Technicks

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Technicks are skills that let you do things no Magicks can. Stealing treasures from your foes, staunching wounds... You should give 'em a try.

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Technicks (技, Waza?, lit. Skills) are command abilities in Final Fantasy XII. These skills must be bought from a shop or found via treasure before becoming available to the party, but for a character to be able to use one, they must first buy the appropriate license using License Points. Unlike magicks, technicks require no MP.

The licenses in the Zodiac versions are limited to certain job classes; for example, 1000 Needles can be used by Bushi, Shikari, and Archer. Sometimes the placement of the Technicks licenses for each of the twelve job classes' License Boards requires the player to obtain Espers or Quickening licenses first. Since these licenses will disappear from other boards once selected, the player has to choose the licenses wisely, or risks not being able to use a Technick. In the Zodiac versions, Technicks are found almost entirely in treasure chests, with only the most basic being found in shops. As such, most shops offer the same set of Technicks, and even those in towns not visited until towards the end of the game will not offer anything new.

Using Technicks over 100 times unlocks Vayne's sprite to the Sky Pirate's Den and awards the "Premier Prestidigitator" trophy/achievement in The Zodiac Age. Acquiring every Technick adds Vossler's sprite and the trophy "Jack-of-all-Trades".

Mechanics

While some offensive Technicks always hit, most have a base hit chance, which is:

$Success~Chance \%= Base~Chance + (User's~Level - Target's~Level)$

If the user's level exceeds the target's, the chance becomes:

$Success~Chance \% = 3 \times (User's~Level - Target's~Level)$ $+ Base~Chance$

All damage dealt via Technicks is physical except for Shades of Black, which is magickal. Technicks are unaffected by Reverse.

Because Shades of Black and Stamp cannot target allies, the player can no longer use them to reflect spells off allies or inflict buffs. Shades of Black is also affected by the recategorization of Black Magicks; it no longer casts Ardor, and has a chance to cast Blind, Blindga, Silence, Silencega, Sleep, Sleepga, Poison, and Toxify. The odds between each spell appearing are also evened out more.

