Final Fantasy II/Weapons

Character	Group	Starting weapons
Firion	Main-1	Sword (& shield)
Maria	Main-2	Bow
Guy	Main-3	Axe
Minwu	Temporary-1	Staff
Josef	Temporary-2	Karate
Gordon	Temporary-3	Spear
Leila	Temporary-4	Knife & sword
Ricard	Temporary-5	Spear (& shield)
Leon	Temporary-6	Sword & axe
Scott	Soul of Rebirth	Sword

Weapon list by type

Swords

Starting equipment of Firion, Leila, Leon and Scott.

Sword	Cost	Effect	Atk	Hit%	Ev	Mag	Location
Broadsword	100	-	8	60%	2%	-50%	Start: Firion Buy: Gatrea
Longsword	200	-	13	50%	2%	-50%	Find: Bafsk cave Buy: Bafsk, Salamand
Mythril sword	700	-	20	50%	2%	-50%	Find: Kashuan keep Buy: Altair, Paloom, Poft
Wing sword	5000	-	42	56%	2%	-50%	Find: Deist Buy: Fynn
Ancient sword	2500	Inflicts Curse status	25	10%	2%	-50%	Find: Snow Cave
Sleep blade	4000	Inflicts Sleep status	30	10%	1%	-50%	Find: Dreadnought
Blood sword	8000	Drains HP from enemy	0	100%	0%	-100%	Find: Paul's house
Gaia blade	10000	-	52	58%	2%	-50%	Find: Leviathan
Flame sword	10000	Element: fire	63	60%	2%	-50%	Find: Mysidian tower Start: Leon
Ice brand	15000	Element: ice	72	62%	2%	-50%	Find: Mysidian tower
Defender	20000	-	78	64%	16%	-50%	Find: Cyclone
Sun blade	25000	-	83	65%	2%	-50%	Find: Palamecia
Excalibur	65000	-	100	75%	10%	-30%	Find: Deist
Masamune	80000	Casts Haste L11	150	90%	4%	-0%	Find: Pandaemonium
Wild Rose	-	Casts Berserk XVI, 99 strength and intelligence	100	99%	1%.	N/A	Find: Soul of Rebirth: Arubboth
Ragnarok	-	Firion only, 30 Spirit, 50 Strength, 99 Agility	150	99%	1%	N/A	Arcane Labyrinth: Reward for defeating Phrekyos

Bows

Starting equipment of Maria. Bows are two-handed weapons, therefore they cannot be equipped with a shield.

Note that the animation of the bow is actually like a slingshot in both the Origins and Dawn of Soul versions (it is correct in the NES one).

Bow	Cost	Effect	Atk	Hit%	Ev	Mag	Location
Bow	20	-	1	50%	0%	-70%	Start: Maria Buy: Altair
Longbow	150	-	5	40%	0%	-70%	Find: Bafsk cave Buy: Bafsk, Salamand
Mythril Bow	500	-	13	40%	0%	-70%	Buy: Paloom, Poft
Dark Bow	3000	Inflicts Blind status	25	0%	0%	-70%	Find: Dreadnought
Flame Bow	4000	Element: fire	42	47%	0%	-70%	Find: Deist cave, Captain Buy: Fynn
Ice Bow	5000	Element: ice	56	50%	0%	-70%	Find: Mysidian cave Buy: Mysidia
Yoichi's Bow	25000	Casts Berserk	90	75%	0%	-70%	Find: Jade passage
Artemis Bow	-	Maria only, 50 Intelligence, 30 Strength, 99 Magic	117	99%	1%	N/A	Arcane Labyrinth: Reward for defeating Phrekyos

Axes

Starting equipment of Guy and Leon.

Axe	Cost	Effect	Atk	Hit%	Ev	Mag	Location
Axe	100	-	10	55%	2%	-50%	Start: Guy Buy: Gatrea
Battle axe	250	-	15	45%	2%	-50%	Find: Snow cave Buy: Bafsk, Salamand
Mythril axe	700	-	22	45%	2%	-50%	Find: Kashuan keep Buy: Paloom, Poft
Demon axe	8000	-	27	45%	2%	-50%	Buy: Tropical Island Start: Leon
Ogrekiller	15000	Effective vs. giants	58	50%	2%	-50%	Find: Mysidian cave Buy: Mysidia
Poison axe	20000	Inflicts "poison" status; element: poison	76	55%	2%	-50%	Find: Cyclone
Rune axe	50000	Casts Fog; effective vs. mages	95	60%	2%	-50%	Find: Jade passage
Gigantaxe	-	Guy only, 99 Strength and Stamina	199	99%	1%	N/A	Arcane Labyrinth: Reward for defeating Phrekyos

Staves

Starting equipment of Minwu.

