Dark equipment Dark equipment is a recurring type of equipment in the " Final Fantasy " series . It is alternatively connected to the Blind status ( which is also known as " Darkness " ) , or the Dark element . Some recurring Dark equipment pieces are the Dark Sword set of weapons and Dark Bow . Appearances . " Final Fantasy II " . The Dark Bow is a mid - powered bow . It has 25 Attack and has a chance to inflict Darkness on the target . " Final Fantasy III " . In the remakes , the Dark Knife can be bought on the " Invincible " . It has 93 Attack and costs 30 , 000 gil . " Final Fantasy IV " . The Dark Sword is Cecil ' s initially equipped weapon . It has 10 Attack and 30 Accuracy . It inflicts Dark - elemental damage . Dark Arrows are an ammo for bow - type weapons . They have an Attack power of 15 and can inflict Darkness on targets . The Dark Armor , Dark Gloves , and Dark Helmet are equipment pieces exclusive to Cecil . The armor has 5 Defense and 1 Magic Defense , the gloves give 2 Defense , and the helmet has 4 Defense . All of them also lower Evasion by 10 . Finally , the Dark Shield has 2 Defense , 24 Evasion , and 1 Magic Evasion . All of Cecil ' s Dark equipment still exists in the game ' s coding , but the equipment was dummied out , and can only be accessed via hacking . Dark Kain can equip the Dark Sword if hacked . The Dark Harp is a mid - ranked harp that only Edward can use . It provides 25 Attack , 40 % Accuracy , and a chance to inflict Blind . It can be bought in Baron while as Edward and in Kaipo for 2800 gil . " Final Fantasy V " . The Dark Bow , known as Darkness in the RPGe translation , is a mid - powered bow . It 40 Attack , 43 Hit Rate , and can inflict Blind . " Final Fantasy X " . The Dark Blade and Dark Cait Sith are weapons for Auron and Lulu . The Darkness Staff is a weapon for Yuna , and the Darkbringer is a weapon for Kimahri . All of them have " Darkstrike " as their dominant ability . " Final Fantasy XII " . Dark Shot is available as ammo for all guns . It has an Attack of 4 and does Dark - elemental damage . Also , all Ninja Swords are Dark - elemental . The Darkness Blade , Darkbringer and Blacksword are swords , while the Darkness Axe , Black Book , Darkness Spear , Evil Lance , Bloody Bow , Cursed Blade and Darkening Harp act as the lone dark - elemental weapons of their respective equipment types . All the weapons are dark - elemental , and the Cursed Blade inflicts Blind . " Final Fantasy Dimensions " . There is a subtype of swords known as Dark Swords , which all bear the dark element . The Hell Claws are dark - elemental , and the Dark Bow inflicts Blind . " Dissidia Final Fantasy " . The Dark equipment from " Final Fantasy IV " makes an appearance as equipment exclusive to Cecil . The Dark Sword is a level 1 sword that gives + 4 Attack , the Dark Shield is a level 1 shield that boosts Defense by 5 , the Dark Helmet is a level 1 helmet that gives 1 Defense and + 25 Brave , and the Dark Armor is a level 2 armor that increases HP by 428 . When any three of the equipment pieces are equipped , they activate the " Power of Darkness " ability , boosting Wall Rush Brave damage and Wall Rush HP damage by 20 % . " Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy " . The Dark Sword , Dark Shield , and Dark Helm all reappear from the previous game .