Customization

As you most likely know, there are a number of weapons that can be made through customizing. What you may not know is that for a given character, only around 5% of the combinations possible will actually give you something. For example, everyone knows that if Ashton combines a Scyther with a Damascus, he will get a Melufa. However, if he combines, say, a Both Shaver with a Green Beryl, he will not actually make something new per se. The same applies with all the other "non-combinations," like Smaller + Gold, Pair Nuts + Sapphire, etc. Let me explain:

If you are making a "real" combination (like Scyther + Damascus), you will either end up with the true result of that combination or a failure. HOWEVER! If you do an "invalid combination," you will wind up with one of a predetermined set of weapons for that character. Here is an example:

Dias tries to customize an Ignite Sword with a Sapphire. He ends up with a Murasame Sword.

He tries it again. This results in an Oriental Blade.

Dias, upset by these lackluster results, tries the exact same thing again but this time, he gets a Pleiad Sword. Dias is now a happy camper. Of course, Dias left his food in his tent so he will be eaten by a bear at some point, but for now he's happy.

Do you see? Had he customized the Ignite Sword with a Star Ruby (a "real" combination) instead, he would have had one of two results: A Soul Slayer (success), or a Dull Sword (failure). But since he did an invalid combination, he got random drawings from the "Invalid Combination" pile instead. The "pile" for each character (we'll call it the Invalid Pile) consists of a set of five or so weapons, one of which will be chosen randomly to be the result when an invalid combination is attempted. Or you could just fail outright. This sort of comes in handy early in the game, for if you are crafty you can lay hands on some fairly nice equipment at a minimal cost as far as minerals are concerned.

Orchestra...an invaluable tool for item creation. It brings something entirely new to the field of customization, namely in the Invalid Combination department. With "real" combinations, using Orchestra will generally allow you to get the successful result on the first try. But with an invalid combination, something different happens. Instead of getting a random drawing from the Invalid Pile, you will get the Default Weapon for that character (actually there's a .001% chance you won't, but it's only happened to me once, ever, so who cares). The Default Weapon is still a member of the Invalid Pile, but it is generally more powerful than the others, quite rare, and difficult to get without Orchestra. But turn on the Orchestra, and a Long Sword + Iron can become a Pleiad Sword like that (I snapped my fingers, you just couldn't hear it)! So what it amounts to is that if you use Orchestra with a combo that doesn't really do anything, you will get the Default Weapon instead of a selection from the Invalid Pile.

Now what about the Magical Rasp you say? Oddly enough, the Rasp has little effect as far as customizing goes, except for one thing. If you don't have it, and you do an invalid combo with Orchestra, you now have "only" about an 85% chance of getting the default weapon. I would have given this more discussion, but basically by the time you get Orchestra you can get the Rasp as well. In addition, the Rasp seems to increase probability for any combination's success, but once again, you should already have Orchestra by then so the benefits are kind of nullified. So it doesn't matter a whole lot. Blacksmithing, on the other hand, is another story...but that's not what this guide is for.

In summary: If you do an invalid combination, regardless of the quality of the items included, you'll get a random weapon from the Invalid Pile. So you can add another Mithril to that Eternal Sphere of yours, and still end up with a Long Edge. Certain weapons can only be acquired this way; unfortunately there's no way to affect the outcome in this situation so a number of these can be hard to get. If you do an invalid combo while using the Orchestra super specialty, you will get the Default Weapon for that character, which is available from the Invalid Pile but only rarely.

Further note: Trying to combine a Default Weapon in anything other than a listed "real" combination will always result in failure. Simply put, there is no higher weapon in the Invalid Pile, so your greed is punished with total failure. Not to mention, it would be really weird if you combined something and ended up with the same thing.

Customization Format

Person's Name
--Inv: (List of weapons in person's Invalid Pile)
--Def: (Default Weapon)
--Fail: (Weapon created if customization fails)
--Fun: (Weapon won by this person when they beat Fun City rank A Duel Battle)
--Other: (List of weapons that can't be bought or customized, along with where to get them; COT stands for Cave Of Trials)

<<Combo>>

(List of all "real" combinations, with their results)

###Note--If the names of the weapons to combine looks like this...

Weapon Weapon Weapon Weapon

Mineral

New weapon

...then that means any of those weapons can be customized with that mineral to get that result. It should all make sense when you see the real thing. Also, the attack strengths (and magic, if applicable) of the result items are listed in brackets next to their names.

