Seitengrat (Final Fantasy XII)

The Seitengrat is an invisible bow in the Zodiac versions of Final Fantasy XII. It is one of four secret equipment added in these versions, including the ultimate one-handed melee weapon, the lethal status combination inflicting weapon , and the high evasion all element-absorbing shield Gendarme.

The Seitengrat is by far the most powerful weapon in the game, and has double the range of all other long-range weapons which makes it an easy choice for clearing out regular mobs. Its drawback is that it is a two-handed weapon, and while it also has the highest evasion of all weapons, the Great Trango (which has 0 evasion) is one-handed and so can be equipped alongside the Gendarme shield which compensates and then some.

The Seitengrat can be obtained when the player can board the Skyferry. Entering the deck of the Skyferry offers a 1% chance for an invisible chest to spawn, and that chest has a 20% chance of containing an item, and if the player has the Diamond Armlet equipped the chest has a 5% chance of containing the Seitengrat. With this 0.01% chance every time the deck is entered (assuming the player knows of the hidden chest), the Seitengrat was intended to only be gotten by fluke or serious persistence, however with RNG manipulation one can guarantee the chest spawns and relinquishes a Seitengrat.

If the player acquires the Seitengrat, an arrow will appear in the sky in the Cerobi Steppe suspended a few feet in the air.