Ultimate Equipment

Charibasa wielding Hotenpon's Halberd.

Ultimate Equipment are special equipment available in Patapon 3 that can only be received, very rarely, from Purple Jeweled Treasure Chests, which can only be obtained, occasionally, from either Big Beat, Perfect Marching Fest, Depths of Gluttony, Depths of Jealousy, or Online VS matches in the Battle Gate. A minimum Uberhero level of 32 is required to obtain a Pink Jeweled Chest from any of these missions.

These pieces of equipment can be distinguished by their gold and black color scheme, much like Divine Equipment from the previous installments, and their green-colored equipment name. Ultimate Equipment cannot be disbanded at the Armory, and are permanent once obtained. All the 34 Equipment types, including Scythes and Claws, have its own Ultimate variant.

Ultimate equipment scales with the user's level. The higher the level, the better its stats. Set Skills like "Weapon +2 or +3", "Helm Master" and "Shield +2 or +3" have no effect on ultimates.

Weapons

Tatepon Sword
		Uberhero
The ultimate sword, said to have rested proudly in the scabbard of the hero Tatepon. Could be used to cut yourself a new continent.
Attack Element: Slash Other Notes: High critical rate Good knockback and stagger rate Fast attack speed Increases movement speed while attacking		Normal

Tsukigiri
		Uberhero
The ultimate blade. The songs say it once sliced the moon in half.
Attack Element: Slash Other Notes: High critical rate Fast attack speed		Normal

Yaripon's Spear
		Uberhero
The ultimate spear, said to have rested in the hands of the hero Yaripon. One swish can part even the vastest ocean.
Attack Element: Stab Other Notes: High critical rate Good knockback and stagger rate Fast attack speed		Normal

Lance of Asuwish
		Uberhero
A legendary lance. Just say the word, and it grows to whatever length your ego demands.
Attack Element: Stab Other Notes: High critical rate Good knockback and stagger rate		Normal

Hotenpon's Halberd
		Uberhero
The ultimate halberd for the ultimate warrior. Requires at least a dozen people to lift it.
Attack Element: Stab Other Notes: Good critical and stagger rate Good shield breaker rate Slow attack speed Decreases movement speed, both while marching and attacking		Normal

Super Megadogu Arm
		Uberhero
The ultimate arm; imbued with the power of the ancients.
Attack Element: Strike Other Notes: Good critical, knockback, and stagger rate Bonuses: +100% damage against Wood +100% damage against Stone +100% damage against Metal		Normal

Krauser
		Uberhero
The wielder of this ultimate dagger is said to move with the speed of light.
Attack Element: Stab Other Notes: Good critical rate Very high attack speed		Normal

Pain of Pentavus
		Uberhero
This ultimate shiv pulverizes enemy defenses while reinforcing one's own.
Attack Element: Stab Other Notes: High critical rate Good stagger rate Good shield breaker rate Fast attack speed Increases movement speed while attacking		Normal

Caladbong
		Uberhero
The ultimate greatsword, said to give three grassy knolls haircuts in just one mighty swing.
Attack Element: Slash Other Notes: Good critical, knockback, and stagger rate High resistance stats. Increases movement speed, both while marching and attacking		Normal

Kusanakin
		Uberhero
The ultimate greatblade. Its dreadful sharpness alarmed the ancient world so much, it was locked away where none but you could find it.
Attack Element: Slash Other Notes: High critical rate High resistance stats		Normal

Bumpalion Axe
		Uberhero
According to legend, this ultimate axe can shatter any known material.
Attack Element: Slash Other Notes: Slow attack speed Good critical, knockback, and stagger rate		Normal

Humthor's Harm
		Uberhero
Ultimate club of unknown material with the ability to rend the earth asunder.
Attack Element: Strike Other Notes: High stagger rate Good critical and knockback rate		Normal

Yumipon's Bow
		Uberhero
This ultimate bow, which once purportedly belonged to the hero Yumipon , who used the stars for target practice.
Attack Element: Stab Other Notes: High critical and stagger rate Fast attack speed		Normal

Dekiramos's Crossbow
		Uberhero
When fired, the arrows of this longbow have been likened to a flurry of shooting stars.
Attack Element: Stab Other Notes: High critical rate Good knockback and stagger rate		Normal

