Weather

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Cloudy in Giza Plains in Final Fantasy XII.

Weather (天候, Tenkou?) is a natural phenomenon in several Final Fantasy games. While it has appeared in earlier games as a cosmetic effect, in later games it is an actual gameplay mechanic, often affecting the potency of elemental attacks, or the creatures that appear in the area.

Appearances

Final Fantasy XI

Weather can affect most areas in Vana'diel. There are twenty types of weather, sixteen related to the eight elements:

• Fire: Hot spells/Heat waves
• Earth: Dust storms/Sand storms
• Water: Rains/Squalls
• Wind: Winds/Gales
• Ice: Snow/Blizzards
• Lightning: Thunder/Thunderstorms
• Light: Auroras/Stellar glare
• Dark: Gloom/Miasma

There are also four other weather conditions unrelated to elements: fair, sunshine, cloudy and foggy. While these conditions usually are only used to imply a lack of elemental weather conditions, the foggy elemental condition can cause bombs and Poroggo to appear. Weather can be predicted by non-player characters with the official weather Linkshell. These NPCs are usually wearing white cloaks.

Weather effects

Elemental weather has approximately a 1/3 chance to add a 10% bonus to the power of corresponding elemental spells, by player or by enemy. As an example, Fire or Fireball would have a chance to be increased in power during a hot spell. Enhancement spells such as Enfire or Blaze Spikes will also have their effects have a chance to deal more damage. In addition, Skillchains with the relevant element, such as Fusion or Liquefaction, also have a chance to be increased in power.

An elemental Obi, obtainable via a quest, overrides the "chance" of the effect occurring, allowing for a constant 10% bonus during the relevant elemental effect or day of the week. Weather also has a chance to have the same effects on the element it is strong against, only in the opposite manner. Continuing the example, any ice spells or related skillchains would have a chance to take a 10% penalty towards damage.

In addition, many pieces of equipment have a Latent Effect based on the current weather. Fulfilling these weather requirements allows for their full potential to be harnessed. Most Elementals also spawn only during their related weather effect. Chocobo digging during weather effects also gives a chance of the chocobo digging up a crystal of the same element as the weather effect.

Weather spells

Scholars are capable of replicating the effects of any weather condition, using their Storm spells on allies to grant them weather conditions as necessary to grant benefits to the elemental spells they're casting, or to automatically trigger weather-based Latent Effects on equipment.

Final Fantasy XII

See also: Mist (Final Fantasy XII)

Depending on the current weather conditions, certain magick elements and weapons behave differently. Certain enemies are only seen during specific weather conditions. Some enemies have the Ignore Weather passive ability, which makes them immune to weather and terrain effects, and the player can achieve the same by equipping the Agate Ring.

The player may speak with Weather Eye to determine when the weather within the Giza Plains will change. The weather cycles are based on the in-game clock: 1 hour of rain followed by 2 hours of dry. The change happens at the top of the hour regardless of when the cycle was triggered. Giza's weather can begin to cycle when the player enters Jahara, but the timer won't start until the player either returns to Giza Plains or enters Eruyt Village; i.e. the player can roam an hour on the Ozmone Plain and it'll remain wet at Giza, but after entering Giza Plains/Eruyt Village, the weather will change at the top of the hour.

Elemental effects

Weather / Terrain	Fire	Ice	Thunder	Water	Wind	Earth
Sunny
Cloudy
Sunny / Cloudy (strong winds)	x1.2			x0.5	x1.2
Rain	x0.5		x1.2
Rain (strong winds) / Heavy Rain	x0.6		x1.2	x0.5	x1.2
Foggy / Dense Fog				x1.2
Snow / Snowstorm	x1.2	x1.2		x0.5	x1.2
Sandstorm	x1.2			x0.5	x1.2	x1.2
Sand Terrain						x1.2
Water Terrain			x1.2	x1.2		x0.5
Snow Terrain		x1.2

The effects of Sand Terrain and Sandstorm do not stack.

Weapon effects

Windy weather reduces the accuracy of bows and crossbows. Bows and crossbows will work poorly during Windy, Heavy Rain, Blizzard and Sandstorm. Bow accuracy is reduced by 20% and crossbow accuracy is reduced by 50%.

Field effects

In addition to these effects, there are also a number of field effects that occur during certain battles, such as against Ultima. In the Zodiac versions, these effects are also present during certain stages of the Trial Mode.

• HP Drain - Characters lose 1% of maximum HP three times every second
• MP Drain - Characters lose 2% of maximum MP three times every second
• Attack command disabled
• Magick command disabled
• Technick command disabled
• Item command disabled
• Magnetic field - Charge time will increase for characters that are using metallic equipment.

Gallery

Sunny in Dalmasca Estersand.

Heavy Rain in Giza Plains.

Sandstorm in Dalmasca Westersand.

Final Fantasy XIII

Vanille standing next to a Climate Control Orb.

A device that makes bad weather.

Sazh commenting on the climate control orb.

These spheres modulates precipitation levels in the surrounding area.
Certain indigenous fauna exhibit rain-shy behavior, taking cover during storms. However, inducing showers can result in encounter with otherwise elusive hydrophilic wildlife.

Game information

Climate Control Orb is a mechanism that changes weather in the Sunleth Waterscape. These orbs are strategically placed to allow players to change the weather between parts of the area in an attempt to avoid the more difficult battles against opponents like the Wyvern or the Scalebeast.

The weather also appears to randomly change on Archylte Steppe between sunny and cloudy, although this has no effect on gameplay, apart from affecting what kind of wool the sheep give. Accepting a mission from the Cie'th Stone circle triggers a cutscene with Titan which makes dust blow across the plains, but this has no effect on gameplay either.

Final Fantasy XIII-2

A tribe of hunting nomads on the Archylte Steppe has a device which can change weather. Each change brings about different music and monsters. The four types of weather are: "rainy", "sunny", "thunder", and "cloudy". An achievement/trophy called "Big Game Hunter" requires defeating the most powerful enemies from each weather type—Long Gui (Sunny), Ochu (Rainy), Immortal (Cloudy) and Yomi (Stormy). Some cactuar tablets only appear during certain weather conditions, and sheep are found roaming the plains in cloudy weather only. Interestingly, stormy weather makes only Cie'th to appear on the plains and causes other monsters to hide.

Other areas also have weather conditions, but their change is dictated by the storyline. It first rains sometime after the player arrives at the Bresha Ruins 5 AF and defeats Paradox Alpha, but after having defeated Atlas, the rain stops. The Bresha Ruins 300 AF and Vile Peaks 10 AF have snowfall, which also changes the characters' appearance on the field, the tops of their heads and parts of their equipment turn white from the snow. Academia 400 AF is in a continual state of rain during the game. When it rains, rain drops appear on the player's screen, like droplets on a camera lens.

Stormy.

Cloudy.

Sunny.

Rainy.

Final Fantasy XIV

The mini-map showing the current weather.

The weather in each area randomly changes to a small set of possible weather conditions, commonly sunny, rainy, or stormy. It is marked by an icon on the upper right corner of the mini-map. The weather changes every eight hours—at midnight, 8:00 AM, or 4:00 PM in Eorzean time, and 12:02am, 8:02am and 4:02pm in real time. Cutscenes in outdoor areas will depict the current weather and time-of-day. While it has no direct effect on battles or crafting, weather can affect conditions needed for fishing or completing the Sightseeing Log.

The weather in duties are generally constant, however there are certain times that the weather may change, such as when the player reaches the final boss of a dungeon. The weather also indicates whether bosses of FATEs (Odin or Ixion) have spawned or not.

In patch 2.35, Skywatchers are NPCs who provide a 24-hour forecast for a given area.

Chocobo Racing also features weather effects.

These weather conditions occur in normal areas. Some of these are unique to an area.

Weather	Description	Areas
Clear Skies*(previously "Clear") File:FFXIV Weather Clear icon.png	Clear	All
Fair Skies*(previously "Fair") File:FFXIV Weather Fair icon.png	Fair	All
Clouds*(previously "Overcast" and "Cloudy") File:FFXIV Weather Clouds icon.png	Overcast	All
Wind*(previously "Windy") File:FFXIV Weather Wind icon.png	Winds	Middle La Noscea, Lower La Noscea, Western La Noscea, Coerthas, Peaks, Ruby Sea, Azim Steppe, Sea of Clouds
Gales File:FFXIV Weather Gale icon.png	Gusty	Western La Noscea, Azim Steppe, Churning Mists
Fog*(previously "Misty") File:FFXIV Weather Fog icon.png	Foggy	All except Ruby Sea, Churning Mists, and Azys Lla
Rain*(previously "Rainy") File:FFXIV Weather Rain icon.png	Rainy	Eastern La Noscea, Lower La Noscea, Middle La Noscea, Outer La Noscea, Central Shroud, East Shroud, North Shroud, Central Thanalan, Eastern Thanalan, Western Thanalan, Dravanian Hinterlands, Idyllshire, Yanxia, Azim Steppe
Showers File:FFXIV Weather Showers icon.png	Showery	Eastern La Noscea, North Shroud, Eastern Thanalan, Dravanian Hinterlands, Idyllshire, Yanxia
Thunder File:FFXIV Weather Thunder icon.png	Thundery	Upper La Noscea, Central Shroud, East Shroud, South Shroud, Azys Lla, Dravanian Forelands, Rhalgr's Reach, Fringes, Ruby Sea
Thunderstorms*(previously "Stormy") File:FFXIV Weather Thunderstorm icon.png	Experiencing Thunderstorms	Upper La Noscea, South Shroud, Lochs
Dust Storms*(previously "Duststorm") File:FFXIV Weather Dust Storms icon.png	Dusty	Central Thanalan, Dravanian Forelands, Peaks
Sandstorms File:FFXIV Weather Sandstorm icon.png	Sandy	Thanalan/Legacy
Heat Waves File:FFXIV Weather Heat Waves icon.png	Blistering	Southern Thanalan
Hot Spells File:FFXIV Weather Hot Spells icon.png	Hot	Southern Thanalan
Snow File:FFXIV Weather Snow icon.png	Snowy	Coerthas
Blizzards File:FFXIV Weather Blizzards icon.png	Blizzardy	Coerthas
Gloom*(previously "Miasma") File:FFXIV Weather Gloom icon.png	Gloomy	Mor Dhona
Umbral Static File:FFXIV Weather Umbral Static icon.png	Experiencing Umbral Static	Churning Mists
Umbral Wind File:FFXIV Weather Umbral Wind icon.png	Experiencing Umbral Wind	Sea of Clouds
Cherry Blossoms File:FFXIV Weather Sakura icon.png	—	All Little Ladies' Day venues
Auroras File:FFXIV Weather Aurora icon.png	Experiencing Auroral Activity	All during the Fall of Dalamud, August - September 2012
Dalamud File:FFXIV Weather Dalamud icon.png	—	All during the Fall of Dalamud, September - November 2012

These special weather conditions occur in instanced duties or FATEs. Some weather conditions appear when a boss enters a certain phase, while some stay constant throughout the battle.

