Edgar (Final Fantasy VI party member)

Edgar is a playable character in Final Fantasy VI. He is playable throughout the World of Balance and one of the required party members to be recruited in the World of Ruin. As a Machinist, Edgar wields advanced Tools in battle to attack enemies.

Battle[]

Stats[]

Edgar has very high physical stats, with Strength, Stamina, and Defense that are higher than average among the cast. His Evasion and Magic Evasion are very poor, and at 30 Speed he is tied with Gogo as the third-slowest character in the game, behind Cyan and Strago. His Magic stat is also subpar.

Edgar's unique abilities are divided between dealing physical or magical damage. Because of Edgar's greatly superior Strength over his Magic, and his magical options being subpar later in the game, it is optimal to train his Strength through level up bonuses.

Name	Initial Stats
Strength	39
Speed	30
Stamina	34
Magic	29
Attack	20
Defense	50
Evasion	4%
Magic Defense	22
Magic Evasion	1%
Escape Success	4
HP Gain	49
MP Gain	6
Level Averaging	+2

Level	HP	MP	EXP
1	49	6	0
2	60	10	32
3	72	14	96
4	86	19	208
5	103	24	400
6	123	30	672
7	145	36	1056
8	169	43	1552
9	195	51	2184
10	222	59	2976
11	250	68	3936
12	280	77	5080
13	315	87	6432
14	354	97	7992
15	398	107	9784
16	448	117	11840
17	502	127	14152
18	559	138	16736
19	620	149	19616
20	685	160	22832
21	752	171	26360
22	821	182	30232
23	893	194	34456
24	969	206	39056
25	1048	218	44072
26	1130	230	49464
27	1216	242	55288
28	1306	255	61568
29	1401	268	68304
30	1500	281	75496
31	1600	294	83184
32	1701	307	91384
33	1803	321	100088
34	1905	335	109344
35	2008	349	119136
36	2112	363	129504
37	2218	377	140464
38	2325	392	152008
39	2433	407	164184
40	2543	422	176976
41	2654	437	190416
42	2767	452	204520
43	2881	468	219320
44	2997	484	234808
45	3114	500	251000
46	3233	516	267936
47	3353	532	285600
48	3475	549	304040
49	3600	566	323248
50	3728	583	343248
51	3858	599	364064
52	3989	614	385696
53	4122	628	408160
54	4256	641	431488
55	4392	653	455680
56	4529	664	480776
57	4668	674	506760
58	4810	683	533680
59	4954	691	561528
60	5099	698	590320
61	5246	704	620096
62	5394	709	650840
63	5544	714	682600
64	5696	720	715368
65	5849	726	749160
66	6004	733	784016
67	6160	740	819920
68	6318	747	856920
69	6478	755	895016
70	6640	763	934208
71	6800	771	974536
72	6955	779	1016000
73	7106	787	1058640
74	7251	794	1102456
75	7391	801	1147456
76	7527	808	1193648
77	7659	814	1241080
78	7785	820	1289744
79	7905	826	1339672
80	8022	832	1390872
81	8135	837	1443368
82	8245	842	1497160
83	8353	847	1552264
84	8458	852	1608712
85	8560	857	1666512
86	8660	862	1725688
87	8758	867	1786240
88	8853	873	1848184
89	8945	879	1911552
90	9035	885	1976352
91	9123	891	2042608
92	9210	897	2110320
93	9295	904	2179504
94	9378	912	2250192
95	9460	921	2322392
96	9540	931	2396128
97	9623	942	2471400
98	9709	954	2548224
99	9797	967	2637112

Equipment[]

Edgar is mostly geared to heavy equipment, with some light options. He begins with a Mythril Sword, Buckler, Leather Cap and Leather Armor. He can equip all swords, spears, shields, and heavy armor, as well as some daggers and hats.

For the World of Balance, Edgar's equipment draw is unnotable and none of his weapons offer any particularly important utility, though this is not a great concern as he'll likely be using his unique command set in battle instead of attacking. Conversely, in the World of Ruin, Edgar's ability declines in usefulness, and his equipment options become more important. As one of only two characters in the game able to use spears, Edgar makes a natural choice to build as a Dragoon, using the Dragoon Boots and Dragon Horn to perform multiple Jump attacks. Edgar's spears get a 3x damage bonus when using Jump as opposed to other weapons that have a 2x damage bonus, letting him deal heavy damage. Unfortunately his ultimate weapon, the Longinus, does not have this 3x bonus.

A downside to this is that beyond the Longinus, the best spears in the game are the Radiant Lance, which is won from Demon at the end of Kefka's Tower, and then the Holy Lance, which is innately holy-elemental. Thus for much of the game, if the party is facing enemies resistant to or immune to holy, Edgar's offensive utility is greatly compromised; he'll either need to equip either non-spear weapons that don't get the 3x Jump damage bonus, or the Partisan, which is comparatively low-powered in the more difficult areas of the World of Ruin.