Goweecha Gun
		Uberhero
This ultimate crossbow attacks with a fury that is beyond the pale.
Attack Element: Stab Other Notes: High critical, knockback, and stagger rate Fast attack speed Ignites enemies		Normal

Tuba of Panchunan
		Uberhero
A mysterious tuba made of some unknown matter.
Attack Element: Sound Other Notes: High critical rate Good knockback and stagger rate Fast attack speed Puts enemies to sleep		Normal

Bellophone
		Uberhero
The ultimate horn, designed by and for demons to announce the coming of the end of the world.
Attack Element: Sound Other Notes: High stagger rate Good critical and knockback rate		Normal

Gjallarborn
		Uberhero
This ultimate twinhorn disrupts the five senses of one's foes with a barrage of sound that rocks the very heavens
Attack Element: Sound Other Notes: Good critical and stagger rate Puts enemies to sleep Poisons enemies		Normal

Phoenix Ultimate Staff
		Uberhero
A holy staff possessed by the phoenix, whose fiery wings turn enemy lines into a furnace.
Attack Element: Fire Other Notes: Normal attacks cast Singe 1-5 Charged attacks cast Volcano 1-5 Good critical, knockback, and stagger rate Ignites enemies		Normal

Scepter of Rahmon
		Uberhero
This ultimate scepter allows total manipulation of poison. Transforming freeze trap into poisonous poison trap.
Attack Element: N/A Other Notes: Freezes enemies Poisons enemies Charge attack creates a poisonous ice wall that blocks foes and poisons enemies when broken		Normal

Universatile Cannon
		Uberhero
This ultimate cannon absorbs electromagnetic waves from the cosmos and discharges them in a blitz of energy.
Attack Element: Crush Other Notes: Good knockback and stagger rate Bonuses: +20% damage against Demons +20% damage against Undead +20% damage against Giants +70% damage against Dragons +120% damage against Shells +220% damage against Wood +220% damage against Stone +220% damage against Metal		Normal

Eisaiho
		Uberhero
This ultimate flack cannon fires countless compacted shells which burst over the heads of foes, creating a rain of destruction.
Attack Element: Strike Other Notes: High critical rate Fast attack speed Bonuses: -50% damage against Shells -33% damage against Dragons -30% damage against Stone -60% damage against Metal		Normal

Sunflare Laser
		Uberhero
This ultimate laser cannon absorbs solar energy to fire a laser of cosmic proportions.
Attack Element: Light Other Notes: Good critical rate		Normal

Kaisak Ultimate Claw
By legend, the five layers of the Earth were created in a single slash of this ultimate claw.
Attack Element: Slash Other Notes: High critical and knockback rate High resistance stats

Deathmoon Ultimate Scythe
In legend, this ultimate scythe, is said to be capable of slicing the Moon herself into two.
Attack Element: Slash Other Notes: High critical and knockback rate High resistance stats

Armor

Dolmorn Helm
		Uberhero
The ultimate helm, which neutralizes a number of status effects with extreme prejudice.
Other Notes: Gives immunity to Knockback, Stagger, Sleep, and Poison Good defense bonus Bonuses: Reduces all damage taken by 50% This damage reduction stacks multiplicatively with similar bonuses, such as the Oharan Shield. Thus, equipping both will reduce all damage taken by 75%, not 100%.		Normal

Oharan Shield
		Uberhero
The ultimate shield. It has a will of its own, and that will is to protect its wielder.
Other Notes: Good defense bonus Good shield evasion rate Good resistance stats Bonuses: Reduces all damage taken by 50% This damage reduction stacks multiplicatively with similar bonuses, such as the Dolmorn Helm. Thus, equipping both will reduce all damage taken by 75%, not 100%.		Normal

Greatshield of Ironimo
		Uberhero
A greatshield used by a legendary war deity in skirmishes amongst the gods.
Attack Element: Strike Other Notes: Very high defense bonus Very high shield evasion rate High resistance stats High knockback rate Slightly increases movement speed while attacking		Normal

Gydeen's Shoulders
		Uberhero
The ultimate shoulderguards. They once graced the shoulders of an ancient mobile weapon that razed the earth.
Other Notes: High defense bonus High resistance stats Increases movement speed while attacking Increases attack speed		Normal

