Final Fantasy stats

Stats for a character.

Stats for an enemy.

The following is a list of stats and their effects in the original Final Fantasy.

All information applies to Dawn of Souls and releases after that version, up to and including the Pixel Remaster, except where noted otherwise.

Final Fantasy

Upon reaching specific levels, a character will gain a point in specific stats. For example, a Warrior attaining level 2 will always gain +1 STR; a Warrior attaining level 3 will always gain +1 AGL and +1 STA. There are also levels with no guaranteed stat increases.

Upon leveling up, for each of the five base stats, a character has a 1 in 8 chance of gaining one point in that stat. This does not stack with the above mentioned guaranteed stat growth, and no stat other than HP and MP can increase by more than one point per level. The maximum value for each of the five base stats is 99.

A character's base stats can be permanently increased up to its limit by the use of specific rare items, such as Power Plus. Evasion will only increase half as much as usual if Agility is increased this way, so it is not recommended to use Speed Plus. These permanent stat boosting items do not exist in the Pixel Remaster.

HP

Characters' maximum HP always grows upon leveling up, and the amount gained depends on the characters' STA. The maximum HP value is 999. Maximum HP can be temporarily increased by 200 in-battle with the Giant's Tonic item.

MP

Present only in the Dawn of Souls and 20th Anniversary releases, MP replaces the spell slot system of prior releases; the Pixel Remaster release subsequently removes MP to return to spell slots. MP is expended to cast magic, and its maximum value is 999. Maximum MP can be temporarily increased by 200 in-battle with the Faerie Tonic item.

Most characters' maximum MP always grows upon leveling up, except for Monk/Master, Warrior, and Thief characters. The amount of MP gained depends on the characters' INT. Enemies do not have an MP stat and can use their spells freely.

Strength

Strength, also named STR, is one of the five base stats. Strength affects the Attack stat as described in the Attack section below.

Agility

Agility, also named AGL, is one of the five base stats. Agility affects the Accuracy and Evasion stats as described in their sections below and factors in to the party's chance of successfully fleeing an encounter.

In the Dawn of Souls and later releases, turn order is determined at the start of each combat round by taking each combatant's Agility and adding a random number from 0 to 49, and then ordering the results from highest to lowest. Agility can be temporarily increased in-battle with the Speed Drink item. Enemies are not assigned an Agility stat in releases prior to the Dawn of Souls release.

Intellect

Intellect, also named INT or Intelligence, is one of the five base stats. Intellect increases magic damage and healing, and factors in to the party's chance of successfully fleeing an encounter. In releases with MP it also increases the amount gained upon leveling. Prior to the Dawn of Souls release Intelligence was bugged and had no effect. Enemies are not assigned an Intelligence stat in releases prior to the Dawn of Souls release.

Stamina

Stamina, also named STA, is one of the five base stats. Stamina affects the amount of HP gained upon leveling up.

Stamina also affects the amount of Defense the Monk and Master have without armor equipped. For a Monk, the head and gloves slots gain 1 DEF per 8 STA, and the body slot gains 1.5 DEF per 4 STA, rounded down. For a Master, the head and glove slots remain the same, but the body slot is upgraded to 1 DEF per 2 STA. Thus, a starting Monk wearing no armor with a STA of 10 gets 1 DEF for his head, 1 DEF for his hands, and 3 DEF for his body, resulting in 5 overall DEF.

Finally, Stamina also affects an unarmed Monk's Attack stat as described in the Attack section below.

Luck

Luck, also named LCK, is one of the five base stats. Luck factors in to the party's chance of successfully fleeing an encounter. Additionally, Luck increases spell damage as well as the upper bounds of the random variation for damage dealt by spells and healing received. Enemies are not assigned a Luck stat in releases prior to the Pixel Remaster.

Attack

Attack, also named ATK, affects the physical damage caused by the character. Attack is fully derived from the character's Strength, as well as the weapon they have equipped. The maximum ATK value is 255, though values this high cannot be reached outside of battle in a normal playthrough. Attack can be temporarily increased in-battle with the Temper and Saber spells, and with the Strength Tonic item.

${\textstyle Atk = \tfrac{Str}{2} + Weapon}$

Attack is calculated differently for Black Belts and Masters without a weapon equipped.

