ES weapons

ES Saber

ES weapons (often referred to as "S-Rank weapons" or simply "S-Ranks") are a special category of weapon which encompasses all weapon types in addition to a few extras (such as ES Needle, based on Spread Needle). For ES weapons of basic weapon types, they have the visual of a basic weapon with a brown photon. Unlike regular weapons, they have the following unique properties:

• Cannot have any attributes
• May be given a custom 8-character name (A-Z only, entered at the time the weapon is received)
• Can have a custom special applied, which will not be reduced regardless of weapon type

ES weapons are obtained upon a character's completion of Challenge Mode with an S-Rank rating, with the choice of ES weapon types offered depending on the episode cleared.

List of ES weapons

Episode 1

Weapon Name	Rarity	ATP	ATA	Grind	Total ATP	Special	Req.	Classes												Notes
								HUmr	HUnl	HUct	HUcl	RAmr	RAml	RAct	RAcl	FOmr	FOml	FOnm	FOnl
	12★	10	35	200	800 ATP		Melee	○	○	○	○	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
	12★	10	40	120	800 MST		Technique	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	○	○	○	○	+5 EVP
	12★	180	55	250	800 ATP		Melee	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	×
	12★	10	45	200	180 ATA		Ranged	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	×	×	○	○
	12★	10	20	50	180 ATA		Ranged	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	×	×	○	○
	12★	10	40	200	800 ATP		Melee	○	○	○	○	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
	12★	10	60	220	180 ATA		Ranged	×	×	×	×	○	○	○	○	×	×	×	×
	12★	10	50	180	800 MST		Technique	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	○	○	○	○	+35 DFP
	12★	150	50	250	800 ATP		Melee	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	×
	12★	10	40	125	180 ATA		Ranged	×	×	×	×	○	○	○	○	×	×	×	×
	12★	10	35	140	800 ATP		Melee	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	×
	12★	200	35	250	800 ATP		Melee	○	○	○	○	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
	12★	50	40	250	800 ATP		Melee	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	×
	12★	10	40	100	800 MST		Technique	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	○	○	○	○	+35 MST

Episode 2

Weapon Name	Rarity	ATP	ATA	Grind	Total ATP	Special	Req.	Classes												Notes
								HUmr	HUnl	HUct	HUcl	RAmr	RAml	RAct	RAcl	FOmr	FOml	FOnm	FOnl
	12★	200	50	250	800 ATP		Melee	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	×	Based off Victor Axe
	12★	10	40	250	180 ATA		Ranged	×	×	×	×	○	○	○	○	×	×	×	×	Based off Inferno Bazooka
	12★	10	45	150	800 MST		Technique	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	○	○	○	○
	12★	150	50	250	800 ATP		Melee	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	×	Based off Toy Hammer
	12★	150	50	250	800 ATP		Melee	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	×	Based off Harisen Battle Fan
	12★	25	35	150	800 ATP		Melee	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	×	Based off Flight Cutter
	12★	170	50	250	800 ATP		Melee	○	○	○	○	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
	12★	250	65	250	800 ATP	See Notes	Melee	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	×	Built in 20% battle speed; Cannot have D-Rank specials
	12★	10	40	180	180 ATA		Ranged	×	×	×	×	○	○	○	○	×	×	×	×	Damage doesn't diminish; +5 EVP
	12★	10	40	120	800 MST		Technique	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	○	○	○	○	Based off Summit Moon; +35 MST
	12★	10	40	70	180 ATA		Ranged	×	×	×	×	○	○	○	○	×	×	×	×	Based off Spread Needle
	12★	10	20	50	180 ATA	See Notes	Ranged	○	○	×	×	○	○	×	×	×	×	×	×	Based off Twin Psychogun (including special); D-Rank specials only
	12★	10	40	250	180 ATA		Ranged	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	×	×	×	×	Based off Rocket Punch
	12★	10	40	180	800 ATP		Melee	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	×	Based off Soul Eater
	12★	180	45	250	800 ATP		Melee	○	○	○	○	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
	12★	10	40	120	800 MST	See Notes	Technique	×	○	×	×	×	○	×	×	○	○	○	○	Based off Windmill (including special); S-Rank and D-Rank specials only; +35 MST

