Dan's Helmet

Dan's Helmet was a piece of armour worn by Sir Daniel Fortesque during the Battle of Gallowmere. It is disputed whether Sir Dan retained the helmet during his resurrection in 1386 or not, but he no longer had it by the time he was resurrected in 1886.

Dan's Helmet
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AKA	Helmet
Flavour text	Weak against arrows. And everything else.
Type	Armour
Found in	Inventory (MediEvil) Dan's Crypt (Short-Lived Demo)
Appears in	MediEvil (1999) MediEvil (2019)

Gameplay

MediEvil (1999)

In the Japanese version of MediEvil, Dan begins the game with the helmet equipped. It can be removed by selecting it in the inventory and equipped again by selecting it once it has been removed. It only serves as a cosmetic item and wearing it doesn't provide any bonuses. Dan also wears the helmet in all the loading screens and full motion videos until he loses it in the endings.

MediEvil (2019)

In the PS4 remake of MediEvil, equipping the helmet doubles the damage output of all enemies, serving as a kind of hard mode. It will also cause the Dragon Armour to drain Dan's health when it is equipped. The helmet can only be obtained in the MediEvil Short-Lived Demo by picking it up near Dan's resting place and downloading it from the PlayStation Store.

Behind the scenes

Development

MediEvil (1998 original)

According to Jason Wilson, the addition of the helmet was a stipulation from the studio's Japanese partners, who were concerned that Dan's skeletal head might be seen as that of a bad spirit and not a 'hero' in Japan.

MediEvil (2019 remake)

The helmet made a return in the remake. There is a placeholder asset for the helmet in the game files. It is a piece of concept art that more closely resembles the helmet design from the original Japanese version of the game.

The final design used in the remake is quite different from the original - the helmet has been recoloured to match the dull gray colour of the rest of Dan's armour, safe for a decorative trim. The visor has also been removed, exposing more of Dan's face than the original helmet. It also has a hole in the back and a crack at the front, presumably from the impact of the arrow that killed Dan.

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In other languages

Language	Name
Arabic	خوذة "دان khudha "daan
Bulgarian	Шлемът на Дан Šlemʺt na Dan
Croatian	Danova kaciga
Czech	Danova přilba
Danish	Dans Hjelm
Dutch	Dan's helm
Finnish	Danin kypärä
French (France)	Casque de Daniel
German	Dans Helm
Greek	Το Κράνος του Dan To Krános tou Dan
Hungarian	Dan sisakja
Italian	Elmo di Dan
Japanese	フォーテスクの兜 Fōtesuku no kabuto
Norwegian	Dan sin hjelm
Polish	Hełm Dana
Portuguese (Brazil)	Capacete do Dan
Portuguese (Portugal)	Capacete do Dan
Romanian	Coiful lui Dan (finalizat)
Russian	Шлем Дэна Shlem Dena
Spanish (LatAm)	Casco de Dan
Spanish (Spain)	Casco de Dan
Swedish	Dans Hjälm
Turkish	Dan'in Miğferi