Wondering how to get Ultima Weapon in Final Fantasy 16, the staple strongest weapon in the RPG series? Ever since its introduction in Final Fantasy VI, the Ultima Weapon has made its presence felt in nearly every installment of the main series. Even in remasters and rereleases of previous titles. The sword is also not absent in the game’s latest installment, featuring Clive Rosfield as its main character. If you want to know how to get Ultima Weapon, this Final Fantasy 16 guide will tell you everything about it.
Final Fantasy 16: How to Get Ultima Weapon
To get the Ultima Weapon in Final Fantasy 16, you have to unlock and start New Game+ in the hidden hardest difficulty, Final Fantasy. New Game+ and the hardest difficulty will become available once you cleared either Story Focused or Action Focused mode. Then you will be able to craft the Ultima Weapon at the Cid’s Hideaway’s Forge using three special materials:
- Ragnarok x1
- Utterance of Creation x1
- Ultima Weapon Crafting Material x3
Ultima Weapon has 700 Attack and 700 Will as its stats, outclassing every single weapon in the game.
How to Get Ragnarok in Final Fantasy 16
Ragnarok is one of the most powerful weapons that you can obtain in the base game. You can eventually upgrade it to Gotterdammerung, the strongest weapon in Final Fantasy 16‘s other difficulty modes with 375 Attack and Will.
Obviously, you will need the Gotterdammerung to help you get through the Final Fantasy difficulty before you can get your hands on the Ultima Weapon. This hidden difficulty will raise the level cap to Level 100 and changes the enemy spawns as well as their AIs. Making even normal encounters much harder than usual. As you play through the New Game+ mode, you should get another Ragnarok too, so don’t worry about upgrading it.
In order to get the Ragnarok, you have to complete the four “Blacksmith’s Blues” questline found at the Cid’s Hideaway:
Quest | How to Unlock/Reward |
“Blacksmith’s Blues I” |
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“Blacksmith’s Blues II” |
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“Blacksmith’s Blues III” |
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“Blacksmith’s Blues IV” |
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Reward for completing all the sidequests |
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How to Get Ultima Weapon Materials Final Fantasy 16
The Ultima Weapon Crafting Material will be automatically acquired when you’re playing through the Main Story Quests. Meanwhile, the Utterance of Creation will automatically appear in your inventory as you start a New Game+ run.
That does it for how to get the Ultima Weapon in Final Fantasy 16. The game is available on PlayStation 5.