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Dancer Equipment Guide by Eclipstic

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Junction This article is a personal guide. Information expressed in this guide is one player's opinion and may be more opinion than fact. Strategies and information contained herein may not work for everyone.

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Junction
Guide written by
Eclipstic
Server
Siren

This guide contains gear choices for the aspiring Dancer. I am aware that there are

many other choices suitable for the job at given levels. What i have picked out are the ones

that are most noteworthy only. That is, they will allow the player to be as efficient as i believe possible.

Also, most DNC gear below 30 is pretty basic and there's not much special about it. So those

will have to be chosen at the player's discretion. Exceptions will be noted.

Weapons

Equip main

Until you get Dual Wield at 20, H2h is the way to go since Combo will outdamage anything you can throw at a mob with a dagger.

Lvl Armor Notes/How To Obtain
1 Cesti Cesti Plus 1 Leathercraft (3/14), Woodworking (1/12)
Yield: Cesti
HQ 1: Cesti +1
Earth Crystal
14 Strike Baghnakhs ==Notorious Monster==

If you can get your hands on a pair of these, it'll be the best find you can get on weapons until at least 20

20 Mercenary's Knife ==Windurst Conquest Points Items
  • Cost: 2,000 CP
21 Poison Knife Poison Knife Plus 1 Alchemy (23/34)
Yield: Poison Knife
HQ 1: Poison Knife +1
Water Crystal

Pair one of these up with a Mercenary's Knife and you've got yourself a good duo to last you till 30.

30 Mercenary Captain's Kukri ==Windurst Conquest Points Items
  • Cost: 4,000 CP
31 Acid Knife Corrosive Knife Alchemy (47/58)
Yield: Acid Knife
HQ 1: Corrosive Knife
Water Crystal

The MCK paired with this will be your next dynamic duo.

34 Windurstian Kukri Federation Kukri Smithing (38/49)
Yield: Windurstian Kukri
HQ 1: Federation Kukri
Fire Crystal
46 Bone Knife Plus 1 Bonecraft (41/52)
Yield: Bone Knife
HQ 1: Bone Knife +1
Wind Crystal

Get the +1s, you will want your daggers to last as long as you can at this level. You're going to be living off of Drain Samba, so you want the best dmg vs. delay you can find.

56 Beetle Knife Plus 1 Bonecraft (59/70)
Yield: Beetle Knife
HQ 1: Beetle Knife +1
Wind Crystal
62 Sleight kukri ==Notorious Monster==

This is a great off hand dagger. The NM is part of weapons trial kills, so there will most likely be alot of people camping it out. If you're lucky, they'll let you in and take the dagger.

69 Stun Kukri Stun Kukri Plus 1 Alchemy (86/97)
Yield: Stun Kukri
HQ 1: Stun Kukri +1
Water Crystal
69 Valiant Knife ==Notorious Monster==

Has a great hidden effect for solo play.

70 Behemoth Knife Plus 1 Bonecraft (84/95)
Yield: Behemoth Knife
HQ 1: Behemoth Knife +1
Wind Crystal
71 Cobra Unit Knife ==Cobra Unit (Windurst)

Great offhand dagger

74 Azothdescription ==Notorious Monster==

Best main hand dagger until you get into Mythic or trial daggers. Price has been driven down dramatically due to this.

75 Terpsichoreid ==Mythic Weapons==

Only great for its added step effects. Be prepared for a ton of hard work and gil.

75+ Trial of the Magians Due to the overwhelming variety of weapons, refer to the Dagger Trials page for options.
80 File:Auric daggern.png ==Abyssea - Uleguerand==

MAIN HAND

85 Daka +1 ==Trial of the Magians==
85 Twastar (85) ==Trial of the Magians==

Empyrean

89 Phurba ==Abyssea - Uleguerand==

This NM, well, he's a !@*$%. Pray you can proc blue !! to get this piece of gold before you're eating dirt. WALTZ

90 File:Angr Harpe.png ==Abyssea - Uleguerand==

This is the highest base damage dagger next to the lv 90 Twashtar and much easier to obtain i might add. MAIN HAND

90 File:Twilight Knife.jpg ==Abyssea - Empyreal Paradox==

OFF HAND

90 Trial2286 ==Trial of the Magians==

Personally, I offhand this with the Phurba for the potency since i do alot of solo work. The extra TP gain with this weapon is astounding, but it comes at the loss of a little less DoT.

90 Twashtar90 ==Trial of the Magians==

This weapon does not shine near as bright in the hands of a DNC as it does a THF. Nevertheless, it has the highest base dmg and will still deal punishing Eviscerations and the empyrean WS combined with the proper Job Abilities.

Ammo/Ranged

Equip ammo
Lvl Armor Notes/How To Obtain
30 AttarSachet OlibanumSachet ==RSE==

Elvaan only

40 War Hoop ==Artifact Armor==

A handy tool for pulling as well as CHR+3 to boost your Waltz Potency

58 Tiphia Sting ==Notorious Monster==

Not used very often, but when you're not pulling and don't need cures so much, every little bit can help.

60 File:Sonia's plectrum.jpg ==Fourth Division (Bastok)==
70 Black Tathlum ==Notorious Monster==

Accessed via Doomvoid from the notorious Sandworm

78 File:Thewbomblet.jpg ==Abyssea - Tahrongi

Spawned by trading an Alkaline Humus obtained from the nearby Pachypodium

83 Jinx Discus ==Abyssea - Attohwa==

PULLING

84 Charis feather ==Abyssea - Vunkerl==

Neck

Equip neck
Lvl Armor Notes/How To Obtain
18 FocusCollar Focus Collar +1 Goldsmithing (39-40)Verification Needed
Yield: Focus Collar
HQ 1: Focus Collar +1
Earth Crystal
21 Spike necklace Bonecraft (15/26)
Yield: Fang Necklace
HQ 1: Spike Necklace
Earth Crystal
33 File:PeacockAmulet.jpg PeacockCharm ==Notorious Monster/BCNM==
60 Chivalrous Chain ==Assault==

8,000 Lebros Cavern Assault Points

67 File:Knack pendant.jpg ==Notorious Monster==
70 File:Kubira Bead Necklace.png ==Einherjar
73 File:Love Torque.jpg ==Notorious Monster==
74 Ancient Torque ==Notorious Monster==
80 Charis necklace ==Abyssea - Konschtat

Dual Wield effect is 3%.

84 Agasaya's collar ==Abyssea - Attohwa==

It's not a Love Torque but you can use it for TP and WS if you are without it or the Charis Necklace.

Source entry: Dancer Equipment Guide by Eclipstic. Cached on this server on 5 November 2026.

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