Here's the weapons portion of the item list. Everything appears in the order the game stores them internally. Items are briefly explained as needed.
Equippability is handled by "class" rather than by character. While there are two different White Mage classes internally, they have identical equipment sets, so there's no need to distinguish between them here. And to keep things briefer, I'll be using these shorthands for common values:
Items tagged as "metal" inflict a Paralyze-like effect on characters if equipped during a certain part of the story. The flag has no other known effects.
Note that Draining weapons work in reverse on the Undead, so strong against Undead on these weapons is a bad thing, since *they* steal *your* HP.
Items with attached spells define an MHitX value for these spells. I usually list both the MHitX and an equivalent intelligence value (White Magic uses spirit instead). Typically, these are weaker than when cast normally (unless the user has rather poor stats), but they cost nothing and have no casting time. Additionally, they are highly accurate, to the point that item-cast spells will almost never fail. This is highly abusable with items like the Transformation Rod.
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Attack: 1, 50% hit | Used for bow or arrow with the other hand empty? | Used by: Any |
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Attack: 0 Flame, 80% hit | Used by: Monk, Ninja | |
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Attack: 0 Ice, 80% hit | Used by: Monk, Ninja | |
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Attack: 0 Thunder, 80% hit | strong against Machines | Used by: Monk, Ninja |
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Attack: 0, 50% hit | +3 agi, inflicts Confusion, strong against Giants | Used by: Monk, Ninja |
Renamed to ゆうわくのつめ (Tempting Claw) in the EasyType. |
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Attack: 0, 90% hit | +3 str, inflicts Poison | Used by: Monk, Ninja |
Renamed to どくのつめ (Poison Claw) in the EasyType. |
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Attack: 0, 99% hit | +5 str, +5 agi, inflicts Sleep | Used by: Monk, Ninja |
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Attack: 3, 40% hit | use for 1 MHitX Magic Arrow (0~3 int) | Used by: Black Magic users |
Renamed to まほうのロッド (Magic Rod) in the EasyType. |
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Attack: 5 Ice, 45% hit | strong against Reptiles, use for 2 MHitX Blizzard (4~7 int) | Used by: Black Magic users |
Renamed to こおりのロッド (still "Ice Rod", but with a Japanese term for "ice") in the EasyType. |
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Attack: 7 Flame, 45% hit | +3 int, use for 3 MHitX Fire (8~11 int) | Used by: Black Magic users |
Renamed to ほのおのロッド (still "Flame Rod", but with a Japanese term for "flame") in the EasyType. |
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Attack: 10 Thunder, 50% hit | +3 int, use for 4 MHitX Thunder (12~15 int) | Used by: Black Magic users |
Renamed to いかづちのロッド (still "Thunder Rod", but with a Japanese term for "thunder") in the EasyType. |
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Attack: 15, 50% hit | +5 int, use for Porky | Used by: Black Magic users |
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Attack: 30, 55% hit | +10 int, use for Confuse | Used by: Black Magic users |
Renamed to ゆうわくのロッド (Tempting Rod) in the EasyType. |
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Attack: 45, 60% hit | +15 int, use for 7 MHitX Minimeteor (24~27 int) | Used by: Black Magic users |
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Attack: 13 Draining, 10% hit | +5 int, strong against Undead, use for 8 MHitX Aspir (28~31 int) | Used by: Black Magic users |
Renamed to まじょのロッド (Witch's Rod) in the EasyType. |
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Attack: 4, 45% hit | use for Poisona (removes Poison from one target) | Used by: White Magic users |
Renamed to げどくのつえ (Detoxifying Staff) in the EasyType. |
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Attack: 8, 50% hit | use for 2 MHitX Heal (all allies recover 24~36 HP) | Used by: White Magic users |
Very useful, especially earlier in the game. The healing isn't much, but it's free and reliable. |
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Attack: 12, 55% hit, metal | +3 spr, strong against Undead, use for Basuna (removes Berserk, Confusion, Sleep, and Paralysis from one target) | Used by: White Magic users |
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Attack: 30, 99% hit | +10 str, inflicts Berserk | Used by: White Magic users except Paladin |
