Clipeus

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Statistics Clipeus (Shield) All Races DEF: 5 Evasion +1 Lv. 9 WAR / PLD / DRK This is a Buckler Shield, a Size 1 shield. It absorbs the least damage, but blocks more often than the other shield types.	Other Uses Used in Quest: None Resale Price: ~150 - 184 gil
Synthesis Recipes None	Used in Recipes None
Desynthesis Recipe Unknown	Obtained From Desynthesis None

How to Obtain

Cannot be auctioned, traded, or bazaared.

Dropped From

Name	Level	Zone
Fungus Beetle (NM)	10-15	West Ronfaure

Historical Background

In the military of classical antiquity, a clipeus was a large shield worn by the Greeks and Romans as a piece of defensive armor. It was round in shape and in the middle was a bolt of iron, or of some other metal, with a sharp point.

The term "clypeus" is also used by entomologists to describe a shield-like part of an insect's exoskeleton, located behind the mandibles but anterior to the front edge of the carapace.

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