Cecil Harvey/Gameplay

Cecil is a playable character in Final Fantasy IV, Final Fantasy IV -Interlude-, and Final Fantasy IV: The After Years. He is a physically-geared knight who wields a sword and wears heavy armor. He starts as a Dark Knight, able to equip dark swords and consume his own health to damage his opponents, but becomes a Paladin, able to equip holy swords and cast some basic White Magic.

For playable appearances outside the Final Fantasy IV series, see Cecil Harvey/Other appearances

Final Fantasy IV

As a Dark Knight, Cecil's stats are weighted physically, and he has barely any Magic Defense. As a Dark Knight he has no MP and low Spirit. In the 3D remakes, he can boost his attack power with the Darkness ability at the cost of his own HP.

Once Cecil becomes a Paladin, his stats increase, especially in Magic Defense and Spirit. Though Cecil loses all his levels when he becomes a Paladin, a Level 1 Paladin Cecil has 600 HP, more than even a Level 20 Dark Knight Cecil. Cecil can use White Magic as a Paladin, but his magic stats are not high, making him a mediocre support healer or someone to take damage for the team. He is good for soaking damage because of his physical stats remaining strong. Despite the limited move pool, he still has some support spells like Esuna and Teleport, which can be useful.

Stats

2D stats -Dark Knight-

Cecil -Dark Knight- (2D)(data extracted from the PSP version)

Level	HP	MP	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intellect	Spirit
10	200	0	13	10	11	6	3
20	406	0	21	16	16	9	1
30	721	0	29	21	21	12	1
40	1159	0	37	26	26	15	1
50	1686	0	45	31	31	18	1
60	2308	0	53	36	36	21	1
70*(At random between 8 possibilities afterward)	3034	0	61	41	41	24	1
80	3771	0	rdm	rdm	rdm	rdm	1
90	4521	0	rdm	rdm	rdm	rdm	1
99*(9998916 exp)	5187	0	rdm	rdm	rdm	rdm	1

Dark Knight Cecil's level up possibilities.

Level up possibilities -Cecil (Dark Knight)-(Data extracted from the PSP version)

Possibility	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intellect	Spirit
1	-1	0	-1	-1	0
2	0	-1	-1	-1	0
3	0	0	-1	0	0
4	+1	+1	+1	0	0
5	+1	+1	+1	+1	0
6	+2	+2	+2	0	0
7	+3	0	0	0	0

Pixel Remaster level up possibilities -Cecil (Dark Knight)-(Data extracted from the Pixel Remaster version)

Possibility	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intellect	Spirit
1	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0
3	0	0	0	0	0
4	+1	+1	+1	+1	0
5	+1	+1	+1	+1	0
6	+1	+1	+1	0	0
7	+2	+2	+2	0	0
8	+3	0	0	0	0

2D stats -Paladin-

Cecil -Paladin- (2D)(data extracted from the PSP version)

Level	HP	MP	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intellect	Spirit
1	600	10	10	13	10	5	8
10	763	46	13	15	13	9	13
20	1022	86	20	16	20	12	17
30	1362	126	32	21	30	17	21
40	2085	166	45	26	39	22	26
50	3151	206	60	31	49	27	31
60	4262	246	75	36	60	32	36
70*(At random between 8 possibilities afterward.)	5475	290	85	41	70	36	41
80	6847	374	rdm	rdm	rdm	rdm	rdm
90	8185	459	rdm	rdm	rdm	rdm	rdm
99*( 7751530 exp)	9423	534	rdm	rdm	rdm	rdm	rdm

Cecil's level up possibilities.

