The Mace in Final Fantasy XII.
Maces (メイス, Meisu?) are a recurring weapon type in the Final Fantasy series. They are large club-like items, and may sometimes come under the description of staves or flails. They are often enchanted with magical properties.
Appearances
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Final Fantasy IIEdit
Maces are classified as staves.
Final Fantasy IVEdit
The Seraphim's Mace is classified as a staff and appears in the Finest Fantasy for Advance and later versions. It equippable by Porom and is her second-strongest weapon. The Seraphim's Mace casts Esuna when used as an item.
Final Fantasy VIEdit
Various maces.
Terra, Celes, Strago, Relm, and Gogo, can equip maces, but Umaro is the only one who can equip the Bone Club.
Maces are long ranged weapons.
Final Fantasy VIIIEdit
Some of Selphie's nunchaku resemble two maces joined with a lightweight cord.
Final Fantasy IXEdit
The Mace of Zeus is Vivi's ultimate weapon. It teaches him the ultimate black magic spell: Doomsday.
Final Fantasy XIEdit
The Platinum Mace.
Maces are a type of club weapon, generally only usable by White Mages, Warriors, Paladins, and Geomancers. They are more well-rounded than crude clubs, but are not as hard hitting as hammers.
Partial list of maces:
- Bronze Mace
- Mace
- Pixie Mace
- Royal Squire's Mace
- San d'Orian Mace
- Kingdom Mace
- Mythril Mace
- Darksteel Mace
- Platinum Mace
- Flan Smasher
- Flanged Mace
- Buzdygan
- Pealing Buzdygan
- Fourth Mace
- Vodun Mace
- Robur Mace
- Moepapa Mace
- Loxotic Mace
- Beryllium Mace
Final Fantasy XIIEdit
The Doom Mace.
Maces are one-handed weapons whose attack power is affected by the user's Magick Power, making them ideal weapons for magick users. They add +4 to Evasion.
In the Zodiac versions, maces are Red Battlemages primary weapon.
The damage formula for maces is:
- $ DMG = [ATK * RANDOM(1..1.125) - DEF] * [1 + MAG * (Lv+MAG)/256] $
Damage depends on the weapon, the user's Magick Power and character level. The characters' stats can vary by up to 30%, but Magick varies 20%, with the highest Magick characters being Ashe, Penelo and Vaan.
List of maces:
- Mace
- Bronze Mace
- Bhuj
- Miter
- Thorned Mace
- Chaos Mace
- Doom Mace
- Zeus Mace
- Grand Mace
- Bone of Byblos (Zodiac versions only)
- Bonebreaker (Zodiac versions only)
Final Fantasy XVEdit
The Mace of the Fierce is a royal arm Noctis can wield. It is slow and not particularly powerful, but is good for breaking off enemy appendages.
Final Fantasy TacticsEdit
Maces are classified as flails and are notable for their extreme damage range, and attacking with them may result in impressive damage or next to none at all.
Final Fantasy Tactics AdvanceEdit
Maces are used by the nu mou Sage and Alchemist job classes. It is best to buy them in the nu mou city of Cadoan.
- Energy Mace
- Battle Mace
- Sage Crosier
- Mythril Mace
- Druid Mace
- Morning Star
- Life Crosier
- Lotus Mace
- Mandragora
- Scorpion Tail
- Vesper
- Cactus Stick
- Battle Scythe (Dummied)
Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the RiftEdit
Maces are equippable by Sages and Alchemists as well as Green Mages.
- Battle Mace
- Druid Mace
- Energy Mace
- Life Crosier
- Morning Star
- Mandragora
- Lotus Mace
- Scorpion Tail
- Zeus Mace
Final Fantasy Type-0Edit
Cinque's Mace.
Cinque uses a mace as her weapon of choice. Her physical attack is the slowest but very powerful.
- Mace
- Skull Crusher
- Shock Hammer
- Seismic Shaker
- Buster Hammer
- Battle Mace
- Ogre Hammer
- Ares' Mace
- Mythril Mace
- Wildfire Mace
- Hoarfrost Mace
- Voltaic Mace
- Gigas Hammer
- Lucky Mallet
- Seraphim Mace
- Thor's Hammer (ultimate weapon)
Vagrant StoryEdit
Maces appear as weapons.
List of maces:
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Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of TimeEdit
Maces appears as part of the hammer type.
List of maces:
- Twinkling Mace
- Fire Mallet
- Thunder Mace
- Mixing Mace
- Spirit Basher
- Hartstein
- Ogre Star
- Jewel Bat
- Homerun Slugger
Final Fantasy AdventureEdit
Maces appears as one type of weapons.
List of maces:
Final Fantasy Mystic QuestEdit
Reuben's weapon is the Morning Star, a recurring mace within the series.
Bravely DefaultEdit
Maces appears as part of the rod type.
List of maces:
Bravely Second: End LayerEdit
Maces are rod-type weapons. Rods deal 50% more damage to insects. The job best suited for wielding rods are the Black Mage, Performer, Wizard, Astrologian, and Summoner. Any job can be well suited to wield rods when equipped with the Rod Lore support ability.
