Rydia/Gameplay

Rydia is a playable character in Final Fantasy IV, Final Fantasy IV -Interlude- and Final Fantasy IV: The After Years. She is the first dedicated Summoner in the Final Fantasy series, and also excels in casting Black Magic, making her an excellent offensive mage and thus her stat growth is geared toward magic use. Rydia is the only named, playable Summoner to focus on black magic, as the Summoners after her (Dagger and Eiko of Final Fantasy IX and Yuna of Final Fantasy X) use White Magic.

For playable appearances outside the Final Fantasy IV series, see Rydia/Other appearances

Final Fantasy IV

As a Summoner, Rydia has high magic stats but low physical stats and can summon Eidolons, magical creatures that appear at her behest to devastate enemies.

Stats

2D stats

Level	HP	MP	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intellect	Spirit
1	30	10	3	4	2	8	5
10	115	59	6	9	5	15	9
20	326	146	11	13	10	23	18
30	647	231	16	17	15	31	27
40	1063	337	21	21	20	39	36
50	1628	445	26	25	25	47	45
60	2289	552	31	29	29	55	50
70	3065	659	36	33	34	63	54
80	3910	765	rdm	rdm	rdm	rdm	rdm
90	4774	868	rdm	rdm	rdm	rdm	rdm
99	5540	964	rdm	rdm	rdm	rdm	rdm

Rydia's level up possibilities.

Level up possibilities(Data extracted from PSP version)

Possibility	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intellect	Spirit
1	-1	-1	0	0	-1
2	-1	0	-1	0	-1
3	-1	0	0	-1	-1
4	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
5	+2	0	+2	+2	+2
6	0	0	0	+3	+3
7	+3	+3	0	+3	+3

Pixel Remaster level up possibilities(Data extracted from PR version)

Possibility	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intellect	Spirit
1	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0
3	0	0	0	0	0
4	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
5	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
6	+2	0	+2	+2	+2
7	+3	+3	0	+3	+3
8	0	0	0	+3	+3

3D stats

Child

Level	HP	MP	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intellect	Spirit
7	101	50	10	8	8	6	3
10	141	70	13	10	11	6	3
20	344	137	17	14	15	16	12
30	637	204	21	18	19	25	20
40	1035	271	25	22	23	35	29
50	1542	338	28	25	26	44	37
60	2147	405	32	29	30	54	46
70	2850	472	36	33	34	63	54

When Rydia rejoins the party the second time, she will be at level 30 if Child Rydia's level was lower or equal to that level. If Child Rydia's level is higher than 30, Rydia will retain it. Finally, if Child Rydia's level is over 70 and has a specific level up (thanks to the Augment ability system), she will retain that level however she will also lose all stats bonuses. The stats bonuses applied are those from her default battle menu as an adult, meaning she will get bonuses for having Attack, Black Magic, Summon and item.

Adult

Level	HP	MP	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intellect	Spirit
30	623	204	21	18	19	35	20
40	1022	271	25	22	23	44	29
50	1521	338	28	25	26	54	37
60	2125	405	32	29	30	63	46
70	2822	472	36	33	34	72	54

To reach the max 99 points in her stats, Rydia needs 63 points in Strength, 66 in Speed, 65 in Stamina, 27 in Intellect and 45 in Spirit.

Abilities

Rydia can use Black Magic and learns every spell, up to and including Meteor, but she learns them later than Palom due to her emphasis on Summon Magic. As a child, she can cast some basic White Magic. When she returns to the party as an adult, she has forgotten these spells.

Thundaga.

In the 3D remake versions, Rydia can learn more White Magic as a child, and learns her later Black Magic at different levels. Rydia joins the party at Level 7, while she joins at level 1 in all other releases, and thus knows several spells already. When she is reverted to a child during her Lunar Trial in the Advance and Complete Collection releases, she can cast her White Magic while retaining her Black Magic.

When Rydia rejoins as an adult in the Dwarven Castle after beating Golbez (2D and 3D), she has Fira, Blizzara, Thundara, along with Cura. At this point, she no longer has the White Magic command and cannot use her White Magic spells; thus, Cura can never be used outside of her trial in the GBA and PSP versions, when she loses Summon Magic and temporarily regains White Magic.

In all releases, Rydia learns her Eidolons the same way.

