Angel Earrings (Final Fantasy IX)

The Angel Earrings is an add-on in Final Fantasy IX for female party members. It teaches Auto-Regen, which allows the character to passively regenerate health mid battle; MP+20% for the white mages, and Reis's Wind for Freya. The Angel Earrings gives a bonus to the wearer's Strength when they level up with it equipped. It strengthens the wearer's Holy damage.
The Angel Earrings first appeared in Final Fantasy IX, but they have since also appeared as accessories in other Final Fantasy games.
==Obtain==
The Angel Earrings are first obtained in Alexandria Castle during the Battle of Alexandria by giving the correct orders to the Pluto Knights.
* Weimar and Haagen are more suited for the protect the townspeople task.
* Breireicht and Laudo should be the ones for the contact Lindblum task.
* Blutzen and Kohel are the simple choices for the gather information task.
* Dojebon and Mullenkedheim have the skills needed for the fire the cannons task.
An easy way to accomplish this is to first choose Gather Information and choose Blutzen and Kohel then mash confirm.
The earrings are also synthesized in Daguerreo for 8,000 gil, a Fairy Earrings, and a Barette. The Fairy Earrings and the Barette are also synthesized in Daguerreo.
The Angel Earrings are found on Bran Bal, which is an unrevisitable location. The earrings are found on the edge of the pond outside the inn .
==Mechanics==
The Angel Earrings provide 2 to physical Defense. They give a +2 bonus to the wearer's Strength when they level up with it equipped. When enough "bonuses" upon level up from gear have been accrued, the character gains a permanent stat increase. Strength is used for damage calculations and for determining HP growth.
Wearing the add-on strengthens the wearer's Holy damage by +50%, compatible with Dagger's normal attack with the Asura's Rod, Freya's normal attack with the Holy Lance, and Eiko's Holy and Madeen.
==Use==
The Angel Earrings is useful for everyone as it teaches Auto-Regen, which is good to master at the earliest and to keep equipped for the rest of the game. MP+20% is also useful for the white mages; though Half MP is better, the character could equip both. Freya may have already mastered Reis's Wind, but it may come to use in Oeilvert where magic-use is disabled.
The Holy Elem-Atk is best for Freya's Holy Lance and for Eiko's Madeen and Holy. When Freya is wearing the Angel Earrings, a basic attack with the Holy Lance will cause more damage than Kain's Lance or Dragon's Hair against enemies that do not resist Holy.
The stats the earrings provide are not the main point, though the Strength +2 level up bonus could be good for Freya especially. However, level grinding and min-maxing are unnecessary even when preparing for superbosses. As the best stat-boosting equipment become available at the end of the game, the best result would be to restrict EXP intake until then.
Beatrix can also wear the add-on, but the player cannot see this in a normal playthrough.
Category:Add-ons in Final Fantasy IX