ES weapons

ES Saber

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, and a unique color in the player's inventory. 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	Special	Req.	Classes												Notes
							HUmr	HUnl	HUct	HUcl	RAmr	RAml	RAct	RAcl	FOmr	FOml	FOnm	FOnl
Blade	12★	10	35	200		800 ATP	○	○	○	○	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Cane	12★	10	40	120		800 MST	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	○	○	○	○	+5 EVP
Claw	12★	180	55	250		800 ATP	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	×
Gun	12★	10	45	200		180 ATA	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	×	×	○	○
Mechgun	12★	10	20	50		180 ATA	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	×	×	○	○
Partisan	12★	10	40	200		800 ATP	○	○	○	○	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Rifle	12★	10	60	220		180 ATA	×	×	×	×	○	○	○	○	×	×	×	×
Rod	12★	10	50	180		800 MST	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	○	○	○	○	+35 DFP
Saber	12★	150	50	250		800 ATP	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	×
Shot	12★	10	40	125		180 ATA	×	×	×	×	○	○	○	○	×	×	×	×
Slicer	12★	10	35	140		800 ATP	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	×
Sword	12★	200	35	250		800 ATP	○	○	○	○	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
Twin	12★	50	40	250		800 ATP	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	×
Wand	12★	10	40	100		800 MST	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	○	○	○	○	+35 MST

Episode 2

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

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 terminal at the top of The East Tower, the "Modify ES Weapon" option will be available for the character that completes this sidequest, though it can be completed on any difficulty. (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.", as an alternative method of checking completion.)

• Start the East Tower quest
• Talk to Hopkins in the lab (he is in the same place you would find him in Gallon's Shop for accessing "Modify ES Weapon" after sidequest completion)
• Kill Epsilon at the top floor of 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 properly complete the sidequest.
• After clearing the quest, make sure to talk to Hopkins again before handing in the quest at the Hunters Guild.

This allows the player to add a special attack to their ES weapon, with the available specials depending on the number of PDs in the player's inventory and the ES Weapon in question.

# of PDs	Specials Offered
20	HP Revival*, TP Revival*
30	Blizzard, Burning, Tempest
40	Berserk, Chaos, Geist, Gush, King's, Spirit
50	Arrest, Demon's, Hell
60	Jellen (LV21), Zalure (LV21)

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

Note that ES Knuckle cannot receive HP Revival and TP Revival, ES Psychogun can only receive HP Revival and TP Revival, and ES Windmill can only receive HP Revival, Jellen, TP Revival, and Zalure.

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 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.