Tales of Vesperia Fell Arms Guide: how to get the best weapons in Definitive Edition
It wouldn't be a good epic adventure without some gear to match - and that means you'll find yourself in search of the best weapons in Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition much as with many other classic RPGs. There's a large number of weapons available to your party of heroes, but the best ones in the game are actually quite easy to initially find - the Fell Arms. To get the most out of them you'll need to awaken and unseal them, plus power up each weapon, however.
Put simply, in the lore of Tales of Vesperia the Fell Arms are legendary weapons with a few different legendary origin stories. Where the weapons came from doesn't really matter all that much, however - what really matters is that after a little time spent with each character they'll become the best weapons for each character in the game - and the more time spent, the better they become. Here's how it all works: Fell Arms are actually introduced and obtained quite easily, and though some are gated by certain abilities you'll be able to pick them up in pretty short order once you're able to. If you want to know when and where they're obtained in order to plan ahead, read on...
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Tales of Vesperia Best Weapons: how to get the Fell Arms for each party member
Fell Arms increase with power with every enemy that has been felled by their user. This is limited to your current play-through - so the counter resets with each new game plus you attempt - but this means you can rack up significant kill numbers and in turn significantly power up your fell arms. Kills don't have to actually be with the Fell Arm - they just need to be by the character in question. Racking up kills is easier with some characters than with others, of course.
Ultimately, this means that each Fell Arm for each character is the best weapon for that character - so long as you've leveled that Fell Arm up by defeating enemies with it. The Fell arms have steep requirements to unlock their power-boosting status, but once obtained they'll prove deeply useful for the late game.
As you progress through the game, you'll eventually pick up the sword Abyssion. This is your first of the Fell Arms in Tales of Vesperia, and once you obtain it the party will actually discuss the event. They decide to gather up the other fell arms in order to have them all.
The Fell Arms are relatively average in their basic, 'sealed' forms, but at the very end of the main story of the game you'll be able to 'unseal' each weapon, in turn making it far more powerful and unlocking its power-boosting ability based on the number of enemies killed by each character. This is how they reach 'best weapon' status, and though it comes late it's ideal for high level post-story content. Here's all of the Fell Arms:
- Yuri Fell Arm: Abyssion
Yuri's Abyssion is the sword fell arm. As mentioned above, you can encounter this through story progression - once you've rescued Estelle from Zaphias, head to Myorzo and visit the Elder's Residence - you'll then get the sword and a bit of an explanation of the Fell Arms in detail. When unsealed it becomes the Blazor Edge Abyssion, arguably Yuri's best weapon after a good number of kills. - Judith Fell Arm: Zarich
Judith's fell arm is a Spear, and it's obtained at the Aer Krene (the aer springs) near Nordopolica. You'll need to have converted four Entelexeia into Spirits first. Rack up the kills and this too can become Judith's best weapon once unsealed, when it becomes the Sand Spear Zarich. Your Sorceror's Ring will also upgrade to level 4 here, which is important for obtaining the next weapon. - Raven Fell Arm: Nebilim
The Nebilim takes the form of a light bow, and is Raven's Fell Arm. To get it you'll first need to get your hands on the Level 4 Sorcerers Ring - which opens up a lot of doors in the Tales of Vesperia world. One such door (of sorts) is a bush in Keiv Moc that can be burned with the ring - revealing a chest containing Nebilim. Once unsealed, it becomes the Infernal Angel Nebilim. - Estelle Fell Arm: Mercurius
Another sword-type fell arm, except this one is just perfect for Estelle. This one needs the Level 4 Sorcerer's Ring - except this time rather than burning a bush you'll need to blast away rubble in Relewiese Hollow. Behind it, there's a chest, and within that chest is the sword. This fell arm eventually becomes the Soul Blade Mercurius, Estelle's best weapon. - Karol Fell Arm: Glasya Labolas
Karol's fell arm takes the form of a powerful axe, and this one - you guessed it - also requires the Level 4 Sorcerer's Ring. To nab the fell arm head to the Quoi Woods. There's an entire area you can only reach by burning vines with the ring - and behind it you'll find Giganto Monster Chimera Butterfly as well as the axe. It comes the Wrath Bringer Glasya Labolas once unsealed. - Repede Fell Arm: Susanoh
Fell arms come in all shapes and sizes, and Susanoh is a simple dagger, and is of course used by Repede. This one is found in a chest in the late part of Tarqaron, and eventually becomes the Blade of Sins Susanoh when unsealed. - Rita Fell Arm: Uroboros
Uroboros refers to a snake eating its own tail, and this fell arm takes the snake-like form of a whip. It's used by Rita, of course. It too is found in a chest in Tarqaron, in the same area where you'll first grab Susanoh. Once unsealed it's known as the Calamity Chain Uroboros. - Flynn Fell Arm: Seven-Branched Blade
Another sword-based ultimate weapon, this one for Flynn. Once it's been unsealed it becomes known as the Entelexeia Sword: Seven-Branched Blade and you'll be able to find it inside a chest in the first area of the Necropolis of Nostalgia, which is a new post-game dungeon added to the PlayStation 3 version of Vesperia. You can access the first two sections of the dungeon before fighting Duke. - Patty Fell Arm: Corbis
Patty gets a knife as her fell arm - and it too is found in a chest, this one also in the same dungeon as the Seven-Branched Blade, but in the second area instead of the first. Once unsealed and awakened to its ultimate power as one of the best potential weapons, it's then known as the Fox Spirit Blade Corbis.
In order to actually unseal each of the fell arms, you'll first need to collect them all. Once you have, the unsealing will take place as part of the final stages of Tales of Vesperia's main story. Simply fight the final boss with them all in your possession and you'll fight a new final form, and then load the save afterwards. Once that is completed and they're unsealed, you'll be free to use them and abuse their enemy kill-based power boosting mechanic - making them ideal for tackling most of the super-hard post-game content.