Ribbon

Description Protects against all abnormal status
Value 1 gil
Effects Defend Sleep, Defend Poison, Defend Sadness, Defend Fury, Defend Confusion, Defend Silence, Defend Frog, Defend Small, Defend Slow-numb, Defend Petrify, Defend Death-sentence, Defend Berserk, Defend Paralyzed, Defend Darkness
Found in Temple of the Ancients, Gaea's Cliff, Gold Saucer
Morph Ho-chu, Master Tonberry
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Status Effects: Resisted by Ribbon – 14 shown
Positive status effects are generally beneficial; negative status effects are generally harmful; special status effects can only be inflicted by certain materia commands
Name
This status is negated by its opposed status
Opposed		 Type Duration Effect
Berserk - Negative Temporary Character attacks uncontrollably but deals 50% extra damage
Confusion - Negative Temporary Character will attack allies, effect ends when hit by any physical attack
Darkness - Negative Temporary Halves the accuracy of the character's weapon attacks (no effect on monsters)
Death-sentence - Negative Temporary Character dies when the timer runs out
Frog - Negative Temporary Character deals 1/4 physical damage and can only Fight, use Items, or cast Toad
Fury Sadness Negative Permanent Character has 30% less accuracy, but limit bar growth is doubled
Paralyzed - Negative Temporary Character cannot act
Petrify - Negative Temporary Character cannot act but is immune to damage and status effects
Poison - Negative Temporary Character repeatedly takes 1/32 of max HP damage
Sadness Fury Negative Permanent Character takes 30% less damage, but limit bar growth is halved
Silence - Negative Temporary Character cannot use magic
Sleep - Negative Temporary Character cannot act, but is woken by any physical attack
Slow-numb - Negative Temporary Character will be afflicted with Petrify when the timer runs out
Small - Negative Temporary Character deals 1 damage with all physical attacks
Items of Interest: Ribbon – 2 shown
Item Type
Whether this item can be found or collected multiple times
Repeatable		 Area Screen Details
Ribbon Item No Temple of the Ancients Temple of the Ancients (Stair Maze) Open the chest near the door that leads to V on the clock
Ribbon Item No Gaea's Cliff Inside of Gaea's Cliff (Lower Cave Entrance) Open the chest in the hidden room in the southeast corner (walk through the wall past the ice bridge)
Battle Square Battles: Where Ribbon is Won – 1 shown
The special battle must be unlocked by fulfilling certain requirements
Name		 Type
When this battle is available; only one regular battle is available at any given time
Available
The starting encounters that indicate that you will be competing against group 1 during a regular battle
Encounter Group 1
The starting encounters that indicate that you will be competing against group 2 during a regular battle
Encounter Group 2
Which characters can participate in this battle, subject to both timing and special rules
Characters
The potential rewards for competing in the battle square; these don't include items that can be purchased with earned battle points
Rewards		 Area Screen
Special Battle Special Battle After learning Omnislash and obtaining the Ultima Weapon and W-Summon Materia Sea Worm - Cloud Final Attack Materia
Autograph
Combat Diary
Gambler
Ribbon
Battle Points		 Gold Saucer Arena Lobby
Gold Saucer Prizes: Ribbon – 1 shown
Prize Screen
Which Gold Saucer event awards this prize
Event
The difficulty level the event must be played on to win this prize
Difficulty		 Details
Whether this prize can be won multiple times
Repeatable
Ribbon Arena Lobby Battle Square Special Battle Win ten times No
Monsters: With Ribbon – 2 shown
Limited monsters never appear in random encounters; bosses are involved in important plot fights; special bosses and the final bosses are specifically called out as well; super bosses represent the greatest challenge in the game; Battle Square monsters only appear in the Battle Square; chocobos only appear in certain areas when using a Chocobo Lure and can be caught
Name		 Level HP MP Attack
The base physical damage dealt by this monster's abilities; physical damage abilities typically deal damage as a multiple of this value (P)
Base P		 Magic atk
The base magic damage dealt by this monster's abilities; magic damage abilities typically deal damage as a multiple of this value (M)
Base M		 Defense
This is the damage a monster will take compared to the base damage of a physical attack
Phys. Vuln.		 Magic def
This is the damage a monster will take compared to the base damage of a magic attack
Magic Vuln.		 Defense%
Note that party members get a +50 bonus to Dexterity during combat which monsters do not
Dexterity		 Luck Elemental Vulnerability Status Immunity EXP AP Gil
The rate of Steal success per item by a character of equal level to the monster; these rates will change based on the level difference between the Stealing character and the monster; hover over a percentage to see the base rate (which is based on being 10 levels higher than the monster); this rate is multiplied by 80%±2% per level difference; only one item can be stolen, so an increase in level may in some cases decrease the effective Steal rate of items later in the list
Steal
A monster will never drop an item if an item was Stolen from it during the battle; only monsters present in the final battle of a multi-battle sequence may drop items
Win		 Morph
Ho-chu 39 4,300 290 96 564 86 750 68 86% 94 81% 1% 95 20 Absorb: Poison
Invalid: Gravity
Weak: Water		 Defend: Sleep, Small, Frog, Stop, Poison, Paralyzed, Petrify, Manipulate, Death, Death-sentence 750 70 2,500 gil Circlet (11.2%) - Ribbon
Master Tonberry 77 44,444 100 150 2670 130 1242 136 73% 150 70% 1% 70 0 Absorb: Gravity Defend: Sleep, Small, Confusion, Silence, Frog, Berserk, Petrify, Slow-numb, Manipulate, Death, Death-sentence 6,000 200 6,800 gil Elixir (41.2%) Megalixir (14.1%) Ribbon
Peace Ring Fire Ring

