Ribbuny Headband
Armor · ArmorHead4★A headband modeled on a Ribbuny.
Ribbuny Headband is an early head piece: 146th of 202 by defense, so treat it as a stepping stone, at 20 against the 650 of Ancient Helm.
Wearing it also carries the effect Dark Damage Reduction Lv. 1, which matters more than the raw numbers in the biomes that punish you for the wrong outfit.
This is where the crafting chain ends — nothing downstream consumes it, so a stockpile earns you nothing.
Details
It does not stack, so every spare copy costs an inventory slot.
Ribbuny Headband Crafting Recipe
Ribbuny RibbonCrafting it takes 22 materials across 1 type.
Where to Find Ribbuny Headband
Ribbuny Headband is not something you find lying around — you craft it, and the recipe is below.
Using Ribbuny Headband Well
Wearing it grants the Dark Damage Reduction Lv. 1 passive, which cuts incoming Dark-element damage by 15%. The effect is always on while the headband is equipped — it does not need a partner Pal out or any base condition.
There is no technology-tree entry for it and it cannot be handcrafted from the inventory — you need the schematic first, and then a crafting bench to build it. The 22 Ribbuny Ribbon are the real bottleneck: Ribbuny drops exactly one every time, so that is 22 Ribbuny caught or defeated. Ribbuny Botan also drops one, but only half the time, so the base form is the faster farm.
The 20 defense and 60 HP are ordinary for headgear, so the reason to slot it is the Dark resistance: swap it on for night-time roaming and for Dark bosses and tower fights, then swap back to a stat-focused helmet elsewhere. The 15% only applies to Dark moves, so it does nothing against Neutral or physical hits.
Every Tier of Ribbuny Headband
The same piece exists at 5 rarities, and the gap is not cosmetic: defense runs 20 to 20, a 1x swing. Which one you end up with is decided by the rarity of the schematic you built from, not by the recipe — so a legendary copy of this is worth more than the next item up built from a common one.
| Rarity | Item | Defense | HP | Durability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0★ | Ribbuny Headband | 20 | 60 | 300 |
| 1★ | Ribbuny Headband | 20 | 60 | 450 |
| 2★ | Ribbuny Headband | 20 | 60 | 600 |
| 3★ | Ribbuny Headband | 20 | 60 | 900 |
| 4★ | Ribbuny Headband (this one) | 20 | 60 | 1200 |
What Ribbuny Headband Does
Ribbuny Headband grants Dark Damage Reduction Lv. 1: Element Resist Dark +15.
Alternatives and Upgrades
Marcus Hat matches it exactly at 20 defense — those two differ in what they resist and what they weigh, not in raw defense, so picking between them is a swap rather than an upgrade. The next real step is Feathered Hair Band at 21; below it is Saya Hat at 20.
Other head pieces at a similar tier, for when you want to weigh this against the rest of its class:
