Yoichi Bow The Yoichi Bow , also known as Yoichi ' s Bow , Yoichinoyumi and Samurai , is a recurring Bow in the " Final Fantasy " series . In the first installments of the series , it appeared as the most powerful bow , but this has been replaced by other bows in the most recent games . Appearances . " Final Fantasy II " . The Yoichi ' s Bow is the second most powerful bow and can be dropped by Black Knights . It casts Berserk on the party when used as an item . " Final Fantasy III " . The Yoichi Bow is a powerful bow that can be bought in Falgabard for 42 , 000 gil . It gives a bonus of 5 to Agility and has 70 Attack . " Final Fantasy IV " . The Yoichi Bow ( Samurai in the SNES version ) is a powerful bow that can be found in the Feymarch and grants a bonus of 10 to Strength . In the 3D version , the Yoichi Bow resembles a traditional samurai bow , while the corresponding arrows appear to be made out of bamboo . In the " Easy Type " version , its hit rate was increased to 70 % . " Final Fantasy IV - Interlude - " . Yoichi Bow returns in the sequel of " Final Fantasy IV " . The bow can be equipped by Cecil , Rydia , Rosa , Palom , Porom , and Cid . It can be found in the Cave of Eblan with an attack power of 33 and a accuracy of 10 . The returns from " Final Fantasy IV " with the same stats . It is dropped by the enemy Moonmaiden . " Final Fantasy V " . The Yoichi Bow is one of the twelve Sealed Weapons that lie in the Sealed Castle . It is the second most powerful bow ( aside from the " Advance " version ) and has a critical hit rate of around 30 % . " Final Fantasy XI " . The Yoichinoyumi is one of the Relic Weapons of the Ranger and Samurai jobs , available only to level 75 Rangers and Samurai after having completed an immensely lengthy and expensive quest ( often taking months of time , hundreds of millions of gil , and the full assistance of an entire Linkshell community to obtain difficult Dynamis drop items ) . For Rangers , it is widely recognized among the endgame community as one of the most powerful weapons , though the Samurai class does not benefit in the same respect . It has the highest base damage rating of all bows present . " Final Fantasy XII " . The Yoichi Bow is the fourth - strongest bow , and can be bought for 12 , 500 gil at Balfonheim Port . It can also be obtained from the White Mousse Hunt and by doing the Cockatrice sidequest in Eruyt Village . It has the Attack power of 75 and requires unlocking of the Bows 5 license for 45 LP . Bows are among the slowest weapons with 2 . 96s charge , and 1 . 4s action time . In the " International Zodiac Job System " version , the Yoichi Bow can be equipped by the Archer . " Final Fantasy XIV " . In Update 2 . 45 , a quest was added that allowed for the player character to transform their Relic Weapons into the Zodiac Weapons . Following the quest as a Bard would yield the player with the Yoichi Bow . This can later be upgraded to Yoichi Bow Zeta . " Final Fantasy Tactics " . The Yoichi Bow is the third most powerful bow and can be obtained by equipping the Treasure Hunter ability to retrieve it from the third floor of the Midlight ' s Deep with the Treasure Hunter ability , winning in Rendezvous and selecting from the trophies randomly , or stealing from the archer during the battle in Orbonne Monastery Underground Library B4 . " Final Fantasy Tactics Advance " . The Yoichi Bow is an high - rank bow that teaches the Take Aim ability to Archers and provides + 33 Attack and a Range of 5 . It is obtained as a random reward for completing a mission and as a reward for reaching Track level 5 . The returns with the exact same properties as its predecessor . It can be purchased for 5 , 200 gil after selling an Aged Turtle Shell , Spiral Vine , and Quince at the bazaar . The Yoichi Bow has a Range of 5 and grants + 33 Attack . " Final Fantasy Legend II " . The weapon is called Samurai and it has a bow icon before its name . It can be found in Edo Castle and Nasty Dungeon . It has 30 uses , it also increases a Robot ' s HP by 117 and increases their Agl by 26 . The damage formula for Samurai is equal to 1000 points of damage . The bow is Long Range , attacks one group , and never misses . " Final Fantasy Legend III " . The weapon is called Samurai in the game and it has a bow icon before its name . It has an Attack power of 170 and it can be forge by Masa on the " Talon " . " Final Fantasy Type - 0 " . Yoichi ' s Bow is Trey ' s secret weapon obtained after defeating True Gilgamesh in a secret area on the third playthrough . It gives 69 Attack points and has a 10 % chance to inflict instant death on enemies . In the PSP version it can also be obtained by exchanging 15 tickets on the Square Enix Members site . The Yoichi ' s Bow is one of the most powerful bows , providing + 132 to Attack . It can be made using the Foreign Weapon scroll , and bought for 3 , 350 gil . Yoichi ' s Bow is a high - ranked bow that can be used by any race . It provides 92 attack at level 1 and 149 attack at level 30 , gives + 25 to Stun , and has one empty slot . It can be created for 790 gil by using Steel x5 and Yew Branch x5 ( Hard or Very Hard mode ) . When turned into a jewel , a level 3 - 9 Yoichi Bow makes a Bushidore , level 10 - 19 makes a Spirit Stone 4 , and level 20 - 30 makes a Big Charjade . " Final Fantasy All the Bravest " . Yoichi ' s Bow grants + 15 to Attack . It can be equipped by Ranger .