Ashton Anchors

--Inv: Twin-Edge [340]
Twin Picks [500]
Double Masher [799]
Scyther [820]
Lotus Eater [1150]
--Def: Holy Cross [1240]
--Fail: Wobbly Sword [3]
--Fun: Doubledemon Sword [700]
--Other: Funny Slayer [1]-COT
Holy Sword Farewell [1900]-COT
Levantine Sword [3000]-COT

<<Combo>>

Smaller	Moonite	Pair Nuts [380]
Lotus Eater Pair Nuts	Meteorite	Gemini [1200]
Scyther	Damascus	Melufa [1320]
Guard Sword	Iron	Shield Sword [490]
Twin Swords	Sapphire Diamond	Lotus Eater [1150]
Twin Swords	Damascus	Smaller [180]

Bowman Jean

--Inv: Bagh Nakh [165]
Giant Fists[470]
Braised Knuckles [599, MAG 70]
Titan's Fists[1000]
--Def: Kaiser Knuckles [1100, MAG 200]
--Fail: Worn Knuckles [1]
--Fun: Flare Burst [1300]
--Other: Funny Slayer [1]-COT
Weird Slayer [1000]-COT

<<Combo>>

Bagh Nakh Knuckles Hard Knuckles	Meteorite	Braised Knuckles [599, MAG 70]
Giant Fists	Rainbow Diamond	Titan's Fists [1000]
Hecatoncheire	Iron	Titan's Fists [1000]
Bagh Nakh Hard Knuckles Knuckles	Rune Metal	Metal Fangs [400, MAG 50]
Asura	Diamond	Hecatoncheire [630]
Titan's Fists	Crystal	Asura [750]
Rune Full Moon	Diamond	Moon Fists [1200]

Celine Jules

--Inv: Magical Rod [150]
Clap Rod [280, MAG 30]
Crest Rod [100, MAG 25]
Tongue Twister [300, MAG 25]
--Def: Rod of Snakes [700, MAG 50]
--Fail: Bent Rod [5, MAG 1]
--Fun: Prime Prayer [1000, MAG 80]
--Other: Million Staff [800, MAG 800]-COT
Funny Slayer [1]-COT

<<Combo>>

Rod Crest Rod Ruby Wand	Mithril	Silver Rod [350, MAG 250]
Silver Rod	Moonite	Silvermoon [1000, MAG 300]
Clap Rod Dragon's Tusk Prime Prayer Rod of Snakes Ruby Rod Silvermoon Tongue Twister	Orichalcum	Holy Rod [520, MAG 240]
Clap Rod Dragon's Tusk Magical Rod Prime Prayer Rod of Snakes Silver Rod Silvermoon Tongue Twister	Star Ruby	Ruby Rod [680, MAG 300]
Holy Rod	Star Ruby	Dragon's Tusk [990, MAG 360]
Clap Rod Dragon's Tusk Holy Rod Magical Rod Prime Prayer Rod of Snakes Ruby Rod Silver Rod Silvermoon Tongue Twister	Ruby	Ruby Wand [70, MAG 20]

Chisato Madison

--Inv: Lightning Gun [650]
Voltage [460]
Electro Gun [410]
Spark [750]
--Def: Electron [830]
--Fail: 10 Volt Stun Gun [10]
--Fun: Aero Gun [800]
--Other: Weird Slayer [1000]-COT
Funny Slayer [1]-COT

<<Combo>>

Spark	Sapphire	Lightning Gun [650]
Electro Gun	Rainbow Diamond	Lightning Gun [650]
Lightning Gun	Sapphire	Electro Gun [410]
Voltage	Rainbow Diamond	Electro Gun [410]
Electron	Sapphire	Spark [750]
Lightning Gun	Rainbow Diamond	Spark [750]
Electric	Rainbow Diamond	Voltage [460]
Electro Gun	Sapphire	Voltage [460]
Voltage	Sapphire	Electric [280]
Stun Gun	Rainbow Diamond	Electric [280]
Electric	Sapphire	Stun Gun [200]
Cracker	Sage's Stone	Psychic Gun [980]
Aero Gun Electron Flame Gun Lightning Gun Psychic Gun Spark	Damascus	Cracker [660]
Aero Gun Cracker Electron Lightning Gun Psychic Gun Spark	Star Ruby	Flame Gun [550]
Shock Gun	Sapphire	Freeze [600]
Electric Stun Gun	Mithril	Shock Gun [380]

Claude Kenni

--Inv: Gusguine [250]
Veil Piercer [480]
Sawed [990]
Long Edge [285]
Sinclair Sabre [100]
Force Sword [908]
--Def: Aura Blade [1200]
--Fail: Dull Sword [2]
--Fun: Windsley Sword [1400]
--Other: Funny Slayer [1]-COT
Levantine Sword [3000]-COT
Holy Sword Farewell [1900]-COT
Marvel Sword [1100]-Field of Power
Sharp Edge [222]-Get after winning 2nd in Lacour (Claude's quest)
Sacred Tear [1250]-Dr. Mirage gives it to Claude

