The Zenithian Sword is the blade of the heavens capable of being wielded only by the chosen one in each game it appears in. Though it has never been outright stated, It is strongly implied that the Zenithian Sword is the reforging of the Sword of Ramias, adapted to match the Zenith Dragon who watches over the world from his castle in the sky.
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| Game | Description |
| A legendary sword, perhaps?.[1]
A legendary weapon, and a useful item during battle, too.[2] |
After acquiring the balloon and traveling to the World Tree, they find a lost Zenithian named Orifiela, who points them to the Zenithian Sword. It has a base power of 65 when first acquired. After speaking with the Zenith Dragon, the ancient guardian will empower the sword to 110. Using it as an item in battle casts Disruptive Wave.
| Game | Description |
| Use during battle to neutralize all magic.[3] |
The sword was already located by Pankraz sometime before the start of the game. He left it in a cache in the Whealbrook Adit, which his son later recovered. The sword's power has not changed from the previous game, and it will still cast Disruptive Wave when used as an item.
Three versions of the Zenithian Sword appear in the game, being the base form, the alchemized form, and the awakened form.
| Zenithian Sword (天空の剣) |  |
| Zenithian Sword ★ (天空の剣 ★) | |
| Zenithian Sword + (天空の剣 +) | |
The awakened form of the sword give the wielder access access to the transcendant skill Gigacross.
The Zenithian Sword is an S-rank sword that can be acquired as part of the limited True Dragon Quest IV event by being part of a guild that has cleared Mega Boss Battle: Psaro the Manslayer in a Guild Co-op Battle at least once. It has an HP bonus of +55, an Attack bonus of +25, raises the Physical potency of Hero units by 5% and has three slots for Alchemy Effects.
- Some versions of the Zenithian sword and shield have Anglo-Saxon runes inscribed on them.
- The runes on the sword (around the gold sphere on the hilt) read "mitibikaresi mono", which is an approximate romanization of "導かれし者 michibikareshi mono", meaning "the guided one". This also resembles the Japanese subtitle for Dragon Quest IV, "導かれし者たち michibikareshi monotachi", literally "the people who are shown the way".
- The runes on the shield (around the two gold spheres) are difficult to translate, as they only appear in early low-resolution concept art, and later interpretations of the shield omit these runes entirely.
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Gallery[edit]
Hero from Dragon Quest IV, 1990
The Hero wielding the Zenithian sword
References[edit]
- ↑ From the remakes after the Sword is found
- ↑ From the remakes after the Sword is restored by the Zenith Dragon
- ↑ From the remakes
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