Obelisk



The Obelisk, also known as Oberisk, is a recurring spear in the series. It is often a mid or high-ranked spear with high Attack power and is commonly used by Dragoons.

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
Obelisk is a spear for Kain, Ceodore, and Zangetsu. It provides 85 Attack and +5 Strength and can only be retrieved through Kain's Challenge Dungeon on the last floor.

Final Fantasy IX
Obelisk is a high-ranked spear for Freya that grants 52 Attack. It costs 6,000 gil to buy and has the innate ability to inflict Petrify when used with the Add Status ability. It teaches the abilities Cherry Blossom and Initiative, and is bought in Daguerreo.

Final Fantasy XI
Obelisk is a low level spear dropped from the Orcish NM "Thousandarm Deshglesh" in Ghelsba Outpost. It can be upgraded to the mid-level Obelisk Lance by crafters.

Final Fantasy XII
Obelisk is a mid-ranked spear with an Attack Power of 60 that requires 30 LP and the Spears 4 license to use. Spears are among the faster weapons in Final Fantasy XII with 2.14s charge and 1.2s action time, second only to daggers and ninja swords. It costs 7,500 gil to buy, and is sold in the Mosphoran Highwaste and the Phon Coast hunters' camp.

In the International Zodiac Job System version, only the Uhlan class can equip the Obelisk.

Final Fantasy XIV
Obelisk is the name of the high-difficulty crafted weapon for Lancer. Its head is made of Darksteel, and craftsmen will need to make the High Quality version (Flawless Obelisk Head) in order to make the finished item at all. The Normal Quality head can only be scrapped for 1 Darksteel Nugget.

The Obelisk boasts Strength +7, Piety +7, and the HQ version has an extra Attack Power +15.

Final Fantasy Tactics
Obelisk, known as Oberisk in the PlayStation version, is a mid-ranked spear with an Attack of 12 and Weapon Defense of 10%. It is bought in Chapter 3 for 10,000 gil. It can also be found with the Treasure Hunter ability in the Limberry Castle Undercroft as rare treasure.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time
Obelisk is the third strongest spear in terms of attack, and can only be used by Lilties. It provides 116 attack at level 1 and 173 attack at level 30, gives +25 to Stun, and has two empty slots.

It must be obtained from a chest in Ruins 2 on Hard or Very Hard mode, and then created for 1,050 gil by using up three Orichalcums, five Platinum, and one Mu Nose. When turned into a jewel, a level 3-9 Obelisk makes an Anti-Stun Stone 1, level 10-19 makes a Dark Stone 3, and level 20-30 makes a Might Malachite: L.

Dissidia Final Fantasy
Obelisk is a level 37 spear that provides +28 Attack and -1 Defense. It can be bought in the shop for 10,750 gil.

Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy
Obelisk returns as a level 30 Spear that provides -268 HP, +31 Attack, and -2 Defense. It can be obtained by trading 32,840 gil.

Etymology
An is a tall, four-sided, narrow tapering monument which ends in a pyramid-like shape at the top, and is said to resemble a petrified ray of the sun-disk. A pair of obelisks usually stood in front of a pylon.