Final Fantasy enemy abilities

This is a list of enemy abilities in Final Fantasy. Abilities and users in italics are exclusive to the Dawn of Souls, 20th Anniversary, or Pixel Remaster releases.

Contents
A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - K - M - N - P - R - S - T - W
Status-inflicting attacks - AI - Gallery

Enemy abilities[]

A[]

Name	Description	Type	Element	Power	Accuracy	Users
Acid Rain (さんせいう, Sanseiu?)	Inflicts massive non-elemental damage on all party members.	Ability	—	80	32	Phantom Train

B[]

Name	Description	Type	Element	Power	Accuracy	Users
Blaze (炎(ほのお), Honō?) NES: HEAT	Inflicts light Fire damage on all party members.	Ability	Fire	12	32	Fire Lizard
Blaze (炎(ほのお), Honō?) NES: SCORCH	Inflicts light Fire damage on all party members.	Ability	Fire	7	32	Hellhound
Blaze (炎(ほのお), Honō?) NES: BLAZE	Inflicts heavy Fire damage on all party members.	Ability	Fire	64	32	Ahriman, Chronodia (#200), Red Dragon, Tiamat, Yamatano Orochi
Blaze (炎(ほのお), Honō?) NES: INFERNO	Inflicts massive Fire damage on all party members.	Ability	Fire	96	32	Chaos
Blaze (炎(ほのお), Honō?) NES: CREMATE	Inflicts moderate Fire damage on all party members.	Ability	Fire	24	32	Chimera, Death Manticore, Fire Hydra, Mage Chimera, Rhyos
Blind (ブライン, Burain?) NES: BLND	Attempts to inflict Darkness on single single party member. Always succeeds if the target has 300 or less HP and is not resistant against the Spirit^{[note 1]} property. Always fails if the target has over 300 HP, or resists the Spirit^{[note 1]} property.	Spell	Spirit^{[note 1]}	—	—	Death Knight
Blink (ブリンク, Burinku?) NES: RUSE	Increases own Evasion by 80.	Spell	—	—	—	Ogre Mage, Spirit Naga
Blizzaga (ブリザガ, Burizaga?) NES: ICE3; PS: Ice3	Inflicts heavy Ice damage on the party.	Spell	Ice	70	24	Chaos, Chronodia (#197/201/203)
Blizzara (ブリザラ, Burizara?) NES: ICE2; PS: Ice2	Inflicts moderate Ice damage on the party.	Spell	Ice	40	24	Chaos, Lich (#49), Ogre Mage, Tiamat (#127), Vampire Lord
Break (ブレイク, Bureiku?) NES: BRAK	Attempts to inflict Stone on one party member.	Spell	Poison^{[note 2]}	—	64	Death Eye, Evil Eye

C[]

Name	Description	Type	Element	Power	Accuracy	Users
Comet (コメット, Kometto?)	Inflicts heavy non-elemental damage on one party member.	Ability	—	50	24	Atomos
Cura (ケアルア, Kearua?) NES: CUR2; PS: Cure2	Restores a moderate amount of HP to one enemy.	Spell	—	33	—	Ahriman
Curaga (ケアルダ, Kearuda?) NES: CUR3; PS: Cure3	Restores a large amount of HP to one enemy.	Spell	—	66	—	Cagnazzo, Dark Fighter
Curaja (ケアルガ, Kearuga?) NES: CUR4; PS: Cure4	Restores 999 HP to one enemy^{[note 3]} and removes Confuse, Darkness, Paralysis, Poison, Silence, and Sleep.	Spell	—	—	—	Chaos^{[note 4]}, Dark Fighter, Rakshasa^{[note 5]}
Curaja (ケアルガ, Kearuga?)	Restores 9,999 HP to one enemy and removes Confuse, Darkness, Paralysis, Poison, Silence, and Sleep.	Spell	—	16	—	Chaos^{[note 4]}
Cure (ケアルガ, Kearuga?) NES: CURE; PS: Cure1	Restores a small amount of HP to one enemy.	Spell	—	—	—	Rakshasa^{[note 5]}
Cyclone (竜巻(たつまき), Tatsumaki?) NES: TORNADO; PS: Twister	Inflicts heavy non-elemental damage on all party members.	Ability	—	64	32	Barbariccia, Chaos

D[]

Name	Description	Type	Element	Power	Accuracy	Users
Dark (ダクネス, Dakunesu?) NES: DARK; PS: Fog	Attempts to inflict Darkness on all party members.	Spell	Spirit^{[note 1]}	—	24	Astos, Marilith (#67), Ogre Mage, Rakshasa, Spirit Naga, Water Naga
Deadly Gas (即死ガス, Sokushi Gasu?)^{[note 6]} NES: TOXIC; PS: Toxin	Attempts to inflict KO on all party members.	Ability	Instant Death	—	0	Earth Plant, Iron Golem
Death (デス, Desu?) NES: RUB; PS: Reaper	Attempts to inflict KO on one party member.	Spell	Instant Death	—	24	Astos, Dark Wizard, Death Eye, Death Gaze, Echidna, Evil Eye, Marilith (#125), Reaper
Dispel (デスペル, Desuperu?) NES: XFER	Attempts to remove all elemental resistances and status immunities from one party member.^{[note 7]}	Spell	—	—	107	Dark Fighter, Death Eye, Death Gaze, Death Knight, Reaper

E[]

Name	Description	Type	Element	Power	Accuracy	Users
Earthquake (地震(じしん), Jishin?) NES: CRACK	Attempts to inflict KO on all party members.	Ability	Earth	—	16	Ahriman, Chaos, Echidna, Omega, Sand Worm, Undergrounder
Excalipur (エクスカリパー, Ekusukaripā?)	Inflicts 1 damage on one party member.	Ability	—	—	255	Gilgamesh

