Boomerang (weapon type)

Curved, wooden throwing weapon.

Final Fantasy VI description

Boomerangs (ブーメラン, Būmeran?) are a recurring weapon in the Final Fantasy series. It is usually associated with the Thief and Ninja job classes.

Appearances

Final Fantasy IV

The Boomerang.

Edge is the only playable character that can equip thrown weapons. The actual Boomerang is the weakest thrown weapon that Edge can equip.

• Boomerang
• Full Moon
• Rising Sun (GBA/PSP)

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years

Boomerangs are equippable by Edge and Tsukinowa.

List of boomerangs:

• Boomerang
• Metal Boomerang
• Chakram
• Wing Edge
• Moonring Blade
• Rising Sun

Final Fantasy V

Boomerangs can be equipped by Freelancers, Thieves, Ninjas and Mimes. Boomerangs deal damage based on Strength and Agility, but due to a bug, this only adds 0 or 1 to the damage modifier. Boomerangs only take 50% of the target's Evade into calculations.

List of boomerangs:

• Moonring Blade
• Rising Sun
• Twin Lance

Final Fantasy VI

Various throwing weapons, including boomerangs.

Locke Cole is the only character that can equip boomerangs, chakrams and hybrid throwing/bladed weapons, despite lacking the Throw ability.

List of boomerangs:

• Moonring Blade
• Boomerang
• Rising Sun
• Wing Edge

Final Fantasy VII

The Boomerang.

All of Yuffie's shuriken act like boomerangs.

List of boomerangs: 4-Point Shuriken Boomerang Pinwheel Razor Ring Hawkeye Crystal Cross Wind Slash

Twin Viper Spiral Shuriken Superball Magic Shuriken Rising Sun Oritsuru Conformer

Final Fantasy XI

Boomerangs are a type of throwing weapon, which are reusable and require no ammunition, but are only available to Warriors, Thieves, and Rangers.

Final Fantasy XIII

The Ninurta.

Hope Estheim uses a folding boomerang as his primary weapon of choice. Most of his weapons are named after mythical birds.

List of boomerangs: Airwing Skycutter Hawkeye Eagletalon Otshirvani Urubutsin Ninurta Jatayu Vidofnir

Hresvelgr Simurgh Tezcatlipoca Malphas Naberius Alicanto Caladrius Nue Rising Sun (dummied)

Final Fantasy Tactics

Found within the weapons' graphical in-battle sprites within the game's data, there is a unused boomerang sprite located with the various weapon and shield sprites. There is no weapon data for the boomerang weapon type. The reason for why it does not appear within the final product is unknown, but it could be assumed that the developers could not make the weapon return to the owner's hand after being thrown at a target much like how boomerangs behave.

Final Fantasy Legend III

Boomerangs can be equipped by all four main characters.

List of boomerangs:

• Boomrng
• Ninja

Etymology

[view · edit · purge]A boomerang is a thrown tool, typically constructed as a flat aerofoil, designed to spin about an axis perpendicular to the direction of its flight. A returning boomerang is designed to return to the thrower. Boomerangs have been historically used for hunting, as well as a sport and entertainment.