Dragon Shield

The name Dragon Shield is given to not one but two separate Shield-class pieces of armor found in Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age. They are particularly similar to each other compared to other shields.

Dragon Shield (Golden Sun version)
The Dragon Shield found in Golden Sun is acquired from a treasure chest located out of the way in Altin Peak, after solving a puzzle involving mine cart tracks. It features a defense rating of 26 and increases the wearer's Mars resistance by 30. As a shield-class item, it can be equipped by Isaac and Garet, and if transfered to The Lost Age it can also be equipped by Felix and Piers. It is bought for 2400 coins and sold for 1800. It visually resembles a scaly shield colored tan.

This Dragon Shield is most certainly an example of a piece of equipment that is a powerful asset to the party because it is more defensive than any other piece of equipment that goes on the hands that the party would have access to at that point in the game. It is sometimes missed by players because it is accessible only by solving an optional mine cart puzzle in Altin Peak, but when found it becomes a very practical item for an Adept to wear for quite a period of time.

Dragon Shield (The Lost Age version)
The Dragon Shield found in Golden Sun: The Lost Age is is acquired by giving a Dragon Skin to Sunshine the Blacksmith in Yallam, where he will randomly forge it into either that or four other items. It features a defense rating of 42, and it increases Mars and Mercury resistance by 15. As a shield-class item, it can be equipped by Isaac, Garet, Felix, and Piers. It is bought for 7400 coins and sold for 5550. It visually resembles the same type of scaly shield as the previous Dragon Shield, colored green.

This Dragon Shield is effectively available the moment you gain entrance into the Great Western Sea, because you can find a Dragon Skin in a chest in SW Atteka Islet, which can be forged into this shield at Yallam. At that point, it is a strong and practical shield for a warrior Adept to hold because of a high defense rating and some resistances, but being a forgeable item it is often missed by players because they would get one of the other items that can be forged from Dragon Skin. By the end of The Lost Age, this Dragon Shield is ultimately inferior to what should be considered the best shield in the game, the Cosmos Shield which can be forged from an Orihalcon, because it has a defense rating of 49 and increases all of an Adept's resistances by 20.