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Final Fantasy IX Character Guide Version FINAL
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Author: Matt Hulbert
Email: rocky1328@aol.com
Version: Final
Created: November 28, 2000
Updated: November 17, 2001
Complete: 100%
Print Status: Ready
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Final Fantasy IX, a game which has already attained legendary status if
any game ever has. It brings together the gaps between old school RPG &
and fans of games like Final Fantasy VIII by putting together a awesome
story line like VIII had, but then also using the older lookin graphics
which add the old school charm. A huge amount of expectation was set on
this game, and I would have to say it meets it all pretty well. This is
the last installment of the series that we will see on the Playstation1
and the last normal installment, as the next two will be online only. I
think any fan of the series, new or old school will enjoy, & should get
this game, it is a true classic. There are some innovations in it which
Square has worked up to and finally perfected in the last 8 games. So I
kind of like to think of this as the Final Fantasy game in its complete
and perfect form, because they have had a span of 8 games to decide and
create what would make this game so special, and they did It very well.
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/ Chapter 2: Revision History \________________________________________
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Version 1.0 (12/1/00)
The very first version of this guide contains information on all of the
basic characters, and later I will try to get more in-depth on some of
the characters of less importance. I am debating about adding an magic
section to the FAQ, looks promising.
Version 1.1 (12/2/00)
I totally reformatted the guide, and decided to change of few things in
the disclaimer and contact policy. I also changed a couple things on a
couple of the biography sections, and that is about it for now. Another
update for today is most likely.
Final Version
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Well this guide is finally wrapped up, I hope it was helpful and useful.
Also I'd just like to give another shout out to Dingo's guide...
Vivi is a mage, and apparently he is not very sure about his history. I
Would have to say that he is my favorite character, a quiet and mystic
Of a creature. He has some crazy strong magic when he really needs it.
Physically he is a very small and oddly dressed fellow, wearing blue &
And a large tan hat. Look for him to be very important to your game.
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SPECIAL ABILITY: BLACK MAGIC
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The very nature of Black Magic is to destroy or attack. Vivi learns most of his
spells from wooden staves that you can find or purchase as the game progresses.
Vivi should start each battle by using his first couple of turns to "Focus" his
magical powers. This is a command on his battle menu, and it can increase the
power of his spells.
Vivi learns some incredibly powerful magical attacks, but because his physical
strikes are so weak, he depends on spell-casting to an extreme. Thus, Vivi¹s
abilities are practically negated if the enemy casts a Reflect spell. To
counter this, a White Mage (like Dagger or Eiko) must cast Reflect on herself,
and then Vivi can bounce spells off of her at the enemy.
Arguably, Vivi¹s most powerful spell is the Doomsday spell, which inflicts
Shadow damage upon everything on-screen. Prepare your party accordingly when
Doomsday is cast, and learn how to use it effectively against enemies. Your
party must be equipped with armor and accessories that nullify or absorb Shadow
damage; otherwise, the spell will inflict massive damage on everyone. To use
Doomsday most effectively, have Vivi and Steiner collaborate to cast Doomsday
Sword, which enables Steiner to focus Vivi's magic onto a single enemy instead
of everyone.
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BLACK MAGIC
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Spell: Fire
MP Cost: 6
Effect: Causes Fire damage to single/multiple targets
Spell: Fira
MP Cost: 12
Effect: Causes a lot of Fire damage to single/multiple targets
Spell: Firaga
MP Cost: 24
Effect: Causes big time Fire damage to single/multiple targets
Not a whole lot to say about him, he is one tough man though. He is the
Head soldier of the entire palace and is very dedicated to the princess
And is a fierce warrior. All those who wish to oppose the princess must
First get though him, which is no easy task.
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Sword Arts
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Armor Break: The takes away some of your enemies defense.
Charge!: This causes the nearer depth party to attack.
Mental Break: This will take away from your enemies magic defense.