Black Magic Spell Level Learned 2D (SNES/PS/GBA/PSP) 3D (DS/iOS/Android) Blizzard 2 Known Thunder 5 Known Sleep 8 8 Poison 10 10 Warp 12 12 Toad 13 13 Fire Event Event Stop 15 15 Pig 20 20 Bio 26 26 Fira Event Event Blizzara Event Event Thundara Event Event Osmose 32 33 Drain 36 Event Blizzaga 39 38 Firaga 42 40 Thundaga 45 41 Quake 47 Event Break 49 43 Tornado 51 58 Death 52 55 Flare 55 60 Meteor 60 80

White Magic Spell Level Learned 2D (SNES/PS/GBA/PSP/PR) 3D (DS/iOS/Android) Cure 3 Known Sight 4 Known Hold 7 Known Confuse — 8 Esuna — 10 Cura Event 12 Raise — 15 Summons Spell Acquired Chocobo Known Whyt Known Goblin Enemy drop Cockatrice Enemy drop Bomb Enemy drop Mindflayer Enemy drop Mist Dragon Event Ifrit Event Shiva Event Ramuh Event Titan Event Asura Defeat Asura (2D and 3D) Leviathan Defeat Leviathan (2D and 3D) Sylph Inside the Sylph Cave Odin Defeat Odin (2D and 3D) Bahamut Defeat Bahamut (2D and 3D)

Equipment

Equipment -Child-

As a child, Rydia may equip rods, staves, bows and arrows, daggers, whips, hats, clothes, robes, armlets and rings. In the 3D versions, her child self cannot equip daggers and whips unlike her 2D versions. She joins with a rod, a leather cap, leather clothing and an iron armlet in the 2D versions and with a rod, leather clothing and a silver armlet in the 3D remake.

Weapons 2D and 3D

Rods	Staves	Whips
Rod 2D 3D Ice Rod 2D 3D Flame Rod 2D 3D Thunder Rod 2D 3D Polymorph Rod 2D 3D Faerie Rod 2D 3D Lilith Rod 2D 3D Stardust Rod 2D 3D	Staff 2D 3D Healing Staff 2D 3D Mythril Staff 2D 3D Power Staff 2D 3D Aura Staff 2D 3D Rune Staff 2D 3D Sage's Staff 2D 3D	Whip 2D Chain Whip 2D Blitz Whip 2D Flame Whip 2D Dragon Whisker 2D Mystic Whip 2D
Bows	Arrows	Daggers
Bow 2D Power Bow 2D Great Bow 2D Killer Bow 2D Elven Bow 2D Yoichi Bow 2D Artemis Bow 2D	Medusa Arrow 2D Iron Arrow 2D Holy Arrow 2D Fire Arrow 2D Lightning Arrow 2D Ice Arrow 2D Blinding Arrow 2D Poison Arrow 2D Silencing Arrow 2D Angel Arrow 2D Yoichi Arrow 2D Artemis Arrow 2D	Mythril Knife 2D Dancing Dagger 2D Mage Masher 2D Assassin's Dagger 2D

Armor 2D and 3D

Shield	Head	Body	Arms
Hero's Shield 2D	Leather Cap 2D 3D Headband 2D 3D Feathered Cap 2D 3D Green Beret 2D 3D Wizard's Hat 2D 3D Black Cowl 2D 3D Sage's Miter 2D 3D Gold Hairpin 2D 3D Ribbon 2D 3D Glass Mask 2D 3D	Clothing 2D 3D Prison Garb 2D 3D Leather Clothing 2D 3D Bard's Tunic 2D 3D Gaia Gear 2D 3D Kenpogi 2D 3D Sage's Surplice 2D 3D Black Belt Gi 2D 3D Power Sash 2D 3D Black Robe 2D 3D Luminous Robe 2D 3D Minerva Bustier 2D 3D White Robe 2D 3D Adamant Armor 2D 3D Rainbow Robe 2D	Cursed Ring 2D 3D Iron Armlet 2D 3D Ruby Ring 2D 3D Silver Armlet 2D 3D Rune Armlet 2D 3D Power Armlet 2D Diamond Armlet 2D 3D Protect Ring 2D 3D Crystal Ring 2D 3D Mist Ring 2D

Equipment -Adult-

Adult Rydia's equipment menu, featuring her equipped with a staff.

As an adult, Rydia can equip rods, bows and arrows, daggers, whips, hats, clothes, robes, armlets and rings. She loses the ability to equip staves. In the 3D remakes, she cannot equip bows. Her armor is limited to universal equips and mage equips. Equipping Rydia with the Mist Ring allows summoning the Mist Dragon to grant a Blink effect on the entire party. She joins with a whip, a gaia gear and a silver armlet in the 2D versions and with a whip, a gold hairpin, a luminous robe and a rune armlet in the 3D remake.

