Best Instruments

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Relationship Between Weapon/Armor Material, Item Energy, & Essence Levels
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Tempering for Bonus Effects and Plunges
Item Search & Shop Rank
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Best Instruments
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Notes Before Starting:
-The arrows indicate the direction in wwhich enemies are thrown back. I think...
-The larger circle indicates how the atttack range grows as your Magic increases. Or maybe it's when you have a staff equipped. Or maybe it's how far the enemies will be pushed back. I'm not entirely sure and I really can't say that it bothers me either. If you're dying to know then my suggestion is for one to experiment...

 Appearance

Name Charge Time
Circle Fire
Circle Lock		 1.1

 Appearance

Name Charge Time
Donut Fire
Donut Lock		 1.1

Appearance

Name Charge Time
Fan Fire
Fan Lock		 1.7

Appearance

Name Charge Time
Line Fire
Line Lock		 2.8

Appearance

Name Charge Time
Random Fire
Random Lock		 0.7

Appearance

Name Charge Time
Sphere Fire
Sphere Lock		 1.7

Appearance

Name Charge Time
Control Fire
Control Lock		 1.1


Notes Before Starting:
-I've provided a column for the best maaterial-instrument-coin combination. There are certainly others that will work but I assume that people are only interested in the combination that gives the highest attack power for that spell. Besides, the list for all material-instrument-coin combinations is gigantic and there is no way I'm translating that.
-In cases where the best combination reequires a very rare material, I've also given an alternate combination. The alternate is the strongest combination that doesn't use a super rare material such as Dior Wood, Dragon's Scale Fossil, Gaius's Tear, Altena Alloy etc.) It's not necessarily the second best but a lot of times it is.
-Spells are distinguished by their &quoot;Area Effect", "Power", or "Bonus Effect". Notice that all spells that have the Area Effect of "Circle Fire" also have "C" Power and cause some sort of bad status effect to the enemy. This is the case with any spell with an Area Effect of "Circle Fire" no matter what the element.
-I wish direct translations for "MMagic Names" had've been used in the U.S version. Had this been done, you would've been able to distinguish a magic's effect's just by knowing it's name. In other words, if a direct translation had've been done, Wisp magics that started with the word "Saint" (Saint Flame, Saint Strike, Saint Burst, Saint Flare) would all have "A" level power, Wisp magics that began with the word "Holy" (Holy Slash, Holy Saber, Holy Stake, Holy Blast) would all have "B" level power and cause "Charm Down" to enemies etc. But with the way things were translated, it seems that there is no pattern to the Magic Names other than what the translator thought would sound cool.
-Since I had to comb over a list of aboout 3,400 different combinations to find the Best Instruments you can imagine that I may have made a mistake or two. Feel free to let me know where I've goofed.
Element Magic Name Area Effect Power Bonus Effect Best Instrument
Wisp Twinkle Ball Circle Fire C Confuse Ishe Platinum Drum Silver 33
Twinkle Star Circle Lock C Confuse Ivory Drum Silver 27
Celestial Storm Donut Fire C Confuse Ishe Platinum Marimba Silver 43
Twinkle Beam Donut Lock C Confuse Ivory Marimba Silver 31
Holy Slash Fan Fire B Charm - Fossil Marimba Gold 73
Vizel Gold Marimba 55
Holy Saber Fan Lock B Charm - Altena Alloy Marimba Sliver 55
Ishe Platinum Drum Gold 49
Celestial Flame Line Fire A   Altena Alloy Flute Gold 108
Maple Wood Flute Gold 85
Divine Strike Line Lock A   Dior Wood Flute Gold 109
Blessed Spear Random Fire B Charm - Gaius's Tear Marimba Silver 49
Ivory Marimba Gold 46
Celestial Blast Random Lock B Charm - Altena Alloy Flute Silver 72
Ishe Platinum Marimba Gold 64
Celestial Burst Sphere Fire A   Dior Wood Harp Gold 94
Lorimar Iron Harp Gold 82
Holy Flare Sphere Lock A   Ivory Harp Gold 55
Wisp's Blaze Control Fire B Charm - Gaius's Tear Flute Gold 99
Lorimar Iron Flute Gold 96
Holy Thunderbolt Control Lock B Charm - Pearl Flute Gold 63
Pedan Stone Flute Silver 50
 