Level up possibilities -Cecil (Paladin)-( Data extracted from the PSP version)

Possibility	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intellect	Spirit
1	-1	-1	0	-1	-1
2	0	0	+1	+1	0
3	+1	0	+1	0	+1
4	0	+1	+1	+1	+1
5	+1	+1	+1	+1	0
6	+1	+1	+1	0	+1
7	+2	+2	+2	0	+2
8	+3	0	0	0	0

Pixel Remaster level up possibilities -Cecil (Paladin)-( Data extracted from the PR version)

Possibility	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intellect	Spirit
1	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	+1	+1	+1	+1
3	+1	+1	+1	+1	0
4	+1	+1	+1	0	+1
5	0	0	+1	+1	0
6	+1	0	+1	0	+1
7	+2	+2	+2	0	+2
8	+3	0	0	0	0

3D stats -Dark Knight-

Cecil -Dark Knight- (3D)

Level	HP	MP	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intellect	Spirit
10	226	27	13	10	11	6	3
20	520	55	21	15	16	9	3
30	920	82	29	20	21	12	3
40	1430	109	37	26	26	15	3
50	2033	136	45	31	31	18	3
60	2732	163	53	36	36	21	3
70*(Depend on the augments in the character's battle menu afterward)	3529	190	61	41	41	24	3

3D stats -Paladin-

Cecil -Paladin- (3D)

Level	HP	MP	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intellect	Spirit
1	600	10	10	13	10	5	8
10	860	47	18	17	18	9	12
20	1241	87	27	21	27	14	17
30	1722	128	36	25	35	18	22
40	2912	168	45	29	44	23	27
50	2991	209	55	33	53	27	31
60	3780	249	64	37	61	32	36
70*(Depend on the augments in the character's battle menu afterward)	4671	290	73	41	70	36	41

To max out his stats at 99, Cecil needs 26 points in Strength, 58 in Speed, 29 in Stamina, 63 in Intellect, and 58 in Spirit.

Abilities

As a Dark Knight, Cecil uses the Darkness ability, which has two effects. In the 2D releases, it damages all opponents with a wave of dark energy fired from his blade, dealing non-elemental damage, and consuming 1/8 of Cecil's maximum HP whenever he uses it. In the 3D versions, Darkness envelopes its user in an aura that doubles the amount of damage caused by regular attacks at the cost of a small amount of HP being lost every round.

Once Cecil becomes a Paladin, he can use Cover, which allows him to intercept physical attacks against the ally Cover is targeting. Cecil automatically uses it to protect any ally whose HP is low. Cecil will stop covering, active or passive, when his own HP is critical. He can use some basic White Magic and in the 3D releases learns several more spells as well as fighting techniques using augments. Cecil loses his ability to use Darkness, but he can relearn it with the Darkness Augment stolen from Odin. His intellect stats decrease his effectiveness with some of those skills.

Spell	Level Learned
	2D (SNES, PS, GBA, PSP, PR)	3D (DS, iOS, Android)
Cure	Known	Known
Sight	3	3
Libra	8	8
Protect	—	10
Cura	15	20
Teleport	19	29
Shell	—	33
Esuna	24	35
Raise	—	40

Equipment

Equipment -Dark Knight-

As a Dark Knight Cecil can only equip special swords, shields, and armor designed specifically for Dark Knights. His weapons are ineffective against undead enemies. His most powerful Dark Sword, the Deathbringer, may inflict instant death on hit.

He starts with a Dark Sword, a Dark Shield, a Dark Helm, a Dark Armor and Dark Gloves.

Weapons 2D & 3D

Dark Swords
Dark Sword 2D 3D Shadowblade 2D 3D Deathbringer 2D 3D

Armor 2D & 3D

Shields	Head	Body	Arms
Dark Shield 2D 3D Demon Shield 2D 3D	Dark Helm 2D 3D Hades Helm 2D 3D Demon Helm 2D 3D	Dark Armor 2D 3D Hades Armor 2D 3D Demon Armor 2D 3D	Dark Gloves 2D 3D Hades Gloves 2D 3D Demon Gloves 2D 3D

Equipment -Paladin-

As a Paladin, Cecil's equipment changes based on the version.

In the 2D versions, Cecil may equip swords, holy swords, axes, some staves, bows and arrows, daggers, shields, hats, helms, clothes, robes, armors, gloves and rings. His original ultimate weapon is the Ragnarok, and—if he proves himself worthy in his Lunar Trial—he can obtain the almighty Lightbringer. When he becomes a Paladin, he joins with the Mythgraven Blade and Clothing.

In the 3D versions, he may equip swords, holy swords, axes, daggers, shields, hats, helms, clothes, robes, armors, gloves and rings. He may also equip the Adamant Armor and all the onion equipment, including the Onion Sword, which has an attack power equal to twice the level of the character using it. His ultimate weapon is the Ragnarok, though it is weaker than in the 2D release. When he becomes a Paladin, he joins with the Mythgraven Blade only.

Weapons 2D & 3D

Axes	Bows	Arrows	Daggers
Dwarven Axe 2D 3D Ogrekiller 2D 3D Poison Axe 2D 3D Rune Axe 2D 3D Gigant Axe 2DAdvance and Complete Collection only({{{2}}})	Bow 2D Power Bow 2D Great Bow 2D Killer Bow 2D Elven Bow 2D Yoichi Bow 2D Artemis Bow 2D	Medusa Arrow 2D Iron Arrow 2D Holy Arrow 2D Fire Arrow 2D Lightning Arrow 2D Ice Arrow 2D Blinding Arrow 2D Poison Arrow 2D Silencing Arrow 2D Angel Arrow 2D Yoichi Arrow 2D Artemis Arrow 2D	Mythril Knife 2D 3D Dancing Dagger 2D 3D Mage Masher 2D 3D Assassin's Dagger 2DComplete Collection only({{{2}}})
Staves	Swords		Holy Swords
Staff 2D Healing Staff 2D Mythril Staff 2D	Fireshard 3D Frostshard 3D Thundershard 3D Ancient Sword 2D 3D Coral Sword 2DEasytype only({{{2}}}) Piglet's Bamboo Sword 2DEasytype only({{{2}}}) Blood Sword 2D 3D Mythril Sword 2D 3D Sleep Blade 2D 3D Flame Sword 2D 3D Icebrand 2D 3D Stoneblade 2D 3D Avenger 2D 3D Defender 2D 3D Onion Sword 3D Hog Call 2DAdvance and Complete Collection only({{{2}}})		Excalipoor 2DAdvance and Complete Collection only({{{2}}}) Index Finger 2DAdvance and Complete Collection only({{{2}}}) Mythgraven Blade 2D 3D Lustrous Sword 2D 3D Excalibur 2D 3D Ragnarok 2D 3D Lightbringer 2DAdvance and Complete Collection only({{{2}}})

Armor 2D & 3D

Shields	Head	Body	Arms
Iron Shield 2D 3D Lustrous Shield 2D 3D Mythril Shield 2D 3D Flame Shield 2D 3D Ice Shield 2D 3D Diamond Shield 2D 3D Aegis Shield 2D 3D Genji Shield 2D 3D Dragon Shield 2D 3D Crystal Shield 2D 3D Onion Shield 3D Hero's Shield 2DAdvance and The Complete Collection only({{{2}}})	Leather Cap 2D 3D Headband 2D 3D Feathered Cap 2D 3D Iron Helm 2D 3D Lustrous Helm 2D 3D Wizard's Hat 2D 3D Green Beret 2D 3D Mythril Helm 2D 3D Sage's Miter 2D 3D Diamond Helm 2D 3D Black Cowl 2D 3D Genji Helm 2D 3D Dragon Helm 2D 3D Crystal Helm 2D 3D Ribbon 2D 3D Glass Mask 2D 3D Onion Helm 3D	Clothing 2D 3D Prison Garb 2D 3D Leather Clothing 2D 3D Bard's Tunic 2D 3D Iron Armor 2D 3D Knight's Armor 2D 3D Gaia Gear 2D 3D Kenpogi 2D 3D Mythril Armor 2D 3D Flame Mail 2D 3D Ice Armor 2D 3D Sage's Surplice 2D 3D Diamond Armor 2D 3D Black Belt Gi 2D 3D Power Sash 2D 3D Luminous Robe 2D 3D Genji Armor 2D 3D Dragon Mail 2D 3D White Robe 2D 3D Crystal Mail 2D 3D Caesar's Plate 2DAdvance and Complete Collection only({{{2}}}) Adamant Armor 2D 3D Onion Armor 3D	Iron Gloves 2D 3D Ruby Ring 2D 3D Gauntlets 2D 3D Mythril Gloves 2D 3D Power Armlet 2D 3D Giant's Gloves 2D 3D Diamond Gloves 2D 3D Genji Gloves 2D 3D Dragon Gloves 2D 3D Crystal Gloves 2D 3D Protect Ring 2D 3D Crystal Ring 2D 3D Onion Gloves 3D

