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Boss Strategies

Boss Pic Strategy Optimal Gear Rec' Level Location / Reward
Goddess Final Fantasy IV - Ultima Goddess new.png Goddess starts the fight by using Holy against a single person which causes high damage. Most of her attacks will either be Charm or Slap (random Stun, Curse or Mute). If your party has protection against both then all you need to do is worry about her use of Holy and double attack. If not, make sure to use Remedies and Panacea to keep your team operational. She can also use Whisper to inflict Piggy on the whole party at once. As the battle goes on, Goddess will start using Cure 3 which can be used to your advantage if you cast Wall on her (similar to Asura). This will cause her to heal your team while you continue to pile on the damage: Kain jumps, Edge throws high-level weapons, Rydia summons Bahamut, Rosa can Cure or use Ultima and Cecil acts as a healing tank. Remember that Piggy disables magic but not other commands like Throw, so if the status doesn't interfere with what you're trying to do, don't bother wasting turns healing it.

With protection from Charm, this can be one of the easiest fights because Holy doesn't hit more than one character at a time and Charm is ineffective so a setup that protects against both can make this fight much more manageable.

Anything that can offset Charm (Headbands and/or Adamant Armor). Additional equipment that protects against status effects like Pig can also help. 60-65+ Lunar Core

Ultima Weapon Sword / Unlock Gated Super Bosses

Neo Bahamut Final Fantasy IV - Ultima Neo Bahamut.png If you have any Globe199s make sure to bring them in your inventory to this fight! What better time for 14,999 guaranteed damage than the toughest boss fight in the game?

At the beginning of the fight, go for max damage: Kain jumps, Rydia uses Bahamut (better than her hidden summons (e.g Cosmo) in terms of damage for 15 more MP), Edge throws every high-attack weapon you have laying around, and Cecil goes on support with M-Potions or Cure 3. Rosa can either use Cure 4 or throw in a use of Ultima. Neo Bahamut will use Gigaflare and Teraflare (Brace yourself!), with the former causing decent damage and the latter causing extremely high damage (bad RNG can end the battle quickly).

Ideally you'll survive Gigaflare and Teraflare with only 1 or 2 people dropping.

When Neo Bahamut goes into recovery mode, heal to the max and once again pile on the damage. At this point, Neo Bahamut will counter each hit with Gigaflare which can be offset by Rosa using Cure 4 and Cecil using Cure 3. Trying to buff is pointless as Neo Bahamut will Black Hole it away.

Once Neo Bahamut uses Fast, go on the support for your team: Cure 4, Elixirs, Fast, etc. If you attack Neo Bahamut after he uses Fast, he'll counter with Gigaflare (good) or Teraflare (bad). The reality is that it's not possible to survive 3 Teraflares in a row. Keep being more defensive (with the occasional attack) until he says "Die" and uses Teraflare*. This takes him out of recovery mode and let's you go back to step 1 of piling on the damage.

  • One point of interest: if you don't attack him at all during his recovery mode, his Teraflare will be 2x stronger and basically one-shot your party. Not sure if this was by design but you have to damage him when he uses Gigaflare to make the final Teraflare survivable. Even if you attack him during the Gigaflare phase, he still has the ability do 6-8,000 points of damage which is much stronger than previous uses. Still trying to understand the logic behind how damage is calculated.

Rinse and repeat until he falls. Because you're doing between 25,000-30,000 per round he'll usually fall before he gets to his second cool off period.

  • Update

As of V26 his AI has become *far* more brutal. After his first "Brace yourself", he will counterattack pretty much everything that isn't reflected onto him with Gigaflare or Teraflare depending on how much damage you did to him. When he gets below half his HP remaining, he will skip his recovery phase entirely and Teraflare you on his next turn, and then heal himself for 6,535 HP with Vitalize. He can do this multiple times in a row depending on how many times you hit him without killing him.

Ideally the way you want to fight him is to start out piling as many buffs to your Magic defense as you can: Salved E-Mantles, MT Shell, Mighty Guard etc. while sticking a Slow on him with a Silk Web. Palom should be in the party and use Boast as many times as he can as it will boost his and Rydia's damage (it will not boost Rosa's however). The Silk Web will prompt a Gigaflare counterattack but it will be a weak one. After the first Teraflare (which hopefully someone besides a Hiding Edward will survive) get everyone back on their feet as quick as possible with a salved Life, while one of the survivors (or the first to get a turn if only Edward was left) quickly uses a Light Veil to get Wall status. Ideally this will be Rosa or Cecil. Now get off as many quick-cast spells as you can and bounce them off the Wall (Flare from Palom, Nuke or Bio from Rydia) to deal damage to him. Rosa can cast White as well, but it doesn't deal as much damage because it isn't boosted by Boast and it doesn't cast as fast. Stick to Mighty Guard from Cecil for now. Neo Bahamut will respond by saying "Interesting..." and attack physically a few times. Hopefully Palom and Rydia can both get two spells in before Neo Bahamut goes into recovery mode and dispels your Wall with Black Hole. This should get his HP down to around 30,000.

When Cecil calls out that the party needs to regroup while the boss recharges, wait on the next person's turn and as soon as Black Hole goes off, have that person use another Light Veil to reestablish Wall. Ideally this is Rosa or Cecil. Edward should Hide again at this point, and Neo Bahamut will probably cast Fast. Now you've got to rush him down as fast as you can, because your next attack will probably push him into immediate Teraflare territory so you have to kill him before he acts again. Have Rydia and Palom queue up their fast spells again and bounce them off the Walled character, while the next character to act after them should use a Globe199 on the boss. That Globe199 has to kill him because he'll counter it with Teraflare and you're going to die if he uses it, but between the Wisdom boosts from Boast and decent damage rolls (Flare needs to deal more than 10,000 damage to be safe) the two spells should have been enough to get him under 15,000 HP and the Globe199 will seal the win for you.

Mid-high 90s levels are recommended because you need to be able to hit as hard as you can with every attack. However, with the right strategy, he can be beat at a much lower level as showcased by player Smbai: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyNntnYw9yc

The best possible equipment you can get your hands on. 95+ Lunar Subterrane

Apocalypse / Grand Armor / Neo Bahamut Summon / Reflect Spell / Final Shop / Boss Rush

AI FF4Uv12AI.png Any weapon/spell that has an associated elemental damage type will deal no damage.

Like the fight with the Core in the Giant of Babil and AI Mk.1, the Attacker will use Beam to damage all party members, while the Defender will use Recover. Destroying both will cause AI to attack with Globe199 which deals 9,999 damage to all characters. AI uses wall so there are limited spells that you can damage him with. AI will also counter Kain's jump with Globe199 so he should be using Focus for the majority of the battle.

The biggest change to this fight versus the previous 2 is that AI can use Globe199 (usually as a counter to Jump), even if one only one orb is dead and can revive the Attacker/Defender much, much faster (sometimes after 1 turn). Edge should throw high-level weapons for maximum damage, Cecil and Kain can attack to deal 1-2,000 per blow. Ideally, you'll want one on "standby" so if the Defender is restored, it can be killed before it starts to heal AI. Rosa and Rydia should be healing with Cure 4 and Asura accordingly. If Rydia has the Apollo Harp, her "sing" can slow down the Attacker which helps slow the damage from Beam.

After you've done 5-6 rounds of attacking, it is possible to have Rydia summon Bahamut and Rosa use Ultima which will kill both the Attacker/Defender but also destroy AI before he gets off his Globe199/Recover motion.

Note: There is a part in the fight where all 3 monster sprites will turn a pixelated yellow. Unsure if this means anything versus not.

As of V22 the AI has 3 each of the Attacker and Defender, and it can still resurrect them at the same time when it reaches its final phase, even if you've just destroyed one. Good idea to queue up multiple powerful spells so that they'll go off when the AI has been pushed into this HP range. Even if the spells aren't targeted to the companion orbs, if the AI is destroyed by them the remaining orbs will be easy to mop up. The orb's attacks have also been renamed but are functionally the same; Ion Beam = Maser, OverClock = Fast, ShortCircuit = Stop, Firewall = Big Guard and DELETE = Globe199.

Like the Crystals, you can fight AI as much as you want so if this fight gives you trouble, go back when you're fully equipped for a much easier victory and a nice boost to your ego.

Non-elemental weapons and strong defensive gear. 65-75+ Lunar Core

Access to Inner Lunar Sub, Invisible Maze, and Neo Bahamut / Artemis Bow / Lunar Shield / ????

Fire Dragon Final Fantasy IV - Ultima v12 Fire Dragon.png The Fire Dragon has only two attacks but is absurdly fast and hits like a truck. It starts the fight with Dragon Breath which may knock up to 4,000 HP off the entire party. It follows with a physical that will deal inconsistent damage between 150-1,200, and then cast Dragon Breath again, and repeats for the rest of the fight. Try to bring as many All-Potions as you can scrounge up or trade for. The sheer amount of damage the Fire Dragon causes is likely more than Rosa and Cecil can heal even on a combined Cure 4/Cure 3, so Rydia will have to play defensive and summon Asura. Despite its name the dragon isn't particularly weak to Ice either so trying to have her cast Ice 3 won't do more than a few thousand damage.

Try to have a lot of powerful throwing ammunition for Edge and keep him alive at all costs as he will be your primary damage dealer while everyone else tries to stay alive. Kain can contribute with Jump, but basic physicals won't do much damage, even from Cecil. To slow the boss down and stay competitive with it, bring some Silk Webs which can be farmed from Arachnes via Steal (Rosa can't afford to waste a turn casting Slow, she needs to heal everyone every turn). Have the men spend the first round using the Webs on the Fire Dragon while the girls heal with Asura/Cure 4. If Rydia's turn comes up and everyone is at full HP, it may be best to wait for Dragon Breath so you can use Asura afterwards, and if you get Reinforce have Rosa immediately follow with Cure 4. If you can't get to the girls' turns in time have Kain or Cecil use an All-Potion. Revivals will need Life2 so if Rosa has to take a turn off use an All-Potion if necessary. If Rosa or Rydia runs low on MP have Cecil or Kain give them a Dry Ether or Elixir while Edge continues to Throw Ninja stars or duplicated weapons for 6-8,000 damage.

Every time you hit the dragon it will counterattack; for the first part of the fight these will be physical attacks, then about halfway through the fight it will use Vitalize once to get several thousand HP back. As it gets lower in HP (you will know because it will "shudder" like Zeromus does) it will start countering with Burst against single characters; anyone except a highly leveled Cecil will probably not survive it. When it is almost defeated, it will use Dragon Breath as a counterattack. This means you could potentially eat two Dragon Breaths in a row; carefully time your attacks so you've had a chance to heal back up before hitting it. Some luck is going to factor into this fight if you get bad rolls with Asura or the dragon focuses its counters on Edge or Rydia. Cecil's Big Guard will help, if he has time to cast it. Basically, treat this as a semi-turtling fight where Edge handles all the damage dealing and everyone else focuses on survival. Do not try to bum rush the Fire Dragon or it will punish you, especially once its HP gets low.

Don't underestimate Edward's usefulness here. His ability to Salve high-powered healing items like X-Potions as well as stacking Elf Cloaks to reduce damage will go a long way towards keeping you alive, but you'll have to train him up first. If you can get around a dozen combined Salved Elf Cloaks and Big Guards off, Dragon Breath will be manageable, but you have to survive that long.

