The Mythril Sword, a recurring sword.
Swords (ソード, Soodo?) are recurring weapons in the series, appearing in every game to date. The initial weapon of a Warrior in the original Final Fantasy, it has since become the staple starting weapon for the protagonists in the series, with the notable exception of Zidane Tribal.
It is also a common weapon among jobs, though the Knight is usually the only one that can equip every one of them, but in any case, the Paladin, the Dark Knight, and the Blue and Red Mages are some of the jobs that can also equip swords. There are also many recurring swords throughout the series, the most famous being the legendary Excalibur, the Masamune, the Ragnarok, the elemental blades Flametongue, Icebrand and Coral Sword, the Lightbringer and Deathbringer, and the Ultima Weapon.
In some appearances, they are stronger and heavier than daggers, but weaker and lighter than greatswords.
About Swords
A highly celebrated tool of war, renowned weapon throughout history, with myths of various legends of this particular weapon with nearly every culture, and once common amongst soldiers and warriors in the past, being easy to handle and cheap to manufacture. Commonly featured as the prime brand of heroes and a staple within the genre of fantasy itself, the sword finds itself in Final Fantasy without question.
A lengthened blade fitted into the top of a handle, with many varying designs and kinds, the Sword remains one of the most popular weapons within the series, being used by many classes, ranging from physically orientated to reaching those of different fields. Not only limited to its own type, the Sword has inspired creation of many independent and distinguished variations of its kind within the Final Fantasy series, from their widely known variation of Greatswords, the exclusive and reserved exotic Katana, to even hallowed Knight Swords and wicked Fell Swords.
Appearances
Final Fantasy
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The Broadsword.
Swords can be equipped by the Warrior, Thief, Red Mage, Knight, Ninja, and Red Wizard classes, though no job can actually equip all of them.
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Final Fantasy II
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The Blood Sword.
Swords can be equipped by any character, but Firion, Scott, and Leon are the only characters that start with them by default.
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Final Fantasy III
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The Break Blade.
Swords can be used by the Freelancer, Onion Knight, Warrior, Red Mage, Knight, and Dark Knight jobs. The strongest weapons of the game are among this type. Desch is the only one who can equip Desch's Sword.
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Final Fantasy IV
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The Onion Sword.
Cecil and Kain can use swords, though Cecil is the only one who can equip every one of them. Other types of swords includes Holy Swords and Dark Swords.
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Final Fantasy IV -Interlude-
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List of Swords:
- Mythril Sword
- Flame Sword
- Icebrand
- Stoneblade
Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
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Final Fantasy V
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The Rune Blade.
Swords are weapons used by the Freelancer, Knight, Blue Mage, Red Mage, Mystic Knight, Gladiator and Cannoneer jobs, and anyone equipped the ability Equip Swords. Swords deal damage based on the attacker's Strength.
List of Swords:
- Broad Sword
- Long Sword
- Mythril Sword
- Coral Sword
- Ancient Sword
- Sleep Blade
- Great Sword
- Rune Blade
- Excalipoor
- Enhancer
- Ultima Weapon (GBA and mobile)
Final Fantasy VI
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Various swords.
Terra, Celes, and Edgar are the only characters that can equip every sword in the game, though Locke can also equip some of them. All swords enables the Bushido and Runic command.
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Final Fantasy VII
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The Ragnarok.
Cloud's weapons of choice are large, two-handed swords. His trademark weapon is the Buster Sword.
List of Swords:
- Buster Sword
- Mythril Saber
- Hardedge
- Butterfly Edge
- Enhance Sword
- Organics
- Crystal Sword
- Force Stealer
- Rune Blade
- Murasame
- Nail Bat
- Yoshiyuki
- Apocalypse
- Heaven's Cloud
- Ragnarok
- Ultima Weapon
Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-
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Zack's basic SOLDIER sword.
The Buster Sword makes a reappearance in Crisis Core, first in possession of its original owner, Angeal Hewley, who passes it on to Zack Fair. There is also a standard SOLDIER broadsword that Zack uses for the first part of the game. On a trip to the beach, you must use an umbrella to fight in the place of a sword.
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
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Final Fantasy IX
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The Iron Sword.
Steiner uses swords as his weapons, as do Blank and Marcus. Steiner can also equip Knight Swords.
