Dragon Family - Final Fantasy IV (PlayStation) - Guides

Weapons: Effective against the Dragon family – 3 shown

Rare weapons can only be found as treasure or won or stolen from monsters; unique weapons can only be found as treasure or as rare monster drops; forbidden weapons are powerful items found in the Lunar Subterrane; exceptional weapons are found only as rare monster drops Name	The specific type of weapon this is; this has no special in-game meaning Type	The higher a weapon's power, the more damage physical attacks made with it deal Power	A weapon's base accuracy Accuracy	Some weapons grant a bonus or penalty to one or more statistics; bonuses are listed in green, while penalties are listed in red Bonuses	The cost to buy this weapon in a shop Price	The amount of gil received when selling this weapon in a shop Value	The spell cast when this weapon is used as an item in combat; unlike items, weapons are not consumed when used to cast spells Spell	The status ailment that may be inflicted by hits with this weapon Status	The elemental nature of this weapon; targets that are weak to this element take extra damage, while targets that resist or absorb this element take reduced damage Elements	When used against monsters of any of the listed families, this weapon does increased damage Families	The characters which are capable of using this weapon Equipped By
Artemis Arrow	Arrow	75		-	-	100 gil	-	-	-	Dragon	Ce, Ci, cRy, Edw, Fu, Pa, Po, Ro, Ry
Dragon Spear	Spear	99	80%	-	-	25 gil	-	-	Projectile	Dragon	Ka
Serpent Whip	Whip	55	75%	Str +5, Agil +5, Vit +5, Wis −5, Will −5	-	15,500 gil	-	Paralyze	-	Dragon	cRy, Ry

Monsters: Part of the Dragon family – 14 shown

Minibosses appear as treasure guardians or are otherwise especially powerful monsters; bosses are unique monsters that are defeated as part of the plot; lunar guardians are powerful monsters guarding forbidden weapons; the final boss must be defeated to complete the game; special monsters are not fought in standard battles Name	The monster's starting and maximum hit point total HP	The amount of gil earned for defeating this monster Gil	The total amount of experience earned for defeating this monster (this is split evenly among surviving party members) Exp	Attack determines the base per-hit damage of the monster's physical attack Att	Magic determines how powerful the monster's spells and special abilities are Magic	Defense reduces the amount of damage taken per physical hit Def	Magic defense reduces the amount of damage taken by spells and special attacks Mag. Def.	Some weapons are especially effective against certain monster families Family	The monster takes extra damage from spells or attacks of any of the listed elements Weakness	Monsters that resist an element take reduced damage from spells or attacks of that element, while monsters that absorb an element are healed by spells instead of taking damage (elemental weapon attacks are resisted instead of absorbed); individual monster pages indicate which elements are resisted and which are absorbed Resists/Absorbs	The monster is vulnerable to status ailments listed in white, and immune to those listed in red; the status ailments are Poison, Darkness, Silence, Pig, Mini, Toad, Petrify, KO, Berserk, Confuse, Sleep, Paralyze, Curse, and Gradual Petrification Status Vulnerability
Blue D.	15,000	40,200 gil	36,000	144	-	4	47	Dragon	-	All elements	PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP
Clapper	7,600	900 gil	7,777	124	-	4	254	Dragon	Projectile	Lightning	PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP
D.Bone	12,000	6,750 gil	14,000	142	-	3	254	Dragon, Undead	Fire	Darkness	PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP
D.Fossil	12,000	8,100 gil	15,000	132	-	4	254	Dragon, Undead	Fire, Holy	Darkness	PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP
Dark D.	3,927	5,000 gil	6,000	80	15	1	254	Dragon	Holy	Holy	PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP
Ging-Ryu	7,500	19,000 gil	25,000	124	95	4	44	Dragon	-	-	PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP
Green D.	2,200	368 gil	4,759	88	3	3	18	Dragon	-	-	PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP
King-Ryu	8,200	23,000 gil	30,000	128	30	54	39	Dragon	-	-	PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP
Lunasaur	23,000	-	29,500	144	54	4	254	Dragon, Undead	Fire	-	PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP
Mech D.	18,000	2,550 gil	41,400	138	56	4	38	Dragon	-	-	PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP
Red D.	15,000	65,000 gil	41,500	162	79	4	39	Dragon	Ice	Fire	PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP
White D.	32,700	-	55,000	156	31	5	48	Dragon	-	Fire, Ice, Lightning	PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP
Wyvern	60,000	-	64,000	160	8	5	52	Dragon	-	-	PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP
Yellow D	3,100	1,500 gil	28,000	108	-	4	37	Dragon	-	Lightning	PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP