Eiko Carol/Gameplay

Eiko is a playable character in Final Fantasy IX. She is capable of casting Wht Mag and summoning eidolons. She wields flutes and rackets in battle. She has the most Wht Mag spells and her summons' attacks change depending on what Add-on she has equipped. She is more of a supportive party member (and thus best-suited for the back row), although she learns Holy, the ultimate offensive Wht Mag spell, later in the game. Eiko is likely to be the party leader for Desert Palace, although the player has the option to take her to Oeilvert instead. Eiko also has two victory poses, depending on whether she is wielding a flute or a racket. When she equips a flute she will dance happily while playing it. When she equips a racket, she will hug it close and jump into the air.

For playable appearances outside Final Fantasy IX, see Eiko Carol/Other appearances

Party member

Abilities

Support abilities

Eiko learns abilities that enhance her skills as a White Mage and Summoner; Boost powers up her eidolons, and Concentrate her magic, and Half MP halves the MP cost of her spells and eidolons. Eiko is the only character to learn both MP+10% and MP+20%. Eiko is the first of the party to learn Auto-Regen. Her unique ability is Guardian Mog, which heals her from status ailments that usually carry over at the end of the battle.

Name	Learned From	AP
Auto-Reflect	Reflect Ring	70
Auto-Float	Feather Boots	25
Auto-Haste	Running Shoes	65
Auto-Life	Rebirth Ring	100
Auto-Regen	Golem's Flute, Golden Hairpin, Light Robe, Angel Earrings, Maiden Prayer	35
Auto-Potion	Magician Robe, White Robe, Demon Armor, Mythril Vest, Extension, Gold Choker, Running Shoes	30
Antibody	Mantra Band, Glass Armlet, Survival Vest, Glass Buckle	20
Body Temp	Holy Mitre, Jade Armlet, Fairy Earrings, Madain's Ring, Diamond	20
Clear Headed	Circlet, Green Beret, Lamia's Tiara, Magic Armlet, Dark Gear, Magician Shoes	15
Guardian Mog	Madain's Ring, Ribbon	30
Insomniac	Bandana, Holy Mitre, Gaia Gear, Magician Cloak, Coral Ring	25
Jelly	Circlet, Dark Hat, Dragon Wrist, Bronze Vest, Dark Gear	35
Locomotion	Black Hood, Golden Skullcap, Demon's Vest, Survival Vest, Anklet	15
Loudmouth	Golden Hairpin, Mage's Hat, Silk Robe, White Robe, Pearl Rouge	15
Ability Up	Green Beret, Silk Robe, Cachusha, Ribbon, Lapis Lazuli	55
Level Up	Egoist's Armlet, Extension, Fairy Earrings, Pearl Rouge, Rosetta Ring	65
Boost	Pumice Piece	150
Concentrate	Robe of Lords, Rosetta Ring	90
Healer	Anklet, Garnet	20
Half MP	Light Robe, Protect Ring	120
MP+10%	Magician Robe, Magician Cloak, Extension, Magician Shoes, Emerald	15
MP+20%	Angel Earrings	50
High Tide	Dark Hat, Jade Armlet, Gaia Gear, Minerva's Plate, Sapphire	30
Reflect-Null	Robe of Lords, Pearl Rouge	55

Wht Mag

Eiko casts Reflect, a White Magic spell.

Main article: Wht Mag (Final Fantasy IX)

Eiko's stock of White Magic is larger than Dagger's. She can use unique spells like Jewel, which extracts an Ore from an enemy, and Might, which increases a unit's attack power. She is the only main character who can use the powerful Holy spell (a temporary playable character, Beatrix can also use the spell).

Eidolons

Main article: Eidolon (Final Fantasy IX) § Eiko's summons

Eiko can summon four eidolons: Fenrir, Phoenix, Carbuncle, and Madeen. Equipping various add-ons allows her to change the eidolons' summon abilities.

If Zidane and Dagger are in the party when Eiko summons an eidolon for the first time, they will exchange a dialogue mid-battle. Zidane will say "Dagger, was that an eidolon?", and Dagger will reply "I think so. Eiko can use magic too?" This resets everyone's turn regardless whether an action has been chosen or not.

Trance

Eiko's Trance ability is Dbl Wht. It allows Eiko to cast two spells in succession.