Boss

Main articles: Dark Knight (Final Fantasy IV) or Dark Knight (Final Fantasy IV 3D)

Cecil's dark side must be defeated at the chamber in Mount Ordeals.

Final Fantasy IV -Interlude-

Cecil is one of the first characters the player can control (the other being Rosa). He is the main character and is always in the party unless when the player is controlling Rydia or Edge.

Stats

Cecil starts at level 32. Cecil has the same stats table and the same level up possibilities that he did in the original Final Fantasy IV.

Cecil

Level	HP	MP	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intellect	Spirit
32	1455	134	34	22	31	18	22

Abilities

Cecil retains his White Magic and Cover skills, which work the same way as they do in Final Fantasy IV. He already knows all his spells.

Spell	Level
Cure	Known
Sight	Known
Libra	Known
Cura	Known
Teleport	Known
Esuna	Known

Equipment

Cecil may equip swords, holy swords, axes, some staves, bows and arrows, daggers, hats, helms, clothes, robes, armors, gloves and rings. He comes equipped with a Mythril Sword, a Mythril Helm, a Flame Mail, and Mythril Gloves.

Weapons

Axes	Bows and Arrows	Daggers	Staves	Swords
Dwarven Axe	Killer Bow Yoichi Bow Medusa Arrow Holy Arrow Fire Arrow Ice Arrow Lightning Arrow Poison Arrow Yoichi Arrow Artemis Arrow	Mythril Knife	Healing Staff Mythril Staff	Index Finger Mythril Sword Flame Sword Icebrand Stoneblade

Armor

Shields	Head	Body	Arms
Mythril Shield Flame Shield Ice Shield Diamond Shield Aegis Shield	Leather Cap Headband Feathered Cap Green Beret Mythril Helm Diamond Helm Wizard's Hat Sage's Miter Ribbon	Leather Clothing Black Belt Gi Power Sash Mythril Armor Flame Mail Ice Armor Diamond Armor Luminous Robe Sage's Surplice	Ruby Ring Cursed Ring Power Armlet Mythril Gloves Giant's Gloves Diamond Gloves

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years

Stats

Cecil's HP and Strength growth are among the highest, making him an excellent attacker, but his Spirit is low, so he cannot make good use of his White Magic.

Main game stats

Cecil -main game-

Level	HP	MP	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intelligence	Spirit
30	1400(iOS, Android, Steam)	125(iOS, Android, Steam)	32	21	30	17	21
40	2400(WiiWare, PSP)/2239(iOS, Android, Steam)	170(WiiWare, PSP)/165(iOS, Android, Steam)	45	26	39	22	26
50	3439(WiiWare, PSP)/3269(iOS, Android, Steam)	210(WiiWare, PSP)/205(iOS, Android, Steam)	60	31	49	27	31
60	4661(WiiWare, PSP)/4451(iOS, Android, Steam)	250(WiiWare, PSP)/245(iOS, Android, Steam)	72	36	59	32	36
70	5835(WiiWare, PSP)/5677(iOS, Android, Steam)	290(WiiWare, PSP)/285(iOS, Android, Steam)	83	41	68	36	41
80	6358(WiiWare, PSP)/6206(iOS, Android, Steam)	324(WiiWare, PSP)/319(iOS, Android, Steam)	85	43	73	41	46
90	6896(WiiWare, PSP)/6758(iOS, Android, Steam)	360(WiiWare, PSP)/352(iOS, Android, Steam)	87	44	73	41	44
99	7373(WiiWare, PSP)/7242(iOS, Android, Steam)	390(WiiWare, PSP)/383(iOS, Android, Steam)	89	46	74	41	46