F[]

Name	Description	Type	Element	Power	Accuracy	Users
Fira (ファイラ, Faira?) NES: FIR2; PS: Fire2	Inflicts moderate Fire damage on the party.	Spell	Fire	30	24	Astos, Horned Devil, Lich (#49), Marilith (#67), Rakshasa, Rubicante, Tiamat (#127), Vampire Lord
Firaga (ファイガ, Faiga?) NES: FIR3; PS: Fire3	Inflicts heavy Fire damage on the party.	Spell	Fire	50	24	Atomos, Chaos, Chronodia (#198/201/203), Dark Wizard, Marilith (#125), Rubicante, Yamatano Orochi
Fire (ファイア, Faia?) NES: FIRE; PS: Fire1	Inflicts light Fire damage on one party member.	Spell	Fire	10	24	Horned Devil, Rakshasa, Spirit Naga
Flare (フレアー, Fureā?) NES: NUKE	Inflicts massive non-elemental damage on the party.	Spell	—	100	107	Chaos, Chronodia (#197/201/203), Death Knight, Devil Wizard, Echidna, Lich (#124), Shinryu
Flash (フラッシュ, Furasshu?) NES: FLASH	Attempts to inflict Darkness on all party members.	Ability	Spirit^{[note 1]}	—	24	Dark Elemental, Deepeyes
Focus (シェイプ, Sheipu?) NES: LOCK; PS: Focus1	Attempts to decrease one party member's Evasion by 20.^{[note 8]}	Spell	—	20	64	Water Naga

G[]

Name	Description	Type	Element	Power	Accuracy	Users
Gaze (にらみ, Nirami?) NES: GLANCE	Attempts to inflict Stone on one party member.	Ability	Poison^{[note 2]}	—	5	Basilisk, Bloody Eye, Catoblepas, Earth Medusa, Evil Eye, Medusa
Gaze (にらみ, Nirami?) NES: GAZE	Attempts to inflict Paralysis on one party member.	Ability	Spirit^{[note 9]}	—	0	Bigeyes, Bloody Eye, Deepeyes, Evil Eye
Gaze (にらみ, Nirami?) NES: SQUINT	Attempts to inflict KO on one party member.	Ability	Instant Death	—	0	Bloody Eye, Dark Eye, Evil Eye, Pyrolisk
Gaze (にらみ, Nirami?) NES: STARE	Inflicts light non-elemental damage on one party member.	Ability	None	17	24	Evil Eye
Gaze (にらみ, Nirami?) NES: GLARE	Attempts to inflict KO on one party member.	Ability	Time	—	16	Death Eye
Gaze (にらみ, Nirami?) NES: DAZZLE	Attempts to inflict Paralysis on one party member.	Ability	Spirit^{[note 9]}	—	32	Vampire, Vampire Lord

H[]

Name	Description	Type	Element	Power	Accuracy	Users
Haste (ヘイスト, Heisuto?) NES: FAST	Increases the hit multiplier of one enemy by 1.	Spell	—	—	—	Astos, Cagnazzo, Chaos, Chronodia, Clay Golem, Lich (#49)
Heal (ヒール, Hīru?) NES: HEAL; PS: Heal1	Restores a small amount of HP to all enemies.	Spell	—	12	—	Spirit Naga
Healaga (ラヒーラ, Rahīra?) NES: HEL3; PS: Heal3	Restores a large amount of HP to all enemies.	Spell	—	48	—	Dark Fighter
Healara (ヒーラ, Hīra?) NES: HEL2; PS: Heal2	Restores a moderate amount of HP to all enemies.^{[note 10]}	Spell	—	24	—	Dark Fighter
Hold (ホールド, Hōrudo?) NES: HOLD; PS: Bind	Attempts to inflict Paralysis on one party member.	Spell	Spirit^{[note 9]}	—	64	Death Eye, Evil Eye, Horned Devil, Lich (#49), Marilith (#67), Ogre Mage, Water Naga
Holy (ホーリー, Hōrī?)	Inflicts massive non-elemental damage on the party.	Spell	—	80	107	Holy Dragon

I[]

Name	Description	Type	Element	Power	Accuracy	Users
Icestorm (吹雪(ふぶき), Fubuki?) NES: FROST	Inflicts moderate Ice damage on all party members.	Ability	Ice	24	32	Winter Wolf
Icestorm (吹雪(ふぶき), Fubuki?) NES: BLIZZARD	Inflicts heavy Ice damage on all party members.	Ability	Ice	50	32	Ahriman, Chronodia (#200/202/203), Shinryu, Tiamat, White Dragon
Ink (スミ, Sumi?) NES: INK	Attempts to inflict Darkness on all party members.	Ability	Spirit^{[note 1]}	—	72	Chronodia (#199/202/203), Kraken, Orthros
Invisira (インビア, Inbia?) NES: INV2; PS: Invis2	Increases Evasion of all enemies by 40.	Spell	—	—	—	Dark Fighter

K[]

Name	Description	Type	Element	Power	Accuracy	Users
Kill (キル, Kiru?) NES: XXXX; PS: Doom	Attempts to inflict KO on one party member. Always succeeds if the target has 300 or less HP and is not resistant against the Instant Death element. Always fails if the target has over 300 HP, or resists the Instant Death element.	Spell	Instant Death	—	—	Black Dragon, Chronodia (#197/201), Death Gaze, Death Knight, Evil Eye, Lich (#124), Reaper

M[]

