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Darting dagger

Dague dard
Everything is read from the game's code, unless stated otherwise
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A legendary knife that imparts unbeatable briskness.

The essentials

  • Simplest: make it in the Krak Pot, Deft dagger ×1 + Agate of evolution ×1 + Purple orb ×1.
  • Sells for 24,000 G.
  • Attack +140: 3rd of 21 knives; top: Dynamo dagger (+155).
  • Used to make: Dashing dagger.

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

Attack +140

Vocations that can equip it: Warrior, Mage, Thief

Effects: ×1.1 against bug; always attacks first (top of the turn order)

Style: Allure 80 · Naive 76 · Casual 74 · Chic 69 · Aloof 65 · Vanity 60

Alchemy Read in the code

  • Deft dagger ×1 + Agate of evolution ×1 + Purple orb ×1
  • Recipe learnt as a reward for quest 178 “From Rust to Riches” (Brigadoom)

Crafting tree

Quantities for 1 Darting dagger. Every ingredient that can be made is broken down to raw materials: the ones you can buy, pick up, find in furniture and blue chests or get from monsters, with no limit. Open or close a branch: the total follows, what is open gets made, the rest is to gather.

To gather: 5 raw materials, 2 uses of the Krak Pot.

Raw materialSimplest way to get it
Deft dagger×1In a chest, Grotto chests rank S (1%).
Sainted soma×2In a chest, Grotto chests rank S (10%).
Ethereal stone×2In a chest, Grotto chests rank A (10%).
Chronocrystal×1Buy it, 50,000 G (Lonely Coast – Interior (post-game)).
Purple orb×1From a monster, Nokturnus, legacy boss, loot (lv 26-40: 10%, 91-99: 15%).

Tree idea: Antoine. Thank you!

Used to make

Dashing dagger

Best attack in the category, by vocation

Under the hood

Internal item number: 19069; record no. 894 of prm/itemdt (file order); selling price in its record (u16 at +0x1A): 24000; stars: +0x09 bits 1-3.

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