Each character has 4 'Hand' slots, which welcome weapons and shields alike (only 1 shield allowed).

Notes:
- Shields do not activate when 2-handed weapons/techs or magic spells are used (except for Zo/Rukh).
- 'Drop', for weapons, indicates enemy item drop and usually possible Steal (cf. Enemy List).
- 'Steal' indicates that the weapon can only be stolen with the Greatsword Barehand Catch/Disarm skill, which requires at least one empty Hand slot to have chances to succeed. Only the weapons of specific enemies can be stolen with the Stealing Hands/Disarm tech. For the complete list of stealable weapons and details about the tech, see this specific Note in the Monster page.

Note about battle-transformable items Seven Star/Triones Blade, Triple/Triumvirate, Masquerade, Training Cane/Bladed Cane: if you use the built-in tech of those items (some you must spark first), the item takes its alternate form for the duration of the battle only. The Seven Star/Triones Blade is the only one that can revert to its original form during the same battle (Starstream tech).

Sorted by Attack Power.





Note about the Ice Sword/Everfrost Blade

The Ice Sword (Re: Everfrost Blade) is a special weapon. It has a powerful hit-all tech and provides a permanent magic shield counter (like Fire/Flame Mantle) which will activate if directly hit by a physical attack (if your character has not played then, they lose their turn: the Ice Sword is better effectively used by fast characters). But the real peculiarity of the Ice Sword is that in fact it acts as a piece of armor with 128 def vs Cold, 'negating' all damage against Cold attacks (Megasuction, Suck Blood (Pink), Final Strike, Maelstrom, Frost), just like the Flame Mantle 'negates' (in fact 128 def vs Hot) all Fire attacks. This is particularly important against certain bosses (see these notes on a solo playthrough). Additionally, on SFC, it is used for the 9999 Counter Dmg Bug and for the Perfect Magic Shield Bug.
Remaster only: Note that equipping the Everfrost Blade prevents counter techs activation (including Disarm).






Note: It is possible to 'lose' the Devil King Axe/Archfiend's Axe. Equip the DK Axe, a Greatsword (and the Stealing Hands tech), a random weapon and the Holy Grail. Battle an enemy from whom you can steal a weapon. First use the DK Axe's Final Strike, regain TP and Steal the enemy's weapon and win the battle: the DK Axe has nowhere to go back to...
















Note: Battle Weapon Icons

In battle, most weapons are represented by a generic weapon, but a few have variants for special weapons.

Bloody, Broad Sword, Dragon Scale, Evil Eye, Invoker, Long Sword, Screamer, Seven Star, Spider	Scimitar: Curve Sword, Falchion, Kamsheen	Seven Star LV
Bastard Sword, Big Sword, Flamberge, Triple, Two-Handed	Katana: Beauty, Victory, Yoto Ryuko	Masquerade	Ice Sword
All Axes
All Maces
All Epées
Amen Tomb, Holy King, Long Spear, Will	B. Lancer, Lucerne, Partisan	Beastman, Dragon Spear, Halberd
All Bows
All Guards (Evade-Type), Water Mirror	All Shields (Def-Type)	Devil King Shield