Final Fantasy XII stats

Status menu.

The following is a list of stats in Final Fantasy XII.

List of stats

Level

The party members' level is increased by gaining EXP and boosts HP, MP, Strength, Magick Power, Vitality and Speed. Enemies have levels and some enemies can boost their level.

HP

HP represents the unit's health. A party member at 0 HP is knocked out. The display for HP caps at 9,999, or 99,999 for Libra, but the game keeps track of numbers higher than that. HP can be increased mostly by light armor, accessories, and is doubled by the Bubble status. Some HP is gained per level, but a large proportion, especially at lower levels, comes from the licenses that increase HP by static amounts; the number of these licenses available varies for each job (there are five HP licenses in the original version). The maximum total bonus is 3,035 HP and can only be attained by the Monk job, or combinations of Bushi with other jobs.

Character	Base (Original)	Modifier (Original)	Base (Zodiac)	Modifier (Zodiac)
Vaan	46	1.48	46	1.47
Balthier	48	1.44	50	1.43
Fran	41	1.38	41	1.37
Basch	59	1.5	61	1.48
Ashe	40	1.37	40	1.36
Penelo	39	1.33	39	1.32

MP

MP determines the amount of spells a unit can cast (unless they are wearing a Turtleshell Choker). It recovers passively by walking around. Several licenses reduce MP costs and allow MP to be restored in other ways. In the original version, it also makes up various Mist gauges used in Quickenings and Esper summons; obtaining the licenses for Quickenings and Espers also adds a new Mist gauge, which after the second Mist gauge doubles MP, and at the third, triples it. This is replaced by separate Mist gauges in the Zodiac versions.

MP can also be increased by accessories and mystic armor. The Turtleshell Choker accessory makes the wearer expend gil instead of MP for spell-casting. Equipping the Goddess's Magicite or the Dawn Shard as an accessory drops the character's MP to zero, and in the Zodiac versions, prevents the player's Mist Gauge from rising. Various enemies have Half MP and 0 MP augments to cut down on their MP use. Espers have MP, but do not naturally consume it in the original version.

The original version has an invisible break MP limit, as MP is not capped at 999, despite 999 being the highest number displayed on screen.

The characters' MP growth on leveling up is randomized. The Max MP is determined by the following formula:

MAX MP = (Base MP + Sum of MP Bonus up to this level) x MP Modifier

• Base = Base value. Different characters have different Base values.
• Bonus = Each level comes with its own Min and Max Bonus. The game randomly picks a Bonus within the Min and Max range when the character levels up. All characters share the same bonus table.
• Modifier = Different characters have different modifiers. The modifier represents the "growth rate".

Character	Base (Original)	Modifier (Original)	Base (Zodiac)	Modifier (Zodiac)
Vaan	45	0.54	20	1.34
Balthier	37	0.48	21	1.28
Fran	40	0.55	27	1.36
Basch	35	0.44	18	1.17
Ashe	46	0.57	30	1.46
Penelo	63	0.55	22	1.52
Reks	43	0.62
Larsa	63	0.55
Vossler	25	0.66
Reddas	43	0.62

The sum of each characters' MP bonus on leveling up is randomized. On levels 1–10 the characters receive between 3–5 MP when they advance a level. Between levels 11–29 the MP gain is between 4–7, between levels 30–43 the MP gain is between 5-9, which is the peak. After level 43 the MP gain begins to dwindle, gaining 4–7 MP on level up between levels 44–60, 3–5 between levels 61–80, 2–3 MP between levels 81–90, and only 1 MP on level up above level 90. The MP bonuses have equal chances to be picked at random within its pool when the character levels up.

The MP bonus growth can be described with the following equation:

MP Bonus Growth = Min MP Bonus + Random[0 ~ (Min MP Bonus-1)]

Mist

Mist gauges are used for Quickenings and Esper summons. They are separate from MP in the Zodiac versions, but simultaneously fill up in the same manner, as well as from dealing damage.

EXP

EXP is earned by killing enemies in battle, and increases the Level of a character. EXP is received by all characters in the current party not in KO, Stone or X-Zone status. EXP gained can be doubled by equipping the Embroidered Tippet. Guests will receive a portion of EXP, but will only level up in the Zodiac versions.

