Dagger (Final Fantasy IX gameplay)

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Garnet is a playable character in Final Fantasy IX known as Dagger. She is primarily a Summoner with a secondary job as a White Mage. She can summon eidolons and cast Wht Mag spells. Dagger is the party's most powerful healer for the beginning portion of the game before Eiko joins the party. She is placed in the back row by default. As a mage-type character, her physical capabilities are poor.

She is first called "Garnet" in battle, but after changing her name she is called "Dagger" (or whatever the player has decided to name her) for the remainder of the game. Garnet appears briefly as a boss, and acts as a party leader when she and Steiner are returning to Alexandria.

Dagger has two victory poses, depending on if she is wielding a rod or a racket. When she equips a rod she will spin it a few times before putting it behind her back and crossing her legs. When she equips a racket she will hold it on her side and look off into the distance. After Dagger loses her eidolons, she will not pose until after the party's first visit to Conde Petie. Later, when she loses her voice, she will not pose until after the battle with Meltigemini.

Party member

Abilities

Support abilities

Dagger's passive abilities enhance her capabilities as a mage and a healer. They include MP raising abilities, such as Healer, that lets her heal with her physical attacks; Chemist that doubles the potency of healing items; Reflect-Null that lets her spells pierce the Reflect status; Concentrate that boosts the power of spells; Half MP; and Boost, that guarantees the longer summoning of an eidolon, which is more powerful than the short summon.

Her unique ability is Odin's Sword that assures that when Odin is summoned and the enemies are immune to Zantetsuken's instant death, they take damage.

Name	Learned From	AP
Auto-Reflect	Reflect Ring	75
Auto-Float	Feather Boots	20
Auto-Haste	Running Shoes	55
Auto-Regen	Golden Hairpin, Light Robe, Angel Earrings, Maiden's Prayer	35
Auto-Life	Rebirth Ring	105
MP+20%	Angel Earrings	45
Healer	Healing Rod, Anklet, Garnet	30
Chemist	Cotton Robe, Madain's Ring, Barette	15
Reflect-Null	Robe of Lords, Pearl Rouge	45
Concentrate	Robe of Lords, Rosetta Ring	80
Half MP	Light Robe, Protect Ring	125
High Tide	Jade Armlet, Dark Hat, Gaia Gear, Minerva's Plate, Sapphire	30
Body Temp	Jade Armlet, Holy Miter, Madain's Ring, Fairy Earrings, Diamond	25
Level Up	Egoist's Armlet, Rosetta Ring, Fairy Earrings, Pearl Rouge, Extension	50
Ability Up	Stardust Rod, Green Beret, Silk Robe, Cachusha, Ribbon, Lapis Lazuli	60
Insomniac	Bandana, Holy Miter, Magician Cloak, Gaia Gear, Coral Ring	25
Antibody	Glass Armlet, Mantra Band, Survival Vest, Glass Buckle	15
Loudmouth	Mage's Hat, Golden Hairpin, Silk Robe, White Robe, Pearl Rouge	20
Jelly	Dragon Wrist, Circlet, Bronze Vest, Dark Gear	40
Auto-Potion	Mythril Vest, Demon's Vest, Magician Robe, White Robe, Running Shoes, Gold Choker, Extension	20
Locomotion	Black Hood, Golden Skullcap, Survival Vest, Demon's Vest, Anklet	30
Clear Headed	Magic Armlet, Lamia's Tiara, Green Beret, Circlet, Dark Gear, Magician Shoes	25
Boost	Pumice Piece	190
Odin's Sword	Ancient Aroma	50

White Magic

Dagger casts Cure.

Main article: Wht Mag (Final Fantasy IX)

Dagger is the player's first white mage, but her array comes second to Eiko's who joins later. Dagger can use some status magic and the basic curative and supportive spells. She learns Life, but not Full-Life; Panacea but not Esuna; and Protect, Shell and Reflect, but not Regen, Haste or Might. Her unique spells are Scan, Berserk and Confuse.

Eidolons

Main articles: Eidolon (Final Fantasy IX) § Garnet's summons or Summon (Final Fantasy IX)

Compared to Eiko, Dagger has a wider array of eidolons, but in return, Eiko has more White Magic. Dagger's eidolon pool is more powerful since she can summon both Bahamut and Ark. Dagger can summon the eidolons up to Bahamut (minus Ramuh and Leviathan) since the beginning of the game, but the spells require so much MP her level would need to be substantially higher than it is likely to be so early. Later, when Dagger re-acquires the eidolons she lost, the MP cost for summoning them is divided by four. She knows Shiva, Ifrit, Atomos, Odin, and Bahamut when she first joins.

Trance

While Dagger is in Trance, her Summon command becomes Eidolon, and the summoned eidolon reappears randomly after being called, as well as acting as a counter attack. As long as Dagger has some Trance bar remaining, the counter attack can last until the end of the battle, as it won't use MP. When Dagger uses the Eidolon command during Trance, there is a higher chance of getting a full summoning animation, which will inflict more damage. The random summons thereafter, however, always have the short summon animation and thus are weaker. Dagger loses the ability to Trance during the time she is going through emotional turmoil, but recovers after she cuts her hair.