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Attack: 36, 60% hit | +10 spr, use for Dispel (removed in English version) | Used by: White Magic users except Paladin |
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Attack: 48, 65% hit | +15 spr, use for Raise | Used by: White Magic users except Paladin |
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Attack: 52, 60% hit | +10 spr, inflicts Silence, strong against Mages, use for Silence, can't critical | Used by: White Magic users except Paladin |
Renamed to まふうじのつえ ("Magicseal Staff" with purely Japanese terms) in the EasyType. |
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Attack: 10 Dark, 80% hit, metal | Used by: Dark Knight | |
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Attack: 20 Dark, 85% hit, metal | Used by: Dark Knight | |
Renamed to やみのつるぎ (roughly "Sword of the Dark", with purely Japanese terms as opposed to "shadow" as phonetic English) in the EasyType. |
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Attack: 30 Dark, 90% hit, metal | inflicts Incapacitated, -10 spr, +5 all other stats | Used by: Dark Knight |
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Attack: 40 Holy, 99% hit, metal | +3 spr | Used by: Paladin |
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Attack: 99 Holy, 99% hit, metal, throwable | +3 str, +3 spr | Used by: Paladin |
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Attack: 160 Holy, 99% hit, metal, throwable | +10 str | Used by: Paladin |
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Attack: 65 Flame, 80% hit, metal | Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin | |
Renamed to ほのおのけん (still "Flame Sword", but with purely Japanese terms) in the EasyType. |
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Attack: 75 Ice, 80% hit, metal | Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin | |
Renamed to こおりのけん ("Ice Sword" with purely Japanese terms) in the EasyType. |
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Attack: 105, 90% hit, metal, throwable | +15 stm, use for Protect (removed in English version) | Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin |
Renamed to まもりのけん ("Sword of Protection" with purely Japanese terms) in the EasyType. |
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Attack: 45 Draining, 50% hit, metal, throwable | -5 all stats, strong against Giants, Slimes, and Undead | Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin |
Renamed to ちにうえたのけん ("Bloodthirsty Sword" with purely Japanese terms) in the EasyType. The EasyType additionally removes the racial modifiers and raises attack to 77 and hit to 80%. |
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Attack: 35, 77% hit, metal, throwable | inflicts Curse, strong against Spirits | Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin |
Replaced with the さんごのけん (Coral Sword) in the EasyType. The Coral Sword has 45 attack, 99% hit, is metal and throwable, has Thunder damage, is strong against Spirits, and can be used by the Wyrmknight and Paladin (but doesn't inflict Curse). |
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Attack: 55, 77% hit, metal, throwable | inflicts Sleep, use for Sleepel | Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin |
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Attack: 77, 66% hit, metal, throwable | inflicts Gradual Petrification (2/3) | Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin |
Renamed to せきかのけん ("Petrifying Sword" with purely Japanese terms) in the EasyType. Be careful with this... there are reports that giving monsters the Gradual Petrification status effect may cause freezes on all SFC/SNES versions.... |
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Attack: 9 Projectile, 99% hit, metal | Used by: Wyrmknight | |
Renamed to やり (still "Spear", but purely Japanese) in the EasyType. |
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Attack: 55 Projectile, 80% hit, metal | Used by: Wyrmknight | |
Renamed to かぜのやり (still "Wind Spear", but with purely Japanese terms) in the EasyType. |
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Attack: 66 Flame Projectile, 80% hit, metal | use for 4 MHitX Fira (12~15 int) | Used by: Wyrmknight |
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Attack: 77 Ice Projectile, 80% hit, metal | use for 4 MHitX Blizzara (12~15 int) | Used by: Wyrmknight |
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Attack: 99 Projectile, 80% hit, metal, throwable | strong against Dragons | Used by: Wyrmknight |
