Magicite (Final Fantasy VI)

Status2-Menu-FFVI-iOS.png Magicite is the postmortem remains of an esper and a special type of equipment in Final Fantasy VI. In a system designed by Hiroyuki Ito, they act as the means through which player characters can learn to wield magic, can grant characters stat boosts and allows them to summon summons.

Mechanics
To use magicite, it must be equipped via the menu option "Abilities" ("Skills" in the SNES localization; right next to the character's icon in the mobile release). A list of magic spells the magicite teaches is shown when it is equipped. The equipped magicite's esper can be summoned once per battle by pressing, or tapping the magicite tab (for the mobile releases), in the Magic menu mid-battle.

After a battle, when magicite is equipped, the party will gain anywhere between 1 and 10 Magic Points, which are multiplied by the learning rate of each spell in the esper. For example, Ramuh teaches Thunder at a rate of x10, Poison at a rate of x5 and Thundara at a rate of x2. If 2 Magic Points are gained after a battle, Thunder gains 20, Poison gains 10 and Thundara gains 4. Once a spell has 100 Magic Points it is learned and can be cast at will. Some magicite gives stat boosts when equipped to a character as they level up. For example, Ramuh gives +1 Stamina and Ifrit +1 Strength.