Combination

Combinations are special effects in Dissidia Final Fantasy and Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy. By equipping specific armor and weapons together, special properties are bestowed on the wearer. However, each combination requires three or four of the equipment pieces in the set to be equipped for the combination to take effect.

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The Mythril, Gold and Diamond equipment can be traded for in the shop, but require the Mythril, Gold and Diamond Trade Accessories. These can be obtained in the Duel Colosseum or in rare chests in the Destiny Odyssey and Inward Chaos story modes. Crystals to trade for Crystal equipment can only be obtained in the Colosseum. The Adamant equipment requires Adamantite to trade, which can be traded for in the shop with Pink Tails. Pink Tails can be found in the Duel Colosseum. All of these equipment sets with the exception of Gold can be dropped by certain Friend Cards. Dragon and Giant equipment can be traded for in the Shop, they also require trade accessories from the Colosseum but their requirements are not as specific as the above.

The equipment pieces for the Power of Darkness Combination can be obtained in Destiny Odyssey IV, and is equipment exclusive to Cecil. The pieces in the Lufenian, Snowpetal, Imp's Blessing, Force of the Resolute, and Flavor of Life Combination sets can be obtained in various Duel Colosseum courses. Two of the Elemental Archfiend pieces can be won in the Colosseum, the other two are stage bonuses in Shade Impulse Chapter 3. The Uniter pieces are stage bonuses in Chapters 1 and 2 of Shade Impulse. The Heike set can be obtained as stage bonuses in the two Distant Glory storylines.

Artifacts are special items gained by playing online with other people. The type of Artifact you receive depends on what your online opponent has equipped, for example, if your opponent is wearing a 'Gold Bangle', you may receive an unequipable artifact named 'Nameless' with identical stats to the Gold Bangle. Once received, you can rename them if the icon on the item has a feather pen next to it. Once renamed, the artifact gains new abilities and can be equipped.