${\textstyle Black Belt Atk = \tfrac{Str}{2} + (Sta+1)*\tfrac{3}{4}}$

${\textstyle Master Atk = \tfrac{Str}{2} + Sta}$

Accuracy

Accuracy, also known as ACC, affects a character's chance to hit with physical attacks. Each attack has a base hit rate of 168. Base hit rate is reduced by 40 if the attacker is afflicted with Darkness, increased by 40 if the defender is afflicted with Darkness, and increased by another 40 if the defender is weak to the attack. Hit chance is then determined by the following formula:

Hit Successful if Random ( 0 ... 200 ) <= [ (Base hit rate + Accuracy, max 255) - Target Evasion ]

A target's Evasion is not subtracted if they are afflicted with Sleep or Paralysis. Rolling a 0 is an automatic miss, while rolling a 200 is an automatic hit. Additionally, if the number rolled is equal to or less than the attacker's critical hit rate, the attack will be a critical hit.

In the Pixel Remaster, Accuracy is represented on the status screen by a percentage rather than a value from 0 to 255. The percentage is the ratio of the character's current ACC out of 255.

Number of hits

Additionally, accuracy affects the maximum number of hits player characters can land. Every 32 points in ACC grants an extra hit when using the Attack command, which each hit making its own accuracy check. The maximum ACC value is 255, granting a total of 8 hits under normal conditions. Accuracy increases by a specific amount every level based on character class, usually with more being gained after class change. For example, a Warrior gains 3 Accuracy per level, but the Knight gains 4. Every time any character gains a point in Agility, their Accuracy will also increase by one. Every character class, except the White Mage and the Black Mage, are guaranteed to reach the Accuracy cap. Accuracy can be temporarily increased in-battle with the Saber spell.

Monks deal twice as many hits at all levels accuracy. For enemies, accuracy does not affect their maximum number of hits. Instead each enemy has a fixed number of hits that operates independently of their accuracy. This allows some enemies like the Crawler to hit up to 8 times despite having a meager 21 accuracy.

All party members and enemies additionally have hit multiplier that can range from 0 to 2. The default hit multiplier for all entities is 1, and the minimum number of attacks any entity can make is 1. The Haste spell increases the target's hit multiplier by 1, while the Slow and Slowra spells attempt to decrease it by 1, with the two effects canceling each other out.

Critical hit rate

Critical hit rate is a hidden stat that determines the frequency with which they land a critical hit. Player character critical hit rate is determined by their equipped weapon, while enemies have a fixed critical hit rate.

Weapons are subjected to a critical hit bug in early releases, which causes their programmed critical hit rate to be ignored and in favor of the index number of the weapon, in effect making weapons acquired later more likely to land a critical hit and greatly increasing the overall rate of critical hits landed by armed characters. This bug was made an intended mechanic as of the Dawn of Souls release, where the intended critical hit rate of the original weapons is replaced by this index number, while new weapons have critical rates unrelated to their index number.

For unarmed Black Belt/Monks, their critical hit rate is equal to double their level. For unarmed player characters of any other class, their critical hit rate is 0.

Critical hits are determined by the same random 0 to 200 roll as accuracy calculations. If the number rolled is equal to or less than the attacker's critical hit rate, the attack will be a critical hit, though the attack must first pass the accuracy check before a critical can be applied. A roll of 0 is always a critical hit.

Defense

Defense, also named DEF, reduces the amount of physical damage caused to the character. The Defense is the sum of the character's equipment's DEF. The maximum DEF value is 255, though values this high cannot be reached outside of battle. Defense can be temporarily increased in-battle with the Protect and Protera spells, and with the Protect Drink item.

Evasion

Evasion, also named EVA, affects the success rate of dodging enemy attacks. Evasion increases by 2 points every time a character gains a point in Agility, and is reduced by 1 per Weight of the character's armor. The maximum EVA value is 255. No class can reach maximum EVA without wearing equipment, though most can get close; however, this would require carefully managing one's levels to ensure that the character gains a point in Agility every single level. Evasion can be temporarily increased in-battle with the Blink, Invis, and Invisira spells. Enemies additionally use their Evasion stat to counter the party's attempts to flee.

In the Pixel Remaster, Evasion is represented on the status screen by a percentage rather than a value from 0 to 255. The percentage is the ratio of the character's current EVA out of 255. Thus, a level 1 Thief has 73 EVA, and 73/255 will display as 28%.

Magic Defense

Magic Defense is a hidden stat that affects the damage taken from enemies' magic. Magic Defense is not shown in the characters' status screen and it has its own formula. The maximum Magic Defense value is 255. Magic Defense increases by a specific amount every level based on character class, usually with more being gained after class change. For example, a Warrior gains 2 Magic Defense per level, but the Knight gains 3. Due to this system, the Monk cannot reach the Magic Defense cap even if class-changed to Master at level 1; its base value is 10, and the Master can only gain 2 points per level 98 times, reaching a maximum value of 206. The Warrior and the Thief classes are required to class-change before levels 56 and 54 (respectively) to max this stat. The mage classes can reach the maximum value without class change.