Lots of Ninja stars or high-powered weapons for Throwing and the best defensive gear you can get. Party-healing items are a must. Silk Webs to slow the boss down are also crucial. 75-80+ Volcano

Caladbolg / Adamant Ring / Bane Upgrade

Melusine Final Fantasy IV - Ultima v27k Melusine.png Melusine is a straight up puzzle boss. At the start of the fight she will use Whirlwind, Thunder, Erupt and Blizzard on your party in succession but it will deal no damage. After this she will start changing her barrier every other turn she takes. Each time she changes her barrier she will cast Fire 4, Lit 4, Ice 4 or Storm. Whichever element she casts, you must cast back at her to damage her; any other element will heal her (this is the same way Magus from Chrono Trigger functions so if you've fought Magus you've got the idea). The problem is, she is fast enough that if you start casting a level 3 spell right when she changes her barrier you won't get it off in time before she changes it again, even if you've Slowed her with a Silk Web (which you should still do). Storm will get off in time, as will Fire/Ice/Lit 4, but they don't hit as hard. Only level 3 or 4 elemental spells will do any damage; levels 1 and 2 will only deal 1 HP of damage to her. Also, sometimes she gets healed even if you cast the same element she did; the barrier doesn't seem to function perfectly consistently so you may have to savescum. This is particularly noticeable when trying to cast Ninjitsu magic on her with Edge.

On turns when Melusine is not changing her barrier, she will attack physically (which can inflict Charm), cast full-party Hex on you, or cast Charm on one character. Charm protection is going to make your life a lot easier, as will buffing your defenses, but even if you do buff Storm will still deal substantial damage to you, so be ready to cast full party heals if you need to. Her physical attacks are wildly inconsistent; they will scratch back-row characters while absolutely clobbering front-row characters, especially if Curse has been inflicted, so don't neglect buffing your physical defense too.

Rydia and Palom should both be in the party so they can bring their elemental spells to bear. If you have only one of them in the party it will take a long time but you can win; if you have neither you are not going to win. Everyone else should focus on healing, buffing your defenses with Elf Cloaks/Shell/Protect/Mighty Guard, or just skip their turns until they're needed to do something. If you bring FireBombs, Iceblasts, Lit-Bolts and Wind Slashes you can damage her faster and give the others something useful to do. Just keep in mind that only the highest-power spells and items will deal any more than 1 damage to her.

Don't think you're going to get around the barrier by using non-elemental attacks. If you try, Melusine will counter-Wall herself, and then murder your party on her next turn with Eclipse. As long as you fight her on her terms, she will not counterattack you and you will eventually win.

Charm protection equipment at minimum, Curse protection if you have it. Cursed Rings + elemental resistance to absorb spells is nice but not mandatory if you buff your defenses. 65+ Deep Forest

Dragon Lance / Ribbon / Void Stone / AntiMatter

Crystal Dragon Final Fantasy IV - Ultima v27k Crystal Dragon.png The Crystal Dragon (CD) starts by slowing your whole team down (Slow) and then Holy against the whole team (much stronger than Goddess' version). If you start the fight with a physical attack, CD will counter with Crush against all party members that deals heavy damage. Instead, start with a Black/White/Ninja spell (ideally Edge uses Atomic Bomb or Rydia uses Nuke). Magic attacks will cause him to say "Not Bad" which means he now takes damage from physical attacks. If you cast another spell against him, the spell will fail. When you use a physical attack, ensure you use "Fight" and not something else (e.g. Jump, Focus) or CD will use Crush or Eclipse (the latter doing 9,999 do a single party member). When you hit him with a physical attack, CD will respond with "..." which means he's once against weak against magic. Any additional physical attack will miss. Continue to alternative between physical and magical attacks. During this time, CD will use Crystalize (1/2 of your characters' max HP, like a double Tsunami) then Cosmo (lighter damange). As of V22 he swaps out Cosmo for Gravity, which does 1/6 of a character's max HP for damage.

With end-game weapons, anyone can attack during the physical stage, and while anyone can use magic, it's best left to Edge/Rydia (Rosa has higher charge times and should be healing and Kain's Storm causes little damage). Rydia can also heal with Asura while Cecil tanks and uses Cure 3/All-Potions. CD will also use Slow but even after multiple uses this doesn't seem to affect the battle much.

When the fight is near the end, CD will start countering for 14,999 damage to a single character which will heal him for the same amount. If he recovers enough HP, he'll go back into the aforementioned script (Physical/Magic). Use Decoys to prevent him from hitting the characters but be careful, as CD will use Black Hole to completely negate the Image status. Ideally, wait until he uses Black Hole, use 5 Decoys in a row, then start to pile on the damage. After he fails to hit you, he'll start with saying, "Not Bad" and then after more damage, "Not too bad at all". Each time he speaks, he's going to use Crystalize so pile on as much damage as you can, as fast as you can. This stage can be more easily won if you have someone (Cecil) use a Megalixir* so everyone else can do as much damage as possible. If you're able to survive a few rounds of this, you'll win.

Edward is massively helpful here since he can stick Image status on everyone at once via a Salved Decoy or Lunar Veil, freeing everyone else to attack and not get into a loop where everyone Decoys up only to be Black Hole'd back to where you started minus several thousand HP from Crystalize.

  • Every time I've fought CD, I've always used a Megalixir during this phase.
End game equipment, including ultimate weapons from the other optional bosses. 75-85+ Crater Cave

Lunar Helm / Lunar Shield / Gravity Spell / Illusion Spell / Kokkol Shop #3

Calofisteri FF4Uv12Calofisteri.png As with most of the other new optional bosses, Calofisteri is much faster than you. After setting up a Wall, the boss will start spamming full-party Virus spells nonstop on you for around 400-500 HP damage; it will also use a full-party Drain to siphon off HP from your characters, and will also hit you with Hex to cause full-party Curse status AND Poison Gas to poison everyone. It also spams Vampire, which doesn't hurt as bad as Virus but does start HP sap. The combination of Wall, the damage cut from Curse and constantly stealing your party's HP makes it a chore to bring the boss's HP down, and when you do manage to bring it down it will switch to single-target Virus spells which can easily one-shot a character with less than 2000 HP. The final phase of the fight ends the ST Virus spam but introduces ST Drain and Vampire spam in its place. If you can take a hit of 800 HP or more you shouldn't get one-shot now. Throughout all phases of the fight, Calofisteri can toss in physical attacks as well. Dead characters will not have Poison status when revived, but Curse does persist through death and revival; you can only get rid of it with an Anti-Hex or Remedy (or winning). Because Hex and Poison Gas are counters, you're going to be best off playing defensive at first and stacking magic defense buffs with MT Shell from Rosa plus Cecil's Fortify. That should reduce Vampire and Drain to a negligible amount of damage and possibly make Virus survivable. Wait to start attacking until you've sufficiently buffed your party's magic defense.

It's not a bad idea to cast Wall on someone and bounce the strongest spells you have off him/her. Full-party healing spells will be reflected to the boss but restore very little HP so it's not a big irritation. However, you'll have to rely on items to heal the character with the Wall. Try to have Kain Jump as much as possible; it deals the most damage and helps him avoid getting hit, so it's one less person to heal. If Edge is in your party, he'll probably need to Throw something to do some decent damage. You may have to go semi-turtle to survive the Virus onslaught; in this phase designate one person to deal damage (Rydia with reflected spells if Wall is up, Kain with Jump if it isn't) while everyone spams Life potions to heal Calofisteri's most recent victim. You probably won't be at high enough level to survive the Virus shots even at max HP, so don't bother trying to restore HP; just keep resurrecting whomever falls so the boss can't kill you faster than you can resurrect. Once you get past the Virus stage you can start to focus on getting everyone's HP back up. Keep dealing damage, however, so the boss doesn't get a chance go to back to Virus spam. If you can, try to get a few reflected Slows on the boss at the start of the fight to make it easier to deal with. If you are under level 40 you are probably going to need to use some All-Potions, Dry Ethers and possibly Elixirs to make it through this battle as it can drag on a very long time.

If you wait until after the second visit to the Underground this fight gets much easier, as Rydia can use Leviathan (the only summon that will deal decent damage at that point) or level 4 elemental spells to get past Wall with no fuss and Cecil and Rosa can both stack up Shell to mitigate Virus damage.

Make sure Rydia has at least one level 3 elemental spell to bounce off as any summons other than Leviathan and Bahamut do barely any damage. Level 4 elemental spells will also work. High-powered offensive items like Stardust, FireBombs, Lit-Bolts and Iceblasts can be handy. Bring a good stock of Life potions. 40-45+ Island Peak

20x Artemis Arrows / Seraphic Shield

Tunnel Armor Final Fantasy IV Ultima Tunnel Armor.png Tunnel Armor only uses physical-type attacks, and counters your physicals with physicals of its own. However, that's a big problem, because its physicals are random one hit kills in addition to their high damage. If you see the message "Dispatched!" come up when it attacks you, the character it attacked is about to eat dirt no matter how much HP they had. The other thing you have to watch out for is Drill Pins, which can't be blocked or avoided and hits for over 1,000 HP damage. The idea to defeat it is to avoid attacking physically so it won't counter you, stack up as many buffs to your physical defense as you can to mitigate the damage and hoping that the RNG doesn't hand you a lot of cheap instant deaths. The final attack in its arsenal is an attack that looks like Yang's Kick and hits the whole party; it does not have the instant kill chance that the normal attacks do, and its damage can be reduced or nullfied by stacking Protect. You should hope it uses this attack as much as possible.

Cecil should be casting MT Protect the entire fight unless he has Big Guard, in which case he should use that instead. Rosa is better served to heal, but if everyone has good HP she should also use Protect and/or Blink to dodge the physicals entirely. Edge should either be Throwing (skills don't trigger a counterattack) or casting Image on himself for protection. Kain should Jump so as to not trigger a counter. Rydia should use Nuke if she has it; if not, use her best summon. This is a great fight to use Decoys for quick Image status, but keep in mind they will not avoid Drill Pins. You can steal a Glass Helmet from Tunnel Armor, if Edge can spare a turn to do it. If you feel like the fight is in control and everyone has Image up, you can berserk Cecil with a Bacchus or the Berserk spell to speed things along; if you're going to do so, equip him with the Thunder Sword or any stronger swords you have.

Lightning-elemental weapons if you have them, and Shuriken/Ninja Stars/duped weapons for Throwing. V29 does not seem to have weakness to lightning but V30 does. If you have anything that can nullify instant death status (the tombstone icon), equip it. 45-50+ Beach Cave North of Baron

Locke's Bandana

Storm Dragon Final Fantasy IV - Ultima v27k Storm Dragon.png The Storm Dragon's basic physical attack inflicts both Blind and Poison status. Blind causes a serious reduction of attack power, both physical and magical, so you either need to heal it or use attacks like Throw that aren't affected by it. It can also cast the Storm spell, but unlike the vanilla game version of that dreaded spell, it does not instantly drop everyone to single digit HP, just deals multi-target wind-elemental damage. However, it can use multi-target Tornado to achieve the same effect, so don't relax. It can also pull out Whirlwind, which is a stronger version of Storm that can hit for up to 500 HP. Finally, it can use Petrify like Valvalis, but brings it out far less often.

The Storm Dragon isn't as fast as the other optional bosses, but sticking a Slow or two on it will still be helpful (it can cast Fast, though). The aim here is to try to keep everyone's HP above 400 so make sure you at least have Mid- Potions to use although High-Potions are better if you have them. As it is a flying enemy, Jump will deal a lot of damage, so keep Kain on Jump duty while Rosa uses her best Cure spells on the party, Rydia casts level 3 elemental spells or Virus if she doesn't know them and everyone else distributes items to heal. This battle can be undertaken at any point after your first return from the underworld, so it can be an ordeal or a curbstomp depending on how strong you are and who is in your party.

The Gorgon Sword lets Kain do a lot of damage on a Jump. Throwing ammunition for Edge will speed things along. Rydia should ideally have level 3 elemental magic to cast; the battle gets massively easier if Rosa knows Cure4 or you have a lot of High-Potions. 35+ Damcyan

Loki's Harp

Magissa Final Fantasy IV - Ultima v11.52025.png Magissa is not only very fast but also difficult to do lasting damage to, because her physical attacks drain HP from your characters. As a nod to FFV, they can also poison you. She also has level 2 elemental spells to bring to bear that hit for 150-300 HP damage, and can knock the whole party out with Sleep Gas and blind them with Cold Snap. She can also use Vampire to inflict HP Leak and Entangle to paralyze, and this all means if you're fighting her pre-Tower of Zot you may have trouble keeping Tellah upright and getting worn down by her nonstop HP stealing. Finally, she can repeatedly summon a Mad Ogre to the fight, which is easily dispatched by a properly equipped Yang but puts Magissa in the back row until you kill it, further limiting your ability to damage her. That's a serious problem because she will start using Absorb when her HP gets low; it functions like later FFs' White Wind, healing based on how much HP she currently has remaining.

