Excalibur II The Excalibur II , also called Excalibur2 , is a recurring weapon in the " Final Fantasy " series . Like Excalibur , it is usually one of the most powerful swords and is Holy - elemental . Appearances . " Final Fantasy IX " . The Excalibur II is the most powerful weapon available , and can only be equipped by Steiner . It has an amazing attack power of 108 , its element is Holy , it has no status and teaches Minus Strike , Climhazzard , and Stock Break . It is a well adorned sword , with a red - orange hilt and an opaque - green blade . Requirements . Excalibur II is one of the hardest weapons to obtain in the entire " Final Fantasy " series , as it cannot be bought from a shop or dropped or stolen from any monster . The only way the player can obtain the Excalibur II is to make it to the final dungeon , Memoria , into the room Gate to Space ( where the party fights Lich ) without exceeding 12 hours of playtime . Once Lich is defeated , the player must search the pillar on the right of the room to receive the sword . A message is left near the sword for Gilgamesh , written by Enkido , which reads : Challenge . Passing three discs in 12 hours is a challenge on the PlayStation version , however , it is even more difficult on PAL where the game runs at a 5 / 6 speed of NTSC due to a lower frame rate caused by the 50 / 60Hz conflict , while the internal clock still runs at normal speed . This essentially requires the challenge to be completed in less than ten hours if it ran at the NTSC frame rate . A trick to help reduce the time required is to open and close a PS1 or PS2 disc tray during an FMV scene to skip it as the internal game time is active during these sequences and will shed the time saved . The FMVs make up about 35 minutes to game time . However , this cannot be done on the PS3 as opening the disc tray prompts the system to return to the menu screen , or on the digital downloaded version from the PlayStation Network . The Steam and mobile release makes the challenge substantially easier as cutscenes can be skipped , random encounter s can be disabled , the player can stat boost their players to defeat enemies quicker , the battle intros can be disabled and the player can speed up their game by five times without affecting the internal clock . Even without speeding up the game , it is easily possible to claim the sword in under nine hours by making use of all other enhancements . In these versions , claiming the sword earns the player the achievement The Ultimate Sword . Usage of enhancements does not prevent the player from earning the achievement , however , as with all such enhancements , it is at the player ' s discretion whether such use constitutes cheating . The Excalibur II is not technically missable , although it is missable within reason . It is possible to reset the game clock to allow a player to gain the Excalibur II again if missed the first time by allowing the game ' s internal clock ( not the displayed time ) to overflow and restart from the beginning . However , this means 2 / 60 seconds ( over two years ) of gameplay , assuming that the game is continually on for that time . Perfect game . If one is going after a " perfect " game save , there is much more that needs to be considered , such as many items , key items , and such cannot be obtained after their respective disc . This is made harder by the fact that to get one key item later on , one will need to have not missed any treasure . Another issue is achieving " perfect stats " ; if one is to make the most of a character ' s stat potential one must play a " level 1 game " until disc 4 , when the best stat - boosting equipment becomes available . There are four battles in which EXP must be gained : the three battles fought in Pandemonium , and Tantarian . So players have to choose what characters absorb what EXP . So " perfect stats " and the issues mentioned above make the challenge probably the hardest challenge available in " Final Fantasy " on pre - Steam / mobile versions . For years , this challenge was thought impossible on the PAL PlayStation version , but recent runs have shown that a PAL playthrough is possible , but extremely difficult . Similarly , the challenge is possible in the PS - one " classics " downloaded version , but difficult due to the inability to skip FMVs . " Final Fantasy XII " . Excalibur II is a name of a weapon used by Gilgamesh , but this name only appears in the Japanese version ; the English calls it " NOT USED " . It is a fake version of Tournesol , one of the strongest weapons . Excalibur II has 30 points in Attack Power and inflicts Sap on hit . " Final Fantasy Tactics Advance " . Excalibur2 is the strongest knightsword and provides + 87 Attack , + 3 Magic , + 4 Speed , and + 5 Evade . It can be obtained after completing the post - game mission , " Mission 98 : The Hero Blade " . Excalibur II makes another appearance under the name " " . It is obtained during the Frimelda quest chain , and is referred to as Frimelda ' s weapon . It can be bought for 17 , 800 gil in the shop after creating it in the Bazaar after using a Lightwing Crystal , Mythril , and Hero Tonic , and provides + 72 Attack , + 4 Speed , + 3 Magick , and + 5 Evasion . " Dissidia Final Fantasy " . Excalibur II is one of the strongest swords . It is a level 99 sword with an ATK of 67 . It gives + 100 % Experience Gain , and can be used by Warrior of Light , Emperor , Onion Knight , Cecil , Cloud , Squall , and Tidus . It can be obtained as a drop from defeating the Steiner Friend Card . " Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy " . Excalibur II now requires the character to be level 100 in order to equip , but still maintains the same effects as the first game . Along with the characters listed previously for the first game , it can now be equipped by Zidane , Exdeath , Lightning , Vaan , Laguna , Kain , Gabranth , and Gilgamesh . It can be obtained as a drop from defeating the No . 1 Moogle Friend Card .