Blessed Ankh

The Blessed Ankh is an Ankh-class weapon found throughout the Golden Sun series. Being an Ankh, it can be equipped by most mage-style Adepts (limited to the less combat-oriented party members as of the third game): Ivan and Mia in the original Golden Sun; Jenna and Sheba in Golden Sun: The Lost Age; Rief and Himi in Golden Sun: Dark Dawn. The Blessed Ankh is sold as an Artifact from the weapon vendors at Imil in the first game, at Mikasalla in the second, and at Kaocho in the third. It can be bought for 1600 coins and sold for 1200.

In combat
The Blessed Ankh increases the wielder's Attack by 46. Its original Unleash effect is Psyphon Seal, which is effectively a standard physical attack that adds 14 damage points and then modifies the resulting damage based on the user's Jupiter Power and the target's Jupiter Resistance. It may also seal the target's Psynergy. Psyphon Seal visually resembles the user attacking the target and a holographic purple image resembling the Psynergy Seal icon appearing on impact. In Dark Dawn, the Blessed Ankh gains one additional Unleash, Berserk Rush, a non-elemental physical attack that multiplies damage by 1.6.

Locations and practicality
Players of Golden Sun should generally buy this as soon as it becomes available in the shop in Imil after Mercury Lighthouse, as it is one stage up from the Witch's Wand, which both Ivan and Mia could potentially be equipped with by that point. It would suffice both as a strong weapon and as a hand-me-down when the next staff is bought later in Altin (the Psynergy Rod).

In The Lost Age, it is noteworthy as being an almost abnormally powerful and expensive artifact weapon for sale in Mikasalla very early in the game. While it would be a big attack upgrade if purchased, consider that on this continent, you can discover the Blow Mace and Hypnos' Sword weapon artifacts for Sheba and Jenna, respectively, so you could easily save yourself a lot of money by simply playing through the dungeons.

In Dark Dawn the Blessed Ankh is available in the Artifacts section of Kaocho's weapons shop when the players first arrive. At that point of the game, only Rief can equip it. It serves as a good upgrade from the Witch's Wand, and will likely remain in his possession for some time, as the next weapon, the Psynergy Rod, can only be bought after Passaj's Alchemy Forge is activated.