Ragnarok (weapon)



The Ragnarok (ラグナロク), also known as Crystal Sword, is a weapon that appears in various games in the series. It is usually one of the most powerful swords.

Final Fantasy
The Ragnarok only appears in the Dawn of Souls and 20th Anniversary remakes of the original Final Fantasy. It is the strongest weapon in the game next to the Barbarian Sword, but it can only be obtained after defeating the superboss Shinryu in the Lifespring Grotto.

Final Fantasy II
The Ragnarok is obtainable in the Arcane Sanctuary, found only in the PSP and iPhone's Anniversary Edition. It is the strongest sword in the game (unless the characters' stats are maxed out, in which case it is a little better than the Masamune, due to its real usefulness coming from the 99% Strength bonus), but it can only be equipped by Firion.

Final Fantasy III
The Ragnarok is one of the most powerful weapons in the game. It is found in Eureka and is protected by Guardian. It can be equipped by Warriors, Knights, Dark Knights, Onion Knights, and Ninjas. It has an Attack of 140 and adds +5 points to all stats.

Final Fantasy IV
The Ragnarok is Cecil's ultimate weapon. It was originally known to players as the Crystal Sword in the SNES version, and is obtained in the Lunar Subterrane by defeating Dark Bahamut. In the Advance and Complete Collection remakes Cecil gets weapons that surpass the Ragnarok, including the Lightbringer. In the DS remake, Ragnarok is weaker than its original counterpart by 50 Attack points making it less useful in the final dungeon, which features enemies with a resistance to Holy damage.

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
The Ragnarok is found in a chest in the Depths of the True Moon, guarded by Lord Dragon (otherwise known as Shinryu). It is not exclusive to Cecil. The Ragnarok's stats are similar to its original appearance.

Final Fantasy V
The Ragnarok is the ultimate sword in the game's original release, obtained by defeating Shinryu in the Interdimensional Rift. It can also be stolen from the back section of the final boss. However, in the Advance remake, the Ultima Weapon, obtained by defeating Neo Shinryu, is far stronger than Ragnarok. Added to that, the Chicken Knife can potentially become more powerful than the Ragnarok if the wielder runs away roughly 120 times while equipped with it.

Final Fantasy VI
The Ragnarok is one of the most powerful swords in this game. It is obtained by going to the weapon shop in Narshe in the World of Ruin, and having Locke pick the lock to enter. The shop owner is hiding in the back room, and shows the party a stone, which is actually the esper Ragnarok. He offers to refine the magicite and turn it into a sword, or leave it as the magicite. Turning it into the sword will make it more difficult to learn Ultima, the most powerful spell in the game, requiring purification of the Cursed Shield. Betting the Ragnarok in the Colosseum gives the Lightbringer as a reward.

The sword has 255 Battle Power and will consume 10 MP each turn to perform an automatic critical hit. It will randomly cast the Flare spell in addition to the attack. The sword can be used by Terra, Locke, Edgar, and Celes. In the Advance version, it is possible to get multiple Ragnaroks by stealing from Lady.

It should also be noted that should the player choose to turn the magicite into the sword before obtaining Terra in the World of Ruin, she will come equipped with it in the second battle against Humbaba (making the battle that much easier). Otherwise, she will be equipped with an Enhancer.

Ragnarok is affected by the Capture Glitch.

Final Fantasy VII
The Ragnarok is a sword for Cloud obtained by defeating the Proud Clod in Midgar, and is Cloud's second strongest weapon, bested only by the Ultima Weapon. It has six linked Materia slots and also gives a boost to Spirit.

Final Fantasy IX
The Ragnarok is a sword for Steiner found in a Chocograph called Outer Island that can be dug from Chocobo's Air Garden. It teaches Thunder Slash and Shock. Aside from Excalibur II, Ragnarok is Steiner's most powerful sword.

Final Fantasy X
The Ragnarok is a sword that can be created by adding Triple AP, Triple Overdrive and Overdrive->AP to one of Tidus's swords. The sword will be called Ragnarok, unless Break Damage Limit is added as well, at which point it will turn into the Excalibur.