Cid is an MVP candidate for this fight because one of his Tools commands, Beam, always deals 10% of the target's max HP in damage every turn he gets. He can also use ElectroMg to cast an unblockable Stop (this has been removed in later versions of the hack). The rest of the party just needs to deal more damage than Magissa can heal for; Yang equipped with the Kaiser is ideal against the Mad Ogre, and Focus is devastating against both. Cecil should be attacking with the best sword available, but he may need to be assigned to Cover Tellah to try to help keep him alive. If you wait until after Zot you switch Tellah's ability to hit with level 3 elemental spells for Kain's back row-ignoring Jump attacks and Rosa's more durable and reliable healing (and back row-ignoring arrow shots). Rosa or Tellah should cast Slow once or twice if they can spare a turn for it. If you can get Magissa's HP low enough to keep Absorb from healing for more than Beam does, you've essentially won and it's just a matter of time to finish her off as long as Cid stays alive. If you wait until after the underworld or later to do the fight, you can pretty much crush her under your heel.

Kaiser Claw is a guaranteed one-shot kill on summoned Mad Ogres. Use the best sword you have at the time, either the Flame Sword from Zot or the Thunder Sword from Mt. Heavensward. Any equipment that protects against status ailments helps; Sleep is the most important. 25+ Deep Forest

Bandit Blade

The 4 Crystals Final Fantasy IV - Ultima Crystalle.png The Crystals will start by using Digest which can cause mild or high damage (equipment depending) up to 4 characters. Once complete, they'll start using Blaster which can be an instant KO but level/equipment depending, will often miss. During the 3rd round the Crystals will use Absorb which heals 9,999 damage, followed-up by Glance and Foul Order (Confuse/Charm and status aliments respectively). The final round that can be predicted will be them attacking a character for heavy damage and healing for the same.

The next rounds can be them starting their pattern over, using Hex, hitting with a 2-step attack (Crush which is an instant KO then Condemn), or Meganuke which hits for 9,999 per character. As of V22 the Crystals can go into Crush much earlier if you've destroyed one of them.

The first few rounds are pretty easy, especially if Blaster misses all 4 times. Rydia can cast Bahamut, Rosa uses Ultima, Edge uses Atomic Bomb, Kain jumps, and Cecil attacks. Once the Crystals start using Glance and Foul Order, have all the characters use "Decoy" to add Image, causing the attack/recovery stage of the Crystals to yield no damage/recovery. Continue to have Kain jump, Cecil act as a tank, Rydia use Bahamut, Rosa Ultima, and Edge Atomic Bomb.

The next best course of action is to have everyone start using Lunar/Light Veils. With a bit of luck, all 4 will start using Meganuke which will reflect for 14,999 a piece. If you've managed to do enough damage during the first few rounds, this will end the fight. If the Crystals start using Crush/Condemn, you may still be able to pull off a win if you can bring people back and still reflect Meganuke. Do not under any circumstance leave only one Crystal alive. It will Crush your entire party immediately for an instant game over.

This fight can take a bit of luck but can be won. If you're feeling a bit vindictive, you are able to battle them as many times as you want: do so after you've opened the final item shop and loaded everyone to the brim. Edward with a Salved Lunar Veil completely shuts down both Megaflare and the max damage physicals, leaving Crush as the only threat (and that can be shut down with Cursed Rings and Dark-resistant equipment).

End game gear though not much helps beyond Adamant armor. Cursed Rings + any Dark-resisting equipment will max heal you from Crush. 80+ Crystal Spire

Hero Medal

Shinryu Final Fantasy IV - Ultima v7.0d016.png Shinryu will start the fight by using Supernova (drops everyone to single digit HP) and then uses Vitalize. He'll quickly mock you ("Are you wasting my time?") then use Lit Flash on 1-2 characters. Ideally you've been able to heal with an All-Potion at this point or you'll lose 1-2 characters. At this point, Shinryu will use Whirlwind dealing 2-4,000 damage to everyone, and Thunder which can strike up to 3 characters. He will telegraph Whirlwind by "shuddering" like Zeromus does before Big Bang.

As the battle goes on, Shinryu will repeat his initial pattern but Supernova may hit less characters if you're lucky (sometimes as low as 1) making the damage much easier to contend with. Shinryu also will counter Bahamut with Meganuke so ensure that Rydia is using Black Magic versus summons. If you're feeling tricky, use Wall or veils, then use Bahamut to cause the Meganuke to reflect but this prevents you from heaing with Cure magic. Jump and spells will be punished with a counter Atomic Ray which deals 3-5,000 damage to the entire party and can wipe you in seconds; he'll even Atomic Ray you if you try to Slow him, and wind up negating it with Fast anyway. The safest way to attack him is to stick to plain vanilla physicals and Throwing high-powered weapons as this will result in a somewhat more manageable Lit Flash counter.

Another battle where slow and steady wins the race. Rosa and Rydia should be healing as much as possible to offset Supernova and Whirlwind (as these attacks close apart can end in a KO). Cecil should be throwing Elixirs to anyone who needs them, with Edge Throwing Swords and Kain attacking as required.

  • V29 Update:

Shinryu's AI now has one final, wicked trick to play. When his HP gets under 25% he will counter anything that hits him with Atomic Ray, while spamming Supernova/Vitalize until he gets back over 25% HP, at which point he will return to his previous attack pattern. This Supernova *will not miss*, nor will Atomic Ray, and nothing will mitigate the damage they do. You have to be very careful about hitting him at this point because several attacks in a row can provoke multiple Atomic Rays and send the fight from completely in control to game over before you know what hit you. Edward, if he is in the party, should Hide for insurance in case things go pear shaped during this phase. You need to get everyone's HP high enough to be able to survive one Atomic Ray at a time, while also dealing damage to him so he can't Vitalize his way out of it. If your levels aren't at the recommended level you're going to probably need to use several All-Potions to stay alive long enough to punch him out. Attacking at this point should be restricted to Edge (Throw) or Yang (Focus), and their survival is top priority. Don't be surprised if you win the battle with everyone in critical HP from the constant Supernovas.

Some luck does go into this fight and if you're having a hard time keeping the damage to the team manageable, reduce the Battle Speed so there's a bit more time between turns to help recover.

Every best piece of equipment that you have to offer and anything that can offset lighting damage. 75+ Mt. Heavensward

Illumina / Quasar Spell / Mighty Guard Spell / Cure 5 Spell / Pray Upgrade

Selene Final Fantasy IV - Ultima Selene.png There are 2 strategies that can be used: a standard one that will make the fight challenging and an "easy" one where the fight will be much more manageable.

The easy strategy is to farm for 1 or 2 Adamant Armors and place them on Rosa and Rydia. They’ll take virtually no damage from any attack, be immune to charm, and if they both use a powerful AoE attack (Ultima and Bahamut), the fight will be over in moments. Keep in mind that Selenes counter any magic cast against them with AoE Petrify, and if two characters use spells in a row without healing or immunity you can wind up with a bunch of statues quickly. They will also counter summons with a full party Charm, and non-Magic skills with Slap. When both Selenes are still alive but one gets low on HP, it will physically attack twice in a turn, probably killing two people.

If you use this tactic, you'll have to ensure that both Selene monsters die at the same time or the one left standing will use “Eclipse” which deals 14,999 damage regardless of equipment. If more than 2 characters are standing, Selene will charm the entire team (i.e. anyone who's not immune) and drop them with Eclipse. This means if only 1 character is immune to charm, this tactic is more risky because it would require 1 character to get off a spell before Eclipse is used.

The more standard method involves putting Rosa, Rydia, and Edge in the back as they will take far less damage in the back row. Kill 2 of the Artemis (if all 3 are down, Selene will start using charm) and begin using strong, single attacks against both in an alternate fashion. If you ignore an Artemis, they'll self-explode dealing high damage to a single character.

Edge can throw Ninja Stars at one, Rydia can use Nuke on the other, and Rosa heals/uses life on Cecil/Kain if they are killed (Holy does little damage to Selene). The party should also use Decoys to dodge Selene’s attacks (Selene will then use an attack that looks like Cecil's Dark Wave to deal low damage). Edge should throw a Ninja Star at one, Rydia should use Nuke on the other. Rosa can cure as needed while Cecil and Kain use healing items or magic as required (if image wears off and a character drops). Since Edward can Salve Decoys on the whole party, he can help free other characters to attack and can also salve Remedies to fix Petrify. Palom isn't a bad bet either for his ability to MT powerful spells (he's most useful if he knows Quasar) but watch out for Petrify. Finally, Yang can no-sell Selene's physicals with his upgraded Brace from the king of Fabul; the only thing that can bring him down is Eclipse. He's actually a great option to tank in the front row while dispensing healing items.

Again, once one drops kill the other as quickly as possible and as Nuke/Ninja Stars do similar damage, the other should be close to death (you can use Cecil/Kain to perform an attack to offset a delta if required). The Selenes can counter with Cure4 once their HP gets low; you can deny them the healing by casting Wall on them.

You can actually pull off this fight pre-Giant of Babil if you have at least two E-Mantles and FuSoYa in your party and five Headbands so you can equip them to the whole party. Get E-Mantles up on Cecil and FuSoYa as soon as possible. When party members get killed by a Selene, revive them with Life potions so they are in critical HP and Cecil will auto-Cover them, taking no damage because of the E-Mantle. You need to keep their HP just high enough that they can't get picked off by the Dark Wave attack which Cecil can't Cover, so use low-level Cure spells multitargeted to keep them just above 250 HP. Have Rydia cast Bahamut and FuSoYa use Blue. The Charm counters will be nullified by your Headbands, and two of the four possible Blue attacks FuSoYa can use (Blaze and LitFlash) against the Selenes will hit the damage cap; that's over 16,000 HP damage. FireGale will only deal ~1,500 HP while Digest will not hurt them at all, so hope you get one of the first two. If you don't have inordinately bad RNG luck, FuSoYa can win this all by himself if he applies an E-Mantle before he gets hit and has Charm protection.

Adamant Armor for the "easy" strat or end-game equipment otherwise. Glass Helmets can help offset Selene's physical attacks. You want Charm immunity at minimum; having Stone immunity too is ideal. 70+ Crystal Spire

Eclipse Voidblade

Marilith Final Fantasy IV - Ultima Marilith Sword Rain.png Marilith will start the fight with Sword Rain against all characters which deals 2,000+ damage. The rest of the fight she'll use Sleep Gas, Hex (Curse status), full-party Mini, Charm, and AoE Virus-like spell (Bio). Marilith can also heal with Absorb and use Sword Rain against 1 character for likely-fatal damage. If the Gorgons and Lamia Queens are destroyed, she can revive them.

Start the fight by using Bahamut to take out both Gorgons and Lamia Queens (both more annoying than anything else). If you're taking too much damage for Rosa, have Rydia fill in with Asura or Cecil with Cure3/All-Potion. Bio hurts a lot and may kill; if you can, try to Wall or Light Veil to reflect it back on her (Edward is helpful to Salve it on the whole party if he survives the opening Sword Rain), and it will also protect you from her status-inflicting spells. Silk Webs will greatly help cutting down the boss's speed. Get all your buffs and debuffs on as early as you can because when the boss hits her final phase you need to go all out attacking.

When she counter-Absorbs, this is a tipoff she's going into her final phase where she spams single target Sword Rain to kill characters. Restoring HP is pointless as it will do over 10,000 HP damage, so focus on reviving and attacking and not healing. You need to get her down before she picks you off one by one. An all out assault will be best: Kain Jumps with a non-Holy weapon (Dragon Lance or Hyperion), Cecil can attack with Ultima Weapon, Ultima II or Hyperion, Edge throws Ninja Stars, Rydia uses Bahamut or Nuke, and Rosa uses Ultima or Holy.

Any end game equipment will work, which you will have since this is post-Goddess fight. As much status protection as possible (Charm and Mini at least). As she is strong against Holy, ensure that you're not using weapons that deal this damage type. 70+ Ancient Grotto

Slaying Tail / Bio Spell

Magma Golem Final Fantasy IV - Ultima Magma Golem.png Magma Golem will start the fight by using Crush which is an instant KO to a single character. Crush will continued to be used until the Flame Dogs are destroyed and then he'll alternate between using Erupt (max HP-based damage) and Lava Wave (high damage).

Once the Dogs are destroyed, Magma Golem will cast Fire 3 on itself to heal several thousand HP and the use 2 AoE fire attacks listed above. After both spells, Magma Golem will revive the Flame Dogs and begin using Crush again. If you’re able to quickly kill the Dogs, Magma Golem will only be able to use Crush once. However, if you time it right and use an item that does high-level ice damage the second they are revived, Magma Golem will skip the use of Crush and go into his post-dog routine. Bring as many Iceblasts and North Winds as you can, they should deal sufficient damage to immediately kill the Dogs. The Golem can also be Slowed and this will help give you some breathing room to attack in between revivals (use Silk Webs to keep Rosa available to heal).

You can also cast Wall on Magma Golem to prevent him from self-healing but the reflected spell will one-shot a character unless they're wearing equipment to offset the damage.

Cecil can heal (and in a perfect world, will be the one who gets dropped by the initial Crush), Rydia uses Ice 3 or Bahamut if Wall is up, Edge is great for using an “Ice Item” to kill the dogs right away but can also throw Ninja Stars for max damage, while Kain jumps. Cursed Rings are great for several reasons: Using them with Fire-resistant equipment absorbs Lava Wave and Erupt (and reflected Fire 3s), while pairing them with Dark-resistant equipment will full-heal you from Crush, making you basically invincible. You probably won't have any Dark-resistant equipment the first time you fight it, but keep it in mind for the Boss Rush and New Game +.

Once you've gone through two or three rounds, don't be afraid to attempt a final rush (Bahamut, Ultima, high-level throwing items, attacking). Often, the Dogs may be up but you'll do just enough damage to kill the Magma Golem and then the Flame Dogs will fall quickly.

Ice weapons don't seem to deal much more damage than end-game weapons that produce Holy. Any gear that can offset fire attacks will cause his post-dog attacks to be much more manageable. 65-70+ Magma Caverns

Flare Sledgehammer / Adamant Helm

Yeti Final Fantasy IV - Ultima Yeti.png Yeti will start the fight by using "ROAR" which is a strong, physical AoE attack against the party. Lower-level parties and those not equipped with end-game gear will take several thousand points of damage. Yeti will then use variations of Cold Mist against the party: Single use, double use, single use and self-heal. Yeti can also self-heal with Vitalize as a single use. Rosa and Cecil should heal with Rydia uses Nuke or Bahamut, Edge throws high-level items, and Kain jumps. Slow him down with a Silk Web or Slow or you may not be able to keep up with him. When he gets below half HP he will yell "Aaargh!" and counter you with Cold Mist upon being damaged. If he says "Huff..." he will use Ice3 on his next turn, for 1,000-1,500 HP of damage to your whole party. If he says "Grrr.... ERRGHH!" he is going to use Absorb restore HP (this will get less effective the more damage you do to him). Try to stack multiple defense buffs up ASAP (Salved Elf Cloaks, Big/Mighty Guard, MT Protect) to minimize his "ROAR" damage and dial the battle speed down to 6 if you're having trouble staying alive. Any equipment that reduces physical attacks can make this fight go much smoother (Glass helmet, Adamant Armor). Equipment that reduces Ice damage can help but Cold Mist isn't as damaging, even if Yeti uses it twice in a row. 60-65+ Ice Cave

Dragon Claw / Berserk Ring

Zemus' Illusions FF4Uil.png Both Illusions will start by using attacks like Drain until they're hit by magic. At this time, both will counter with Fast, Wall, and Revitalize. Continued use of magic will cause them to start bouncing level 3 spells off themselves to hit the party for moderate damage. Occasionally they will use Condemn which can cause a character to quickly drop if the Battle Speed is set to 1. Try to destroy both Illusions at the same time so Zemus can't revive them.

While it's possible to go at a slow pace with attacks only, using a lot of AoE magic will cause both to quickly drop: Edge uses Atomic Bomb, Kain jumps, Rydia summons Bahamut, Rosa uses Ultima(or Cure 4 as needed), while Cecil uses Cure 3 or All-Potions. The magic damage isn't heavy enough that you require constant healing so it's easier to drop them as quickly as possible.

Any and all gear from the Lunar Subterrane/Core 55+ Lunar Core
Ultima Weapon Final Fantasy IV - Ultima Ultima Weapon.png Ultima starts the fight using Ultima (which may not hit everyone) and then quickly follows up with Meteo. Depending on your level of luck, this may end in a total KO or restart. For the beginning of the fight, Ultima will use Nuke, Blaze, Crush (may not cause an instant KO), Virus, and Tsunami; all of these are high-damaging attacks.

Once that phase is complete, he'll use Ultima and Meteo again but often, the characters hit are reduced. As the battle presses on, he'll add Whirlwind to the mix, as well as a double attack. Again, all high-damaging attacks.

Because of Ultima's powerful attacks, staying on the defense is key. Rosa should be using Cure 4 every turn with Rydia summoning Asura if required (though remember, she has a 1/3 change of using Reinforce versus Refresh/Renew). Kain can use focus to ensure he's getting healed versus attempting to time his Jump attack, Edge should throw high-level weapons, and Cecil can act as an ancillary healer (Cure 3, All-Potions and/or Elixirs) for Rydia/Rosa.

Like many of the end-game bosses, a slow approach tends to work better than an all-out blitz attack and taking a gamble (e.g. having Rosa cast Ultima versus healing if the party is full) can quickly cause a game over.

There is a second version of Ultima called Ultima Buster that can be encountered deeper in the Lunar Subterrane after defeating the AI. It uses the exact same attack patterns but its power is greatly increased so higher levels (70+) are recommended.

Any and all gear from the Lunar Subterrane/Core 55+ Lunar Core/Subterrane

Apollo Harp / Protect or Crystal Ring

Omega Weapon Final Fantasy IV - Ultima v27k omega.png Omega Weapon strategy. Optimal equipment. 70-80+ Tower of Babil

Omega Ring

Raiden FF4Ultima Raiden.png Unlike Odin who will use Zantetsuken after a set period of time, Raiden will use this out of the gate so the player must strike Raiden with a lighting-elemental item or spell. Once hit, Raiden's attack power will drop significantly and only do a few hundred damage to the party.

Raiden will then raise his sword once more, and the player must strike him with lighting again. Failure to do so before Raiden uses Zantetsuken will deal 9,000+ damage to the entire party.

Edge can use Blitz and Rydia can use any lighting spell to achieve this effect. Cecil, Kain, and Rosa must use items that produce a lighting effect. As the battle goes on, Raiden will get faster so ideally, you'll alternative with a powerful attack and a lighting attack.

Equipment is less important in this fight but anything that grants increased agility will help you keep up with Raiden. 50+ Lunar Subterrane

Raiden Summon / Unlock Dark Knight Cecil

Zemus' Spirit FF4Ultima Zemus Spirit.png Zemus' Spirit will use attacks like Blaze that deals moderate damage to the party. Follow-up attacks are level 3 elemental spells that can cause decent damage to the party, as well as high level attacks. Level depending, groups can withstand this assault but if the damage becomes overwhelming, using Wall, Star and/or Lunar Veils to reflect the attacks. Spirit will also use Condemn which can be problematic if you have the Battle Speed set to "1".

Having Rosa cast slow can also cause the damage to be a bit more manageable. Beyond that, standard tactics apply: Rosa heals and uses Holy/Ultima, Rydia can summon Bahamut or Asura for attack/healing, Edge attacks or throws high-level items, Kain jumps, and Cecil and offer support (Healing or Ethers/Elixirs as required)

Any set of equipment that helps reduce elemental magic 50+ Lunar Subterrane
Gilgamesh?! Final Fantasy IV - Ultima Gilgamesh.png The first two battles cannot be won so work on staying alive. After a few rounds, Gilgamesh will retreat.

During the third battle, Gilgamesh will use variations of his "Caliburn" attack: Single attack, double attack, or an attack that hits all party members. The damage Caliburn does is always equal to 1/3 of a character's max HP; for example a character with a max HP of 4,500 would always take 1,500 damage from it. There is also an attack that will restore HP to Gilgamesh based on damage.

This is a damage race so have Edge throw high-level weapons, Kain can use Focus or Jump, Rydia can summon Bahamut or use Nuke, while Rosa and Cecil can offset damage with Cure 4 and Cure 3/M-Potions.

After that fight, you can battle Gilgamesh any time you want in the Lunar Whale. He has Omega and 3 Last Arms as ally and their AI is completely random and always changes. Defeating him will result in him rewarding you with a substantial number of weapons, so make sure you have room in your inventory.

Any equipment picked up in the Lunar Subterrane 50-65, though lower levels actually make this fight easier as Caliburn does a percentage of max HP which means Cure 4 will be more effective if there is less damage to heal. ????
Gamma Final Fantasy IV - Ultima v27k Gamma.png Prior to starting the flight, cast Float on your party as it will use Quake which usually leads to a "game over".

Gamma will start the fight by using Wall, then uses high-level beam attacks that can either cause moderate or extreme damage so have 1-2 characters (Rosa Cure 4, Cecil Cure 3 or Rydia Asura) on healing duty. Gamma will also use Crush (1 shot KO) and Quake, though Float will prevent this from dealing damage.

Kain can use focus or jump, the latter will prevent him from taking damage while Edge should throw Shurikens or Ninja Stars. Gamma can also Vitalize for 4,444 HP so ensure you're piling on damage as quickly as possible.

If you attempt this fight before clearing the Lunar Subterrane, ensure you have the equipment from Bahamut's cave and the Feymarch. If after, any of the end-game items. 50-65 (equipment depending) Cave Eblan

Wing Edge

Warmech Final Fantasy IV - Ultima Warmech.png Warmech will use Beam with is a weak attack against all party members. Laser is high damage against a single unit (usually 1 shot KO), and Erupt deals 20% max HP damage (10% if resisted). Focus attacks on the Last Arm to prevent it from freezing party members with Magnet.

Once defeated, leverage high-level spells and attacks on the Warmech.

Rosa should heal, Rydia can use Nuke or heal with Asura (if acquired). FuSoYa should also use Nuke or heal as necessary; Cecil can attack or assist with support magic/items (e.g. Ether) while Edge throws any high-level items available. Once the Warmech has been defeated, focus high-level attacks on the Searcher as it will summon Last Arms. Using AoE magic (Meteo, Ultima, Bahamut) will cause the Last Arm and Searcher to fall quickly and the Warmech will start using more damaging Beam/Laser attacks.

All 3 monsters can use Fission as a final death attack to do single, high level damage to one character.

Standard equipment from the Feymarch and related areas will be enough. Ideally Cecil should have Excalibur and Edge have a supply of throwing weapons. 40-55 Giant of Babil
Magma Giant Final Fantasy IV - Ultima Magma Giant.png Magma Giant will use Erupt (AoE Fire attack dealing 20% of max HP damage), Heat Ray which will hit all party members, and the Beamers will use Beam as a single attack. Start by focusing your attacks on the 3 Beamers (Titan works very well). Beam attacks can cause high damage at this point so have Rosa and Cecil heal as required.

Yang can do heavy damage with Ice Claws and Focus, Rydia should summon Titan for max damage, then switch to Ice-2 once the Giant is isolated, while Kain jumps. Magma Giant will sometimes counter Ice spells with Ice of his own.

