Ether

Description Restores MP by 100
Base Damage 100
Target One ally
Element Restorative
Special Restores 100 MP
Use in Field? Yes
Price 1,500 gil
Value 750 gil
Shops 14 shops
Found in Midgar No. 1 Reactor, Midgar Sector 7, Midgar Sector 4, Midgar No. 5 Reactor, Mythril Mine, Cargo Ship, Cave of the Gi, Gold Saucer, Bone Village, Fort Condor, Crater, Midgar Sector 5, Midgar Sector 6, Midgar Shinra Building, Kalm, Junon, North Corel
Stolen from 14 monsters
Dropped by 13 monsters
Morph Ghost, Hedgehog Pie, Mandragora, Mono Drive
Compare Ether to other Items
Shop Items: Ether – 14 shown
Price Shop Notes Area Screen Type
1,500 gil Gold Saucer Hotel Shop - Gold Saucer Hotel Shop Hotel Shop
20 GP Gold Saucer Prize Exchange Item name for Carob Nut is hidden Gold Saucer Building 1f. Prize Exchange
640 BP Gold Saucer Battle Arena Exchange Before gaining use of the Tiny Bronco Gold Saucer Arena Lobby Battle Points
1,500 gil Cosmo Canyon General Store - Cosmo Canyon Item Store General Store
1,500 gil Rocket Town Item Shop - Rocket Town Item Store Item Shop
1,500 gil Wutai Item Shop - Wutai Item Store Item Shop
1,500 gil Temple of the Ancients Item Shop - Temple of the Ancients Temple of the Ancients (Small Room) Item Shop
1,500 gil Bone Village Item Shop - Bone Village Bone Village Item Shop
1,500 gil Fort Condor Item Shop After gaining use of the Highwind Fort Condor Fort Condor Item Shop
1,500 gil Costa del Sol Item Shop After gaining use of the Highwind Costa del Sol Costa del Sol Item Shop
1,500 gil Rocket Town Item Shop After gaining use of the Highwind Rocket Town Item Store Item Shop
1,500 gil Mideel Item Store - Mideel Mideel, Item Store Item Shop
1,500 gil Mideel Shopper Item Store Talk to the shopping lady on the east side of town (must have spoken to her in the item store previously) Mideel Mideel (Destroyed) Item Shop
20 GP Gold Saucer Prize Exchange After Cloud rejoins the party in Mideel, item names for Carob Nut, Gil Plus Materia, and EXP Plus Materia are hidden, all materia may be purchased once each Gold Saucer Building 1f. Prize Exchange
Items of Interest: Ether – 21 shown
Item Type
Whether this item can be found or collected multiple times
Repeatable		 Area Screen Details
Ether Item No Midgar No. 1 Reactor Platform In Cloud's starting inventory
Ether Item No Midgar Sector 7 Beginner's Hall In treasure chest that appears after picking up the All Materia
Ether Item No Midgar Sector 4 4th Street Plate Int. (Large Duct) Pick up the green vial on the ground
Ether Item No Midgar No. 5 Reactor No. 5 Reactor (Central Rooms) In chest near elevator
Ether Item No Midgar Sector 5 Aeris's House (Outside) Pick up the blue bottle on the right side of the lower garden
Ether Item No Midgar Sector 6 Torture Room Pick up the blue bottle on the left side of the floor
Ether Item No Midgar Sector 7 Train Graveyard (North) Check the barrel in the lower left
Ether Item No Midgar Shinra Building Plate Section (Upper) Use a Battery on the socket on the left side
Ether Item No Midgar Shinra Building Shinra Bldg. 62f. (Main Area) Correctly guess Mayor Domino's password on the third try
Ether Item No Midgar Shinra Building Shinra Bldg. 64f. Check the locker on the right side of the middle row in the upper room
Ether Item No Kalm House: 1f (Left House) Open the door under the stairs and inspect the potion
Ether Item No Kalm House: 2f (Middle House) Check the tall cabinet near the bed
Ether Item No Kalm House: 1f (Far Right House) Open the small door under the stairs
Ether Item No Mythril Mine Mythril Mine (Stairway Cavern) Check the potion next to the stairs
6 Ethers Item No Junon Junon Parade Route Score 40-49% during the parade
Ether Item No Cargo Ship Cargo Ship (Hold) Check the chest in the bottom corner
Ether Item No North Corel North Corel (Right Tent) Check the pot in the corner behind the pacing woman
Ether Item No Cave of the Gi Cave of the Gi (Lava Room) Open the chest on the northern path
Ether Item Yes Bone Village Bone Village Dig in Normal Treasure Location 2, then open the chest (59/64 chance)
Ether Item Yes Bone Village Bone Village Dig in Normal Treasure Location 3, then open the chest (19/64 chance)
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Fort Condor Battles: Where Ether is Won – 1 shown
Only the final battle at Fort Condor is required
Battle
This battle is available after the listed event, provided the next battle is not yet available
After…