Stats

Dagger, stat-wise, is only second to Vivi regarding Magic and MP, while being stronger physically and having more HP. Dagger has one of the best speed stats, coming just after Zidane and Amarant. Her base stat growth with no equipment modifiers is as follows:

Level	HP	MP	Speed	Strength	Magic	Spirit	Magic Stone	+
1	70	46	21	14	23	17	14
2	87	47	21	14	23	17
3	114	50	21	15	24	17
4	136	52	21	15	24	17
5	159	54	21	15	24	17
6	195	58	21	16	25	18
7	222	60	21	16	25	18
8	265	65	21	17	26	18
9	297	67	21	17	26	18
10	329	69	22	17	26	18	19
11	382	74	22	18	27	18
12	414	76	22	18	27	19
13	468	82	22	19	28	19
14	499	84	22	19	28	19
15	528	86	22	19	28	19
16	584	91	22	20	29	19
17	612	93	22	20	29	20
18	669	98	22	21	30	20
19	698	99	22	21	30	20
20	728	102	23	21	30	20	24
21	796	107	23	22	31	20
22	831	110	23	22	31	20
23	908	116	23	23	32	21
24	948	118	23	23	32	21
25	990	121	23	23	32	21
26	1080	128	23	24	33	21
27	1128	131	23	24	33	21
28	1227	139	23	25	34	22
29	1281	142	23	25	34	22
30	1337	146	24	25	34	22	30
31	1450	154	24	26	35	22
32	1513	158	24	26	35	22
33	1577	162	24	26	35	22
34	1707	171	24	27	36	23
35	1772	176	24	27	36	23
36	1900	185	24	28	37	23
37	1958	188	24	28	37	23
38	2012	192	24	28	37	23
39	2135	200	24	29	38	24
40	2181	203	25	29	38	24	36
41	2300	211	25	30	39	24
42	2338	213	25	30	39	24
43	2374	216	25	30	39	24
44	2488	223	25	31	40	24
45	2520	225	25	31	40	25
46	2632	232	25	32	41	25
47	2661	234	25	32	41	25
48	2686	236	25	32	41	25
49	2794	243	25	33	42	25
50	2815	244	26	33	42	26	41
51	2919	251	26	34	43	26
52	2935	251	26	34	43	26
53	2947	252	26	34	43	26
54	3040	258	26	35	44	26
55	3047	259	26	35	44	26
56	3139	265	26	36	45	27
57	3144	265	26	36	45	27
58	3149	266	26	36	45	27
59	3240	272	26	37	46	27
60	3243	273	27	37	46	27	47
61	3333	279	27	38	47	28
62	3334	280	27	38	47	28
63	3335	280	27	38	47	28
64	3424	287	27	39	48	28
65	3424	287	27	39	48	28
66	3425	288	27	39	48	28
67	3514	294	27	40	49	29
68	3515	294	27	40	49	29
69	3603	301	27	41	50	29
70	3604	302	28	41	50	29	52
71	3605	302	28	41	50	29
72	3694	309	28	42	51	30
73	3695	309	28	42	51	30
74	3784	316	28	43	52	30
75	3784	316	28	43	52	30
76	3785	317	28	43	52	30
77	3874	323	28	44	53	30
78	3875	324	28	44	53	31
79	3964	331	28	45	54	31
80	3965	331	29	45	54	31	58
81	3966	332	29	45	54	31
82	4055	338	29	46	55	31
83	4056	339	29	46	55	32
84	4145	346	29	47	56	32
85	4146	346	29	47	56	32
86	4147	347	29	47	56	32
87	4236	353	29	48	57	32
88	4237	354	29	48	57	32
89	4326	361	29	49	58	33
90	4327	361	30	49	58	33	63
91	4328	362	30	49	58	33
92	4418	369	30	50	59	33
93	4419	369	30	50	59	33
94	4508	376	30	51	60	34
95	4509	377	30	51	60	34
96	4510	378	30	51	60	34
97	4599	384	30	52	61	34
98	4600	385	30	52	61	34
99	4704	391	30	52	61	34	68

Equipment

Main articles: Final Fantasy IX weapons § Rods or Final Fantasy IX weapons § Rackets

Dagger uses rods and magical rackets as weapons. Rackets are long-range weapons allowing her to attack from the back row with normal damage, although due to her poor physical stats Dagger's physical attack is weak. She can equip jewels to learn new eidolons, and equips mage-type armor.

She starts with a Rod and Silk Shirt.

Boss

Main article: Garnet (boss)

Garnet appears as a boss when trapped inside Prison Cage. The player must defeat Prison Cage before her HP drops to zero, but can heal her with Potions to prevent this. As with other player characters, a mirror version of Dagger can also be fought.