Flame equipment Flame equipment is a recurring type of equipment in the " Final Fantasy " series . It is often a mid - rank type of armor , with resistance or weakness to either Fire , Ice , or Water . This gear has appeared in the forms of body armor , helmet , shield , gloves , armlet , sword , rod , knuckles , spear , staff , and bow . This type of equipment was more commonly found as mid - rank armor in the early installments of the series , which grew into a less common type of weapons . The most recurring appearances of Flame equipment are under shields , swords ( most commonly as the Flametongue ) , and rods or staves . Appearances . " Final Fantasy " . List of Flame equipment : " Final Fantasy II " . List of Flame equipment : " Final Fantasy III " . List of Fire equipment : " Final Fantasy IV " . Fire - elemental equipment is found in several locations between the defeat of Golbez at the Dwarves ' Castle and the return to the Overworld . List of Fire equipment : " Final Fantasy IV - Interlude - " . Fire - elemental equipment returns in the sequel of " Final Fantasy IV " , mostly found within shops . The rest are from monster drops . List of Fire equipment : List of Fire equipment : " Final Fantasy V " . List of Flame Equipment : " Final Fantasy VI " . List of Flame equipment : " Final Fantasy VII " . There are no Fire - elemental weapons or armor ( besides the ones listed below ) . Instead , by pairing the Fire - element with the Elemental Materia in a linked Weapon slot creates a Fire - elemental attack . A linked Armor slot gives Fire - elemental defense . Armor can provide half , nullify , or absorb damage protection based on the Elemental Materia ' s level . List of Fire - elemental equipment : " Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - " . List of Flame equipment : " Final Fantasy VIII " . The Flame Saber appears , though due to the battle system it has no affinity for Fire and instead earned its name due to its bright red blade . " Final Fantasy IX " . List of Flame equipment : " Final Fantasy X " . Many Fire - elemental weapons and armor can be obtained via customizing . Armor with the Fire Ward / Proof ability as the dominant ability will be classified as " Red " , armor with the SOS NulBlaze ability as the dominant ability will be classified as " NulBlaze " , and armor with the Fire Eater ability as the dominant ability will be classified as " Crimson " . Firestrike must be the dominant ability for weapons . Weapons with the Firestrike ability , whether dominant or otherwise , will cause the weapons to be wrapped in flames . List of Flame equipment : " Final Fantasy X - 2 " . List of Flame equipment : " Final Fantasy XI " . Most fire / flame weapons are created by alchemists , generally by refining iron weapons with firesand and slime oil . " Final Fantasy XII " . List of Flame quipment : List of Flame equipment : " Final Fantasy XIII " . Several pieces of Flame equipment exist , mainly as accessories that resist Fire damage . " Final Fantasy Tactics " . List of Flame equipment : " Final Fantasy Tactics Advance " . List of Flame equipment : List of Flame equipment : " Final Fantasy Type - 0 " . List of Flame equipment : " Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles " . List of Flame equipment : List of Flame equipment : List of Flame equipment : " Final Fantasy Mystic Quest " . Reuben ' s Flame Armor is the only Flame equipment . " Final Fantasy Adventure " . Flame Flail , Flame Shield , and Flame Armor are the only instances of Flame equipment , and are all high ranked pieces of equipment . " The Final Fantasy Legend " . The armor Flame has a shield icon before its name . It can be bought in Hidden Town for 5 , 500 GP . It has 50 uses , grants the party Fire resistance with 60 % success . " Final Fantasy Legend II " . The weapon is called Fire and it has a gun icon before its name . It can be bought for 17000 GP in Venus ' City , Race Circuit , and Hana ' s Town , but also can be found in Volcano . It has 30 uses , and it also increases a Robot ' s HP by 81 . The damage formula for Fire is equal to 250 points of damage . The gun is Long Range , attacks one group , and never misses . It deals Fire - elemental damage . There is a weapon is called Flame and it has a sword icon before its name . It can be bought for 17000 GP in Venus ' City , Race Circuit and Hana ' s Town , but can also be found in Volcano . It has 40 use , it also increases a Robot ' s HP by 81 and increases their Str by 18 . The damage formula for Flame is the user ' s Str x12 and deals Fire - elemental damage . The only piece of armor is a shield called Flame and it has a shield icon before its name . It can be bought in Venus ' City for 17000 GP and found in Volcano . It has 30 uses , blocks melee and Ston with 80 % chance of success , adds 81 HP to Robots , and increases their Def by 18 . It also provides resistance to Ice . " Final Fantasy Legend III " . There are only four flame equipment : List of Flame equipment : " Final Fantasy Dimensions " . The Flame Whip can be used by Jobless , Summoner , Ranger , Memorist , Dancer . It adds 67 to attack , ignores Rows , and can sometimes cause Paralyze . It can be found in the Mysidia Caverns . " Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade " . List of Flame equipment : " Final Fantasy All the Bravest " . There are three pieces of flame equipment : " Final Fantasy Record Keeper " . Flame Shield from " Final Fantasy IV " is a Rarity 3 shield .