Guest appearance stats

In the 2D versions, Cecil is also a guest in Ceodore's Tale. He begins at level 15 and caps at level 30.

Cecil -Ceodore's Tale-

Level	HP	MP	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intelligence	Spirit
15	750	80	16	15	16	10	15
20	930	95	20	16	20	12	17
30	1404	125	32	21	30	17	21

Abilities

Cecil and Rosa using the Holy Blade Band ability in Final Fantasy IV: The After Years.

Cecil retains his White Magic and Cover abilities. Cover works like in Final Fantasy IV, but Cecil's pool of White Magic is smaller. He has a wide variety of Band abilities and can fit well into several party line-ups.

Spell	Level
Cure	Known
Sight	Known
Libra	Known
Cura	Known
Teleport	19
Esuna	24

Band Abilities

Ability	Members	MP	Effect
Holy Blade	Cecil (Attack) Rosa (White Magic)	15	Slice a single enemy with a sword wreathed in holy power.
Machine Break	Cecil (Attack) Cid (Analyze)	7	Cause massive damage to machine-type enemies.
Iron Flash	Cecil (Attack) Rydia (Summon)	40	Cecil borrows the power of Odin to cut through all enemies.
Sword Dance	Cecil (Attack) Edward (Bardsong)	13	Attack one enemy to the beat of the music.
Break Breaker	Cecil (Attack) Palom (Black Magic) Porom (White Magic)	35	Petrifies and shatters all enemies.
Twin Drive	Cecil (Attack) Yang (Kick)	15	Sword and fist strike at a single enemy.
Sword and Fist	Cecil (Attack) Ceodore (Attack) Ursula (Attack) Yang (Attack)	30	Combine the power of four to strike a single enemy. Can break damage limit.
Sky Grinder	Cecil (Attack) Kain (Jump)	45	Attack a single enemy with sword and spear.
Effect Form	Cecil (White Magic) Kain (White Magic) Rosa (Blessing)	20	Cast Curaja, Protect, Shell and Haste on users.
Trinity Crusade	Cecil (Fight) Kain (Jump) Rosa (White Magic)	35	Three fighters combine to attack one enemy. Can break damage limit.
Double Pressure	Cecil (Cover) Golbez (Pressure)	20	Slows down all enemies.
Ultima Spark	Cecil (White Magic) Golbez (Black Magic)	50	Inflicts non-elemental magic damage on all enemies.
Advanced Blade	Cecil (Attack) Ceodore (Attack) Golbez (Black Magic)	40	Imbue your sword with magic and attack one enemy. Can break damage limit.
Vibra Plus	Cecil (Attack) Ceodore (Attack)	35	Two fighters slice away at a random number of enemies.
Holy Cross	Cecil (Attack) Ceodore (Attack) Rosa (White Magic)	35	Strike all enemies with sword containing holy power.
King's Quad	Cecil (Attack) Edge (Attack) Edward (Bardsong) Yang (Attack)	30	Four kings join together for a combo attack. Can break damage limit.
Vibra Prime	Cecil (Attack) Ceodore (Attack) Cid (Attack) Kain (Attack) Rosa (Aim)	40	Five fighters slice away at all enemies.
Final Fantasy	Cecil (Fight) Edge (Throw) Kain (Jump) Rosa (White Magic) Rydia (Black Magic)	75	An offense/defense mix combining the powers of all five fighters. Damages all enemies and restores HP and status of party.

