Hauteclaire

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Statistics Hauteclaire (Sword) All Races DMG: 46 Delay: 240 Accuracy +7 Divine Magic Skill +8 Physical Damage Taken -7% Additional effect: Light damage Lv. 71 PLD / DRK Damage Per Second: 11.5 TP Per Hit: 6.4%	Other Uses Resale Price: Cannot be sold to NPCs.
Synthesis Recipes None	Used in Recipes None
Desynthesis Recipe None	Obtained From Desynthesis None

How to Obtain

Cannot be auctioned, traded, or bazaared.

Dropped From

Name	Level	Zone
Khimaira (NM)	??	Caedarva Mire

Special Event

Also able to be obtained from the Final Fantasy XI 6th Anniversary Mog Bonanza (Rank 3)

Historical Background

In Medieval European Literature, Hauteclaire (also spelled Hauteclere, Halteclere) is the sword of Olivier in the French hero epic The Song of Roland (written in the mid 12th century CE). Hauteclaire is a roughened steel blade with a brown tint and a golden hilt, which has a crystal embedded in it. Olivier is the friend of the Roland and was more reserved than Roland, being considered to embody wisdom, as opposed to Roland, who was courageous, but brash. Olivier mentions in the story that he considered prudence more valuable than reckless bravado. Olivier was killed by being impaled on Algalif’s Lance, though not before he was able to use Hauteclaire to split his attacker’s head asunder.