Weight

Weight is a stat found exclusively on armor. Each point of Weight on a piece of armor reduces the Evasion of the character wearing it by an equal amount.

Morale

Main article: Morale (Final Fantasy)

Morale is a hidden enemy-only statistic in versions prior to the Pixel Remaster. Morale determines the probability with which an enemy will attempt to flee the encounter, as well as countering the party's attempts to flee. Morale can be reduced by the Fear spell.

Morale is absent in the Pixel Remaster release, with each enemy instead having a static chance of fleeing according to their individual scripts.

Initial stats

The following table contains the initial stats for each class at the start of the game, with no gear equipped.

Stat	Warrior	Thief	Monk	W. Mage	B. Mage	R. Mage
HP	35	30	33	33	25	30
MP	0	0	0	10	10	10
STR	10	5	13	5	3	5
AGL	8	15	5	5	5	10
INT	1	1	1	15	20	10
STA	15	5	10	8	2	5
LCK	8	15	5	5	10	5
ATK	5	2	14	2	1	2
ACC	18	30	13	10	13	22
DEF	0	0	5	0	0	0
EVA	61	73	55	58	58	63
M. DEF	15	13	10	23	23	20
ACC Growth	3/4	5/5	3/3	1/2	2/2	3/3
M. DEF Growth	2/3	2/3	1/2	4/5	4/5	3/3

The Red Mage is the only class whose ACC and M. DEF growths do not change after class change (both remain at 3). Players seeking to maximize their stats might be recommended to level "solo" with a Red Mage (by allowing other companions to die at level 1) until class change to maximize the gains other classes receive. Doing this will ensure that Knights and Ninjas can gain MP every level. Black Mages also see marginal benefits after class change, since they can reach maximum M. DEF regardless, and so could be leveled alongside Red Mages.

Greater HP/MP boost

Some times known as "strong" HP/MP increases, a character will often gain a greater boost in maximum HP or MP by fulfilling the same conditions as other base stats do to gain a point. For example, a Lv6 Red Mage will always gain a greater boost in HP, as well as +1 STR and +1 STA. In contrast, a Lv5 Red Mage lacks those guaranteed boosts, and so has a 1 in 8 chance of gaining a greater boost in HP, as well as a 1 in 8 chance of gaining a greater boost in MP.

Greater boost bonuses are stacked on top of the usual HP and MP increases.

• Greater HP boosts include an additional 20 to 25 HP.
• Greater MP boosts include an additional 10 to 12 MP.

Guaranteed stat growth

The following table contains all the guaranteed stat boosts granted by leveling up. A cell containing HP/MP indicates a guaranteed greater boost in that stat. Warrior and Thief characters need to be class-changed to gain any MP increases. The Pixel Remaster does not feature MP and therefore these boosts do not apply in that version.

