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Instruments (楽器, Gakki?) are a recurring weapon type in the Final Fantasy series. These incorporate Flutes, Harps, and several other musical instruments, such as Lutes or Horns. They are the main weapon of choice of Bards, but are also used by other characters, such as Eiko Carol from Final Fantasy IX.

Appearances[]

Final Fantasy III[]

The Bard job can equip harps. By using the Sing command, it can grant multiple statuses to the party, as well as healing it or damage the enemy party. The Geomancer job can equip bells.

List of harps: List of bells:

Final Fantasy IV[]

Edward is the only one who can equip harps.

List of harps:

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years[]

Edward is still the only one who can equip harps.

List of harps:

Final Fantasy V[]

The Bard equips the harps while the Geomancer equips the bells.

List of harps: List of bells:

Final Fantasy VII[]

Cait Sith can equip megaphones as his weapon of choice.

List of instruments:

Final Fantasy IX[]

White Mage Eiko can equip flutes. She attacks using them as blunt physical weapons. Though she plays the flutes when casting magic and during victory poses, this is merely cosmetic.

List of instruments:

Final Fantasy X-2[]

Yuna, Rikku, and Paine use microphones as weapons when wearing the Songstress dressphere but cannot actually attack with them unless inflicted with the Berserk status or when using the abilities Mug and Nab Gil.

Final Fantasy XI[]

Bards can equip string and wind instruments, while Geomancers can equip handbells. String instruments increase the radius and effect of the bard's buffing songs, while wind instruments increase the accuracy and effect of the bard's debuffing songs.

List of string instruments:
  • Harp
  • Maple Harp
  • Military Harp
  • Rose Harp
  • Ebony Harp
  • Lamia Harp
  • Nursemaid's Harp
  • Mythic Harp
  • Sorrowful Harp
  • Angel Lyre
  • Cythara Angelica
  • Blurred Harp
  • Terpander
  • Daurdabla
List of wind instruments:
  • Flute
  • Hamelin Flute
  • Siren Flute
  • Angel Flute
  • Cornette
  • Piccolo
  • Traversiere
  • Faerie Piccolo
  • Frenzy Fife
  • Storm Fife
  • Requiem Flute
  • Horn
  • Mary's Horn
  • Gemshorn
  • Royal Spearman's Horn
  • Kingdom Horn
  • San d'Orian Horn
  • Oliphant
  • Crumhorn
  • Hellish Bugle
  • Shofar
  • Harlequin's Horn
  • Relic Horn
  • Pyrric Horn
  • Dynamis Horn
  • Millennium Horn
  • Gjallarhorn

Final Fantasy Type-0[]

Deuce wields a flute as her weapon of choice.

List of instruments:

Final Fantasy Tactics[]

The Bard can equip harps to use in battle.

List of instruments:

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance[]

The Dark Fiddle.

Moogle Animists and nu mou Beastmasters can equip instruments to call animals, or to control them. As such, they are cheaper to purchase in Cadoan and Baguba Port.

List of instruments:

  • Demon Bell
  • War Trumpet
  • Glass Bell
  • Conch Shell
  • Fairy Harp
  • Earth Bell
  • Aona Flute
  • Satyr Flute
  • Blood Strings
  • Black Quena

Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift[]

The War Trumpet.

Instruments can be equipped by the Beastmaster, Animist, and Bard jobs. They are not particularly powerful.

List of instruments:

  • Lamia Harp
  • Demon Bell
  • Glass Bell
  • War Trumpet
  • Conch Shell
  • Hurdy-gurdy
  • Black Quena
  • Satyr Flute
  • Faerie Harp
  • Grass Flute
  • Heal Chime
  • Frigid Viol
  • Shining Lute
  • Brilliant Theorbo

Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light[]

FFT4HoL Harp Icon

Harps can be equipped by all jobs, but are best suited for the Bard, Elementalist, and Musician crowns. Harps give an increase in magic based stats and also deals more damage to flying enemies.

List of harps:

Dissidia Final Fantasy (2008)[]

Instruments appear as a type of weapon, equipped by Firion, Bartz, Kefka and Ultimecia. The weapon type includes Bells, harps/lutes and flutes.

List of instruments: Kefka's exclusive weapons:

Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy[]

Instruments return, and now are also available to Terra and Prishe. This time, instruments also reduce bravery by a slight amount when equipped.

List of instruments:

  • Diamond Bell
  • Gaia Bell
  • Rune Bell
  • Blessed Bell
  • Madhura Harp
  • Dream Harp
  • Lamia Harp
  • Tinkerbell
  • Apollo's Harp
  • Bell of Alexander
  • Loki's Lute
  • Lufenian Lute

Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade[]

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Final Fantasy All the Bravest[]

Bells and harps can be equipped by the Geomancer, Bard, Moogle, and Pig.

List of instruments:

Final Fantasy Record Keeper[]

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