Ice Element - Final Fantasy II (Famicom)

Ice

Elemental Weapons Excalibur, Ice Bow, Ice Brand, Ice Lance

Resistant Shields Dragon Shield, Flame Shield

Resistant Armor Black Robe, Dragon Armor, Flame Helm, Ice Armor, Ribbon

Ice is second to Fire in terms of elemental importance. Many cold-blooded creatures, such as turtles and lizards, are vulnerable to Ice. More importantly, few of these creatures are vulnerable to anything else.

Compare Ice to other Elements

Weapons & Shields: Ice-Elemental – 4 shown

Rare weapons can only be found as treasure or won from monsters; unique weapons can only be found as treasure; ultimate weapons are uniquely powerful treasures Name	The base damage dealt by the weapon; this is added to 1/4 of the wielder's strength score, and each hit deals between one and two times this total in damage, reduced by the target's defense; wielding a weapon in one hand and nothing in the other increases the strength bonus from 1/4 to 1/2 of the wielder's strength score Attack	The accuracy bonus of the weapon; this is added to the wielder's strength score to determine physical attack accuracy Accuracy	Some weapons have a chance to inflict a status ailment with each hit; a weapon with the Drain HP ability drains 1/16 of the target's maximum hp in addition to its normal damage on each hit, but this effect is reversed against undead; the Healing ability means that the attack value of the weapon is ignored except against undead, and the target is healed for 30–60 hit points per hit; the Ripper ability appears to add 20 damage per hit, but this damage is not actually applied and the ability has no actual effect Effect	Weapons and shields grant a bonus to evasion equal to this value times the skill level appropriate to the item type Evasion	When used against a monster weak against one of its elements, the weapon gets a +20 bonus to attack (this does not stack with the bonus for using a weapon against a monster of a family it is especially effective against); there is no penalty for using a weapon against a monster that resists or absorbs any of its elemental properties; shields instead grant resistance to the listed elements Elements	When used against a monster of any of the listed families, the weapon gets a +20 bonus to attack (this does not stack with the bonus for using an elemental weapon against a monster that is weak against that element) Effective Against	Most weapons and shields incur a penalty to the accuracy of any spells cast by the wearer; multiple penalties are cumulative Mag. Pen.	The spell cast when this weapon is used in combat, and the level it is used at; specific details on the weapon's battle effect are found on individual item pages Spell	Some weapons may break after being used to cast spells in combat Break	The cost to buy this weapon in a shop Price	The amount of gil received when selling this weapon in a shop Value
(Bow)Ice Bow	56	+50%	-	-	Ice	-	70%	-	-	5,000 gil	2,500 gil
(Sword)Excalibur	100	+75%	-	+1%	All elements	Giant, Spellcaster, Dragon, Werebeast, Undead	30%	-	-	-	65,000 gil
(Sword)Ice Brand	72	+62%	-	+1%	Ice	-	50%	-	-	-	7,500 gil
(Polearm)Ice Lance	66	+65%	-	+1%	Ice	-	40%	-	-	-	10,000 gil

Weapons & Shields: Resistant to Ice – 2 shown

Rare weapons can only be found as treasure or won from monsters; unique weapons can only be found as treasure; ultimate weapons are uniquely powerful treasures Name	The base damage dealt by the weapon; this is added to 1/4 of the wielder's strength score, and each hit deals between one and two times this total in damage, reduced by the target's defense; wielding a weapon in one hand and nothing in the other increases the strength bonus from 1/4 to 1/2 of the wielder's strength score Attack	The accuracy bonus of the weapon; this is added to the wielder's strength score to determine physical attack accuracy Accuracy	Some weapons have a chance to inflict a status ailment with each hit; a weapon with the Drain HP ability drains 1/16 of the target's maximum hp in addition to its normal damage on each hit, but this effect is reversed against undead; the Healing ability means that the attack value of the weapon is ignored except against undead, and the target is healed for 30–60 hit points per hit; the Ripper ability appears to add 20 damage per hit, but this damage is not actually applied and the ability has no actual effect Effect	Weapons and shields grant a bonus to evasion equal to this value times the skill level appropriate to the item type Evasion	When used against a monster weak against one of its elements, the weapon gets a +20 bonus to attack (this does not stack with the bonus for using a weapon against a monster of a family it is especially effective against); there is no penalty for using a weapon against a monster that resists or absorbs any of its elemental properties; shields instead grant resistance to the listed elements Elements	When used against a monster of any of the listed families, the weapon gets a +20 bonus to attack (this does not stack with the bonus for using an elemental weapon against a monster that is weak against that element) Effective Against	Most weapons and shields incur a penalty to the accuracy of any spells cast by the wearer; multiple penalties are cumulative Mag. Pen.	The spell cast when this weapon is used in combat, and the level it is used at; specific details on the weapon's battle effect are found on individual item pages Spell	Some weapons may break after being used to cast spells in combat Break	The cost to buy this weapon in a shop Price	The amount of gil received when selling this weapon in a shop Value
(Shield)Dragon Shield	5	+0%	-	+9%	Fire, Lightning, Poison, Ice	-	70%	-	-	-	7,500 gil
(Shield)Flame Shield	4	+0%	-	+7%	Ice	-	70%	-	-	-	2,500 gil

Armor: Resistant to Ice – 5 shown

Rare armors can only be found as treasure or won from monsters; unique armors can only be found as treasure; ultimate armors are uniquely powerful treasures Name	The slot where this armor is equipped Type	Each physical hit you take will have its damage reduced by this amount; the defense value of multiple pieces of armor is cumulative Defense	Most types of armor incur a penalty to the wearer's evasion rate based on how heavy the armor is; multiple penalties are cumulative Evade	Some armor grants a bonus to the wearer's magic defense rate; multiple bonuses are cumulative Mag. Def.	Any elemental resistances this armor provides; resistance to an element causes the wearer to fully resist all spells or abilities of that element, and further reducing damage by half Resistance	Some armor grants a bonus to a single statistic; multiple bonuses to the same statistic are not cumulative, though bonuses to different statistics are Bonus	Most types of armor incur a penalty to the accuracy of any spells cast by the wearer based on how heavy the armor is; multiple penalties are cumulative Mag. Pen.	The cost to buy this armor in a shop Price	The amount of gil received when selling this armor in a shop Value
Black Robe	Body	35	−5%	+21%	Fire, Lightning, Poison, Ice	Intelligence +10	-	-	2,500 gil
Dragon Armor	Body	50	−54%	+5%	Fire, Lightning, Poison, Ice	-	50%	-	32,500 gil
Flame Helm	Head	13	−14%	+5%	Ice	-	26%	-	500 gil
Ice Armor	Body	36	−40%	+5%	Ice	-	72%	-	5,000 gil
Ribbon	Head	10	-	+21%	All elements	-	-	-	5,000 gil

Spells: Ice-elemental – 2 shown

Rare spell tomes can only be found as treasure or won from monsters; unique spell tomes that only be found as treasure; special abilities are used by monsters or triggered by items, and cannot be learned from tomes; bugged spells have either no effect or a much lesser effect than intended, and may not be worth learning or leveling up Name	Whether this spell is black magic, white magic, or a special ability; characters cannot learn to cast special abilities Type	For damaging or healing spells, each spell success causes or heals between one and two times this amount of damage; non-damaging spells heal targets that absorb their element based on the spell's listed power Power	When cast by a character, the spell grants a bonus to accuracy; spells or abilities used by monsters or created by items use a preset base accuracy value instead of the usual spell accuracy Accuracy	The status ailments inflicted or cured if the spell is successful, if any; if a number is shown, the spell requires that number of successes to cure the listed status ailment Status	The elemental nature of the spell; weakness to the element causes the spell to have perfect success, and doubles the damage dealt; resistance to the element causes the spell to have minimal effects, and halves damage; if the target absorbs the element, the spell is treated like the Cure spell and other effects are ignored Element	The cost to buy this spell's tome in a shop Price	The amount of gil received when selling this spell's tome in a shop Value	When used as an item in combat, spell tomes cast their spell at a high level, but are lost in the process; view individual spell pages for the base accuracy and targets of the tome's combat effect Tome Effect
Blizzard	Black	10	+0%	-	Ice	400 gil	100 gil	Blizzard 8
Icestorm	Special	20	+50%	-	Ice	-	-	-

