List of Circlets

Head armor in Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age belong to three general classes which distinguish themselves by which individual Adepts can equip them. The pieces of armor listed here belong to the circlet class of head armor, and as such they are generally equippable by the mage-style Adepts in each game: Ivan and Mia in the first game and Jenna and Sheba in the second.

All circlets that are counted as "common" are circlets that can be bought in unlimited quantities in an armor vendor's Buy menu and are sold without event. All circlets that are counted as Artifacts are special, stronger circlets that do not appear in the Buy menu. These are bought and sold individually and usually are unique, and if one appears in the Artifacts menu of a town's vendor that one circlet can be bought by itself and then be sold by itself anytime afterwards to reappear in the Artifacts menu. The vendor shopkeeper will specifically remark about how rare a find your Artifact is whenever you specifically sell one.

The prices the games assign to each circlet are quite reliable indicators of how good each circlet is as they measure against each other in actual battle. A circlet that is priced higher than another is generally superior to that other circlet even if the other circlet has a higher physical defense rating than the more expensive circlet. Therefore, the following circlets are all arranged by price.

Golden Sun Circlets
These circlets were introduced in the original game and make return appearances in the second.

Circlet: A common circlet that increases base Defense by 6. It is sold in armor vendors at Vault, Bilibin and Imil in Golden Sun and at Madra, Alhafra and Garoh in The Lost Age. Its buy value is 120 coins and its sell value is 90 coins. It is the initial equipment of Ivan in the first game and Sheba in the second.

Silver Circlet: A common circlet that increases base Defense by 16. It is sold in armor vendors at Xian, Altin, and Kalay in Golden Sun and at Naribwe and Kibombo in The Lost Age. Its buy value is 1300 coins and its sell value is 975 coins.

Guardian Circlet: A common circlet that increases base Defense by 25. It is sold in armor vendors at Tolbi in Golden Sun and at Apojii Islands in The Lost Age. Its buy value is 3400 coins and its sell value is 2550 coins.

Glittering Tiara: An Artifact that increases base Defense by 27, and it can be used as an item while in the inventory of an Adept that is able to equip it (but it does not necessarily have to be actually equipped) to inflict multiple enemies with Delusion during battle, though there is a chance its functionality as a Usable item will break and it will have to be repaired to reuse its Use effect. It is obtained randomly as a prize in Tolbi Spring with your Lucky Medals. Its buy value is 3900 coins and its sell value is 2700, its sell value while broken is 1800, and its repair value is 900.

Platinum Circlet: A common circlet that increases base Defense by 29. It is sold in armor vendors at Lunpa and Lalivero in Golden Sun and at Izumo and Contigo in The Lost Age. Its buy value is 4200 coins and its sell value is 3150 coins.

Mythril Circlet: An Artifact that increases base Defense by 34 and PP recovery by 3. It is found in a treasure chest in Lunpa Fortress, in a room behind a locked door that requires the Cell Key to open, but the first time you pass by this door you don't have the key quite yet so you need to remember to come back here later once you do. Its buy value is 7000 coins and its sell value is 5250 coins.

Golden Sun: The Lost Age Circlets
These circlets are introduced in the second game:

Clarity Circlet: An Artifact that increases base Defense by 21 and Jupiter power by 15. It is found in a treasure chest in the interior portion of Air's Rock. Its buy value is 1500 coins and its sell value is 1125.

Pure Circlet: An Artifact that increases base Defense by 29 and Mercury power by 20. It is only bought randomly by bringing a Tear Stone forgeable material to the blacksmith in Yallam so that he may create one of several possible, randomly determined items from it, including this one. Its buy value is 3700 coins and its sell value is 2775.

Astral Circlet: An Artifact that increases base Defense by 32 and base PP by 15. It is only bought randomly by bringing a Star Dust forgeable material to the blacksmith in Yallam so that he may create one of several possible, randomly determined items from it, including this one. Its buy value is 4600 coins and its sell value is 3450.

Brilliant Circlet: An Artifact that increases base Defense by 36 and base Luck by 10. It is obtained randomly as a prize in Lemuria Spring with your Lucky Medals. Its buy value is 6100 coins and its sell value is 4575.

Psychic Circlet: An Artifact that increases base Defense by 39 and PP recovery by 12. It is only bought randomly by bringing a Mythril Silver forgeable material to the blacksmith in Yallam so that he may create one of several possible, randomly determined items from it, including this one. Its buy value is 8800 coins and its sell value is 6600.

Berserker Band: An Artifact that increases base Defense by 46 and base Attack by 15. It is obtained as a rare drop from Druj enemies in Islet Cave. Its buy value is 13700 coins and its sell value is 10275.

Demon Circlet: A Cursed Artifact that increases base Defense by 50 and adds 15% to the Unleash rate of weapons. It is only bought randomly by bringing a Dark Matter forgeable material to the blacksmith in Yallam so that he may create one of several possible, randomly determined items from it, including this one. Its buy value is 15800 coins and its sell value is 11850.