Gamer Corner Guides

Rare weapons can only be found as treasure or won from monsters; unique weapons can only be found as treasure or purchased in hidden shops; ultimate weapons are uniquely powerful treasures; onion weapons are rare treasures of unmatched but narrow power

Some weapons offer a bonus to one or more statistics; certain weapons also offer a bonus to one or more element types, but this has no effect; for the curious, the elemental bonuses are shown on individual weapon pages

The spell cast when this weapon is used as an item in combat; unlike items, weapons are not consumed when used to cast spells

The elemental nature of this weapon; targets that are weak to this element take double damage, while targets that resist this element take half damage; targets that absorb this element gain hit points equal to the usual damage dealt

The jobs which are capable of using this weapon

Summons are spells with differing effects based on class; hidden spells must be earned or purchased in hidden shops; item effects power items and cannot be learned; terrain effects are used by geomancers; special abilities are used only by monsters; summon effects are written as Summon: Effect; evoker effects are used at random, while summoner effects are always the same

The type of spell this is, which determines which jobs can cast it; terrain spells are the effects created by geomancers' terrain ability; 'item'-type spells are created by using items in battle; abilities are used only by monsters

The targets that this spell can be used on; spells that target 'all' cannot be retargeted, and deal full damage to each target; spells that have a target of 'one/all' split their damage among all targets if used to target a group; both 'one/all' and 'one' target spells can be used against both enemies and allies, regardless of the default target

The elemental nature of this spell; targets that are weak to this element take double damage, while targets that resist this element take half damage; targets that absorb this element gain hit points equal to the usual damage dealt

The jobs which are capable of casting this spell; a character of any job can have any spell on their spell list, even if they cannot cast it

Treasure guardians are only encountered when opening treasure chests; bosses are unique monsters encountered during the plot; the final boss must be defeated to complete the game; rare monsters are hard to find and very powerful, but drop powerful rewards; invincible monsters are not meant to be defeated

Some monsters' attacks are elemental in nature, and the damage may be adjusted by any weaknesses or resistances the target has

Undead creatures are damaged by healing spells; dividing creatures split after taking physical damage provided there is room on the battlefield; spells or attacks with dark-elemental weapons do not cause these creatures to split

The monster takes double damage from spells or attacks of any of the listed elements

Monsters that resist an element take half damage from spells or attacks of that element, while monsters that absorb an element are healed instead of taking damage; individual monster pages indicate which elements are resisted and which are absorbed

Monsters are immune to the listed status ailments; not that, although no immunities are listed, all bosses are immune to all status ailments

Treasure guardians are only encountered when opening treasure chests; bosses are unique monsters encountered during the plot; the final boss must be defeated to complete the game; rare monsters are hard to find and very powerful, but drop powerful rewards; invincible monsters are not meant to be defeated

Some monsters' attacks are elemental in nature, and the damage may be adjusted by any weaknesses or resistances the target has

Undead creatures are damaged by healing spells; dividing creatures split after taking physical damage provided there is room on the battlefield; spells or attacks with dark-elemental weapons do not cause these creatures to split

The monster takes double damage from spells or attacks of any of the listed elements

Monsters that resist an element take half damage from spells or attacks of that element, while monsters that absorb an element are healed instead of taking damage; individual monster pages indicate which elements are resisted and which are absorbed

Monsters are immune to the listed status ailments; not that, although no immunities are listed, all bosses are immune to all status ailments

Treasure guardians are only encountered when opening treasure chests; bosses are unique monsters encountered during the plot; the final boss must be defeated to complete the game; rare monsters are hard to find and very powerful, but drop powerful rewards; invincible monsters are not meant to be defeated

Some monsters' attacks are elemental in nature, and the damage may be adjusted by any weaknesses or resistances the target has

Undead creatures are damaged by healing spells; dividing creatures split after taking physical damage provided there is room on the battlefield; spells or attacks with dark-elemental weapons do not cause these creatures to split

The monster takes double damage from spells or attacks of any of the listed elements

Monsters that resist an element take half damage from spells or attacks of that element, while monsters that absorb an element are healed instead of taking damage; individual monster pages indicate which elements are resisted and which are absorbed

Monsters are immune to the listed status ailments; not that, although no immunities are listed, all bosses are immune to all status ailments