LP

LP is spent on the License Board to unlock licenses, which allows the character to equip new equipment, gain support abilities, use new Quickenings, and summon Espers. LP is earned by killing enemies, but party members in reserve will earn LP as well. The Golden Amulet doubles LP earned when equipped. In the Zodiac versions, the Cat-ear Hood turns LP earned into gil instead.

CP

Clan Points are earned by defeating enemies, with Marks typically being worth more Clan Points than normal foes. The total amount of Clan Points determines the party's Clan Rank, allowing them to purchase more advanced equipment from the clan shop as they defeat more Marks and increase in standing. Montblanc also gives the player minor rewards for increasing their rank.

Attack Power

Attack Power determines the damage units deal, and is based on their equipped weapon. In determining physical damage output, Attack Power is the most important stat, as it appears in all the different damage calculations for all weapons.

$DMG = [Attack Power * Random(1~1.125) - Defense] * [Additional]$

"Additional" refers to the additional weapon calculation usually involves two different stats of the attacker. In the case of guns, this equation is simply squared and Attack Power is the only stat of the attacker that factors into the equation.

The Bravery status increases attack damage by 130%, but this factors into the equation afterwards and does not directly increase the Attack Power.

Defense

Defense reduces physical damage taken.

Magick Resist

Magick Resist reduces magickal damage taken. It also reduces damage from poles.

Evade

Evade provides a chance to block or parry attacks, which causes them to deal no damage. Many weapons and all shields increase Evade.

Magick Evade

Magick Evade provides a chance to block damaging magicks, which causes them to deal no damage. Several shields increase Magick Evade.

Strength

Strength appears in the damage formulas for most weapons, and is increased by a lot of armor. Each Battle Lore license gives +1 Strength; the maximum bonus of +16 Strength is nearly three times greater than the difference between the highest-strength character and the lowest-strength character at level 99.

It appears in damage formula for swords, daggers (with Speed), axes and hammers (with Vitality), greatswords, katanas (with Magick Power), ninja swords (with Speed), spears, poles, rods, staves (with Magick Power), bows (with Speed), crossbows, and hand-bombs (with Vitality).

Magick Power

Magick Power affects damage dealt by magick attacks, effectiveness of landing negative status spells, and the healing power of healing spells, as well as physical attacks by the Mace weapon. Katana and staff damage is affected by Magick Power, but not as much as Strength. Magick Power is increased by some armor; mostly Mystic Armor. Each Magick Lore license gives +1 Magick; the maximum bonus of +16 Magick is over three times greater than the difference between the highest-magick character and the lowest-magick character at level 99.

The formula for magick damage is as follows: $DMG = [Power \times RANDOM(1\sim 1.125) - Magick Resist] \times [2 + Magick Power \times (Lv+Magick Power)/256)]$

Vitality

Vitality affects the duration of statuses. Negative statuses are shortened while positive statuses are lengthened. Higher Vitality also decreases the success rate of landing negative statuses. It can be increased by various armor and some accessories in the Zodiac versions.

Vitality also adds to the damage formulas for axes and hammers and hand-bombs, both also with Strength.

The following lists statuses affected by Vitality:

Negative
Status	Effect
Stop	60 - (Vitality x 0.3) s
Confuse	80 - (Vitality x 0.4) s
Sleep	50 - (Vitality x 0.25)s
Reverse	14 - (Vitality x 0.07)s
Slow	120 - (Vitality x 0.6) s
Disable	40 - (Vitality x 0.2) s
Immobilize	100 - (Vitality x 0.5) s
Poison	100 - (Vitality x 0.5) s

Positive
Status	Effect
Libra	240 + (Vitality x 2.4) s
Float	60 + (Vitality x 0.6) s
Berserk	45 + (Vitality x 0.45)s
Haste	40 + (Vitality x 0.4) s
Bravery	40 + (Vitality x 0.4) s
Faith	50 + (Vitality x 0.5) s
Lure	20 + (Vitality x 0.2) s
Reflect	60 + (Vitality x 0.6) s
Protect	60 + (Vitality x 0.6) s
Shell	60 + (Vitality x 0.6) s
Bubble	60 + (Vitality x 0.6) s
Regen	90 + (Vitality x 0.9) s
Invisible	90 + (Vitality x 0.9) s

Speed

Speed alters the rate at which the ATB gauge of the unit fills up. It can be increased by various armor and some accessories; in the Zodiac versions, the best Speed boost is gained from the Germinas Boots.