Darkside: This reduces enemies HP.
Powerstrike: This will take away some of your enemies attack power.
Magic Break: This will reduce your enemies magic.
Shock: This will cause a whole lot of hurt to your enemy.
Stock Break: This will cause non-elemental damage to your enemies.
Lei Strike: This will KO your enemy target.
Thunder Slash: This will cause thunder type damage to your enemy.
Minus Strike: Causes damage with the HP and stats.
CilmHazard: This is another non-elemental type.
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Sword Magic
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Just take the name and then add - Sword Attack to the end and that's
what it is.
He was once nothing more than a petty thief, and now he is the star of
The best Final Fantasy ever?! Well, he was actually sent to kidnap the
Princess, but he ends up aiding her instead, this guy has all the luck
With the ladies eh? He is a very strong character, and has some cool &
Other things you should check out.
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SPECIAL ABILITY: STEALING ITEMS
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Zidane can steal items from enemies, and you can improve and refine this skill
by learning certain abilities. He can eventually steal better items (Master
Thief) and inflict damage while stealing (Mug). Until you learn such abilities,
use the 'Detect' skill to spot any items the enemies may possess.
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THIEF'S SKILLS
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Name: Flee
MP Cost: 0
Effect: Escape from battle with high probability
Name: Detect
MP Cost: 0
Effect: See the enemy's items
Name: What's That!?
MP Cost: 2
Effect: Allows back attack
Name: Soul Blade
MP Cost: 6
Effect: Draws out the hidden power of thief swords (inflicts status)
Name: Annoy
MP Cost: 4
Effect: Inflicts Trouble on the Target
Name: Sacrifice
MP Cost: 32
Effect: Sacrifice yourself to restore HP and MP to other members
The very loyal body guard, and one of the fiercest warriors around, and
she does all this before dinner! She is very strong, and I have read she
isnt exactly on great terms with Steiner, battle of the body guards!
This is not you everyday person walking down the street, but then none
Of them really are. She is of royal blood, and eventually makes a quest
Or search or whatever to find others of the race she seeks. The alias
Daggar is taken at the beginning of it.
------- [ Garnet ] -------
-- [ Summons ] --
Ability | Effect
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Ark | Causes Shadow damage to all enemies.
Atomos | Reduces all enemies' HP by a percentage.
Bahamut | Causes non-elemental damage to all enemies.
Ifrit | Causes Fire damage to all enemies.
Leviathan | Causes Water damage to all enemies.
Odin | Causes KO to all enemies.
Ramuh | Causes Thunder damage to all enemies.
Shiva | Causes Ice damage to all enemies.
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-- [ White Magic ] --
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Berserk | Raises attack strength and defense, but character is
| uncontrollable.
Blind | Causes Darkness, lowering target's attack percentage.
Confuse | Makes single/multiple targets erratic.
Cura | Restores 1500+ HP, single/multiple target.
Curaga | Restores 4000+ HP, single/multiple target.
Cure | Restores 300+ HP, single/multiple target.
Float | Allows target to escape Earth attacks.
Life | Recovers character from KO, restores partial HP.
Mini | Shrinks, lowers defense and attack power.
Panacea | Cures Venom and Posion status.
Protect | Reduces damage from physical attacks.
Reflect | Reflects magic attacks back onto caster.
Scan | Determines HP, MP, and weaknesses of enemy.
Shell | Reduces damage from magic attacks.
Silence | Prevents single/multiple target(s) from casting magic.
