He wears no helmet, showing dark red hair. The Warrior wears a simpler crimson armor with no cape or skirt, shorter gauntlets that show his biceps, and a shorter collar. The Warrior's second alternate outfit, 'Classic Red', is based on the Warrior sprites ( ) from the original NES version of Final Fantasy.
The Warrior's first alternate outfit, 'Amethyst Armor', is a red and sepia recolor to invoke a weathered feeling, and his EX Mode is recolored red with silver and white highlights like the alternate concept artwork ( ) of the Knight in Final Fantasy. The Warrior's appearance as a knight in his EX Mode is more directly based on the Amano artwork of the Knight, giving his armor various red and yellow highlights, coloring his cape gold, and shifting the horns of his helmet to point forward. He has aquamarine eyes and long, silver hair. He wears pale blue armor with gold, yellow, and white details, a horned helmet, and a yellow cape.
The Warrior of Light's base outfit is adapted from Yoshitaka Amano's concept artwork ( ) of the Knight class from the original Final Fantasy.