Binding Rod

Character Vanille
Description By casting high-tensile wires, this unusual weapon can be used to attack opponents from a moderate distance.
Synthesizes Physical Wall
Rank 3
Upgraded To Hunter's Rod Lv.10 (Perovskite)
Ultimate Weapon Nirvana
Chapter 1
Retail Network Up in Arms
Availability Chapter 4
Price 2,500 gil
Level ✩ Dismantled Into 13 Begrimed Claws, Blue Mycelium (effective total value of 385 gil)
Compare Binding Rod to other Weapons
Weapon Statistics by Level
Level Strength Magic EXP Cost EXP to Master Value
1 18 12 0 24,600 1,250 gil
2 24 13 300 24,300 1,313 gil
3 30 14 357 23,943 1,376 gil
4 36 15 414 23,529 1,439 gil
5 42 16 471 23,058 1,502 gil
6 48 17 528 22,530 1,565 gil
7 54 18 585 21,945 1,628 gil
8 60 19 642 21,303 1,691 gil
9 66 20 699 20,604 1,754 gil
10 72 21 756 19,848 1,817 gil
11 78 22 813 19,035 1,880 gil
12 84 23 870 18,165 1,943 gil
13 90 24 927 17,238 2,006 gil
14 96 25 984 16,254 2,069 gil
15 102 26 1,041 15,213 2,132 gil
16 108 27 1,098 14,115 2,195 gil
17 114 28 1,155 12,960 2,258 gil
18 120 29 1,212 11,748 2,321 gil
19 126 30 1,269 10,479 2,384 gil
20 132 31 1,326 9,153 2,447 gil
21 138 32 1,383 7,770 2,510 gil
22 144 33 1,440 6,330 2,573 gil
23 150 34 1,497 4,833 2,636 gil
24 156 35 1,554 3,279 2,699 gil
25 162 36 1,611 1,668 2,762 gil
✩ 168 37 1,668 - 2,825 gil
Weapons: Which can be Dismantled into Binding Rod – 1 shown
Special weapons cannot be found, and can only be purchased from special shops that must be unlocked; upgraded weapons are created with experience and catalysts; ultimate weapons are the highest level of upgrade; all ultimate weapons for a given character share a name, but have different statistics
Name
The party member that can use this weapon
Character
The passive ability granted by this weapon; purchaseable weapons with a passive ability will grant a superior version of that same ability once upgraded; not all passive abilities are helpful; if you hover over the ability name, the tooltip text will describe the ability's effect
Ability
This indicates the range of strength granted by this weapon; for non-purchaseable weapons, the low end of this range is based on the level the weapon will be created at; if you hover over the bonus range, the tooltip text will give you the exact per-level formula for the strength score
Strength
This indicates the range of magic granted by this weapon; for non-purchaseable weapons, the low end of this range is based on the level the weapon will be created at; if you hover over the bonus range, the tooltip text will give you the exact per-level formula for the magic score
Magic
Some weapons may contribute towards a synthesized ability; you will also need to equip at least one accessory with the same synthesized ability to gain its effects; details of the trigger requirements and effects of the synthesized ability can be found on its information page
Synthesizes
The cost to purchase this weapon from a retail network, if it is available for sale
Price
The amount of gil you would receive for selling the weapon to a retail shop at its minimum level; value increases as the weapon gains levels; if you hover over the value, the tooltip text will give you the exact per-level formula for the value
Value
Each weapon has an associated rank, which determines how much experience the weapon gains from components of any given rank; a higher-rank weapon typically requires more or higher-quality components to upgrade
Rank
The per-level cost to upgrade this weapon; this cost increases at each level past the first, as indicated by the formula
Upgrade Cost
A mastered weapon will be dismantled into these items; note that dismantling a weapon at a lower level will result in a considerably limited subset of this list
Dismantled To
The number of times this weapon can be upgraded; the weapon actually has one more level than the number listed, the master level, which is indicated by a ✩; note that for non-purchaseable weapons, some lower levels cannot actually be reached, since the weapon is created at a higher level
Levels
The total amount of experience required to take this weapon from zero experience at level 1 to level ✩; the full value is listed even for non-purchasable because the amount of experience accumulated on a master weapon is carried over when it is upgraded; for a breakdown of exactly how much experience is required to master a weapon from any given level, view its information page
Master EXP
The first chapter in which the weapon can be purchased, found, or upgraded from another weapon
Chapter
Hunter's Rod Vanille - 85–442 36–138 Physical Wall -
7,196 gil
 5 1,500+215/lv 18 Bestial Claws, 12 Red Mycelia, Binding Rod 60 470,550 7
Nue Hunter's Rod