Fomalhaut (weapon)

D012 Fomalhaut — The Fomalhaut in *Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy*.

A firearm named for the brightest star in the Whale's Maw.

Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions description

The Fomalhaut (フォーマルハウト, Fōmaruhauto?), also known as Formalhaut, is a recurring weapon in the Final Fantasy series. It is usually the most powerful gun.

Appearances[]

Final Fantasy XI[]

The Fomalhaut is the marksmanship entry in the Aeonic class of legendary weapons. It can be equipped by Rangers and Corsairs, it can dispense Chrono Bullets once every hour and grants the weaponskill "Last Stand" to activate its Aftermath effects. Like other weapons of the Aeonic class, it is the only gun capable of executing the "Ultimate Skillchains" Radiance and Umbra.

Final Fantasy XII[]

Main article: Fomalhaut (Final Fantasy XII)

In the original version, the Fomalhaut is the ultimate gun with an attack power of 50. The license costs 150 LP. Due to the way guns work, ignoring enemy defense and Protect status, Fomalhaut is an especially powerful weapon if obtained as soon as it becomes available. Guns are the slowest weapons, apart from Wyrmhero Blade, at 4.2s charge and 1.4s action time.

The Fomalhaut is a good weapon for a character with the lowest attack in the party (such as a mage), as the guns' damage calculation only uses the gun's own attack stat to determine damage. When used with the Dark Shot while equipping the Black Robes, the player also gets an additional +50% boost to damage, making it a good weapon against even Yiazmat.

Fomalhaut is only obtained from randomly spawning treasure chests and because the chests respawn, the player can obtain multiple Fomalhauts. The Fomalhaut chest may spawn in the Lhusu Mines, Cerobi Steppe, Henne Mines, or Subterra.

In the Zodiac versions, the Fomalhaut is now the second strongest gun, providing 52 Attack, 10 Evade, 50 CT, 5% critical rate, and requires the Guns 6 license for 100 LP. It can be found as a treasure in the Henne Mines (Phase 2 Dig) and Cerobi Steppe (Feddik River), and uncommonly stolen from Elza in the Trial Mode Stage 86. It can be equipped by the Machinist and the Shikari, although the Shikari must first acquire the license for Shemhazai and Guns 5 (Spica and Aldebaran) to be able to activate its license.

Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings[]

Magicite-inlaid gun with aquatic force.

Description

The Formalhaut serves as Balthier's strongest weapon and has the element of Water. It has Attack power of +100, Magic attack of +50, Attack Speed of +36, and it adds +15 to Balthier's Strength. Formalhaut is a reward for Mission 77: Darkening Clouds Gather. It uses a generic gun sprite during battle.

Final Fantasy XIII[]

The weapons of choice for special forces units, these pistols are at their best when used as a part of a coordinated attack strategy.

Description

XIII fomalhaut elites — Sazh's Fomalhaut Elites.

The Fomalhaut Elites is a pair of guns for Sazh. They are second tier weapons, obtained by upgrading the Antares Deluxes with a Uraninite.

Fomalhaut Elites have the passive ability Chain Bonus Boost II. They have minimum level of 15 with minimum Physical of 86 and Magic of 92. Fomalhaut Elites take 153,000 EXP to level up to the max level of 41 with 216 Physical and 222 Magic. At their max level, the guns can be dismantled to twelve Thrust Bearings, a Cobaltite, and the Antares Deluxes.

Level	Strength	Magic	Current Exp.	To Next Level	To ★
15	86	92	36,288	3,852	154,752
16	91	97	40,140	4,020	150,900
17	96	102	44,160	4,188	146,880
18	101	107	48,348	4,356	142,692
19	106	112	52,704	4,524	138,336
20	111	117	57,228	4,692	133,812
21	116	122	61,920	4,860	129,120
22	121	127	66,780	5,028	124,260
23	126	132	71,808	5,196	119,232
24	131	137	77,004	5,364	114,036
25	136	142	82,368	5,532	108,672
26	141	147	87,900	5,700	103,140
27	146	152	93,600	5,868	97,440
28	151	157	99,468	6,036	91,572
29	156	162	105,504	6,204	85,536
30	161	167	111,708	6,372	79,332
31	166	172	118,080	6,540	72,960
32	171	177	124,620	6,708	66,420
33	176	182	131,328	6,876	59,712
34	181	187	138,204	7,044	52,836
35	186	192	145,248	7,212	45,792
36	191	197	152,460	7,380	38,580
37	196	202	159,840	7,548	31,200
38	201	207	167,388	7,716	23,652
39	206	212	175,104	7,884	15,936
40	211	217	182,988	8,052	8,052
★	216	222	191,040	Trapezohedron	0

Final Fantasy Tactics[]

The Fomalhaut is the most powerful non-elemental gun in War of the Lions, providing 18 Attack and 5% Weapon Defense. It can only be obtained via Melee and Rendezvous.

Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy[]

Fomalhaut appears as a level 90 gun. It adds 69 BRV and 63 ATK to its wielder and increases their Assist Gauge's duration by 25%, but subtracts 288 HP and 1 DEF. It is surpassed only by the Sharpshooter and the Death Penalty. It can be purchased at the shop by trading 153,400 gil, Antares, Tiamat Carapace, and Gunner's Hope x5.

Fomalhaut in its Final Fantasy XII incarnation also appears as one of Vaan's EX Mode weapons, replacing his Altair.

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Etymology[]

Like many other models of gun in the series, this weapon is named after a star. [view · edit · purge]Fomalhaut is a star in the constellation Piscis Austrinus. The name comes from the Arabic fum al'hawt, literally "mouth of the whale", and is also known as "the lonely star of autumn", when it is the only first-magnitude star visible in the sky from mid-northern latitudes. Fomalhaut is also a fallen angel from the Book of Enoch.