Monsters: Weak against Ice – 16 shown

Bosses must be defeated as part of the plot; rare monsters appear in trap rooms for the current map or area; the final boss must be defeated to complete the game; superbosses are the most dangerous monsters in the game, but are optional Name	The rank of the monster; the rank of any given encounter is determined by the lowest rank of any monster in that encounter; rank is used to determine how quickly skills progress toward the next level Rk	The monster's starting and maximum hit point total HP	The monster's starting and maximum magic point total MP	Each physical hit will deal between one and two times this amount of damage to the target, reduced by the target's defense Att	The number of attacks the monster makes when it attacks physically, and the accuracy of each of those attacks Acc	The status ailment or other effect, if any, that can be inflicted by this monster's attacks; if a monster inflicts multiple status ailments, all are inflicted at once; drain attacks always drain 1/16 of the target's total hp or mp, as appropriate, and have an opposite effect against undead creatures Effect	Each physical hit the monster takes will have its damage reduced by this amount Def	The number of evasion chances the monster has when attacked physically, and the sucess rate of each of those chances Eva	The number of magic defense chances the monster has when targeted with a spell or ability, and the sucess rate of each of those chances Mag. Def.	A monster's fear score is the base chance that it will flee from combat on its turn; this chance is increased when the party has more total HP than all remaining enemies Fear	The average gil value of the money or items this monster can drop when defeated Avg. Drop	The families this monster belongs to; Undead creatures are damaged by healing spells and reverse the effects of drain attacks used against them; some weapons get a +20 bonus to attack when used against certain monster families (this does not stack with the bonus for using an elemental weapon against a monster that is weak against that element) Family	The elements this monster is weak against; spells of these elements always have their maximum effect and deal double damage; elemental weapons get a +20 bonus to attack when used against monsters weak against any of their elements (this does not stack with the bonus for using a weapon against a monster of a family it is especially effective against) Weakness	The elements this monster resists or absorbs; spells of resisted elements are always fully resisted and deal half damage, whle spells of absorbed elements have no effect and heal the target; individual monster pages indicate which elements are resisted and which are absorbed Resists/Absorbs
Adamantoise	5	450	-	50	2×75%	-	60	0×0%	1×50%	−70%	475 gil	Earth, Dragon	Ice	Lightning, Poison
Antlion	5	370	-	50	3×75%	Paralysis	40	1×50%	3×50%	−85%	300 gil	Earth	Poison, Ice	Fire, Lightning
Death Flower	5	540	-	40	4×80%	Confuse	40	0×0%	3×50%	−85%	241 gil	-	Fire, Ice	Mind, Body
Fire Gigas	7	1,800	240	100	6×95%	-	100	1×40%	4×50%	−120%	1,580 gil	Giant	Ice	Fire
Gigantoad	5	450	-	40	4×75%	Poison	40	1×50%	3×50%	−70%	300 gil	-	Ice	-
Green Slime	2	10	6	4	1×50%	Venom	210	0×0%	1×50%	−20%	8 gil	Magic Beast, Earth	Fire, Ice	Matter, Mind, Death, Body, Poison
Iron Giant	7	3,500	240	180	12×100%	-	180	0×0%	14×100%	−170%	10,550 gil	Spellcaster	Lightning, Ice	Matter, Mind, Death, Body, Fire
Killer Mantis	5	750	-	60	5×75%	-	50	1×60%	4×40%	−100%	510 gil	-	Ice	-
Land Turtle	3	140	-	35	2×65%	-	35	0×0%	2×50%	−50%	78 gil	Earth, Dragon	Ice	Lightning, Poison
Mantis King	6	1,140	-	85	7×80%	-	70	1×70%	5×40%	−170%	3,600 gil	-	Ice	-
Mega Parasite	6	750	300	40	6×75%	Amnesia	50	1×65%	4×40%	−166%	1,800 gil	Magic Beast	Ice	Mind
Parasite	4	300	-	35	3×70%	Drain	40	1×40%	3×50%	−85%	400 gil	Magic Beast	Ice	Mind
Poison Toad	4	300	-	35	3×70%	Poison	35	1×30%	3×50%	−70%	325 gil	-	Ice	-
Red Dragon	7	5,000	450	180	8×100%	-	180	1×75%	8×40%	−170%	12,083 gil	Magic Beast, Dragon	Ice	Fire
Salamander	6	1,290	300	100	8×90%	-	85	1×70%	5×70%	−166%	1,800 gil	Spellcaster	Ice	Fire
Yellow Jelly	2	45	6	17	1×60%	Poison	210	0×0%	2×40%	−20%	8 gil	Magic Beast, Earth	Fire, Ice	Matter, Mind, Death, Body, Lightning, Poison

