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The '''Falcon blade''' is a sword featured in multiple games in the {{DQSeries}}.  The sword is incredibly fast, allowing those wielding it to attack twice in a single turn. In later games, it can be upgraded into an [[Über falcon blade]].

The Falcon blade is a one-handed sword with a slim blade, a blue hilt with a knuckle bow and gold pommel, and a stylized golden design of a flying bird on its crossguard which gives the sword its name. It shares characteristics with the real life European smallsword and rapiers. The design of the falcon blade has stayed the same since it was first introduced and it has appeared in every main series game since ''II'' and even in multiple spinoffs.

The Falcon blade has an attack bonus of +7 (+5 in the original NES version). It can be purchased from [[Slewse]] for 25,000 gold and can be equipped by the {{Hero 2}} and the [[Prince of Cannock]].

 

|DQ2=A sword that slices twice each turn.<ref>Mobile, Android and iOS version</ref>

The Falcon blade can be bought for 25,000 gold in [[Rimuldar]] and sold for 18,750 gold. It has an attack bonus of +5. The {{Hero 3}}, [[Merchant]]s, [[thief|Thieves]], and [[Sage]]s can equip it.

The Falcon blade has an attack bonus of +67 and can be won from the [[Endor]] Casino for 65,000 tokens. It can be equipped by the {{Hero 4}}, [[Ragnar]], and [[Psaro]]. Psaro joins the party with a falcon blade equipped. Also if the Pioneer town gets upgraded to a castle. You can find a falcon blade on the west side of the Castle on the ground. You can attack the same enemy twice with it, but won't carry over to a different monster. The falcon blade is expensive to get at Endor's casino as you have to bet at the monster arena for many hours before finally getting over 65,000 coins.

|DQ4=This lightning-fast sword can strike twice in a single turn.<ref name="auto">Mobile, Android, iOS and Nintendo DS version</ref>

The Falcon blade has an attack bonus of +67 and each strike hits for 75%, totaling up to 150%. It can be obtained by trading 30 mini medals in the 16-bit version, or 35 [[mini medal]]s to King Dominicus in the remakes. It can also be found on the [[Nadiria]] and [[Stark Raving Mad T'n'T board]]s. It can be sold for 26250 gold, which is the most gold per medal of any of the items that can be acquired from King Dominicus.

 

The Falcon blade has an attack bonus of +67 and a style bonus of +32. It can be upgraded to have a style bonus of +60, though it costs 4800 gold to do so. [[Overkilling machine|Overkilling machines]] drop them {{fraction|1|256}} of the time. Falcon blades can be obtained from either the [[Turnscote]] or [[Greedmore Valley]] casinos for 10,000 tokens. The {{Hero 6}}, [[Milly]], [[Ashlynn]], [[Amos]], [[Terry]], and [[Goowain]] can equip them.

The Falcon blade has the now standard attack bonus of +67, but only deals 50% damage per strike, and a style bonus of +32. It can be equipped by the {{Hero 7}}, [[Sir Mervyn]], and [[Aishe]]. It can be purchased from [[Buccanham]]'s Casino for 10,000 tokens and sold for 12,500 gold.

The Falcon blade has an attack bonus of +37 and returns to 75% per hit. It can be purchased from the [[Baccarat]] Casino for 10,000 tokens and can be sold for 5,000 coins. The {{Hero 8}} and [[Angelo]] can equip it, as well as [[Jessica]] and [[Red]] provided they have the "Equip Swords" ability. It can be upgraded in the [[Alchemy Pot]] by combining it with a [[meteorite bracer]] into an [[Über falcon blade]].

 

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|flavor=A sword so fast, it can slice an enemy twice in a single strike.}}

Equipping this, or the [[über falcon blade|improved version]], doubles the number of swings taken when the wielder performs a physical attack. This means that a character who performs [[Falcon Slash]] while wielding one of these swords swings ''four'' times, each hitting for 75% as usual.

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{{Equipment|stat|name=Rarity|modifier=★☆☆☆☆}}

{{Equipment|stat|name= Attack<br>(forge buffs)|modifier=+45 <br>(+50, +55, +60)}}

{{Equipment|stat|name=Found|modifier=Reward for 35 mini medals}}

{{Equipment|footer|buyPrice=2,000|sellPrice=1,000|equipableBy=[[Hero (Dragon Quest XI)|The Luminary]], [[Erik]], [[Sylvando]], and [[Hendrik]]

|flavor=A blade as fast as a speeding hawk that enables the wielder to strike twice in quick succession.

|notes=Dropped by [[Overkilling machine|Overkilling machines]] at a rate of {{fraction|1|256}}, and by the vicious version at a rate of {{fraction|1|128}}

}}  

The sword can also be found on [[Insula Occidentalis]], though the [[Magic key]] is required to get it.

 

The falcon blade has an attack bonus of +33 and can be equipped exclusively by [[Aurora]]. Its special effect is that it has a 30% chance of causing Aurora to divide when she attacks, similar to [[Terry]]'s [[Falcon Slash]] ability and [[Alena]]'s Divide and Conquer, and the clone will perform the same attacks as her for a short time. It can be purchased for 25,000 gold after the first visit to Dawnsholm.

Image:DQII_Falcon_Sword.png|The falcon blade from ''Dragon Quest II''

Image:Dq3_falcon_sword.png|The falcon blade from ''Dragon Quest III''

Image:DQVII Falcon blade.png|The falcon blade from ''Dragon Quest VII''

Image:FalconBlade LotoEmblem.jpg|The falcon blade as featured in the ''[[Dragon Quest Legend Items Gallery]]''