Rydia (Final Fantasy IV party member)

Rydia
(リディア, Ridia?)
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Gameplay details
Type	Party member
Job class	Summoner
Unique abilities	White Magic (child only), Black Magic, Summon
Weapon	Whips, rods, daggers, bows (2D only)
Armor	Clothes, robes, hats, armlets

Rydia is a playable character in Final Fantasy IV. When she first journeys with Cecil as a child, she is a budding summoner who can learn both Black and White Magic spells. After furthering her training, Rydia becomes a full-fledged summoner with a focus on summoning and Black Magic, making her an offense-based mage while Rosa becomes the party's primary healer.

Quests

Main game

Rydia joins the party after Cecil defeats the General and Baron Soldiers in the Kaipo inn, and is removed from the party upon boarding the ship from Fabul to Baron. She returns to the party during the battle against Golbez in the Dwarven Castle. Rydia is the second of Cecil's permanent party companions to stay for the remainder of the story. However, the Advance and Complete Collection versions allow the option for all party members except Cecil to be swapped in and out after the events at the Giant of Babil.

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.

Stats

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.

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's summons are learned 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.