

Though the Engine Blade is Noctis's "iconic" weapon, he doesn't usually use it in cut scenes, opting for the mandatory royal arms instead.

Noctis wields the base version of the Engine Blade in Armiger Unleashed even if the player has upgraded it (or sold it). Patch notes: Was made sellable in Patch 1.03. It absorbs the elemental powers of defeated foes. Player gains new Engine Blade in New Game Plus and when using chapter select.Ī sword Noctis received from Regis for his sixteenth birthday. The player gains a new Engine Blade when using New Game Plus or chapter select.Ībsorbs elemental energy when dealing the finishing blow to an enemy.

If the player sells it however, they cannot upgrade it. The weapon was made sellable in patch 1.03 and sells for 1 gil.

The Engine Blade can be further evolved into the Ultima Blade from the Engine Blade III. The Engine Blade can be upgraded by Cid, having two more upgrades, its Attack increasing with each one. The Engine Blade might be a weapon given to the crown princes of Lucis, as Regis wields it in A King's Tale: Final Fantasy XV. He faces off against Iedolas Aldercapt and wields a falchion with an engine attached to its hilt. In the trailer for Final Fantasy Versus XIII released at the "Square Enix 1st Production Department Premiere" in January 2011, Regis sits on his throne and talks to himself. Noctis's character designer Tetsuya Nomura has noted that, despite having a limited amount of time to make the 2006 E3 trailer where the game was revealed, a good amount of time was spent designing the sword Noctis holds while sitting on his throne at the trailer's start. The Engine Blade is the first weapon that became associated with Noctis, ever since he was first announced for Final Fantasy Versus XIII. Its description says the sword was a present to him from King Regis on Noctis's 16th birthday. He can use it to warp and it attacks fairly fast. The Engine Blade is Noctis's default one-handed sword.
