FF4 Weapons

-This is a complete list of all of the weapons in Final Fantasy 4. Included is how much they boost your attack power, their hit percentage, the location of each weapon, and any special attributes the weapon may have. Note: Under the location column, several weapons have N/A, this simply means that when a character joins your party they had these weapons originally equiped. Also, if there are multiple locations that you can get the weapons, I've only listed the first. Underneath each subheading I've included who can equip each group of weapons.

Swords - Spears - Blades - Claws - Rods - Staffs - Hammers - Harps Daggers - Bows - Arrows - Axes - Whips - Boomerangs - Ninja Stars

Swords

-The first three swords on the list (Shadow, Dark, and Death) are only equipable by Cecil as a dark knight. The following swords are equipable by Cecil and some by Kain. If there's a * after the sword name then both Kain and Cecil can equip the sword, if not then only Cecil as a Paladin can.

Name	Atk	Hit%	Location	Attribute
-Shadow	+10	80	N/A	Casts silence randomly
-Dark	+20	85	Mist Cave	Casts silence randomly
-Death	+30	90	Fabul	Casts death randomly
-Legend	+40	99	N/A	N/A
-Ancient	+37	80	Baron Waterway	Can be used as dart
-BloodSwd*	+45	40	Tower of Babil	Drains HP of enemy
-Mythril*	+50	85	Bought: 6000G	Effective against spirits
-Sleep*	+55	85	Elban Castle	Randomly casts sleep
-Flame*	+65	88	Steal: Flame Dog	Used as item: Fir2
-IceBrand*	+75	88	Bought: 26000G	Used as item: Ice2
-Gorgon*	+77	80	Steal: Black Lizards	Casts stone randomly
-Avenger*	+80	95	Cave of Slyph	Casts berserk on user
-Light	+99	99	Sealed Cave	Effective against undead
-Defense*	+105	92	Land of Summons	Def +2, Magic Def +1
-Excalbur	+160	100	Kokkol's Smithy	Effective against undead
-Ragnarok	+200	110	Defeating Wyvern	Strongest sword in game

Spears

-Kain is the only character that can equip spears. If he has a spear equiped, then his attack power doubles when he jumps.

Name	Atk	Hit%	Location	Attribute
-Spear	+9	75	N/A	N/A
-WindSpr	+55	80	N/A	Effective against flying enemies
-FireSpr	+66	80	Stolen: FlameGuard	Casts Fir2 with hit
-IceSpear	+75	80	Tower of Babil	Casts Ice2 with hit
-BloodSpr	+88	40	Eblan Castle	Drains enemies' HP
-Gungnir	+82	75	N/A	Def +7
-Dragon	+99	99	Moon's Core	N/A
-HolyLnce	+109	100	Defeat Plague	Good vs. undead, casts white

Blades

-Edge is the only character that can equip blades. He cannot equip shields so have him equip one blade in each hand.

Name	Atk	Hit%	Location	Attribute
-Kunai	+25	90	N/A	N/A
-Ashura	+32	90	N/A	N/A
-Kotetsu	+40	90	Defeating Rubicant	N/A
-Kikuichi	+48	95	Sealed Cave	N/A
-Murasame	+55	99	Defeating Pale Dim	N/A
-Masamune	+55	99	Defeating Ogopogo	N/A

Claws

-Yang is the only character that can equip claws. Although claws don't raise Yang's attack power they do however increase his hit % and sometimes cause negative status effects.

Name	Atk	Hit%	Location	Attribute
-FireClaw	+0	80	Bought: 350G	Effect of Fire1 with hit
-IceClaw	+0	80	Bought: 450G	Effect of Ice1 with hit
-BoltClaw	+0	80	Bought: 550G	Effect of Lit1 with hit
-Fairy	+0	60	Dark Elf's Cave	Chance of confusion with hit
-HellClaw	+0	90	Tower of Zot	Chance of poisoning with hit
-CatClaw	+0	99	Tower of Babil	Chance of putting enemy to sleep

Rods

-Rods are the weakest weapons in the game. There main damage can come from using them as an item to cast spells that are much more powerful than attacking with them. They also have very low hit percentages so don't expect to be hitting that often. Rydia, Palom, Tellah, and FuSoYa can all use rods.

Name	Atk	Hit%	Location	Attribute
-Rod	+3	30	N/A	N/A
-IceRod	+5	30	Waterfall Cave	Casts Ice1 when used as item
-FlameRod	+7	35	Bought: 380G	Casts Fire1 when used as item
-Thunder	+10	40	Bought: 700G	Casts Lit1 when used as item
-Lilith	+13	45	N/A	Gain MP when attacking
-Change	+15	45	N/A	Chance of casting pig or toad
-FairyRod	+30	50	Underworld	Chance of casting confusion
-Stardust	+45	100	Moon's Core	Casts Comet when used as item

Staffs

-Staffs also have very low attack power and hit percentage. Their main purpose is using them as items to use white magic on the party. Rydia, Porom, Tellah, FuSoYa, and Rosa can all equip staffs. Cecil as a Paladin can also equip the Staff, Cure, and Mythril Staffs. But, why...?