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Attack: 109 Holy Projectile, 80% hit, metal, throwable | strong against Spirits, use for 2 MHitX Holy (4~7 int) | Used by: Wyrmknight |
Renamed to せいなるやり (still "Holy Lance", but with purely Japanese terms) in the EasyType. |
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Attack: 88 Draining, 22% hit, metal, throwable | -10 all stats, strong against Giants, Slimes, and Undead | Used by: Wyrmknight |
Renamed to ちにうえたのやり ("Bloodthirsty Lance" with purely Japanese terms) in the EasyType. The EasyType additionally removes the racial modifiers and drops attack to 64 but raises hit to 90%. |
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Attack: 92 Projectile, 80% hit, metal, throwable | +15 stm | Used by: Wyrmknight |
Renamed to えいゆうのやり ("Hero's Spear" with purely Japanese terms) in the EasyType. Norse mythology names Odin's spear as Gungnir. |
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Attack: 25, 90% hit, metal, throwable | Used by: Ninja | |
Renamed to かたな (Katana) in the EasyType for no apparent reason. A kunai is a roughly leaf-shaped ninja-style knife that can be thrown or used in melee combat. |
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Attack: 32, 90% hit, metal | Used by: Ninja | |
Renamed to しのびがたな (Shinobi Katana) in the EasyType for no apparent reason. 阿修羅 (Asura) is a battle demon (or god, depending) from Hindu mythology. |
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Attack: 40, 90% hit, metal | Used by: Ninja | |
虎鉄 (Kotetsu) was a famous swordsmith. |
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Attack: 48, 90% hit, metal, throwable | +5 str | Used by: Ninja |
As far as I can make out, the 菊一文字 (kikuichimonji) was both an imperial crest with a 16-petaled chrysanthemum and a specially crafted sword engraved with it. |
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Attack: 55, 90% hit, metal, throwable | +5 str, -5 agi, +5 stm, +5 int, -5 spr, use for Protect (removed in NA version) |
Used by: Ninja |
Renamed to ようとうムラサメ (Demon Blade Murasame) in the EasyType for no apparent reason. 村雨 (Murasame) was a swordsmith of moderate renown. |
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Attack: 65, 99% hit, metal, throwable | +3 agi, use to cast Haste | Used by: Ninja |
Renamed to まけんマサムネ (Demon Sword Masamune) in the EasyType for no apparent reason. 正宗 (Masamune) was a legendary swordsmith whose blades are (to overly summarize) said to actively avoid meaningless destruction. |
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Attack: 29, 55% hit, metal, throwable | +5 str, +5 agi, +5 stm, -10 int, -10 spr, inflicts Incapacitated | Used by: Wyrmknight, Summoner (child or adult), Royalty, Black Mage, Paladin, Ninja |
Renamed to コンバットナイフ (Combat Knife) in the EasyType for no apparent reason. There is no known legitimate way to get this weapon. Which really makes you wonder why they bothered to change the name for the EasyType.... |
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Attack: 35, 75% hit, metal, throwable | +5 int, inflicts Silence, strong against Mages | Used by: Wyrmknight, Summoner (child or adult), Royalty, Black Mage, Paladin, Ninja |
Renamed to まふうじのナイフ ("Magicseal Knife" with more pure Japanese) in the EasyType. |
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Attack: 20, 50% hit, ranged | Inflicts Paralyze, can't critical | Used by: Summoner (child or adult) |
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Attack: 30, 55% hit, metal, ranged | Inflicts Paralyze, can't critical | Used by: Summoner (child or adult) |
Renamed to くさりのむち (still "Chain Whip", but with purely Japanese terms) in the EasyType. |
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Attack: 40 Thunder, 60% hit, ranged | inflicts Paralyze, can't critical | Used by: Summoner (child or adult) |
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Attack: 50 Flame, 65% hit, ranged | +5 str, +5 agi, +5 stm, -5 int, -5 spr, inflicts Paralyze, can't critical |
Used by: Summoner (child or adult) |
Renamed to ほのおのむち ("Flame Whip" with purely Japanese terms) in the EasyType. |
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Attack: 55, 75% hit, ranged | +5 str, +5 agi, +5 stm, -5 int, -5 spr, strong against Dragons, inflicts Paralyze, can't critical | Used by: Summoner (child or adult) |
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Attack: 35, 50% hit, metal, throwable | +3 str, {bit2} | Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin, Engineer |
Renamed to おの ("Axe" in pure Japanese) in the EasyType. |