Equipment can vary if you've managed to get lucky drops or have explored outside the "normal" areas. Equipment acquired from either Silvera or the Dwarf Castle will be sufficient. Be careful about using Flame Armor or Shield as this makes you weak to Fire. 25-30 Tower of Babil
Vulture Final Fantasy IV - Ultima Vulture.png Have Cecil and Cid attack the 3 Cockatrice until they are defeated. Yang should have 2 Thunder Claws equipped and use Focus on the Vulture. Tellah can attack with Lit-3 or heal as required. Cecil can also assist with healing after the Cockatrices are destroyed. Vulture can use petrify so make sure to offset that before it stones a character. Standard equipment will work but giving Cecil and Cid Bows and Thunder Arrows can help speed up the fight as Vulture is weak to both "shoot" and "lighting" 20-25 Chocobo Forest
Mist Rage FF4Ultima Mist Rage.png This battle operates very closely to the Mist Dragon with a few notable exceptions: Mist Rage's attack power is quite a bit higher than the Mist Dragon and will counter with "Cold Breath" (don't you dare!) if Kain uses "Jump"; this attack is extremely powerful. Have Cecil and Kain both attack and heal as required. Cecil and Kain's default equipment 10-11 Mist
Movers Final Fantasy IV - Ultima Movers.png The Movers absolutely must all be destroyed at the same time. If any one of the three are left alive they will quickly revive the dead ones back to full HP. This means using exclusively AOE attacks so it's best to bring a team full of mages. Palom and Rydia should be casting high-level AOE spells and summons such as Quasar and Bahamut (Meteo takes too long to cast and Bio doesn't hit very hard). Porom and Rosa should cast Ultima. Cecil and anyone else in the party should use high-level attack magic items that hit all enemies. Edward can Salve an Antimatter so it hits all three of them; the others should use Void Stones or Stardust. Don't use a Globe199, it only hits one enemy even if Salved. Don't waste time buffing, just unload on them with your strongest spells.

After shuddering on their first turn, the back Mover will use Embrace (restores HP but turns you to stone immediately); it's a wasted turn if it hits someone with Petrify protection. The other two will attack; it drains HP and inflicts Charm so you must have Charm immunity, as time is of the essence and you cannot afford losing control of anyone. Once your spells start hitting them, they will Wall themselves and then reflect Laser onto you. This is why it is essential you rush them down as fast as you can; the more HP you take off of them, the less damage Laser will do. If you get unlucky and someone with low max HP gets hit, you may be in trouble, because their next move is to use Demolish (instant death). The only one making any effort to revive people should be Cecil; everyone else needs to keep firing off their strongest spells and keep the pressure on. Make sure you're using spells and summons that will pass through Wall, so Ultima, Quasar and Bahamut only. If you can get three or four hits of Ultima/Quasar plus a Bahamut or two or a good spell-casting item hit, that should be enough to get rid of them. If any one of the three survives, focus fire on it immediately as you have maybe one shot to kill it before it revives the others.

The Movers can be encountered as a random encounter on the same floor that they appear in chests. The chest encounters cannot be run from, but the random encounters can and should be. Only fight Movers if you absolutely need to.

Charm protection is mandatory. Stone and/or Instant Death protection is recommended. Otherwise wear anything that boosts Will and Wisdom because you want maximum magical damage. 70+ Lunar Core

Stardust Rod (right chest) Sage Staff (left chest)

Shops v27k

Shop 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Kaipo Weapons Change Rod Healing Staff Wooden Bow Fire Arrows Ice Arrows Thunder Arrows Lamia Harp -
Kaipo Armor Leather Hat Leather Armor Leather Gloves Ruby Ring - - - -
Kaipo Magic Shop Ramuh Summon Shiva Summon Ifrit Summon Grimoire StopSand RubyRing - -
Fabul Armory Fire Claw Ice Claw Thunder Claw Black Helmet Black Armor Black Gauntlet Buckler Shield StopSand
Mysidia Weapons Change Rod Tritoch Rod Healing Staff Wooden Bow Fire Arrows Ice Arrows Thunder Arrows -
Mysidia Armor Mage Hat Gaea Gear Ruby Ring Silver Shield Silver Helmet Knight Armor Leather Gloves -
Baron Weapons Change Rod Healing Staff Fire Claw Ice Claw Thunder Claw Fire Arrows Ice Arrows Wooden Bow
Baron Armor Leather Helmet Headband Karate Gi Leather Armor Leather Gloves Silver Ring - -
Troia Weapons Change Rod Tritoch Rod Healing Staff Wooden Bow Fire Arrows Ice Arrows Thunder Arrows -
Troia Armor Leather Helmet Leather Armor Leather Gloves Ruby Ring - - - -
Silvera Weapons Wind Spear Shadow Blade Hand Axe Dancing Dagger - - - -
Silvera Armor Silver Shield Silver Helmet Silver Armor Silver Gauntlet Silver Ring Shadow Helmet Shadow Armor Shadow Gauntlet
Mist Weapons Frostbite Whip Chain Flail Dancing Dagger Hand Axe Tritoch Rod Power Staff Thunder Arrows Wooden Bow
Mist Armor Leather Helmet Leather Armor Leather Gloves Ruby Ring - - - -
Agart Weapons Hand Axe Dancing Dagger Wind Spear Boomerang Chain Flail Wooden Hammer Fire Arrows Marksman Bow
Agart Armor Buckler Shield Leather Helmet Leather Gloves Silver Gauntlet BombPart SouthWind ZeusRage -
Dwarf Weapons Dwarf Hammer Power Staff Chain Flail Flame Sword Tritoch Rod Kaiser Knuckle Marksman Bow Medusa Arrows
Dwarf Armor Flame Shield Flame Armor Wizard Hat Wizard Robes Rune Ring BombCore Bomb-Arm
Eblan Weapons Shuriken Boomerang Kunai Thief Knife Icebrand Blizzard Lance Frostbite Whip Medusa Arrows
Eblan Armor Ice Shield Ice Armor Black Robes Beret Black Belt NorthWind Whisker
Tomra Weapons Shuriken Bandit Blade Piggy Stick Cat Claw Gaea Hammer Blood Sword Assassin Dagger Ogre Axe
Tomra Armor Diamond Shield Diamond Helm Diamond Armor Diamond Gauntlet Diamond Ring Gold Pin DarkHood ThorRage
Feymarch Weapons Elven Bow Holy Arrows Blitz Whip Morning Star Lilith Rod Aura Staff Crescent Kotetsu
Feymarch Armor Aegis Shield Sorcerer Robe Strength Ring Power Robe Chocobo Feather AeroMote Grimoire ElfCloak
Hummingway 1 Abilify Remedy HiPotion X-Potion Ether Elixir Life Cabin
Hummingway 2 Shuriken Ninja Star LightVeil ElfCloak Decoy Siren Whistle ExitDoor
Kokkol #1 Loki Harp Mage Masher Kikuichi Deathbringer Gorgon Blade Thunder Blade Yoichi Bow Yoichi Arrows
Kokkol #2 Thief Gloves Vesper Flail Caliburn Lustrous Judgment Hammer Thor Hammer SomaDrop Bacchus
Kokkol #3 Stardust Rod Sage Staff Flame Lance Locke's Bandana E-Mantle Bloodfeast M-Cannon Silk-Web
Crystal Shop / Kokkol #4 Artemis Arrows Hermes Stardust GaeaDrum WindSlash FireBomb IceBlast Lit-Bolt
Final Shop Megalixir Lunar Veil Lunar Helm Adamant Helm Adamant Ring Berserk Ring Omega Ring Spoon
Drop Rate
0 - Never drops, can steal common item
1 - 1/20 chance to drop, can steal common item
2 - 5/16 chance to drop, can steal common item
3 - Always drops something, but can't steal anything

Boss Drop/Steal Table v27k

Monster Name Drop Rate Common/Steal Uncommon Rare Mythic
4 Fiends 3 Vesper Flail Vesper Flail Vesper Flail Vesper Flail
AI 2 M-Cannon Globe199 LunarVeil Megalixir
Asura 3 SilverSeed GoldSeed SomaDrop SomaDrop
Attacker 1 Bacchus M-Cannon M-Cannon M-Cannon
Bahamut 3 AntiMatter AntiMatter AntiMatter AntiMatter
Baigan 3 Silver Shield Silver Helmet Silver Armor SilverSeed
Barnab 3 Bacchus Strength Ring Zeus Gauntlet Zeus Gauntlet
Barnab-Z 3 Bacchus Bacchus Bacchus Bacchus
Neo Bahamut 0 Protect Ring ----- ----- -----
Brina 3 StopSand Remedy ElfCloak E-Mantle
Cagnazzo 0 SouthWind NorthWind NorthWind Iceblast
Cal 3 Ether Grimoire Whisker E-Mantle
Calbrina 3 VampFang VampFang Lilith Rod Lilith Rod
Cindy 3 StopSand Remedy ElfCloak E-Mantle
CPU 3 Globe199 Globe199 Globe199 Globe199
Crystal 3 Glass Helm AntiMatter VoidStone Chicken Knife
Crystal Dragon 0 Protect Ring ----- ----- -----
Dark D. 3 Silver Shield Silver Helmet Silver Armor SilverSeed
Dark Elf 1st 0 ----- ----- ----- -----
Dark Elf 2nd 3 StopSand Remedy ElfCloak E-Mantle
Defender 2 Decoy Decoy Decoy Decoy
Demon Wall 3 Cursed Ring Mage Masher Aura Staff Aegis Shield
Dr. Lugae 3 Bacchus Bacchus Bacchus Bacchus
Dr. Lugae 2nd 3 LugaeKey LugaeKey LugaeKey LugaeKey
Eblan K. 0 Shuriken ----- ----- -----
Eblan Q. 0 VampFang ----- ----- -----
Fire Dragon 0 Protect Ring ----- ----- -----
Storm Dragon 0 Genji Shield ----- ----- -----
Calofisteri 3 Cursed Ring Mage Masher Aura Staff Aegis Shield
Magissa 3 VampFang VampFang VampFang Bloodfeast
Marilith 0 Vesper Flail ----- ----- -----
Melusine 0 Seraphic Shield ----- ----- -----
Mover 1 Bacchus M-Cannon M-Cannon M-Cannon
Warmech 3 Bacchus M-Cannon M-Cannon M-Cannon
Gamma 0 Hyperion ----- ----- -----
Gilgamesh 0 Rising Sun ----- ----- -----
Goddess 0 Vesper Flail ----- ----- -----
Golbez 3 AntiMatter AntiMatter AntiMatter AntiMatter
Kain 3 Ice Shield Diamond Helm Diamond Shield Ice Armor
Illusion 3 SilverSeed GoldSeed SomaDrop SomaDrop
Left Arm 2 Potion MidPotion HiPotion SilverSeed
Leviathan 2 IceBlast Triton Hammer IceBlast IceBlast
Lunasaur 3 Dragon Shield Dragon Gauntlet Dragon Helm Dragon Armor
Magma Giant 3 Bacchus Strength Ring Zeus Gauntlet Zeus Gauntlet
Magma Golem 0 Glass Helm ----- ----- -----
Milon 1st 3 BombPart Bomb Arm Bomb Arm Firebomb
Milon 2nd 0 Antidote ----- ----- -----
Mindy 3 Cabin SilverSeed GoldSeed SomaDrop
Mom Bomb 0 ----- ----- ----- -----
Shinryu 0 Seraphic Shield ----- ----- -----
Odin 3 Vesper Flail Vesper Flail Vesper Flail Vesper Flail
Ogopogo 3 SilverSeed GoldSeed SomaDrop SomaDrop
Omega 0 Zeus Gauntlet
Pale Dim 3 Power Vest Zeus Gauntlet Glass Helmet Chicken Knife
Plague 3 Hermes FireBute DarkGear Protect Ring
Raiden 0 Hyperion ----- ----- -----
Right Arm 2 Potion MidPotion HiPotion SilverSeed
Rubicant 0 FireBomb ----- ----- -----
Sandy 3 Siren Siren Siren Siren
Selene 3 Seraphic Shield Ribbon Crystal Ring Lunar Shield
Tunnel Armor 0 Glass Helmet ----- ----- -----
Ultima Buster 3 AntiMatter AntiMatter AntiMatter AntiMatter
Ultima Weapon 3 Protect Ring Protect Ring Crystal Ring Crystal Ring
Valvalis 0 ZeusRage ----- ----- -----
Vulture 3 Soft Potion AeroMote AeroMote WindSlash
Wyvern 3 WindSlash Thor's Hammer Crystal Armor Tempest Katana
Yeti 0 Zeus Gauntlet ----- ----- -----
Zemus Spirit 0 ElfCloak ----- ----- -----
Zeromus 0 Dark Matter ----- ----- -----
ZeromusEG 0 Dark Matter

