Clear Bracelet

The Clear Bracelet is a Bracelet found in Golden Sun: The Lost Age.

Basic Description
The Clear Bracelet increases the wearer's defense by 31 points and their Mercury power by 25 points. It can be bought for 3500 coins and sold for 2625 coins.

The Clear Bracelet can be obtained by giving a Tear Stone to Sunshine, which he will forge into one of 4 items determined at random. The player must then buy the Clear Bracelet from him. Being a Bracelet, it can be equipped by Jenna, Ivan, Sheba, and Mia.

Analysis
The Clear Bracelet, like the Pure Circlet, is one of the less practical pieces of equipment in the Golden Sun series. Only Jenna and Sheba are in the party at the time it can be obtained and neither Adept has any Mercury Psynergy in their default class series. However, if they are in a class that grants them access to Mercury Psynergy, such as the Swordsman or Hermit classes, then the Clear Bracelet will be invaluable in increasing their naturally lower Mercury power.

It may prove valuable if equipped to Mia later in the game, as there is no armwear that increases Mercury power more than the Clear Bracelet. This is especially true if one considers the effects of PP-restoring items such as the Psychic Circlet and Iris/Mysterious Robe, which, when added together, provide more than 20 PP a turn, allowing Mia (in her default class) to cast Pure Wish every turn without fear of running out of PP. This means that the 25 increase to Mercury Power on Mia granted to her by this item (as her only remaining equipment slot will be on her arm) will lead to an increase in HP regeneration of 100 HP per turn to the whole party, which more than makes up for the Clear Bracelet's low defensive abilities.