In the Game Boy Advance and PlayStation Portable versions, there is a loophole the player can use to equip the adult Rydia with a staff: when she transforms into a child in her Lunar Trial she regains her White Magic and the ability to equip staves, and will not remove any equipped staff she is given when the trial ends and she turns back into an adult. However, once the staff is removed it cannot be re-equipped without repeating the trial. This loophole also works with the White Robe.

Weapons 2D and 3D

Bows	Arrows	Daggers	Rods	Whips
Bow 2D Power Bow 2D Great Bow 2D Killer Bow 2D Elven Bow 2D Yoichi Bow 2D Artemis Bow 2D	Medusa Arrow 2D Iron Arrow 2D Holy Arrow 2D Fire Arrow 2D Lightning Arrow 2D Ice Arrow 2D Blinding Arrow 2D Poison Arrow 2D Silencing Arrow 2D Angel Arrow 2D Yoichi Arrow 2D Artemis Arrow 2D	Mythril Knife 2D 3D Dancing Dagger 2D 3D Mage Masher 2D 3D Assassin's Dagger 2D	Rod 2D 3D Ice Rod 2D 3D Flame Rod 2D 3D Thunder Rod 2D 3D Polymorph Rod 2D 3D Faerie Rod 2D 3D Lilith Rod 2D 3D Stardust Rod 2D 3D	Whip 2D 3D Chain Whip 2D 3D Blitz Whip 2D 3D Flame Whip 2D 3D Dragon Whisker 2D 3D Mystic Whip 2D

Armor 2D and 3D

Shield	Head	Body	Arms
Hero's Shield 2D	Leather Cap 2D 3D Headband 2D 3D Feathered Cap 2D 3D Green Beret 2D 3D Wizard's Hat 2D 3D Black Cowl 2D 3D Sage's Miter 2D 3D Gold Hairpin 2D 3D Ribbon 2D 3D Glass Mask 2D 3D Onion Helm 3D	Clothing 2D 3D Prison Garb 2D 3D Leather Clothing 2D 3D Bard's Tunic 2D 3D Gaia Gear 2D 3D Kenpogi 2D 3D Sage's Surplice 2D 3D Black Belt Gi 2D 3D Power Sash 2D 3D Black Robe 2D 3D Luminous Robe 2D 3D Minerva Bustier 2D 3D Adamant Armor 2D 3D Onion Armor 3D Rainbow Robe 2D	Cursed Ring 2D 3D Iron Armlet 2D 3D Ruby Ring 2D 3D Silver Armlet 2D 3D Rune Armlet 2D 3D Power Armlet 2D Diamond Armlet 2D 3D Protect Ring 2D 3D Crystal Ring 2D 3D Onion Gloves 3D Mist Ring 2D

Boss

Main articles: Girl (Final Fantasy IV) or Girl (Final Fantasy IV 3D)

Rydia appears as the Girl in the scripted battle with Cecil and Kain in Final Fantasy IV at Mist.

Quests

Rydia's Lunar Trial

Rydia's Trial.

See also: Lunar Ruins

Rydia enters a cave filled with mist. She turns back into a child, and Ifrit, Titan, Ramuh, and Shiva abandon her. The party must find them and defeat them to regain them. After defeating them the mist dissipates, and the party fights Lunar Dragon. After defeating it, the player gets the Mist Ring, which improves Rydia's Mist Dragon summon and grants the party the Blink status.

The Lunar Trials are available in the GBA and PSP versions.

Final Fantasy IV -Interlude-

Rydia appears for the final battle against Rydia?. Her level and full equipment except her equipped weapon are unknown, as the player cannot enter the menu while she is in the party. She has a Stardust Rod equipped if viewed from the items menu.

Stats

She has 1100 HP and 330 MP. Since she knows Blizzaga but does not know Firaga, it can be hypothesized that Rydia is at level 39, 40 or 41.

Abilities

She knows all her Black Magic up to Blizzaga. She also has all her summons except for Goblin, Bomb, Cockatrice and Mindflayer.

Spell Level Blizzard Known Thunder Known Sleep Known Poison Known Warp Known Toad Known Stop Known Pig Known

Spell Level Bio Known Osmose Known Drain Known Blizzaga Known Fire Known Fira Known Blizzara Known Thundara Known

Eidolon Acquired Chocobo Known Dragon Known Titan Known Shiva Known Ramuh Known Ifrit Known Sylph Known Odin Known Leviathan Known Asura Known Bahamut Known

Equipment

Rydia may equip rods, bows and arrows, daggers, whips, hats, clothes, robes, armlets and rings. She is equipped with a Stardust Rod.