Lunar Enemy Drop/Steal Table v27k

Monster Name Drop Rate Common/Steal Uncommon Rare Mythic
Artemis 1 Artemis Arrows Seraphic Shield Minerva Bustier Artemis Bow
Behemoth 1 WindSlash Thor's Hammer Crystal Armor Tempest Katana
Blue D. 1 Iceblast Dragon Whip Murasame Crystal Shield
Bone D. 1 Dragon Shield Dragon Gloves Dragon Helm Dragon Armor
Eukaryot 1 Bacchus Avenger Spoon LunarVeil
Evil Mask 1 LightVeil Caliburn Glass Helmet Chicken Knife
Fatal Eye 1 Hermes FireBute DarkGear Protect Ring
Fossil D. 1 Dragon Shield Dragon Gloves Dragon Helm Dragon Armor
King-Ryu 1 Shuriken Rising Sun Apollo Harp GoldSeed
Granade 2 Ether Grimoire Whisker E-Mantle
Lunar Cell 2 Ether Grimoire Whisker E-Mantle
Pink Puff 1 Ninja Star Elixir LunarGem Pink Tail
Prokryot 1 Bacchus Avenger Spoon LunarVeil
Pudding 2 Ether Grimoire Whisker E-Mantle
Red D. 1 Firebomb TigerFang Crystal Gauntlet Crystal Ring
Red Giant 1 Gaea Drum Rising Sun Thor's Hammer Thor's Hammer
Red Worm 2 Bloodfeast Bloodfeast Bloodfeast Bloodfeast
Ging-Ryu 1 Pinwheel Dart LunarGem Vesper Flail SomaDrop
Tricker 2 IceBlast Triton Hammer IceBlast IceBlast
Warlock 1 Stardust White Robe Prism Robe Ribbon
White D. 1 Lit Bolt Wing Edge Masamune Crystal Helm
Zemus Breath 1 ElfCloak Holy Lance Lunar Shield ????
Zemus Mind 1 Hyperion Ragnarok Lunar Shield ????
Zemus Spirit 1 ElfCloak Holy Lance Lunar Shield ????

Earth/Underworld Enemy Drop/Steal Table v27k

Monster Name Drop Rate Common Uncommon Rare Mythic
Alert 2 Siren Siren Siren Siren
Alligator 2 Leather Helmet Leather Gloves Leather Armor Leather Armor
Alraune 2 Silk Web Gaea Drum Gaea Drum Gaea Drum
AquaWorm 1 Potion MidPotion HiPotion SilverSeed
Arachne 2 Silk Web Gaea Drum Gaea Drum Gaea Drum
Balloon 2 Bomb Part Bomb-Arm Bomb-Arm Fire Bomb
Basilisk 2 Antidote Anti-Hex Life Potion Remedy
Beamer 1 Cabin SilverSeed GoldSeed SomaDrop
BlackLiz 1 Medusa Arrows Medusa Arrows Gorgon Blade Gorgon Blade
BlackKnight 1 Cabin SilverSeed GoldSeed SomaDrop
Bog Witch 1 Anti-Hex Lilith Rod Aura Staff Ribbon
Bomb 2 Bomb Part Bomb-Arm Bomb-Arm Fire Bomb
CaitSith 1 Abilify Whisker Kaiser Claws Cat Claws
Captain 2 Bacchus Bacchus Bacchus Bacchus
Cave Bat 2 VampFang VampFang VampFang Bloodfeast
CaveNaga 2 Abilify Remedy Holy Arrows Holy Arrows
CaveToad 2 Anti-Hex Anti-Hex Anti-Hex Anti-Hex
Centaur 1 Cabin SilverSeed GoldSeed SomaDrop
Chimera 2 Bomb Part Bomb-Arm Bomb-Arm Fire Bomb
Chrysalis 1 Potion MidPotion HiPotion SilverSeed
Clapper 1 Genji Shield Genji Gloves Genji Helm Genji Armor
Coctrice 2 Soft AeroMote AeroMote WindSlash
Coeurl 2 Abilify Whisker Kaiser Claws Cat Claws
Conjurer 2 Rune Ring Sorcerer Robe Mage Masher Aura Staff
Cream 1 Potion MidPotion HiPotion SilverSeed
Crocodile 2 Leather Helmet Leather Gloves Leather Armor Leather Armor
ImpCapt. 1 Potion MidPotion HiPotion SilverSeed
Eagle 1 Soft AeroMote AeroMote WindSlash
ElecFish 2 Anti-Hex Abilify Life Potion Remedy
EpeeGirl 1 Cabin SilverSeed GoldSeed SomaDrop
Evil Doll 2 Decoy Decoy Decoy Decoy
EvilDream 1 Remedy Remedy Cursed Ring Cursed Ring
Eyewing 2 Abilify Soft Life Potion Remedy
Fiend 2 StopSand Remedy ElfCloak E-Mantle
Flame Man 2 Bomb Part Bomb-Arm Bomb-Arm Fire Bomb
Flamedog 2 Bomb Part Bomb-Arm Bomb-Arm Fire Bomb
FloatEye 2 Abilify Soft Life Potion Remedy
Gargoyle 1 Potion MidPotion HiPotion SilverSeed
Gatlinger 2 Antidote Anti-Hex Life Potion Remedy
General 3 Leather Helmet Leather Gloves Leather Armor Leather Armor
Ghoul 1 Remedy Remedy Cursed Ring Cursed Ring
Giant Bat 2 VampFang VampFang VampFang Bloodfeast
Gorgon 1 Medusa Arrows Medusa Arrows Gorgon Blade Gorgon Blade
GrayBomb 2 Bomb Part Bomb-Arm Bomb-Arm Fire Bomb
Green D. 1 Genji Shield Genji Gloves Genji Helm Genji Armor
Gremlin 2 StopSand Remedy ElfCloak E-Mantle
Guard 1 Potion MidPotion HiPotion SilverSeed
Hooligan 1 Remedy Remedy Cursed Ring Cursed Ring
Horseman 2 Cabin SilverSeed GoldSeed SomaDrop
Hundlegs 1 Potion MidPotion HiPotion SilverSeed
Hydra 2 Abilify Remedy Holy Arrows Holy Arrows
Ice Liz. 2 SouthWind NorthWind NorthWind IceBlast
Icebeast 2 SouthWind NorthWind NorthWind IceBlast
Ice Dragon 3 SouthWind NorthWind NorthWind IceBlast
IceKnght 1 Ice Shield Diamond Helm Diamond Shield Ice Armor
Imp 1 Potion MidPotion HiPotion SilverSeed
Dark Imp 1 Potion MidPotion HiPotion SilverSeed
Larva 1 Potion MidPotion HiPotion SilverSeed
Ironback 1 Silver Shield Silver Helmet Silver Armor SilverSeed
Jelly 1 Potion MidPotion HiPotion SilverSeed
Lamia 1 Lamia Harp Holy Arrows Lilith Rod Lilith Rod
Lamia Q. 1 Lamia Harp Holy Arrows Lilith Rod Lilith Rod
Last Arm 2 Siren Siren Siren Siren
Lilith 1 VampFang VampFang Lilith Rod Lilith Rod
Machine 2 Zeus Rage Thor Rage Thor Rage Lit Bolt
Mad Ogre 1 Bacchus Strength Ring Zeus Gauntlet Zeus Gauntlet
Mage 1 Ether Wizard Robe Wizard Hat Seraphic Shield
Malboro 1 Remedy Remedy Cursed Ring Cursed Ring
Mammon 2 Anti-Hex Abilify Life Potion Remedy
Mantcore 2 Bomb Part Bomb Arm Bomb Arm Firebomb
Liquid Flame 3 Bomb Part Bomb Arm Bomb Arm Firebomb
Mec Giant 1 Gaea Drum Rising Sun Thor's Hammer Thor's Hammer
Mech D. 2 Genji Shield Genji Gloves Genji Helm Genji Armor
Medusa 1 Medusa Arrows Medusa Arrows Gorgon Blade Gorgon Blade
TinyMage 1 Ether Wizard Robe Wizard Hat Seraphic Shield
Nagaraja 2 Abilify Remedy Holy Arrows Holy Arrows
Ogre 1 Bacchus Strength Ring Zeus Gauntlet Zeus Gauntlet
Sky Dragon 3 Zeus Rage Thor Rage Thor Rage Lit Bolt
Echidna 3 Abilify Remedy Holy Arrows Holy Arrows
Red Eye 2 Abilify Soft Life Potion Remedy
RedBones 2 Antidote Anti-Hex Life Potion Remedy
Rock Moth 2 Abilify Soft Life Potion Remedy
Sand Hag 2 Antidote Anti-Hex Life Potion Remedy
SandWorm 1 Potion MidPotion HiPotion SilverSeed
Screamer 2 Zeus Rage Thor Rage Thor Rage Lit Bolt
Searcher 2 Siren Siren Siren Siren
Silverman 2 Silver Shield Silver Helmet Silver Armor SilverSeed
Skeleton 2 Abilify Soft Life Potion Remedy
Skuldier 1 Potion MidPotion HiPotion SilverSeed
Slime 1 Potion MidPotion HiPotion SilverSeed
Soldier 1 Potion MidPotion HiPotion SilverSeed
Sorcerer 1 Rune Ring Sorcerer Robe Mage Masher Aura Staff
Soul 1 Remedy Remedy Cursed Ring Cursed Ring
Spirit 1 Remedy Remedy Cursed Ring Cursed Ring
Stoneman 1 Medusa Arrows Medusa Arrows Gorgon Blade Gorgon Blade
Succubus 2 VampFang VampFang VampFang Bloodfeast
SwordRat 2 Antidote Anti-Hex Life Potion Remedy
TinyToad 2 Anti-Hex Anti-Hex Anti-Hex Anti-Hex
Toadgre 2 Anti-Hex Anti-Hex Anti-Hex Anti-Hex
Toebiter 1 Potion MidPotion HiPotion SilverSeed
Tofu 2 Potion MidPotion HiPotion SilverSeed
Tortoise 1 Silver Shield Silver Helmet Silver Armor SilverSeed
Trap Door 3 StopSand Remedy ElfCloak E-Mantle
TrapRose 2 Anti-Hex Abilify Life Potion Remedy
Treant 2 Anti-Hex Abilify Life Potion Remedy
Tunneler 2 Silk Web Gaea Drum Gaea Drum Gaea Drum
Turtle 2 Abilify Soft Life Potion Remedy
VampLady 2 Bloodfeast Bloodfeast Bloodfeast Bloodfeast
Vile Shell 2 Abilify Soft Life Potion Remedy
Warrior 2 Ice Shield Diamond Helm Diamond Shield Ice Armor
WaterBug 2 Antidote Anti-Hex Life Potion Remedy
WaterHag 1 Potion MidPotion HiPotion SilverSeed
Weeper 2 Zeus Rage Thor Rage Thor Rage Lit Bolt
Witch 1 Rune Ring Sorcerer Robe Mage Masher Aura Staff
Yellow D. 1 Genji Shield Genji Gloves Genji Helm Genji Armor
Zombie 1 Remedy Remedy Cursed Ring Cursed Ring
Zu 2 Soft AeroMote AeroMote WindSlash