Stona | Cures Petrify and Gradual Petrify
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-- [ Abilities from Items - Garnet ] --
Ability | Learned from
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Ability Up | Lapis Lazulli, Silk Robe, Cachusha, Ribbon, Green Beret,
| Stardust Rod
Antibody | Glass Buckle, Mantra Band, Glass Armlet, Survival Vest
Ark | Pumice
Atomos | Amethyst
Auto-Float | Feather Boots
Auto-Haste | Running Shoes
Auto-Life | Rebirth Ring
Auto-Potion | Extension, Running Shoes, White Robe, Demon's Vest, Gold
| Choker, Mythril Vest
Auto-Reflect | Reflect Ring
Auto-Regen | Golden Hairpin, Maiden Prayer, Angel Earrings, Light Robe
Bahamut | Garnet
Berserk | Magic Racket
Blind | Magician Shoes, Multina Racket
Boost | Pumice Piece
Body Temp | Jade Armlet, Diamond, Fairy Earrings, Holy Miter, Madain's
| Ring
Chemist | Cotton Robe, Barette, Madain's Ring
Clear Headed | Magic Armlet, Magician Shoes, Circlet, Lamia's Tiara, Dark
| Gear, Green Beret
Concentrate | Rosetta Ring, Robe of Lords
Confuse | Lamia's Tiara, Asura's Rod
Cura | Barette, Healing Rod
Curaga | Wizard Rod, Whale Whisker
Cure | Silk Shirt, Rod, Magic Racket
Float | Feather Boots, Stardust Rod
Half MP | Light Robe, Protect Ring
Healer | Garnet, Anklet, Healing Rod
High Tide | Sapphire, Minerva's Plate, Dark Hat, Gaia Gear, Jade
| Armlet
Ifrit | Topaz
Insomniac | Bandana, Holy Miter, Coral Ring, Gaia Gear, Magician's
| Cloak
Jelly | Dragon Wrist, Dark Gear, Bronze Vest, Circlet
Level Up | Extension, Pearl Rouge, Rosetta, Egoist's Armlet, Fairy
| Earrings
Leviathan | Aquamarine
Life | Cachusha, Whale Whisker, Healing Rod, Mythril Rod, Rebirth
| Ring
Locomotion | Black Hood, Golden Skullcap, Survival Vest, Demon's Vest,
| Anklet
Loudmouth | Mage's Hat, Pearl Rouge, Golden Hairpin, Mage's Hat, White
| Robe
Mini | Feather Boots, Magic Racket, Asura's Rod
MP+20% | Angel Earrings
Odin | Dark Matter
Odin's Sword | Ancient Aroma
Protect | Mythril Racket, Desert Boots, Steepled Hat, Wizard Rod,
| Rod
Ramuh | Peridot
Reflect | Mythril Racket, Ruby, Reflect Ring, Stardust Rod
Reflect-Null | Pearl Rogue, Robe of Lords
Scan | Desert Boots, Air Racket
Shell | Multina Racket, Moonstone, Cotton Robe, Gold Choker,
| Mythril Rod, Wizard Rod, Mythril Racket
Shiva | Opal
Silence | Priest' Racket, Mythril Rod, Magic Armlet, Asura's Rod
Stona | Multina Racket
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A rather odd but then also useful character. She is kind of the comical
relief for the story line, eating monsters...eh? Well, she is a nice an
a decent cook, so its not terrible to have her around, although she can
become a bother if you are frustrated.
------- [ Quina - Blue Magic ] -------
Ability | Effect
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1000 Needles | Reduces the enemy's HP by 1000.
Angel's Snack | Uses Rememdy on all party members.
Aqua Breath | Causes water damage to all enemies.
Auto-Life | Casts Life when KO'ed.
Bad Breath | Causes Confuse, Darkness, Poison, Slow, and Mini to the
| enemy.
Doom | Target's life ends after a 10 count.
Earth Shake | Causes Earth damage to all enemies.
Frog Drop | Amount of damage depends on the number of frogs you have
| caught.
Frost | Causes Freeze to the enemy.
Goblin Punch | Causes non-elemental damage to the enemy.
Limit Glove | Causes non-elemental damage to the target when your HP is
| 1.
Lv3 Def-less | Reduces defense to enemies whose levels are multiples of
| 3.
Lv4 Holy | Causes Holy damage to enemies whose levels are multiples
| of 4.
