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The following is a list of abilities in Final Fantasy IV. While the J2e translation had all of the abilities from the Japanese release, some abilities were removed from the SNES release. All these abilities were re-added in the PlayStation release. The Advance and PlayStation Portable releases use the same abilities but add more that can only be used if certain pieces of equipment are equipped. The Nintendo DS and the following 3D remakes do not use the GBA- and PSP-exclusive abilities, but use a new ability system called the Augment system.

2D versions[]

All versions[]

The following are the abilities usable in the Super Famicom, PlayStation, Wonder Swan Color, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation Portable, and Pixel Remaster releases. Several of these abilities were removed in the original North American SNES release.

Ability Charge Time Description Party Member Image
Attack
(Fight)
0 Attack with equipped weapons or bare fists. All Characters
Items
(Item)
0 Use an item from your inventory. All Characters
Defend
(Parry)
0 Take a defensive stance to reduce damage from physical attacks. All Characters
Swap Rows
(Row)
(Change)
0 Change position to the front or back row. All Characters
Equip 0 Change weapon or shield during battle. All Characters
Aim 1 100% hit rate for bow attacks. Rosa Aim from FFIV Pixel Remaster
Analyze
(Study)
(Peep)
0 Uncover the enemy's HP and weak points. Cid Cid using Study from FFIV Pixel Remaster
Bardsong
(Sing)
0 Sing a song to cause various status effects like Sleep and Confuse. Edward Edward using Lullaby from FFIV Pixel Remaster
Black Magic
(Black)
Varies Cast black magic. Rydia, Tellah, Palom, Fusoya Ability Black Magic FFIVPSP
Bless
(Regen)
0 Gradually restore all allies' HP. Fusoya Fusoya using Regen from FFIV Pixel Remaster
Bluff 4 Raise your own intellect to make black magic more effective. Palom Palom using Bluff from FFIV Pixel Remaster
Brace
(Gird)
(Bear)
1 Increase your own defenses with the same effect as Protect. Yang Yang using Grid from FFIV Pixel Remaster
Cease Cover
(Off)
0 Stop taking damage in place of an ally. Cecil
Cry 4 Surprise and confuse monsters by pretending to cry. Porom Porom using Cry from FFIV Pixel Remaster
Cover 0 Take damage in place of an ally. Cecil Ability Cover FFIVPSP
Darkness
(Dark Wave)
(Dark)
2 Sacrifice some of your own HP to damage all enemies. Cecil Cecil using Darkness from FFIV Pixel Remaster
Focus
(Power)
4 Build power and strike for massive damage. Yang Yang using Focus from FFIV Pixel Remaster
Hide 0 Run away and hide temporarily. Edward Edward using Hide from FFIV Pixel Remaster
Jump 5 Jump into the sky and attack for massive damage. Kain Kain using Jump from FFIV Pixel Remaster
Kick 1 Attack all enemies with a flying kick. Yang Yang using Kick from FFIV Pixel Remaster
Ninjutsu
(Ninja)
Varies Perform various ninja arts. Edge
Pray 2 Pray to restore HP for all allies. Rosa Rosa using Pray from FFIV Pixel Remaster
Recall
(Recal)
1 Randomly cast a forgotten spell. Tellah Recall from FFIV Pixel Remaster
Return
(Appear)
(Show)
0 Return to battle after you have escaped once. Edward FFIV PSP Return
Salve
(Heal)
4 Use a healing item on all allies at the same time. Edward Edward using Heal from FFIV Pixel Remaster
Steal
(Sneak)
0 Steal items from an enemy. Edge Edge using Steal from FFIV Pixel Remaster
Summon
(Call)
Varies Summon an Eidolon. Rydia Ability Summon FFIVPSP
Throw
(Dart)
0 Throw a weapon to cause damage. Edge
Twincast
(Twin)
Varies Cast a powerful spell with two people. Palom, Porom Comet twincast magic
Pyroblast twincast magic
White Magic
(White)
Varies Cast white magic. Cecil, Rydia, Tellah, Rosa, Porom, Fusoya Ability White Magic FFIVPSP

Game Boy Advance- and PlayStation Portable-exclusive abilities[]

The following are the abilities usable exclusively in the Game Boy Advance and PlayStation Portable releases.

Ability Charge Time Description Party Member Image
Chant 0 Cast Protect and Shell on all allies. Edward
Deadly 8 Lower your defense temporarily to build up power for greater damage. Yang
Double Jump 5 Disappear into the sky and attack with twice the damage of a normal Jump. Kain
Miracle 2 Randomly heal or restore all allies. Rosa FFIV PSP Miracle
Mug
(Plunder)
1 Attack and steal at the same time. Edge FFIV PSP Mug

Dummied commands[]

The following are unused battle commands found in the 2D versions.

Ability Description
ひくうてい
(Hikūtei?)

(Airship)
An unused command found within the game's data, only named in the original Japanese version. The command is configured to target all enemies, but crashes the game when used. Given the name and positioning in the command list, it was intended for Cid.
Dbl Mtr The Game Boy Advance version introduces another unused command. This was likely intended to replace the Twincast command when the Twin Stars were equipped on both Palom and Porom.

3D versions[]

The following are the abilities usable in the Nintendo DS, Steam, iOS and Android versions. Many of them have been highly altered from their original appearances in previous versions, and several can be learned as Augment abilities.