Staff	Cost	Effect	Atk	Hit%	Ev	Mag	Location
Staff	50	-	4	70%	2%	-5%	Start: Minwu Buy: Altair
Mace	150	-	9	60%	2%	-20%	Buy: Paloom, Poft, Salamand
Mythril Mace	1500	-	16	60%	2%	-20%	Find: Snow cave Buy: Altair
Werebuster	2000	Effective vs. werefiends	28	62%	2%	-20%	Find: Kashuan keep
Mage's staff	5000	Casts Thunder L5	40	64%	2%	-5%	Find: Deist cave, Palamecia
Power staff	8000	-	53	66%	2%	-20%	Find: Mysidian cave Buy: Mysidia, Machanon
Wizard's staff	10000	Casts Scourge L16	64	68%	2%	-5%	Find: Mysidian tower, Palamecia
Healing staff	12000	Heals target	78	70%	2%	-5%	Find: Palamecia
Diamond mace	14000	-	90	75%	2%	-5%	Find: Jade passage
Stardust Rod	-	Minwu only, casts Fire XVI when used as an item, 99 Spirit, Intelligence, and Magic	90	99%	1%	N/A	Find: Soul of Rebirth, Arubboth
Staff of Light	-	Minwu only, 50 spirit, magic, and intelligence	60	75%	1%	N/A	Arcane Labyrinth: Reward for defeating Phrekyos

Karate (bare hands)

Karate (Japanese for "bare hands") is the starting weapon of Josef.

It's considered a two-hand weapon, therefore a character cannot use karate and a shield at the same time.

Spears

Starting equipment of Gordon and Ricard.

Spear	Cost	Effect	Atk	Hit%	Ev	Mag	Location
Javelin	80	-	6	65%	2%	-40%	Start: Gordon Buy: Altair, Gatrea
Spear	500	-	11	55%	2%	-40%	Buy: Bafsk
Mythril spear	600	-	18	55%	2%	-40%	Find: Snow cave Buy: Altair, Paloom, Poft
Trident	5000	-	30	57%	2%	-40%	Find: Dreadnought Buy: Fynn
Demon spear	8000	-	42	60%	2%	-40%	Buy: Tropical island
Flame lance	15000	Element: fire	54	62%	2%	-40%	Start: Ricard Find: Mysidian cave, Mysidian tower Buy: Mysidia, Machanon
Ice lance	20000	Element: ice	66	65%	2%	-40%	Find: Mysidian tower
Thunder spear	30000	Casts Thunder L16; element: thunder	78	67%	2%	-40%	Find: Palamecia
Holy lance	40000	Casts Holy L8; element: holy	90	70%	2%	-40%	Find: Jade passage
Wyvern Lance	-	Ricard only, 99 strength and agility	169	99%	1%	N/A	Find: Arubboth
Longinus	-	Leon only, 50 strength, 30 stamina, spirit, agility	155	99%	1%	N/A	Arcane Labyrinth reward
Gungnir
Abel's Lance

Knives

Starting equipment of Leila.

The Main Gauche can act as somewhat of a substitute for shields to be used by mages due to its 10% evasion bonus and low magic penalty.

Knife	Cost	Effect	Atk	Hit%	Ev	Mag	Location
Knife	40	-	3	75%	2%	-5%	Buy: Altair, Gatrea
Dagger	150	-	7	65%	2%	-5%	Start: Leila Buy: Gatrea, Paloom, Poft
Mythril knife	400	-	14	67%	2%	-5%	Buy: Altair
Main gauche	1500	(French for "left hand")	32	70%	10%	-5%	Find: Dreadnought
Ohricalcum	3000	-	50	72%	2%	-5%	Find: Fynn basement
Ripper	8000	Extra damage	69	75%	2%	-5%	Find: Cyclone
Cat claws	12000	-	86	80%	2%	-5%	Find: Jade passage

Shields

Every character should equip one weapon and one shield (exceptions: Maria and Josef, who use two-handed weapons), so that their speed and evasion will rise quickly.

No typo: elemental shields protect from the opposite element.