Shade Infernal Wave Circle Fire C Blind DiorWood Harp Gold 94
Pedan Stone Harp Gold 64
Evil Smash Circle Lock C Blind Tuttle Rock Flute Gold 60
Dark Prison Donut Fire C Blind Dior Wood Flute Gold 109
Lorimar Iron Marimba Gold 73
Raven's Wing Donut Lock C Blind Tuttle Rock Harp Gold 52
Ashe Wood Marimba Gold 48
Black Wind Fan Fire B Spirit - Dragon Scale Flute Gold 105
Maple Wood Flute Gold 85
Black Stinger Fan Lock B Spirit - Lorimar Iron Harp Gold 82
Diabolical Impulse Line Fire A   Ishe Platinum Flute Gold 84
Dark Force Line Lock A   Fossil Flute Gold 97
Vizel Gold Flute Silver 48
Black Mist Random Fire B Spirit - Dragon Scale Harp Gold 91
Maple Wood Harp Gold 73
Black Shamshir Random Lock B Spirit - Lorimar Iron Flute Gold 96
Dark Sphere Sphere Fire A   Gaius's Tear Harp Gold 85
Ishe Platinum Harp Gold 72
Dark Nemesis Sphere Lock A   Ivory Harp Silver 37
Shade's Scythe Control Fire B Spirit - Gaius's Tear Flute Gold 99
Pedan Stone Flute Gold 75
Diabolical Soul Control Lock B Spirit - Ivory Flute Silver 41
 
Dryad Wood Shots Circle Fire C Sleep Tuttle Rock Flute Gold 60
Pedan Stone Drum Gold 42
Wood Slicer Circle Lock C Sleep Pedan Stone Drum Silver 28
Emerald Orb Donut Fire C Sleep Dragon Scale Harp Gold 91
Maple Wood Harp Gold 73
Wood Spikes Donut Lock C Sleep Dior Wood Marimba Gold 84
Maple Wood Marimba Gold 66
Emerald Storm Fan Fire B Const - Dior Wood Harp Gold 94
Lorimar Iron Harp Gold 82
Emerald Flare Fan Lock B Const - Pedan Stone Harp Gold 64
Strangling Vine Line Fire A   Fossil Flute Gold 97
Vizel Gold Harp Gold 61
Rose's Thorns Line Lock A   Fossil Flute Silver 65
Vizel Gold Harp Silver 41
Emerald Vine Random Fire B Const - Dior Wood Flute Gold 109
Maple Wood Flute Gold 85
Emerald Jail Random Lock B Const - Dior Wood Drum Gold 69
Maple Wood Flute Silver 57
Rosevine Trap Sphere Fire A   Gaius's Tear Harp Gold 85
Ivory Harp Silver 37
Rosencavalier Sphere Lock A   Animal Bone Harp Silver 16
Dryad's Cyclone Control Fire B Const - Lorimar Iron Flute Gold 96
Ishe Platinum Gold Flute 84
Emerald Lancer Control Lock B Const - Ivory Flute Silver 41
 
Aura Golden Wheel Circle Fire C Poison Fossil Marimba Gold 73
Tuttle Rock Flute Gold 60
Golden Shiver Circle Lock C Poison Ivory Drum Silver 27
Golden Hurricane Donut Fire C Poison Tuttle Rock Harp Silver 35
Golden Prison Donut Lock C Poison Animal Bone Marimba Silver 13
Platinum Flicker Fan Fire B Luck - Dior Wood Marimba Gold 84
Maple Wood Flute Silver 57
Platinum Arrows Fan Lock B Luck - Ishe Platinum Marimba Gold 64
Aureate Strike Line Fire A   Altena Alloy Flute Gold 108
Lorimar Iron Marimba Gold 73
Glimmering Slash Line Lock A   Dior Wood Flute Gold 109
Ebony Wood Flute Gold 49
Platinum Needle Random Fire B Luck - Gaius's Tear Silver 49
Vizel Gold Marimba Silver 37
Platinum Spear Random Lock B Luck - Gaius's Tear Gold 73
Vinek Rock Harp Silver 28
Golden Sphere Sphere Fire A   Dragon Scale Flute Gold 105
Lorimar Iron Flute Gold 96
Golden Aurora Sphere Lock A   Dior Wood Harp Gold 93
Maple Wood Harp Gold 73
Aura's Leister Control Fire B Luck - Gaius's Flute Gold 99
Pedan Stone Flute Gold 75
Platinum Meteor Control Lock B Luck - Gaius's Tear Flute Silver 66
Pedan Stone Flute Silver 50
 
