Leather equipment Leather equipment is a recurring type of equipment in the " Final Fantasy " series , and often shows as the weakest type of armor , tending to be the starting equipment of some characters . The leather equipment set is made up of armor , a cap , gloves , and a shield . Appearances . " Final Fantasy " . Leather Armor is the second weakest armor , and the Leather Cap , Leather Gloves , and Leather Shield are all the weakest equipment pieces in their respective equipment categories . " Final Fantasy II " . Once again , Leather Armor is the second weakest armor , and the Leather Cap , and Leather Gloves are all the weakest equipment pieces otherwise . " Final Fantasy III " . The Leather Armor is the third - weakest armor , and the Leather Cap and Leather Shield are the weakest shield and helmet . " Final Fantasy IV " . The Leather Garb is the third - weakest armor , and the Leather Cap is the weakest helmet . " Final Fantasy IV - Interlude - " . Leather Clothing returns in the sequel of " Final Fantasy IV " and it can be equipped by every characters . It can only be dropped by Gigas Gator found in the Tower of Babil . It has a defense of 2 , magic defense of 1 , and magic evasion of 1 . The Leather Cap returns as well and it can be equipped by every characters . It can only be dropped by Gigas Gator found in the Tower of Babil . It has a defense of 1 , magic defense of 1 , evasion of - 5 , and magic evasion of 1 . " Final Fantasy V " . The Leather Armor , Leather Cap , and Leather Shield are the weakest equipment pieces . In terms of defensive power , the Gold Hairpin is technically weaker than the Leather Cap , but has a powerful ability that the cap lacks . " Final Fantasy VI " . The Leather Armor and Leather Hat are the weakest armor , although they are considerably stronger than other incarnations of Leather equipment . " Final Fantasy VII " . The Leather Glove is Tifa ' s starting weapon , and is her weakest weapon . " Before Crisis - Final Fantasy VII - " . Leather Gloves is the initial weapon for Martial Arts ( Male ) . " Final Fantasy IX " . The Leather Wrist , Leather Hat , Leather Shirt , and Leather Plate are all weak armor pieces , only better than the " Hawaiian Gear " . " Final Fantasy XI " . Various types of leather can be made into armor ; among the most powerful is the Dusk armor crafted from Behemoth Leather . " Final Fantasy XII " . The game has a larger variety of Leather equipment then previous installments . The Leather Shield is the second weakest shield , and the Leather Cap and Leather Clothing are the weakest Light armor pieces . There are also two stronger pieces of Light armor , the Leather Headgear and Leather Breastplate . The Leather Helm and Leather Armor are the weakest heavy armor pieces . The Leather Gorget is an accessory . " Final Fantasy XIV " . Many types of leather gear exist , most of which is for Disciplines of War or for Disciplines of the Land . Leather primarily comes in several tiers of quality : Leather , Hard Leather , Goatskin , Toadskin , Boarskin , Peisteskin , Raptorskin , Hippogryph , Saurian , and Kirimu . " Final Fantasy Tactics " . The Leather Armor is the weakest armor , and the Leather Clothing is the second weakest clothing , with the Leather Plate as the third weakest . The Leather Cap and Leather Helmet are the weakest hat and helmet , respectively . The Leather Cloak is the second weakest cloak . " Final Fantasy Tactics Advance " . The Leather Garb is the weakest clothing . Leather Armor is the weakest light armor , giving only + 24 Defense and + 4 Resistance . Leather Knuckles give 24 Attack and 2 Evasion . They also teach Attack↑ to the Berserker for 150 AP . " Vagrant Story " . The Leather Armor is the weakest armor , providing a mere 5 Defense . It can be bought for 42 Gil . " Final Fantasy Legend III " . The leather equipment is the weakest . There is the Leather Shield , Leather Helmet , Leather Armor , Leather Glove , and Leather Shoes . " Bravely Default " . The Leather Cap is basic headgear that increases physical defense by 1 . It has no special effects , and costs 15 pg to buy in Caldisla . Leather Armor , meanwhile , increases physical defense by 4 and magic defense by 1 . It costs 120 pg to purchase , and may be bought in Caldisla as well . " Final Fantasy Dimensions " . Leather Shield provides 1 Defense and 10 Evasion and can be bought for 100 gil . Leather Helm can be bought for 80 gil . Leather Hat can be bought for 50 gil . Leather Armor can be bought for 120 gil . Leather Shirt provides 3 Defense and 2 Resistance and can be bought for 80 gil , and is initially equipped on Sol and Glaive . The full Leather armor set can be bought at Lux . " Dissidia Final Fantasy " . The Leather Hat , Leather Clothing and Leather Gloves are all level 1 equipment pieces and are the weakest equipment . The Leather Armor is only marginally stronger than the Leather Clothing and is also a level 1 equipment piece . " Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy " . The Leather Gloves , Leather Hat , and Leather Armor all reappear , while the Leather Chest Plate and Leather Clothing appear as level 1 equipment .