Main Gauche



The Main Gauche, also known as Main-Gauche, Parrying Daggers, or Guardian, is a recurring dagger in the Final Fantasy series. It is often one of the weaker, but still powerful weapons for the Thief class, and gives a boost to evade and/or speed.

Final Fantasy II
The Main Gauche provides +10 Evade, 32 Attack, and 70 Accuracy. It can be found in the Dreadnought.

Final Fantasy III
The Main Gauche provides 35 Attack and +3 Agility, and can be bought in Amur for 7,000 gil or found in Saronia Castle. It can be used by the Freelancer, Onion Knight, Warrior, Thief, Red Mage, Bard, Ninja, and Dark Knight classes.

Final Fantasy V
The Main Gauche is a dagger found in Karnak Castle and Moore, or dropped from Mindflayer. It has a 25% chance of parrying an enemy's attack, and provides 33 Attack and 36 Accuracy.

Final Fantasy VI
The Main Gauche, originally translated as Guardian, is equippable by Locke and is found in Mt. Kolts. It has an attack power of 59, boosts Speed by 4, Evade by 10. It enables the Runic command even if Locke cannot use Runic.

Final Fantasy XI
The Main Gauche is the Vigil Weapon corresponding to the Dancer's Mythic Weapon (Terpsichore), found within Nyzul Isle. It can be used to obtain the Weapon skill Pyrrhic Kleos.

Final Fantasy XII
The Main Gauche is a dagger with 38 Attack Power, 34 Evade and 1.97s charge and 1.2s action time, making it one of the slower daggers, but still fast when compared to other weapons. It is sold in Jahara and Rabanastre for a cost of 3,500 gil. Equipping it requires obtaining the Daggers 3 License for 30 LP.

In the International Zodiac Job System, only the Shikari class may equip the Main Gauche. It requires the Daggers 3 license for 35 LP.

Final Fantasy Tactics
The Main Gauche has low power, but a Weapon Evasion of 40%. It can be bought for 3,000 gil after Chapter 3 or found with the Treasure Hunter ability as a rare treasure at Grogh Heights.

Final Fantasy Type-0
The Main Gauche are called Parrying Daggers in the English version. They are daggers for Rem Tokimiya. They provide 14 Attack Power and can be bought from Roshana for 2400 gil.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles
The Main Gauche is an artifact that increases the Defense of the character by 2.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King
Main Gauche is a level 35 Dagger that provides +30 Attack and is bought for 362 gil.

Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light
The Main Gauche has an attack of 8 and magic attack of 4 and can inflict paralysis upon attacking. It can only be bought from the multiplayer shop in Spelvia for 6,180 pts.

Bravely Default
The Main-Gauche is a dagger that increases the wielder's EVD by 20 while boasting a P.ATK of 22. The EVD boost effect can be stacked by dual-wielding. The EVD boost is shared by the Kunai and improved upon by the Yatagarasu, which both deal superior damage, though the Main-Gauche is the only one of the three that can be purchased and it is obtained earliest.

Final Fantasy Dimensions
Main Gauche is a knife that provides 15 Attack Power and 20 Hit Rate. It can be bought for 550 gil from Braska, Mt. Verde, Verde, and Yggdrasil and found from Crystal Temple and Castle Liene. It can be equipped by Jobless, Thief, Red Mage, Black Mage, Summoner, Bard, Memorist, Ranger, Dancer, Ninja, and Magus jobs.

Dissidia Final Fantasy
The Main Gauche is a level 15 dagger that increases Attack by 12 and fills the EX Gauge by 15% at the start of a battle.

Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy
The Main Gauche is now at level 1 and increases ATK +11, DEF +2, and fills the player's EX bar by +5% at the start of a battle.

Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade
The Main Gauche borrows its appearance from its Final Fantasy XI incarnation. At its base level, its rare version has an Attack of 760, a Defense of 730, a maximum level of 60, and a Cost of 10. Its rare plus version, at base level, has an Attack of 1160, a Defense of 1170, a maximum level of 80, and a Cost of 15.

Both weapons are classed as Daggers, but the weapons have different leveling rates; the rare Main Gauche has a normal leveling rate, whereas the rare plus Main Gauche has a fast leveling rate.

Final Fantasy All the Bravest
Main Gauche grants +1 to Attack. It can be equipped by Thief, Dancer, Locke, and Rinoa.