Rhythmia

Rhythmia (abbreviated as rm), Rhythm Points (リズポ, Rizupo?) in Japanese, is a concept in Theatrhythm Final Fantasy, Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call, and Theatrhythm Final Bar Line. It is obtained by clearing music scores, and accumulating it leads to various rewards for the player. Chaos is encountered immediately for a one-off Battle Music Sequence (BMS) upon reaching 10,000 Rhythmia in Theatrhythm and 20,000 in Curtain Call, after which the credits roll and the story is considered completed; Curtain Call additionally has a similar encounter with Feral Chaos at 40,000 Rhythmia. The 10,000 Rhythmia reward for Curtain Call is a special EMS.

In Theatrhythm, Rhythmia rewards are either new Music Stages to be played in Challenge Mode—every 5,000rm from 10,000 up to 25,000 unlocks a new Encore track, and every 2,500rm from 27,500 up to 45,000 unlocks a new Chaos track—shards for unlocking characters, the addition of movies and music to the Museum, or the addition of characters and byline phrases for the ProfiCard. If the player earns a Shard but already has the corresponding character unlocked, they will receive a consumable item instead.

Curtain Call has a mostly identical system, although movies are added to the Theatre after clearing the new EMS, as those are Rhythmia rewards instead, and the first shard reward for each color is a full set to allow a character to be unlocked immediately, after which shard rewards are single shards. Shard colors are earned in a repeating cycle, and any color for which all characters have been unlocked is simply skipped in the cycle order rather than being replaced by a consumable. Additionally, a new type of reward is sound effects that can be selected as the chimes played when hitting triggers.

Rhythmia is capped at 99,999 in Theatrhythm and capped at 999,999 in Curtain Call.

Rhythmia bonuses[]

When the player completes any music stage, they always earn a Clear Bonus, Chain Bonus, and Rank Bonus, depending on their clearing the stage, their highest Chain, and the rank grade they receive for their score. The player will also receive a Tactical Bonus, which is calculated based on the party's remaining HP, the percentage of Triggers the player hit a Critical on, what items the player used, and what abilities they activated.

The player can also receive the following optional bonuses by meeting various requirements:

Title Character Bonus – awarded when the party includes a character from the same original game as the song. This bonus stacks if the party has more than one such character.
All Male/Female Bonus – awarded when all four party members are male or female.
Daily/Weekly Player Bonus – awarded based on the consecutive number of days the player has played.
Critical Charter Bonus – awarded when the Critical Chart is completely filled.
First Clearing Bonus – awarded the first time the player clears a song.
Multi Play Bonus – awarded based on the number of people participating in Multi Play in the Chaos Shrine.

Curtain Call adds the Daily Special Bonus, which is awarded for clearing a daily special ("Today's Top Hit!") music stage, and equates to half of the Rhythmia earned from playing the score (including all other bonuses applied), rounded down. The Stoic Bonus from Theatrhythm (awarded for clearing a score with no abilities or items equipped) is now a Rhythmia bonus, worth 20rm. Clear Bonus is renamed to Clearing Bonus, and First Clearing Bonus is no longer awarded. All Male and All Female are renamed to Men Only and Women Only. Multi Play Bonus is also absent, due to the replacement of the Chaos Shrine mode with Quest Medleys.

Strategy[]

An effective way to make a large amount of Rhythmia quickly in Theatrhythm is to make a party of Cecil, Rydia, Kain, and one other character, and use the following Reaction abilities (the player may use any Proactive abilities they wish):

Cecil: Fire, Thunder, Blizzard
Kain: Focus Lv1, Focus Lv2
Rydia: Thunder, Blizzard

The fourth party member can be any character that can equipped with Fire, Thunder and Blizzard at the same time. Vivi, Onion Knight, and Ashe all work for this purpose.

The player should enter Challenge mode and play any Final Fantasy IV BMS over and over. The Tactical bonus will grant the player 50 Rhythmia or more depending on their performance, the large amount of Reactive abilities equipped boosting the bonus greatly (Fire, Blizzard, and Thunder need fewer triggers to activate, allowing them to trigger more often). In tandem with a +90 Rhythmia bonus for having all three Final Fantasy IV characters in the party, the player can easily earn over 200 Rhythmia per attempt, possibly going as high as 300.