Monsters: Resistant to Ice – 29 shown

Bosses must be defeated as part of the plot; rare monsters appear in trap rooms for the current map or area; the final boss must be defeated to complete the game; superbosses are the most dangerous monsters in the game, but are optional Name	The rank of the monster; the rank of any given encounter is determined by the lowest rank of any monster in that encounter; rank is used to determine how quickly skills progress toward the next level Rk	The monster's starting and maximum hit point total HP	The monster's starting and maximum magic point total MP	Each physical hit will deal between one and two times this amount of damage to the target, reduced by the target's defense Att	The number of attacks the monster makes when it attacks physically, and the accuracy of each of those attacks Acc	The status ailment or other effect, if any, that can be inflicted by this monster's attacks; if a monster inflicts multiple status ailments, all are inflicted at once; drain attacks always drain 1/16 of the target's total hp or mp, as appropriate, and have an opposite effect against undead creatures Effect	Each physical hit the monster takes will have its damage reduced by this amount Def	The number of evasion chances the monster has when attacked physically, and the sucess rate of each of those chances Eva	The number of magic defense chances the monster has when targeted with a spell or ability, and the sucess rate of each of those chances Mag. Def.	A monster's fear score is the base chance that it will flee from combat on its turn; this chance is increased when the party has more total HP than all remaining enemies Fear	The average gil value of the money or items this monster can drop when defeated Avg. Drop	The families this monster belongs to; Undead creatures are damaged by healing spells and reverse the effects of drain attacks used against them; some weapons get a +20 bonus to attack when used against certain monster families (this does not stack with the bonus for using an elemental weapon against a monster that is weak against that element) Family	The elements this monster is weak against; spells of these elements always have their maximum effect and deal double damage; elemental weapons get a +20 bonus to attack when used against monsters weak against any of their elements (this does not stack with the bonus for using a weapon against a monster of a family it is especially effective against) Weakness	The elements this monster resists or absorbs; spells of resisted elements are always fully resisted and deal half damage, whle spells of absorbed elements have no effect and heal the target; individual monster pages indicate which elements are resisted and which are absorbed Resists/Absorbs
Astaroth	7	7,000	540	150	8×100%	Drain	180	1×80%	8×70%	−170%	6,775 gil	Magic Beast, Earth, Spellcaster	-	Fire, Lightning, Ice
Beast Demon	7	1,000	140	70	6×80%	Poison	60	1×75%	6×60%	−170%	2,000 gil	Spellcaster	-	Fire, Lightning, Ice
Beelzebub	7	5,000	450	150	8×100%	Poison	180	1×80%	8×70%	−170%	6,790 gil	Magic Beast, Earth, Spellcaster	-	Fire, Ice
Black Flan	5	370	80	40	4×80%	Poison	210	0×0%	3×50%	−100%	400 gil	Magic Beast, Earth	Fire	Matter, Mind, Death, Body, Lightning, Poison, Ice
Dead Head	2	45	-	17	1×60%	-	9	1×20%	2×40%	−20%	16 gil	Undead	Fire	Mind, Death, Body, Ice
Death Rider	6	1,290	-	120	8×85%	Drain	120	1×70%	5×70%	−170%	9,150 gil	Spellcaster	Fire	Mind, Death, Body, Ice
Devil's Bloom	6	1,140	-	70	6×85%	Multiple	70	1×65%	5×70%	−120%	830 gil	-	Fire	Mind, Death, Body, Ice
Dual Deads	5	300	-	40	5×65%	-	25	1×50%	3×50%	−70%	300 gil	Undead	Fire	Mind, Death, Body, Ice
Emperor	-	10,000	540	180	8×100%	Drain	210	1×80%	16×70%	−170%	-	Magic Beast, Earth	-	Matter, Mind, Death, Body, Fire, Lightning, Poison, Ice
Ghast	3	100	30	25	2×60%	Paralysis	9	1×30%	2×50%	−50%	120 gil	Undead	Fire	Mind, Death, Body, Ice
Ghost	5	540	140	35	5×75%	Drain	35	1×60%	3×50%	−100%	640 gil	Magic Beast, Earth, Spellcaster, Undead	Fire	Matter, Mind, Death, Body, Poison, Ice
Ghoul	2	60	-	17	1×60%	Paralysis	4	1×20%	2×40%	−20%	65 gil	Undead	Fire	Mind, Death, Body, Ice
Hecteyes	6	1,140	300	85	7×90%	KO	70	1×70%	5×70%	−166%	1,800 gil	Magic Beast, Earth	-	Matter, Mind, Death, Body, Fire, Lightning, Poison, Ice
Imp	5	300	100	35	4×70%	Poison	35	1×50%	3×100%	−110%	640 gil	Magic Beast, Earth, Spellcaster	-	Fire, Lightning, Ice
Imperial Shadow	7	3,000	240	120	8×100%	Curse	120	1×80%	8×30%	−170%	-	Magic Beast, Earth, Spellcaster, Undead	-	Matter, Mind, Death, Body, Lightning, Poison, Ice
Mantis Devil	7	1,290	370	85	8×85%	Paralysis	85	1×75%	5×70%	−170%	2,000 gil	Spellcaster	-	Fire, Ice
Mythril Golem	7	2,000	-	150	8×95%	-	180	1×50%	14×100%	−170%	1,450 gil	Spellcaster	-	Matter, Mind, Death, Body, Fire, Poison, Ice
Pit Fiend	6	750	300	60	8×80%	Darkness	50	1×65%	6×60%	−161%	1,800 gil	Magic Beast, Earth, Spellcaster	-	Fire, Ice
Red Mousse	3	100	45	25	2×65%	Poison	210	0×0%	2×50%	−70%	120 gil	Magic Beast, Earth	Lightning	Matter, Mind, Death, Body, Poison, Ice
Revenant	4	240	-	40	3×70%	-	25	1×40%	3×40%	−70%	400 gil	Undead	Fire	Mind, Death, Body, Ice
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Monsters: Which Absorb Ice – 9 shown