Name	Description	Type	Element	Power	Accuracy	Users
Mind Blast (マインドブラスト, Maindoburasuto?) NES: TRANCE	Attempts to inflict Paralysis on all party members.	Ability	Spirit^{[note 11]}	—	0	Mindflayer, Squidraken

N[]

Name	Description	Type	Element	Power	Accuracy	Users
Nuke (核攻撃(かくこうげき), Kakukōgeki?) NES: NUCLEAR	Inflicts massive non-elemental damage on all party members.	Ability	—	80	48	Warmech
NulAll (バオル, Baoru?) NES: WALL	Grants immunity to all status effects and resistance to all elements to all enemies.^{[note 12]}	Spell	—	—	—	Dark Fighter, Gilgamesh
NulBlaze (バファイ, Bafai?) NES: AFIR; PS: NulFire	Grants resistance to Fire to all enemies.	Spell	—	—	—	Vampire Lord

P[]

Name	Description	Type	Element	Power	Accuracy	Users
Poison Darts (毒針(どくばり), Dokuhari/Dokubari?) NES: STINGER	Attempts to inflict Poison on all party members.	Ability	Poison	—	0	Manticore
Poison Gas (毒(どく)ガス, Doku Gasu?) NES: POISON; PS: Toxin	Inflicts heavy Poison damage on all party members.	Ability	Poison	68	32	Chronodia (#200/202/203), Earth Plant, Green Dragon, Scarmiglione (#134), Tiamat
Protect (プロテス, Purotesu?)	Increases one enemy's Defense by 8.	Spell	—	—	—	Gilgamesh
Protera (プロテア, Purotea?) NES: FOG2; PS: Shld2	Increase Defense of all enemies by 12.	Spell	—	—	—	Dark Fighter

R[]

Name	Description	Type	Element	Power	Accuracy	Users
Ray (ゆびさき, Yubisaki?)	Attempts to inflict Stone on a single party member.	Ability	Stone	—	64	Barbariccia

S[]

Name	Description	Type	Element	Power	Accuracy	Users
Scorch (かえんりゅう, Kaenryū?)	Inflicts massive Fire damage on one party member.	Ability	Fire	96	32	Rubicante
Scourge (クラウダ, Kurauda?) NES: BANE; PS: Poison	Attempts to inflict KO on all party members.	Spell	Poison	—	40	Dark Wizard, Tiamat (#127)
Seal (ふういん, Fūin?)	Prevents party from using a randomly selected command out of Attack, Magic or Item for 4 turns.	Ability	—	—	—	Chronodia
Silence (サイレス, Sairesu?) NES: MUTE	Attempts to inflict Silence on all party members.	Spell	—^{[note 13]}	—	64	Evil Eye, Death Eye, Spirit Naga, Vampire Lord
Sleep (スリプル, Suripuru?) NES: SLEP; PS: Sleep1	Attempts to inflict Sleep on all party members.	Spell	Spirit^{[note 14]}	—	24	Astos, Evil Eye, Lich (#49), Ogre Mage, Rakshasa, Water Naga
Sleepra (スリプラ, Suripura?) NES: SLP2; PS: Sleep2	Attempts to inflict Sleep on one party member.	Spell	Spirit^{[note 11]}	—	64	Lich (#49)
Slow (スロウ, Surō?) NES: SLOW; PS: Slow1	Attempts to decrease the hit multiplier of all party members by 1.	Spell	Spirit^{[note 15]}	—	64	Astos, Chronodia, Death Eye, Evil Eye, Lich (#49), Rakshasa, Spirit Naga, Stone Golem, Water Naga
Slowra (ラスロウ, Rasurō?) NES: SLO2; PS: Slow2	Attempts to decrease one party member's hit multiplier by 1.	Spell	—	—	64	Astos, Chaos, Dark Wizard
Snort (鼻息(はないき), Hanaiki?) NES: SNORTING	Attempts to inflict Darkness on one party member.	Ability	Spirit^{[note 1]}	—	24	Nightmare
Snort (鼻息(はないき), Hanaiki?)	Attempts to inflict KO on one party member.	Ability	—	—	96	Typhon
Stone Gas (石化ガス, Ishika Gasu?)^{[note 16]} NES: POISON; PS: Toxin	Attempts to inflict Stone on all party members.	Ability	Poison^{[note 2]}	—	5	Earth Plant, Rhyos
Stop (ストップ, Sutoppu?) NES: STOP	Attempts to inflict Paralysis on all party members.	Spell	Time	—	48	Chronodia, Death Eye, Lich (#124)
Stun (スタン, Sutan?) NES: STUN	Attempts to inflict Paralysis on one party member. Always succeeds if the target has 300 or less HP and is not resistant against the Spirit^{[note 9]} property. Always fails if the target has over 300 HP, or resists the Spirit^{[note 9]} property.	Spell	Spirit^{[note 9]}	—	—	Dark Wizard, Marilith (#125)

T[]

Name	Description	Type	Element	Power	Accuracy	Users
Thundaga (サンガー, Sangā?) NES: LIT3; PS: Bolt3	Inflicts heavy Lightning damage on the party.	Spell	Lightning	60	24	Chaos, Chronodia (#200/202/203), Dark Wizard
Thundara (サンダラ, Sandara?) NES: LIT2; PS: Bolt2	Inflicts moderate Lightning damage on the party.	Spell	Lightning	30	24	Astos, Evil Eye, Kraken (#126), Lich (#49), Prototype, Tiamat (#127), Vampire Lord, Water Naga
Thunder (サンダー, Sandā?) NES: LIT; PS: Bolt1	Inflicts light Lightning damage to one party member.	Spell	Lightning	10	24	Rakshasa, Spirit Naga, Water Naga
Thunder (サンダー, Sandā?)	Inflicts light Lightning damage on one party member.	Ability	Lightning	20	24	Scarmiglione (#133)
Thunderbolt (稲妻(いなずま), Inazuma?) NES: THUNDER	Inflicts massive Lightning damage on all party members.	Ability	Lightning	76	32	Ahriman, Blue Dragon, Cerberus, Chronodia (#200/202/203), Shinryu, Tiamat, Yamatano Orochi, Yellow Dragon
Tidal Wave (タイダルウェイブ, Taidaruweibu?)	Inflicts massive non-elemental damage on all party members.	Ability	—	80	32	Shinryu
Tsunami (津波(つなみ), Tsunami?) NES: SWIRL	Inflicts heavy non-elemental damage on all party members.	Ability	—	64	32	Cagnazzo, Chaos