Shield	Cost	Effect	Evasion	Mag	Shop
Buckler	50	-	8%	-70%	Buy: Altair, Gatrea, Machanon
Bronze shield	150	-	10%	-70%	Buy: Paloom, Poft, Salmand, Bafsk
Mythril shield	300	-	12%	-70%	Buy: Altair, Machanon
Golden shield	700	Element: poison	14%	-70%	Buy: Fynn
Ice shield	5000	Element: fire	14%	-70%	Buy: Mysidia, Machanon
Flame shield	5000	Element: ice	14%	-70%	Find: ?
Diamond shield	8000	Element: lightning	14%	-70%	Find: ?
Dragon shield	15000	Element: fire, ice, lightning	18%	-70%	Find: ?
Aegis shield	40000	Element: mind, body, matter, death	20%	-70%	Find: ?

Soul of Rebirth weapons

Weapon	Cost	Effect	Atk	Hit%	Ev	Location
Wild Rose (Scott)	N/A	Casts Berserk L16; Str 99, Int 99	100	99%	2%	(Soul of Rebirth)
Stardust rod (Minwu)	N/A	Casts Fire L16; Spi 99, Int 99, Mag 99	90	99%	2%	(Soul of Rebirth)
Wyvern lance (Ricard)	N/A	Str 99, Agi 99	120	99%	2%	(Soul of Rebirth)

Weapon list by dungeon

Dungeons in the following table are grouped by mission, as per the walkthrough. Weapons with special non-elemental effects are highlighted in bold.

Dungeons	Firion's swords	Maria's bows	Guy's axes	Staves, daggers, spears	4th Ally
Start	Broad sword	Bow	Axe	Staff (Minwu) Javelin spear (Gordon) Dagger (Leila) Flame spear (Ricard) Flame sword & Demon axe (Leon)	-
Shops only	-	(Mithril Bow)	(Demon axe)	(Mace staff) (Mithril dagger) (Spear) (Demon spear)	-
Semitt Falls	-	-	-	-	Minwu
Bafsk cave	Long sword	Long bow	-	-	Minwu
Snow cave	Ancient sword	-	Battle axe	Mithril mace (staff) Mithril spear	Josef
Kashuan keep Dreadnought	Mithril sword Sleep blade	Dark Bow	Mithril axe	Werebuster (staff) Trident (spear) Main gauche (dagger)	Gordon
Deist Deist cave	Wing sword	Flame Bow	-	Mage's staff	Leila
Colosseum	-	-	-	-	Gordon
Fynn castle	-	-	-	Werebuster (staff)	Leila
Fynn basement Tropical island Mysidian cave	-	Ice Bow	Ogrekiller	Knife (dagger) 2 Power staves Orichalcum dagger Flame spear	Leila
Leviathan Mysidian tower	Gaia blade Flame sword Ice brand	Flame Bow	-	2 staves Flame spear Ice spear Wizard's staff	Ricard
Paul's (Fynn) Cyclone Deist	Blood sword Defender sword Excalibur	-	Poison axe	Ripper (dagger)	Ricard
Palamecia	Sun blade	-	-	Mage's staff Wizard's staff Healing staff Thunder spear	Ricard
Jade passage Pandaemonium	Masamune	Yoichi's Bow	Rune axe	Diamond mace (staff) Cat claws (dagger) Holy spear	Leon

Weapons with special effects

Status-inflicting weapons

These weapons are effective against bosses, too. They not only inflict normal damage, but also they have a high chance of debuffing. They're probably the most useful weapons in Final Fantasy 2.

Type	Name	Value	Attack	Accuracy	Evasion	Shop	Effect
Sword	Ancient sword	2500	25	10%	2%	- (found)	Inflicts Curse status (lowers attack and defense)
Bow	Dark Bow	3000	25	0%	0%	- (found)	Inflicts Blind status (lowers accuracy)
Sword	Sleep blade	4000	30	10%	1%	- (found)	Inflicts Sleep status (enemy cannot act)
Axe	Poison axe	20000	76	55%	2%	- (found)	Inflicts Poison status (extra damage); element: poison

Spellcasting weapons

Another set of very useful weapons, these cast spells without MP consumption. The effectiveness of the spell depends only on the wielder's Wisdom or Intelligence attributes. They don't even have to be equipped; any character can cast the spell by selecting the weapon from the Items menu. Remember that a weapon can be used only once per turn.

