Gamer Corner Guides

Rare weapons can only be found as treasure or won or stolen from monsters; unique weapons can only be found as treasure or as rare monster drops; forbidden weapons are powerful items found in the Lunar Subterrane; exceptional weapons are found only as rare monster drops

The specific type of weapon this is; this has no special in-game meaning

Some weapons grant a bonus or penalty to one or more statistics; bonuses are listed in green, while penalties are listed in red

The spell cast when this weapon is used as an item in combat; unlike items, weapons are not consumed when used to cast spells

The status ailment that may be inflicted by hits with this weapon

The elemental nature of this weapon; targets that are weak to this element take extra damage, while targets that resist or absorb this element take reduced damage

When used against monsters of any of the listed families, this weapon does increased damage

The characters which are capable of using this weapon

Minibosses appear as treasure guardians or are otherwise especially powerful monsters; bosses are unique monsters that are defeated as part of the plot; lunar guardians are powerful monsters guarding forbidden weapons; the final boss must be defeated to complete the game; special monsters are not fought in standard battles

Some weapons are especially effective against certain monster families

The monster takes extra damage from spells or attacks of any of the listed elements

Monsters that resist an element take reduced damage from spells or attacks of that element, while monsters that absorb an element are healed by spells instead of taking damage (elemental weapon attacks are resisted instead of absorbed); individual monster pages indicate which elements are resisted and which are absorbed