Weather	Description	Areas
Beyond Time File:FFXIV Weather Beyond Time icon.png	Temporal	Alexander - The Soul of the Creator
Brilliance File:FFXIV Weather Brilliance icon.png	—	The Crown of the Immaculate
Concordance File:FFXIV Weather Concordance icon.png	Concordant	Containment Bay P1T6 (Normal and Extreme)
Core Radiation File:FFXIV Weather Core Radiation icon.png	Radioactive	The Binding Coil of Bahamut, The Second Coil of Bahamut, and The Final Coil of Bahamut
Darkness File:FFXIV Weather Darkness icon.png	Dark	The Stone Vigil (Normal and Hard)
Demonic Infinity File:FFXIV Weather Demonic Infinity icon.png	Demonically Infinite	Containment Bay Z1T9 (Normal and Extreme)
Dimensional Disruption File:FFXIV Weather Dimensional Disruption icon.png	Extradimensional	Deltascape v4.0 (Normal and Savage)
Dragonstorm File:FFXIV Weather Dragonstorm icon.png	Unnaturally Stormy	The Aery
Eruptions File:FFXIV Weather Eruptions icon.png	Erupting	The Navel (Normal, Hard, and Extreme), Eden's Gate: Sepulture
Eternal Bliss File:FFXIV Weather Eternal Bliss icon.png	Blissful	Emanation (Normal and Extreme)
Everlasting Light File:FFXIV Weather Everlasting Light icon.png	—	All areas in the First prior to defeating their Lightwardens
Firestorm File:FFXIV Weather Firestorm icon.png	—	Eden's Verse: Furor (Raktapaksa phase)
Gales File:FFXIV Weather Gales 2 icon.png	Gusty	The Howling Eye (Normal, Hard, and Extreme), Eden's Verse: Furor (Garuda phase)
Gloom File:FFXIV Weather Gloom 2 icon.png	Gloomy	Thornmarch (Hard and Extreme)
Heat Waves*(previously "Heatwave") File:FFXIV Weather Heat Waves 2 icon.png	Blistering	The Bowl of Embers (Normal, Hard, and Extreme), Eden's Verse: Furor (Ifrit phase)
Hyperelectricity File:FFXIV Weather Hyperelectricity icon.png	Hyperelectric	The Diadem
Irradiance File:FFXIV Weather Aurora icon.png	Irradiant	Akh Afah Ampitheatre (Hard and Extreme), Eden's Verse: Refulgence
Louring*(previously "Lour") File:FFXIV Weather Louring icon.png	Loury	The Minstrel's Ballad: Ultima's Bane
Multiplicity File:FFXIV Weather Multiplicity icon.png	Experiencing Multiplicity	Containment Bay S1T7 (Normal and Extreme)
Oppression File:FFXIV Weather Oppression icon.png	Oppressive	The Singularity Reactor, The Minstrel's Ballad: Thordan's Reign
Quicklevin File:FFXIV Weather Quicklevin icon.png	Hypervoltaic	A Horse Outside FATE in The Lochs
Revelstorm File:FFXIV Weather Revelstorm icon.png	Revelry	The Pool of Tribute (Normal and Extreme)
Rough Seas*(previously "Torrential") File:FFXIV Weather Rough Seas icon.png	Experiencing Rough Seas	The Whorleater (Hard and Extreme), Eden's Gate: Inundation
Royal Levin File:FFXIV Weather Royal Levin icon.png	Experiencing Royal Levin	Long Live the Coeurl, Coeurls Chase Boys, Coeurls Chase Boys Chase Coeurls FATE in The Dravanian Forelands
Shelf Clouds File:FFXIV Weather Shelf Clouds icon.png	Unnaturally Cloudy	The Limitless Blue (Hard and Extreme)
Smoke File:FFXIV Weather Smoke icon.png	Smoky	Thok ast Thok (Hard and Extreme)
Storm Clouds File:FFXIV Weather Storm Clouds icon.png	Threatened By Rain	The Striking Tree (Hard and Extreme), Eden's Verse: Fulmination
Tension*(previously "Hopelessness") File:FFXIV Weather Tension icon.png	Crackling With Tension	Steel Reign FATE in The Black Shroud
Termination File:FFXIV Weather Termination icon.png	—	Amaurot, The Dying Gasp
Wyrmstorm File:FFXIV Weather Wyrmstorm icon.png	Unnaturally Stormy	The Royal Menagerie

Showers.

