Durandal



The Durandal, also known as Durend, is a recurring weapon in the Final Fantasy series, being one of the most powerful swords available.

Final Fantasy X
The Durandal is a weapon for Tidus on which the dominant ability is Triple AP. Triple AP can be customized onto a weapon with 50 Wings to Discovery. Triple AP weapons are also dropped by One-Eye.

Final Fantasy XI
The Durandal is a high-level sword for Paladins, won as a possible prize from certain KSNM battlefield events.

Final Fantasy XII
The Durandal is the strongest one-handed sword available, with an Attack power of 99. Aside from that, Durandal also grants the user +5 to Evasion like all swords, and has a combo rate of 5%. Swords are among the slower weapons in Final Fantasy XII with 2.88s charge and 1.2s action time.

The Durandal is known as "Well-forged Blade" in the Bazaar price list and costs 21,600 gil. Its License, which costs 80 LP, can be found in the mid-right section of weapon license area, next to the Stone Blade.

The Durandal can be only be obtained via selling six rare loots, which are the following:

In the International Zodiac Job System, the Durandal is only available to the Time Mage and Knight classes, and its use requires the Swords 9 license for 50 LP. There is also a more powerful version, the Durandal A, which has an Attack power of 103 and gives a 15% boost to Evasion. It is obtained from the Bazaar by selling four Ring Wyrm Scales, three Lifewicks, and one Leshach Halcyon.

In the International Zodiac Job System neither the Durandal nor Durandal A are the strongest one-handed sword, being trumped by the Trango Tower.

Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings
The Durandal is one of Vaan's strongest swords. It can only be obtained after defeating Gilgamesh, and provides +95 Attack, +45 Magick, and +60 Speed. It uses a generic sword sprite during battle.

Final Fantasy XIII
The Durandal is a model of a Gunblade for Lightning. It is obtained by upgrading a Hauteclaire, and, while giving great stats, features the ability "Stagger Lock", making it of somewhat limited use.

Final Fantasy XIV
Durandal is the name of one of the more recent servers of Final Fantasy XIV. It is the result of the merge of the Cornelia and Rabanastre servers.

Final Fantasy Tactics
In the War of the Lions remake, the Durandal can be obtained via multiplayer mode.

In the iOS version this item can be purchased for 5 gil at any Poacher once the game has been finished at least once.

It is a Knightsword with the following item stats:
 * Atk: 26
 * Block: 40
 * Dual wield 1h/2h
 * Element: Holy
 * Adds Protect and Shell

Final Fantasy Type-0
The Durandal is a weapon equippable by Machina Kunagiri. It provides +61 Attack and doubles the amount of experience earned.

Final Fantasy Legend III
The weapon is called Durend in the game and it has a mystic sword icon before its name. Its one of the four Mystic Swords, being the second weakest, only more powerful than the Mystic Sword Emperor. It deals Mystic-elemental damage, causing double damage against certain bosses and undead enemies. It can even harm enemies who are strong against physical damage.

Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy
While in his EX Mode, Vaan wields the Durandal for his sword attack. The Durandal is also a level 90 Greatsword that provides +64 Attack, -1 Defense, and +7% Physical Damage. It can be obtained by trading one gil, Delight of Conflict, and two Soldier's Hopes in the Labyrinth.

Etymology
The Durandal is a reference to , an old French literary piece, where the holy sword,, is said to contain within its hilt one tooth of Saint Peter, blood of Saint Basil, a hair of Saint Denis, and a piece of the raiment of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is said to be able to cut solid boulders in half with a single strike.