Type	Name	Value	Attack	Accuracy	Evasion	Shop	Effect
Staff	Mage's staff	5000	40	64%	2%	- (found)	Casts Thunder L5
Staff	Wizard's staff	10000	64	68%	2%	- (found)	Casts Scourge L16
Bow	Yoichi's bow	25000	90	75%	0%	- (found)	Casts Berserk L3
Spear	Thunder spear	30000	78	67%	2%	- (found)	Casts Thunder L16; element: thunder
Spear	Holy lance	40000	90	70%	2%	- (found)	Casts Holy L8; element: holy
Axe	Rune axe	50000	95	60%	2%	- (found)	Casts Fog L6; effective vs. mages
Sword	Masamune	80000	150	90%	4%	- (found)	Casts Haste L11
Staff	Stardust rod	N/A	90	99%	2%	- (Soul of Rebirth)	Casts Fire L16; Spi 99, Int 99, Mag 99
Sword	Wild Rose	N/A	100	99%	2%	- (Soul of Rebirth)	Casts Berserk L16; Str 99, Int 99

Added effect weapons

Another group of weapons with different special abilities, some more useful, some less.

The Blood Sword always inflicts a fixed amount of damage, thanks to its extremely high accuracy. The Healing Staff can be effectively used by a character who would rely on magic to attack.

Type	Name	Value	Attack	Accuracy	Evasion	Shop	Effect
Sword	Blood sword	8000	0	100%	0%	- (found)	Drains HP
Knife	Ripper	8000	69	75%	2%	- (found)	Extra damage
Staff	Healing staff	12000	78	70%	2%	- (found)	Heals target
Spear	Wyvern lance	N/A	120	99%	2%	- (Soul of Rebirth)	Str 99, Agi 99

Elemental weapons and shields

Each one of these weapons may deal double damage to some enemies, but other enemies may instead be resistant and receive half damage or less. Use them with caution, and make sure that the wielder can use some attack spells as an alternative.

On the other hand, elemental shields have no drawbacks.

Type	Name	Value	Attack	Accuracy	Evasion	Shop	Effect
Staff	Werebuster	2000	28	62%	2%	- (found)	Effective vs. werefiends
Bow	Flame Bow	4000	42	47%	0%	Fynn	Element: fire
Bow	Ice Bow	5000	56	50%	0%	Mysidia	Element: ice
Sword	Flame sword	10000	63	60%	2%	- (found)	Element: fire
Staff	Healing staff	12000	78	70%	2%	- (found)	Heals target (effective vs. undead)
Axe	Ogrekiller	15000	58	50%	2%	Mysidia	Effective vs. giants
Spear	Flame lance	15000	54	62%	2%	Mysidia, Machanon	Element: fire
Sword	Ice brand	15000	72	62%	2%	- (found)	Element: ice
Spear	Ice lance	20000	66	65%	2%	- (found)	Element: ice
Type	Name	Value	Attack	Accuracy	Evasion	Shop	Effect
Shield	Golden shield	700	-	-	14%	Fynn	Element: poison
Shield	Ice shield	5000	-	-	14%	Mysidia, Machanon	Element: fire
Shield	Flame shield	5000	-	-	14%	- (found)	Element: ice
Shield	Diamond shield	8000	-	-	14%	- (found)	Element: lightning
Shield	Dragon shield	15000	-	-	18%	- (found)	Element: fire, ice, lightning
Shield	Aegis shield	40000	-	-	20%	- (found)	Element: mind, body, matter, death

Weapons that can be missed permanently

The Sleep Blade

The Sleep Blade is the weapon that can be most easily missed.

This sword can be found in the Palamecian Dreadnought, and since your mission is to destroy it, that stage/dungeon cannot be revisited. The chest is on the same floor where Princess Hilda is held captive, and your attention may be diverted by this fact. Moreover, the chest is beyond a cell grate that cannot be opened, and you might simply be tempted to give up trying.

In order to get to the Sleep Blade chest, there's a secret passage through the wall in the upper-left part of the cell. Just walk through it.

All these "protections" suggest that it can be a very valuable item. If you equip the Sleep Blade to a character with high weapon skill with swords, this weapon will put any enemy to sleep, including several bosses. A sleeping enemy will not attack nor cast spells, thus making your fight much easier.

Other weapons

• In the Dreadnought: the Dark Bow

The Dark Bow inflict blindness to the target, reducing its hit rate. It is the best Bow at this point of the game, but you'll soon find the more-powerful Flame Bow.

• In the Leviathan: the Gaia Sword

The Gaia Sword has rather high attack power, but no special abilities. It can be found on "floor two", that is, the mouth, of the Leviathan. Sell it and keep using the Sleep Blade.

• In the Cyclone: the Ripper Dagger and the Defender Sword

The Ripper deals extra damage whenever it hits an enemy, while the Defender sword considerably increases the Evasion of the wielder.