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Swordbreaker

Statistics[]

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SwordbreakerRareExclusive
(Dagger) All Races
DMG: 27 Delay: 200
Lv. 75 THF
Damage Per Second: 8.1
TP Per Hit: 54
Can be stored with Ghanraam.

Other Uses[]

Resale Price: Cannot be sold to NPCs.

How to Obtain[]

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

Dropped From[]

Dropped from any NM in Nyzul Isle Investigation.

  • 100% drop from HNMs on Floor 100 depending on Runic Disc holder's job.

Historical Background[]

A swordbreaker was a type of dagger with serrations or cutouts along one side, designed to catch and entangle an opponent's blade. It takes its name from the fact that a skilled wielder was supposedly able to break the blade of his/her opponent's sword by catching it in one of the cutouts and twisting it hard, thus (supposedly) snapping the blade in half (this would theoretically be possible with a sufficiently strong wielder and/or a poorly tempered sword). Like the Main Gauche, it was intended to be used in the left hand along with a rapier or saber in the right.

The Swordbreaker appeared in Final Fantasy VI and Tactics Advance/A2. In VI, the Swordbreaker had a +30% Evade bonus; in Tactics Advance the dagger was equippable only by Thieves/Jugglers, possessing the Thief Skill "Steal: Weapon"; in Tactics Advance A2, the dagger was equippable by a larger range of jobs, possessing both the Thief Skill "Loot lv.3", and the Juggler Skill "Dagger Toss".

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