W[]

Name	Description	Type	Element	Power	Accuracy	Users
Warp (デジョン, Dejon?) NES: ZAP!; PS: Banish	Attempts to inflict KO on all party members.	Spell	Time	—	32	Chronodia, Death Eye, Lich (#124)
Wave Cannon (かまいたち, Hadohō?)	Inflicts massive non-elemental damage on all party members.	Ability	—	100	107	Omega
Wind Slash (かまいたち, Kamaitachi?)	Inflicts heavy non-elemental damage on all party members.	Ability	—	64	32	Gilgamesh
Wormhole (ワームホール, Wāmuhōru?)	Attempts to inflict KO on one party member.	Ability	Time	—	96	Atomos

Status-inflicting attacks[]

Some enemies are capable of inflicting status effects with their basic attacks. All such attacks use the same formula for determining whether the status is applied.

If random(0...200) <= [base hit chance] - [target's Magic Defense]

If target resists element, base hit chance = 0, else 100

Due to a bug in the Famicom/NES/MSX releases, the element(s) of the attack becomes those which the user are weak against, resulting in these attacks becoming Fire-, Ice-, Lightning-, or non-elemental.

Status inflicted	Element	Users
Darkness	Spirit	Shadow
KO	—	Mindflayer
KO	Instant Death	Catoblepas, Reaper
Paralysis	Spirit	Chaos, Crawler, Death Eye, Dragon Zombie, Earth Medusa, Earth Plant, Ghast, Ghost, Ghoul, Guardian, Lich, Pharaoh, Rock Gargoyle, Specter, Squidraken, Undergrounder, Vampire, Vampire Lord, Wight, Wraith
Poison	Poison	Ankheg, Black Flan, Blood Tiger, Clay Golem, Cobra, Dark Wolf, Desertpede, Flood Gigas, Gloom Widow, Green Slime, Medusa, Neochu, Ochu, Poison Eagle, Poison Naga, Python, Revenant, Scorpion, Sea Scorpion, Spirit Naga, Tarantula, Water Naga, Weretiger, Werewolf, Wyvern
Poison	—	Scarmiglione (#134)
Sleep	Spirit	Mummy
Sleep	Poison	King Mummy
Stone	Poison	Cockatrice

AI[]

AI in Pixel Remaster[]

These are the AI scripts for Pixel Remaster. Each turn, a monster selects one move randomly from their available actions at the stated probability rates.