Bosses must be defeated as part of the plot; rare monsters appear in trap rooms for the current map or area; the final boss must be defeated to complete the game; superbosses are the most dangerous monsters in the game, but are optional Name	The rank of the monster; the rank of any given encounter is determined by the lowest rank of any monster in that encounter; rank is used to determine how quickly skills progress toward the next level Rk	The monster's starting and maximum hit point total HP	The monster's starting and maximum magic point total MP	Each physical hit will deal between one and two times this amount of damage to the target, reduced by the target's defense Att	The number of attacks the monster makes when it attacks physically, and the accuracy of each of those attacks Acc	The status ailment or other effect, if any, that can be inflicted by this monster's attacks; if a monster inflicts multiple status ailments, all are inflicted at once; drain attacks always drain 1/16 of the target's total hp or mp, as appropriate, and have an opposite effect against undead creatures Effect	Each physical hit the monster takes will have its damage reduced by this amount Def	The number of evasion chances the monster has when attacked physically, and the sucess rate of each of those chances Eva	The number of magic defense chances the monster has when targeted with a spell or ability, and the sucess rate of each of those chances Mag. Def.	A monster's fear score is the base chance that it will flee from combat on its turn; this chance is increased when the party has more total HP than all remaining enemies Fear	The average gil value of the money or items this monster can drop when defeated Avg. Drop	The families this monster belongs to; Undead creatures are damaged by healing spells and reverse the effects of drain attacks used against them; some weapons get a +20 bonus to attack when used against certain monster families (this does not stack with the bonus for using an elemental weapon against a monster that is weak against that element) Family	The elements this monster is weak against; spells of these elements always have their maximum effect and deal double damage; elemental weapons get a +20 bonus to attack when used against monsters weak against any of their elements (this does not stack with the bonus for using a weapon against a monster of a family it is especially effective against) Weakness	The elements this monster resists or absorbs; spells of resisted elements are always fully resisted and deal half damage, whle spells of absorbed elements have no effect and heal the target; individual monster pages indicate which elements are resisted and which are absorbed Resists/Absorbs
Green Soul	4	6	60	25	1×70%	-	17	1×40%	3×40%	10%	200 gil	Magic Beast, Earth, Spellcaster	-	Matter, Mind, Death, Body, Fire, Lightning, Poison, Ice
Ice Gigas	7	2,000	140	120	7×95%	-	120	1×50%	4×50%	−130%	1,555 gil	Giant	Fire	Ice
Ice Lizard	6	1,000	190	85	7×85%	-	70	1×65%	6×30%	−120%	830 gil	Earth, Dragon	Fire	Ice
Icicle	2	60	-	17	1×60%	-	17	0×0%	2×40%	−20%	32 gil	-	Fire	Mind, Ice
Red Soul	5	540	30	35	1×80%	-	40	1×60%	4×40%	−85%	32 gil	Magic Beast, Earth, Spellcaster	-	Matter, Mind, Death, Body, Fire, Lightning, Poison, Ice
Snowman	2	45	-	9	1×60%	-	4	1×20%	2×40%	−20%	32 gil	-	Fire	Ice
Tiamat	7	5,000	450	150	8×100%	Poison	180	1×80%	8×70%	−170%	10,325 gil	Magic Beast, Dragon	-	Fire, Lightning, Poison, Ice
White Dragon	7	2,500	140	150	6×95%	-	120	1×75%	5×50%	−170%	3,610 gil	Magic Beast, Dragon	Fire	Ice
Yellow Soul	4	20	80	35	1×70%	-	25	1×40%	3×40%	10%	200 gil	Magic Beast, Earth, Spellcaster	-	Matter, Mind, Death, Body, Fire, Lightning, Poison, Ice

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