Weapons FAQ v11.51

Name Attack Power Hit Rate Price Ranged? Throwable Magnetic STR AGI VIT WIS WIL Castable Spell Castable Spell Power Weapon Element Weapon Status Effect Race Kill Bonus Equipable By
Ultimate Weapons
Slaying Tail 135 99 127000 y y n 15 15 0 15 15 Kill 255 ---- Poison Blind Mute KO Charm Sleep Stun Curse Dragon Reptile Giant Slime MAge Zombie DKC Rydia Yang Palom Porom Edge Edward
Flare Sledgehammer 170 99 127000 y y n 0 15 15 15 15 Crush 255 Fire Ice Bolt Air Petrify Gradual Petrify Stun All except Dragon PC Kain Rosa Edward
Ultima Weapon 255 99 127000 n y n 15 15 15 0 0 Ultima 2 ---- ---- ---- All
Ultima II 255 99 127000 n y n 15 15 15 15 15 Ultima 3 ---- ---- ---- All
Eclipse Voidblade 145 99 127000 n y n 15 15 0 15 15 Eclipse 255 Dark Holy Blind Sleep Stun Curse Reptile Spirit Giant Edge DKC
Illumina 205 99 127000 n y n 15 0 15 15 15 Ultima 3 Holy Blind Stun Reptile Spirit Mage Zombie PC Edward
Dragon Claws 135 99 127000 n y n 15 15 15 15 15 Erupt 3 None Poison Stun Curse Dragon Robot Mage Zombie Yang Edward
Dragon Lance 200 99 127000 n y n 15 15 0 15 15 MegaNuke 3 Air Poison Curse Dragon Reptile Spirit Giant Kain Edward
Caladbolg 165 99 127000 n y y 15 15 0 15 15 Eclipse 4 Dark Mute KO Stun Curse Giant Slime Mage DKC Edward
Apocalypse Greatsword 255 99 127000 y y y 15 15 15 15 15 Meteo 3 All All All All
Dark Swords
Shadow Blade 8 80 700 n y y 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- Dark ---- ---- DKCecil Edge
Blood Sword 15 85 20000 n y y 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- Dark Absorb ---- Cecil Kain Cid Edge
Deathbringer 35 90 40000 n y y 5 5 5 5 -10 ---- ---- Dark KO ---- DKCecil Edge
Swords
Legend 40 99 5000 n n y 0 0 0 0 3 ---- ---- Holy ---- ---- Cecil
Flame Sword 65 80 14000 n y y 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- Fire ---- ---- Cecil Kain
Icebrand 75 80 48000 n y y 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- Ice ---- ---- Cecil Kain
Thunder Blade 80 95 54000 n y y 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- Bolt ---- Robot Mage Cecil Kain
Avenger 80 95 10 n y y 10 10 10 0 0 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Cecil Kain
Gorgon Blade 85 66 96000 n y y 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- ---- Petrify ---- Cecil Kain
Lustrous 99 99 120000 n y y 3 0 0 0 3 ---- ---- Holy ---- ---- Cecil Kain
Hyperion Gunblade 102 80 127000 n y y 0 5 0 0 0 Laser 16 ---- Blind Slime Zombie Cecil Kain
Excalibur 125 99 80000 n y y 10 0 0 0 0 Drain 8 Holy ---- ---- PC Edward
Caliburn 90 99 100000 n y y 10 0 0 10 0 Drain 8 Dark ---- ---- DKC Edward
Ragnarok 145 99 10000 n y y 10 0 10 0 10 ---- ---- Holy ---- Zombie PCecil Kain Edward
Lightbringer 165 99 57000 n y y 15 0 15 0 15 White 4 Holy ---- Spirit Zombie PCecil Edward
Daggers
Thief Knife 12 99 17000 n y y 0 3 0 0 0 Poison Gas 1 None Blind Stun None Cecil Kain Rydia Palom Cid Edge Fusoya Edward
Dancing Dagger 23 94 16000 n y y 0 0 0 0 0 Dagger Dance 8 ---- ---- Spirit Cecil Kain Rydia Palom Cid Edge Fusoya Edward
Assassin Dagger 30 60 15000 n y y 5 5 0 0 0 Needle 2 None KO None Cecil Kain Rydia Palom Cid Edge Fusoya Edward
Mage Masher 45 75 13000 n y y 0 0 0 5 5 Dagger Dance 24 ---- Mute Mage Cecil Kain Rydia Palom Cid Edge Fusoya Edward
Chicken Knife 127 99 127000 y y y 10 10 0 10 10 Globe199 1 Holy Air ---- All All
Katanas
Kunai 28 90 4000 n y y 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- ---- ---- Edge
Kotetsu 38 90 11000 n y y 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- ---- ---- Edge
Kikuichimonji 55 90 18000 n y y 5 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- ---- ---- Edge
Murasame 60 90 22000 n y y 5 0 5 5 0 Safe 1 ---- ---- ---- Edge
Masamune 70 99 23000 n y y 0 5 0 5 5 Fast 1 ---- ---- ---- Edge
Tempest 85 95 117000 n y y 10 10 0 10 10 Gale 1 Holy Air ---- Dragon Spirit Zombie Edge
Boomerangs
Boomerang 32 80 8000 y n n 0 0 0 0 0 ---- Air ---- ---- Edge
Full Moon 42 85 12000 y n n 0 0 0 0 0 ---- Air ---- ---- Edge
Pinwheel 45 90 38000 y y y 0 3 0 0 0 ---- Air ---- Spirit Edge
Rising Sun 52 95 50000 y n n 5 0 5 0 0 Flare 3 Fire Air ---- Spirit Zombie Cecil Kain Cid Edge
Crescent 64 99 84000 y n n 0 5 0 0 0 Wall 1 Holy Air ---- Reptile Spirit Edge
Throwing Weapons
Shuriken 50 99 5000 ---- y ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Air ---- ---- ----
Poison Shuriken 65 99 10000 ---- y ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Air Poison ---- ----
Ninja Star 80 99 50000 ---- y ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Air ---- ---- ----
Spoon 255 99 127000 ---- y ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
Spears
Wind Spear 30 99 6000 n y y 0 0 0 0 0 ---- Air ---- ---- Cecil Kain Cid Edge
Flame Spear 99 80 120000 n y y 0 10 0 0 0 Fire2 6 Fire Air ---- ---- Kain
Blizzard 77 80 49000 n y y 0 0 0 0 0 Ice2 4 Ice Air ---- ---- Kain
Drain Spear 35 60 115000 n y y 0 0 0 0 0 ---- Air Absorb Giant Slime Zombie Cecil Kain
Holy Lance 154 80 74000 n y y 0 0 15 0 0 Holy 2 Holy Air ---- Spirit Cecil Kain
Wyvern Lance 176 80 50 n y y 15 15 0 0 0 ---- Air ---- Dragon Kain
Axes
Hand Axe 30 50 6000 n y y 3 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- ---- Stun ---- Cecil Kain Cid Edge
Dwarf Axe 70 69 86000 y y y 5 0 5 0 0 ---- ---- Air ---- ---- Cecil Kain Cid
Ogre Axe 82 85 94000 n y y 0 0 0 0 0 Virus 4 ---- Poison ---- Cecil Kain Cid
Hammer
Wooden Hammer 45 75 12000 n y n 0 0 0 0 0 Lit2 4 ---- ---- Robot Cecil Kain Rosa Cid
Gaea Hammer 65 75 24000 n y n 5 0 0 0 0 Quake 1 Fire ---- Robot Cecil Kain Rosa Cid
Judgement Hammer 82 95 108000 n y y 5 5 5 5 5 Lit3 2 Bolt Air Stun Robot Spirit Mage Zombie Cecil Kain Rosa Cid
Thor's Hammer 105 95 78000 y y y 5 0 5 0 5 Lit2 10 Bolt Air Stun Robot Giant Cecil Kain Rosa Cid
Flails
Iron Flail 36 90 8000 y n y 0 3 0 3 3 ---- ---- ---- Stun Reptile Giant Slime Mage Cecil Rosa
Morning Star 48 99 55000 y n y 3 0 3 0 0 ---- ---- ---- KO Robot Giant Mage Cecil Rosa
Vesper 64 95 64000 y n y 5 5 5 5 5 Cure2 16 Holy Stun All except Dragon Robot Cecil Rosa
Whips
Leather Whip 25 50 3000 y n n 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- ---- Stun ---- Rydia Edge
Frostbite 30 55 6000 y n n 0 0 0 0 0 Ice2 6 Ice Stun Reptile Rydia Edge
Blitz Whip 40 60 10000 y n n 0 0 0 0 0 Lit3 2 Bolt Stun Robot Mage Rydia Edge
Firebute 50 65 16000 y n n 5 5 5 0 0 Fire3 3 Fire Stun Spirit Slime Zombie Rydia Edge
Dragon Whisker 80 75 48000 y n n 5 5 5 0 0 ---- ---- ---- Stun Dragon Rydia
Harps
Dreamer 8 85 480 y n n 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- ---- Sleep ---- Edward Rydia FuSoya
Lamia Harp 22 90 32000 y n n 0 3 0 0 0 ---- ---- ---- Charm ---- Edward Rydia FuSoya
Loki's Lute 36 95 123000 y n n 0 3 0 3 3 Fast 2 Bolt Holy Stun ---- Edward Rydia FuSoya
Edward's Harp 54 95 48000 y n n 0 0 5 5 5 Safe 8 ---- Charm Sleep Stun Reptile Giant Slime Mage Zombie Edward Rydia FuSoya
Apollo's Harp 62 95 36000 y n n 0 5 0 5 5 Flare 5 Fire Bolt Holy Blind Stun All Edward Rydia FuSoya
Claws
Fire Claws 0 80 350 n y n 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- Fire ---- ---- Yang Edge
Ice Claws 0 80 350 n y n 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- Ice ---- ---- Yang Edge
Thunder Claws 0 80 350 n y n 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- Bolt ---- Robot Yang Edge
Kaiser Knuckles 0 99 700 n y n 3 3 0 0 0 ---- ---- ---- Poison Blind Mute Charm Giant Yang Edge
Cat Claws 0 99 700 n y n 5 5 0 0 0 ---- ---- ---- Sleep Stun Curse ---- Yang Edge
Rods
Change Rod 10 50 17000 n y n 0 0 0 3 0 Piggy 5 ---- ---- ---- Rydia Tellah Palom FuSoya
Ice Rod 10 45 700 n y n 0 0 0 3 0 Ice 2 Ice ---- Reptile Rydia Tellah Palom FuSoya
Flame Rod 10 50 700 n y n 0 0 0 3 0 Fire 4 Fire ---- ---- Rydia Tellah Palom FuSoya
Thunder Rod 10 50 700 n y n 0 0 0 3 0 Lit 3 Bolt ---- ---- Rydia Tellah Palom FuSoya
Lilith Rod 35 55 22000 n y n 0 0 0 10 0 Psych 8 ---- Absorb Zombie Rydia Tellah Palom FuSoya
Stardust Rod 45 60 31000 n y n 0 0 0 15 0 Comet 7 ---- ---- ---- Rydia Tellah Palom FuSoya
Staves
Healing Staff 12 55 480 n y n 0 0 0 0 3 Cure 2 ---- ---- Zombie Rosa Cecil Tellah FuSoya
Power Staff 30 99 12000 n y n 10 0 0 0 0 Berserk 1 ---- Berserk ---- Rosa Cecil Tellah FuSoya
Aura Staff 48 60 17000 n y n 0 0 0 0 10 Curse 1 ---- Absorb ---- Rosa Tellah FuSoya
Sage's Staff 52 65 42000 n y n 0 0 0 0 15 Life 1 ---- Mute Mage Rosa Tellah FuSoya
Bows
Long Bow 40 50 2000 y n n 3 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- Air ---- ---- Cecil Rosa Rydia Edward Palom Porom Cid FuSoya
Marksman 50 60 5000 y n n 5 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- Air ---- ---- Cecil Rosa Rydia Edward Palom Porom Cid FuSoya
Elven Bow 55 85 8000 y n n 0 0 0 5 0 Shell 8 Air ---- Mage Cecil Rosa Rydia Edward Palom Porom Cid FuSoya
Yoichi Bow 65 70 11000 y n n 10 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- Air ---- ---- Cecil Rosa Rydia Edward Palom Porom Cid FuSoya
Artemis Bow 120 80 19000 y n n 10 10 10 0 0 ---- ---- Air ---- Dragon Cecil Rosa Rydia Edward Palom Porom Cid FuSoya
Arrows
Fire Arrows 15 0 20 y n n 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- Fire ---- ---- Cecil Rosa Rydia Edward Palom Porom Cid FuSoya
Ice Arrows 15 0 20 y n n 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- Ice ---- ---- Cecil Rosa Rydia Edward Palom Porom Cid FuSoya
Thunder Arrows 15 0 20 y n n 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- Bolt ---- Robot Cecil Rosa Rydia Edward Palom Porom Cid FuSoya
Medusa Arrows 30 0 100 y n n 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- ---- Petrify ---- Cecil Rosa Rydia Edward Palom Porom Cid FuSoya
Holy Arrows 45 0 110 y n n 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- Holy ---- Spirit Zombie Cecil Rosa Rydia Edward Palom Porom Cid FuSoya
Yoichi Arrows 55 0 140 y n n 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- ---- Poison Blind Mute Charm Giant Mage Cecil Rosa Rydia Edward Palom Porom Cid FuSoya
Artemis Arrows 95 0 200 y n n 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- ---- ---- Dragon Cecil Rosa Rydia Edward Palom Porom Cid FuSoya

