Mix (Final Fantasy V)

Combine items to create concoctions that can be consumed in battle to augment stats or harm enemies.

Description

Mix is an ability of the Chemist job in Final Fantasy V that allows a character to combine two items to produce certain effects on a single target.

Obtained[]

!Mix is learned by the Chemist job as its level 2 ability, for 45 AP total (30 AP from level 1).

Mechanics[]

!Mix allows party members equipping it to combine two items to produce various effects on a single selectable target (party member or enemy). All such effects pierce the reflect status, if present.

The game does not explain which combinations produce which outcomes. Therefore, in the absence of a guide, discovering them is a trial-and-error process.

Ingredients[]

All items that can be used via !Items (barring the Magic Lamp and weapons that can cast item magic) can be used as ingredients. Additionally, three items that are unusable via !Items are compatible with !Mix:

The !Combine-exclusive items (Buckshot, Blastshot, and Blitzshot) are not selectable when mixing items. Therefore, the mixes table is the same in all versions of the game.

Mimicking a mix does not use up the items again, but still results in the same outcome.

Bugs[]

The !Mix command is part of the Mix and Dualcast glitch. Additionally, the Kiss of Blessing mix can cause the Kiss of Blessing bug, depending on the version of the game.

Healing mixes[]

These mixes restore HP and/or MP. Some of them also revive their target. Whenever digits appear over the target, it means the mix is compatible with Pharmacology. These mixes are generally harmful to undead targets.

Some of these mixes share the same name with a regular item. In that case, they may be equivalent to it, or a more potent version of it.

Resurrection and Reincarnate are functionally identical to each other for all intents and purposes. They only differ in name and ingredients.

Whenever present, the min() function enforces an upper limit.

Name	Combinations	Effects
Potion	Potion + Potion Potion + Holy Water	Restores `min(max_HP, 90) HP` to a non-undead target. Damages an undead target by the same amount. Can be boosted by Pharmacology. Healing/damage always displayed as 90 (or 180 with Pharmacology).
Hi-Potion	Hi-Potion + Hi-Potion Hi-Potion + Holy Water	Restores `min(max_HP, 900) HP` to a non-undead target. Damages an undead target by the same amount. Can be boosted by Pharmacology. Healing/damage always displayed as 900 (or 1800 with Pharmacology).
X-Potion	Ether + Potion Ether + Turtle Shell	Fully restores a non-undead target's HP. Reduces a non-heavy undead target's HP to single digits. Misses against heavy undead targets.
Ether	Ether + Ether Potion + Turtle Shell Ether + Holy Water	Restores `min(max_MP, 80) MP` to a target. Works on undead targets as well. Can be boosted by Pharmacology. MP healing always displayed as 80 (or 160 with Pharmacology).
Triple Ether (Ether Dry)	Hi-Potion + Turtle Shell	Restores `min(max_MP, 160) MP` to a target. Works on undead targets as well. Can be boosted by Pharmacology. MP healing always displayed as 160 (or 320 with Pharmacology).
Balm of Gilead (Half Elixir)	Hi-Potion + Ether	Fully restores the target's MP. Works on undead targets as well.
Elixir	Potion + Elixir Hi-Potion + Elixir Ether + Elixir Elixir + Elixir Elixir + Holy Water Elixir + Antidote Elixir + Eye Drops	Fully restores a non-undead target's HP and MP. Reduces a non-heavy undead target's HP to a single digit value while still fully restoring its MP. Misses against heavy undead targets. Functionally equivalent to a regular Elixir.
Phoenix Down	Phoenix Down + Phoenix Down	Revives a non-undead KO'd target restoring 25% of their max HP. Mostly meant for allies, but can successfully revive a non-undead enemy in some circumstances (e.g. via Quick's second action if the first one killed the enemy). Misses against non-undead non-KO'd targets. May instantly kill non-heavy undead targets (subject to hit determination). Misses against heavy undead targets. Misses against undead KO'd targets. Functionally equivalent to a regular Phoenix Down.
Kiss of Life	Phoenix Down + Maiden's Kiss	Revives a non-undead KO'd target restoring 50% of their max HP and 100% of their max MP. Mostly meant for allies, but can successfully revive a non-undead enemy in some circumstances (e.g. via Quick's second action if the first one killed the enemy). Misses against non-undead non-KO'd targets. May instantly kill non-heavy undead targets (subject to hit determination). Misses against heavy undead targets. Misses against undead KO'd targets.
Reincarnate (Reincarnation)	Phoenix Down + Ether Phoenix Down + Elixir	Revives a non-undead KO'd target with full HP and MP. Mostly meant for allies, but can successfully revive a non-undead enemy in some circumstances (e.g. via Quick's second action if the first one killed the enemy). Misses against non-undead non-KO'd targets. May instantly kill non-heavy undead targets (subject to hit determination). Misses against heavy undead targets. Misses against undead KO'd targets.
Resurrection	Phoenix Down + Potion Phoenix Down + Hi-Potion	Functionally identical to Reincarnate.

