Almace (Level 119 III)

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Description: DMG:158 Delay:224 DEX+50 Magic Damage+186 Sword skill +269 Parrying skill +269 Magic Accuracy skill +255 "Chant du Cygne" Aftermath: Occasionally attacks for triple damage Afterglow
Image: Almace (Level 119 III) description.png
Type: Weapon
Flags: Equippable, Not vendorable, Not sendable, Exclusive, Rare
Stack size: 1
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Weapon Information
Races: All Races Skill: Sword
Damage: 158 Delay: 224
DPS: 42.32 TP/Hit:

71.76

Level: 99
Item Level: 119
Jobs: Red Mage / Paladin / Blue Mage
Ultimate Weapon Information
Weapon Skill: Chant du Cygne
Versions: Lv. 80 - Lv. 85 - Lv. 90 - Lv. 95
Lv. 99 - Lv. 99 II - iLevel 119 - iLevel 119 II - iLevel 119 III
Aftermath Lv.1: 30% Triple Damage on Almace 60 seconds
Aftermath Lv.2: 40% Triple Damage on Almace 120 seconds
Aftermath Lv.3: 50% Triple Damage on Almace 180 seconds


Obtained From...
Quest Notes
Final REME Upgrade Non-Afterglow Item Level 119 weapons cost 10,000 Riftborn Boulders.
Final REME Upgrade Afterglow Item Level 119 weapons cost 1 Riftborn Boulder.


Redeemed From...
NPC Name Zone Notes
Dealer Moogle Various Trade a Kupon W-E119 or Mog Kupon W-E119

This Kupon provides an un-augmented weapon.

Dealer Moogle Various Trade a Kupon W-RMEA or Mog Kupon W-RMEA

This Kupon provides an AugRank15.png weapon.


This item is able to be augmented!
Augmented Via Zone Required Items
Oboro Port Jeuno - (E-6) S. Astral Detritus & M. Astral Detritus

See Oboro for prerequisites

Augment-Icon.png Augments - R15 (Max)
Path A
Main Hand:
DMG: +5
Chant du Cygne: Damage +10%
DEX & MND +20

Notes

Historical Reference

In the legendary Song of Roland, Almace, Almice or Almacia is the sword of Turpin, Archbishop of Reims, one of the last three Franks to die at the Battle of Roncevaux Pass, along with Roland (Orlando in Italian) and Gualter de Hum.

Unlike Roland's much more famous sword Durandal, very little is said about Almace in the Song of Roland. However the Norse saga, the Karlamagnus saga expands this slightly, claiming that a sword called Kurt (better known as the Curtana ), Almace and Durandal were three swords forged by the legendary Anglo-Saxon blacksmith Weyland, and presented to Charlemagne. Charlemagne tested the swords by seeing how far they would cut into a steel mound; Kurt penetrated "a hand's breadth" but was notched, Almace penetrated a hand's breadth without damage, and Durandal penetrated "half the length of a man's foot". Charlemagne gave Kurt to Ogier the Dane and Almace to Bishop Turpin, and initially kept Durandal for himself. (Later he was told in a dream to give Durandal to Count Roland.)

Another legend, written about Curtana itself, claims that it, Durandal, and Charlemagne's Joyeuse are a set of three, leaving Almace's origins unexplained. The etymology of the name is uncertain, but it may be derived from German, or from the Old Norse all macht, meaning Almighty.

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