Final Fantasy IV abilities

The following is a list of abilities in Final Fantasy IV. While the J2e version of the game had all of the abilities from the Japanese release, some abilities were removed from the SNES release. All these abilities were then re-added in the PlayStation release. The Game Boy Advance release uses the same abilities but adds more that can only be used if certain pieces of equipment are equipped. The Nintendo DS doesn't use the Game Boy Advance exclusive abilities, but uses a new ability system, called the Augment system.

SNES Abilities
The following are the abilities usable in the North American SNES release. Many abilities from the Japanese release were removed.

PlayStation Abilities
In the PlayStation version of Final Fantasy IV some abilities are added that were omitted from the English release of the SNES version, and other abilities were renamed. Dart, Sneak, and Peep were renamed Throw, Steal, and Study respectively.

Game Boy Advance Abilities
The following are the abilities usable in the Game Boy Advance release. All of the above abilities are still present, although some names have changed; Dark, Recal, Call, Peep and Bear are called Dark Wave, Recall, Summon and Guard, respectively. Many abilities can be "upgraded" by equipping a certain equipment piece.

DS Abilities
The following are the abilities usable in the Nintendo DS release. Many of the following abilities are highly altered from their original appearances in prior release, and several can be learned as Augment abilities.