Spear made of mythril.
Description
The Mythril Spear is Freya's second spear in Final Fantasy IX. It teaches her Reis's Wind, which bestows Regen to her party, healing them passively for a time.
Obtain[]
Freya finds the Mythril Spear.
Mythril Spear is found in Burmecia's armory, where Freya picks it off a statue. It is also bought for 1100 gil from in Treno (when Garnet and Steiner visit there), Esto Gaza (before Desert Palace), and Ipsen's Castle Mogshop.
Mechanics[]
The Mythril Spear's damage dealt with a normal Attack is determined as follows everywhere but within Ipsen's Castle:
- Base = 20 - Enemy's Defense
- Bonus = Strength + A random value 0 ... [(Level + Strength) / 8]
- Damage = Base * Bonus
The damage is then modified by variables like Freya's row position and equipped Killer abilities and MP Attack, as well as the enemy's Protect. Under Mini, her Bonus would be 1.
When in Ipsen's Castle, the stronger weapons do less damage than weaker weapons, and the Base part of the damage formula is altered to:
- Base = 40 - Enemy's Defense
Use[]
The Mythril Spear is Freya's second weapon that remains her strongest offering through the boss battle in Burmecia, world map exploration after, and Cleyra's Trunk, until the superior Partisan can be bought from Cleyra. The Mythril Spear teaches Reis's Wind, a useful healing ability that bestows the player's party with the HP-replenishing Regen. It can be useful in the battle against Tantarian and in Oeilvert later on.
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Etymology[]
The word "mythril" or "mithril" is a metal found in many fantasy worlds. It was originally introduced by the fantasy writings of J. R. R. Tolkien, being present in his Middle-earth. It resembles silver but is stronger than steel, and much lighter in weight than either. The author first wrote of it in The Lord of the Rings, and it is retrospectively mentioned in the third, revised edition of The Hobbit in 1966. In the first 1937 edition, the mail shirt given to Bilbo is described as being made of "silvered steel". The name mithril comes from two words in Sindarin—mith, meaning "grey" or "mist", and ril meaning "glitter".