In Curtain Call, every main series title from Final Fantasy IV to Final Fantasy XIII has enough characters to allow a quadruple Title Character Bonus. In addition, the four Final Fantasy XI characters are all female, meaning the Women Only Bonus can also be earned at the same time. If one includes downloadable content characters, the Men Only Bonus is similarly achievable for Final Fantasy VII using Cloud, Barret, Sephiroth and Vincent, or Final Fantasy X using Tidus, Auron, Jecht and Auron #2. Playing music stages that have a Daily Special Bonus each day is also a useful source of Rhythmia, especially if the player optimizes the amount earned by triggering as many bonuses as possible (Critical Charter being especially valuable, but notably, only achievable once per score). The combination of the Wo/Men Only, Stoic and quadruple Title Character Bonuses guarantees a base Rhythmia reward of 150rm before adding any other bonuses.

Rhythmia Rewards[]

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy[]

rm	Reward	100	"Prelude" I ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}
500	Movie added to Theater – Final Fantasy	1000	1st Dark Note
1500	Yellow Shard	2000	"Battle Theme 2" II ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}
2500	Scarlet Shard	3000	ProfiCard character – Princess Sarah
3500	Orange Shard	4000	"Elia, the Maiden of Water" III ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}
4500	Movie added to Theater – Final Fantasy XIII	5000	Yellow Shard
5500	Scarlet Shard	6000	"Main Theme of Final Fantasy IV" IV ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}
6500	Orange Shard	7000	ProfiCard character – Minwu
7500	Movie added to Theater – Final Fantasy II	8000	Yellow Shard
8500	Scarlet Shard	9000	"Ending Theme" V ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}
9500	Orange Shard	10000	"Dancing Mad" VI ^{C (Track added to Challenge Mode (Encore))}
10500	Movie added to Theater – Final Fantasy XII	11000	"Omen" VI ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}
11500	ProfiCard character – Shiva	12000	"One-Winged Angel" VII ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}
12500	Silver Shard	13000	Movie added to Theater – Final Fantasy III
13500	"Waltz for the Moon" VIII ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}	14000	Turquoise Shard
14500	ProfiCard character – Cid	15000	"Blinded by Light" XIII ^{C (Track added to Challenge Mode (Encore))}
15500	"Over the Hill" IX ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}	16000	Crimson Shard
16500	"SUTEKI DA NE Orchestra Version ("SUTEKI DA NE (Isn't It Wonderful?) Orchestra Version")" X ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}	17000	ProfiCard byline phrases
17500	ProfiCard character – Rydia	18000	Scarlet Shard
18500	"Vana'diel March" XI ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}	19000	ProfiCard byline phrases
19500	"Clash of Swords" XII ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}	20000	"Searching for Friends" VI ^{C (Track added to Challenge Mode (Encore))}
20500	"Defiers of Fate" XIII ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}	21000	Yellow Shard
21500	ProfiCard character – Ramuh	22000	"Main Theme" I ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}
22500	Indigo Shard	23000	"Finale" II ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}
23500	Movie added to Theater – Final Fantasy XI	24000	"Prelude" III ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}
24500	ProfiCard character – Faris	25000	"Let the Battles Begin!" VII ^{C (Track added to Challenge Mode (Encore))}
25500	Orange Shard	26000	"Battle with the Four Fiends" IV ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}
26500	ProfiCard byline phrases	27000	Green Shard
27500	"Mt. Gulg" I ^{C (Track added to Challenge Mode (Chaos))}	28000	"Home, Sweet Home" V ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}
28500	ProfiCard character – Locke	29000	"Terra's Theme" VI ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}
29500	Orange Shard	30000	"Battle 1" IV ^{C (Track added to Challenge Mode (Chaos))}
30500	"Ending Credits" VII ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}	31000	ProfiCard character – Aerith
31500	"Overture" VIII ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}	32000	"Battle 1" IX ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}
32500	"Within the Giant" IV ^{C (Track added to Challenge Mode (Chaos))}	33000	Scarlet Shard
33500	ProfiCard character – Ifrit	34000	"SUTEKI DA NE (Isn't It Wonderful?)" X ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}
34500	Movie added to Theater – Final Fantasy IV	35000	"Battle to the Death" VI ^{C (Track added to Challenge Mode (Chaos))}
35500	"Ronfaure" XI ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}	36000	Yellow Shard
36500	"Ending Movie" XII ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}	37000	Silver Shard
37500	"Mambo de Chocobo" V ^{C (Track added to Challenge Mode (Chaos))}	38000	"FINAL FANTASY XIII - The Promise" XIII ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}
38500	ProfiCard byline phrases	39000	Rainbow Shard
39500	"Battle" I ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}	40000	"JENOVA" VII ^{C (Track added to Challenge Mode (Chaos))}
40500	ProfiCard character - Seifer	41000	Crimson Shard
41500	"The Rebel Army" II ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}	42000	Indigo Shard
42500	"Judgment Day" VII ^{C (Track added to Challenge Mode (Encore))}	43000	"Eternal Wind" III ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}
43500	Green Shard	44000	"Epilogue" IV ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}
44500	"Main Theme of Final Fantasy V" V ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}	45000	"Something to Protect" IX ^{C (Track added to Challenge Mode (Chaos))}