Enemy	Action	Probability
Default	Attack	96.15%
Default	Flee	3.85%
Winter Wolf	Attack	60.00%
	Icestorm	35.00%
	Flee	5.00%
Fire Lizard	Attack	60.00%
	Blaze	35.00%
	Flee	5.00%
Basilisk	Attack	60.00%
	Gaze	35.00%
	Flee	5.00%
Pirate	Attack	100%
Bigeyes	Attack	60.00%
	Gaze	35.00%
	Flee	5.00%
Deepeyes	Attack	45.00%
	Gaze	25.00%
	Flash	25.00%
	Flee	5.00%
Hellhound	Attack	60.00%
	Blaze	35.00%
	Flee	5.00%
Ogre Mage	Attack	40.00%
	Blink	13.00%
	Dark	13.00%
	Sleep	11.00%
	Blizzara	11.00%
	Hold	7.00%
	Flee	5.00%
Sand Worm	Attack	60.00%
	Earthquake	35.00%
	Flee	5.00%
Evil Eye	Attack	40.00%
	Silence	8.00%
	Slow	8.00%
	Thundara	8.00%
	Gaze (Damage)	8.00%
	Sleep	6.00%
	Hold	5.00%
	Flee	5.00%
	Death	2.00%
	Break	2.00%
	Kill	2.00%
	Gaze (Stone)	2.00%
	Gaze (Paralysis)	2.00%
	Gaze (Instant Death)	2.00%
Death Eye	Attack	40.00%
	Silence	10.00%
	Slow	10.00%
	Dispel	9.00%
	Hold	6.00%
	Stop	6.00%
	Flee	5.00%
	Death	4.00%
	Break	4.00%
	Gaze	4.00%
	Warp	2.00%
Medusa	Attack	60.00%
	Gaze	35.00%
	Flee	5.00%
Earth Medusa	Attack	60.00%
	Gaze	35.00%
	Flee	5.00%
Rakshasa	Fire	18.87%
	Thunder	18.87%
	Attack	11.79%
	Dark	11.79%
	Slow	11.79%
	Fira	10.61%
	Sleep	8.25%
	Curaja	5.90%
	Flee	2.12%
Vampire	Attack	64.10%
	Gaze	32.05%
	Flee	3.85%
Vampire Lord	Attack	28.82%
	Silence	14.41%
	NulBlaze	11.53%
	Fira	11.53%
	Thundara	11.53%
	Blizzara	11.53%
	Gaze	8.65%
	Flee	2.02%
Horned Devil	Fire	31.78%
	Fira	31.78%
	Attack	21.19%
	Hold	10.59%
	Flee	4.66%
White Dragon	Attack	70.00%
	Icestorm	25.00%
	Flee	5.00%
Red Dragon	Attack	48.08%
	Blaze	48.08%
	Flee	3.85%
Manticore	Attack	48.08%
	Poison Darts	48.08%
	Flee	3.85%
Pyrolisk	Attack	73.53%
	Gaze	24.51%
	Flee	1.96%
Chimera, Fire Hydra	Attack	48.08%
	Blaze	48.08%
	Flee	3.85%
Water Naga	Attack	12.02%
	Focus	12.02%
	Sleep	12.02%
	Thunder	12.02%
	Dark	12.02%
	Slow	12.02%
	Thundara	12.02%
	Hold	12.02%
	Flee	3.85%
Spirit Naga	Attack	10.68%
	Blink	10.68%
	Fire	10.68%
	Sleep	10.68%
	Thunder	10.68%
	Silence	10.68%
	Dark	10.68%
	Slow	10.68%
	Heal	10.68%
	Flee	3.85%
Rhyos	Attack	44.25%
	Blaze	35.40%
	Stone Gas	17.70%
	Flee	2.65%
Mindflayer	Attack	72.12%
	Mind Blast	24.04%
	Flee	3.85%
Green Dragon	Attack	65.00%
	Poison Gas	30.00%
	Flee	5.00%
Blue Dragon	Attack	65.00%
	Thunderbolt	30.00%
	Flee	5.00%
Clay Golem	Attack	59.70%
	Haste	37.31%
	Flee	2.99%
Stone Golem	Attack	64.94%
	Slow	32.47%
	Flee	2.60%
Iron Golem	Attack	48.08%
	Deadly Gas	48.08%
	Flee	3.85%
Death Knight	Attack	19.23%
	Blind	19.23%
	Dispel	19.23%
	Flare	19.23%
	Kill	19.23%
	Flee	3.85%
Astos	Attack	11.11%
	Sleep	11.11%
	Dark	11.11%
	Slow	11.11%
	Fira	11.11%
	Thundara	11.11%
	Haste	11.11%
	Slowra	11.11%
	Death	11.11%
Dark Wizard	Attack	50.00%
	Slowra	15.00%
	Firaga	10.00%
	Thundaga	10.00%
	Stun	5.00%
	Flee	5.00%
	Scourge	3.00%
	Death	2.00%
Dark Fighter	Attack	20.65%
	Protera	14.75%
	Curaga	11.80%
	Healara	11.80%
	Invisira	8.85%
	Healaga	8.85%
	Curaja	7.37%
	NulAll	7.37%
	Dispel	5.90%
	Flee	2.65%
Nightmare	Attack	48.08%
	Snort	48.08%
	Flee	3.85%
Warmech	Attack	48.08%
	Nuke	48.08%
	Flee	3.85%
Lich (1st battle)	Attack	23.81%
	Slow	14.29%
	Hold	14.29%
	Sleep	9.52%
	Fira	9.52%
	Thundara	9.52%
	Blizzara	9.52%
	Sleepra	4.76%
	Haste	4.76%
Lich (2nd battle)	Attack	44.44%
	Flare	16.67%
	Stop	13.89%
	Kill	13.89%
	Warp	11.11%
Marilith (1st battle)	Attack	42.86%
	Fira	28.57%
	Dark	14.29%
	Hold	14.29%
Marilith (2nd battle)	Attack	42.42%
	Firaga	30.30%
	Stun	15.15%
	Death	12.12%
Kraken (1st battle)	Attack	50.00%
Kraken (1st battle)	Ink	50.00%
Kraken (2nd battle)	Attack	33.33%
	Thundara	33.33%
	Ink	33.33%
Tiamat (1st battle)	Attack	42.86%
	Icestorm	14.29%
	Blaze	14.29%
	Poison Gas	14.29%
	Thunderbolt	14.29%
Tiamat (2nd battle)	Attack	25.51%
	Fira	14.29%
	Thundara	14.29%
	Blizzara	14.29%
	Icestorm	7.14%
	Blaze	7.14%
	Poison Gas	7.14%
	Thunderbolt	7.14%
	Scourge	3.06%
Chaos	Attack	40.00%
	Blizzara	10.00%
	Haste	6.00%
	Firaga	5.00%
	Slowra	5.00%
	Thundaga	5.00%
	Blizzaga	5.00%
	Flare	5.00%
	Blaze	5.00%
	Tsunami	5.00%
	Cyclone	5.00%
	Curaja	2.00%
	Earthquake	2.00%

AI in other releases[]

Versions prior to Pixel Remaster still randomly use an ability or spell if available, but if they do so cast them in a fixed order. Each monster with a script has a base rate that determines their probability of using a spell or ability, checking for spells before abilities and using a regular attack if neither is chosen. However, while the rate remains the same in all releases the value it is checked against varies; in earlier versions this is determined out of a range of 128 for both spells and abilities, but in WonderSwan Color and later releases this range is increased to 200 for spells while abilities remain at 128, in effect making enemies 36% less likely to use spells. The order in which certain enemies use their spells or abilities is also changed in those releases.

Additionally, enemies have a chance to flee before determining their action based on their Morale and the party's level. In the NES release, enemies can flee from any battle if they failed this check, including bosses. Subsequent releases made it so that the flag that prevents players from fleeing certain formations also prevents enemies from fleeing.

Chronodia in the 20th Anniversary releases has unique behavior. While on most turns it may use attacks, abilities, or spells as normal, every 5th turn it will use Seal, ignoring its regular scripting. Using Seal does not have any effect on its ability cycles otherwise.