<<Combo>>

All-Purpose Knife Broad Sword Long Sword Sinclair Sabre	Silver	Silver Fangs [12]
All-Purpose Knife Broad Sword Long Sword Sinclair Sabre	Gold	Golden Fangs [10]
All-Purpose Knife Broad Sword Long Sword Sinclair Sabre	Ruby	Flame Blade [160]
Veil Piercer	Diamond	Heart Breaker [550]
Aura Blade Eternal Sphere Force Sword Heart Breaker Ignite Sword Marvel Sword Minus Sword Sawed Windsley Sword	Orichalcum	Silvance [1220]
Aura Blade Eternal Sphere Force Sword Grand Stinger Heart Breaker Long Edge Marvel Sword Minus Sword Sawed Sharp Edge Silvance Veil Piercer Windsley Sword	Star Ruby	Ignite Sword [720]
Minus Sword Sharp Edge	Damascus	Grand Stinger[620]
Sharp Edge	Mithril	Minus Sword [599]
Minus Sword	Mithril	Eternal Sphere [1600]

Dias Flac

--Inv: Baselard [180]
Oriental Blade [448]
Murasame Sword [552]
Grand Stinger [620]
The Hope of Breeze [770]
Ruins' Fate [1000]
--Def: Pleiad Sword [1200]
--Fail: Dull Sword [2]
--Fun: Cromlea Sword [1399]
--Other: Holy Sword Farewell [1900]-COT
Levantine Sword [3000]-COT
Marvel Sword [1100]-Field of Power
Funny Slayer [1]-COT
Bastard Sword [150]-Pickpocket
Sharpness [500]-Has before Lacour tournament (Rena's quest)

<<Combo>>

Crimson Diablos Cromlea Sword Hard Cleaver Pleiad Sword Ruins' Fate Soul Slayer The Hope of Breeze	Meteorite	Whirlwind [780]
Crimson Diablos Cromlea Sword Hard Cleaver Ignite Sword Marvel Sword Pleiad Sword Ruins' Fate The Hope of Breeze	Star Ruby	Soul Slayer [982]
The Hope of Breeze	Rainbow Diamond	Hard Cleaver [1100]
Hard Cleaver	Damascus	Crimson Diablos [1100]
Soul Slayer	Sage's Stone	Crimson Diablos [1100]
Grand Stinger	Damascus	Ruins' Fate [1000]

Ernest Raveide

--Inv: Hard Whip [550]
Rose Whip [600]
Splinter [460]
Light Whip [820]
Molecule Wire [799]
--Def: Invisible Whip [950]
--Fail: Limp Whip [2]
--Fun: Cat o'9 Tails [1280]
--Other: Funny Slayer [1]-COT

<<Combo>>

Molecule Wire	Damascus	Dark Whip [1100]
Hard Whip	Crystal	Light Whip [820]
Rose Whip	Silver	Twin-Tail [860]
Cat o'9 Tails Dark Whip Freeze Whip Invisible Whip Light Whip Molecule Wire Rose Whip Spark Whip	Star Ruby	Flare Whip [800]
Cat o'9 Tails Dark Whip Flare Whip Invisible Whip Light Whip Molecule Wire Rose Whip Spark Whip	Sage's Stone	Freeze Whip [800]
Cat o'9 Tails Dark Whip Flare Whip Freeze Whip Invisible Whip Light Whip Molecule Wire Rose Whip	Rainbow Diamond	Spark Whip [1080]

Leon Geeste

--Inv: All About ESP [780, MAG 70]
Mental Revolution [680, MAG 60]
Encyclopedia [500, MAG 100]
Dictionary [340, MAG 50]
Illustrated Book [320, MAG 22]
--Def: Brain Structure [890, MAG 80]
--Fail: Crumpled Paper [Can't equip]
--Fun: Book of Awakening? [50, MAG 80]
--Other: Funny Slayer [1]-COT
Million Staff [800, MAG 800]-COT

<<Combo>>

All About ESP Ancient Wisdom Book of Awakening Book of Chaos Brain Structure Heraldry Book Holy Scriptures Mental Revolution	Rune Metal	Heraldry [290, MAG 100]
All About ESP Ancient Wisdom Book of Awakening Brain Structure Encyclopedia Heraldry Heraldry Book Holy Scriptures Mental Revolution	Damascus	Book of Darkness [700, MAG 80]
Book of Darkness	Damascus	Book of Chaos [950, MAG 400]
Illustrated Book Reference Book	Iron	Thick Book [180, MAG 15]
Book of Chaos	Damascus	Ancient Wisdom [800, MAG 380]
Book of Darkness	Mithril	Holy Scriptures [920, MAG 199]
Heraldry	Moonite	Heraldry Book [500, MAG 100]

