Belly . " Final Fantasy XII " . Flame Shield is a mid - ranked shield that requires the Shields 3 license to equip , and provides 16 Evade and halves Fire - elemental damage . It can be bought for 3 , 200 at Rabanastre , Nalbina Fortress , and Mt Bur - Omisace or stolen from Ixtab ( 3 % chance ) . In the International version , it now provides 15 Evade and can now be bought for 3 , 200 gil at Mt Bur - Omisace and Eruyt Village , stealing from Ixtab ( 3 % chance ) , or found at Henne Mines ( Crossover A ) and Paramina Rift ( Head of the Silverflow ) . " Final Fantasy XV " . Shields can be equipped as weapons by Noctis and Gladiolus . " Final Fantasy Tactics " . Flame Shield is a mid - ranked shield that provides 30 % Physical Evade , absorbs Fire - elemental attacks , halves Ice - elemental attacks , and is weak to Water - elemental attacks . It can be bought for 6 , 500 gil at an Outfitter after defeating Cúchulainn at Lionel Castle in Chapter 3 . " Final Fantasy Tactics Advance " . Flame Shield is a low to mid - ranked shield that provides 6 Magic Resistance , 9 Evade , absorbs Fire - elemental damage , halves Ice - elemental damage , and is weak to Water - elemental attacks . " " . is a low to mid - ranked shield that provides 8 Resistance , 10 Evade , and absorbs Fire - elemental damage . It can be obtained from the Bazaar from the " Arms of the Firelord B " set . " Final Fantasy Adventure " . The armor is called Flame and it has an shield icon before its name . It can be bought in Ish for 4 , 400 GP , which blocks Dagger , Harpoon , Spear , Mimic Box , Pincer , Blizzard , Sword , Rapier , Voice , Needle , Poison String , Talon , Boulder , and Fire . " The Final Fantasy Legend " . The armor Flame has a shield icon before its name . It can be bought in Hidden Town for 5 , 500 GP . It has 50 uses , and grants the party Fire resistance with 60 % success . " Final Fantasy Legend II " . The armor is called Flame and it has an shield icon before its name . It can be bought in Venus ' City for 17000 GP and found in the Volcano . It has 30 uses , provides a Evasion of 80 % , add 81 HP to Robots , and increases their Def by 18 . Blocks Melee , Ston with 80 % success and grants Ice resistance . " Final Fantasy Legend III " . Fire can be found in Castle of Chaos in the Present . It provides 4 defense , 7 magic defense , and grants resistance to Ice . " Dissidia Final Fantasy " . Flame Shield is a level 15 shield that provides + 14 Defense and Wall HP Rush Defense + 20 % . It can be obtained from the shop by trading 3 , 700 gil , Buckler , Luck Shard , and Transmogridust x4 . " Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy " . Flame Shield returns as a level .