Petrifies one opponent
Description
Vagyrisk Claw is a battle item item in Final Fantasy VII that attempts to inflict Petrify to one enemy with a 68% chance. It is of limited quantity, as once the player hits past a certain level, the item can no longer be obtained, making it a permanently missable item.
The Petrify status flags the target as defeated and is thus similar to the Death status.
Obtained[]
| Drop | CMD.Grand Horn (Lv19) |
|---|---|
| Steal | Bagrisk |
Bagrisks are the only source of infinite Vagyrisk Claw items. Due to the way steal mechanics work in Final Fantasy VII, the higher the level the player is before they attempt to steal the claws, the harder they become to steal, and after a certain level, Vagyrisk Claws become impossible to steal. The steal chance is best at level 11, with a 54.86% chance of stealing a Soft, a 4.23% chance of stealing a Vagyrisk Claw, and a 40.91% chance of stealing nothing. It is impossible to steal the claw while wearing the Sneak Glove, or at levels greater than 77, because one of the two Softs the Bagrisks carry will be stolen first. However, a finite supply of Vagyrisk Claws can be obtained from the optional boss CMD.Grand Horn, in case the player were wanting to collect every item in the game for completion's sake (though there is no specific reward for doing this). Otherwise, there is no special benefit in trying to procure the Vagyrisk Claw, as it is just a normal consumable item.
Use[]
Vagyrisk Claw has very little use, as enemies that can be inflicted with Petrify are easily defeated by other means. Linking Contain with Added Effect in a weapon will randomly petrify enemies that are susceptible to the status when using normal attacks.
Etymology[]
The item is supposed to be the claw of the Bagrisk enemy, but in the English version the item and the enemy ended up with different variations of the Japanese name "Basilisk". The Basilisk is a fictional beast that appeared in medieval bestiaries, it is said that a single gaze to their eyes would kill or petrify the observer. It was supposed to appear when a chicken's egg was hatched by a snake or a frog (hence their reptilian appearance).