Defensive Gear

Defensive Gear, also called Armor, is equipment that is worn on the body that usually provides a passive effect. They are often divided according to what part of the body they are worn on. They usually only appear in games with role-playing elements.
==Game specific information==
===Castlevania: Symphony of the Night===
Alucard can equip one Head Gear, one Chest Gear, a Cloak Accessory, and two other accessories.
===Castlevania: Circle of the Moon===
Items that can be equipped in this game include Body Equipment and Arm Equipment (two slots, a Left Arm and a Right Arm).
===Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance===
Juste Belmont can equip a Body item and three different other items. These items can be Head, Hand, Leg, or Goods. He can only equip one Head, Hand, or Legs item at a time but can equip as many "other" Goods as he has slots for.
===Castlevania: Lament of Innocence===
Leon Belmont can equip one Armor and up to three Accessories.
===Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow===
Soma Cruz can equip a single Body item and a single Accessory.
===Castlevania: Curse of Darkness===
Hector can equip an Armor, a Helmet, and three Accessories.
===Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow===
Soma Cruz can equip a single Armor item and a single Good.
===Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin===
Jonathan Morris and Charlotte Aulin can each equip their own Body Gear, Head Gear, Leg Gear, and two Accessories.
===Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia===
Shanoa can equip a Head Gear, Body Gear, and Leg Gear item, and two Accessories.
===Castlevania Judgment===
Equipment in Judgment changes the appearance of its wearer, but does not have any effect on gameplay. Any character can be adorned with a single Head Gear, Face Gear, or Body Gear, and with a different Arm Gear item on the Left Arm and Right Arm. Any character and wear any item.
===Castlevania: Harmony of Despair===
This game dedicates a separate page of its setup menu for Defensive Gear. Available categories include Head Gear, Chest Gear, Leg Gear, Back Gear, two slots for Accessories, and one slot for consumable Items. Different gear can be worn by different characters.
===Castlevania: Lords of Shadow===
Gabriel Belmont could obtain a Dark Gauntlet, Cyclone Boots, Seraph Shoulders. He also could carry three Medallions, including the Life Gem Medallion, the Light Gem Medallion, and Shadow Gem Medallion, into which Gems of the appropriate kind can be placed. Once these items are obtained, they are permanently equipped.
===Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate===
Trevor Belmont can acquire Speed Boots. Once he acquires it, it is permanently equipped.
===Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls===
Only a single type of Armor exists in this game, regardless of where it is normally worn on the body. One Armor can be equipped in the Main slot, while up to four other Armors can be equipped in Support slots depending on the level of the character. It is thus possible to equip three different types of hats at the same time. Some armor offer additional bonuses if they are the primary Armor. Any character can wear any Armor.
Category:Equipment