Hawkeye (weapon)



The Hawkeye (ホークアイ) is a recurring weapon in the Final Fantasy series. It is most often a throwing weapon of varying design.

Final Fantasy VI
The Hawkeye is a throwing weapon available to Locke. It is one of his best weapons in the World of Balance, with a attack power of 111, and a high chance to deal increased damage when the weapon is thrown. When attacking, it has 50% chance of inflicting 300% damage to floating targets, or 150% damage to non-floating targets when the weapon is thrown. It deals full damage from the back row and is used by hand or thrown by chance. It can be purchased in Narshe or Thamasa for 6,000 gil. It should be noted that Hawkeye along with the Sniper weapon will increased damage on character(s) with the Float status.

Final Fantasy VII
The Hawkeye is a weapon available to Yuffie. It has 61 Attack, 107 Hit Rate, and 14 Magic, as well as 2 linked Materia slots and one unlinked Materia slot. Like all of Yuffie's weapons, it deals full damage from the back row. The Hawkeye can be purchased at the Icicle Inn weapon shop for 12,000 gil.

Final Fantasy X
The Hawkeye is an early claw weapon available to Rikku when Sensor is the dominant ability.

Final Fantasy XI
The Hawkeye is a stackable ammo available in Final Fantasy XI for Warriors, Red Mages, Thieves, Dark Knights, Ninjas, and Corsairs. It is craftable at level 35 Clothcraft and requires 1x Wind Crystal, 1x Silver Ingot, 1x Block of Animal Glue, and 2x Yagudo Feathers. It is also sold in Kahzam, Windurst, Jeuno and Al Zahbi for 55-62 gil each. The weapon is equip-able in the ammo slot and uses the Throwing skill. The Hawkeye requires level 14 to use and has stats of 9 DMG and 168 Delay.

Final Fantasy XIII
The Hawkeye is a model of boomerang obtainable by Hope Estheim. It offers a great Magic bonus. It has the synthesized ability Magic Defense and is a first tier weapon starting at level 1 with minimum Physical strength of 2 and minimum Magical strength of 19. It takes 33,000 EXP to max out at level 26 with 27 Physical and 193 Magic. It can be upgraded to Eagletalon with a Perovskite. At max level the Hawkeye dismantles into 13 Radial Bearings and a Butterfly Valve.

Trivia

 * The Hawkeye's design in Final Fantasy VI is based on the gunstock war club, a weapon used by Native Americans in the 19th and 18th centuries. Like the Hawkeye, the weapon was either swung or thrown in combat. Another weapon in Final Fantasy VI, the Sniper, also has a similar design.