Cleansing mixes[]

These are mixes that remove one or more negative statuses from the target. Some of them also have a minor healing effect. Whenever digits appear over the target, it means the mix is compatible with Pharmacology.

Some of these mixes share the same name with a regular item. In that case, they may be equivalent to it, or a more potent version of it.

Name	Combinations	Effects
Antidote	Antidote + Antidote	Removes poison (if present) from one target in battle. Functionally identical to a regular Antidote.
Neutralizer (Neutralize)	Antidote + Potion Antidote + Hi-Potion	Removes poison (if present) from one target in battle, and heals a small amount of HP via a spell (power = 30). Non-poisoned characters still benefit from the healing component. The healing component can be boosted by Pharmacology. Undead targets are damaged by the healing component.
Eye Drops (Eye Drop)	Eye Drops + Eye Drops	Removes darkness (if present) from one target in battle. Functionally identical to a regular Eye Drops.
Cure Blindness (Cure Blind)	Eye Drops + Potion Eye Drops + Hi-Potion	Removes darkness (if present) from one target in battle, and heals a small amount of HP via a spell (power = 30). Non-blinded characters still benefit from the healing component. The healing component can be boosted by Pharmacology. Undead targets are damaged by the healing component.
Maiden's Kiss (Maiden'sKiss)	Potion + Maiden's Kiss Hi-Potion + Maiden's Kiss Maiden's Kiss + Maiden's Kiss	Removes toad (if present) from one target in battle, and heals a small amount of HP via a spell (power = 30). Non-frog characters still benefit from the healing component. The healing component can be boosted by Pharmacology. Undead targets are damaged by the healing component.
Holy Water	Holy Water + Holy Water	Removes zombie (if present) from one target in battle, and heals some HP via a spell (power = 75). Non-zombified characters still benefit from the healing component. The healing component can be boosted by Pharmacology. Undead targets are damaged by the healing component.
Smelling Salts (Restorative)	Antidote + Eye Drops	Removes the following status effects (if present) from the target: old, sleep, paralyze, confuse, berserk, and silence from the target.
Remedy (Panacea)	Phoenix Down + Turtle Shell	Removes the following status effects (if present) from the target: petrify, toad, mini, poison, darkness, old, sleep, paralyze, confuse, berserk, silence, slow, and stop.

Status-bestowing support mixes[]

These are mixes that bestow beneficial statuses on a target. Bacchus's Cider and Blessed Kiss can also be used to berserk enemies to prevent them from using their abilities.

