Blood Sword (weapon)

The Blood Sword (ブラッドソード Buraddo Sōdo), also known as the Drainer, Drain Sword, or simply Drain, is a recurring weapon in the Final Fantasy series. It usually inflicts minor damage, but all damage inflicted will be absorbed by the wielder of the sword. In this, the weapon is identical to the spell Drain. However, like the spell, if an undead enemy is attacked, the effect will reverse, damaging the character and healing the monster. It usually has a low hit rate.

Final Fantasy II
Only two Blood Swords can be obtained in the game. They inflict damage based on the maximum Hit points of a foe, and thus are very effective against bosses with high HP, especially the Emperor. In the Advance and 20th Anniversary releases, there is only one. This can be found in the secret door next to the bed in Paul's house after he reveals it to you. In the NES, Wonderswan, and PlayStation Final Fantasy Origins versions, the other is found in a treasure chest on the fourth floor of Fynn Castle's dungeons.

Final Fantasy III
The Blood Sword is a regular sword, and it has average Attack power. In the DS version, 10% of the damage dealt is converted as HP recovery to the wielder. It has an Attack of 55 and is found on the Wrecked Ship. Only the Onion Knight, Dark Knight, Knight, and Warrior classes can wield it.

Final Fantasy IV
The Blood Sword can only be equipped by Paladin Cecil and Kain. Kain can also equip the Blood Lance, which has the same effect as the sword. It is also effective against the Undead, Giants, and Flans. These weapons were originally translated as the Drainer Sword and Drain Lance. In the Super NES, PS, and GBA releases of the game, the sword heals the user by an amount equal to the damage dealt, but in the DS release, the user is healed by 10% of the amount of damage dealt. The Blood Sword is found in Eblan Cave, while the Blood Lance is found in Eblan Castle. The Blood Sword has an attack of 45 and reduces Strength, Stamina, Agility, Spirit, and Intelligence by 5.

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
The Blood Sword can be found in various locations throughout the game. It is first discovered in Rydia's in Mist house through the fireplace. It can be equipped by Ceodore, Kain, Cecil, and Golbez. The Blood Sword drains HP from the enemy being attacked by it, but it is not very powerful.

Final Fantasy V
The Blood Sword, known as the Drain Sword in the RPGe translation, is found in the Barrier Tower and the Ruins section of the Interdimensional Rift, and can also be stolen from King Behemoths. It allows the user to drain HP from its target, but has a low Accuracy rate. This can be circumvented by using the Aim Ability, or the Rapid Fire Ability. It has an attack of 82 and Hit Rate of 84, and grants +5 Magic.

Final Fantasy VI
The Blood Sword, known as the Drainer in the Super NES release, can only be equipped by Terra, Locke, Edgar, and Celes. Although it still drains HP, it does damage based on the current HP of the holder - the Drainer will never do damage higher than the character's maximum HP minus their current HP. Thus, if the character has only lost 100 HP, the attack will only do 100 damage. If the character has full HP, the Drainer will do nothing. There is a somewhat similar weapon known as the Soul Saber, which has the same effect but drains MP instead of HP, and the Soul Saber has a chance of inflicting Instant Death. Blood Sword grants 121 Attack and +10% Evasion, and is found in Tzen, or stolen from Number 024, Lizard, and Ultima Buster.

Final Fantasy IX
The Blood Sword is a Shadow-elemental sword that can be equipped by Steiner. It teaches him the Darkside ability. It can be received early on in disc 2, by obtaining enough Stellazio Coins and handing them over to Queen Stella in Treno. One additional Blood Sword may be obtained by stealing it during the battle with Tiamat. It provides 24 Attack.

Final Fantasy XI
The Bloodsword is a sword obtained from an NM beetle known as "Lumber Jack". In addition, alchemists can synthesize similar high level weapons that have an HP draining characteristic, including the Bloody Sword, Bloody Rapier, and Bloody Blade, and their High Quality counterparts, the Carnage Sword, Carnage Rapier, and Carnage Blade. The Bloody Sword is a knight sword, the Bloody Rapier is obviously a rapier, and the Bloody Blade is a scimitar.

Final Fantasy XII
The Blood Sword behaves differently in this game, inflicting the status effect Sap on the target (100% of the time if not resisted) and not draining their HP. It is one of few weapons in the game to have its own License on the License Board, but not be one of the strongest weapons in its class. It is located directly between the Swords 4 and Swords 5 Licenses. In the International Zodiac Job Version, there is a stronger version of this sword called Blood Sword A.

Final Fantasy Tactics
A regular sword, the Blood Sword can only be obtained by poaching a Hydra or by stealing one from Gaffgarion at the Golgollada Gallows in Chapter 2. It has a physical Attack of 8, and a 5% chance of blocking an attack. Like other incarnations of the Blood Sword, it heals the wielder with an amount of HP equivalent to the amount inflicted on an enemy. However, the reverse applies with the Undead, as the sword will inflict damage on the wielder and heal the enemy instead.

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
The Blood Sword is a regular sword and, although it is quite weak, it absorbs the HP of foes. It is usually found later in the game and cannot be bought from stores. It is also a reward for raising your Combat stat to 5. It teaches Wyrmkiller and Provoke to the Dragoon and Soldier classes, respectively.

Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift
The Blood Sword reappears as a regular sword, with similar qualities as the Tactics Advance incarnation. It can now teach the Maim Blade ability to the Spellblade.

Final Fantasy Adventure
The Blood Sword can be obtained in Glaive Castle prior to fighting Dark Lord. It heals the user by an equal amount of the damage it deals, but it has low ATK power.

Dissidia Final Fantasy
Firion's weapons become the Blood Weapons when he enters his EX Mode. It is a reference to the Blood Sword of Final Fantasy II, which was the weapon in the game with the strongest effect when used against the Emperor. In an interesting twist, all of the Emperor's HP attacks also drain HP when he enters his EX Mode, the effect referred to as Blood Magic.