Additional information

• Unless otherwise stated, each weapon can have any of the specials from Paganini.
• ES weapons cannot be equipped by android characters if they have a Spirit, Geist, or TP Recovery special added.
• Despite having a rarity of 12 stars, ES weapons are only worth 5 Team Points individually when donated.

Adding specials

Global flag ET Paganini (ES SPECIAL) Type : Unlockable Flag (Hex) : 2 Flag (Dec) : 2 Bitmask (Hex) : 00000020 Bitmask (Dec) : 32

If the player brings Paganini the data from the top of the Control Tower during The East Tower, the "Modify ES Weapon" option will be available in Paganini's exchange in Gallon's Shop for the character that completes this sidequest (which can be completed on any difficulty).

The "Modify ES Weapon" option allows the player to trade Photon Drops in exchange for adding a special attack to their ES weapon, with the available specials depending on the number of Photon Drops in the player's inventory and the ES Weapon in question.

Note that unlike Paganini's exchange, adding specials to ES weapons will only consume the indicated number of Photon Drops for the special added, rather than all Photon Drops carried in the inventory.

Special Rank	Specials Offered	Photon Drops
D-Rank	HP Revival*, TP Revival*	20
C-Rank	Blizzard, Burning, Tempest	30
B-Rank	Berserk, Chaos, Geist, Gush, King's, Spirit	40
A-Rank	Arrest, Demon's, Hell	50
S-Rank	Jellen (Lv. 21), Zalure (Lv. 21)	60

^{* Note: HP Revival and TP Revival refer to passive recovery over time, similar to the HP/Revival and TP/Revival units.}

The following restrictions apply to adding specials to ES Weapons:

• ES Knuckle cannot receive HP Revival or TP Revival
• ES Psychogun can only receive HP Revival or TP Revival
• ES Windmill can only receive HP Revival, TP Revival, Jellen, or Zalure

To unlock this option, follow these steps:

• Start the quest The East Tower
• Talk to Hopkins in the lab (he is in the same place you would find him in Gallon's Shop to access Paganini)
• Kill Epsilon on the top floor of the Control Tower, then interact with the terminal (you will receive a Quest Board item)
  • Upon killing Epsilon, player teleporters (via Telepipe or Ryuker) can no longer be created, and any that are active will be turned off. The gate in the Lab leading to the Central Control Area will also become locked. If you use the provided teleporter before interacting with the terminal, you will be forced to redo the quest to complete the sidequest
• Return to the lab and talk to Hopkins before ending the quest

Note: Paganini will no longer be accessible in this quest for that character once you have done this, and Hopkins will only state that, "My father is working on a huge project right now.", which can serve as an alternative method of checking completion.

Usage

ES Weapons are especially useful since specials added to them are unreduced regardless of weapon type. This gives them a much higher success rate or special power at inflicting special effects to multiple targets, or repeatedly inflict special effects to a single target, compared to most other weapons. They also fill in the weapon catalog, such as having a Needle-type weapon with specials other than Seize, or having a Partisan-type weapon with Hell.

Since the specials Berserk, Spirit and Charge are never reduced, non-rare counterparts, if they exist, are typical more powerful if they come with high hit% attribute. Certain rare weapons with unreduced specials will also be more powerful than the ES weapon of the same type and with the same special effect.

Trivia

• According to Paganini, ES weapons were developed by the Principal.
• Using the data from The East Tower, Paganini discovered a method to add Special Effect to ES weapons with a certain amount of Photon Drops.
• ES weapons cannot have attributes, as the data for attributes is used to store the custom name.