Paradox/Weapons

There are a large amount of weapons in Paradox. They can be found in the game world, received as rewards, bought or traded for or created through Synthesis.

Dagger
Damage for daggers is affected by attack and agility, averaging the two, using the formula (att+agi)/2.

Note: NPC description of other weapons state daggers use attack and dexterity instead. Needs testing.

Part 2 addition: +15% evasion, and Dagger skills to deal +300% damage to enemies inflicted with blind, paralysis, sleep, or shock.

Sword
Damage for swords is purely affected by Att.

Part 2 addition: Grants a 25% chance of defending after using Sword skills.

Knight Sword
Can only be wielded by certain intermediate and advanced classes, eg. Swordmaster.

Part 2 addition: Grants a 15% chance of nullifying and countering physical attacks.

Great Sword
High Attack and Crit, Lowered hit rate and agility penalties. Uses regular sword skills.

Part 2 addition: All great swords have at least +15% critical hit rate, grants Sword skills a 50% chance of lowering the enemies' defense, and causes Sword skills to deal +300% damage to enemies with lowered defense.

Rapier
Damage for Rapiers is affected by attack and agility, averaging the two, using the formula (att+agi)/2.

Part 2 addition: Doubles SP gain from using Rapier skills, and causes them to deal +300% damage to burned enemies.

Magic Sword
Part 2 addition: Using Sword skills causes you to enter physical mode, increasing attack and defense, while using Black Magic causes you to enter magical mode, increasing magic and willpower.

Spear
Spears use Attack and Agility for damage, in game explanation does not state it uses the average of the two.

Part 2 addition: Grants Spear skills a 50% chance of lowering enemies' Agility.

Heavy Spear
Requires a more advanced spear wielding job, eg. Dragon Knight.

Part 2 addition: Causes Spear skills to inflict +300% damage on Slowed/Stopped enemies.

Katana
Damage is determined by the average of your Attack and Dexterity.

Have +15% crititcal hit rate and +50% critical hit damage.

Ninja Sword
Damage is determined by Attack and Dexterity, averaging them, in other words (Dex+Att)/2.

The in-game description states that they’re for dual-wielding Ninjas.

Part 2 addition: +50% Evasion and +30% Magic Evasion when using Ninjutsu.

Fist
Fists use the average of attack and agility for damage.

Part 2 addition: +15% critical hit rate and +50% critical hit damage.

Fang
Damage is determined purely by Attack, with high crit and hit rates. Only Beasts,Vampires and Dragons can use fangs.

Part 2 addition: +15% critical hit rate, and 50% chance of lowering enemy Agility when using Beast skills.

Axe
Axes use attack for damage, and have higher than average damage and crit rates. However they suffer low accuracy and agility penalties.

Part 2 addition: +25% critical hit rate, Axe skills have a 50% chance of lowering enemy defense, and +300% damage from Axe skills to enemies with lowered defense.

Club
Described in game as in between an axe and a sword, balancing accuracy and damage, having more crit than average, but less than an axe, as well as lesser speed penalties.

Part 2 addition: +15% critical hit rate, Club skills have a 50% chance of lowering enemy defense, and frozen enemies receive +300% damage from Club skills.

Scythe
Damage is determined purely using Attack. Has less attack than an equivalent sword, but also increases magic.

Part 2 addition: Scythe skills have a 50% chance of lowering enemy magic and/or willpower. Silenced, confused, or sleeping enemies receive +300% damage from Scythe skills.

Staff
Staves’ in-game description states that their main purpose is to raise a caster's willpower. Deal very low damages based on willpower. May have additional effect, such as an elemental boost or an on-hit effect.

Best on Healers/White magic users.

Part 2 addition: 20% chance of healing all allies end of each turn.

Rod
The Rods’ in game description states that their main purpose is to raise a caster’s Magic and uses Magic for damage.

Many rods offer 50% boosts to one or more elements. Can have an additional on-hit effect.

Best on Offensive mages.

Part 2 addition: 20% chance of boosting magic at the start of each turn.

Bow
Damage for bows is determined by dexterity and attack, averaging the two, in other words (Dex+Att)/2.

High hit rate.

Part 2 addition: Deal +300% damage to stat-weakened enemies.

Whip
Hitting all enemies at once, damage is based on Dexterity and Attack, averaging them, in other words (Dex+Att)/2.

Good for plant monsters who learn several unique whip skills.

Part 2 addition: Whips skills have a 25% chance of Binding, and a 50% of lowering attack, of enemies.

Harp
Deals sonic damage instead of physical.

Relies on Dexterity for damage. Enhances Song-type skills.

Part 2 addition: Confused or seduced enemies receive +300% damage from Singing and Ocean skills.

Boomerang
Hitting all enemies at once, damage is based on Dexterity and Attack, averaging them, in other words (Dex+Att)/2.

According to in game description, Slimes learn several unique boomerang skills.

Part 2 addition: +50% evasion and +30% magic evasion when using Throwing skills.

Flail
Hits all enemies, and has high attack. Purely uses Attack for damage. low hit rate, and lowers speed.

Needs a job more advanced than warrior.

According to ingame description, Lamias learn several very powerful unique flail skills.

Part 2 addition: Flail skills deal +300% damage to stunned enemies.

Fan
Fans use an average of Attack, dexterity and agility for damage, in other words (att+dex+agi)/3.

They also improve dance-type skills.

Part 2 addition: +15% critical hit rate, Fan skills deal +300% damage on tranced, seduced, or incontinent enemies.

Kitchen Knife
Damage depends on Attack and Dexterity.

Enhances cooking-type skills.

Part 2 addition: 25% chance to not use ingredients when using Cooking skills.

Abacus
Abacuses are primarily used to lower the gold cost of merchant skills. Damage depends entirely on Attack.

Scalpel
Damage is determined using the average of attack and dexterity, in other words (att+dex)/2.

Enhances medicine-type skills(not healing spells, skills from the nurse job tree).

Part 2 addition: Increases duration and effectiveness of Medicine skills for the wearer by 5 rounds, Medicine skills deal +300% damage to poisoned or zombified enemies.

Card
Damage is determined by the average of Att and Dex.

Powers up Oracle skills. fortune teller and gamblers also use oracle skills.

Part 2 addition: +20% critical hit rate, 25% chance to get two actions in one turn.

Plate
Damage is determined by attack and dexterity.

Enhances Service-type skills (maid job branch).

Part 2 addition: Increases duration of maid transformations (Battle, Magic, etc) by 5 rounds. Maid skills inflict +300% damage on tranced or incontinent enemies.

Grimoire
Increases attack for physical mages.

Enhances Grimoire skills (scholar job branch).

Part 2 addition: 66% reduced SP cost on Magic Science skills. 20% chance of no page/item consumption when using Grimoire and Alchemy skills.

Gun
Does high damage using dexterity alone.

Part 2 addition: Gun skills inflict +300% damage to stat-boosted enemies.

Sex Toy
Deals pleasure damage, damage relies on Dexterity alone.

Powers up some sex skills.

Part 2 addition: Sexcraft skills inflict +300% damage on horny enemies.

Collab Character Specific Weapons
Those weapons are acquired during the Collab Scenario, and can only be equipped to one or two characters at most. They're either found in the Château des Romances during chapter 12 for the characters recruited by then, or are naturally equipped for the antagonists recruited in the post-collab save for a very few exceptions.

They are integrated into their own list in game at the end, and are not with the other to avoid fruitless comparisons. They all cost 0G.

Other copies can be acquired with an insane luck in the Labyrinth of Chaos. They can also be transformed into their legendary versions there.