Long-range weapon made of mythril.
Description
Mythril Racket is a weapon for Dagger and Eiko in Final Fantasy IX, being the fourth racket, available when the party has the Blue Narciss. Mythril Racket teaches all three damage-mitigating buffs: Reflect, for bouncing spells back at enemies; Protect, for halving physical damage; and Shell, for halving magical damage. Rackets are ranged weapons that deal Wind damage when used with the Attack command.
Obtain[]
Mythril Racket is bought for 2250 gil from Esto Gaza (before Desert Palace), Daguerreo, and Bran Bal. It is also found in Terra wilderness 
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Mechanics[]
Mythril Racket's damage dealt with a normal Attack is determined as follows everywhere but within Ipsen's Castle:
- Base = 27 - Enemy's Defense
- Bonus = [(Strength + Speed) / 2] + Rnd MOD ([(Level + Strength) / 8] + 1)
- Damage = Base * Bonus
Where Rnd means a random number, while MOD means modulus operation. "Rnd MOD x" can be read as a random number between 0 and x-1.
The damage is then modified by the enemy's Protect and resistance/weakness to Wind. If the wielder were under Mini, her Bonus would be 1, and if they equip Healer, damage is converted to healing.
When in Ipsen's Castle, the stronger weapons do less damage than weaker weapons, and the Base part of the damage formula is altered to:
- Base = 33 - Enemy's Defense
Rackets are ranged weapons, meaning they will do the same damage from the back row, and are thus ideal for the party's white mages. They also deal Wind damage with Attack, meaning they will do 150% damage against enemies weak to Wind, and half damage to those who resist it, and no damage to those who nullify Wind, and heal those who absorb Wind. Most flying enemies are weak to wind.
Dagger and Eiko can augment their Attack with rackets via Elem-Atk gear; by wearing a Feather Hat, Bracer, Black Belt, or Fairy Earrings simultaneously with a racket, Dagger and Eiko deal 150% damage and the effect stacks with the +50% damage already done to enemies who are weak to Wind. Wearing multiples of these Wind-enhancing equipment pieces at the same time does not stack the effect.
Use[]
Mythril Racket is both Dagger and Eiko's strongest weapon for world map exploration with the Blue Narciss if they head to Esto Gaza]] before going to Desert Palace, but does not offer any special properties unlike the Magic Racket that is also available at this time, and the player may have already mastered the spells that Mythril Racket teaches. It is also not used in synthesis. Mythril Racket is one of the weapons the player could simply skip unless they want to use Eiko and Dagger's Attack commands in battle and get the best damage out of them. If used for this purpose, the player could augment it to deal 150% of normal Attack damage with Elem-Atk gear.
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Etymology[]
The word "mythril" or "mithril" is a metal found in many fantasy worlds. It was originally introduced by the fantasy writings of J. R. R. Tolkien, being present in his Middle-earth. It resembles silver but is stronger than steel, and much lighter in weight than either. The author first wrote of it in The Lord of the Rings, and it is retrospectively mentioned in the third, revised edition of The Hobbit in 1966. In the first 1937 edition, the mail shirt given to Bilbo is described as being made of "silvered steel". The name mithril comes from two words in Sindarin—mith, meaning "grey" or "mist", and ril meaning "glitter".