Name	Combinations	Effects
Protect Potion (Protect Drink)	Turtle Shell + Turtle Shell	Grants (or refreshes) protect and shell to the target. Functionally equivalent to a combination of single-targeted Protect and Shell spells, but unreflectable.
Bacchus's Cider (Bacchus' Wine)	Holy Water + Turtle Shell	Grants berserk to the target. Does not bypass Berserk immunity. Functionally equivalent to a single-targeted Berserk spell, but unreflectable.
Lifewater (Water of Life)	Potion + Hi-Potion	Bestows regen to the target. Functionally equivalent to a single-targeted Regen spell, but unreflectable.
Hasty-ade (Haste Drink)	Turtle Shell + Eye Drops	Grants (or refreshes) haste to the target. Functionally equivalent to a single-targeted Haste spell, but unreflectable.
Levisalve (Levitate)	Antidote + Maiden's Kiss	Applies the float status to the target. Functionally equivalent to a single-targeted Float spell, but unreflectable.
Dragon Defense (Dragon Armor)	Phoenix Down + Dragon Fang	Grants (or refreshes) protect, shell, reflect, and regen to the target. Functionally equivalent to a combination of single-targeted Protect, Shell, Reflect, and Regen spells, but unreflectable.
Blessed Kiss (Kiss of Blessing)	Maiden's Kiss + Holy Water	Grants (or refreshes) berserk, haste, and image (2) to the target. Bypasses Berserk immunity, causing unintended consequences in the SNES and PS versions of the game. Functionally equivalent to a combination of single-targeted Berserk and Haste spells (but unreflectable), plus Image.

Elemental support mixes[]

These are mixes that bestow useful elemental properties on the target.

Name	Combinations	Effects
Resist Fire	Ether + Eye Drops	Makes the target absorb fire-elemental damage via specific modifiers.
Resist Ice	Phoenix Down + Antidote	Makes the target absorb ice-elemental damage via specific modifiers.
Resist Thunder	Phoenix Down + Eye Drops	Makes the target absorb lightning-elemental damage via specific modifiers.
Dragon Shielding (Dragon Shield)	Ether + Dragon Fang	Makes the target immune to fire-elemental damage, ice-elemental damage, and lightning-elemental damage.
Elemental Power	Holy Water + Eye Drops	Boosts the damage of all elemental spells.^{[note 1]} Does not stack with other elemental boosters.

↑ This is the only way to boost water-elemental damage.

Status immunity mixes[]

These are mixes that grant status immunities to the target. Included in this list is Dragon Kiss which can also be used to make enemies dragon-type, to take advantage of weapons dragons are weak against.

Name	Combinations	Effects
Dragon Kiss (Dragon's Kiss)	Maiden's Kiss + Dragon Fang	Adds "Dragon" and "Heavy" to the target's types.
Resist Poison	Ether + Antidote	Makes the target immune to poison (the status). Does not interact in any way with the poison element or the sap status.
Lifeshield (Life Shield)	Phoenix Down + Holy Water	Makes the target immune to instant death. Does not immunize non-heavy undead targets against Phoenix Down, reviving mixes, Raise, Arise, and Revive.

Stat boosting mixes[]

These are mixes that boost a stat of the target. Whenever present, the min() function enforces an upper limit.

Name	Combinations	Effects
Samson's Might (Samson Power)	Holy Water + Antidote	Sets the target's level to `min(level + 10, 255)` until the target is KO'd, petrified, zombified, or until the battle ends. Equivalent to drinking a Hero Cocktail. Stacks with Hero Cocktail and Dragon Power. For damage computation purposes, the level is capped at 99.
Dragon Power	Dragon Fang + Potion Dragon Fang + Hi-Potion	Sets the target's level to `min(level + 20, 255)` until the target is KO'd, petrified, zombified, or until the battle ends. Stacks with Hero Cocktail and Samson's Might. For damage computation purposes, the level is capped at 99.
Goliath Tonic (Giant Drink)	Elixir + Dragon Fang	Sets the target's max HP to `min(max_HP × 2, 9999)` until the target is KO'd, petrified, zombified, or until the battle ends. Functionally equivalent to drinking a Goliath Tonic. Does not stack with itself or the Goliath Tonic drinkable item.

Debuff mixes[]

These are mixes that inflict debuffs on a target.

Name	Combinations	Effects	Image
Turtle Soup (Split Shell)	Turtle Shell + Antidote	Sets the target's defense to $defense\ //\ 2$ . Sets the target's magic defense to $magic\_defense\ //\ 2$ . Stacks with itself and Off-guard.