Stats

Eiko has the lowest physical stats, but her initial stats will be the same as Marcus's when he leaves the party, meaning that if the player bothers to level up Marcus early on Eiko can potentially get the highest HP and MP of any character. This is known as the Marcus/Eiko stat bug. Eiko's base stat growth with no equipment modifiers is as follows:

Level	HP	MP	Speed	Strength	Magic	Spirit	Magic Stone	+
1	65	42	19	13	21	18	12
2	81	43	19	13	21	18
3	106	46	19	14	22	18
4	127	48	19	14	22	18
5	148	49	19	14	22	18
6	183	53	19	15	23	19
7	208	55	19	15	23	19
8	250	60	19	16	24	19
9	279	62	19	16	24	19
10	310	64	20	16	24	19	17
11	361	69	20	17	25	19
12	391	71	20	17	25	20
13	444	76	20	18	26	20
14	473	78	20	18	26	20
15	500	80	20	18	26	20
16	555	85	20	19	27	20
17	581	86	20	19	27	21
18	637	91	20	20	28	21
19	664	93	20	20	28	21
20	693	95	21	20	28	21	23
21	760	100	21	21	29	21
22	793	102	21	21	29	21
23	868	108	21	22	30	22
24	907	111	21	22	30	22
25	947	114	21	22	30	22
26	1035	120	21	23	31	22
27	1081	123	21	23	31	22
28	1177	130	21	24	32	23
29	1229	134	21	24	32	23
30	1283	137	22	24	32	23	28
31	1395	145	22	25	33	23
32	1455	149	22	25	33	23
33	1517	153	22	25	33	23
34	1644	162	22	26	34	24
35	1707	166	22	26	34	24
36	1832	175	22	27	35	24
37	1888	178	22	27	35	24
38	1940	181	22	27	35	24
39	2061	189	22	28	36	25
40	2106	192	23	28	36	25	34
41	2223	200	23	29	37	25
42	2260	202	23	29	37	25
43	2295	204	23	29	37	25
44	2408	212	23	30	38	25
45	2439	214	23	30	38	26
46	2550	221	23	31	39	26
47	2577	223	23	31	39	26
48	2602	224	23	31	39	26
49	2709	231	23	32	40	26
50	2730	232	24	32	40	27	39
51	2834	239	24	33	41	27
52	2849	240	24	33	41	27
53	2860	240	24	33	41	27
54	2953	246	24	34	42	27
55	2960	247	24	34	42	27
56	3052	253	24	35	43	28
57	3057	254	24	35	43	28
58	3061	254	24	35	43	28
59	3152	260	24	36	44	28
60	3155	261	25	36	44	28	45
61	3245	267	25	37	45	29
62	3247	268	25	37	45	29
63	3247	268	25	37	45	29
64	3336	275	25	38	46	29
65	3337	275	25	38	46	29
66	3337	276	25	38	46	29
67	3426	282	25	39	47	30
68	3427	282	25	39	47	30
69	3516	289	25	40	48	30
70	3516	289	26	40	48	30	50
71	3517	290	26	40	48	30
72	3606	296	26	41	49	31
73	3607	297	26	41	49	31
74	3696	304	26	42	50	31
75	3696	304	26	42	50	31
76	3697	305	26	42	50	31
77	3786	311	26	43	51	31
78	3787	312	26	43	51	32
79	3876	318	26	44	52	32
80	3877	319	27	44	52	32	56
81	3878	319	27	44	52	32
82	3967	326	27	45	53	32
83	3968	327	27	45	53	33
84	4057	333	27	46	54	33
85	4058	334	27	46	54	33
86	4059	334	27	46	54	33
87	4148	341	27	47	55	33
88	4149	342	27	47	55	33
89	4238	348	27	48	56	34
90	4239	349	28	48	56	34	62
91	4240	350	28	48	56	34
92	4329	356	28	49	57	34
93	4330	357	28	49	57	34
94	4420	364	28	50	58	35
95	4421	364	28	50	58	35
96	4422	365	28	50	58	35
97	4511	372	28	51	59	35
98	4512	372	28	51	59	35
99	4614	378	28	51	59	35	66

Equipment

Main articles: Final Fantasy IX weapons § Flutes, or Final Fantasy IX weapons § Rackets

Eiko's equipment draw consists of female-exclusive equipment, mage robes, flutes, and rackets. When Eiko is equipped with a flute, her spellcasting sound effect is slightly different than the other characters'. As she appears to play the flute as her spellcasting animation, it appears she uses music to control her magic.

Quests

Eiko's cooking

Dinner at Madain Sari.

During the party's first visit to Madain Sari, Eiko prepares a meal of rock-fisted potato stew and barbecued fish. She assigns the tasks of fishing, digging for potatoes, and helping her in the kitchen to three of her moogle friends. While fishing, one of the moogles catches Quina, who had taken the bait instead. Quina offers to help Eiko with her cooking and, depending on the player's choices, the dinner will either be a success or a disaster.

The correct choices for the successful dinner are:

• Eiko must cook enough food for 11 people.
• The oglop should not go into the food.
• Eiko should ask for Quina's help.

The better the food is, the longer the dinnertime conversation will be. If the meal turns out excellently, Eiko will explain how summoners communicate with eidolons through their horns.

Jump rope

Eiko can play the jump rope minigame in a reconstructed Alexandria on disc 3 if she is in the party and the player visits the chapel. The minigame is identical whether the player uses Eiko or Vivi to play.