Equipment

As in all other RPGs, equipment can be bought or found throughout the Golden Sun series to increase the party's statistics or grant them other abilities, such as increasing the chance that an Unleash will occur or automatically recovering HP and PP during battle. Some equipment can even be used to grant and Adept with new Psynergies that can be used outside of battle to solve puzzles (some of these Psynergies can be used in battle as well), although they do not affect any other aspects of the equipped person. These Psynergy-bestowing items are often required to beat the game, and cannot be sold or dropped. The most common use for equipment, however, is to increase the equipped person's Attack and Defense specifically.

Some pieces of equipment have special abilities that can be "used" in battle like normal items, although there is always a chance they might break when used. Broken equipment can still be equipped to gain its normal stat boosts, but its "use effect" cannot be activated. If broken, equipment can be taken to a vendor to have it repaired to full working condition, for a small fee. Broken equipment can be sold, but for less than if it wasn't broken (the difference is the normal sell value minus the cost to repair). If sold, the broken equipment is automatically repaired. It should be noted that a piece of equipment does not have to be equipped for its effect to be activated, although it must be in the inventory of an Adept that can equip it.

Most equipment count as Artifacts, special items that, if sold, can be repurchased from any appropriate vendor. Many equipment Artifacts are unique, either found while exploring towns and dungeons or naturally appearing in the vendors' inventory as the game progresses (equipment Artifacts found by vendors appear in both games and can be transferred from Golden Sun to Golden Sun: The Lost Age, allowing players to obtain multiple copies of these otherwise one-of-a-kind items). Most other equipment Artifacts are won as spoils during combat, although this is often a rare occurance and may require the use of RNG-manipulation. There are even some pieces of powerful equipment that can only be obtained by taking Forgeable materials to Sunshine in Yallam and paying him to turn it into an item. The remaining Artifacts are often acquired in unique ways, such as receiving them as gifts or winning them in minigames.

Long Swords

 * Main article: List of Long Swords

These weapons are equippable by Isaac, Garet, Felix, and Piers.

Light Blades

 * Main article: List of Light Blades

These weapons are equippable by Isaac, Garet, Ivan, Felix, Jenna, and Piers.

Axes

 * Main article: List of Axes

These weapons are equippable by Isaac, Garet, Felix, and Piers.

Maces

 * Main article: List of Maces

These weapons are equippable by Isaac, Garet, Mia, Felix, Sheba, and Piers.

Staffs

 * Main article: List of Staffs

These weapons are equippable by Ivan, Mia, Jenna, and Sheba.

Clothing

 * Main article: List of Clothing

These items are equippable by all Adepts.

Armor

 * Main article: List of Armor

These items are equippable by Isaac, Garet, Felix, and Piers.

Robes

 * Main article: List of Robes

These items are equippable by Ivan, Mia, Jenna, Sheba.

Hats and Crowns

 * Main article: List of Hats and Crowns

These items are equippable by all Adepts.

Helms

 * Main article: List of Helms

These Items are equippable by Isaac, Garet, Felix, and Piers.

Circlets

 * Main article: List of Circlets

These items are equippable by Ivan, Mia, Jenna, and Sheba.

Gloves

 * Main article: List of Gloves

These items are equippable by all Adepts.

Shields

 * Main article: List of Shields

These items are equippable by Isaac, Garet, Felix, and Piers.

Bracelets

 * Main article: List of Bracelets

These items are equippable by Ivan, Mia, Jenna, and Sheba.

Shirts

 * Main article: List of Shirts

These items are individually equippable by various Adepts.

Boots

 * Main article: List of Boots

These items are equippable by all Adepts.

Rings

 * Main article: List of Rings

These items are equippable by all Adepts.

Class Change

 * Main article: List of Class-Changing Items

These items are equippable by all Adepts, and change their Character Class.

Other

 * Main article: List of Psynergy equipment


 * Main article: Trident of Ankohl


 * Main articles: Otafuku Mask and Hiotoko Mask