Lv5 Death | KO's all enemies whose levels are multiples of 5.
Magic Hammer | Reduces the enemy's MP.
Matra Magic | Reduces the target's HP to 1.
Mighty Guard | Casts Shell and Protect on all party members.
Mustard Bomb | Causes Heat to the enemy.
Night | Causes Sleep to all targets.
Pumpkin Head | Damages with the difference between your max HP and
| current HP.
Roulette | Randomly KO's a target.
Twister | Causes Wind damage to all enemies.
Vanish | Makes a party member disappear.
White Wind | Restores HP of all party members.
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------- [ Blue Abilities learned from monsters - Quina ] -------
I Dragon Knight, she is familiar with Zidane and his antics. She is a
weaker fighter than you would wish, but she can learn Dragon Knight
stuff which others cannot. Overall, she is just a good character to
have around, maybe one day she will find her love...
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Dragin Knight Skills -
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Six Dragons: Transfers health to different characters.
Luna: Good damage to all targets.
Dragons Crest: Causes damage to your enemy.
Dragon Breath: A good attack of HP on your enemies.
White Draw: Gives some MP back to all of your party.
Well, this sure isnt your everyday bounty hunter, beating down monsters
is a quality he shares alone. He is very strong and evil at first, then
he joins the party, but is still not 100% into the cause of it. He is a
strong guy, so make sure you capitalize on his abilities.
Last of the legendary summoners, she lives alone, even though she is a
very small girl, don't underestimate her. She and Garnet are close and
she joins there party from her little house. She is also a friend to
the moogles.
Carbuncle: Casta a different spell depending on how it is equipped.
Fenrir: Causes damage to enemies (wing/earth).
Madeen: This will cause holy damage on your enemies.
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White Magic List:
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Holy: Causes damage to enemies.
Might: Raises your power (attack).
Mini: Makes enemy smaller.
Dispel: Dismiss's and abnormital status's.
Float: This is used for levetation purposes.
Shell: Takes away from a magic damage.
Haste: ATB quickens (the gauge).
Reflect: Shields and send magic attacks back to sender.
Stona: cures different types of petrify.
Silence: Stops the casting of magic.
Esuna: Helps with health status problems.
Life: Revives the not-living.
Full-Life: same as LIFE, but gives better stats.
Cure: 300+ HP
Cura: 1500+ HP
Curaga: 4000+ HP
Panacea: Another cure of different ailments.
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Name: Queen Brahne of Alexandria
Description:
A very evil lady, and she has apparently gone on a little bit of a mad
power binge. She is not very nice to anyone, and does not care for any
of the heroes of the game, not to mention the death of her husband...
Good god this guy is mean! Geez, he is right up there with the mean old
queen. He is a pretty powerful user of the evil magic, dark magic, or
whatever you want to call it, so I guess that makes him a wizard or a
sorcerer or what not. He is also the poccessor of the Silver Dragon.
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-+- Steve Saunders: I would like to throw out a special thanks to the
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more of mine are complete. He is a great friend &
the one person who has encouraged this guide more
than anyone, and helped with it a lot as well.
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Ok there was a big credit mix up, Steve game me his information, that had
apparently come from the Online Playstation guide, so with this Note I am
giving them credit for what Steve game me. (He has credited them in his guide
and I credited him, so it got kinda mixed up.)
-+- Dingo Jellybean: He is another guy who has encouraged a lot of my
guides, as well as being a great friend. He's one
of the best writers out there, and you should try
some of his guides, especially FF Anthology. He
also allowed me to use his lists for Quina and a
list for Garnet.
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-+- Jeff Veasey: The webmaster of GameFAQs.com, he deserved enough for
just doing that, but he is also a good author. I need
to thank him for posting this guide, and all of mine
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-+- Matt Hulbert: The author of this guide, all I ask in return is that
you follow the disclaimer, and e
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