Weapon abilities are special attributes that grant positive or negative effects to weapons in the Dark Cloud series. In Dark Cloud, specific weapons will have a specific effect by default, which then carries over when it is built up into a new weapon. It is possible to Status Break a weapon into a SynthSphere that carries all of its abilities and will grant them to another weapon once absorbed. Dark Chronicle continues this trend, but adds Coins, rare items that can grant their ability freely to any weapon. Some abilities cannot co-exist on one weapon and will thus cancel each other out, resulting in none, which is required to remove certain negative abilities.
Sometimes, in Dark Cloud, if you attach a SynthSphere containing the opposite ability of the base weapon's natural ability and then proceed to Upgrade the base weapon, the base weapon retains its natural ability instead of having it canceled out. This can go either way, so be wary when you are trying to nullify something like Poor or Fragile from a weapon with a Big Bucks or Durable SynthSphere.
Stealing an item from a monster using the Steal ability will grant you the silver trophy Sticky Fingers.
Dark Cloud[]
| Icon | Name | Information | Weapons |
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Abs Up | Increases Abs absorption by 20%. | Trial Hammer |
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Big Bucks | Doubles the money acquired when you defeat an enemy. Opposite of Poor. | Big Bucks Hammer |
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Critical | Small chance to kill an enemy with one hit. | 5 Foot Nail |
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Drain | Restores a small amount of hit points(about 1% of the damage dealt, regardless of enemy's health) with each attack. Opposite of Heal. | Drain Seeker |
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Durable | Delays the rate at which WHp is lost. Opposite of Fragile. | Random |
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Fragile | Increases the rate at which WHp is lost. Opposite of Durable. | Random |
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Heal | Restores 1 Health Point every couple of seconds. Opposite of Drain. | Angel Shooter |
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Poison | Small chance to Poison an enemy, causing it to lose health over time. | Scorpion |
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Poor | Decreases the Gilda acquired when you defeat an enemy. Opposite of Big Bucks. | Trial Hammer |
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Quench | Reduces the rate at which the thirst meter decreases. Opposite of Thirst. | Kitchen Knife |
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Steal | Small chance to steal an item from an enemy hitting them. | Bandit Slingshot Bandit's Ring |
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Stop | Small chance to freeze an enemy during an attack. | Antique Sword |
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Thirst | Doubles the rate at which the thirst meter empties, but each slain enemy refills one drop. Opposite of Quench. | Sand Breaker |
Dark Chronicle[]
| Icon | Ability | Information | Weapons |
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ABS Up | Receive 20% more ABS points from defeated enemies. | Thorn Armlet Ruler's Sword |
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Absorb | Every hit has a 15% chance to absorb 2% of damage dealt as health to the player. Opposite of Heal. | Dark Viper Drain Seeker |
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Critical | Every hit has a 15% chance to deal 80% increased damage. Opposite of Dark. | Falcon Small Sword Chronicle 2 |
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Dark | Increases damage dealt by 50%, but you lose 1% of health with every hit. Opposite of Critical. | Soul Breaker Sargatanas Dark Excalibur |
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Durable | Weapon WHP decreases at a slower rate. Opposite of Fragile. | Cubic Hammer Cross Heinder Mobius Bangle |
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Fragile | Weapon WHP decreases at a faster rate. Opposite of Durable. | Swan Sand Breaker |
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Heal | Gradually heal by 1 health point every 5 seconds. Opposite of Absorb. | Shining Bravado Mardan Garayan Love |
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Poison | Every hit has a small chance to poison enemies. | Poison Wrench Bone Rapier Evilcise Drain Seeker |
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Poverty | Decreases Gilda dropped by defeated enemies by 30%. Opposite of Wealth. | Question Shooter Wise Owl Sword Thorn Armlet |
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Steal | Every hit has a small chance to steal items from enemies. | Stinger Wrench Kubera's Hand Steal Gun Bandit Brassard |
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Stop | Every hit has a small chance to stop enemies completely. | Antique Sword Chronicle Sword |
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Wealth | Increases Gilda dropped from defeated enemies by 30%. Opposite of Poverty. | Big Bucks Hammer Platinum Brassard Pocklekul |