Kikoku

Statistics

Kikoku

(Katana) All Races

DMG: 42 Delay: 210 Attack +20
"Blade: Metsu"
Additional effect: Paralysis

Lv. 75 NIN

Damage Per Second: 12

TP Per Hit: 57

Hidden Effect:

• Attacks will occasionally do 3 times normal damage.

Other Uses

Resale Price: Cannot be sold to NPCs.

Trial of the Magians:

• Trial 1051 ( DMG: +1)
• Trial 1052 ( DMG: +3)
• Trial 1858 ( DMG: +4)
• Trial 1859 (Kikoku (80))

How to Obtain

Cannot be auctioned, traded, bazaared, or delivered.
Cannot be obtained as a random reward from the Gobbie Mystery Box Special Dial and similar sources.

Quest

• Relic Katana: Kikoku

Special Event

• Nomad Mog Bonanza 2010 (Rank 1)

Historical Background

Kikoku is Japanese for "Demon Cry" or "Demon Wail". It's derived from 鬼哭, the first kanji being 'oni' (ogre or demon), and 'KOKU' (wail, cry, weep, etc). The 'ON' reading for 'oni' is KI, which is where KIKOKU is made. It was also a Japanese movie from 2004.

There is a misconception among some that the meaning of 'Kikoku' is Japanese for "Return to one's homeland"; this is derived from an actual word, and it is correct (shown in the kanji 帰国 , meaning 'return country' respectively). However, this isn't the kanji the relic katana uses.

Vana'dielian Background

Originally wielded during the Shadowreign era by Kupalu-Harupalu.