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Weapon Upgrading
In Final Fantasy VIII, it offers a more reality form of holding
weapons. Every character is only entitled to use one of the
weapon. There are no more weapon shops where you can buy weapons.
You can improve the weapon by locating additional materials
and enhance it at a blacksmith or Junk Shops. Weapons does
not provide much increase in attacking power unlike the previous
installment of Final Fantasy.
The best method is to utilize the Junction System. But this
does not mean weapon upgrading is not important. Upgrading
weapons allows your character to increase strength and have
a better hit rate. Squall's weapon needed to be upgraded as
you can get better Limit Breaks only via weapon upgrading.
Before you can perform an upgrade, it is highly recommendable
that you got and look for weapon upgrading manuals known weapon
monthly. These manual contains information about the weapon
(how the weapon is being strengthen and the name is being
derived) and the necessary ingredients needed to perform the
upgrade. These manuals are found all around the world. All
of them can be bought from the Esthar Book Store provided
that you have gotten
GF
Tonberry's Familiar.
Weapon
Magazines is not a must for weapon upgrading
The weapon's name will be available for upgrading upon you
have received the materials needed to perform the upgrade.
This means that you can upgrade a weapon even if you do not
own the manual. However once the resources are fully exhausted,
the weapon upgrading data will be gone...
Weapon
Magazines is not a must for weapon upgrading
(1) View the Weapon Monhtly Magazine for the information about
the weapon.
(2) Get the necessary items to perform the upgrade
(3) Have at least 5000 gil
(4) Proceed to the weapon upgrading shop (Junk Shop) to remodel
the weapon.
Location
of Weapon Monthly
Below features the list of weapons along with the method
of getting them and their purchase price. Please note that
in order to buy Weapon Mon 1st, you need to have GF Tonberry
with Familiar acquired. Visit the Esthar Book Store and you
will be able to buy it.
| Magazine |
Getting it |
Cost/Sell |
| Weapon Mon Mar |
Defeat Elvoret at Dollet Communication
Towers in Disc 1 |
1000 / 500 |
| Weapon Mon Apr |
Find it at Squall's dormitory
after the ball dance |
1000 / 500 |
| Weapon Mon May |
Find it at Deling sewers before confront
Sorceress |
1000 / 500 |
| Weapon Mon Jun |
Defeat BGH1F2F2 at Galbadia
Missile Base in Disc 2 |
1000 / 500 |
| Weapon Mon Jul |
Find at the construction
area of Training Center in Disc 3 |
1000 / 500 |
| Weapon Mon Aug |
Find it on floor 5 steps
off the gargoyle at Trabia Garden |
1,000 / 500 |
| Weapon Mon 1st. |
Find it at Esthar Research
Center during the last dream... |
50,000 / 25,000 |
Upgrading
Mechanics
The weapon upgrading menu is user-friendly. You
can toggle between characters with the D-Pad. The left column
shows the materials required while the right column shows
the list of weapons that you will be able to upgrade...
The lower portion of the menuy shows stats improvement of
Strength and Accuracy. Strength affects attacking power while
accuracy affects the hit rate. Next we have a detail breakdown
on each column.
 Steel
Pipe |
| 1 |
(30) |
 Screw |
| 2 |
(30) |
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| Revolver |
100 |
| Shear Trigger |
200 |
| Cutting Trigger |
400 |
| Flame Saber |
600 |
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| Strength |
45 |
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48 |
| Accuracy |
255% |
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255% |
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Materials
Requirement Column
The numbers that are in the brackets represent the quantity
of items that you have in the
Item inventory. If the
numbers required exceed those in the brackets, then you will
be unable to perform the upgrade for that weapon. It is possible
to downgraded your weapon back to its original form, but the
used materials will be gone forever. If the number 48 are
yellow in color, that means there is an improvement likewise
if the color of the digits are red, the previous form of the
weapon is better weapon than the one that you have chosen
to upgrade.
After making your choice, you will be given a two options.
Pick first option to perform the upgrade while option 2 to
cancel. The letters will gray out, indicated that you can't
perform an upgrade.
Locations
of Junk Shops
To upgrade a weapon, you just need to visit any of the following
Junk Shops. The Man in Garden is also CC Group Magician Joker
who appears randomnly at the Balamb Garden's Training Center.
He will offer weapon upgrading services in Disc 4 where he
makes his appearance at the Ragnarok.
1) Balamb Town
2) Man in Garden
3) Timber Town
4) Dollet Town
5) Deling City
6) Fisherman Horizon
7) Esthar City
Accessing
Junk Shop in Disc 4
In Disc 4, you will find all cities being surrounded by a
forcefield and prevents Squall from entering the town. The
only way to upgrade your weapons is either upgrading through
the Magician Joker at the Ragnarok or use the Call Junk Shop
menu ability.
This ability can be acquired from GF
Doomtrain.
You will be able to use it when you have recruited the GF.
For more convenience and easier reference, we have listed
the weapons along with the statistics boost and requirements
under the character's individual profiles.
For information on getting the necessary ingredients, you
can refer our
weapon
upgrading materials listing.
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