45500	Movie added to Theater – Final Fantasy X	46000	"The Decisive Battle" VI ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}
46500	"Aerith's Theme" VII ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}	47000	Turquoise Shard
47500	"Blue Fields" VIII ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}	48000	ProfiCard character – Vivi
48500	"Melodies of Life ~ Final Fantasy" IX ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}	49000	Silver Shard
49500	"Zanarkand" X ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}	50000	ProfiCard byline phrases
50500	"Awakening" XI ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}	51000	ProfiCard character – Yuna
51500	"Theme of the Empire" XII ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}	52000	ProfiCard byline phrases
52500	"The Sunleth Waterscape" XIII ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}	53000	Red Shard
53500	"End Theme" I ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}	54000	ProfiCard byline phrases
54500	"Prelude" II ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}	55000	Movie added to Theater – Final Fantasy V
55500	Green Shard	56000	"Battle 2" III ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}
56500	ProfiCard byline phrases	57000	"Theme of Love" IV ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}
57500	ProfiCard character – Odin	58000	ProfiCard byline phrases
58500	"Four Hearts" V ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}	59000	Red Shard
59500	"Balance Is Restored" VI ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}	60000	ProfiCard byline phrases
60500	"The Prelude" VII ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}	61000	Gray Shard
61500	"The Man with the Machine Gun" VIII ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}	62000	ProfiCard character - Prishe
62500	"Behind the Door" IX ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}	63000	Turquoise Shard
63500	"Mi'ihen Highroad" X ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}	64000	ProfiCard byline phrases
64500	"Vana'diel March #2" XI ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}	65000	Movie added to Theater – Final Fantasy IX
65500	"FINAL FANTASY ~FFXII Version~" XII ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}	66000	ProfiCard byline phrases
66500	"Saber's Edge" XIII ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}	67000	Red Shard
67500	"Opening Theme" I ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}	68000	Indigo Shard
68500	"Main Theme" II ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}	69000	ProfiCard character - Ashe
69500	"The Everlasting World" III ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}	70000	ProfiCard byline phrases
70500	Crimson Shard	71000	"Prelude" IV ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}
71500	ProfiCard byline phrases	72000	White Shard
72500	"Battle at the Big Bridge" V ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}	73000	ProfiCard character - Snow
73500	ProfiCard byline phrases	74000	"Celes's Theme"VI ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}
74500	Turquoise Shard	75000	Movie added to Theater – Final Fantasy VI
75500	"Main Theme of Final Fantasy VII" VII ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}	76000	ProfiCard byline phrases
76500	ProfiCard Character - Bahamut	77000	"Ending Theme" VIII ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}
77500	ProfiCard byline phrases	78000	"A Place to Call Home" IX ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}
78500	Silver Shard	79000	"Fight With Seymour" X ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}
79500	ProfiCard byline phrases	80000	"FFXI Opening Theme" XI ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}
80500	Purple Shard	81000	"Giza Plains" XII ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}
81500	White Shard	82000	ProfiCard byline phrases
82500	"Ending Credits" XIII ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}	83000	ProfiCard byline phrases
83500	Gray Shard	84000	"Mt. Gulg" I ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}
84500	ProfiCard Character - Chocobo	85000	Movie added to Theater – Final Fantasy VIII
85500	ProfiCard byline phrases	86000	"Within the Giant" IV ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}
86500	Golden Shard	87000	"Battle 1" FFIV ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}
87500	ProfiCard character – Moogle	88000	ProfiCard byline phrases
88500	"Mambo de Chocobo" V ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}	89000	Rainbow Shard
89500	ProfiCard byline phrases	90000	"Battle to the Death" VI ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}
90500	ProfiCard character – Kain	91000	Crimson Shard
91500	"Judgment Day" VII ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}	92000	ProfiCard byline phrases
92500	Purple Shard	93000	"JENOVA" VII ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}
93500	ProfiCard byline phrases	94000	"Something to Protect" FFIX ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}
94500	ProfiCard character – Sephiroth	95000	Movie added to Theater – Final Fantasy VII
95500	"Dancing Mad" VI ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}	96000	ProfiCard byline phrases
96500	"Blinded By Light" XIII ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}	97000	ProfiCard byline phrases
97500	ProfiCard character – Cosmos	98000	"Searching for Friends" VI ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}
98500	ProfiCard byline phrases	99000	Golden Shard
99500	ProfiCard byline phrases	99999	"Let the Battles Begin!" VII ^{M (Track added to Music Player)}

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call[]

Cloud: I couldn't finish 'em. Looks like this's gonna get complicated.