Speed also adds to the damage of daggers, ninja swords and bows, all also with Strength.

Character stat growth

Final Fantasy XII original release

The following is the stat growth of characters in the original release.

HP

Level	Vaan	Penelo	Balthier	Fran	Basch	Ashe
Initial	82-84	65-66	99-103	85-89	138-145	100-106
10	282–316	244–275	277–311	256–288	306–340	253–284
20	645–742	570–658	630–725	594–685	673–772	589–679
30	1,111–1,293	989–1,153	1,084–1,261	1,029–1,199	1,146–1,330	1,020–1,189
40	1,552–1,814	1,385–1,621	1,513–1,768	1,440–1,684	1,593–1,858	1,428–1,671
50	2,257–2,650	2,018–2,372	2,198–2,581	2,097–2,464	2,307–2,706	2,081–2,445
60	2,878–3,387	2,577–3,035	2,803–3,299	2,677–3,151	2,93–3,453	2,656–3,127
70	3,230–3,802	2,894–3,407	3,146–3,702	3,005–3,538	3,294–3,873	2,982–3,511
80	3,637–4,281	3,259–3,838	3,542–4,168	3,385–3,985	3,706–4,359	3,359–3,955
90	4,192–4,938	3,758–4,428	4,082–4,808	3,902–4,598	4,269–5,025	3,872–4,563
99	4,818–6,203	4,321–5,096	4,691–6,044	4,486–5,879	4,903–6,347	4,452–5,827

MP

Level	Vaan	Penelo	Balthier	Fran	Basch	Ashe
Initial	25–27	36–37	20–22	25–27	19–22	31–34
10	40–51	51–62	32–41	38–49	28–37	43–54
20	62–89	73–100	51–75	60–88	46–68	66–94
30	84–127	95–140	71–109	83–127	64–99	89–135
40	111–176	123–189	95–153	110–177	86–139	117–186
50	134–217	146–231	115–189	134–218	105–172	142–270
60	156–255	168–270	134–223	156–257	122–203	165–298
70	172–282	185–297	149–247	172–284	132–225	182–320
80	188–309	201–325	163–271	189–312	149–247	199–327
90	199–325	212–341	173–285	200–328	157–260	210–344
99	204–330	217–346	177–289	205–333	161–264	216–349

Strength

Level	Vaan	Penelo	Balthier	Fran	Basch	Ashe
Initial	23	20	25	23	26	22
10	28	25	29	27	30	26
20	33	30	34	32	35	31
30	39	35	39	37	40	36
40	44	40	44	42	46	42
50	50	45	50	47	51	47
60	55	50	55	47	56	52
70	61	55	60	52	62	58
80	66	60	65	62	67	63
90	72	65	71	67	72	68
99	77	70	75	71	77	73

Magick Power

Level	Vaan	Penelo	Balthier	Fran	Basch	Ashe
Initial	20	18	17	18	21	22
10	24	23	20	22	23	25
20	28	28	24	26	27	30
30	33	33	28	30	31	35
40	37	38	32	34	35	40
50	42	43	36	39	39	45
60	46	48	40	43	43	50
70	51	54	44	47	47	55
80	55	59	48	51	51	60
90	60	64	52	55	55	65
99	64	69	56	59	58	69

Vitality

Level	Vaan	Penelo	Balthier	Fran	Basch	Ashe
Initial	24	23	24	20	20	24
10	27	26	27	23	22	26
20	31	30	31	26	25	29
30	35	34	34	30	28	33
40	39	38	38	33	31	36
50	42	41	41	36	34	40
60	46	45	45	40	36	43
70	50	49	48	43	39	47
80	54	53	52	46	42	50
90	57	56	55	50	45	53
99	61	60	58	53	47	57

Speed

Level	Vaan	Penelo	Balthier	Fran	Basch	Ashe
Initial	24	24	24	23	23	23
10	25	25	25	24	24	24
20	26	26	26	25	25	25
30	28	27	28	27	26	26
40	29	29	29	28	28	28
50	31	30	31	30	29	29
60	32	31	32	31	30	30
70	33	32	34	32	31	32
80	35	34	35	34	33	33
90	36	35	37	35	34	34
99	37	36	38	36	35	36

Zodiac versions

The following is the stat growth of characters in the Zodiac versions.