Weapons

Bows	Arrows	Daggers	Whips	Rods
Killer Bow Yoichi Bow	Medusa Arrow Holy Arrow Fire Arrow Ice Arrow Lightning Arrow Poison Arrow Yoichi Arrow Artemis Arrow	Mythril Knife	Blitz Whip	Rod Lilith Rod Polymorph Rod Faerie Rod Stardust Rod

Armor

Head	Body	Arms
Leather Cap Feathered Cap Wizard's Hat Sage's Miter Headband Green Beret Gold Hairpin Ribbon	Leather Clothing Black Belt Gi Power Sash Minerva Bustier Luminous Robe Black Robe Sage's Surplice	Silver Armlet Diamond Armlet Power Armlet Rune Armlet Ruby Ring Cursed Ring

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years

Stats

Rydia's MP and Intelligence are high, but her HP is among the lowest. Compared to Palom, Rydia's stats are inferior in all areas except for Speed and Spirit.

Level	HP	MP	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intelligence	Spirit
15	330	175	8	11	7	19	14
20	490	217	11	13	10	23	18
30	911	302	16	17	15	31	27
40	1412	412	21	21	20	39	36
50	2007	537	24	24	23	53	40
60	2794	643	30	27	28	59	47
70	3422	722	36	32	34	65	64
80	3667	779	39	33	35	67	57
90	3748	824	40	35	37	70	59
99	3955	863	41	37	38	73	60

Rydia is also a guest in Porom's Tale, she begins at level 15 and caps at level 20.

Abilities

Rydia and Edge performing the Broken Heart Band.

Rydia retains her Black Magic, and her Summon abilities, but cannot summon anything as she loses her Eidolons at the start of her tale. With the exception of the Eidolons dropped by enemies, she cannot relearn them until The Gathering chapter, where the player must explore the world and defeat them. This is excluding Leviathan, Asura and Bahamut, who are fought and reacquired in the True Moon. The Chocobo Eidolon is also found in the Chocobo's Forest on an island west of Kaipo during The Gathering. Depending on the player's actions during the fights, it is possible Rydia may not relearn all her summons.

Magic Level Fire Known Blizzard Known Thunder Known Sleep Known Poison Known Stop Known Toad Known Warp Known

Magic Level Fira Known Blizzara Known Thundara Known Pig 20 Osmose 26 Bio 32 Drain 36 Blizzaga 41

Magic Level Firaga 42 Thundaga 43 Break 45 Quake 51 Death 55 Tornado 58 Flare 60 Meteor 65

Band Abilities

Ability	Members	MP	Effect
Lightning Brain Buster	Rydia (Black Magic) Luca (Attack)	7	Send a head-busting lightning-charged strike towards an enemy.
Thunderstorm	Rydia (Black Magic) Palom (Black Magic)	25	A magical ice and lightning attack that targets all enemies. In the 3D version, this band does carry over from Porom's Tale to the Final Tale.
Broken Heart	Rydia (Attack, Bow) Edge (Attack)	25	Attack all enemies with emotion-charged arrows.
Inferno	Rydia Edge (Event)	40	Create a tornado of flame to attack all enemies.
Thunder Wave	Rydia (Black Magic) Ceodore (Attack)	20	Blows away all enemies with the power of lightning.
Iron Flash	Rydia (Summon) Cecil (Attack)	40	Cecil borrows the power of Odin to cut through all enemies.
Holy Burst	Rydia (Black Magic) Rosa (White Magic)	55	Holy magical attack on all enemies.
Mirage Song	Rydia (Summon) Edward (Bardsong)	35	Call Mist Dragon to cast Blink on entire party.
Sylph Protection	Rydia (Summon) Yang (Attack)	17	Rydia calls Sylphs to drain enemies of strength and power up Yang. Casts Haste, Protect and Shell on Yang, and heals HP equal to total damage done to enemies. Can be used even if the Sylphs summon has not been recovered.
Tri-disaster	Rydia (Black Magic) Leonora (Black Magic) Palom (Black Magic)	20	Cast a succession of powerful black magic.
Flare Tornado	Rydia (Black Magic) Edge (Ninjutsu) Luca (Big Throw)	15	Create a flaming whirlwind that strikes all enemies.
Wild Whip	Rydia (Attack, Whip) Harley (Attack, Whip) Izayoi (Attack, Whip)	4	Three fighters whip a single enemy repeatedly.
Call Me Queen	Rydia (Attack, Whip) Harley (Attack, Whip) Izayoi (Attack, Whip) Leonora (Attack, Whip)	11	Whip and turn the enemy into a Pig.
Final Fantasy	Rydia (Black Magic) Cecil (Fight) Edge (Throw) Kain (Jump) Rosa (White Magic)	75	Attack all enemies and heal party with a powerful combination.
Infinity	Rydia (Black Magic) Leonora (White Magic) Palom (Black Magic) Porom (White Magic) Rosa (White Magic)	60	Five fighters combine to cast powerful magic on enemies.
Temptation	Rydia (Black Magic) Harley (Gil Toss) Izayoi (Illusions) Rosa (Aim)	19	Surprise one enemy with an attack.

