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.

All ES weapons are obtained from Challenge Mode by earning an S-Rank rating, which is done by clearing the Episode under 7 hours or 5 hours, depending on if you're playing Episode 1 or Episode 2, respectively.

List of ES Weapons

Unless otherwise stated, each weapon can have any of the specials from Paganini.

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
Blade	12★	10	35	200	800 ATP	{{{7}}}		{{{8}}}	○	○	○	○	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Cane	12★	10	40	120	800 MST	{{{7}}}		{{{8}}}	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	○	○	○	○	+5 EVP
Claw	12★	180	55	250	800 ATP	{{{7}}}		{{{8}}}	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	×
Gun	12★	10	45	200	180 ATA	{{{7}}}		{{{8}}}	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	×	×	○	○
Mechgun	12★	10	20	50	180 ATA	{{{7}}}		{{{8}}}	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	×	×	○	○
Partisan	12★	10	40	200	800 ATP	{{{7}}}		{{{8}}}	○	○	○	○	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Rifle	12★	10	60	220	180 ATA	{{{7}}}		{{{8}}}	×	×	×	×	○	○	○	○	×	×	×	×
Rod	12★	10	50	180	800 MST	{{{7}}}		{{{8}}}	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	○	○	○	○	+35 DFP
Saber	12★	150	50	250	800 ATP	{{{7}}}		{{{8}}}	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	×
Shot	12★	10	40	125	180 ATA	{{{7}}}		{{{8}}}	×	×	×	×	○	○	○	○	×	×	×	×
Slicer	12★	10	35	140	800 ATP	{{{7}}}		{{{8}}}	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	×
Sword	12★	200	35	250	800 ATP	{{{7}}}		{{{8}}}	○	○	○	○	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Twin	12★	50	40	250	800 ATP	{{{7}}}		{{{8}}}	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	×
Wand	12★	10	40	100	800 MST	{{{7}}}		{{{8}}}	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	○	○	○	○	+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
Axe	12★	200	50	250	800 ATP	{{{7}}}		{{{8}}}	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	×	Based off Victor Axe
Bazooka	12★	10	40	250	180 ATA	{{{7}}}		{{{8}}}	×	×	×	×	○	○	○	○	×	×	×	×	Based off Inferno Bazooka
Cards	12★	10	45	150	800 MST	{{{7}}}		{{{8}}}	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	○	○	○	○
Harisen	12★	150	50	250	800 ATP	{{{7}}}		{{{8}}}	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	×	Based off Harisen Battle Fan
J-Cutter	12★	25	35	150	800 ATP	{{{7}}}		{{{8}}}	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	×	Based off Flight Cutter
Katana	12★	170	50	250	800 ATP	{{{7}}}		{{{8}}}	○	○	○	○	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Knuckle	12★	250	65	250	800 ATP	{{{7}}}	See Notes	{{{8}}}	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	×	Built in 20% battle speed; Cannot have D-Rank specials
Launcher	12★	10	40	180	180 ATA	{{{7}}}		{{{8}}}	×	×	×	×	○	○	○	○	×	×	×	×	Damage doesn't diminish; +5 EVP
Moon	12★	10	40	120	800 MST	{{{7}}}		{{{8}}}	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	○	○	○	○	Based off Summit Moon; +35 MST
Needle	12★	10	40	70	180 ATA	{{{7}}}		{{{8}}}	×	×	×	×	○	○	○	○	×	×	×	×	Based off Spread Needle
Psychogun	12★	10	20	50	180 ATA	{{{7}}}	See Notes	{{{8}}}	○	○	×	×	○	○	×	×	×	×	×	×	Based off Twin Psychogun, including special; D-Rank specials only
Punch	12★	10	40	250	180 ATA	{{{7}}}		{{{8}}}	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	×	×	×	×	Based off Rocket Punch
Scythe	12★	10	40	180	800 ATP	{{{7}}}		{{{8}}}	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	×	Based off Soul Eater
Swords	12★	180	45	250	800 ATP	{{{7}}}		{{{8}}}	○	○	○	○	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Windmill	12★	10	40	120	800 MST	{{{7}}}	See Notes	{{{8}}}	×	○	×	×	×	○	×	×	○	○	○	○	Based off Windmill, including special; S-Rank and D-Rank specials only; +35 MST

Additional Information

ES Weapons cannot be equipped by Android classes if they have 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.

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 and D-Ranks, 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
• D Rank (20 Photon Drops): HP-Revival, TP-Revival

Note that HP and TP revival refer to passive recovery.

Certain ES Weapons have a restricted set of specials available to them, these are Knuckle, Psychogun and Windmill.

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.

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 were used to store the custom name.