Bribe in Final Fantasy X.
Take it, leave us alone, okay?
Rikku, Final Fantasy X
Bribe (わいろ, Wairo?) is a special skill in Final Fantasy X. It is commonly attributed to Rikku who starts out closest to it on the Sphere Grid and often acquires it first, but any character can activate it. Providing the party has enough resources, bribing is the easiest way to receive multiple rare items at once.
Spending 100,000 gil on bribes in Final Fantasy X HD Remaster version earns the trophy/achievement Under The Table.
Mechanics[]
Bribe shows up as an option in the Special menu in battle after a character has activated the appropriate node on the Sphere Grid. The player chooses the amount of gil to hand over. Bribe attempts to convince the targeted enemy to leave the battle and relinquish some of its rarer treasures in exchange. The more money is given, the better the chance is it will work. The amount of money needed is calculated from the fiend's max HP.
- x10 Max HP = 25%
- x15 Max HP = 50%
- x20 Max HP = 75%
- x25 Max HP = 100%
Sleeping enemies cannot be bribed and the gil used is wasted. If the enemy does not accept the Bribe, the money is lost, but the monster adds it to its running total. For example, if 120,000 gil is offered but not accepted, and the next bribe offers just 1 gil, the second bribe counts as 120,001 gil. Thus one should repeat offering 1 gil until the fiend accepts and leaves combat. This way the player can get away with offering the lowest amount of money needed (10x the fiend's max HP) for the Bribe to work.
The most successful Bribe amount in the original Japanese version is HPx20, but in all subsequent versions, the 100% chance/100% quantity amount is HPx25. However, all English guides still list the x20 values. How many items are given has a wide random variance, and the player can alter their Bribe amount to get either fewer or more items than what the guides list.
Bribe list[]
In the table below, the gil needed to bribe is the minimum amount of money the player must offer to make certain an enemy with full HP will leave the battle. Enemies may accept a lot less than this, but the chance of success decreases proportionally to the amount of gil offered.
Amount is the approximate number of items the enemy will give the player when offered the gil needed to bribe. The enemy will yield more items if given more gil, and fewer items if given less gil.
Lord Ochu and Ultima Weapon are the only two bosses that can be bribed.
| Item | Enemy | Amount | Gil x20 Max HPOptimal for the original Japanese version | Gil x25 Max HP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Bhed Potion | Mech Defender Mech Gunner Mech Hunter |
x99 x40 x60 |
174,000 56,000 110,000 |
217,500 70,000 137,500 |
| Amulet | Tonberry | x2 | 270,000 | 337,500 |
| Arctic Wind | Snow Flan White Element |
x10 x7 |
12,000 7,800 |
15,000 9,750 |
| Attribute Sphere | Maelspike | x1 | 200,000 | 250,000 |
| Blk Magic Sphere | Black Element | x2 | 152,000 | 190,000 |
| Bomb Core | Bomb A (Mi'ihen) Red Element |
x16 x8 |
17,000 9,000 |
21,250 11,250 |
| Chocobo Wing | Machea | x60 | 360,000 | 450,000 |
| Dark Matter | Land Worm | x2 | 1,600,000 | 2,000,000 |
| Designer Wallet | Defender Z | x5 | 846,000 | 1,057,500 |
| Door to Tomorrow | Mech Leader Mech Scouter |
x2 x1 |
74,000 55,000 |
92,500 68,750 |
| Dragon Scale | Splasher | x4 | 4,000 | 5,000 |
| Dream Powder | Bandersnatch Skoll |
x20 x12 |
36,000 20,000 |
45,000 25,000 |
| Elixir | YKT-11 YKT-63 |
x12 x8 |
124,000 84,000 |
155,000 105,000 |
| Ether | Guado Guard A YAT-97 YAT-99 |
x10 x16 x10 |
40,000 74,000 54,000 |
50,000 92,500 67,500 |
| Farplane Wind | Ahriman Epaaj Wraith |
x6 x25 x60 |
56,000 174,000 444,440 |
70,000 217,500 555,550 |
| Fire Gem | Bomb B (Home) Flame Flan |
x14 x10 |
44,000 30,000 |
55,000 37,500 |
| Friend Sphere | Coeurl | x2 | 120,000 | 150,000 |
| Gambler's Spirit | Floating Death | x10 | 134,000 | 167,500 |
| Gold Hourglass | Mushussu Nidhogg |
x4 x12 |
13,600 40,000 |
17,000 50,000 |
