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Beautiful and powerful weapons are aplenty inFinal Fantasy 16, and you’ll naturally obtain a majority of swords from crafting them at The Black Hammer. However, the strongest blades require rare materials that you’re able to easily miss by failing to complete side quests.
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Namely, the Blacksmith’s Blues side quests and the various Notorious Marks on the hunt board will give you the means to strengthen your arsenal. Before switching to a weapon that seems stronger, see if you are able to reinforce your weapon, as swords and equipment can usually be reinforced up to two times, and doing so will further improve their stats.
All Weapons And How To Get Them
Weapons are obtained from Main Quests, side quests, Charon’s Toll, The Black Hammer, and chests, and theonly weapon you can’t obtain on your first playthrough isthe Ultima weapon.
Braveheart is a special weapononlyobtainable as a pre-order bonus,the Blood Sword is a similar weapon thatcanonly be obtained in the Collector’s Edition,and as of the 1.0 Patch, you canobtain the Onion Sword from the System menuafter clearing the"A Chance Encounter"Main Quest.
Below is a table showing all weapons you can obtain in-game on your first playthrough.
Craft or purchaseduring Hide, Hideaway Main Quest.
Craft or purchaseafter Fanning Embers Main Quest.
Craft or purchaseafter Headwind Main Quest.
Gaia Blade
Craft or purchaseduring The Hunter and the Hunted Main Quest.
Crafting Recipe: 1 Imperial Link, 90 Wyrrite, 1 Minotaur Mane (Sekhret Notorious Mark)
Coral Sword
Found in a chestduring The Crystals' Curse Main Quest.
Follow the railroad tracks until you reach a breakable wall, and then destroy the wall andkeep following the tracks to a dead end.The chest containing the Coral Swordwill be at the end of the tracks.
Craft or purchaseafter Fire and Ice Main Quest.
Craft or purchaseduring Out of the Shadow Main Quest.
Crafting Recipe: 1 Earthen Fury, 225 Wyrrite, 75 Magicked Ash
Diamond Sword
Craft or purchaseduring Fire in the Sky or Things Fall Apart Main Quest.
Crafting Recipe: 1 Whitewyrm Bone, 1 Imperial Link, 90 Bloody Hide
Ancient Sword
Found in a chestin the Dhalmekian Republic.
In the Steps of the Forgotten,head east towards Mekith.The chest will be on the southern path closest to Leatny’s Hoard,right next to a dying tree.
Excalibur
Craftafter Blacksmith’s Blues Twoside quest.
Crafting Recipe: 1 Grimalkin Hide (Grimalkin Notorious Mark), 1 Bomb Ember (Bomb King Notorious Mark, Weird Science side quest), TwoScarletite
Craft or purchaseduring A Song of Hope Main Quest.
Icebrand
Craftduring Across the Narrow Main Quest.
Crafting Recipe: 1 Brightburn, 1 Ice Shard, 6 Meteorite, 200 Magicked Ash
Masamune
Found in a chestin the Kingdom of Waloed.
On the left side of the Angry Gap, there’s a small passage in the south.Follow the path in the southand squeeze through the gap to find the chest,next to the Shiva Chronolith trial.
Everdark
CraftafterThe Last KingMain Quest.
Crafting Recipe: 1 Icebrand, 1 Dark Shard, 8 Meteorite, 400 Sharp Fang
Gotterdammerung
Craftafter obtaining Ragnarok.
Crafting Recipe: 1 Ragnarok, 3Orichalcum, 2 Darksteel (Obtained from Prince of Death andThanatos), 1 Primitive Battlehorn (The Gobermouch Notorious Mark)