Ability Description Party Member Image
Attack The Attack command will allow a character to attack an enemy with his/her equipped weapon. All Characters FFIVDS Critical
Items The Items menu will appear when selected, listing all available items in the player's inventory. The player can exchange a character's equipped weapon or shield from one in the inventory or use Item Magic. All Characters
Defend The Defend command can be found by pressing right on the character's battle command window. Character's defending halves damage received from physical attacks. All Characters
Swap Rows The Swap Rows command can be found by pressing right on the character's battle command window. Attacks dealt with the Attack command are affected by being in the back row, all characters' special commands and magic spells are unaffected by row. All Characters
Equip Change weapon or shield during battle. All Characters FFIV DS Equip Command
Darkness Cecil enters "Darkness" status for three turns, increasing the strength of his attacks, making all of his attacks dark-elemental, and inflicting damage to him whenever he attacks. Usable when Cecil is a Dark Knight and as an Augment ability. When using darkness with an elemental weapon (such as Ragnarok or Icebrand), the dark element will be added to the weapon's default element, producing an attack with two elements (e.g.) light and dark for Ragnarok, or ice and dark for Icebrand. Cecil Cecil's Darkness
Cover Cecil intercepts physical attacks on an ally. Cecil will automatically use Cover on allies in critical status. Cecil cannot use Cover when he himself is in critical status. Usable only while Cecil is a Paladin. Cecil FFIVDS Cover
White Magic Casts a White Magic spell the character has learned. Both Rydia and Cecil have limited spell lists and learn spells as they level up. Rydia is only able to use White Magic as a child, and Cecil can only use White Magic as a Paladin. Tellah knows a handful of spells as first and remembers many more later. Fusoya has access to every White spell in the game. Rosa and Porom learn spells as they level up and can eventually learn every White spell. Cecil, Rydia, Tellah, Rosa, Porom, Fusoya FFIVDS White Magic
Black Magic Casts a Black Magic spell the character has learned. Tellah knows a handful of spells as first and remembers many more later. Fusoya has access to every Black spell in the game. Rydia and Palom learn spells as they level up and can eventually learn every Black spell in the game. The exception is Fire, which Rydia learns in accordance with the story. Rydia, Tellah, Palom, Fusoya FFIVDS Black Magic
Summon Summons a monster to attack. Rydia can only learn more summons by defeating certain enemies. One of these summons, Whyt, functions differently from other summons. Rydia Rydia-Summon-FFIVDS
Recall Tellah casts a random Black Magic spell on all enemies. Recall may fail. Tellah may cast a spell he cannot normally cast with this ability. Tellah FFIV Recall DS
Salve Edward uses a minor healing item on all party members. Usable as an Augment ability. Edward FFIVDS Salve
Hide Edward removes himself from battle and cannot be targeted by allies or enemies. Edward cannot perform any actions except Return, which returns him to battle. Usable as an Augment ability. Edward FFIVDS Hide
Return Return to battle after the character has escaped once. Edward
Sing Edward sings a song chosen by the player. Usable as an Augment ability. Edward FFIV Sing
Aim Rosa attacks an enemy with an attack that never misses, doing slightly more damage than normal. Rosa can only use this ability if she is equipped with a bow. Rosa FFIVDS Aim
Pray Rosa restores a small amount of HP and MP to the party. Pray may fail. Rosa FFIVDS Pray
Kick Yang executes a physical attack on all enemies. If Yang is equipped with a claw with a status or elemental property, that status or elemental property is also applied to the Kick. Usable as an Augment ability. Yang FFIVDS Kick
Focus Yang builds up power, increasing the damage done by his next attack or Kick. Can be stocked up to three times. Usable as an Augment ability. Yang FFIVDS Focus
Brace Yang heavily boosts his defensive abilities. Usable as an Augment ability. Yang FFIVDS Brace
Bluff Palom doubles his Intelligence for a short time. Usable as an Augment ability. Palom FFIVDS Bluff
Cry Halves defense of all enemies. Usable as an Augment ability. Porom FFIVDS Cry
Twincast Palom and Porom chant together to unleash an extra-strong spell. Only usable if both twins are alive and neither is afflicted by a status ailment that would prevent them from casting spells, such as Silence, Confuse, etc. If either twin is knocked out or afflicted with one of the mentioned status ailments, the spell is canceled. Usable as an Augment ability, and when used as an Augment, depending on the casters a different spell than normal will be cast. Palom, Porom Twincast-DS
Analyze Cid casts the Libra spell on all enemies for no MP cost. Usable as an Augment ability. Cid FFIVDS Analyze
Upgrade Cid uses an attack item to add an elemental property to his attack. Usable as an Augment ability. Cid FFIVDS Upgrade
Steal Edge attempts to steal an item from an enemy. Edge FFIVDS Steal
Throw Edge throws a weapon at an enemy. Edge FFIVDS Throw
Ninjutsu Edge casts a Ninja spell he has learned. Edge learns new spells as he levels up, with the exception of Flood and Blitz, which he learns in accordance with the story. Edge Ninjutsu
Bless Fusoya restores a small amount of MP to the party over time. Fusoya FFIVDS Bless

Augments[]

The Augment system is the support ability system for the Nintendo DS, Steam, iOS and Android versions.

Other appearances[]

Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia[]

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Pictlogica Final Fantasy[]

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Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade[]

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Final Fantasy Record Keeper[]

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