Ultima Blade (weapon)

The Ultima Blade ( or ) is a recurring weapon in the Final Fantasy series. It generally takes the form of a greatsword. It is not the same weapon as the similarly-named Ultima Weapon, a recurring ultimate weapon. Both can appear in the same game, the Ultima Blade always being weaker. Ultima Sword is another similarly-named recurring weapon.
== Appearances ==
=== Final Fantasy XII ===
The Ultima Blade is a high-rank greatsword that provides 118 Attack, 7% Combo Rate, and +10 Evade. All greatswords have 2.47s charge, and 1.2s action time, making them average when it comes to attacking speed. It can be bought for 22,800 gil at the Bazaar after trading in Adamantite x2, Death Powder x2, and a Gnoma Halcyon, or found as a treasure at Pharos. It requires 90 LP and the Greatswords 3 license to equip.
In the Zodiac versions, it provides 109 Attack, 20 Evade, 35 CT, 8% combo rate, and requires the Greatswords 3 license for 80 LP. It can be found as a treasure in the Cerobi Steppe (Crossfield) or Pharos - Third Ascent (Spire Ravel - 2nd Flight), bought from the bazaar for 12,800 gil after selling Adamantite x2, Death Powder x2, and Gnoma Halcyon x1, or from the Hunt Club sidequest. It is also an uncommon steal from Humbaba Mistant in Trial Mode Stage 64. It can be equipped by the Knight and Red Battlemage jobs, although the Red Battlemage must obtain the license for Chaos first.
=== Final Fantasy XV ===
The Ultima Blade is the final upgraded form of the Engine Blade and is the second most powerful sword for Noctis, being bested by the Balmung. It is obtainable by the Cid sidequest series A Better Engine Blade, being the end result of the final third quest, A Better Engine Blade III. For A Better Engine Blade III, Cid requires a Sturdy Helixhorn to upgrade the Engine Blade III, and for the group to partake in three quests and/or hunts to have him finish the upgrade and notify Noctis to pick it up. The player can get a Sturdy Helixhorn by breaking off a duplicorn's or the hunt spiracorn's horn. One way to do it is to lock onto the horn, and warp-strike to it from a distance. The player can save before doing the hunt, and if they don't get the horn, reset. The player can also just break the horns off the enemies and then run away without killing them, letting them respawn with new horns.
Ultima Blade can be acquired as early as chapter 3. It has an attack of 364, Magic +30 and MP +40. Its blade is alloyed a metallic blue, with its engine finished in gold and its internal crystal components glowing red.
Like with all of the Insomnian technology weapons, the engine allows for elemental energy to be absorbed from felled foes, but the Ultima Blade has a greater chance of absorbing elemental energy than its previous versions. Should the player attain the Ultima Blade and complete the A Better Engine Blade sidequests, Cid will have a cutscene with Noctis about King Regis and the times they had in their youth. Cid gives Noctis his hammer, meant for Regis, instead making it a family gift.
=== Final Fantasy Dimensions ===
===Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia===
===Pictlogica Final Fantasy===
====Pictlogica Final Fantasy ≒====
=== Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade ===
=== Final Fantasy Record Keeper ===
===Final Fantasy Brave Exvius===
Ultima Blade (FFXV) is a sword that provides 100 MP, 174 ATK, and increases Limit Burst damage by 50%. It is obtained as the Super Trust Mastery Reward from Crown Prince Noctis.
==Non-Final Fantasy guest appearances==
===Assassin's Creed: Origins===
In December 2017, a Final Fantasy crossover quest was added to Assassin's Creed: Origins. The player can get a "chocobo camel" hybrid named Kweh as a legendary mount, Noctis's Ultima Blade as a sword and the Ziedrich as a shield.
== Gallery ==
UltimaBlade.jpg|Final Fantasy XII.
DFFOO Ultima Blade (XII).png|Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia [FFXII].
PFF Harmony Ultima Blade Icon.png|Pictlogica Final Fantasy [FFXV].
FFAB Ultima Blade SSR.png|Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade (SSR).
FFAB Ultima Blade SSR+.png|Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade (SSR+).
FFAB Ultima Blade FFXII UUR.png|Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade (UUR).
FFRK Ultima Blade FFI.png|Final Fantasy Record Keeper [FFI].
FFRK Ultima Blade FFIV.png|Final Fantasy Record Keeper [FFIV].
FFRK Ultima Blade FFVI.png|Final Fantasy Record Keeper [FFVI].
FFRK Ultima Blade FFVII.png|Final Fantasy Record Keeper [FFVII].
FFRK Ultima Blade VIICC.png|Final Fantasy Record Keeper [VIICC].
FFRK Ultima Blade FFVIII.png|Final Fantasy Record Keeper [FFVIII].
FFRK Ultima Blade FFIX.png|Final Fantasy Record Keeper [FFIX].
FFRK Ultima Blade FFXII.png|Final Fantasy Record Keeper [FFXII].
FFRK Ultima Blade FFVII Sprite.png|Sprite in Final Fantasy Record Keeper [FFVII].
FFRK Ultima Blade FFIX Sprite.png|Sprite in Final Fantasy Record Keeper [FFIX].
Ultima Blade (Assassin's Creed Origins).png|Assassin's Creed: Origins
== Etymology ==
Category:Greatswords