Ability list

Name	Target				Flying	CT	Type	Faith Modifier	Accuracy		MP Recovery	Null Sleep	Required License
	Initial	Switch(With or )	Range	Area					Base	Safety(Nulled by Safety augment)
Steal Original stats	Enemy	No	3	Yes	Partial	20	Physical	None	Always	No	No	No	Steal(20 LP)
	Steal from one foe. Effect: Steal item(s) from an enemy. Improved by Thief's Cuffs. See Steal mechanics here. Cost: ― Location: Vaan initially Users: Machinist, Archer, Black Mage (Requires Zalera), Red Battlemage (Requires Hashmal), Vaan, Balthier, Fran
Libra Original stats	Self	No	―	Single	Yes	10	Magick	None	Always	No	No	No	Libra(25 LP)
	Reveal more detailed target information. Effect: Reveals the HP, level, and elemental weaknesses of targeted enemies. Most bosses, Marks and Rare Game are immune. Also reveals hidden traps. Cost: 400 gil Location: Rabanastre, Giza Plains, Nalbina Fortress, Barheim Passage, Bhujerba, Dreadnought Leviathan, Dalmasca Westersand (After Ondore's Estate), Dyce, Mosphoran Highwaste (After defeating Judge Bergan), Phon Coast, Archades, Balfonheim (After visiting the Draklor Laboratory), Trial Mode Stage 7 treasure (with Diamond Armlet) Users: Machinist, Monk, Archer, Shikari, White Mage (Requires Cúchulainn), Bushi (Requires Belias), Basch
Poach Original stats	Enemy	No	Weapon	Single	Partial	30	Physical	None	80%	Yes	No	No	Poach(30 LP)
	Capture HP Critical foes to obtain loot. Effect: Defeats a HP Critical foe to obtain unique loot, forfeiting EXP, LP, CP, Gil, and drops. Enemies have two slots for Poach items, a common item (95% chance) and an uncommon item (5%). Some enemies have the same item in both slots. Poach items are unaffected by battle chain. Enemies with the Safety augment cannot be poached. Cost: 5,000 gil Location: Rabanastre (After Ondore's Estate), Nalbina Fortress (After Ondore's Estate), Bhujerba (After Ondore's Estate), Dalmasca Westersand (After Ondore's Estate), Dyce, Jahara, Eruyt Village, Mt Bur-Omisace, Mosphoran Highwaste (After defeating Judge Bergan), Phon Coast, Archades, Balfonheim (After visiting Draklor Laboratory), Trial Mode Stage 16 treasure (with Diamond Armlet) Users: Uhlan, Machinist, Time Battlemage, Archer, Black Mage (Requires Zalera aside from Vaan, Balthier, Fran.)
First Aid Original stats	Ally	No	3	Single	No	15	Physical	None	Always	No	No	No	First Aid(20 LP)
	Restore HP to one HP Critical ally. Effect: Heals an ally with critical health for a minor amount of health. Always misses if ally's HP is not critical. Cost: 600 gil Location: Rabanastre (After obtaining Shadestone), Giza Plains (After obtaining Shadestone), Nalbina Fortress (After obtaining Shadestone), Barheim Passage, Bhujerba, Dreadnought Leviathan, Dalmasca Westersand (After Ondore's Estate), Dyce, Mosphoran Highwaste (After defeating Judge Bergan), Phon Coast, Archades, Balfonheim (After visiting Draklor Laboratory), Balthier initially, Trial Mode Stage 1 treasure (with Diamond Armlet) Users: Uhlan, Knight, Monk, Archer, Shikari, Balthier, Penelo, Larsa (Lamont)
Telekinesis Original stats	Enemy	No	10	Single	Yes	30	Physical	None	80%	No	Inquisitor	Yes	Telekinesis(80 LP)
	Deal ranged damage with melee weapons. Effect: Deals ranged attacks with melee weapons. Always misses if used with a ranged weapon. Does not deal combo hits, and damage inflicted is randomized; the user's level and stats do not matter. Cost: ― Location: Cerobi Steppe (Old Elanise Road) Users: Shikari, Knight (Requires Ultima), Black Mage (Requires Ultima), Vossler
Numerology Original stats	Enemy	No	10	Circle 6	Yes	20	Physical	None	―	No	Inquisitor	No	Numerology(40 LP)
	Deal damage that increases with successive hits. Effect: Damage doubles and accuracy decreases with each successive hit. Both reset upon missing. See here for details. Cost: ― Location: Lhusu Mines (Transitway 1) Users: Machinist, Monk, Time Battlemage, White Mage (Requires Famfrit.)
Souleater Original stats	Enemy	No	Weapon	Single	Partial	30	Physical	None	Always	No	Inquisitor	No	Souleater(35 LP)
	Consume HP to deal damage to one foe. Effect: Consume 20% of your maximum HP to damage one ground-based enemy (1.7 times more powerful than a regular physical attack). Restores HP to undead targets. Cost: 6,000 gil Location: Rabanastre (After visiting Mt Bur-Omisace), Nalbina Fortress (After visiting Mt Bur-Omisace), Bhujerba (After visiting Mt Bur-Omisace), Mt Bur-Omisace, Mosphoran Highwaste (After defeating Judge Bergan), Phon Coast, Archades, Balfonheim (After visiting Draklor Laboratory), Trial Mode Stage 42 treasure (with Diamond Armlet) Users: Uhlan, Red Battlemage, Knight, White Mage (Requires Adrammelech), Monk (Requires Exodus), Bushi (Requires Adrammelech), Vossler
Sight Unseeing Original stats	Enemy	No	Weapon	Single	Partial	25	Physical	None	20%	Yes	No	Yes	Sight Unseeing(40 LP)
	Unleash an attack only available when blind. Effect: Causes the enemy's HP to drop to a random number between 0 and 8; only usable while Blinded. Cost: ― Location: Zertinan Caverns (Canopy of Clay) Users: Knight, Foebreaker, Bushi, Monk (Zeromus), Reddas
Charm Original stats	Enemy	No	3	Single	Yes	60	Physical	None	90%	Yes	No	No	Charm(30 LP)
	Cause one foe to confuse friend with foe. Effect: Inflicts Confuse on one enemy. Cost: ― Location: Salikawood (Quietened Trace) Users: Uhlan, Machinist, Archer, Black Mage
Achilles Original stats	Enemy	No	10	Single	Yes	40	Physical	None	50%	Yes	No	No	Achilles(40 LP)
	Render one foe vulnerable to an additional element. Effect: Adds one additional elemental weakness to one enemy. Cost: ― Location: Garamsythe Waterway (No. 4 Cloaca Spur (Drained)) Users: White Mage, Uhlan, Machinist, Monk, Archer
Charge Original stats	Self	No	―	Single	No	40	Physical	None	―	No	No	No	Charge(30 LP)