Defensively, Edgar's equipment offers him good defenses but not much in the way of stat bonuses. The Royal Crown and Red Jacket that are exclusive to Edgar and Sabin provide strong protection with helpful stat bonuses, and Edgar also has the Genji Armor.

Weapons[]

Armor[]

Abilities[]

Main article: Tools (command)

Edgar's unique ability is Tools, which allows him to attack enemies with various specialized weapons. The Auto Crossbow is acquired when Edgar joins the party, most others are sold at Figaro Castle. The Noiseblaster and Bio Blaster are sold at the castle when the party first arrives there, and also in the South Figaro weapon shop. After the Battle for the Frozen Esper at Narshe, Figaro Castle sells the Drill and Flash. In the World of Ruin, Figaro Castle also sells the Debilitator, but South Figaro sells none at all. The last two Tools, the Chainsaw and Air Anchor, cannot be purchased and must be found.

Edgar's Tools afford him terrific offensive utility in the World of Balance. The Auto Crossbow is strong enough to wipe out many enemy encounters in a single volley, and if the player finds the Hyper Wrist and/or Gigas Glove in South Figaro and Mt. Kolts, respectively, they greatly boost Edgar's physical damage and make Auto Crossbow even stronger. Against enemies more resistant to physical blows the Bio Blaster deals magical damage, and the Noise Blaster inflicts Confuse on all enemies.

Around the time of Zozo and the trip to Vector, enemies will become a bit too strong for Edgar to dispatch them in one attack, but Tools remains effective all the same and the Flash is another magical attack, very helpful against the enemies in the Magitek Research Facility that have high physical defenses. Additionally, the Drill and Chainsaw give Edgar the means to do great damage against single targets, and it is not uncommon to see him deal well over a thousand damage with them. With the Drill, Edgar can continue to pull his weight throughout the World of Balance.

In the World of Ruin, Edgar's Tools become far less effective. While the Drill remains a simple but viable option in most fights, a spell cast against an enemy's weakness will likely do just as much damage if not more, and Edgar's other Tools are simply too low power to be efficient. His "ultimate" Tool, the Air Anchor, is merely an Instant Death attack, which the Death spell can do the same and does not need to wait for the enemy to attack before it takes effect. The Debilitator's use is dubious throughout the game, as the weakness it afflicts enemies with is random and it may take several turns before they receive a weakness that is useful to exploit.

At this time Edgar must rely on the utility given by his equipment draw to keep up with party members who will acquire increasingly powerful spells and unique abilities. However, if the player intends to use him and keeps training his Strength via level-up bonuses, the Drill never becomes entirely useless and can still deal several thousand damage to a target without concern for defenses or elemental affinities.

Edger's Desperation Attack is Royal Shock, which deals magical damage to one enemy.

Quests[]

Recruitment[]

In the World of Balance, Edgar joins the party at Figaro Castle and is a required party member through the Lethe River. During the Three Scenarios, he is a party member with Terra and Banon. After the Battle for the Frozen Esper, Edgar is available as a party member for the rest of the World of Balance.

In the World of Ruin Edgar joins the party during the battle with the Tentacles in the basement of Figaro Castle. When the battle begins Edgar will automatically equip himself with the strongest weapon and armor in the player's inventory that he can equip. Once the Falcon has been raised, Edgar is optional as a party member for all other quests.

Because only Edgar, Celes and Setzer need to be recruited to acquire the Falcon, the player could hypothetically immediately enter Kefka's Tower and defeat the final boss using only them. This is known in the fandom community as a "CES challenge".

Story role[]

If Edgar is the current leader of the party, the merchants in Figaro Castle and South Figaro will give the party a 50% discount. The merchants in Figaro will protest if Edgar is in the party before doing business, but will not give the discount unless he is the leader.

If Edgar and Sabin are in the party together when revisiting Figaro Castle, when the party enters the courtyard a scene will occur of Sabin leaving the party to look around. If the party rests at the castle, this will trigger a scene of Sabin and Edgar's past. The scene has no practical benefit, it is entirely story related. It can be viewed in either the World of Balance or the World of Ruin, or skipped.

When the party meets Setzer, Edgar will attempt to use his royal status to bribe him to help them if he is present. Additionally, when Celes challenges Setzer to a coin toss, she will borrow Edgar's two-headed coin. If Sabin is also in the party, there is a brief additional line of dialogue where he reacts to realizing Edgar's deception with the coin.

When the party dresses up Gau to meet his father, Edgar will have dialogue in the scene if he has been recruited and is in the party when initiating the sidequest at Gau's father's house.

Edgar and Sabin share a scene in the ending when the party flees Kefka's Tower. Thus if Sabin was not re-recruited, the scene will be different. Edgar, along with Celes and Setzer, also play a role in Relm's ending scene if Strago was not recruited.