Status-inflicting mixes[]

These are mixes that inflict detrimental statuses on a target. They may also deal damage to it.

Name	Combinations	Effects
Antilixir (Dark Elixir)	Elixir + Dark Matter	Reduces a non-heavy target's HP to a single digit value. Misses against heavy targets. Works against non-heavy undead targets as well. Does not affect MP.
Poison	Antidote + Dark Matter	Poisons the target, if vulnerable.
Dud Potion^{[note 1]} (Failure)	Holy Water + Dark Matter	Poisons the target, if vulnerable.
Dud Potion^{[note 1]} (Failure)	Turtle Shell + Elixir	Probabilistic outcome: 75% of the time causes sap to a vulnerable target. Works on heavy targets as well. 25% of the time reduces a non-heavy target's HP to a single digit value. Misses against heavy targets.
Dud Potion^{[note 1]} (Failure)	Turtle Shell + Dragon Fang	Causes damage to the target equal to $min(9999,TargetHP\ //\ 4)$ , and may also confuse it if vulnerable. Misses against heavy targets.
Lamia Kiss (Lamia's Kiss)	Maiden's Kiss + Eye Drops	Attempts to confuse the target, if vulnerable.
Toad Kiss (Toad's Kiss)	Maiden's Kiss + Dark Matter	Attempts to inflict the toad status on the target, if vulnerable.
Dark Gas	Eye Drops + Dark Matter	Attempts to inflict darkness to the target, if vulnerable.
Dark Sigh	Eye Drops + Dragon Fang	Attempts to inflict darkness, confuse and sap to the target. For each of the three statuses, if the target is not immune, it cannot evade being inflicted with that status.
Death Potion	Phoenix Down + Dark Matter	Inflicts instant death to a non-undead target. Does not bypass death immunity, but kills heavy targets, and never misses against vulnerable targets. Fully heals undead targets.

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 There are 3 different mixes named "Dud Potion". They share the same animation, but require different ingredients, and have different effects on the target.

HP/MP draining mixes[]

These are mixes that absorb either HP or MP from their target. The effect is reversed if either the caster or the target are undead.

Name	Combinations	Effects	Image
Succubus Kiss (Drain Kiss)	Maiden's Kiss + Turtle Shell	Casts an HP-draining spell against a target. The spell power is 255. The effect is reversed against undead targets.
Lilith's Kiss	Maiden's Kiss + Ether Maiden's Kiss + Elixir	Casts an MP-draining spell against a target. The spell power is 45. The effect is reversed against undead targets.

Offensive mixes[]

These are mixes whose primary purpose is to inflict damage to a target's HP and/or MP.

Name	Combinations	Effects
Devil's Juice (Dark Potion)	Dark Matter + Potion Dark Matter + Hi-Potion	Deals exactly 666 damage to the target.
Dark Ether	Ether + Dark Matter	Inflicts fractional MP damage to a non-heavy target. The amount of MP damage is $min(9999,(TargetMP\times 3)\ //\ 4)$
Holy Breath	Holy Water + Dragon Fang	Deals holy-elemental damage equal to caster's current HP to the target.
TNT (Explosive)	Turtle Shell + Dark Matter	Deals damage equal to the caster's current HP to the target, then kills the caster.
Poison Breath	Antidote + Dragon Fang	Deals poison-elemental damage equal to half of the caster's current HP to the target.
Dragon Breath	Dragon Fang + Dragon Fang	Deals fire-elemental, ice-elemental, and lightning-elemental damage equal to the caster's current HP to the target.
Dark Breath	Dragon Fang + Dark Matter	Deals damage equal to the caster's `max_HP - current_HP` to the target.
Shadowflare (Shadow Flare)	Dark Matter + Dark Matter	Casts a magic-defense-piercing spell against the target. The spell power is 240. Inflicts sap to the target.

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[1] This is the only way to boost water-elemental damage.

[dud-potion-2] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 There are 3 different mixes named "Dud Potion". They share the same animation, but require different ingredients, and have different effects on the target.

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