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Attack: 62, 69% hit, metal, ranged | +5 str, -5 agi, +5 stm, -5 int, -5 spr, can't critical | Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin, Engineer |
The EasyType raises attack to 70 and hit to 90%, and also adds strong against Mages. |
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Attack: 80, 69% hit (85% in NA), metal | strong against Giants, can't critical, {bit2} | Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin, Engineer |
Renamed to おにごろし (still "Ogre Killer", but with purely Japanese terms) in the EasyType, which also raises attack to 96 and hit to 90% and adds +5 str. |
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Attack: 20, 99% hit, metal, throwable | strong against Spirits | Used by: Wyrmknight, Summoner (child or adult), Royalty, Black Mage, Paladin, Ninja |
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Attack: 28, 94% hit, metal, throwable | use for 8 MHitX Dancing Dagger (28~31 int) | Used by: Wyrmknight, Summoner (child or adult), Royalty, Black Mage, Paladin, Ninja |
Renamed to おどるたんけん (still "Dancing Dagger", but with purely Japanese terms) in the EasyType. |
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Attack: 50, 80% hit, metal | strong against Spirits | Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin |
Replaced with the こぶたのしない (Piglet's Bamboo Sword) in the EasyType. The Piglet's Bamboo Sword has 51 attack, 99% hit, inflicts Pig, is used by the Wyrmknight and Paladin, and, perhaps most importantly, is NOT metal (though it also lacks the bonus damage to Spirits). It isn't sold in the Mithril Town, but instead appears in a pot in the eastern tower of Baron castle. |
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Attack: 255, 99% hit, metal, throwable | Used by: None (thrown only) | |
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Attack: 200 Holy, 99% hit, metal | +15 str, +15 stm, +15 spr, strong against Undead, can't critical | Used by: Paladin |
Renamed to かみがみのけん ("Sword of the Gods" with purely Japanese terms) in the EasyType. |
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Attack: 40 Projectile, 99% hit, metal, throwable, ranged | Used by: None (thrown only) | |
The EasyType raises the attack to 60. |
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Attack: 80 Projectile, 99% hit, metal, throwable, ranged | can't critical | Used by: None (thrown only) |
The EasyType raises the attack to 100. 風魔手裏剣 (fuuma shuriken) are popular in ninja anime and so forth, though I can't say whether they ever really existed. Basically, it's an oversized throwing star, measuring several feet across. 風魔 (fuuma) approximately translates to "wind demon". |
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Attack: 20 Projectile, 80% hit, ranged | Used by: Ninja | |
The EasyType raises the hit to 90%. |
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Attack: 40 Projectile, 85% hit, ranged | Used by: Ninja | |
The EasyType raises the hit to 95%. |
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As if harps weren't bad enough to begin with, they aren't even long-ranged in the original version. |
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Attack: 8, 85% hit, (ranged in NA version only), 2-handed | inflicts Sleep | Used by: Royalty |
The EasyType raises the hit to 90. |
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Attack: 18, 90% hit, (ranged in NA version only), 2-handed | inflicts Confusion | Used by: Royalty |
The EasyType raises the hit to 95. |
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よび | spare | Dummy |
Attack: 200 Holy, 99% hit, metal, 2-handed | +15 str, +15 stm, +15 spr, strong against Undead, can't critical |
Used by: None |
Same stats as the Ragnarok, except for the two-handedness and the fact that it's unusable. Oh, and it's worth a whopping 125,000 gil too. |
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Attack: 95, 60% hit, metal, 2-handed | Inflicts Poison, strong against Giants, use for 8 MHitX Poison (28~31 int) | Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin, Engineer |
Renamed to どくのおの (still "Poison Axe", but with purely Japanese terms) in the EasyType, which also raises attack to 105 and hit to 90% and makes it throwable. |
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Attack: 100, 60% hit, metal, 2-handed | strong against Mages | Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin, Engineer |
Renamed to まふうじのおの ("Magicseal Axe" with purely Japanese terms) in the EasyType, which also raises attack to 120 and hit to 90% and makes it throwable. |