Armor/Gear FAQ

Name Price Defense Evade M. Defense M. Evade Magnetic STR AGI VIT WIS WIL Prevent Status Reduce Element Increase Element Race Defense Bonus Equipable By
Light Shield
Buckler 100 1 20 0 0 n 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- ---- Rydia Edward Rosa Cid Kain Palom Porom Cecil
Seraphic 87000 2 34 5 4 y 0 0 0 3 3 Petrify Gradual Petrify ---- ---- Spirit Mage Zombie Rydia Edward Rosa Cid Kain Palom Porom Cecil
Celestial 112000 3 34 5 4 y 0 0 0 3 3 Petrify Gradual Petrify Dark Holy Air Dragon Spirit Mage Zombie Rydia Edward Rosa Cid Kain Palom Porom Cecil
Heavy Shield
Wooden 400 2 24 0 1 n 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- ---- Cecil Cid Kain
Silver 1000 3 26 2 2 y 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- Spirit Cecil Cid Kain
Flame 1250 3 28 2 2 y 0 0 0 0 0 ---- Ice Fire ---- Cecil Cid Kain
Ice 10000 3 30 2 2 y 0 0 0 0 0 ---- Fire Ice Reptile Cecil Cid Kain
Diamond 15000 4 32 2 3 n 0 0 0 0 0 ---- Bolt ---- ---- Cecil Cid Kain
Aegis 20000 4 34 5 4 y 0 0 0 3 0 Petrify Gradual Petrify ---- ---- Mage Cecil Cid Kain
Lunar 127000 5 36 5 4 y 0 0 0 3 3 Petrify Gradual Petrify Dark Holy Air Dragon Spirit Mage Zombie Cecil Cid Kain
Genji 10 5 36 3 4 y 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- ---- ---- Cecil Cid Kain
Dragon 10 6 38 3 5 n 0 0 0 0 0 ---- Fire Ice Bolt ---- Dragon Cecil Cid Kain
Crystal 10 7 40 4 6 n 0 0 0 0 3 ---- ---- ---- Zombie Cecil
Light Helm
Leather 100 1 5 1 1 n 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- ---- ---- All
PlumeHat 330 2 6 3 3 n 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- ---- ---- All
Mage Hat 700 3 7 5 5 n 0 0 0 3 3 ---- ---- ---- ---- Rydia Rosa Palom Porom Tellah FuSoya Cecil
Wizard 2000 5 8 7 7 n 0 0 0 0 5 ---- ---- ---- Zombie Rydia Rosa Palom Porom Tellah FuSoya Cecil
Gold Pin 20000 7 10 10 9 y 0 0 0 10 0 ---- Bolt ---- Dragon Rydia Rosa Palom
Ribbon 10 9 12 12 12 n 0 0 0 0 0 Poison Blind Mute Pig Mini Frog Petrify Gradual Petrify KO Curse ---- ---- Mage All
Headband 450 1 10 1 1 n 5 0 0 0 0 Charm ---- ---- ---- All
Beret 1100 3 12 1 1 n 5 0 5 0 0 ---- ---- ---- ---- All
Dark Hood 32000 5 14 1 1 n 3 3 3 0 0 Sleep ---- ---- ---- All
Glass 5000 30 0 0 0 n 0 0 0 0 0 ---- Immune ---- ---- All
Heavy Helm
Iron 150 3 0 0 0 y 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- ---- ---- Cecil Cid Kain Edge
Shadow 360 4 0 0 0 y 0 0 0 0 0 ---- Holy ---- ---- Dark Knight Cecil Edge
Black 980 6 0 1 1 y 0 0 0 0 0 ---- Holy ---- ---- Dark Knight Cecil Edge
Silver 3000 8 0 2 2 y 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- ---- Spirit Cecil Cid Kain
Diamond 10000 9 0 2 2 n 0 0 0 0 0 ---- Bolt ---- ---- Cecil Cid Kain
Genji 10 10 0 6 3 n 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- ---- ---- Cecil Cid Kain Edge
Dragon 10 11 0 7 4 n 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- ---- Dragon Cecil Cid Kain
Crystal 10 12 0 8 5 n 0 0 0 0 3 ---- Fire Ice Bolt ---- Zombie Cecil
Adamant 127000 12 12 12 12 n 5 5 5 5 5 Charm Sleep Stun Fire Ice Bolt Dragon All
Lunar 127000 12 12 12 12 n 5 5 5 5 5 Petrify Gradual Petrify Dark Holy Air ---- Dragon All
Light Armor
Clothes 70 1 10 1 0 n 0 0 0 0 0 Sleep ---- ---- ---- All
Leather 200 2 10 1 1 n 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- ---- ---- All
BardRobe 70 2 10 1 0 n 0 0 0 0 0 Mute ---- ---- ---- All
GaeaGear 500 3 10 3 3 n 0 0 0 0 0 Gradual Petrify ---- ---- ---- Rydia Rosa Palom Porom Tellah FuSoya Cecil
Wizard 1200 5 10 5 5 n 0 0 0 0 5 ---- ---- ---- ---- Rydia Rosa Palom Porom Tellah FuSoya Cecil
KarateGi 4000 5 20 2 1 n 3 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- ---- ---- All
Black 10000 8 10 7 7 n 0 0 0 5 0 ---- ---- ---- ---- Rydia Porom FuSoya
Blk.Belt 14000 10 30 3 2 n 5 0 5 0 0 ---- ---- ---- ---- All
Sorcerer 30000 12 10 9 9 n 0 0 0 5 5 ---- Bolt ---- Zombie Rydia Rosa Palom Porom Tellah FuSoya Cecil
Power 96000 15 10 0 0 n 15 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- ---- ---- All
Rainbow 10 18 10 10 6 n 0 0 0 15 0 Blind ---- ---- Spirit Zombie Rydia Edge
White 10 18 10 10 6 n 0 0 0 0 15 Blind ---- ---- Spirit Zombie Rydia Rosa Palom Tellah FuSoya Cecil
Minerva 40000 20 40 5 5 n 10 10 10 0 0 Stun ---- ---- ---- Rydia Rosa
DarkGear 64000 24 70 15 8 n 0 3 0 0 0 ---- ---- ---- ---- Edge
Heavy Armor
Iron 600 4 0 1 0 y 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- ---- ---- Cecil Cid Kain Edge
Shadow 1100 5 0 1 0 y 0 0 0 0 0 ---- Holy ---- ---- Dark Knight Cecil Edge
Black 3000 9 0 3 0 y 0 0 0 0 0 ---- Holy ---- ---- Dark Knight Cecil Edge
Knight 8000 11 0 3 1 y 0 0 0 0 3 ---- ---- ---- Zombie Cecil
Silver 17000 13 0 4 2 y 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- ---- Spirit Cecil Cid Kain
Flame 30000 15 0 4 2 y 0 0 0 0 0 ---- Ice Fire ---- Cecil Cid Kain
Ice 35000 17 0 4 2 y 0 0 0 0 0 ---- Fire Ice ---- Cecil Cid Kain
Diamond 40000 19 0 4 2 n 0 0 0 0 0 ---- Bolt ---- ---- Cecil Cid Kain
Genji 10 21 0 7 4 n 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- ---- ---- Cecil Cid Kain Edge
Dragon 10 23 0 8 5 n 0 0 0 0 0 ---- Fire Ice Bolt ---- Dragon Cecil Cid Kain
Crystal 10 25 0 10 6 n 0 0 0 0 3 Blind Mute Pig Mini Frog Berserk ---- ---- Zombie Cecil
Adamant 10 100 10 20 12 n 15 15 15 15 15 All except Berserk Fire Ice Bolt ---- ---- All
Light Accessories
Ruby Ring 1000 0 10 3 2 n 0 0 0 0 0 Pig ---- ---- ---- All
Cursed 10 0 0 0 0 n -15 -15 -15 -15 -15 ---- Absorb ---- ---- All
Iron Ring 100 2 10 2 1 y 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- ---- ---- All except Cecil Cid Kain
Strength 8000 2 10 2 2 y 5 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- ---- ---- Cecil Cid Edge Kain Yang Rydia Rosa
Silver 650 4 10 4 4 y 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- ---- Spirit All except Cecil Cid Kain
RuneRing 2000 5 10 8 8 n 0 0 0 3 3 Mute ---- ---- Mage Rydia Rosa Palom Porom Tellah FuSoya Yang
Diamond 4000 6 10 8 6 n 0 0 0 0 0 ---- Bolt ---- ---- All except Cecil Cid Kain
Protect 6000 10 15 12 10 n 0 0 15 0 0 ---- Fire Ice Bolt ---- ---- All
Adamant 127000 20 15 12 10 n 0 15 15 0 0 Charm Sleep Stun Fire Ice Bolt ---- Dragon All
Crystal 3000 20 15 12 10 n 0 5 0 0 0 Charm Sleep Stun ---- ---- Dragon All
Berserk Ring 127000 8 8 8 8 n 10 10 10 0 0 ---- ---- Bserserked! All
Heavy Accessories
Shadow 260 2 0 0 0 y 0 0 0 0 0 ---- Holy ---- ---- Dark Knight Cecil Edge
Black 800 4 0 0 0 y 0 0 0 0 0 ---- Holy ---- ---- Dark Knight Cecil Edge
Gauntlet 3000 5 0 1 1 y 0 0 0 0 3 ---- ---- ---- Zombie Cecil
Silver 2000 6 0 2 2 y 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- ---- Spirit Cecil Cid Edge Kain
Diamond 5000 7 0 3 3 n 0 0 0 0 0 ---- Bolt ---- ---- Cecil Cid Kain
Zeus 10 10 0 0 0 n 10 0 10 0 0 Mini ---- ---- Giant Cecil Cid Edge Kain Rosa Rydia Yang
Genji 10 8 0 5 3 n 0 0 0 0 0 ---- ---- ---- ---- Cecil Cid Edge Kain
Dragon 10 9 0 6 3 n 0 0 0 0 0 ---- Fire Ice Bolt ---- Dragon Cecil Cid Kain
Crystal 10 10 0 7 4 n 0 0 0 0 3 ---- ---- ---- Zombie Cecil
Thief Gloves 111000 7 5 4 3 n 0 5 0 0 0 Berserk Sleep Blind ---- Randomly Mugs! Cecil Cid Edge Kain Rosa Rydia Yang

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