Final Fantasy IV weapons

The following is the list of weapons in Final Fantasy IV. Some weapons can cast magic spells, this is done by using certain equipped weapons from the Item menu during battle.

Note: The attack and accuracy camps show how much of these stats is added to the character's main stat. Some weapons may reduce the stats, while some may not add anything at all.

Some weapons are glitched and their status and elemental properties are considered as armor in the original Japanese and North American Advance versions; this bug is fixed in the European Advance version.

Dark Swords
Only Dark Knight Cecil can equip these swords.

Holy Swords
Only Paladin Cecil can equip these.

Regular Swords
Both Cecil and Kain can equip these.

Spears
Only Kain can equip spears. All spears (except Blood Lance and Abel's Lance) possess the Throw-elemental, as well as their own element.

Axes
Cecil, Cid and Kain can equip these.

Bows
Cecil, Rydia, Edward, Rosa, Palom, Porom, and Cid can equip these, but only Rosa can equip them in the DS version. They possess the Throw element.

Arrows
In the DS version, all arrows deal extra damage against Flying creatures.

Whips
Only Rydia can equip these. Note that all Whips have a 30% chance of inflicting Paralysis upon attacking with them. In the DS version, Whips also deal extra damage vs. Beasts.

Daggers
Can be equipped by Cecil, Kain, Rydia, Edward, Palom, and Edge.

Katanas
Only Edge can equip these.

Throwing Weapons
Only Edge can use this with his Throw ability. They all possess the Throw-element, except for the Kitchen Knife.

Boomerangs
Only Edge can equip these. They possess the Throw element.

Claws
Both Yang and Edge can equip these, but Edge can not equip them in the DS version.

Hammers
Only Cid can equip these. All Hammers deal extra damage against Machines.

Rods
Rydia, Tellah, Palom, and Fusoya can equip these.

Staves
Cecil, Tellah, Rosa, Porom, and Fusoya can equip staves. Child Rydia can also equip staves.

Harps
Only Edward can equip these. All Harps are long-ranged.

Other
The default weapon when the character's hands are empty. For bow and arrows, if one or the other is empty, the character will attack with his/her fists regardless of having a bow or arrows equipped. This weapon remains unnamed in all game versions except for the DS version.

Unused Weapons
There are two unused weapons and a single dummied out weapon in the game's code. The two unused weapons still have their stats left intact and can be used if the player uses a cheat code to get them.

Trivia

 * Hog Call/Piggy's Stick is an homage to the Piglet Sword of the Easytype version.