Sap is a status in Final Fantasy V that causes the current HP of the target to drop by a marginal, absolute amount every interval. Stop nor casting Quick will not halt the erosion. The duration of sap depends on the attack setting it. Sap ends at the end of the battle. Sap is similar to Poison status in that they both deal passive damage to the afflicted.
Abilities[]
| Ability | Dark Sigh (Mix), Dud Potion (Mix), Eruption (Predict), Meltdown (Dark Arts), Shadowflare (Mix) |
|---|---|
| Spell | Mind Blast (Blue Magic) |
In addition, the Thornlet has the wearer under permanent sap. Chaos Orb will put the wearer under sap unless they are a Necromancer, in which case they will have regen instead.
Enemy abilities[]
| Ability | Description | Enemy |
|---|---|---|
| Air Fist | Inflicts non-elemental physical damage as well as Old and Sap to one target. | Duelist, Steel Fist |
| Almagest | Inflicts Holy-elemental magic damage and Sap to the party. | Hades, Neo Exdeath, Neo Shinryu, Enuo |
| Bio | Inflicts Poison-elemental magic damage and Sap to one target. | Bio Soldier, Calofisteri, Enuo, Exdeath (1st), Flaremancer, Fury, Omniscient, Phobos |
| Knife | Inflicts non-elemental physical damage that ignores Defense and Sap to one target. | Tonberry |
| Counter | Counters attacks with an attack that deals non-elemental physical damage and Sap. | Iron Fist, Dueling Knight |
| Curse | Randomly inflicts Toad, Mini, Poison, Darkness, Old, Sleep, Confuse, Berserk, Silence, and Sap to one party member. Is often used as a counterattack. | Archeodemon, Neo Shinryu |
| Digestive Acid | Inflicts non-elemental damage and Sap to one target. | Ammonite, Devilfish, Mandrake, Unknown (#170), Antlion |
| Grand Cross | Inflicts Death, Petrify, Toad, Mini, Poison, Zombie, Darkness, Old, Sleep, Paralyze, Confuse, Berserk, Silence, Stop, Doom, and Sap to the entire party. | Neo Exdeath, Enuo |
| Lick | Inflicts non-elemental physical damage and Sap to one target. | Mindflusher, Poltergeist |
| Meltdown | Inflicts Fire-elemental magic damage and Sap to the party. | Enuo |
| Mind Blast | Inflicts non-elemental magic damage as well as Paralyze and Sap to one target. Can be learned as a Blue Magic. | Wendigo, Twintania, Mindflayer, Azulmagia |
| Mustard Bomb | Inflicts non-elemental damage and Sap to one target. | Little Chariot, Mecha Head, Omega, Omega Mk.II, Prototype |
| Quicksand | Inflicts non-elemental damage and Sap to one target. | Desert Killer, Sandworm, Spizzner |
| Rainbow Wind | Inflicts Darkness, Silence, and Sap to one target. | Galajelly, Moss Fungus, Omega, Omega Mk.II, Phobos, Shadow Dancer |
| Right Claw | Inflicts non-elemental physical damage and Sap to one target. | Sand Bear |
| Rush | Inflicts non-elemental physical damage and Sap to one target. | Garula, Ghidra, Hydra, Ironback, Liquid Flame, Neo Garula, Tatou |
| Sap | Inflicts non-elemental damage and Sap to one target. | Crew Dust, Twin Lizard, Imp, Unknown (#168 & #169 & #170 & #172) |
| Slimer | Inflicts Slow and Sap to one target. | Aquathorn, Cray Claw, Devourer, Page 128, Rock Slug, Slug, Unknown (#169 & #170) |
| Vacuum Wave | Inflicts non-elemental physical damage and Sap to one target. | Exdeath, Necrophobe, Neo Exdeath |
| Wave Cannon | Reduces HP by 50% and inflicts Sap to the party. | Mecha Head, Omega, Omega Mk.II, Soul Cannon, Wave Cannon |
| Yagyuu's Strike | Inflicts non-elemental physical damage and Sap to one target. | Assassin, Ninja |