Guaranteed stat growth by class level
Lv	Warrior	Thief	Monk	W.Mage	B.Mage	R.Mage
02	HP, Str	HP, Str, Lck	HP, Lck	HP, MP, Int	MP, Int	Str
03	Agl, Sta	Agl	Agl, Sta	Sta	-	MP, Agl
04	HP, Str, Lck	HP, Str, Int, Lck	Str, Int, Lck	Str, Lck	HP, MP, Int	Str, Sta, Lck
05	Agl, Sta	Sta	Sta	Agl	-	Int
06	HP, Str, Int, Lck	HP, Str, Lck	HP	HP, MP	MP, Agl, Int, Lck	HP, Str, Sta
07	Agl	Agl	Agl, Sta	Str, Sta	Sta	MP, Int
08	HP, Str	HP, Str, Int, Lck	Str, Int, Lck	HP, Int, Lck	HP, MP, Int	Str, Lck
09	Agl, Sta	-	Sta	-	-	MP, Agl
10	HP, Str, Lck	Str, Lck	Lck	MP	MP, Str, Int, Lck	-
11	Agl, Sta	Agl, Sta	Agl, Sta	Agl, Int, Sta	-	Int, Sta
12	HP, Str, Int, Lck	HP, Str, Int, Lck	HP, Str, Int	HP, Lck	MP, Agl, Int, Sta	HP, MP, Str, Agl, Lck
13	Agl	-	Sta	MP, Str, Int	-	Sta
14	HP, Str	Str, Lck	Lck	HP	HP, MP, Int	MP, Str
15	Agl, Sta	Agl	Agl, Sta	MP, Sta	-	Int, Sta
16	HP, Str, Lck	HP, Str, Lck	Str, Int, Lck	Lck	MP, Int, Sta	HP, MP, Str, Lck
17	Agl, Sta	Sta	Sta	HP, MP, Agl	-	Sta
18	HP, Str, Int, Lck	Str, Int, Lck	HP	Int	HP, MP, Agl, Int, Lck	MP, Agl
19	Agl	Agl	Agl, Sta	MP, Str, Sta	Str	Int
20	HP, Str	HP, Lck	Str, Int, Lck	HP, Lck	MP, Int	HP, MP, Str, Lck
21	Agl, Sta	-	Sta	MP	-	Agl, Sta
22	Str, Lck	Str, Lck	Lck	HP, Int	MP, Int, Lck	Str
23	Agl, Sta	Agl, Sta	Agl, Sta	MP, Agl, Lck	-	MP, Int, Sta
24	HP, Str, Int, Lck	HP, Str, Int, Lck	HP, Str, Int	HP, Int, Sta	MP, Agl, Int, Sta	HP, Lck
25	Agl	-	Sta	MP, Str	Str	-
26	HP, Str	Lck	Lck	HP, Lck	HP, MP, Int	MP, Sta, Lck
27	Agl, Sta	Agl	Agl, Sta	MP, Sta	-	Agl, Int
28	Str, Lck	HP, Str, Lck	Str, Int, Lck	HP, Int	MP, Int	MP, Str
29	MP, Agl, Sta	MP, Sta	Sta	MP, Agl	-	-
30	HP, Str, Int, Lck	Str, Int, Lck	HP	-	MP, Agl, Int, Lck	MP, Int, Lck
31	Agl	Agl	Agl, Sta	MP, Str	Str	HP
32	HP, Str	Lck	HP, Str, Int, Lck	HP, Int, Lck	MP, Int, Sta	MP, Str, Sta, Lck
33	MP, Agl, Sta	MP, Agl	Sta	MP, Sta	-	Agl, Int
34	Str, Lck	HP, Str, Lck	Lck	Int	MP, Int, Lck	-
35	Agl, Sta	MP, Sta	Agl, Sta	MP, Agl	HP	MP, Sta, Lck
36	HP, Str, Int, Lck	Str, Int, Lck	HP, Str, Int	Sta	MP, Agl, Int, Sta	Str, Agl
37	MP, Agl	Agl	Sta	HP, MP, Str	Str	HP, Int
38	HP, Str	Lck	Lck	Int, Lck	MP, Int	Str, Sta, Lck
39	Agl, Sta	MP, Agl	Agl, Sta	MP	-	Int
40	Str, Lck	HP, Str, Lck	Str, Int, Lck	Int	MP, Int	MP
41	MP, Sta	MP, Sta	Sta	MP, Agl	HP	Sta, Lck
42	HP, Str, Int, Lck	Str, Int, Lck	HP	HP, Int, Sta	MP, Int, Lck	HP, Str, Agl
43	Agl	Agl	Agl, Sta	MP, Str, Int	-	Int
44	HP, Str	Lck	Str, Int, Lck	Lck	MP, Int, Sta	MP, Lck
45	MP, Agl, Sta	MP, Agl	Sta	MP, Int	Agl	Agl
46	Str, Lck	HP, Str, Lck	Lck	-	MP, Int	-
47	Sta	MP, Sta	Agl, Sta	HP, MP, Agl, Int	Str	HP, Int, Sta
48	Str, Int, Lck	Str, Int, Lck	HP, Str, Int	Sta	HP, MP, Int	Str, Agl, Lck
49	MP, Agl	Agl	Sta	MP, Str, Int	-	MP