Nemean Cloak
		Uberhero
According to legend, this ultimate cape was donned by a god of antiquity. Its wearer is ensconced in a warm luminosity which appears like a bright aura.
Other Notes: High defense bonus Increases attack speed Good resistance stats		Normal

Hermerossa's Sandals
		Uberhero
These ultimate sandals give their wearer unparalleled mobility and a dramatic critical effect boost.
Other Notes: Increases critical rate Increases attack speed Increases movement speed, both while marching and attacking Good resistance stats		Normal

Halcypon
		Uberhero
The ultimate horse. Really, this is your ride straight to world domination.
Other Notes: Increases critical rate Increases movement speed, both while marching and attacking Good resistance stats		Normal

Apabao the Absolute
		Uberhero
The ultimate warhorse, whose saddle has warmed the derrières of the gods themselves.
Other Notes: Increases critical rate Increases movement speed, both while marching and attacking Increases attack speed High resistance stats Good defense bonus Bonuses: Reduces all damage taken by 5%		Normal

Gargan War Machine
		Uberhero
This ultimate tank is built entirely from pure Mytheerial using the most advanced technology.
Other Notes: Increases attack speed Increases movement speed, both while marching and attacking Increases critical rate High resistance stats Good defense bonus		Normal

Obtaining Ultimate Equipment

Level 1 vs Level 40

When the player unlocks the The Other Vessel map zone, the player obtains the chance to obtain one piece of Ultimate Equipment. Ultimate Equipment can only be dropped from Pink Chests with level 30 or higher, and has a one in one thousand chance of dropping. It is not possible to increase this chance of obtaining the Ultimate Equipment.

It is not possible to obtain more than one piece of Ultimate Equipment during normal gameplay. When a piece of Ultimate Equipment is obtained, a flag is set which restores the correct stat bonuses to the Ultimate Equipment. This flag is explicitly checked when determining if the player has obtained Ultimate Equipment, and if it set the game will never allow the player to obtain Ultimate Equipment.

Illegitimately obtaining Ultimate Equipment via hacking or cheating, without setting the correct flag, will cause any piece of equipped Ultimate equipment will set the user's Stamina to 1 and min/max damage both to 0. Other bonuses, such as defense and damage bonuses, will still apply, but will have almost no effect due to the reduced stats.

Trivia

• Tatepon Sword, Yumipon's Bow and Yaripon's Spear are actually the weapons of Gan, Ban, and Don who were the original Patapon Trifecta Members.
• Though Hotenpon's Halberd is classified as a lance/halberd, it closely resembles the Divine Spear Kami from the previous games.
• The Dolmorn Helm is the only piece of equipment that can give you total resistance to 4 Status Effects (Knockback, Stagger, Sleep and Poison). It is also the only piece of equipment that can give the MOST resistance from status effects. It also halves ALL damage types, making it one of the best ultimates in the game.
• Tatepon's Sword is one of the swords that appear when the Jewelsword Staff is used.
• Interestingly, in the Lance of Asuwish, if the name Asuwish is broken down, it sounds exactly like "As you wish", referring to the item's description.
• The Phoenix Ultimate Staff appears to be a combination of two staves from Patapon 2, sporting the eye of Magic Staff Rune and the wings of Divine Staff Kami.
  • The Phoenix Ultimate Staff is also the only staff that allows use of two different spell types, unlike Thunderstorm, Flamesea, Holymist, and Darkvenom, which allow a spell type and a sorcery.
• Many of the Ultimate Equipment are references to other cultures:
  • The Greatblade, Kusanakin, may be a reference the seven-pronged sword Kusanagi, or Ame-no-Tsurugi from Shinto legends.
  • The Twinhorn, Gjallarborn, most likely got its name from the Gjallarhorn, a horn associated with the gods in Norse mythology.
  • The Nemean Cloak is a reference to the tale of the Nemean Lion. In Ancient Greek mythology, the coat of the Nemean Lion was impenetrable. Hercules killed it and took it's hide, which he turned into an impenetrable coat.
  • The Greatsword, Caladbong, could be a reference to Caladbolg, the sword of Fergus mac Róich from the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology that makes an arc of rainbow when swung, and can slice the tops of hills, as said in the game's description.