Instrument

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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.

See also: Bell (weapon type), Harp (weapon type), or Flute (weapon type)

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: Madhura Harp Loki Harp Lamia Harp Dream Harp Apollo Harp (3D)

List of bells: Diamond Bell Earthen Bell Rune Bell Blessed Bell (3D)

Final Fantasy IV

Edward is the only one who can equip harps.

List of harps:

• Dream Harp
• Lamia Harp
• Apollo's Harp
• Requiem Harp
• Loki's Lute

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years

Edward is still the only one who can equip harps.

List of harps:

• Dream Harp
• Silver Harp
• Lamia Harp
• Dark Harp
• Muse Harp
• Apollo's Harp
• Loki's Harp
• Blood Harp (Dummied)

Final Fantasy V

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

List of harps: Silver Harp Dream Harp Lamia's Harp Apollo's Harp

List of bells: Diamond Bell Gaia's Bell Rune Chime Tinklebell

Final Fantasy VII

Cait Sith can equip megaphones as his weapon of choice.

List of instruments:

• Yellow M-phone
• Green M-phone
• Blue M-phone
• Red M-phone
• Crystal M-phone
• White M-phone
• Black M-phone
• Silver M-phone
• Trumpet Shell
• Gold M-phone
• Battle Trumpet
• Starlight Phone
• HP Shout

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:

• Golem's Flute
• Lamia's Flute
• Fairy Flute
• Hamelin
• Siren's Flute
• Angel Flute

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:

Flute Argentic Flute Baroque Flute Anima Flute Platinum Piccolo Marching Fife

Wyvern Whistle Maestro's Flute Mythril Flute Wildfire Flute Hoarfrost Flute

Voltaic Flute Guardian Flute Angel Flute Lamia's Flute Elysian Whistle (Ultimate weapon)

Final Fantasy Tactics

The Bard can equip harps to use in battle.

List of instruments:

• Lamia's Harp
• Bloodstring Harp
• Faerie Harp

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance

Main article: Final Fantasy Tactics Advance weapons § Instruments

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

Heal Chime Mythril Bell Dark Fiddle Fell Castanets

Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift

Main article: Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift weapons/Bludgeoning weapons § Instruments

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

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:

• Harp
• Flowing Harp
• Great Tree Harp
• Darkening Harp
• Shining Harp
• Burning Harp
• Stunning Harp
• Whispering Harp
• Quaking Harp
• Angel Harp
• David's Harp
• Lamia Harp
• Apollo's Harp

Dissidia Final Fantasy (2008)

Main article: Dissidia Final Fantasy (2008) weapons § Instruments

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: Diamond Bell Gaia Bell Rune Bell Dream Harp Lamia Harp Apollo's Harp Loki's Lute Lufenian Lute

Kefka's exclusive weapons: Lamia's Flute Nephilim Flute Dancing Mad

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:

• Diamond Bell
• Tinker Bell
• Lamia's Harp
• Apollo Harp

Final Fantasy Record Keeper

Main article: Final Fantasy Record Keeper weapons/Instruments

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