Enemy	Action	Rate	% if spell/128	% if spell/200	Cycle
Default	Attack		100%	100%
Winter Wolf	Attack		75%	75%
Winter Wolf	Ability	32	25%	25%	Icestorm
Fire Lizard	Attack		75%	75%
Fire Lizard	Ability	32	25%	25%	Blaze
Basilisk	Attack		50%	50%
Basilisk	Ability	64	50%	50%	Gaze
Bigeyes	Ability	128	100%	100%	Gaze
Deepeyes	Attack		50%	50%
Deepeyes	Ability	64	50%	50%	Gaze → Flash ↻
Hellhound	Attack		50%	50%
Hellhound	Ability	64	50%	50%	Blaze
Ogre Mage	Attack		50%	68%
Ogre Mage	Spell	64	50%	32%	Blink → Dark → Sleep → Hold → Blizzara ↻
Sand Worm	Attack		50%	50%
Sand Worm	Ability	64	50%	50%	Earthquake
Evil Eye	Attack		14.0625%	22.5%
	Spell	80	62.5%	40%	Thundara → Hold → Silence → Kill → Slow → Break → Sleep → Death ↻ NES: Kill → Break → Death → Thundara → Hold → Silence → Slow → Sleep ↻
	Ability	80	23.4375%	37.5%	Gaze (damage) → Gaze (paralysis) → Gaze (stone) → Gaze (instant death) ↻ NES: Gaze (stone) → Gaze (instant death) → Gaze (paralysis) → Gaze (damage) ↻
Death Eye	Attack		25%	34%
	Spell	64	50%	32%	Stop → Warp → Dispel → Break → Death → Hold → Silence → Slow ↻
	Ability	64	25%	34%	Gaze
Medusa	Attack		50%	50%
Medusa	Ability	64	50%	50%	Gaze
Earth Medusa	Attack		50%	50%
Earth Medusa	Ability	64	50%	50%	Gaze
Rakshasa	Attack		25%	52%
Rakshasa	Spell	96	75%	48%	Fire → Slow → Dark → Sleep → Fira → Thunder → Curaja → Sleep ↻ NES: Fira → Slow → Dark → Sleep → Fire → Thunder → Cure → Sleep ↻
Vampire	Attack		75%	75%
Vampire	Ability	32	25%	25%	Gaze
Vampire Lord	Attack		56.25%	63%
	Spell	32	25%	16%	NulBlaze → Silence → Blizzara → Blizzara → Thundara → Thundara → Fira → Fira ↻
	Ability	32	18.75%	21%	Gaze
Horned Devil	Attack		50%	68%
Horned Devil	Spell	64	50%	32%	Fire → Hold → Fira → Fire ↻ NES: Fira → Hold → Fire → Fire ↻
White Dragon	Attack		50%	50%
White Dragon	Ability	64	50%	50%	Icestorm
Red Dragon	Attack		50%	50%
Red Dragon	Ability	64	50%	50%	Blaze
Manticore	Attack		50%	50%
Manticore	Ability	64	50%	50%	Poison Darts
Pyrolisk	Attack		75%	75%
Pyrolisk	Ability	32	25%	25%	Gaze
Fire Hydra	Attack		50%	50%
Fire Hydra	Ability	64	50%	50%	Blaze
Water Naga	Attack		25%	52%
Water Naga	Spell	96	75%	48%	Thundara → Hold → Slow → Dark → Thunder → Focus → Sleep → Thunder ↻
Spirit Naga	Attack		25%	52%
Spirit Naga	Spell	96	75%	48%	Blink → Silence → Slow → Dark → Sleep → Fire → Thunder → Heal ↻
Chimera	Attack		50%	50%
Chimera	Ability	64	50%	50%	Blaze
Rhyos	Attack		50%	50%
Rhyos	Ability	64	50%	50%	Blaze → Stone Gas ↻
Mindflayer	Attack		50%	50%
Mindflayer	Ability	64	50%	50%	Mind Blast
Green Dragon	Attack		50%	50%
Green Dragon	Ability	64	50%	50%	Poison Gas
Blue Dragon	Attack		50%	50%
Blue Dragon	Ability	64	50%	50%	Thunderbolt
Clay Golem	Attack		75%	84%
Clay Golem	Spell	32	25%	16%	Haste
Stone Golem	Attack		62.5%	76%
Stone Golem	Spell	48	37.5%	24%	Slow
Iron Golem	Attack		87.5%	87.5%
Iron Golem	Ability	16	12.5%	12.5%	Deadly Gas
Death Knight	Attack		75%	84%
Death Knight	Spell	32	25%	16%	Dispel → Flare → Dispel → Kill → Blind ↻
Astos	Attack		25%	52%
Astos	Spell	96	75%	48%	Death → Slowra → Haste → Fira → Thundara → Slow → Dark → Sleep ↻
Dark Wizard	Attack		50%	68%
Dark Wizard	Spell	64	50%	32%	Firaga → Scourge → Thundaga → Slowra → Firaga → Stun → Thundaga → Death ↻ NES: Death → Thundaga → Firaga → Scourge → Slowra → Firaga → Stun → Thundaga ↻
Dark Fighter	Attack		62.5%	76%
Dark Fighter	Spell	48	37.5%	24%	NulAll → Dispel → Healaga → Protera → Invisira → Curaja → Healara → Curaga ↻
Nightmare	Attack		75%	75%
Nightmare	Ability	32	25%	25%	Snort
Warmech	Attack		75%	75%
Warmech	Ability	32	25%	25%	Nuke
Lich (1st battle)	Attack		25%	52%
Lich (1st battle)	Spell	96	75%	48%	Blizzara → Sleepra → Haste → Thundara → Hold → Fira → Slow → Sleep ↻
Lich (2nd battle)	Attack		25%	52%
Lich (2nd battle)	Spell	96	75%	48%	Flare → Stop → Warp → Kill ↻
Marilith (1st battle)	Attack		62.5%	76%
Marilith (1st battle)	Spell	48	37.5%	24%	Fira → Dark → Fira → Dark → Fira → Hold → Fira → Hold ↻
Marilith (2nd battle)	Attack	—	62.5%	76%
Marilith (2nd battle)	Spell	48	37.5%	24%	Firaga → Death → Firaga → Death → Firaga → Stun → Firaga → Stun ↻
Kraken (1st battle)	Attack		75%	75%
Kraken (1st battle)	Ability	32	25%	25%	Ink
Kraken (2nd battle)	Attack		46.875%	57%
	Spell	48	37.5%	24%	Thundara
	Ability	32	15.625%	19%	Ink