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Ribbon

Absorb 1
Type Helmet
Evade Penalty −1%
Value 1 G
Elemental Resistance
Fire
Cold
Lightning
Earth
Status
Poison
Time
Death

Equipped By

Found In Floating Castle 2F, Sunken Shrine 2F, Waterfall
The Ribbon is unequivocally the best piece of head gear in the game for everyone but your KNIGHT and NINJA, and probably for them too. While it only offers a single point of Absorb, if offers resistance to all eight Elements. This makes you virtually immune to Spells and Special Attacks. You'll find three Ribbons, and you definitely want to keep them all.

Ribbon

Description Sometimes protects from special attacks.
Type Helm
Absorb 1
Evade Penalty −1%
Value 1 gil (1 gil on Easy)
Found In Flying Fortress 2F, Sunken Shrine 2F, Waterfall Cavern
Elemental Resistance
Fire
Cold
Lightning
Earth
Status
Poison
Time
Death

Equipped By

The Ribbon is unequivocally the best piece of head gear in the game for everyone but your Knight and Ninja, and probably for them too. While it only offers a single point of Defense, other Classes don't get anything better anyway. The Ribbon's strength lies in the fact that it grants a resistance to all eight Elements. This means that Spells and Special Attacks will nearly always miss, and damage will be halved in addition to the reduction from missing in the first place. You will find three Ribbons, and they are best given to characters who are vulnerable to such attacks. Don't fail to give one to your healer. The big question is whether to give one to your Knight. It will be a hit to his Defense (which is his most important stat), but on the other hand he will get hit by half of all single-target Special Attacks against the party. Of course, between the Dragon Mail, Aegis Shield, and Protect Ring, he should be fairly well protected already. The choice is yours.

Ribbon

Defense 10
Type Head
Magic Def. +21%
Magic Penalty -
Value 5,000 gil
Elemental Resistance
Fire
Lightning
Cold
Poison
Matter
Mind
Death
Body
Found In Pandaemonium 4FC
Dropped By Death Rider, Lamia Queen
Ribbons are quite possibly the best Armor piece in the game. Statistically, they offer decent defense for a head slot item, no weight or magic penalty, and a very nice boost to magic defense. However, the true power of the Ribbon is that it grants resistance to all 8 Elements. Note that, unlike its use in other games, this offers no special protection from Status Ailments caused by enemy attacks (since they have no Element). All in all, this is a great piece of Armor to give to your mages, especially your white mage, who you will want to keep alive so he or she can heal everyone else. You can find more by killing Death Riders or Lamia Queens, both of which are plentiful in Pandaemonium. If you're really lucky, you might win one when fighting the Lamia Queen earlier in the game in Altair, which can make much of the game a lot less stressful.