The following tables are incomplete for one or more reasons. If you wish, please examine the table and add anything missing. Remove this notice upon completion.

Shard color order is presumed random per save file, but cycles through eleven colors in the same order within that file. The first four colors in the cycle are Red, Yellow, Green and Indigo, in some order. The remaining seven colors are Purple, Peach, Orange, Turquoise, White, Silver and Golden, in some order. Black Shards are not part of the cycle. When a shard color is completed (i.e. all characters unlocked for that color), it is removed from the cycle.

rm	Reward	250	Shard x4
500	New chime	750	Music player – Final Fantasy tracks
1000	EMS – "Answers" FFXIV	1250	Shard x4
1500	EMS – "Savior of Souls" LR:FFXIII	1750	New chime
2000	EMS – "1000 Words" FFX-2	2250	Shard x4
2500	EMS – "Advent: One-Winged Angel" FFVII:AC	2750	Shard x4
3000	New chime	3250	New character art
3500	EMS – "Moonless Starry Night" FFCC	3750	New byline phrases
4000	Shard x6	4250	New character art
4500	EMS – "Warrior Goddess" FFXIII-2	4750	Shard x6
5000	New chime	5250	New character art
5500	EMS – "Opening" FFT	5750	Music player – Lightning Returns tracks
6000	New chime	6250	Shard x6
6500	EMS – "We Have Come" FFType-0	6750	Shard x6
7000	New byline phrases	7250	New character art
7500	EMS – "CRISIS CORE Theme - Dreams and Honor" CC-FFVII-	7750	Shard x6
8000	New chime	8250	Shard x6
8500	EMS – "Lux Concordiae" D012	8750	New byline phrases
9000	Shard x6	9250	New character art
9500	New chime	9750	Shard x1
10000	EMS – "THEATRHYTHM FINAL FANTASY CURTAIN CALL Special Arrangement Medley" Series
10500	New byline phrases	11000	Shard x1
11500	Music Player – Final Fantasy II tracks	12000	New character art
12500	New chime	13000	Shard x1
13500	New character art	14000	New byline phrases
14500	Shard x1	15000	New chime
15500	New character art	16000	Shard x1
16500	Music Player – Final Fantasy XIV tracks	17000	New byline phrases
17500	New character art	18000	Shard x1
18500	New chime	19000	Shard x1
19500	New character art	20000	Chaos unlocked as playable character
20500	New byline phrases	21000	Shard x1
21500	Music Player – Final Fantasy III tracks	22000	BMS – "Dungeon Hero X's Theme" Fables:CD
22500	New chime	23000	New character art
23500	Shard x1	24000	New byline phrases
24500	Shard x1	25000	New character art
25500	New chime	26000	BMS – "Raffaello Battle" Fables:CD
26500	Music Player – Final Fantasy XIII-2 tracks	27000	New character art
27500	Shard x1	28000	New byline phrases
28500	Shard x1	29000	New character art
29500	New chime	30000	BMS – "Guardian of the Dark II" Fables:CD
30500	Shard x1	31000	New character art
31500	Music Player – Final Fantasy IV tracks	32000	New byline phrases
32500	Shard x1	33000	New character art
33500	New chime	34000	Shard x1
34500	New byline phrases	35000	New character art
35500	Shard x1	36000	New chime
36500	Music Player – Type-0 tracks	37000	New character art
37500	Shard x1	38000	New byline phrases
38500	Shard x1	39000	New character art
39500	New chime	40000	BMS – "The Chaos Shrine - TFFCC BMS Arrangement - From FF" Series
40500	Shard x1	41000	New character art
41500	Music Player – Final Fantasy V tracks	42000	New byline phrases
42500	Shard x1	43000	New character art
43500	New chime	44000	Shard x1
44500	New byline phrases	45000	New character art
45500	Shard x1	46000	New chime
46500	Music Player – Dissidia 012 tracks	47000	New character art
47500	Shard x1	48000	New byline phrases
48500	Shard x1	49000	New character art
49500	New chime	50000	Shard x1
50500	New byline phrases	51000	New character art
51500	Music Player – Final Fantasy VI tracks	52000	Shard x1
52500	New chime	53000	New character art
53500	Shard x1	54000	New byline phrases
54500	Shard x1	55000	New character art
55500	New chime	56000	Shard x1
56500	Music Player – Dissidia tracks	57000	New character art