Fog.

Umbral Wind.

Gloom.

Blizzard.

Dust Storms.

Umbral Static.

Thunders.

Royal Levin.

Hyperelectricity.

Tension.

Hypervoltaic.

Final Fantasy XV

Weather affects the characters' appearance on the field; in rain the party's hair and clothes get a damp look, and in windy weather the party's hair and clothes blow about wildly. The Hair Gel accessory bought from the market in Lestallum stops the characters' hair from changing with the weather.

Weather has a tactical impact on battle conditions, with different types of Elemancy magic having varying effects. Using fire on a clear day can ignite the surrounding area. Some magic spells also "change the weather" temporarily, such as Behemoth King's ice attack that envelops the battle area in a blizzard (using ice Elemancy spells can have the same effect). Using -ga or "limit break" tier magic (or Holy from the Ring of the Lucii or Armiger Unleashed) will cancel out any active elemental effect on the field.

Weather is random, but depends on the region. It rarely rains in Leide, being a desert (it rains only once during a main quest segment), whereas rains in the north of Cleigne, in the Vesperpool, are common. Weather never changes in the areas around Galdin Quay, but if it was raining when the party drove into the tunnel that leads there, the ground will be wet when they arrive although it has stopped raining. Leide has sandstorms (especially the Three Valleys region), whereas Cape Caem is commonly windy.

Hair in the rain.

Some monsters only appear during the rain, such as the Gigantoad. This also affects some hunts. The Regalia automatically puts up its hood when it starts raining. If the player sets up camp in the rain they won't get a "sitting around the fire" camping scene, as the party won't want to spend time outside in bad weather. The ability to fast-forward time was added in patch 1.21, and doing this can also change the weather.

The weather affects the fishing minigame, as lures work depending on whether it is clear skies, rainy or cloudy. Some special fruit that appear during chocobo races only appear during rain. The characters might complain about it being cold when it rains, and Gladiolus will advise Noctis to put on his jacket if he is not wearing one, but it won't affect gameplay.

Rain

Dust storm.

Final Fantasy Tactics

Main article: Weather (Tactics)

Weather conditions affect ranged weapons' accuracy and elemental damage. In stormy weather the accuracy of bows and crossbows is reduced, and during rain Lightning attacks are more powerful, and fire weakened. For random encounters the weather varies between seasons dictated by the calendar, but set battles have fixed weather conditions.

Final Fantasy Type-0

With the exception of normal weather, all weather has an effect on battle. Some accessories nullify weather effects, but do not correct the negative effects the weather puts on King's ranged attacks. The enemies that appear in battle sometimes depend on the weather; when enemies are influenced by the weather, there will be a change to damage amount depending on the type of weather.

Weather Impacts
Type	Fire	Ice	Lightning	Water	Earth	Wind	King's Gun	Lock-On Distances
Normal	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	40m
Fog	50%	113%	100%	150%	100%	25%	100%	10m
Snow Storm	6%	150%	25%	25%	100%	150%	Decreases	10m
	HP reduces at a rate of 3.75 per second apart from when standing still.
Snow	25%	113%	50%	50%	100%	100%	Decreases	40m
Sandstorm	100%	25%	13%	13%	100%	200%	100%	10m
Heat Wave	150%	6%	100%	6%	100%	50%	100%	40m
	HP reduces at a rate of 2.8 per second apart from when doing nothing.
Heavy Rain	13%	50%	398%	100%	13%		Decreases	10m
Rain	25%	100%	113%	200%	100%	25%	Decreases	40m

In the town of Amiter, tonberries only appear when the town is shrouded in fog.

Foggy.

Cadets fighting in a snowstorm.

Cadets fighting in rain.