Salamander Fireball Circle Fire C Flameburst Tuttle Rock Flute Silver 40
Animal Bone Drum Gold 18
Fireburst Circle Lock C Flameburst Animal Bone Drum Silver 12
Firestorm Donut Fire C Flameburst Fossil Drum Gold 63
Vizel Gold Marimba Silver 37
Sparking Flame Donut Lock C Flameburst Ivory Marimba Silver 31
Flame Launcher Fan Fire B Strength - Altena Alloy Marimba Gold 82
Lorimar Iron Drum Gold 57
Blaze Cannon Fan Lock B Strength - Tuttle Rock Flute Gold 60
Lorimar Iron Drum Silver 38
Infernal Flame Line Fire A   Dior Wood Harp Gold 94
Lorimar Iron Harp Gold 82
Burning Needle Line Lock A   Dragon Scale Harp Gold 91
Maple Wood Harp Gold 73
Magma Shower Random Fire B Strength - Fossil Marimba Gold 73
Wendel Silver Marimba Gold 46
Blazing Fangs Random Lock B Strength - Vizel Gold Drum Gold 42
Supernova Sphere Fire A   Gaius's Tear Harp Gold 85
Pedan Stone Harp Gold 64
Flame Shackles Sphere Lock A   Gaius's Tear Harp Silver 57
Pedan Stone Harp Silver 43
Salamander's Spear Control Fire B Strength - Altena Alloy Flute Gold 108
Lorimar Iron Flute Gold 96
Blazing Storm Control Lock B Strength - Dior Wood Flute Gold 109
Maple Wood Flute Gold 85
 
Gnome Mica Crush Circle Fire C Petrify Altena Alloy Marimba Gold 82
Lorimar Iron Drum Gold 57
Boulders Circle Lock C Petrify Tuttle Rock Flute Gold 60
Ishe Platinum Drum Gold 49
Minefield Donut Fire C Petrify Pedan Stone Marimba Gold 55
Plate o' Rocks Donut Lock C Petrify Gaius's Tear Marimba Silver 49
Animal Bone Marimba Silver 13
Granite Shots Fan Fire B Defense - Lorimar Iron Flute Gold 96
Basalt Blast Fan Lock B Defense - Dior Wood Marimba Gold 84
Maple Wood Marimba Gold 66
Earth Shaker Line Fire A   Dior Wood Flute Gold 109
Ivory Flute Gold 61
Earthquake Line Lock A   Ishe Platinum Flute Gold 84
Jaspar Jolt Random Fire B Defense - Altena Alloy Flute Gold 108
Lorimar Iron Marimba Gold 73
Rock Towers Random Lock B Defense - Tuttle Rock Harp Gold 52
Ishe PlatinumMarimba Silver 43
Terra Hammer Sphere Fire A   Dragon Scale Flute Gold 105
Maple Wood Flute Gold 85
Earth's Fury Sphere Lock A   Gaius's Tear Harp Gold 85
Ishe Platinum Harp Gold 72
Gnome Spikes Control Fire B Defense - Pedan Stone Flute Gold 75
Marble Lancer Control Lock B Defense - Gaius's Tear Flute Silver 66
Animal Bone Flute Silver 17
 
Jinn Desert Wind Circle Fire C Parylize Pedan Stone Drum Gold 42
Air Blast Circle Lock C Parylize Animal Bone Drum Silver 12
Wind Blast Donut Fire C Parylize Fossil Drum Gold 63
Ivory Marimba Gold 46
Air Slicer Donut Lock C Parylize Gaius's Tear Marimba Gold 73
Ishe Platinum Marimba Gold 64
Cyclone Needle Fan Fire B Skill - Dior Wood Harp Gold 94
Pedan Stone Harp Gold 64
Cyclone Spear Fan Lock B Skill - Dior Wood Drum Silver 46
Ashe Wood Drum Gole 39
Tornado Blow Line Fire A   Dragon Scale Harp Gold 91
Maple Wood Harp Gold 73
Wind Viper Line Lock A   Lorimar Iron Harp Gold 82
Cyclone Trap Random Fire B Skill - Altena Alloy Flute Gold 108
Maple Wood Flute Gold 85
Cyclone Whip Random Lock B Skill - Dragon Scale Drum Gold 66
Maple Wood Drum Gold 54
Tornado Cross Sphere Fire A   Gaius's Tear Harp Gold 85
Ivory Harp Gold 55
Storm Zone Sphere Lock A   Gaius's Tear Drum Silver 38
Jinn's Dance Control Fire B Skill - Dior Wood Flute Gold 109
Lorimar Iron Flute Gold 96
Cyclone Flower Control Lock B Skill - Gaius's Tear Flute Gold 99
Ishe Platinum Flute Gold 84
 
