Mastery Weapon Skills

First introduced in the December 2011 Version Update, Mastery Weapon skills become available to players who have finished the quest Martial Mastery and have obtained the Heart of the bushin. Merit Points may then spent in the new "Weapon Skills" merit point category. The first merit rank upgrade unlocks access to the weapon skill, further upgrades increases the potency of the stat modifier for calculating the Weapon Skill's damage. All of these Weapon Skills require the player be level 96 or higher and have reached 357 in the associated combat skill.
The December 2015 Version Update brought with it Aeonic Weapons, which when equipped grant access to these weapon skills at 5/5 merit rank potency regardless of quest completion or merit point investment.
Weapon Type 	Weapon Skill 	Aeonic Weapon 	Jobs
Hand-to-Hand	Shijin Spiral	Godhands 	MNK, PUP
Dagger 	Exenterator 	Aeneas 	THF, BRD, DNC
Sword 	Requiescat 	Sequence 	RDM / PLD / BLU
Great Sword 	Resolution 	Lionheart 	RUN
Axe 	Ruinator 	Tri-edge 	BST
Great Axe 	Upheaval 	Chango 	WAR
Scythe 	Entropy 	Anguta 	DRK
Polearm 	Stardiver 	Trishula 	DRG
Katana 	Blade: Shun 	Heishi Shorinken 	NIN
Great Katana	Tachi: Shoha 	Dojikiri Yasutsuna	SAM
Club 	Realmrazer 	Tishtrya 	WHM, GEO
Staff 	Shattersoul 	Khatvanga 	BLM, SMN, SCH
Archery 	Apex Arrow 	Fail-Not 	RNG
Marksmanship	Last Stand 	Fomalhaut 	RNG, COR
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