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Cautery sword

Épée ardente
Everything is read from the game's code, unless stated otherwise
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A sacred sword that flings flames if used as an item in battle.

The essentials

  • Simplest: buy it, 3,000 G (Dourbridge, Bloomingdale).
  • Sells for 1,500 G.
  • Attack +42: 23th of 30 swords; top: Hypernova sword (+180).
  • Used to make: Aurora blade.

“Simplest”, in this order: buy it (cheapest), pick it up, from a monster (best rate), make it, then the other sources.

Use

  • In battle: deals 6-9 damage (fire) to all enemies, can be dodged
  • Never used up

Read in the code Exact values, computed like the game code

Attack +42

Vocations that can equip it: Warrior, Thief, Minstrel, Gladiator, Armamentalist

Effects: ×1.1 against dragon

Style: Chic 28 · Vanity 27 · Aloof 26 · Naive 22 · Allure 19 · Casual 17

Shops Read in the code

  • 3,000 G: Dourbridge, Bloomingdale

Monsters and bosses Read in the code

Chests Read in the code

  • Stornway Castle – Interior B1 - Training Room (red chest, locked)

Used to make

Aurora blade

Best attack in the category, by vocation

Under the hood

Internal item number: 20010; record no. 926 of prm/itemdt (file order); selling price in its record (u16 at +0x1A): 1500; stars: +0x09 bits 1-3.

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