Tiamat (1st battle)	Attack		50%	50%
Tiamat (1st battle)	Ability	64	50%	50%	Thunderbolt → Poison Gas → Icestorm → Blaze ↻
Tiamat (2nd battle)	Attack		25%	34%
	Spell	64	50%	32%	Scourge → Blizzara → Thundara → Fira ↻
	Ability	64	25%	34%	Thunderbolt → Poison Gas → Icestorm → Blaze ↻
Chaos	Attack		34.375%	40%
	Spell	40	31.25%	20%	Blizzaga → Slowra → Thundaga → Curaja → Haste → Firaga → Blizzara → Flare ↻ NES/PS: Blizzaga → Thundaga → Slowra → Curaja → Firaga → Blizzara → Haste → Flare ↻
	Ability	64	34.375%	40%	Blaze → Tsunami → Cyclone → Earthquake ↻ NES: Earthquake → Blaze → Tsunami → Cyclone ↻
Echidna	Attack		—	40%
	Spell	40	—	20%	Death → Flare ↻
	Ability	64	—	40%	Earthquake
Cerberus	Attack		—	50%
Cerberus	Ability	64	—	50%	Thunderbolt
Ahriman	Attack		—	40%
	Spell	40	—	20%	Cura
	Ability	64	—	40%	Earthquake → Blaze → Icestorm → Thunderbolt ↻
Scarmiglione (1st battle)	Ability	133	—	100%	Thunder
Scarmiglione (2nd battle)	Attack		—	50%
Scarmiglione (2nd battle)	Ability	64	—	50%	Poison Gas
Cagnazzo	Attack		—	50%
	Spell	40	—	20%	Haste → Curaga ↻
	Ability	48	—	30%	Tsunami
Barbariccia	Attack		—	50%
Barbariccia	Ability	64	—	50%	Ray → Cyclone ↻
Rubicante	Attack		—	33.5%
	Spell	66	—	33%	Firaga → Fira ↻
	Ability	64	—	33.5%	Scorch
Gilgamesh	Attack		—	33.5%
	Spell	40	—	20%	Protect → NulAll ↻
	Ability	48	—	30%	Excalipur → Wind Slash ↻
Omega	Attack		—	50%
Omega	Ability	64	—	50%	Earthquake → Wave Cannon → Wave Cannon ↻
Shinryu	Attack		—	40%
	Spell	40	—	20%	Flare
	Ability	64	—	40%	Thunderbolt → Tidal Wave → Icestorm → Tidal Wave ↻
Atomos	Attack		—	40%
	Spell	40	—	20%	Firaga
	Ability	64	—	40%	Wormhole → Comet ↻
Typhon	Attack		—	50%
Typhon	Ability	64	—	50%	Snort
Orthros	Attack		—	50%
Orthros	Ability	64	—	50%	Ink
Phantom Train	Attack		—	25%
Phantom Train	Ability	96	—	75%	Acid Rain
Death Gaze	Attack		—	80%
Death Gaze	Spell	40	—	20%	Dispel → Death → Kill ↻
Devil Wizard	Attack		—	80%
Devil Wizard	Spell	40	—	20%	Flare
Mage Chimera	Attack		—	50%
Mage Chimera	Ability	64	—	50%	Blaze
Yellow Dragon	Attack		—	50%
Yellow Dragon	Ability	64	—	50%	Thunderbolt
Holy Dragon	Attack		—	80%
Holy Dragon	Spell	40	—	20%	Holy
Death Manticore	Attack		—	50%
Death Manticore	Ability	64	—	50%	Blaze
Dark Eye	Attack		—	75%
Dark Eye	Ability	32	—	25%	Gaze
Bloody Eye	Attack		—	50%
Bloody Eye	Ability	64	—	50%	Gaze (instant death) → Gaze (paralysis) → Gaze (stone) → Gaze (paralysis) ↻
Squidraken	Attack		—	50%
Squidraken	Ability	64	—	50%	Mind Blast
Black Dragon	Attack		—	80%
Black Dragon	Spell	40	—	20%	Kill
Earth Plant	Attack		—	50%
Earth Plant	Ability	64	—	50%	Poison Gas → Stone Gas → Poison Gas → Deadly Gas ↻
Yamatano Orochi	Attack		—	40%
	Spell	40	—	20%	Firaga
	Ability	64	—	40%	Blaze → Thunderbolt ↻
Dark Elemental	Attack		—	50%
Dark Elemental	Ability	64	—	50%	Flash
Catoblepas	Attack		—	50%
Catoblepas	Ability	64	—	50%	Gaze
Undergrounder	Attack		50%	50%
Undergrounder	Ability	64	50%	50%	Earthquake
Reaper	Attack		—	80%
Reaper	Spell	40	—	20%	Dispel → Death → Kill ↻
Prototype	Attack		—	80%
Prototype	Spell	40	—	20%	Thundara
Chronodia (#196)	Attack		—	80%
	Spell	40	—	20%	Stop → Haste → Warp → Slow ↻
	Seal		—	—	Every 5th turn
Chronodia (#197)	Attack		—	67%
	Spell	66	—	33%	Blizzaga → Stop → Haste → Warp → Slow → Flare → Kill → Flare ↻
	Seal		—	—	Every 5th turn
Chronodia (#198)	Attack		—	74%
	Spell	52	—	26%	Firaga → Stop → Haste → Warp → Slow ↻
	Seal		—	—	Every 5th turn
Chronodia (#199)	Attack		—	60%
	Spell	40	—	20%	Stop → Haste → Warp → Slow ↻
	Ability	32	—	20%	Ink
	Seal		—	—	Every 5th turn
Chronodia (#200)	Attack		—	52%
	Spell	36	—	18%	Thundaga → Stop → Haste → Warp → Slow ↻
	Ability	48	—	30%	Thunderbolt → Poison Gas → Icestorm → Blaze ↻
	Seal		—	—	Every 5th turn
Chronodia (#201)	Attack		—	68%
	Spell	64	—	32%	Blizzaga → Firaga → Stop → Haste → Warp → Slow → Flare → Kill ↻
	Seal		—	—	Every 5th turn
Chronodia (#202)	Attack		—	41.25%
	Spell	68	—	34%	Thundaga → Stop → Haste → Warp → Slow ↻
	Ability	48	—	24.75%	Ink → Thunderbolt → Poison Gas → Icestorm ↻
	Seal		—	—	Every 5th turn
Chronodia (#203)	Attack		—	57%
	Spell	48	—	24%	Blizzaga → Flare → Firaga → Thundaga → Stop → Haste → Warp → Slow ↻
	Ability	32	—	19%	Ink → Thunderbolt → Poison Gas → Icestorm ↻
	Seal		—	—	Every 5th turn