HP

Level	Vaan	Penelo	Balthier	Fran	Basch	Ashe
Initial	82–83	64–66/95-101	101–105	84–89	139–146	99–106
10	280–314	242–273	278–311	254–286	304–338	251–282
20	640–737	566–653	629–723	590–680	667–765	584–674
30	1,103–1,284	982–1,144	1,079–1,255	1,022–1,190	1,133–1,315	1,013–1,180
40	1,542–1,802	1,375–1,609	1,505–1,758	1,430–1,672	1,574–1,836	1,418–1,659
50	2,241–2,632	2,003–2,354	2,186–2,566	2,082–2,446	2,279–2,672	2,065–2,427
60	2,859–3,364	2,558–3,012	2,787–3,278	2,657–3,129	2,900–3,409	2,637–3,104
70	3,209–3,776	2,872–3,381	3,127–3,679	2,983–3,512	3,253–3,824	2,960–3,485
80	3,613–4,252	3,235–3,809	3,542–4,168	3,360–3,956	3,660–4,303	3,334–3,926
90	4,164–4,905	3,730–4,395	4,056–4,777	3,874–4,564	4,215–4,960	3,844–4,530
99	4,786–5,643	4,288–5,058	4,661–5,495	4,453–5,252	4,841–5,703	4,420–5,212

MP

Level	Vaan	Penelo	Balthier	Fran	Basch	Ashe
Initial	30–33	38–41/47-56	34–39	44–50	31–38	56–65
10	67–93	79–109	65–90	77–104	56–79	87–116
20	120–187	139–215	116–180	131–199	102–161	146–219
30	175–284	202–325	168–272	187–297	150–245	205–324
40	242–404	278–462	232–387	255–420	209–351	278–455
50	300–506	343–577	288–485	314–523	259–439	341–566
60	353–600	404–684	339–574	368–618	306–521	400–668
70	393–667	449–760	377–638	409–686	341–580	443–741
80	434–734	495–836	163–271	450–754	376–638	487–814
90	460–774	525–881	441–741	477–795	400–673	516–858
99	473–786	539–895	453–752	489–807	410–684	529–871

Strength

Level	Vaan	Penelo	Balthier	Fran	Basch	Ashe
Initial	23	20/21	25	23	26	22
10	28	25	29	27	30	26
20	34	30	34	32	35	31
30	39	35	39	37	41	36
40	45	40	44	42	46	42
50	51	45	50	47	51	47
60	56	50	55	52	57	52
70	62	55	60	57	62	58
80	68	60	65	62	68	63
90	73	65	71	67	73	68
99	78	70	75	71	78	73

Magick Power

Level	Vaan	Penelo	Balthier	Fran	Basch	Ashe
Initial	22	21/22	18	20	21	25
10	27	26	22	24	24	29
20	32	32	27	29	28	34
30	37	37	31	34	33	40
40	42	43	36	39	37	45
50	48	49	42	44	41	51
60	53	54	45	49	46	56
70	58	60	50	54	50	62
80	63	66	48	59	55	67
90	69	71	59	64	59	73
99	73	76	63	68	63	78

Vitality

Level	Vaan	Penelo	Balthier	Fran	Basch	Ashe
Initial	24	23/24	24	26	20	24
10	27	26	27	29	22	26
20	31	30	31	33	25	29
30	35	34	34	37	28	33
40	39	38	38	40	31	36
50	42	41	41	44	34	40
60	46	45	45	48	36	43
70	50	49	48	51	39	47
80	54	53	52	55	42	50
90	57	56	55	59	45	53
99	61	60	58	62	47	57

Speed

Level	Vaan	Penelo	Balthier	Fran	Basch	Ashe
Initial	24	24	24	23	23	23
10	25	25	25	24	24	24
20	26	26	26	25	25	25
30	28	27	28	27	26	26
40	29	29	29	28	28	28
50	31	30	31	30	29	29
60	32	31	32	31	30	30
70	33	32	34	32	31	32
80	35	34	35	34	33	33
90	36	35	37	35	34	34
99	37	36	38	36	35	36