Below is a set of charts, each chart indicates all the orb levels for that particular weapon. When you find an orb in the game, you'll need to find Watts and have your weapon forged so it can develop to the next level. I have listed the effects each individual weapon has so that you may know exactly what weapons you should be using for certain circumstances in battle.

IMG	Weapon Name	Strength	Location of Weapon/Orb	Effect
	Watt's Axe	4	Watt's Shop	Basic Weapon.
	Load Axe	11	Fire Gigas	Effective against plants/fish.
	Stout Axe	16	Moogle Village	Increases constitution by 2 pts.
	Battle Axe	23	Fire Palace	Effective against plants/fish.
	Golden Axe	29	Emperor's Castle	Inflicts damage on insects, etc.
	Were-Buster	38	The Golden Tower	Use against animals/birds/beasts.
	Great Axe	46	Dragon Worm	Effective against plants/fish.
	Gigas Axe	59	Fiend Head Chest	Increases strength by five pts.
	Doom Axe	56	Fiend Head Chest	The highest level Axe.

IMG	Weapon Name	Strength	Location of Weapon/Orb	Effect
	Boomerang	2	Comes with Sprite	Basic Weapon.
	Chakram	6	Spikey Tiger	Effective against slimes/lizards.
	Lode Boomerang	12	Spring Beak	Slows enemies down.
	Rising Star	17	Frost Gigas	No special effect.
	Red Cleaver	24	Vampire	Inflicts damage on insects, etc.
	Cobra Shuttle	30	Blue Spike	Poison enemies.
	Frizbar	38	Underground City	Effective against slimes/lizards.
	Shuriken	47	Blue Dragon	Raises percent of critical hits.
	Ninja's Trump	53	Master Ninja Chest	The highest level boomerang.

IMG	Weapon Name	Strength	Location of Weapon/Orb	Effect
	Chobin's Bow	3	Comes with Sprite	Basic Weapon.
	Short Bow	8	Wall Face	No special effect.
	Long Bow	12	Jabberwocky	Effective against animals/birds/beasts.
	Great Bow	20	Boreal Face	Confuses enemies.
	Bow of Hope	27	Northtown Ruins	Effective against evil/undead enemies.
	Elfin Bow	35	Gorgen Bull	Raises intelligence and wisdom.
	Wing Bow	43	Kettle Kin	Confuses enemies.
	Doom Bow	52	Snow Dragon	Raises percent of critical hits.
	Garuda Bow	54	Metal Crab Chest	The highest level Bow and Arrows.

IMG	Weapon Name	Strength	Location of Weapon/Orb	Effect
	Spike Knuckle	2	Comes with Girl	Basic Weapon.
	Power Glove	6	Biting Lizard	Inflicts damage on insects, etc.
	Moogle Claw	11	Moogle Village	Puts enemies to sleep.
	Chakra Hand	17	Ice Palace	Raises intelligence and wisdom.
	Heavy Glove	24	Emperor's Castle	Inflicts damage on insects, etc.
	Hyper Fist	29	Palace of Darkness	Effective against slimes/lizards.
	Griffin Claws	38	Red Dragon	Poisons enemy.
	Dragon Claws	47	Kimono Wizard Chest	Effective against dragons.
	Aura Glove	53	Wolflord Chest	The highest level Glove.

IMG	Weapon Name	Strength	Location of Weapon/Orb	Effect
	Pole Dart	2	Comes with Undine	Basic Weapon.
	Javelin	6	Kilroy	No special effect.
	Light Trident	12	Matango	Use against animals/birds/beasts.
	Lode Javelin	17	Minotaur	Balloons enemies.
	Fork of Hope	24	Emperor's Castle	Effective against evil/undead enemies.
	Imp's Fork	30	Palace of Darkness	Balloons enemies.
	Elf's Harpoon	38	Snap Dragon	Raises intelligence and wisdom.
	Dragon Dart	47	Axe Beak	Effective against dragons.
	Valkyrian	53	Whimper Chest	The highest level Javelin.

IMG	Weapon Name	Strength	Location of Weapon/Orb	Effect
	Spear	4	The Water Palace	Basic Weapon.
	Heavy Spear	11	Tropicallo	No special effect.
	Sprite's Spear	16	Pandora Castle	Balloons enemies.
	Partisan	23	Santa's Hut	Effective against slimes/lizards.
	Halberd	29	Northtown Ruins	Confuses enemies.
	Oceanid Spear	38	Golden Tower	Puts enemies to sleep.
	Gigas Lance	47	Ageagropilon	Increases strength by two points.
	Dragon Lance	54	Mech Rider III	Effective against dragons.
	Daedalus Lance	56	Tsunami Chest	The highest level spear.

IMG	Weapon Name	Strength	Location of Weapon/Orb	Effect
	Rusty Sword	3	The waters near Potos Village	Raises agility and evade percentages.
	Broad Sword	8	Mantis Ant	Raises agility and evade percentages.
	Herald Sword	14	Pandora Castle	Effective against slimes/lizards.
	Claymore	20	Great Viper	Inflicts damage on insects, etc.
	Excalibur	27	Northtown Ruins	Effective on evil/undead enemies.
	Masamune	35	Tasnica	Raises the percent of critical hits.
	Gigas Sword	44	Grand Palace	Increases strength by two points.
	Dragon Buster	52	Thunder Gigas	Effective against dragons.
	Mana Sword	??	Appears when mana magic is used on sword.	Effective against the Mana Beast.

IMG	Weapon Name	Strength	Location of Weapon/Orb	Effect
	Whip	2	Elinee's Castle	Basic Weapon.
	Black Whip	6	Scorpion Army Ship	Slows enemies down.
	Backhand Whip	14	Jabberwocky	Raises agility and evade percentages.
	Chain Whip	17	Mech Rider I	Effective against slimes/lizards.
	Flail of Hope	24	Doom Wall	Effective on evil/undead enemies.
	Morning Star	30	Emperor's Castle	Inflicts damage on insects, etc..
	Hammer Flail	38	Hydra	Slows enemies down.
	Nimbus Chain	47	Hexis	Inflicts damage on insects, etc..
	Gigas Whip	53	Terminator Chest	The highest level whip.