Spharai
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Other UsesResale Price: Cannot be sold to NPCs. | ||||||
Synthesis RecipesNone |
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Desynthesis RecipeNone |
Obtained From Desynthesis
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How to Obtain
| Cannot be auctioned, traded, or bazaared. |
Quest
Notes
- Obtaining this weapon is a very hard and tedious quest. It will require an amount of devotion and sacrifice that most can not meet. The following coins are required, per stage, to complete this weapon, starting from stage 2 to stage 5(final product).
- Stage 2: 4 - One Hundred Byne Bill
- Stage 3: 14 - Montiont Silverpiece
- Stage 4: 61 - Lungo-Nango Jadeshell
- Stage 5: 1 - Ten Thousand Byne Bill
- This weapon requires a total of 17,900 coins from dynamis.
- This is an estimation of the cost.
- -Assume that each individual 1 byne bill costs 7k, and both of the individual whiteshells, and bronzepieces cost 10k.
- This weapon will cost you 145,000,000.
- -If you assume that the 1 bynes are 7k and the whiteshells and bronzepieces are 12k.
- This weapon will cost you 160,000,000.
- -Assume that each individual 1 byne bill costs 7k, and both of the individual whiteshells, and bronzepieces cost 10k.
Historical Background
Sphairai (Spharai is a misspelling) was a dangerous type of Caestus which was made of several thin strips of leather with cutting blades inserted in them which were wrapped around. This allowed each punch to cut up an opponent and even a glancing blow would deal damage. Sphairai were used in Pankration (sport in the ancient world considered a combination of boxing and wrestling - Pankration means "all-strength" or "all-power"). Sphairai means "spheres" and derives from the thick rings of leather that would be wrapped around the fist.



