Berserk

Sprite

Power 5 Accuracy +50%

Type Black Magic

Effect Increases the target's attack

Tome Berserk Tome

Effect Berserk 6 (Self)

Value 5,000 gil

Sold In Jade Passage B3 (10,000 gil)

Dropped By Magician

Used By Magician

Cast By Items Yoichi's Bow

Berserk increases the attack score of the target's main-hand weapon. Because of its low base power, intelligence plays a big role in Berserk's effectiveness. Each success adds the spell's power to attack. Note that if you switch weapons, the effects of Berserk are cancelled, even if you switch back.

You can't buy Berserk until the end of the game, but it's a fantastic spell, so it's well worth killing Magicians until you find a Berserk Tome. They are a relatively common drop, and Berserk will serve you well in many of the boss battles and even some normal fights for the rest of the game.

Compare Berserk to other Spells

Shops: Where Berserk is sold – 1 shown

You can freely check these boxes and their status will be saved for the next time you visit the site	The map this shop is located in Map	The type of shop this is; limited shops are closed off at a certain point in the plot; end game shops appear during the closing events of the game Shop
	Jade Passage B3	Spells

Monsters: Which use Berserk – 1 shown

You can freely check these boxes and their status will be saved for the next time you visit the site	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 HP total HP	The monster's starting and maximum MP 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 per hit and have an opposite effect against Undead monsters Effect	Each physical hit the monster takes will have its damage reduced by this amount Def	The number of attempts a monster gets to avoid incoming physical attacks, and the evasion % for those attempts Eva	The number of attempts a monster gets to avoid mitigate the effects of offensive spells or abilities, and the magic defense % for those attempts Mag. Def.	The base chance a monster will flee from battle on its turn; this chance is increased when the party has more total HP than all remaining monsters 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 monsters 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 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); a dagger (†) indicates that this monster also resists this element, so damage will not be doubled Weakness	The elements this monster resists or absorbs; absorbed elements are marked with an asterisk (*); 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
	Magician	3	80	30	17	1×65%	-	9	1×40%	3×60%	−50%	1,465 gil	Magic	-	-

Weapons & Shields: Which cast Berserk in battle – 1 shown

You can freely check these boxes and their status will be saved for the next time you visit the site	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/shield; ¼ of the wielder's strength score is added to attack, and each hit deals 1–2 times this total in damage, reduced by the target's defense; wielding a weapon/shield in one hand and nothing in the other increases the strength bonus from ¼ to ½ of the wielder's strength score Attack	The base accuracy of the weapon/shield; this is added to the wielder's strength score to determine final 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 target is healed for 30–60 HP per hit in addition to dealing its normal damage; the Ripper ability is intended to add 20 damage per hit, but this damage is not actually applied due to a bug Effect	Weapons & shields grant a bonus to evasion % equal to this value times the skill level appropriate to the weapon/shield 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	The magic penalty of a weapon/shield reduces the magic accuracy of any spells cast by its wielder; multiple magic penalties are cumulative Mag. Pen.	The spell cast when this weapon is used in battle, and the level it is used at; specific details on the weapon's battle effect are found on individual weapon pages Spell	Some weapons may break after being used to cast spells in battle Break	The cost to buy this weapon/shield in a shop Price	The amount of gil received when selling this weapon/shield in a shop Value
	(Bow)Yoichi's Bow	90	+75%	-	-	-	-	70%	Berserk 3	No	-	12,500 gil

Abilities: Battle Effect of Berserk Tome – 1 shown

You can freely check these boxes and their status will be saved for the next time you visit the site	The spell that this ability uses; 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 using items or weapons, and cannot be learned from tomes Spell	The level at which the spell is cast Level	Whether the spell is white magic, black magic, or a special ability Type	The base power of the spell; the base damage range for this ability is between one and four times the spell's power times its level; monsters and item-based special abilities use this number as is, but characters add ¼ of their intelligence to the power of black magic abilities, or ¼ of their spirit to the power of white magic abilities Power	The base magic accuracy of the spell when a character uses an item or weapon; special abilities use this number as is, but characters add their intelligence to the magic accuracy of black magic abilities, or their spirit to the magic accuracy of white magic abilities Item Mag. Acc.	The status ailment inflicted by a successful use of this ability Status	The elemental nature of the associated spell; targets that absorb this element will ignore its effects and gain HP based on its power, even for non-damaging spells; targets that resist this element will fully resist any spell effects and take half damage; targets that are weak against this element automatically suffer the full effects of the spell and damage is doubled Element	The target of abilities is preset and cannot be changed, beyond choosing which 'one' target is used Target	The average amount of successes when this ability is generated by an item, or the typical damage it will deal if it is not resisted at all; items that create black or white magic spell effects are enhanced by the character's intelligence or spirit, respectively; these calculations are made for several different attributes values Expected Effect
	Berserk 6	6	Black	5	+50%	-	-	Self	15 bonus attack (1 Int) 102 bonus attack (50 Int) 259 bonus attack (99 Int)

Monsters: Which drop Berserk Tome – 1 shown

You can freely check these boxes and their status will be saved for the next time you visit the site	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 probability that the monster will drop this particular item when it is defeated Drop Chance	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 HP total HP	The monster's starting and maximum MP 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 per hit and have an opposite effect against Undead monsters Effect	Each physical hit the monster takes will have its damage reduced by this amount Def	The number of attempts a monster gets to avoid incoming physical attacks, and the evasion % for those attempts Eva	The number of attempts a monster gets to avoid mitigate the effects of offensive spells or abilities, and the magic defense % for those attempts Mag. Def.	The base chance a monster will flee from battle on its turn; this chance is increased when the party has more total HP than all remaining monsters 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 monsters 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 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); a dagger (†) indicates that this monster also resists this element, so damage will not be doubled Weakness	The elements this monster resists or absorbs; absorbed elements are marked with an asterisk (*); 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
	Magician	20%	3	80	30	17	1×65%	-	9	1×40%	3×60%	−50%	1,465 gil	Magic	-	-

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