Deals damage to an enemy equal to 1/32 of the party's total steps taken.
Final Fantasy VI description
Traveler (歩数ダメージ, Hosū Damēji?, lit. Step Count Damage; and 歩数攻撃, Hosū Kōgeki?, lit. Step Count Attack) is a recurring ability from the Final Fantasy series that deals damage based on the number of steps the party has taken.
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Final Fantasy VI[]
Traveler (also called Step Mine) is a Lore spell for Strago that deals damage to a target equal to the number of steps the party has taken divided by 32. It costs an amount of MP equal to the number of minutes the game has been played divided by 30, but not greater than 255. Gau can also use Traveler as a Rage, and it costs him 0 MP to use.
Enemies using Traveler will use the player's amount of steps for the damage calculation. To achieve the max damage of 9999, the player would have to walk 319,968 steps.
Traveler can be learned from Brachiosaur, Crawler, Dark Force, Fafnir, Intangir, Master Tonberry, Onion Dasher, Tonberry, and Unseelie.
Final Fantasy XII[]
Traveler is a Technick that causes physical attack damage to a target and multiple enemies around it based on the number of steps the player has taken since last dealing damage with it. In the original version, it can be bought in technick shops in Rabanastre and Nalbina Fortress for 6,700 gil and can be learned from the License Board for 65 LP. In the Zodiac versions, Traveler is available from technick shops after the party obtains the Dawn Shard and is also available from a treasure in Trial Mode Stage 31 with a Diamond Armlet. In the Zodiac versions, Traveler can be used by the Machinist, Archer and Shikari jobs, and Monk and Foebreaker can learn it if they acquire the Esper Zalera's license first. In the Zodiac versions, Vossler also has it when he joins as a guest.