Weapons

Weapons are basic equipment that is used to deal damage or inflict status effects on the various enemies of Ragol.

Saber, one of PSO's many weapons

All weapons do damage based off the ATP stat regardless of their type (melee, ranged, or technique), but many weapons also boost MST to improve the power of techniques, or increase the power of up to 3 specific techniques. In order to equip certain weapons, players must meet the stat requirement for the weapon, which is either ATP, ATA or MST.

Weapon Types

There are 19 types of weapons in Phantasy Star Online: Blue Burst, split into 3 categories of weapons: melee, ranged, and technique. In general, Hunters can equip all the melee weapons, Rangers can equip all the ranged weapons and Forces can equip all the technique weapons, but many weapon types can be worn by other classes, and certain weapons can only be equipped by specific classes (such as HUcast or RAmarl).

For weapon types that can be equipped by multiple classes, usually off-classes (e.g. Hunters and Handguns) can equip lower tier weaponry, whereas the higher tier weaponry is usually restricted to the class the weapon type is designed for. For example, Heaven Striker can only be equipped by Rangers, despite handguns being equippable by all.

Category	Type	Classes
Melee
	Sabers	HU	RA	FO
	Swords	HU	RA	FO
	Daggers	HU	RA	FO
	Partisans	HU	RA	FO
	Slicers	HU	RA	FO
	Double Sabers	HU	RA	FO
	Claws	HU	RA	FO
	Katanas	HU	RA	FO
	Twin Swords	HU	RA	FO
	Fists	HU	RA	FO
Ranged	Handguns	HU	RA	FO
	Rifles	HU	RA	FO
	Mechguns	HU	RA	FO
	Shots	HU	RA	FO
	Launchers	HU	RA	FO
Technique	Canes	HU	RA	FO
	Rods	HU	RA	FO
	Wands	HU	RA	FO
	Cards	HU	RA	FO

ES Weapons

Main article: ES Weapons

ES weapons, informally known as S-Rank Weapons or S-Ranks, are a special category of weapon which encompass all the weapon types and a few extras, such as the Needle. They have the visual of a basic weapon with a brown photon. Unlike regular weapons, they have a few unique properties:

• Custom 8-character name (A-Z only)
• Cannot have any attributes
• Can have a custom special applied, which has no reduction regardless of weapon type.

They are obtained after the completion of Challenge Mode with an S-Rank rating, the choice of weapon depending on the episode cleared.

TypeM Weapons

Main article: TypeM Weapons

TypeM Weapons are a special type of weapon introduced in Phantasy Star Online: Blue Burst. They have the appearance of the normal weapon with a white photon, but many TypeM weapons have different animations than what is expected of them. For example, the weapon TypeDS/Rod uses a Double Saber animation with a Rod model.

There are 6 special TypeM weapons on Ephinea available only from events that come with hit and a special:

• Charge TypeSL/Slicer with 25% Hit
• Charge TypeGU/Hand with 40% Hit
• Charge TypeGU/Mechgun with 35% Hit
• Charge TypeME/Mechgun with 40% Hit
• Charge TypeSH/Shot with 40% Hit
• Devil's TypeDS/Rod with 30% Hit

Distances and Angles

All weapons possess two weapon-only statistics: Distances and Angles. Simply, they are the ranges of each weapon and determine the area that a weapon can strike in. They are split into two types, horizontal and vertical.

Horizontal

The horizontal distances and angles are the two variables which determine a weapon's forward reach and sideways reach. A weapon with a larger horizontal distance can reach further (e.g. Mechgun's 85 vs. Handgun's 170), while a weapon with a wider horizontal angle is able to reach enemies further to the side (e.g. Partisan's 40° vs Sword's 45°). A wide horizontal angle also gives many weapons "auto-aim", as the weapon's radius of attack will be very wide, similar to a Shot weapon.

An example diagram of Sword's and Mechgun's horizontal reach

The diagram to the left showcases an example of two weapons with their horizontal distances and angles. The black line is the weapon's horizontal distance, while the red lines are the constraints set by the horizontal angles. As can be seen, the sword has a rather wide area of attack, but does not reach very far. On the contrary, Mechgun reaches much further but can only aim at enemies almost directly in the line of sight.

Vertical

The vertical distance refers to the vertical boundary at which a weapon can strike, while a vertical angle dictates the slope a projectile may take. An example of a large vertical angle is Heaven Striker's special attack, which can attack enemies directly above it. Note that Launcher and Card shots do not have large vertical angles, their shots simply have infinitely vertical range.

The diagram on the right shows an example of the vertical distances and angles. The black lines show the vertical boundary, but the vertical angle determines (as indicated by the red line) the maximum slope of the projectile.

An example diagram showing how the vertical distances and angles interact

Weapon Elements

Main article: Elements

Almost every weapon can also potentially have an element attached to it, allowing that weapon to deal special types of damage or trigger status effects. These specials are random on all of the common weapons, but are predetermined on all rare weapons. Some weapons even have special attacks that you can't find on any other weapon.

Fire Damage				Resistance
Heat	Fire	Flame	Burning
(Level - 1)/4 + 40	(Level - 1)/3 + 60	(Level - 1)/2 + 80	(Level - 1) + 100	EFR
Freezing
Ice	Frost	Freeze	Blizzard
+32% Rate	+48% Rate	+64% Rate	+80% Rate	ESP
Electric Damage
Shock	Thunder	Storm	Tempest
(Level - 1)/4 + 40	(Level - 1)/3 + 60	(Level - 1)/2 + 80	(Level - 1) + 100	ETH
Paralysis
Bind	Hold	Seize	Arrest
+32% Rate	+48% Rate	+64% Rate	+80% Rate	ESP
Confusion
Panic	Riot	Havoc	Chaos
+29% Rate	+44% Rate	+06% Rate	+76% Rate	ESP
HP Drain
Draw	Drain	Fill	Gush
+5% HP	+9% HP	+13% HP	+17% HP
TP Drain
Heart	Mind	Soul	Geist
+3% TP	+4% TP	+5% TP	+6% TP
EXP Drain
	Master's	Lord's	King's
	+8% EXP	+10% EXP	+12% EXP
Instant Death
Dim	Shadow	Dark	Hell
48% chance	66% chance	78% chance	93% chance	DEK
Sacrificial Damage Increase
	Charge	Spirit	Beserk
	200 Meseta	1/5 TP (>10 TP needed)	1/4 HP
Enemy HP Reduction
		Devil's	Demon's
		1/2 HP	1/4 HP

Special Reductions & Resistances

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Unique Special Elements

Some rare weapons have more unique elements that can't be found on any other weapon.

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