	Restore user's MP. If the technick fails, MP is reduced to 0. Effect: Restores amount of user's MP and charges the Mist bar. If the skill fails, MP is reduced to 0, but the Mist bar does not reset. The amount restored ranges from the value of the user's level to 1.5 times that minus 1. The probability of missing is the percentage of the user's remaining MP plus 1%. Cost: 1,500 gil Location: Rabanastre (After Ba'Gamnan in Lhusu Mines), Nalbina Fortress (After Ba'Gamnan in Lhusu Mines), Bhujerba, Dreadnought Leviathan, Dalmasca Westersand (After Ondore's Estate), Dyce, Jahara, Mt Bur-Omisace, Mosphoran Highwaste (After defeating Judge Bergan), Phon Coast, Archades, Balfonheim (After visiting Draklor Laboratory), Trial Mode Stage 12 treasure (with Diamond Armlet) Users: White Mage, Red Battlemage, Time Battlemage, Black Mage
Infuse Original stats	Ally	No	10	Single	Yes	40	Physical	None	Always	Yes	No	No	Infuse(30 LP)
	Fully consume user's MP, changing one ally's HP to 10 times that amount. Effect: Fully consumes user's MP to set ally's HP to 10 times the amount of sacrificed MP. Cost: ― Location: Dreadnought Leviathan (Sub-control Room) or Ogir-Yensa Sandsea (Platform 1 - East Tanks) Users: Uhlan, Knight, Foebreaker, Bushi, Archer (Requires Ultima or Zodiark)
Gil Toss Original stats	Enemy	No	10	Circle 6	Yes	30	Physical	None	Always	No	Inquisitor	Yes	Gil Toss(30 LP)
	Throw gil, damaging all foes in range. Effect: Throw gil equivalent to the total remaining HP all members to deal a maximum of 10,000 damage split between all enemies in range. Always misses if the player does not possess enough gil and no gil is expended. Cost: ― Location: Draklor Laboratory (70th Floor - Room 7002 East) or Pharos - Second Ascent (Station of Ascension) Users: Machinist, Archer, Bushi, Shikari (Requires Mateus)
1000 Needles Original stats	Enemy	No	10	Single	Yes	25	Physical	None	100%	No	Inquisitor	Yes	1000 Needles(35 LP)
	Deal 1,000 damage to one foe. Effect: Deal 1,000 fixed damage to one enemy. Cost: ― Location: Sochen Cave Palace (Falls of Time) Users: Bushi, Shikari, Archer (Requires Ultima or Zodiark), Reddas
Revive Original stats	Ally	No	3	Single	No	25	Physical	None	Always	No	No	No	Revive(40 LP)
	Fully consume user's HP, reviving and fully restoring HP of one KO'd ally. Effect: Sacrifice self to restore a KO'd ally to life and full HP. Cost: ― Location: Paramina Rift (Spine of the Icewyrm) Users: Uhlan, Monk, Archer, Shikari, Knight (Requires Quickening (125 LP), Chaos or Zodiark.)
Stamp Original stats	Enemy	No	10	Single	Yes	40	Physical	None	80%	No	No	No	Stamp(40 LP)
	Inflict one foe with any status effects on the user. Effect: Copies all active harmful status effects and their durations aside from HP Critical from the user to one foe. Cost: ― Location: Mosphoran Highwaste (Rays of Ashen Light) Users: White Mage, Machinist, Time Battlemage, Bushi (Requires Cúchulainn or Ultima), Shikari (Requires Exodus), Reddas
Shades of Black Original stats	Enemy	No	10	Single	Yes	35	Magick	Potency	―	No	Warmage	No	Shades of Black(70 LP)
	Cast a random black magick on one foe. Effect: Casts a random Black Magick spell on one enemy, including ones the user has not yet learned. Each possible spell has equal probability of being cast. Cost: ― Location: Tomb of Raithwall (Cloister of Flame) Users: Uhlan, Monk, Archer, Bushi, Foebreaker (Requires Cúchulainn), Shikari (Requires Adrammelech), Larsa (Lamont)
Traveler Original stats	Enemy	No	10	Circle 6	Yes	30	Physical	None	Always	No	Inquisitor	No	Traveler(50 LP)
	Deal damage based on total steps taken to all foes in range. Effect: Deals damage to all enemies in range based on total steps taken. Cost: 4,800 gil Location: Rabanastre (After defeating Belias), Nalbina Fortress (After defeating Belias), Bhujerba (After defeating Belias), Jahara, Eruyt Village, Mt Bur-Omisace, Mosphoran Highwaste (After defeating Judge Bergan), Phon Coast, Archades, Balfonheim (After visiting Draklor Laboratory), Trial Mode Stage 31 treasure (with Diamond Armlet) Users: Machinist, Archer, Shikari, Monk (Requires Zalera), Foebreaker (Requires Zalera), Vossler
Horology Original stats	Enemy	No	10	Circle 6	Yes	30	Physical	None	90%	No	Warmage	No	Horology(50 LP)
	Deal damage based on a factor of time to all foes in range. Effect: Damages all enemies in range based on game time. See here for calculation. Cost: 2,000 gil Location: Rabanastre (After the Leviathan), Nalbina Fortress (After the Leviathan), Bhujerba (After the Leviathan), Dalmasca Westersand (After Ondore's Estate), Dyce, Jahara, Eruyt Village, Mt Bur-Omisace, Mosphoran Highwaste (After defeating Judge Bergan), Phon Coast, Archades, Balfonheim (After visiting Draklor Laboratory), Trial Mode Stage 22 treasure (with Diamond Armlet) Users: Machinist, Time Battlemage, Foebreaker (Requires Belias)
Bonecrusher Original stats	Enemy	No	Weapon	Single	Partial	35	Physical	None	60%	Yes	No	Yes	Bonecrusher(30 LP)
	Consume HP to reduce the HP of one foe to 0 Effect: Consumes between 0 and all but 1 of the user's HP to reduce the HP of one enemy to 0. The user's HP is reduced to 0 if the attack misses, aside from when the attack has been nullified. Cost: ― Location: Henne Mines (Phase 1 Dig) Users: Monk, Bushi, Uhlan (Requires Hashmal), Shikari (Requires Hashmal), Reddas
Wither Original stats	Enemy	No	Weapon	Single	Partial	35	Physical	None	45%	No	No	Yes	Wither(50 LP)
	Lower one foe's strength. Effect: Reduces an enemy's strength by 30% plus 1. Cost: ― Location: Subterra (Abyssal - North) Users: Monk, Foebreaker, Uhlan (Requires Cúchulainn), Vossler
Addle Original stats	Enemy	No	Weapon	Single	Partial	35	Physical	None	45%	No	No	Yes	Addle(50 LP)
	Lower one foe's magick power. Effect: Reduces one enemy's magick power by 30% plus 1. Cost: ― Location: Henne Mines (Special Charter Shaft) Users: Foebreaker, Archer, Time Battlemage (Requires Zeromus)
Expose Original stats	Enemy	No	Weapon	Single	Partial	40	Physical	None	70%	No	No	Yes	Expose(50 LP)
	Lower one foe's defense. Effect: Reduces one enemy's defense by 10% plus 1. Cost: ― Location: Lhusu Mines (Site 9) Users: Monk, Foebreaker, Uhlan (Requires Ultima), Vossler
Shear Original stats	Enemy	No	Weapon	Single	Partial	40	Physical	None	70%	No	No	Yes	Shear(50 LP)
	Lower one foe's magick resist. Effect: Reduces one enemy's magick resistance by 10% plus 1. Cost: ― Location: Barheim Passage (The Zeviah Span) Users: Foebreaker, Archer, Time Battlemage (Requires Zeromus)