57500	New byline phrases	58000	Shard x1
58500	New chime	59000	New character art
59500	Shard x1	60000	New byline phrases
60500	Shard x1	61000	New character art
61500	Music Player – Final Fantasy VII tracks	62000	New chime
62500	Shard x1	63000	New character art
63500	New byline phrases	64000	Shard x1
64500	New chime	65000	New character art
65500	Shard x1	66000	New byline phrases
66500	Music Player – Crisis Core tracks	67000	New character art
67500	Shard x1	68000	New chime
68500	Shard x1	69000	New character art
69500	New byline phrases	70000	Shard x1
70500	New chime	71000	New character art
71500	Music Player – Final Fantasy VIII tracks	72000	Shard x1
72500	New byline phrases	73000	New character art
73500	Shard x1	74000	New chime
74500	Shard x1	75000	New character art
75500	New byline phrases	76000	Shard x1
76500	Music Player – Advent Children tracks	77000	New character art
77500	New chime	78000	Shard x1
78500	New byline phrases	79000	New character art
79500	Shard x1	80000	New chime
80500	Shard x1	81000	New character art
81500	Music Player – Final Fantasy IX tracks	82000	New byline phrases
82500	Shard x1	83000	New character art
83500	New chime	84000	Shard x1
84500	New byline phrases	85000	New character art
85500	Shaed x1	86000	New chime
86500	Music Player – Crystal Chronicles tracks	87000	New character art
87500	Shard x1	88000	New byline phrases
88500	Shard x1	89000	New character art
89500	New chime	90000	Shard x1
90500	New byline phrases	91000	New character art
91500	Music Player – Final Fantasy X tracks	92000	Shard x1
92500	New chime	93000	New character art
93500	Shard x1	94000	New byline phrases
94500	Shard x1	95000	New character art
95500	New chime	96000	Shard x1
96500	Music Player – Final Fantasy X-2 tracks	97000	New character art
97500	New byline phrases	98000	Shard x1
98500	New chime	99000	New character art
99500	Shard x1	100000	New character art
101000	Music Player – Final Fantasy XI tracks	102000	New byline phrases
103000	Shard x1	104000	New byline phrases
105000	Shard x1	106000	Music Player – Final Fantasy Tactics tracks
107000	New chime	108000	Shard x1
109000	New byline phrases	110000	Music Player – Final Fantasy XII tracks
111000	Shard x1	112000	New byline phrases
113000	Shard x1	114000	New chime
115000	Shard x1	116000	Music Player – Final Fantasy Mystic Quest tracks
117000	New byline phrases	118000	Shard x1
119000	New byline phrases	120000	Shard x1
121000	Music Player – Final Fantasy XIII tracks	122000	New chime
123000	Shard x1	124000	New byline phrases
125000	Shard x1	126000	New byline phrases
127000	Shard x1	128000	New chime
129000	Shard x1	130000	New byline phrases
131000	Shard x1	132000	New byline phrases
133000	Shard x1	134000	New chime
135000	Shard x1	136000	New byline phrases
137000		138000
139000		140000	New chime
141000		142000
143000		144000
145000		146000	New chime
147000		148000
149000		150000	New character art – Knights of the Round
151000		152000
153000	New chime	154000
155000		156000
157000		158000
159000	New chime	160000
161000		162000
163000		164000
165000	New chime	166000
167000		168000
169000		170000
171000	New chime	172000
173000		174000
175000		176000
177000	New chime	178000
179000		180000
181000		182000
183000	New chime	184000
185000		186000
187000		188000
189000	New chime	190000
191000		192000
193000		194000
195000		196000
197000		198000
199000		200000	New character art – Sephiroth

Rewards between 200,000 and 300,000 rhythmia alternate between shards (on odd multiples of 1000) and byline phrases (on even multiples). The Chaos character art is unlocked at 300,000 rhythmia. The final byline phrase (number 198) is unlocked at 999,999 rhythmia.

Once there are no more shards to be obtained, the replacement item rewards are selected from the following:

Phoenix Pinion	Miratete's Memoirs	Knights' Magicite	Scapegoat
Libra Scroll I	Libra Scroll II	Libra Scroll III	First Class Ticket