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Attack: 55, 75% hit, metal, 2-handed | strong against Machines and Spirits, {bit3} | Used by: Engineer |
The EasyType raises the hit to 85%. |
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Attack: 65 Flame, 75% hit, metal, 2-handed | +5 str, strong against Machines, use for 1 MHitX Quake (0~3 int), {bit3} | Used by: Engineer |
The EasyType raises the hit to 85%. |
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Attack: 45, 75% hit, 2-handed | strong against Machines, {bit3} | Used by: Engineer |
The EasyType raises the hit to 85%. |
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Attack: 80, 95% hit, metal, throwable, 2-handed | +10 str, +10 agi, +10 stm, -10 int, -10 spr, user is constantly Berserk |
Used by: Wyrmknight, Paladin |
Renamed to いかりのけん ("Rage Sword" with purely Japanese terms) in the EasyType. The EasyType also raises attack to 100. |
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Bow effects are only applied when arrows are also equipped. |
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Attack: 10 Projectile, 30% hit, ranged | Used by: Archers | |
The EasyType raises the hit to 40%. |
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Attack: 20 Projectile, 35% hit, ranged | Used by: Archers | |
Renamed to おおゆみ ("Greatbow" with purely Japanese terms) in the EasyType. The EasyType also raises hit to 45%. |
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Attack: 30 Projectile, 40% hit, ranged | +3 str | Used by: Archers |
Renamed to ちからのゆみ ("Power Bow" with purely Japanese terms) in the EasyType. The EasyType also raises hit to 50%. |
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Attack: 40 Projectile, 50% hit, ranged | +5 str | Used by: Archers |
Renamed to ひっさつのゆみ (still roughly "Killer Bow", but with purely Japanese terms) in the EasyType. The EasyType also raises hit to 60%. |
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Attack: 50 Projectile, 75% hit, ranged | +5 int, strong against Mages, use for Shell (removed in English version) |
Used by: Archers |
Renamed to エルフのゆみ (still "Elven Bow", but with more pure Japanese) in the EasyType. The EasyType also raises hit to 85%. |
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Attack: 60 Projectile, 60% hit, ranged | +10 str | Used by: Archers |
The EasyType raises the hit to 70%. Nasu no Yoichi (那須与一) was a famed samurai archer, credited with making a nigh-impossible shot. |
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Attack: 80 Projectile, 70% hit, ranged | +10 str, +10 agi, +10 stm, -10 int, -10 spr | Used by: Archers |
Renamed to めがみのゆみ ("Goddess's Bow" with purely Japanese terms) in the EasyType. The EasyType also raises hit to 80%. Artemis is the Greek goddess of the hunt (among other things). |
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Arrow effects are only applied when a bow is also equipped. |
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Attack: 5, metal, ranged | Used by: Archers | |
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Attack: 10 Holy, ranged | strong against Spirits and Undead | Used by: Archers |
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Attack: 15 Flame, ranged | Used by: Archers | |
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Attack: 15 Ice, ranged | Used by: Archers | |
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Attack: 15 Thunder, ranged | strong against Machines, {bit5} | Used by: Archers |
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Attack: 20, ranged | inflicts Darkness | Used by: Archers |
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Attack: 30, ranged | inflicts Poison | Used by: Archers |
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Attack: 35 | inflicts Silence, strong against Mages | Used by: Archers |
Renamed to ちんもくのや (Silence Arrow) in the EasyType. |
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Attack: 40, ranged | inflicts Confusion, strong against Giants | Used by: Archers |
Renamed to ゆうわくのや (Tempting Arrow) in the EasyType. |
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Attack: 50, ranged | Used by: Archers | |
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Attack: 1, ranged | Inflicts Stone | Used by: Archers |
Renamed to せきかのや ("Petrifying Arrow" with purely Japanese terms) in the EasyType. |
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Attack: 75, ranged | strong against Dragons | Used by: Archers |
Renamed to めがみのや ("Goddess's Arrow" with purely Japanese terms) in the EasyType. |
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