Other appearances

Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade

Ability Cards

Souleater (SR).

Souleater (SR+).

Shades of Black (SSR).

Sight Unseeing (SSR).

Shades of Black (SSR+).

Sight Unseeing (SSR+).

Legend Cards

Shades of Black (SR).

Shades of Black (SR+).

Sight Unseeing (SSR).

Traveler (SSR).

Sight Unseeing (SSR+).

Traveler (SSR+).

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Behind the scenes

Steal.

Automating stealing via the gambit system is something players strive to do, but the stealer will keep stealing even when the target has nothing to steal. Thus, many players opt to use Foe HP 100% gambit to only steal from newly met enemies. The developers have commented that they did not want to make stealing too convenient, and wanted to keep that element of trial-and-error and the "healthy player frustration" that "makes the game fun." Thus, the imperfect stealing with gambits has been left in the International and HD versions.

Gallery

1000 Needles.

Achilles.

Addle.

Bonecrusher.

Charge.

Charm.

Expose.

First Aid.

Gil Toss.

Horology.

Infuse.

Libra.

Numerogology.

Poach.

Revive.

Shades of Black.

Shear.

Sight Unseeing.

Souleater.

Stamp.

Steal.

Telekinesis.

Traveler.

Wither.

External links

• Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age - All Technick Location Guide (Jack of All Trades Trophy)