Aegis

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Statistics Aegis All Races DEF: 40 Enhances "Shield Bash" effect Magic Damage Taken -25% Lv. 75 PLD Enhances Shield Bash Effect: Shield Bash damage +200. Hidden Effect Has an extremely high chance of blocking, 45%-60% chance to block depending on the level of monster. 75% damage will be reduced during blocking	Other Uses Used in Quest: None Resale Price: Cannot be sold to NPCs.
Synthesis Recipes None	Used in Recipes None
Desynthesis Recipe None	Obtained From Desynthesis None

How to Obtain

Cannot be auctioned, traded, or bazaared.

Quest

• Relic Shield: Aegis

Note that this is the fifth, and final, stage of the Relic Shield: Aegis.

Notes

Originally wielded during the Shadowreign era by Cerane I Virgaut.

Historical Background

The Aegis in the book of Iliad is the Shield of Zeus, although it was sometimes lent to Athena and rarely to Apollo. The shield was built with the hide of the Amalthea (Amaltheia in FFXI), and was decorated with golden tassels along with a gorgon's head (from the gorgon Medusa) mounted in the center.