Confuse is a status in Final Fantasy. It is primarily associated with the Spirit element. Confuse is exclusive to player characters, as no enemies have the means of inflicting the status.
Content in italics is exclusive to the Dawn of Souls and/or 20th Anniversary releases.
Mechanics[]
Confuse forces the target to attack itself or its allies at random on its turn. In the NES release, it casts Fire instead of using a normal attack, regardless whether or not the target actually knows the spell.
Targets afflicted with Confuse have a 25% chance of recovering at the end of each round, and recover automatically at the end of battle. Unlike Sleep, the target's stats have no effect on their recovery rate, making it a more effective means of incapacitating a target for most of the game.
As with other statuses, it is only possible to be immune to the Confuse condition in the Pixel Remaster release; in prior releases, the most one can do is resist the element of an attack that inflicts the status, reducing its accuracy. Even if a target is listed as resisting Confusion, this is in reference to the element, rather than effects that can inflict Confuse.
Abilities[]
Spells[]
| Name | Element | Description | Users |
|---|---|---|---|
| Confuse | Spirit[note 1] | Attempts to inflict Confuse on all enemies. | Ninja, Red Mage, Red Wizard, Black Mage, Black Wizard |
| Curaja | — | Restores 999 HP to one ally and removes Confuse, Darkness, Paralysis, Poison, Silence, and Sleep.[note 2] | White Wizard Chaos[note 3], Dark Fighter, Rakshasa |
| Dispel | — | Attempts to remove all elemental resistances and status immunities from one target.[note 4] | White Wizard Dark Fighter, Death Eye, Death Knight |
| NulAll | — | Grants immunity to all status effects and resistance to all elements to all allies.[note 5] | White Wizard Dark Fighter |
| NulDeath | — | Grants immunity to all status effects and resistance to the Earth, Spirit, Poison, Time, and Instant Death elements to all allies.[note 5] | Red Wizard, White Mage, White Wizard |
- ↑ Confusion-elemental in Dawn of Souls and 20th Anniversary.
- ↑ Restores 9,999 HP prior to Pixel Remaster.
- ↑ In Pixel Remaster, Chaos instead uses a unique version of Curaja that continues to restore 9,999 HP.
- ↑ Only removes elemental resistances prior to Pixel Remaster.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Does not grant immunity to status effects prior to Pixel Remaster.
Equipment[]
| Equipment | Type | Description | Equipable by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Braveheart | Weapon | Casts Confuse when used as an item. | Warrior, Knight, Ninja |
| Wizard's Staff | Weapon | Casts Confuse when used as an item. | Black Wizard |
| Ribbon | Helmet | Grants resistance to all elements and immunity to all status effects.[note 1] | Warrior, Knight, Thief, Ninja, White Mage, White Wizard, Black Mage, Black Wizard, Red Mage, Red Wizard |
| Remedy | Item | Removes Confuse, Darkness, Paralysis, Poison, Silence, and Sleep from one ally. |
- ↑ Does not grant immunity to status effects prior to Pixel Remaster.
Enemies[]
- ↑ Enemies may only be immune to Confuse in the Pixel Remaster release.