Blood equipment Blood equipment is a recurring set of equipment in the " Final Fantasy " series , which most of the time focuses on draining the HP of its target and restoring the HP of the wielder , much like the Drain spell . In some games , there exists an MP - variant of the weapon that acts similarly to the spell Osmose , though it appears much more rarely compared to blood equipment . When a piece of blood equipment exists as armor it is most often as the Ensanguined Shield , which usually has excellent defenses but penalizes the user ' s stats in other ways . Blood equipment has appeared since " Final Fantasy II " , with the appearance of the most common piece of blood equipment , the Blood Sword . The Blood Lance appears the most alongside the Blood Sword . Appearances . " Final Fantasy II " . The Blood Sword makes its debut and provides no increase to base Attack or Accuracy , but each hit drains 1 / 16th of the target ' s max HP to heal the wielder . This makes the weapon extremely effective against enemies with high HP , however its drain effect is reversed when used against undead enemies . " Final Fantasy III " . The Blood Sword has an attack power of 55 , and can be found in the Wrecked Ship . The Blood Lance has an attack power of 95 , and is found in the Temple of Time . " Final Fantasy IV " . The Blood Lance is a lance that can be equipped by Kain that is found in Eblan Castle . It has an Attack Power of 88 , but decreases accuracy by 28 and lowers Strength , Agility , Intelligence , Spirit , and Stamina by 10 . It drains the HP of the target when they are attacked . If used on undead enemies the enemy will be healed and the user will take damage . The Blood Lance is found in the Subterrane , and it has the same stats as it possessed in " Final Fantasy IV " . The Blood Harp is found within the game ' s code , a weapon for Edward that was removed from the final version . It cannot be equipped normally , requiring a direct hack to the game . It has the same effect as the other blood weapons , draining the target ' s HP . " Final Fantasy V " . The Hematic Shield is a dummied out shield that is found within the game ' s code . The Hematic Shield can be used if the player uses a cheating device to acquire it . This shield would have fit in neatly with the Bone Mail , Thornlet , and the Cursed Ring , as it shares the combination of having high stats but a status or HP - based drawback . It would have also shared its annoyance of being auto - equipped all the time . " Final Fantasy IX " . The Blood Sword appears as a Shadow - elemental sword wielded by Steiner which teaches the Darkside ability . The Blood Sword has 24 Attack , and heals Steiner for the amount of damage dealt , though it damages Steiner and heals the enemy if he is fighting undead . The sword can be stolen from Tiamat or earned in disc 2 from Queen Stella . " Final Fantasy XI " . Alchemists can synthesize similar high level weapons that have an HP draining characteristic , including the Bloody Sword , Bloody Rapier , and Bloody Blade , and their High Quality counterparts , the Carnage Sword , Carnage Rapier , and Carnage Blade . The Bloody Sword is a knight sword , the Bloody Rapier is a rapier , and the Bloody Blade is a scimitar . The Bloody Spear also appears . " Final Fantasy XII " . The Ensanguined Shield is the most powerful shield , requiring its own license worth 90 LP to equip . It has an Evade of 90 , far above any other shield , but inflicts Sap , Slow and Poison on the user . The Blood Lance is a weapon for Llyud that absorbs HP on hit . It has an Attack and Magick Attack of 80 , and an attack speed of 40 . It can be bought in the shop in Chapter 8 for 3 , 600 gil and also crafted through the Dragon ' s Devices Recipe Book . " Final Fantasy Tactics " . The Bloodstring Harp has an attack power of 13 , and cost 10000 gil . It can be bought in many Outfitter s starting from Chapter 3 . It acts the same way as the Blood Sword , it drains HP . " Final Fantasy Tactics Advance " . The Blood Strings is a weapon for the Animist and Beastmaster jobs , which teaches Friend for 300 AP to the Animist and Tonberry for 200 AP to the Beastmaster . It has an attack of 22 and 1 Evasion . " " . The Ensanguined Shield is the second most - powerful shield . It increases evasion by 15 and halves Dark - elemental damage , but bears a weakness to fire . The Bloody Ring grants 10 % of damage inflicted by a normal attack as HP . It is dropped from the Vampire Bat and Blood Bat . " Final Fantasy Dimensions " . The Blood Lance has an attack power of 101 and a hit rate of 20 . It is Wind - elemental and drains the HP from enemies upon attacking . " Dissidia Final Fantasy " . Firion ' s EX Mode transforms his equipment into blood weapons , turning them all red , black and orange . As an effect of the weapons , Firion will be healed an equivalent amount of HP when he damages an opponent ' s HP . The Ensanguined Shield is a level 99 shield that increases DEF by 73 , lowers HP by 95 % upon entering battle , and lowers initial Bravery by 100 % . " Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy " . Firion ' s EX Mode returns with the same function . The Ensanguined Shield is now a level 100 shield but has the same stats otherwise . The Sanguine Shield , Blood Helm and Blood Armor appear as level 100 equipment . The Sanguine Shield provides + 73 Defense , the Blood Helm provides + 1 Defense and + 290 Bravery , and the Blood Armor provides + 2973 HP . Together with the Blood Sword , they make the Succubus ' s Soul Combination set , which allows the wearer to recover 20 % HP dealt when dealing HP damage . " Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade " . The Blood Lance is present as a weapon . " Final Fantasy All the Bravest " . There are two pieces of blood equipment : Blood Sword and Blood Lance .