Targeting[]

If the targeting of an action is an allied enemy, a living enemy is chosen at random with equal rates between each other. If the targeting of the action is a single party member, the target is chosen at these rates depending on their order in the formation:

Slot 1: 50%
Slot 2: 25%
Slot 3: 12.5%
Slot 4: 12.5%

If a KO'd party member is selected, the random selection is performed again until a living party member is chosen. Versions prior to Pixel Remaster also avoid selecting a petrified party member.

Gallery[]

Annotations[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 Darkness in Dawn of Souls and 20th Anniversary.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Stone in Dawn of Souls and 20th Anniversary.
↑ Restores 9,999 HP in releases prior to Pixel Remaster.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Chaos uses the same Curaja as player characters in releases prior to Pixel Remaster. However, as that version is reduced to 999 healing in Pixel Remaster, Chaos instead uses a version unique to him that continues to restore 9,999 HP.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 The Rakshasa uses the basic Cure (CURE) instead of Curaja (CUR4) in the NES release.
↑ どくガス (Doku Gasu?) prior to Pixel Remaster.
↑ Only removes elemental resistances prior to Pixel Remaster.
↑ Always misses in the NES release.
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 ^9.3 ^9.4 ^9.5 Paralysis in Dawn of Souls and 20th Anniversary.
↑ In the NES release Healara instead has the same effect as Healaga.
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 Non-elemental prior to Pixel Remaster.
↑ Does not grant immunity to status effects prior to Pixel Remaster.
↑ Silence in Dawn of Souls and 20th Anniversary; Spirit in NES and Origins.
↑ Sleep in Dawn of Souls and 20th Anniversary.
↑ Mind in Dawn of Souls and 20th Anniversary.
↑ せきかガス (Sekika Gasu?) in Dawn of Souls and 20th Anniversary, どくガス (Doku Gasu?) in NES and Origins.

[Darkness-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 Darkness in Dawn of Souls and 20th Anniversary.

[Stone-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Stone in Dawn of Souls and 20th Anniversary.

[Curaja-3] Restores 9,999 HP in releases prior to Pixel Remaster.

[Chaos_Curaja-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Chaos uses the same Curaja as player characters in releases prior to Pixel Remaster. However, as that version is reduced to 999 healing in Pixel Remaster, Chaos instead uses a version unique to him that continues to restore 9,999 HP.

[Rakshasa-5] 5.0 ^5.1 The Rakshasa uses the basic Cure (CURE) instead of Curaja (CUR4) in the NES release.

[Deadly_Gas-6] どくガス (Doku Gasu?) prior to Pixel Remaster.

[Dispel-7] Only removes elemental resistances prior to Pixel Remaster.

[Focus-8] Always misses in the NES release.

[Paralysis-9] 9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 ^9.3 ^9.4 ^9.5 Paralysis in Dawn of Souls and 20th Anniversary.

[Healara-10] In the NES release Healara instead has the same effect as Healaga.

[Pixel_Remaster-11] 11.0 ^11.1 Non-elemental prior to Pixel Remaster.

[NulAll-12] Does not grant immunity to status effects prior to Pixel Remaster.

[Silence-13] Silence in Dawn of Souls and 20th Anniversary; Spirit in NES and Origins.

[Sleep-14] Sleep in Dawn of Souls and 20th Anniversary.

[Mind-15] Mind in Dawn of Souls and 20th Anniversary.

[Stone_Gas-16] せきかガス (Sekika Gasu?) in Dawn of Souls and 20th Anniversary, どくガス (Doku Gasu?) in NES and Origins.

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