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The Ultima Tome
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5
The party fights their way through gigantic guardians to find the Ultima Tome atop the Mysidian Tower.
The Flame Sword is not nearly as powerful as the Ice Sword found in Gurgu Volcano, making it pretty useless as a primary Weapon. If elemental Weapons actually worked in the NES version of the game, it would have some use, but instead it's a potential RedMAGE Weapon at best.
Sword forged with the essence of fire.
Damage
26
Crit
10%
Hit
+20%
Elemental Affinity
Fire
Effective Against
Regenerating, Undead
Value
5,000 gil (5,000 gil on Easy)
Found In
Ice Cavern B2
The Flame Sword is not nearly as powerful, statistically, as the Ice Brand found in Mt. Gulg, but far more enemies are vulnerable to it. It is powerful against Undead and Regenerating creatures in addition to those weak against Fire, but since most creatures of those types are already weak against Fire, this rarely comes up. However, plenty of creatures in general are weak against Fire, making the Flame Sword a powerful and useful Weapon.
Some like it hot and some like when fire itself is bound within their sword.