>” The Ultima Weapon is Zidane's ultimate weapon in Final Fantasy IX, being his strongest thief sword. It has innate Sleep status, used with Zidane's Soul Blade skill. Ultima Weapon is obtained in the endgame by using a Dead Pepper at the secret diving spot at where Shimmering Island used to be. However, the spot is not indicated by surfacing bubbles like with the other underwater treasures.”

I hate how Zidane’s Ultimate Weapon is so tucked away and takes a lot of time and patience to obtain

Meanwhile in FF7 all you have to do is beat Ultima Weapon for Cloud, in FF8 you can get Squalls Lionheart as early as disc one (just for funsies) if you play your CARDS right and have to right ability skills when doing the Laguna flashbacks