Dark (special)

Dark is an instant kill weapon special. It is the second highest tier of instant kill specials (3★). Dark weapons have a chance to instantly kill their targets.

Instant kill chance

The chance to instant kill monsters depends on Enemy EDK.

Rarity	Special Name	Power
3★	Dark	78%

Activation Chance = ((Power) - (Enemy EDK)) * (1 - Special Reduction) * (Unit Boost)

• Special Reduction is as follows (See also: List of weapons with reduced specials):
  • 0.5 for Swords, Daggers, Partisans
  • 0.67 for Slicers, Mechguns, Shots
  • 0 for unreduced weapons
• Unit Boost is as follows:
  • 2 if V502 is equipped
  • 1.5 if V501 is equipped
    • These do not stack with each other
  • 1 if neither are equipped
• Bosses are immune to Dark, as are any enemies with an EDK of 78 or higher.

List of Dark weapons

There are three weapon types that can have specials. Specials on common weapons dropping from Monsters or Item boxes are randomly assigned, but are predetermined on all rare weapons. Specials on ES Weapons can be added with Photon drops.

Common weapons

The chance of obtaining specials on common weapons depends on area and difficulty. When a common weapon drops in an untekked state, there is a chance for it to come with Dark as a special. Dark can also be obtained by tekking up or down a common weapon that drops with the Shadow or Hell special. Once a weapon drops in an untekked state, the table below lists the overall chance of it coming with the Dark special (including the ability to tekk up or down from Shadow and Hell).

Dark drop chance

Area			Normal	Hard	Very Hard	Ultimate
Forest 1	VR Temple Alpha	-	0%	5%	5%	7.05%
Forest 2	VR Temple Beta	-	0%	5%	6.36%	7.05%
Cave 1	VR Spaceship Alpha	Crater East	0%	5%	6.36%	7.05%
Cave 2	VR Spaceship Beta	Crater West	0%	6.36%	6.36%	7.05%
Cave 3	Jungle Area North	Crater South	0%	5%	7.05%	7.05%
Mine 1	Jungle Area East	Crater North	0%	6.36%	7.05%	7.05%
Mine 2	Mountain Area	Crater Interior	0%	6.36%	7.05%	7.05%
Ruins 1	Seaside Area Central Control Area	Subterranean Desert 1	5%	6.36%	7.05%	7.05%
Ruins 2	Seabed Upper Levels	Subterranean Desert 2	5%	6.36%	7.05%	7.05%
Ruins 3	Seabed Lower Levels Control Tower	Subterranean Desert 3	5%	6.36%	7.05%	7.05%

Rare weapons

Weapon Name	Rarity	ATP	ATA	Grind	Total ATP	Special	Req.	Classes												Notes
								HUmr	HUnl	HUct	HUcl	RAmr	RAml	RAct	RAcl	FOmr	FOml	FOnm	FOnl
Hammer	9★	120-185	35	0	120-185	Dark	129 ATP	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Twin Chakram	10★	245-250	32	+20	285-290	Dark	480 ATP	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Snake Spire	10★	290-310	40	+15	320-340	Dark	780 ATP	○	○	○	○	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Slicer of Assassin	9★	120-125	28	+12	144-149	Dark (Reduced)	475 ATP	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	+10 DFP; 50% ATP, +30 ATA, +10% attack speed if equipped with Thirteen
Silence Claw	10★	335-345	50	+15	365-375	Dark	336 ATP	○	○	○	○	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	+15 EVP
Kamui	10★	650	55	0	650	Dark	700 ATP	○	○	○	○	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	+100 ATP and +10 ATA if equipped with Blue Odoshi Violet Nimaidou
Rianov 303SNR-5	11★	550	70	0	550	Dark	194 ATA	×	×	×	×	○	○	○	○	×	×	×	×	+30 MST; cannot combo; bullets pierce; −10 DFP and −20 ATA if equipped with Gratia

ES weapons

Dark cannot be added to ES Weapons as a special.