Hammer

A hammer made for combat.
Damage 9
Crit 3%
Hit -
Price 10 gil (8 gil on Easy)
Value 5 gil (4 gil on Easy)
Sold In Pravoca, Cornelia

Equipped By

Surprisingly enough, the White Mage's best starting Weapon is just as powerful as the Rapier that the actual fighting Classes use. It lacks the Rapier's accuracy bonus, however. Don't be fooled into thinking your White Mage won't suck in combat for the whole game, though—he/she will. But at least they can do decent damage at the beginning of the game.
Compare Hammer to other Weapons
Shops: Where Hammer is sold – 2 shown
Map Shop
Cornelia Weapons
Pravoca Weapons
Rapier Broadsword

Related

Iron Hammer

Sprite
Damage 9
Crit 3%
Hit -
Value 5 G

Equipped By

Sold In Pravoka, Coneria (10 G)
Surprisingly enough, the Wh.MAGE's best starting Weapon is just as powerful as the Rapier that the actual fighting Classes use. It lacks the Rapier's Hit Rate bonus, however. Don't be fooled into thinking your Wh.MAGE won't suck in combat for the rest of the game, though—he will. But he can at least hold his weight at the beginning of the game.

Mace

Sprite
Attack
9
Accuracy
+60%
Type (Icon)Staff
Evasion Bonus +1% × ((Icon)Staff skill + 1)
Magic Penalty 20%
Value 250 gil
Sold In Salamand, Paloom, Poft (500 G)
Dropped By Dual Heads
The Mace is the second weapon in the staff line, but it's quite a bit different from its predecessor. A lot less accurate and not much more powerful, it also imposes a magic penalty of 20 on the wielder. Unless you want to keep your staff skill high for later weapons, it might be best to have magic users skip on this one.