Name	Atk	Hit%	Location	Attribute
-Staff	+4	25	N/A	N/A
-Cure	+8	30	Bought: 480G	Casts Cure1 on target
-Mythril	+12	35	Bought: 4000G	Effective against undead
-Power	+32	44	Bought: 2000G	Chance of casting Bersk with hit
-Lunar	+36	55	N/A	N/A
-Sage	+48	65	Found on Moon	Casts Life1 when used as item
-Silence	+52	70	Giant of Babil	Chance of silencing enemy

Hammers

-Hammers can only be used by the engineer Cid. The hammers all are very effective against machines, but they have no special attributes.

Name	Atk	Hit%	Location	Attribute
-Wooden	+45	80	N/A	N/A
-Mythril	+55	85	Bought: 8000G	N/A
-Gaia	+65	90	Tower of Zot	N/A

Harps

-Harps can only be equiped by the bard Edward. And strangely enough, harps are offensive weapons. They have high hit % and can cause some status effects but they're not that powerful.

Name	Atk	Hit%	Location	Attribute
-Dreamer	+8	80	N/A	Chance of puting enemy to sleep
-Lamia	+18	85	Antlion's Nest	Chance of confusing enemy

Daggers

-Daggers are fairly low in attack power but they have high hit percentage and they can do several effects. They can be equiped by Cecil, Kain, Rydia, Palom, and Edge. Note: The knife given to you by Yang's wife is considered by some to be a dagger even though it cannot be equiped by anyone. I don't consider it to be one but you can throw it for huge damage it's attack power is 255.

Name	Atk	Hit%	Location	Attribute
-Dancing	+28	44	Bought: 5000G	Can cast random status effect
-Mythril	+20	99	Bought: 3000G	Effective against spirits
-Assassin	+28	95	Underworld	Sometimes kills target
-MageMash	+35	77	Underworld	Occasionally silences enemy

Bows

-Bows can be equiped by just about everyone. Cecil, Rosa, Rydia, Edward, Palom, Porom, Cid, and FuSoYa to be exact. They have very low hit percentage. This makes Rosa's aim skill quite useful in that it assures that you'll hit the target 100% of the time. Just make sure that you equip the bow in the hand that they don't use. Like if the person is right handed, put the bow in their left hand and the arrows in their right hand and vice versa.

Name	Atk	Hit%	Location	Attribute
-ShortBow	+10	30	Bought: 220G	N/A
-CrossBow	+20	35	Bought: 700G	N/A
-GreatBow	+30	40	Bought: 2000G	N/A
-Archer	+40	55	Bought: 3000G	N/A
-ElvenBow	+50	60	Cave of Slyph	N/A
-Yoichi	+60	70	Sealed Cave	N/A
-Artemis	+80	88	Stolen: Kary, Warlock	Effective against dragons

Arrows

-If you have a bow you need something to shoot. That's what the arrows are for. They have no hit percentage because they are used by the bow and do not attack directly.

Name	Atk	Hit%	Location	Attribute
-Medusa	+1	N/A	N/A	Can petrify enemies
-Brass	+3	N/A	Bought: 10G	N/A
-Holy	+10	N/A	Mt. Ordeals	Effective against undead
-Fire	+16	N/A	Bought: 30G	Effect of Fire1 with hit
-Ice	+15	N/A	Bought: 30G	Effect of Ice1 with hit
-Bolt	+15	N/A	Bought: 30G	Effect of Lit1 with hit
-Darkness	+20	N/A	Underworld	Can put a curse on enemy
-Poison	+30	N/A	Bought: 70G	Can poison enemy
-Mute	+35	N/A	Bought: 100G	Can silence enemy
-Angel	+40	N/A	Bought: 110G	Can confuse enemy
-Yoichi	+50	N/A	Land of Summons	N/A
-Artemis	+75	N/A	Stolen: Kary	Effective against dragons

Axes

-Axes can be equiped by Cecil and Kain. They are quite powerful towards the middle of the game. But, they don't hit very often and stronger weapons come along later in the game. But they can help quite a bit.

Name	Atk	Hit%	Location	Attribute
-HandAxe	+50	65	Tower of Zot	N/A
-Dwarf	+62	70	Bought: 15000G	N/A
-Ogre	+80	70	Bought: 45000G	Effective against giants
-VenomAxe	+95	75	Underworld	Can poison enemy
-RuneAxe	+100	65	Defeat RedGiants	N/A

Whips

-Whips can only be used by the summoner Rydia. All of the whips have fairly low attack power but have the same power from the back row. All of the whips have the ability to paralyze the enemy.

Name	Atk	Hit%	Location	Attribute
-Whip	+20	95	N/A	N/A
-Chain	+30	80	Bought: 6000G	N/A
-Blitz	+40	85	Bought: 10000G	Effect of Lit2 with hit
-FireLash	+50	90	Moon	Effect of Fire3 with hit
-Serpent	+55	99	Defeat Blue/Red Drg.	Effective against dragons

Boomerangs

-Boomerangs can only be equiped by Edge. There are only two of them and they have the same attack power from either row.

Name	Atk	Hit%	Location	Attribute
-Boomrang	+20	80	Bought: 3000G	N/A
-FullMoon	+40	85	Underworld	N/A

Ninja Stars

-Ninja stars cannot be equipped by anyone. They can only be thrown by Edge for major damage. They can be bought late in the game at Kokkol's Smithy. Note: Swords, Daggers, Blades, and Spears can also be thrown by Edge, the amount of attack power is doubled when they are thrown.

Name	Atk	Hit%	Location	Attribute
-Shuriken	+40	99	Bought: 20000G	N/A
-Fuma	+80	99	Bought: 50000G	N/A