ES weapons

ES Saber description

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.

Availability

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

By completing Episode 1 Challenge Mode under 7 hours, the player can choose one of the following:

• ES Saber
• ES Sword
• ES Blade
• ES Partisan
• ES Twin
• ES Claw
• ES Slicer
• ES Gun
• ES Mechgun
• ES Rifle
• ES Shot
• ES Cane
• ES Wand
• ES Rod

By completing Episode 2 Challenge Mode under 5 hours, the player can choose one of the following:

• ES Bazooka (has the appearance of Inferno Bazooka)
• ES Scythe (has the appearance of Soul Eater/Soul Banish)
• ES Hammer (has the appearance of Toy Hammer)
• ES Moon (has the appearance of Summit Moon)
• ES Psychogun (has the appearance of Twin Psychogun)
• ES Punch (has the appearance of Rocket Punch?)
• ES Windmill (has the appearance of Windmill)
• ES Harisen (has the appearance of Harisen Battle Fan)
• ES Katana (has the appearance of ???)
• ES J-Cutter (has the appearance of Flight Cutter)
• ES Swords
• ES Launcher (has the appearance of Photon Launcher, but without visible photons on the Launcher itself)
• ES Knuckle (has the appearance of Brave Knuckle, but Brave Knuckle is invisible)
• ES Cards (has the appearance of Talis)
• ES Axe (has the appearance of Victor Axe but with brown photons)

Additional Information

Certain ES Weapons cannot be equipped Android classes if they have Spirit, Geist, or TP Recovery special added. Other ES weapons do not have this restriction.

Despite having a rarity of 12 stars, ES Weapons are only worth 5 Team Points individually when.

To add specials to ES Weapons, you have to talk to Paganini in the quest East Tower, and bring him the data from the terminal on the top floor of East Tower. Once you have this completed, you will have the option to "Modify ES Weapon" when talking to Paganini in the quest Gallon's Shop.

The list of specials that can be added to ES weapons can be found here. On Phantasy Star Online: Blue Burst, the specials are categorized into S, A, B, C Rank, which should not be confused with Challenge Mode rankings. Each rank costs a different amount of Photon Drops to have the special added.

• S Rank (60 Photon Drops): Jellen, Zalure
• A Rank (50 Photon Drops): Hell, Demon's, Arrest
• B Rank (40 Photon Drops): Spirit, Berserk, Chaos, King's, Geist, Gush
• C Rank (30 Photon Drops): Blizzard, Burning, Tempest, TP Revival, HP Revival

Certain ES Weapons only have a restricted set of special effects available to them.

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 more powerful than the ES weapon of the same type and the same special effect.

List of ES 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
ES Saber	12★	150	50	250	800 ATP	{{{7}}}	Varies	{{{8}}}	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	×	Obtained from Challenge Mode
ES Sword	12★	200	35	250	800 ATP	{{{7}}}	Varies	{{{8}}}	○	○	○	○	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	Obtained from Challenge Mode
ES Axe	12★	200	50	250	800 ATP	{{{7}}}	Varies	{{{8}}}	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	Obtained from Challenge Mode; Single target
ES Blade	12★	10	35	200	800 ATP	{{{7}}}	Varies	{{{8}}}	○	○	○	○	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	Obtained from Challenge Mode
ES Partisan	12★	10	40	200	800 ATP	{{{7}}}	Varies	{{{8}}}	○	○	○	○	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	Obtained from Challenge Mode
ES Scythe	12★	10	40	180	800 ATP	{{{7}}}	Varies	{{{8}}}	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	×	Obtained from Challenge Mode
ES Slicer	12★	10	35	140	800 ATP	{{{7}}}	Varies	{{{8}}}	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	×	Obtained from Challenge Mode
ES J-Cutter	12★	25	35	150	800 ATP	{{{7}}}	Varies	{{{8}}}	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	×	Obtained from Challenge Mode
ES Twin	12★	50	40	250	800 ATP	{{{7}}}	Varies	{{{8}}}	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	×	Obtained from Challenge Mode
ES Claw	12★	180	55	250	800 ATP	{{{7}}}	Varies	{{{8}}}	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	×	Obtained from Challenge Mode
ES Katana	12★	170	50	250	800 ATP	{{{7}}}	Varies	{{{8}}}	○	○	○	○	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	Obtained from Challenge Mode
ES Harisen	12★	150	50	250	800 ATP	{{{7}}}	Varies	{{{8}}}	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	×	Obtained from Challenge Mode
ES Swords	12★	180	45	250	800 ATP	{{{7}}}	Varies	{{{8}}}	○	○	○	○	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	Obtained from Challenge Mode
ES Knuckle	12★	250	65	250	800 ATP	{{{7}}}	Varies	{{{8}}}	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	×	Obtained from Challenge Mode
ES Gun	12★	10	45	200	180 ATA	{{{7}}}	Varies	{{{8}}}	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	×	×	○	○	Obtained from Challenge Mode
ES Rifle	12★	10	60	220	180 ATA	{{{7}}}	Varies	{{{8}}}	×	×	×	×	○	○	○	○	×	×	×	×	Obtained from Challenge Mode
ES Needle	12★	10	40	70	180 ATA	{{{7}}}	Varies	{{{8}}}	×	×	×	×	○	○	○	○	×	×	×	×	Obtained from Challenge Mode
ES Mechgun	12★	10	20	50	180 ATA	{{{7}}}	Varies	{{{8}}}	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	×	×	○	○	Obtained from Challenge Mode
ES Psychogun	12★	10	20	50	180 ATA	{{{7}}}	See Notes	{{{8}}}	○	○	×	×	○	○	×	×	×	×	×	×	Obtained from Challenge Mode; Piercing single shot
ES Shot	12★	10	40	125	180 ATA	{{{7}}}	Varies	{{{8}}}	×	×	×	×	○	○	○	○	×	×	×	×	Obtained from Challenge Mode
ES Bazooka	12★	10	40	250	180 ATA	{{{7}}}	Varies	{{{8}}}	×	×	×	×	○	○	○	○	×	×	×	×	Obtained from Challenge Mode
ES Launcher	12★	10	40	180	180 ATA	{{{7}}}	Varies	{{{8}}}	×	×	×	×	○	○	○	○	×	×	×	×	Obtained from Challenge Mode; Damage does not diminish; +5 EVP
ES Cane	12★	10	40	120	800 MST	{{{7}}}	Varies	{{{8}}}	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	○	○	○	○	Obtained from Challenge Mode; +5 EVP
ES Moon	12★	10	40	120	800 MST	{{{7}}}	Varies	{{{8}}}	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	○	○	○	○	Obtained from Challenge Mode; +35 MST
ES Windmill	12★	10	40	120	800 MST	{{{7}}}	Varies	{{{8}}}	×	○	×	×	×	○	×	×	○	○	○	○	Obtained from Challenge Mode; +35 MST
ES Rod	12★	10	50	180	800 MST	{{{7}}}	Varies	{{{8}}}	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	○	○	○	○	Obtained from Challenge Mode; +35 DFP
ES Wand	12★	10	40	100	800 MST	{{{7}}}	Varies	{{{8}}}	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	○	○	○	○	Obtained from Challenge Mode; +35 MST
ES Cards	12★	10	45	150	800 MST	{{{7}}}	Varies	{{{8}}}	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	○	○	○	○	Obtained from Challenge Mode

Trivia

• According to Paganini, ES Weapons were developed by the Principal.
• Using the data from 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 since the data for attribute was used to store the custom name.