Noel Chandler

--Inv: Tiger's Fangs [600, MAG 100]
Metal Fangs [400, MAG 50]
Cat's Fangs [120]
Dragon's Claws [450, MAG 100]
Hard Knuckles [40, MAG 10]
--Def: Kaiser Knuckles [1100, MAG 200]
--Fail: Worn Knuckles [1]
--Fun: Death Fangs
--Other: Funny Slayer [1]-COT
Million Staff [800, MAG 800]-COT

<<Combo>>

Eagle's Claws	Green Beryl	Dragon's Claws [450, MAG 100]
Cat's Fangs Hard Knuckles Knuckles	Moonite	Dragon's Claws [450, MAG 100]
Hard Knuckles	Mithril	Eagle's Claws [760, MAG 110]
Dragon's Claws	Iron	Grizzly Claps [840, MAG 200]
Cat's Fangs Hard Knuckles Knuckles Tiger's Fangs	Rune Metal	Metal Fangs [400, MAG 50]
Tiger's Fangs	Mithril	Platinum Nails [850, MAG 100]
Eagle's Claws	Sapphire	Serpent's Tooth [900, MAG 150]

Opera Vectra

--Inv: Alpha Box [690]
Beta Box [690]
X Box [500]
Light Box [490]
--Def: Gamma Box [750]
--Fail: Scrap Iron [can't equip]
--Fun: Psycho Box [1050]
--Other: Funny Slayer [1]-COT

<<Combo>>

Magic Box	Sage's Stone	Burst Box [780]
Black Box	Crystal	Light Box [490]
Light Box	Rainbow Diamond	Seventh Ray [280]
Booster Box	Damascus	Black Box [200]
Light Box	Rune Metal	Magic Box [650]
Beta Box Gamma Box	Orichalcum	Pulse Box [1000]

Precis Neumann

--Inv: One-two Punch [280]
Atomic Punch [1120]
Ultra Punch [650]
Great Punch [850]
--Def: SD Punch [1150]
--Fail: Scrap Iron [Can't equip]
--Fun: Hyper Punch [1250]
--Other: Funny Slayer [1]-COT
Weird Slayer [1000]-COT

<<Combo>>

SD Punch	Damascus	UGA Punch [1300]
UGA Punch	Meteorite	SDUGA Punch [1600]
Atomic Punch Great Punch SD Punch SDUGA Punch Spark Hand	Star Ruby	Burning Hand [600]
Atomic Punch Burning Hand Fire Punch Great Punch Hyper Punch One-two Punch SD Punch SDUGA Punch Spark Hand Straight Punch Thunder Punch UGA Punch Ultra Punch	Sapphire	Ice Punch [380]
Atomic Punch Burning Hand Great Punch Hyper Punch Ice Punch One-two Punch SD Punch SDUGA Punch Spark Hand Straight Punch Thunder Punch UGA Punch Ultra Punch	Ruby	Fire Punch [699]
Atomic Punch Burning Hand Fire Punch Great Punch Hyper Punch Ice Punch One-two Punch SD Punch SDUGA Punch Spark Hand Straight Punch UGA Punch Ultra Punch	Diamond	Thunder Punch [420]
Atomic Punch Burning Hand Great Punch Hyper Punch SD Punch SDUGA Punch	Rainbow Diamond	Spark Hand [650]

Rena Lanford

--Inv: Magical Gloves [688, MAG 60]
Cestus [140, MAG 20]
Pain Cestus [580, MAG 80]
Metal Fangs [400, MAG 50]
--Def: Kaiser Knuckles [1100, MAG 200]
--Fail: Worn Knuckles [1]
--Fun: Fellper Nails [1200, MAG 30]
--Other: Funny Slayer [1]-COT
Weird Slayer [1000]-COT
Fallen Hope [1000, MAG 300]-Dr. Mirage gives it to Rena

<<Combo>>

Rune Full Moon	Sage's Stone	Sorceress Knuckles [1000, MAG 180]
Magical Gloves	Rune Metal	Sorceress Knuckles [1000, MAG 180]
Cestus Hard Knuckles Knuckles	Rune Metal	Metal Fangs [400, MAG 50]
Cestus Hard Knuckles Knuckles	Damascus	Pain Cestus [580, MAG 80]
Kaiser Knuckles	Moonite	Empresia [1220, MAG 300]
Magical Gloves	Moonite	Rune Full Moon [900, MAG 150]
Cestus Hard Knuckles Knuckles	Moonite	Dragon's Claws [450, MAG 100]