List of Final Fantasy IV weapons The following is the list of weapons in the 2D versions of " Final Fantasy IV " ( except the " Easy Type " ) . Some weapons can cast magic spells by using certain equipped weapons from the Item menu during battle . The attack and accuracy camps show how much of these stats is added to the character ' s main stat . Some weapons may reduce the stats , while some may not add anything at all . An unarmed character will have a hit rate of 50 % and the max hit rate is 99 % . Some weapons are glitched and their status and elemental properties are considered as " armor " in the original Japanese and North American " Advance " versions ; this bug is fixed in the European " Advance " version . Swords . Dark swords . Only Dark Knight Cecil can equip these swords . Holy swords . Only Paladin Cecil can equip these . Normal swords . Both Cecil and Kain can equip these . Spears . All spears ( except Blood Lance and Abel ' s Lance ) possess the Throw - elemental , as well as their own element . Axes . Cecil , Cid and Kain can equip these . Bows and arrows . Bows . Bows must be equipped along with arrows for them to work . They possess the Throw element . Bows with arrows are long range . Bows equipped without arrows increase Attack by 1 . The attack formula with both equipped is ( Bow attack power ) / 2 + Arrow Attack Power + Str / 4 . An unarmed character ' s attack power is Str / 4 + Level / 4 , so there is the potential for a loss of attack power when equipping weaker bow and arrows . Arrows . Arrows must be equipped along with bows for them to work . Arrows with bows are long range . Arrows equipped without a bow increase Attack by 1 . The attack formula with both equipped is ( Bow attack power ) / 2 + Arrow Attack Power + Str / 4 . An unarmed character ' s attack power is Str / 4 + Level / 4 , so there is the potential for a loss of attack power when equipping weaker bow and arrows . Whips . Rydia can equip these . Whips are long range . Daggers . Can be equipped by Cecil , Kain , Rydia , Edward , Palom , and Edge . Daggers are throwable and the Kitchen Knife cannot be equipped by anybody . Katana . Edge can equip these . Shuriken . Edge can use shuriken with his Throw ability . They all possess the Throw - element . Boomerangs . Edge can equip these . They possess the Throw element and are long range . Claws . Both Yang and Edge can equip these . Hammers . Cid can equip these . Hammers are two - handed weapons . Rods . Rydia , Tellah , Palom , and Fusoya can equip these . Staves . Cecil , Child Rydia , Tellah , Rosa , Porom , and Fusoya can equip staves . Harps . Harps are long range and two - handed weapon weapons . A harp is required to be equipped on Edward to use Bardsong or Chant . Other . The default weapon when the character ' s hands are empty . For bow and arrows , if one or the other is empty , the character will attack with his / her fists regardless of having a bow or arrows equipped . This weapon remains unnamed except for the 3D versions . Unused weapons . There are two unused weapons and a single dummied out weapon in the game ' s code . The two unused weapons still have their stats left intact and can be used if the player uses a cheat code to get them .