List of Swords:
- Broadsword
- Iron Sword
- Mythril Sword
- Blood Sword
- Ice Brand
- Coral Sword
- Diamond Sword
- Flame Saber
- Rune Blade
- Defender
Final Fantasy X
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The Longsword.
Tidus uses long, one-handed swords as his weapon of choice. They were introduced to him by Auron while battling Sinscales in Zanarkand, and if one casts Scan on him, it will reveal that his inexperience with the sword hampers his potential strength. It is known that Jecht used the same weapons on his pilgrimage with Braska and Auron.
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Final Fantasy X-2
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Paine's Warrior Sword.
Swords are used by the Warrior and Dark Knight dresspheres, and the special dressphere Full Throttle consists of a winged Machina with various blades instead of feathers.
The dresspheres uses swords previously used by Tidus. Yuna uses the Brotherhood and Caladbolg while Rikku uses the Crystal Sword, Paine uses swords unique to her.
Final Fantasy XI
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The Knight's Sword.
Swords are one of the most abundant types of weapons in the game, usable by a variety of jobs, but it is principally used by Paladins, Red Mages, and Blue Mages. They tend to come in varieties, such as rapiers favored by Red Mages, knight swords favored by Paladins, and curved Scimitars favored by Blue Mages.
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Final Fantasy XII
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The Lohengrin.
Every character can equip swords, as long as they have acquired the necessary Licenses. Vaan, Basch, and Ashe are the only ones who use swords by default.
In the International Zodiac Job System, only the Knight can gain access to all swords but the Time Mage also has access to a few swords.
The damage formula for swords is:
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Due to the weight put on user's Strength stat recommended Sword users are Vaan, Balthier, and Basch.
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Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings
Template:Sideicon Vaan can equip one-handed swords, while Basch wields two-handed Knight Swords.
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Final Fantasy XIII-2
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The Muramasa.
Noel Kreiss can wield dual swords that can combine into a spear, while Serah Farron wields a bowsword that switches between bow and sword forms.
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The Azrael.
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Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
The Devil's Daughter.
Template:Sideicon Swords are a weapon type available to Lightning. They are the most common weapon type. In addition to swords, Gunblades, Katana and small Axes are classified under this type.
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Final Fantasy XIV
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The Aeolian Scimitar.
Swords are classified as Gladiator's Arms, they are uniformly one-handed and are paired with shields. Also included among Gladiator's Arms are Macuahuitl and Daggers, though in patch 2.3, the daggers were replaced with other swords.
Notable Gladiator's Arms:
- Curtana
- Burtgang
- Zantetsuken
- Ifrit's Blade
- Garuda's Gaze
- Break Blade
- Morbid Mog Blade
- Wave Shamshir
Final Fantasy XV
Template:Sideicon One of the weapons Noctis summons its a sword and in many scenes he is shown wielding a sword with a motor for a handle.
Final Fantasy Tactics
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Swords are some of the most common weapons and can be equipped by some melee jobs, like the Squire, the Knight, and the Geomancer, and most of the special jobs, like the Sword Saint, the Holy Knight, the Divine Knight, and the Templar.
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Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
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Swords are the weapons that can be equipped by the Soldier, Warrior, and Dragoon job classes.
There are also two distinct type of swords, the Broadswords, that can be equipped by the Warrior and Defender jobs, and the Sabers, that can be equipped by the Blue Mage job. Swords and Broadswords are cheaper in Cyril and Sprohm, while Sabers should be bought at Cyril.
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Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift
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Swords can now be equipped by the Spellblade, as well as the previous Soldier, Warrior, and Dragoon job classes.
The Broadswords, can now be equipped by the new Raptor job, and Sabers can now be equipped by the Sky Pirate job as well, and have benefited from an increase on their average power.
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Vagrant Story
Template:Sideicon Twelve different types of sword appear in Vagrant Story. They have a longer range than daggers, but shorter than great swords, and they are heavier, stronger, and possess a higher risk factor than daggers, but less than great swords.
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Final Fantasy Type-0
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Queen's Longsword.
Queen wields a longsword as her weapon of choice.
List of Swords:
- Longsword
- Flamberge
- Claymore
- Rune Saber
- Shamshir
- Empire Saber
- Ancient Sword
- Warspite
- Mythril Saber
- Flame Saber
- Ice Saber
- Thunder Saber
- Master Sword
- Save the Queen
- Mirage Sword
- Astral Sword
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles
Template:Sideicon Swords are the weapon of choice of those of the Clavat tribe.