Ribbon

Type (Icon)Helm
Armor Type Helm
Defense 9
Evasion 10%
Base Magic Defense 10
Value 5 gil
Elemental Resistance
Fire
Cold
Air
Earth
Recovery

Equipped By

Ribbons are excellent headgear, but unlike in some other FF games, they aren't unequivocally the best. Their resistances and Status immunities are fantastic against spellcasting foes, but Crystal Helms have better stats and should be used against enemies that don't use Elemental or Status attacks (such as the final boss). How many Ribbons you want to fight for in the World of Darkness is up to you—certainly your Sages should have them, but you can't bring them home, so don't waste resources going overboard.

Ribbon

Game Name (Helm) Ribbon
Armor Type Helm
Defense 9
Evasion +2%
Magic Defense 12
Magic Evasion 12%
Value 5 gil

Equipped By

As in previous Final Fantasy games, the Ribbon is a great piece of Armor that grants the wearer complete status immunity. You'll find a pair guarded by two Lunasaurs near the final save point in the Lunar Subterrane, and should probably give them to your mages. However, if you want to find more, track down some ToadLadies or Warlocks. The Ribbon is a very rare drop from either.

Ribbon

Protects from all status ailments
Value 1 GP
Status Effects Prevent: Dark, Zombie, Poison, Imp, Petrify, Mute, Berserk, Muddled, Seizure, Psyche

Equipped By

Terra
Locke
Cyan
Shadow
Edgar
Sabin
Celes
Strago
Relm
Setzer
Mog
Gau
Gogo
Umaro
Merit Award
Found In South Figaro Basements 2, Phoenix Cave Lower Cavern, Narshe Moogle Lair, Kefka's Tower Outside, Kefka's Tower Switch Room
Ribbons aren't as exciting in FFVI as some other Final Fantasy games, but Status protection is always useful to have. You can find a full party's worth in chests throughout the game, and you can Steal more from Brachosaurs if you dare.

Ribbon

Type Character
Description Prevents all status abnormality
Item Ribbon
The Ribbon Ability is great (as you'd expect), but you probably can't actually get it. You'll need a Ribbon Item, obtained via the Chocobo World minigame on the PocketStation... which was never released in the US. If you are playing the PC port, PocketStation functionality is built in, but otherwise you're probably out of luck.

Ribbon

Type GF Medicine
Description GF learns Ribbon ability
Value 25,000 gil (37,500 gil with the Sell-High menu ability)
Used in Battle No
Menu Effect One GF
For most FFVIII players, there's no way to obtain a Ribbon. You have to use the PocketStation, which was never released in the US, and play the Chocobo World minigame. If you are playing the PC port, PocketStation functionality is built in, but otherwise you're probably out of luck.

Ribbon

Ability Resilience: +X%
Description Increases all status ailment resistances by X%.
Rank 9
Upgraded To Super Ribbon Lv.4 (Dark Matter)
Chapter 9
Level ✩ Dismantled Into 36 Dusklight Dew, 10 Red Mycelia (effective total item cost of 62,900 gil/total item value of 31,450 gil)

Delicate Ribbon

Capacity Used 70
Description Increases all status ailment resistances by 20%.
Passive Abilities Resilience: +20%
Price 10,000 gil, Tear of Woe, Ribbon
Value 5,000 gil

Ribbon

Capacity Used 100
Description Increases all status ailment resistances by 40%.
Passive Abilities Resilience: +40%
Serendipity Price 10,000 casino coins
Value 10,000 gil

Ribbon

Description Used at the beginning of the Music Stage. Makes you somewhat more likely to receive rare items. (Full strength)