Draciel F

Also known as Draciel Fortress

Defense type Max Tate Spin Gear System

Bit-beast: Draciel · Water · Black tortoise
Code: A-35
Maker: Takara Tomy

parts

forms in the Draciel line

special move

notable battles

cards across 2 games

Max's late-season upgrade, first launched on the frozen lake where the Bladebreakers confront Kai and Black Dranzer. Draciel F keeps the line's fortress philosophy but adds a heavier ring and a tip that can shift between holding position and drifting away from a charge. It anchors Max's defensive role in the Russian tournament, absorbing punishment from the Demolition Boys so his teammates can attack, and it is the blade he carries into V-Force before receiving Draciel V.

Draciel F was Max's third Beyblade, arriving after Draciel S and giving way later to Draciel V. Its Fortress Base blade base carries an oil-damped metal tip and can pack in up to three sets of metal balls, which is the main reason bladers still reach for this top, while the Eight Spike attack ring and Eight Balance weight disk fill out an otherwise unremarkable defensive build. Takara Tomy and Hasbro both issued it in several forms, including a Crystal version, a Metal Master Series release, a Random Booster F pressing, a black starter recolour, a clear-white Beyblade Fukubako 2002 edition and a later Burst-branded version.

Evolution

The Draciel line

Special moves

Called shots

Fortress Defense

Notable battles

Where it mattered

Bladebreakers vs. Kai on the frozen lake (S1 ep 45)
Russian World Championship rounds (S1 eps 46-51)

Debut

First seen

S1 episode 45: Breaking the Ice

On file

The record

Type: Defense
System: Spin Gear System
Takara Tomy code: A-35
Also known as: Draciel Fortress
First anime appearance: Breaking the Ice
Owner (in the story): Max Tate
Colours: purplegreensilver

Hasbro name: Draciel F (Draciel Fortress).

Parts

Bit ChipDraciel
Attack RingEight Spike4.2 grams
Weight DiskEight Balance14 Grams
Spin GearRight SG
Blade BaseFortress*Weight of BB Only: 12 grams *Weight of BB with 1 set of metal balls (Original Weight): 14 grams *Weight of BB with 2 set of metal balls: 16 grams *Weight of BB with 3 set of metal balls: 18 grams

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Part by part

Parts in detail

Collectors give only the full-name alias (Draciel Fortress); no further product numbering or reissue history is documented for this entry.

Slot	Part	Weight	Spin	Note
Attack Ring	Eight Spike	4.2 g	Both (poor in both)	Eight protruding flat-faced spikes generate heavy recoil without any meaningful Smash Attack, performing equally poorly whichever direction it spins.
Weight Disk	Eight Balance	14.1 g		A middling-weight, unremarkable-distribution Weight Disk that's outclassed by nearly every common competitive option, Ten Balance especially; heavier plated copies can occasionally match it, but that's a niche, impractical workaround.
Spin Gear	Right Spin Gear (Grease Ball Version) Shells	1.1 ea (+1.12 optional Metal Weight Gear) g	Right	Standard Right-Spin System shells, incompatible with Neo cores (and so with certain MagneSystem Bases) unless paired with Wyborg's SG (Auto Change Version) core; Neo shells are usually preferred for their broader compatibility, especially for reaching the Heavy Metal Core in Right Spin.
Spin Gear	SG (Grease Ball Version)	3.8 (including ball and grease) g		Compatible only with Fortress Base, this core houses a metal ball inside a long shaft; the intended gimmick is a lubricated ball (Takara ships a separate silicone grease packet; Hasbro omits it, likely for safety) that's supposed to move more smoothly for more consistent behavior and survival, but in practice the mechanism gives fairly weak defense and little useful movement, only passable stamina.
Blade Base	Fortress Base	5.6 (+ up to two 1/4in metal balls, 1.05 each) g		Holds up to two steel balls that are meant to shift outward at high RPM and inward as RPM drops, aiming to boost stability and spin time — but the underlying shape is recoil-prone and aerodynamically weak with poor LAD regardless of ball count, and it can fit a wide range of shafts/tips without becoming competitive with any of them.

Weights are single copies weighed on their own; a part can vary by a few tenths of a gram.

Colours & Versions 6

6 recolours.

Version	Kind	Colours
Beyblade Fukubako 2002	Recolour	Clear white
Burst Version	Recolour	—
Crystal Version	Recolour	—
Metal Master Series Version	Recolour	—
Random Booster F Version	Recolour	—
Stater Recolor Version	Recolour	Black

In play and in the story

The community rates the Eight Spike attack ring as essentially unusable competitively, and Eight Balance sits behind Ten Balance as a weight-disk choice, but Fortress Base earns real respect: its metal-ball capacity and damped tip give it lasting defensive value even against newer parts.

Preceded Max's use of Draciel V and succeeded Draciel S.
Released in a Crystal version.
Released as part of the Metal Master Series.
Released as a Random Booster F pull.
Released in a black starter recolour.
Released clear white for the Beyblade Fukubako 2002.
Released again under a Burst-branded version.

Community testing, Aug. 23, 2010 — summarised

The competitive view

The plastic-era Defense Beyblade Draciel F has an Eight Spike Attack Ring, Eight Balance/Heavy Weight Disk, Right SG, and a signature Fortress Base that holds interchangeable sets of metal balls. Overstated claims about the base's capacity and usefulness are corrected, backed by photographic proof.

Fortress Base alone: 12g
Fortress Base + 1 ball set (original release): 14g
Fortress Base + 2 ball sets: 16g
Fortress Base + 3 ball sets: 18g
Eight Spike Attack Ring: 5g

Condensed from community testing; competitive opinions are the community's, not ours, and may be out of date.

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