Only one battle is available at any given time, but in some cases the opportunity to fight that battle closes before the next one becomes available
Before…
The units fought during this battle; note that if at any time there are no enemy units on the battlefield, the battle is won, even if units remain in reserve
Opposing Army
The reward for winning the minigame; this reward is not gained if the party defeats CMD.Grand Horn in battle instead; if you have not completed every previous battle, you will get an earlier battle's reward
Reward		 Area Screen
3rd Battle After receiving the whistle from Priscilla Before entering Upper Junon 6 Wyverns, 8 Beasts, 5 Barbarians, Commander 3 Ethers Fort Condor Watch Room
Gold Saucer Prizes: Ether – 4 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
Ether or 30 GP Chocobo Square Chocobo Racing C Class Random possible prize, 100 gil per bet Yes
Ether or 30 GP Chocobo Square Chocobo Racing B Class Random possible prize, 200 gil per bet Yes
Ether or 30 GP Chocobo Square Chocobo Racing A Class Random possible prize, 300 gil per bet, jockeys only Yes
Ether Building 1f. Wonder Catcher Right Side 8/256 chance, game calls prize Phoenix Down No
Monsters: With Ether – 26 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
Ark Dragon 18 280 124 56 118 18 216 50 90% 130 74% 5% 61 7 Absorb: Fire
Invalid: Earth
Weak: Wind		 Defend: Frog, Stop, Paralyzed 84 10 180 gil Ether (41.2%) Phoenix Down (14.1%), Ether (4%) Phoenix Down
Bullmotor 19 420 96 36 57 8 162 40 92% 120 76% 1% 61 0 - Defend: Frog, Stop, Paralyzed, Manipulate 92 9 140 gil X-Potion (41.2%) Ether (14.1%) Turbo Ether
Capparwire 15 210 20 16 16 - 90 38 92% 10 98% 1% 42 0 - - 60 6 103 gil Ether (11.2%) Potion (14.1%) -
Crysales 37 1,500 100 98 550 45 492 46 91% 84 83% 5% 59 8 - - 800 80 600 gil - Ether (14.1%) Dream Powder
Deenglow 10 120 72 22 28 22 192 32 93% 240 53% 6% 58 10 Absorb: Ice
Invalid: Earth, Gravity, Water
Halve: Lightning
Weak: Wind		 Defend: Frog, Stop, Paralyzed 35 4 70 gil Ether (41.2%) Graviball (14.1%) Phoenix Down
Ghost 10 130 80 25 32 18 168 8 98% 56 89% 10% 48 6 Absorb: Restorative
Invalid: Earth, Water
Halve: Ice
Weak: Fire, Holy		 Defend: Silence, Frog, Stop, Paralyzed 30 3 22 gil Ghost Hand (41.2%) Ghost Hand (4.7%) Ether
Gighee 34 5,500 100 70 292 65 594 76 85% 190 62% 12% 90 3 - Defend: Small, Confusion, Frog, Berserk, Manipulate 700 60 600 gil Elixir (11.2%) Ether (14.1%) -
Head Hunter 30 2,000 100 100 472 58 528 60 88% 60 88% 3% 67 10 - - 650 80 1,000 gil Tranquilizer (41.2%) Ether (14.1%) -
Hedgehog Pie 6 40 52 12 12 4 60 18 96% 12 97% 4% 42 8 Weak: Ice - 20 3 25 gil Ether (11.2%) Potion (14.1%) Ether
Kalm Fang 10 160 - 24 31 16 156 30 94% 14 97% 14% 57 6 Weak: Fire - 53 5 92 gil Ether (11.2%) Potion (14.1%) Hi-Potion
Killbin 30 3,200 380 90 342 85 690 64 87% 126 75% 12% 68 25 - Defend: Manipulate 700 150 1,000 gil Turbo Ether (41.2%) Ether (14.1%) Mind Source
Land Worm 22 1,500 80 60 142 42 384 80 84% 230 55% 1% 68 0 Absorb: Earth
Halve: Fire, Gravity
Weak: Ice		 Defend: Confusion, Frog 400 40 256 gil Turbo Ether (11.2%) Ether (14.1%) Fire Fang
Levrikon 14 200 - 38 54 6 120 40 92% 12 97% 5% 60 4 - - 65 7 128 gil Ether (11.2%) Hi-Potion (14.1%) Hi-Potion
Mandragora 10 120 - 22 28 53 378 12 97% 450 12% 2% 49 3 - - 55 6 135 gil Lasan Nut (11.2%) Lasan Nut (14.1%) Ether
Mono Drive 2 28 28 3 3 3 30 6 98% 4 99% 6% 49 2 Invalid: Earth
Weak: Wind		 Defend: Frog, Stop, Paralyzed 18 3 8 gil - Potion (14.1%), Ether (4%) Ether
Prowler 12 150 - 23 31 - - 28 94% 28 94% 18% 66 8 - Defend: Frog 55 5 160 gil Ether (41.2%) Potion (14.1%) Hi-Potion
Scissors 33 2,900 88 72 294 65 588 58 88% 80 84% 1% 70 0 - Defend: Sleep, Small, Confusion, Slow, Frog, Stop, Berserk, Paralyzed, Petrify, Slow-numb, Manipulate, Death-sentence 1,000 90 1,400 gil Ether (41.2%) X-Potion (14.1%) -
Scissors(Lower) 33 2,900 88 72 294 65 588 58 88% 80 84% 1% 60 0 - Defend: Sleep, Small, Confusion, Slow, Frog, Stop, Berserk, Paralyzed, Petrify, Slow-numb, Manipulate, Death-sentence 1,200 90 1,400 gil Ether (41.2%) X-Potion (14.1%) -
Scissors(Upper) 33 2,900 88 72 294 65 588 58 88% 80 84% 1% 60 0 - Defend: Sleep, Small, Confusion, Slow, Frog, Stop, Berserk, Paralyzed, Petrify, Slow-numb, Manipulate, Death-sentence 1,200 90 1,400 gil Ether (41.2%) X-Potion (14.1%) -
Scrutin Eye 15 240 60 20 29 5 120 20 96% 96 81% 16% 35 0 Invalid: Earth, Water
Weak: Wind		 Defend: Small, Frog, Paralyzed 80 8 120 gil Ether (41.2%) Ether (4.7%) Turbo Ether
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X-Potion Turbo Ether