Equipment

Cecil may equip swords, holy swords, axes, staves, bows and arrows, daggers, hats, helms, clothes, robes, armors, gloves and rings.

His default weapon is the Kingsword. Later he can equip better weapons, such as the Excalibur, Lustrous Sword, Ragnarok and even the Ultima Weapon.

In his segment in Ceodore's Tale and the Final Tale, he is equipped with his Kingsword, a Lustrous Shield, Lustrous Helm, a Knight's Armor and Gauntlets.

Weapons

Axes	Bows	Arrows	Daggers
Crescent Axe Battle Axe Tomahawk Dwarven Axe Ogrekiller Poison Axe Rune Axe Gigant Axe	Bow Crossbow Great Bow Killer Bow Elfin Bow Yoichi Bow Artemis Bow Perseus's Bow	Medusa Arrows Iron Arrows Holy Arrows Fire Arrows Lightning Arrows Ice Arrows Blinding/Dark Arrows Poison Arrows Silencing Arrows Angel Arrows Yoichi Arrows Artemis Arrows Perseus Arrows	Knife Dagger Mythril Knife Dancing Dagger Mage Masher Triton's Dagger Assassin's Dagger
Swords		Holy Swords	Staves
Broadsword Longsword Iron Sword Ancient Sword Coral Sword Blood Sword Mythril Sword Sleep Blade Flame Sword Icebrand Stoneblade Demon Slayer Enhancement Sword Defender Ultima Weapon		Excalipoor Kingsword Lustrous Sword Excalibur Ragnarok	Staff Healing Staff Mythril Staff Psycho Spiral Protect Staff Power Staff Aura Staff Master's Staff Sage's Staff Seraphim's Mace Rune Staff

Armor

Shields	Head	Body	Arms
Bronze Shield Iron Shield Lustrous Shield Mythril Shield Flame Shield Ice Shield Large Shield Diamond Shield Aegis Shield Genji Shield Dragon Shield Crystal Shield Lunar Shield Hero's Shield Adamant Shield	Leather Cap Headband Bronze Helm Feathered Cap Wizard's Hat Green Beret Steel Headplate Circlet Iron Helm Black Cowl Beret Chakra Band Sage's Miter Steel Helm Lustrous Helm Goblin Mask Officer's Hat Hypnocrown Cat-Ear Hood Horned Helmet Mythril Helm Cross Helm Diamond Helm Ribbon Genji Helm Dragon Helm Crystal Helm Lunar Helm Adamant Helm Glass Mask	Clothing Bard's Tunic Leather Clothing tooltip Ninja Gear Gaia Gear Bronze Armor Bronze Breastplate Shinobi Gear Kenpo Gi Sage's Surplice Iron Armor Silver Breastplate Mist Wrap Chainmail Black Belt Gi Professor's Robe Knight's Armor Exorcist Gown Red Robe Horned Armor Luminous Robe Mythril Armor Power Sash Plate Mail Flame Mail Ice Armor Bone Mail White Robe Diamond Armor Robe of Lords Genji Armor Dragon Mail Crystal Mail Lunar Mail Blue Armor Adamant Armor	Cursed Ring Ruby Ring Iron Gloves Power Armlet Hyper Wrist Gauntlets Mythril Gloves Bone Wrist Diamond Gloves Genji Gloves Dragon Gloves Giant's Gloves Crystal Gloves Protect Ring Lunar Gloves Adamant Gloves Crystal Ring Flan Ring Sprint Ring Economical Ring Rear Ring Taunt Ring Limit Ring Single Star Twin Stars Rapid Ring Rapid Ring V2 Gil Band Gil Band V2 Level Band Level Band V2 Rare Band Rare Band V2 Treasure Hunter Treasure Hunter V2

Boss

See also: Cecil (The After Years boss) or Dark Knight (The After Years)

Cecil is faced in battle three times. He is fought in flashbacks in the Lunarian's Tale, and in the main story in the final tale, The Crystals.

Cecil's dark side, the Dark Knight, is fought on the Subterrane of the True Moon.