Final Fantasy XI
The Ragnarok is a Relic Weapon available to the Warrior, Paladin, and Dark Knight Job classes. To obtain and wield the Great Sword, a player must have one of the three Jobs at Level 75, and have completed an immensely lengthy and expensive quest, often taking months of time, hundreds of millions of gil, and the full assistance of an entire Linkshell community to obtain difficult Dynamis drop items. With the expansion of the Magian weapon questlines, the Ragnarok is upgradable to a base damage level in-line with its power in the rest of the series.

Final Fantasy XII
The Ragnarok is a greatsword, acquired by completing the Fishy Dreams hunt (Ixion). It can only be equipped by characters with the Greatsword 3 license. It has an Attack power of 109 and may cause Immobilize upon strike. In the Zodiac Job System version, the Ragnarok can only be equipped by the Red Mage and Knight.

Final Fantasy XIII-2
Caius Ballad, the main antagonist of the game wields the Ragnarok, a large sword with an eye in the hilt that emanates a purple flame after it opens.

Final Fantasy Tactics
The Ragnarok is one of the most powerful Knight Swords in Final Fantasy Tactics. It had a base power of 24 and gives the wielder the Auto-Shell status. It is found with Treasure Hunter in the VOYAGE stage of the Midlight's Deep and is obtained after fighting Hashmal. It can also be found by using the catch skill to catch items thrown by Level 97 Ninjas.

A sword with a very similar name, the Nagrarock (ナグラロク), (Nagrarock in the PlayStation version) can also be found. Although it only has a attack power of 1, it may cause Toad on striking and gives the second highest weapon defending rate of 50%. It can be considered as the Ragnarok version of spoof of Excalibur, Excalipoor, while the latter is a mere Artefact and cannot be used in battle.

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
The Ragnarok is a Knightsword and can be equipped by the Paladin, Defender, and Templar Job classes. Despite its fabled name, the Ragnarok is one of the weaker Knightswords in the game, however, its counterpart, the Nagrarok, is one of the most powerful weapons. The Ragnarok teaches the Drop Weapon ability to the Paladin and the Defender Jobs, while it teaches the Silence magic to the Templar. The Ragnarok can be purchased in Sprohm and Cyril for 4,900 gil and in any other town for 5,600 gil. The Nagrarok can be obtained by completing the mission Valuable Fake, which requires a Bent Sword and Rainbowite.

Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift
The Ragnarok reappears in the sequel with similar attributes to the Tactics Advance incarnation, and can be bought for 2,400 gil in the shop after creating it in the Bazaar after using a Body Ceffyl, Platinum, and Zingu Pearl. The Nagrarok though, makes an appearance as one of Adelle's special Heritor weapons. Nagrarok must be obtained during the Heritor sidequest, after learning Lennart, Viola, Wermut, and Ljda, then complete the mission at Aisenfield. Ragnarok provides +42 Attack and +5 Magick, while Nagrarok provides +68 Attack, +6 Speed, and +4 Evasion, and teaches Nessiam.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles
The Ragnarok is a weapon that a Clavat can wield. It can be forged for 5,000 gil with the Dark Weapon Scroll along with the materials Cursed Hook, Orichalcum, and Ancient Sword. Its Focus attack the Shadow Blade, which deals massive damage in exchange for half a heart point of the user's.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates
The Ragnarok is the best weapon for Clavats. It gives the player 180 ATK. The description for the sword reads "The fantastical sword said to lead toward the world's end, and then to another world reborn." The scroll used to make it is called the Götterdämmerung, which description reads "Pattern for the weapon used by the king of gods in the final battle. For Clavats only."

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time
The Ragnarok is a high-end sword only equippable by Clavats.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King
A sword called the True Ragnarok can be obtained after defeating the Wyrm boss in the optional dungeon, Infinity Spire.

Dissidia Final Fantasy
The Ragnarok is the game's strongest greatsword and it increases Attack by 68 and physical damage dealt by 25%. Ragnarok is only succeeded by several high-class exclusive weapons. It can be traded at the shop for 32,750 gil with an Apocalypse and five Hero's Bones, which are items obtained from the Duel Colosseum's Lunar Whale course.

Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy
The Ragnarok is the game's strongest greatsword, like in the previous game. It increases the player's Attack by 68 and boosts physical damage by +10%. It can be traded for Apocalypse, Ogrenix, and Shinryu's Claw. One of the playable characters, Laguna Loire, has two HP-attacks (Ragnarok Blade and Ragnarok Buster) where he uses Ragnarok to attack.