| Grenade | Mech Guard | x50 | 25,600 | 32,000 |
| Healing Spring | Achelous Octopus Phlegyas |
x16 x20 x6 |
102,000 90,000 33,600 |
127,500 112,500 42,000 |
| Healing Water | Anacondaur | x16 | 116,000 | 145,000 |
| Hi-Potion | Dual Horn A (Mi'ihen) | x60 | 37,500 | 46,875 |
| Hypello Potion | Bunyip Mafdet Murussu Raldo Shred Swamp Mafdet |
x16 x28 x24 x10 x50 x28 |
8,000 14,200 11,600 4,800 39,000 17,000 |
10,000 17,750 14,500 6,000 48,750 21,250 |
| Ice Gem | Ice Flan | x9 | 27,000 | 33,750 |
| Lv. 1 Key Sphere | Imp | x4 | 17,600 | 22,000 |
| Lv. 2 Key Sphere | Behemoth | x30 | 460,000 | 575,000 |
| Lv. 3 Key Sphere | Demonolith | x40 | 900,000 | 1,125,000 |
| Lv. 4 Key Sphere | Chimera Brain | x2 | 196,000 | 245,000 |
| Lightning Marble | Aerouge Gandarewa Gold Element Thunder Flan Yellow Element |
x4 x3 x20 x8 x6 |
4,000 2,960 24,000 9,000 6,000 |
5,000 3,700 30,000 11,250 7,500 |
| Mana Tablet | Chimera A (Macalania) | x10 | 105,000 | 131,250 |
| Mana Tonic | Gemini (Blue) | x10 | 720,000 | 900,000 |
| Megalixir | Varuna Xiphos |
x20 x1 |
1,120,000 54,000 |
1,400,000 67,500 |
| Mega Phoenix | Alcyone Ghost |
x2 x38 |
8,600 199,980 |
10,750 249,975 |
| Mega-Potion | Dual Horn B (Home) Grendel |
x25 x60 |
75,900 190,000 |
94,875 237,500 |
| Musk | Buer Evil Eye A (Macalania) Evil Eye B (Home) Floating Eye |
x2 x3 x4 x1 |
4,600 6,200 8,600 2,800 |
5,750 7,750 10,750 3,500 |
| Pendulum | Master Tonberry Ultima Weapon |
x3 x99 |
960,000 1,400,000 |
1,200,000 1,750,000 (NTSC)/ 2,499,975 (PAL) |
| Petrify Grenade | Basilisk Cave Iguion Dinonix Iguion Ipiria Melusine Raptor Yowie |
x24 x6 x2 x5 x3 x4 x2 x12 |
40,500 11,000 2,800 7,400 3,600 5,300 4,000 18,000 |
50,625 13,750 3,500 9,250 4,500 6,625 5,000 22,500 |
| Poison Fang | Bite Bug Killer Bee Nebiros Wasp |
x2 x1 x6 x3 |
4,000 2,200 14,000 7,200 |
5,000 2,750 17,500 9,000 |
| Remedy | Grat Lord Ochu Ochu Ragora Sandragora |
x40 x80 x70 x8 x99 |
80,000 92,980 144,000 15,600 255,000 |
100,000 116,225 180,000 19,500 318,750 |
| Rename Card | Zaurus | x10 | 157,000 | 196,250 |
| Return Sphere | Dark Element Mandragora |
x3 x24 |
36,000 620,000 |
45,000 775,000 |
| Shining Gem | Grenade Puroboros |
x12 x36 |
150,000 400,000 |
187,500 500,000 |
| Shining Thorn | Larva | x10 | 29,960 | 37,450 |
| Silence Grenade | Bat Eye | x12 | 7,600 | 9,500 |
| Silver Hourglass | Kusariqqu Lamashtu Vouivre |
x20 x10 x10 |
8,900 5,500 5,100 |
11,125 6,875 6,375 |
| Skill Sphere | Zu | x2 | 360,000 | 450,000 |
| Sleeping Powder | Dingo Garm Mi'ihen Fang Sand Wolf Snow Wolf |
x4 x7 x5 x12 x11 |
2,500 4,800 3,200 9,000 8,000 |
3,125 6,000 4,000 11,250 10,000 |
| Smoke Bomb | Condor Garuda C*Mushroom Rock Simurgh |
x3 x99 x5 |
1,900 80,000 4,000 |
2,375 100,000 5,000 |
| Special Sphere | Adamantoise | x6 | 1,088,000 | 1,360,000 |
| Stamina Spring | Bashura Ogre |
x80 x50 |
340,000 188,000 |
425,000 235,000 |
| Stamina Tablet | Defender | x20 | 240,000 | 300,000 |
| Stamina Tonic | Iron Giant Gemini (Red) |
x1 x10 |
72,000 720,000 |
90,000 900,000 |
| Supreme Gem | Halma | x20 | 260,000 | 325,000 |
| Teleport Sphere | Barbatos | x20 | 1,900,000 | 2,375,000 |
| Three Stars | Behemoth King | x14 | 1,350,000 | 1,687,500 |
| Turbo Ether | Funguar Thorn Exoray |
x2 x16 x30 |
10,800 81,600 148,000 |
13,500 102,000 185,000 |
| Twin Stars | Spirit | x10 | 200,000 | 250,000 |
| Underdog's Secret | Chimera B*Home | x15 | 180,000 | 225,000 |
| Warp Sphere | Master Coeurl | x1 | 260,000 | 325,000 |
| Water Gem | Aqua Flan Blue Element Maze Larva Piranha Remora Sahagin B (Via Purifico Land) Sahagin C (Via Purifico Underwater) Water Flan |
x15 x9 x14 x1 x20 x1 x3 x2 |
40,500 30,000 44,440 1,000 60,000 27,600 7,600 6,300 |
50,625 37,500 55,550 1,250 75,000 34,500 9,500 7,875 |
| Wht Magic Sphere | Dark Flan | x2 | 256,000 | 320,000 |
| Wings to Discovery | Great Malboro Malboro |
x7 x4 |
1,280,000 540,000 |
1,600,000 675,000 |
| Winning Formula | Sand Worm | x15 | 900,000 | 1,125,000 |
| X-Potion | Guado Guardian C (Home) Valaha |
x30 x60 |
52,000 174,000 |
65,000 217,500 |