Onion Shield

Artwork from Final Fantasy III.

A shield forged for swordsmen who have mastered every technique and achieved knighthood's most exalted rank.Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions description

Onion Shield (オニオンシールド, Onion Shīrudo?), also known as Onion, is a recurring shield in the Final Fantasy series. It is the most powerful shield in the games it appears in, giving outstanding defenses but lacking any other special properties, such as that of the Adamant Shield or other such high-level shields. It is part of onion equipment.

Appearances

Final Fantasy III

Onion Shield is the strongest shield and is dropped by Yellow Dragon, Green Dragon, and Red Dragon. It can be equipped by the Onion Knight.

In the NES version, it provides 48 Defense, 48 Magic Defense, and 48% Evade. In the 3D versions, it provides 30 Defense, 30 Magic Defense, and +2 to all stats.

Final Fantasy IV

Onion Shield is the strongest shield in the 3D remakes. It provides Defense equal to the user's Level/10, Stamina equal to the user's current Level/3, and resistance to all statuses except Berserk. It is obtained by trading a Blue Tail to the Tail Collector, and can be equipped by Cecil and Kain.

Final Fantasy XIV

The Onion Shield is a Shield for Paladins. It can be obtained from the quest When Yugiri Met the Fraternity or traded for in Revenant's Toll using tokens acquired from the repeatable quest Primal Focus.

Onion Shield Onion Shield	Shield GLA PLD Lv. 50 Item Level 90	Block Strength: 92	Block Rate: 295
		Strength +9 Vitality +10 Critical Hit +11 Tenacity +7
		Repair/Melding/Desynthesis: Armorer	Dyeable: No	Unique Untradeable

Final Fantasy Tactics

Onion Shield is the strongest shield in the War of the Lions version, providing 80% Physical Evasion and 75% Magic Evasion. It can be obtained in Rendezvous mode, and can be equipped by the Onion Knight.

Final Fantasy Brave Exvius

A light shield from a faraway world. The red base of its design is well complemented by its grand adornments. In its world of origin, it is known as one of several pieces of "onion series" equipment exclusive to the Onion Knight job type, said to be both the strongest and weakest of jobs.FFIII description

Onion Shield is a Light Shield that provides 75 DEF, 110 SPR, and +50% to all negative statuses. It can be obtained from winning it from Yellow Dragon, Green Dragon, or Red Dragon during the FFIII event, found during the FFIII exploration event, The Crystal Tower, and as a reward from the event Cave of Tides.

Gallery

Final Fantasy IV (3D).

Final Fantasy Brave Exvius [FFIII].

Final Fantasy Tactics.

Final Fantasy Record Keeper [FFIII].

Etymology

[view · edit · purge]The onion, also known as the bulb onion or common onion, is used as a vegetable and is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium.

In a 2020 Famitsu interview with Koichi Ishii and Hiromichi Tanaka about Final Fantasy III, Tanaka stated that he created the term "Onion Knight" after seeing Ishii's character design for the job, likening the shape of its helmet's large, white plume to that of an onion.

Fans had previously speculated that "Onion Knight" refers to the Japanese metaphoric idiom "peeling away one layer at a time and crying all the way" (referring to poverty) or from the slang phrase "to know one's onions" (meaning to be very versatile).