Assassin's Cerulean Dagger

Type

Talismans

Weight

0.8

Effects

An assassin's dagger, misshapen and stained in cerulean.

Critical hits restore FP.

This charm is modelled after the darkly gleaming blades used in the Night of Black Knives. Those which gave the demigods their first taste of Death.

Hidden Black Knife Assassin in Black Knife Catacombs

Liurnia of the Lakes

Starting Site of Grace: Black Knife Catacombs

1. Find Black Knife Catacombs at the northeastern end of Liurnia's eastern road, beyond the Uld Palace Ruins. A Mausoleum Knight guards the entrance; you can get inside without defeating him.
2. From the grace, pass the locked main boss door and follow the corridor to the room with falling guillotine blades.
3. Wait for the middle blade to strike the floor, then step onto it and ride it upward. Jump from it onto the raised doorway ledge.
4. Follow the upper passage, dealing with the skeletons and their controlling caster. At the apparent dead end, do not drop through the hole on your right.
5. Strike the wall directly ahead to reveal the hidden passage and a separate boss fog. D's summon sign may be available here if he is alive.
6. Defeat the Black Knife Assassin behind this fog to receive the talisman and the Black Knifeprint. The Cemetery Shade behind the dungeon's main boss door is a different fight and does not award this talisman.

Notes

• Restores 15 FP when a qualifying critical attack connects. Backstabs and ripostes after a parry or stance break are the usual ways to activate it.
• Breaking an enemy's stance only creates the opening. Move into position and perform the critical attack to receive the FP; an ordinary follow-up swing does not qualify.
• The return is a flat 15 FP rather than a percentage of maximum FP. Raising Mind or using a weapon with a higher Critical rating does not increase that amount.
• A normal headshot, heavy hit or killing blow does not count just because it deals a lot of damage. This talisman is tied to critical attacks, rather than ordinary damage or enemy deaths.
• Can be equipped with Assassin's Crimson Dagger to recover both FP and HP from qualifying critical attacks. Dagger Talisman improves the critical's damage separately.
• The hidden Black Knife Assassin awards it directly. You do not need extra Item Discovery, and killing the Cemetery Shade in the same dungeon will not give you this talisman.
• A critical animation with two qualifying damage contacts can activate the recovery twice. That is up to 30 FP, rather than a larger reward caused by the weapon’s Critical rating. Not every weapon or critical animation has two qualifying contacts.