List of Swords:
- Cooper Sword
- Treasured Sword
- Iron Sword
- Marr Sword
- Steel Blade
- Rune Blade
- Defender
- Feather Sabre
- Father's Sword
- Bastard Sword
- Excalibur
- Ultima Sword
- Ragnarok
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates
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The Brave Sword.
Yuri uses swords as his weapon of choice.
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Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King
Template:Sideicon Swords can be wielded by the Warrior and Thief Job classes.
List of Swords:
- Bronze Sword
- Iron Sword
- Longsword
- Broadsword
- Mythril Sword
- Rune Blade
- Shamshir
- Gladius
- Lightbringer
- Walloon Sword
- Feather Saber
- Doomblade
- Crystal Blade
- Wightslayer
- Falchion
- Kotetsu
- Murasame
- Masamune
- Excalibur
- Ragnarok
- Dawn's Edge
- Ragnarok Prime
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time
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Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
Template:Sideicon Benjamin's default weapon is the Steel Sword. All swords boost speed by five, and can be used on the overhead map to toggle switches.
List of Swords:
- Steel Sword
- Knight's Sword
- Excalibur
Final Fantasy Adventure
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Swords appears as one type of weapons.
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The Final Fantasy Legend
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Final Fantasy Legend II
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Swords appears as one type of weapons.
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Final Fantasy Legend III
Template:Sideicon Swords appears as a type of weapon. Another type of swords is also present in the game, the Mystic Swords.
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Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light
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The Lightbringer.
Swords can be equipped by all classes, but are best suited for the Bandit, Hero, Spell Fencer, Paladin, Dark Fencer, and Ninja crowns.
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Bravely Default
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- Broadsword
- Longsword
- Mythril Sword
- Scimitar
- Sleep Sword
- Defender
- Ice Brand
- Zweihander
- Flametongue
- Excalibur
- Rune Blade
- Claymore
- Blood Blade
- Chaos Blade
- Night Emperor
- Durandal
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- Short Sword
- Broadsword
- Iron Sword
- Longsword
- Wightslayer
- Dilwing
- Tyrfing
- Greatsword
- Sleep Blade
- Mythril Sword
- Coral Sword
- Ogrenix
- Bastard Sword
- Duel Sword
- Diamond Sword
- Enhancer
- Stoneblade
- Crystal Sword
- Durandal
- Ultima Weapon
Dissidia Final Fantasy
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The Warrior of Light's Sword.
Swords appear in Dissidia as a type of weapon. Warrior of Light, Emperor, Onion Knight, Cecil, Cloud, Squall, and Tidus are the only characters that can equip them originally, though both Firion and Bartz can naturally equip any weapon type.
Every Warrior of Cosmos save for Squall, Zidane, and Shantotto utilize swords in combat.
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Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy
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Gilgamesh's Excalipoor.
Swords return in Dissidia 012, and now are also available to Kain, Exdeath, Gilgamesh, Laguna, Zidane, Vaan, Gabranth, and Lightning.
Vaan and Gilgamesh have swords among their arsenal of weapons used in combat.
List of Swords:
- Broadsword
- Iron Sword
- Serpent Sword
- Flametongue
- Saber
- Mythril Sword
- Icebrand
- Storm of Light
- Rapier
- Gold Sword
- Sun Blade
- Estoc
- Crystal Sword
- Coral Sword
- Ancient Sword
- Diamond Sword
- Silvance
- Rune Blade
- Falchion
- Enhancer
- Save the Queen
- Dragon Slayer
- Brave Blade
- Balmung
- Excalibur
- Excalipoor
- Wyrmhero Blade
- Lufenian Saber
- Caliburn
- Excalibur II
- Blood Sword
Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade
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The Defender.
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Final Fantasy All the Bravest
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Swords can be equipped by the Warrior, Red Mage, Blue Mage, Onion Knight, Firion, Terra, Celes, Zidane, Tidus, Ashe, and Lightning.
List of Swords:
- Rapier
- Mythril Sword
- Coral Sword
- Enhancer
- Wightslayer
- Sun Blade
- Butterfly Sword
- Lohengrin
- Ancient Sword
- Lightbringer
- Brotherhood
- Arc Sword
- Caladbolg
- Blazefire Saber
- Omega Weapon
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