50	HP, Str	Lck	Lck	Lck	MP, Int, Lck	Sta, Lck
51	Agl, Sta	MP, Agl	Agl, Sta	MP	Sta	Str
52	Str, Lck	HP, Str, Lck	Str, Int, Lck	Int	MP, Int	HP, MP
53	MP, Sta	MP, Sta	Sta	MP, Agl, Sta	-	Agl, Int
54	Str, Int, Lck	Str, Int, Lck	HP	-	HP, MP, Str, Int	Str, Sta
55	Agl	Agl	Agl, Sta	MP, Str, Lck	Agl	-
56	HP, Str	Lck	Str, Int, Lck	Int	MP, Int, Lck	MP, Lck
57	MP, Agl, Sta	MP, Agl	Sta	MP, Agl	-	-
58	Str, Lck	HP, Lck	Lck	-	MP, Int, Sta	Str, Agl, Int, Sta
59	Sta	MP, Sta	Agl, Sta	MP, Str, Sta	-	HP
60	Str, Int, Lck	Str, Int, Lck	HP, Str, Int	Lck	MP, Int	MP
61	MP, Agl	Agl	Sta	MP, Agl, Int	-	Lck
62	HP, Str	Lck	HP, Lck	-	HP, MP, Str, Int	Int
63	Sta	MP, Agl	Agl, Sta	Str, Sta	-	Sta
64	Str, Lck	HP, Str, Lck	Str, Int, Lck	MP	MP, Agl, Int, Lck	HP, MP, Str, Agl
65	MP, Agl	MP, Agl, Sta	Sta	Agl, Int, Lck	-	-
66	Str, Int	Str, Int, Lck	HP	MP	MP, Int	Int
67	Sta	Agl	Agl, Sta	Str, Int	-	Str, Lck
68	HP, Str, Lck	Lck	Str, Int, Lck	MP, Agl, Sta	MP, Int	-
69	MP, Agl	MP, Agl	Sta	Int	Agl	Int
70	Str	Str, Lck	Lck	MP, Str	MP, Int, Sta	-
71	Sta	MP, Agl, Sta	Agl, Sta	Int, Lck	Str	MP, Str
72	Str, Int, Lck	HP, Str, Int, Lck	HP, Str, Int	MP, Agl	MP, Int, Lck	Sta
73	MP, Agl	Agl	Sta	Int, Sta	-	HP, Agl, Lck
74	HP, Str	Lck	Lck	MP, Str	HP, MP, Int	-
75	Sta	MP, Agl	Agl, Sta	Lck	Agl	Int
76	Str, lck	Str, Lck	Str, Int, Lck	MP, Int	MP, Int, Sta, Lck	-
77	MP, Agl	MP, Agl, Sta	Sta	Agl, Sta	-	MP, Str
78	Str, Int	Str, Int, Lck	HP	MP, Str	MP, Str, Int	Lck
79	Sta	Agl	Agl, Sta	Int	-	Int
80	HP, Str	HP, Lck	Str, Int, Lck	MP, Lck	MP, Int	-
81	MP, Agl	MP, Agl	Sta	-	Lck	Agl
82	Str	Str, Lck	Lck	MP, Str, Agl, Int	MP, Int, Sta	-
83	-	MP, Sta	Agl, Sta	-	-	MP, Str, Int, Lck
84	Str, Int	Int, Lck	HP, Str, Int	MP	MP, Int	-
85	MP, Agl	Agl	Sta	Int, Lck	-	-
86	HP, Str	Str, Lck	-	MP, Str	MP, Int	Lck
87	-	MP	Agl, Sta	Sta	Str, Agl	MP, Int
88	Str	Lck	Str, Int, Lck	MP, Int	MP, Int	Str
89	MP, Agl	MP, Agl, Sta	Sta	Agl	HP	-
90	Str	HP, Str, Int, Lck	HP	MP	MP, Lck	MP, Lck
91	-	-	Agl, Sta	Int, Lck	-	-
92	HP, Str	Lck	HP, Str, Int	MP	MP, Int, Sta	Int
93	MP, Agl	MP, Agl	Sta	-	-	Agl
94	Str	Str, Lck	Lck	MP, Int, Sta	MP, Int	Sta
95	-	MP, Sta	Agl, Sta	-	-	Str, Lck
96	Str	Int, Lck	HP, Str, Int	MP, Lck	MP, Agl, Int, Lck	MP
97	MP, Agl	Agl	Sta	-	Str	Int
98	HP, Str	Str, Lck	-	Int	MP, Int	Lck
99	-	MP	Agl, Sta	-	Sta	Sta

Guaranteed Stats received by leveling up, at Lv99

Stat	Warrior	Thief	Monk	W.Mage	B.Mage	R.Mage
HP	27	18	20	15	12	13
MP	18	24	0	45	49	27
Str	49	33	24	18	12	25
Agl	35	32	25	17	13	17
Int	14	17	24	33	48	24
Sta	25	16	49	19	14	21
Lck	24	49	30	20	15	25

HP/MP here represent the number of greater boosts. This table does not account for the initial stats.

See also

• Stat growth in Final Fantasy

External links

• Final Fantasy GBA Hacking Notes