Equipment

Rydia may equip rods, bows and arrows, daggers, whips, hats, clothes, robes, armlets and rings. In her own Tale, she starts with a Whip, a Leather Cap, Leather Clothing and an Iron Armlet. As a guest in Porom's Tale, she joins with the same equipment.

Weapons

Bows	Arrows	Daggers	Rods	Whips
Bow Crossbow Great Bow Killer Bow Elfin Bow Yoichi Bow Artemis Bow Perseus's Bow	Medusa Arrows Iron Arrows Holy Arrows Fire Arrows Lightning Arrows Ice Arrows Blinding Arrows Poison Arrows Silencing Arrows Angel Arrows Yoichi Arrows Artemis Arrows Perseus Arrows	Knife Dagger Mythril Knife Dancing Dagger Mage Masher Triton's Dagger Assassin's Dagger	Rod Ice Rod Flame Rod Healing Rod Thunder Rod Lilith Rod Polymorph Rod Wizard's Rod Recovery Rod Faerie Rod Stardust Rod	Queen's Whip Whip Thorn Whip Chain Whip Ice Whip Blitz Whip Flame Whip Dragon Whisker Mystic Whip

Armor

Shields	Head	Body	Arms
Adamant Shield	Queen's Mask Leather Cap Headband Feathered Cap Green Beret Wizard's Hat Steel Headplate Circlet Black Cowl Beret Chakra Band Sage's Miter Goblin Mask Officer's Hat Gold Hairpin Hypnocrown Cat-Ear Hood Mystic Veil Ribbon Adamant Helm Glass Mask	Clothing Bard's Tunic Leather Clothing Foot Ninja Gear Gaia Gear Bronze Breastplate Shinobi Gear Kenpo Gi Sage's Surplice Queen's Tights Mage's Robe Silver Breastplate Black Robe Mist Wrap Rose Twine Dress Black Belt Gi Professor's Robe Exorcist's Gown Red Robe Luminous Robe Power Sash Sage's Robe Minerva Bustier Pink Armor Adamant Armor	Cursed Ring Ruby Ring Queen's Gloves Iron Armlet Power Armlet Talisman Hyper Wrist Silver Armlet Rune Armlet Diamond Armlet Protect Ring Adamant Gloves Crystal Ring Flan Ring Sprint Ring Economical Ring Reach Ring Provoke Ring Limit Ring Single Star Twin Stars Rapid Ring Rapid Ring v2 Gil Band Gil Band v2 Level Band Level Band v2 Rare Band Rare Band v2 Treasure Hunter Treasure Hunter v2

Quests

Permanently missable content

The Eidolon Chocobo can be missed if the player does not pick it up inside the Chocobo Forest during the Gathering's Tale: The Moon's Gravity. It is located on the island in the middle of the ocean between Troia and Kaipo.

Many Eidolons can be permanently missed if killed during their battles.

If Rydia has recovered Leviathan and Asura as summons, Bahamut will turn on the Mysterious Girl and destroy her before returning to Rydia, but if not, Bahamut must be slain and will not be available to be summoned.

Several items are only obtainable in Challenge Dungeons; once the final section of the game is started, anything that is not imported from those is permanently lost.

Rydia's Challenge Dungeon

Rydia's Challenge Dungeon.

Main article: Challenge Dungeon (The After Years)/Rydia

Rydia's Challenge Dungeon is a three floor cave. Many doors are actually Trap Doors, while several walls are Demon Walls and cause doorways or staircases to appear when defeated. The first two floors are mazes of doors, while the third floor consists of several platforms that are connected by ropes. On each platform only one of the ropes can be climbed safely, the other two trigger a scripted encounter. The dungeon is accessed by speaking to Challengingway in Agart. During some plays of the dungeon, certain doors will be locked. Though the player will always be able to reach the end, some side passages with treasure may be blocked off.