Undine Bubble Shots Circle Fire C Freeze Altena Alloy Flute Gold 108
Maple Wood Flute Gold 85
Bubble Bomb Circle Lock C Freeze Dior Wood Drum Gold 69
Maple Wood Drum Gold 54
Water Nymph Donut Fire C Freeze Gaius's Tear Marimba Gold 73
Pedan Stone Marimba Gold 55
Bubble Burst Donut Lock C Freeze Gaius's Tear Marimba Silver 49
Pedan Stone Marimba Silver 37
Aqua Slash Fan Fire B Magic - Dragon Scale Harp Gold 91
Maple Wood Harp Gold 73
Water Cannon Fan Lock B Magic - Lorimar Iron Flute Gold 96
Watermill Line Fire A   Gaius's Tear Flute Gold 99
Ishe Platinum Flute Gold 84
Aqueous Spark Line Lock A   Fossil Flute Silver 65
Ivory Flute Gold 61
Aqua Launcher Random Fire B Magic - Dior Wood Flute Gold 109
Pedan Stone Flute Silver 50
Floodwater Random Lock B Magic - Pedan Stone Flute Gold 75
Tsunami Sphere Fire A   Fossil Harp Gold 87
Vizel Gold Flute Gold 72
Splash Blade Sphere Lock A   Ivory Harp Silver 37
Undine's Fury Control Fire B Magic - Animal Bone Flute Gold 25
Water Cradle Control Lock B Magic - Animal Bone Flute Silver 17

Notes Before Starting:
-This should help you decide which stattus effect will work best on the enemy you hate most. If you wanted, you could carry a couple of status-causing instruments, a pet with the proper Synchro, and a weapon with the proper Plunge Attack and you could be just about set to terrorize any type of monster that comes your way.
-Each Negative Status will only work onn the monsters listed next to it.

Negative Status

Effective On

Confuse Mushboom
Bloodsucker
Shadow Zero
Skeleton, Ape Mummy
Imp, Punkster, Dark Stalker
Cursed Doll, Chess Knight, Dainslaif
Goblin, Succubus
Blind Rabite
Lullabud, Wooding
Stinger Bug
Tonpole
Needlebeak, Chocobo, Garuda
Tezla
Chimera Beast
Eye Spy
Mad Mallard
Sleep Molebear
Gray Ox
Malboro
Hoppin' Tick
Moldy Goo
Land Dragon
Beholder, Springball
Polter Box, Dainslaif
Tomato Man, Narcissos
Poison Rabite
Lullabud, Mushboom, Shrieknip,Wooding
Stinger Bug, Silkspitter, Sand Scorpio
Rattler Boa
Cocatrice
Denden
Skeleton
Spiny Cone
Chobin Hood, Goblin
Flameburst Molebear
Shrieknip
Sand Scorpio
Tyrranos
Cocatrice
Slime
Skull Beast, Zombie, Specter, Skeleton, Ape Mummy
Land Dragon
Eye Spy
Polter Box, Chess Knight
Narcissos
Petrify Teedie, Howler
Stinger Bug, Gloomoth
Basilisk
Needlebeak, Bloodsucker, Chocobo, Garuda
Imp, Punkster
Kid Dragon, Sky Dragon
Spiny Cone
Succubus
Parylize Gray Ox
Tonpole, Lizardon
Iffish, Pincher Crab, Sea Jack, Sea Dragon, Big Baby
Moldy Goo
Zombie, Specter
Chimera Beast
Poto
Sahagin
Freeze Hoppin' Tick, Gloomoth
Fierce Face
Kid Dragon
Beholder
Tomato Man, Mad Mallard

Last Updated: 4/21/02