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Clive’s journey inFinal Fantasy 16is full of challenges. He has tough monsters to beat, armies to topple, and harsh environments to survive. To help him in this endeavor, he, of course, needs some top-quality armor. Luckily, Blackthorne (and sometimes Goetz) is standing by to lend a hand!
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Heading to the blacksmith will let you craft or upgrade better weapons and armor for yourself, using the raw materials gathered on your adventure through Valisthea. As you progress through the game, more recipes will be unlocked, letting you make even stronger equipment for yourself, so if you see items below that you don’t recognize, don’t worry - you’ll unlock them soon enough.
Updated June 04, 2025:We’ve added the weapon recipe added by the Echoes of the Fallen DLC and made sure the rest of the guide is clear and accurate.
All Regular Sword Recipes
Swords, as you might expect, increase your Attack as they improve. They also improve your Stagger stat at an equal rate (at least until you get into the more exotic swords and into Final Fantasy Mode).
Sincethe cost of upgrading a sword from the base level to +1 costs far fewer resources than crafting a +1 weapon outright, it is a good idea to purchase the base weapons from Charon if you have the gil for it.
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100
105
115
120
130
150
160
210
220
240
250
255
265
285
295
330
340
All Regular Belt Recipes
Belts, like gloves,improve both your Defense and your Health stats. Similar to swords, you’ll save resources if you purchase the base belt from Charon.
Health
Iron Belt +1
The Iron Belt +1 is crafted during the crafting tutorial and cannot be crafted again.
28
2
31
4
33
36
8
39
9
42
12
53
56
15
58
16
61
19
69
21
72
24
78
23
81
26
Circle of Heaven +1
88
27
Circle of Heaven +2
91
30
All Regular Glove Recipes
The table below lists every glove recipe in the game. As with the other recipes, it is often farcheaper in material resources to purchase the base equipment from Charonand upgrade from there instead of crafting the +1 versions.
3
5
38
41
52
55
59
62
20
68
71
79
25
82
89
92
All Eikonic Sword Recipes
The swords in the table below form asingle chain of weapons that are upgraded from each other, starting with Stormcry and ending with Everdark. Don’t worry about the swords having elemental affinities - those aren’t in this game.
These are often the strongest swords at each point in the game they unlock, so make them a priority!
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180
195
225
270
300
315
All Unique Equipment Recipes
This table lists all of the equipment unlocked only via quests. Namely, you must complete theBlacksmith’s Bluesquest chain to unlock all of this equipment, which is among the strongest in the entire game, providing you access to the ultimate weapons and armor.
The table notes the exactquestyou need to complete, as well as whichNotorious Mark huntsare required to beat to acquire the materials.
74
CompleteBlacksmith’s Blues III
TheStone Tongueis obtained from the Agni hunt, and theComet Featheris obtained from the Dread Comet hunt.
95
32
The Sons of Ouroboros
TheStained Loinclothis obtained from the Pandemonium hunt, and theMorbol Floweris obtained from the Carrot hunt.
97
CompleteBlacksmith’s Blues II
TheGrimalkin Hideis obtained from the Grimalkin hunt, and theBomb Emberis obtained from the Bomb King hunt.
268
CompleteBlacksmith’s Blues IV
Darksteelis obtained from the Thanatos and Prince of Death hunts, and thePrimitive Battlehornis obtained from the Gobermouch hunt.
375
Complete theEchoes of the FallenDLC.
All of these materials and the base weapon are found in the DLC Stage.
410
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