Silence is a status in Final Fantasy. It is primarily associated with the Spirit element.
Content in italics is exclusive to the Dawn of Souls and/or 20th Anniversary releases.
Mechanics[]
Silence prevents the victim from casting spells. In the NES release, Silence additionally prevents the use of items, item magic, and enemy abilities. Silence is automatically removed at the end of battle.
As with other statuses, it is only possible to be immune to the Silence condition in the Pixel Remaster release; in prior releases, the most one can do is resist the element of an attack that inflicts the status, reducing its accuracy. Even if a target is listed as resisting Silence, this is in reference to the element, rather than effects that can inflict Silence.
Abilities[]
Spells[]
| Name | Element | Description | Users |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curaja | — | Restores 999 HP to one ally and removes Confuse, Darkness, Paralysis, Poison, Silence, and Sleep.[note 1] | White Wizard Chaos[note 2], Dark Fighter, Rakshasa |
| Dispel | — | Attempts to remove all elemental resistances and status immunities from one target.[note 3] | White Wizard Dark Fighter, Death Eye, Death Knight |
| NulAll | — | Grants immunity to all status effects and resistance to all elements to all allies.[note 4] | White Wizard Dark Fighter |
| NulDeath | — | Grants immunity to all status effects and resistance to the Earth, Spirit, Poison, Time, and Instant Death elements to all allies.[note 4] | Red Wizard, White Mage, White Wizard |
| Silence | —[note 5] | Attempts to inflict Silence on all enemies. | Knight, Red Mage, Red Wizard, White Mage, White Wizard Evil Eye, Death Eye, Spirit Naga, Vampire Lord |
| Vox | — | Removes Silence from one ally. | Red Wizard, White Mage, White Wizard |
- ↑ Restores 9,999 HP prior to Pixel Remaster.
- ↑ In Pixel Remaster, Chaos instead uses a unique version of Curaja that continues to restore 9,999 HP.
- ↑ Only removes elemental resistances prior to Pixel Remaster.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Does not grant immunity to status effects prior to Pixel Remaster.
- ↑ Spirit in NES and Origins; Silence-elemental in Dawn of Souls and 20th Anniversary.
Equipment[]
| Equipment | Type | Description | Equipable by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mage Masher | Weapon | Casts Silence when used as an item. | Warrior, Knight, Thief, Ninja, Red Mage, Red Wizard, Black Wizard |
| Ribbon | Helmet | Grants resistance to all elements and immunity to all status effects.[note 1] | Warrior, Knight, Thief, Ninja, White Mage, White Wizard, Black Mage, Black Wizard, Red Mage, Red Wizard |
| Echo Grass | Item | Casts Vox. | |
| Remedy | Item | Removes Confuse, Darkness, Paralysis, Poison, Silence, and Sleep from one ally. |
- ↑ Does not grant immunity to status effects prior to Pixel Remaster.
Enemies[]
- ↑ Enemies may only be immune to Silence in the Pixel Remaster release.