The 4-point shuriken is Yuffie's two default weapons in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, along with the 
Savage Dagger. It starts with three materia slots, and teaches Yuffie the Elemental Ninjutsu ability, a move which enables her ninjutsu attacks (a ranged basic attack available after Throw) to be powered up with an elemental.
As Yuffie's initial weapon, the 4-point shuriken has balanced, well-rounded attributes that improve Yuffie both as a mage and a physical attacker, with varied weapon skills.
Upgrades[]
| Level |  ATK |
 MATK
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Materia slots | Skill slots | New weapon skills |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 39 | 39 |  
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1 |  Fire Damage Up - Increases fire damage by 10%. Lightning Damage Up - Increases lightning damage by 10%.Brave Thief - Applies the Bravery status effect after successfully stealing.  Max HP +200 - Increases max HP by 200.
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| 4 | 41 | 41 |
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2 | Weapon Ability Damage +5% - Increases weapon ability damage by 5%.
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| 5 | 52 | 52 |
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2 |  Shuriken Mastery - Keeps the throwing star aloft for 25 more seconds.
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| 6 | 66 | 66 |
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3 | Max MP +3 - Increases max MP by 3. |
| 7 | 79 | 79 |
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3 |  MP Recovery Rate Up - Slightly increases MP regeneration speed during battle.
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| 8 | 95 | 95 |
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4 | Opening ATB Bonus - Slightly fills the ATB gauge at the start of battle.
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| 9 | 117 | 117 |
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4 | Limit Break Damage +10% - Increases limit break damage by 10%.
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Use[]
The 4-point shuriken is a balanced and general-purpose weapon that builds Yuffie either toward spellcasting or physical damage. It provides an equal boost to her Attack Power and Magic Attack, giving the third-highest attack power boost and third-highest magic attack boost. Yuffie's versatility, in having many magic-based weapon abilities and physical-based ones, as well as balanced attributes, giving her strengths as a physical attacker and mage, the weapon can be an effective way to enable her to be versatile without specializing her toward either type of damage.
The 4-point shuriken's weapon skills lean somewhat more toward magic damage than physical damage, or at least toward her ninjutsu abilities. They are varied overall without leaning heavily toward one or the other, with a mix that help her weapon abilities, that help her elemental damage, and that help her durability.
4-point shuriken is comparable to Fuma Shuriken in that both have equal boosts to attack and magic damage. Though fuma shuriken's basic attributes are lower, it has abilities built toward boosting ATB charges more quickly, and leans somewhat more toward magic damage. The rest of Yuffie's weapons lean more toward one type of damage or the other. Endgame, players may prefer to specialize, with weapons such as Crescent Sickle or Crystalline Cross.
When Yuffie becomes a 
Toad, she carries a tiny 4-point shuriken.
Etymology and origin[]
The weapon is called "Juji shuriken" in Japanese. Juji shuriken tend to be the most recognizable variant of shuriken associated with shinobi and ninja, being versatile throwing weapons and studied to double as utility and survival tools. Schools of ninjutsu said to specialize in their use included Yagyu Shinkage and the Iga school of ninjutsu.
The weapon has a swallow engravement on one of the tips. The same symbol appears on the covers of Yuffie's manuscripts. In Japan, it is considered good luck to have a swallow nesting in one's house.