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Ether

Price 2,500 gil
Value 1,250 gil
Spell Cast Ether 1 (Self)
Sold In Altair, Bafsk, Fynn, Gatrea, Paloom, Poft, Salamand, Mysidia
Carried By Minwu
Dropped By Death Rider, Malboro, Malboro Terra, Mantis King
The Ether makes its first Final Fantasy appearance here, doing what it always does: restoring MP. They are expensive, but there are few ways to restore MP without using a Cottage or staying at an inn, so Ethers can be a life-saver. One Ether is good for 20–40 MP.

Ether

Sprite
Power 20 Accuracy +100%
Type Special Magic
Effect Restores 20-40 MP to the target
Cast By Items Ether
The Ether "Spell" powers the Ether Item, restoring 20–40 MP to the user

Ether1

Game Name Ether1
Price 10,000 gil
Value 1 gil
Effect Restore target's MP
Spell Ether1 (targeting one)

Ether1

Type Special Magic
Effect Restore target's MP
Reflectable No

Tincture

Recovers 50 MP
Price 1,500 GP
Value 750 GP
World of Balance Shops Albrook, Blackjack, Figaro Castle (v2), Jidoor, Kohlingen, Narshe (v2), Returners' Hideout, Thamasa, Tzen
World of Ruin Shops Albrook, Figaro Castle, Jidoor, Kohlingen, Nikeah, South Figaro, Thamasa, Tzen
Tincture restores 50 MP to the target.

Tinctures are very expensive and heal a very small amount of MP, making them largely useful only early in the game. Fortunately you'll find a few of them during that period.

Ethersol

Type Shroud
Description Restores the party's TP.
Chapter 2
Value 500 gil
Drops All monsters may drop shrouds