Final Fantasy VI stats

The following is a list of stats in Final Fantasy VI. Stats apply to both party members and enemies.

The characters' stats—with the exception of HP and MP—do not rise on leveling up, but are instead boosted by equipping weapons, relics and magicite. Magicite permanently increase a stat on level up, while the others increase them when equipped. The Cursed Shield reduces all stats by 7, with the exception of the Defense, Evasion, Magic Defense, and Magic Evasion, which it increases by 0.

A list of party member stats can be found below.

Points[]

LV[]

Once a party member gains enough experience, they will level up. The level stat is used in damage calculations for magic and physical damage sources, but does not increase stats. Levels play an important role in a few spells: namely Lv.5 Death, Lv.4 Flare, Lv.3 Confuse, and Lv.? Holy, while Dischord can halve the target's level.

When a character joins the party, their level is calculated based on the average level of the current party members. The new character's level equals the average of all current members' levels rounded down. If a character rejoins in the World of Ruin, the new level will never be lower than their old level. If a character is joining for the first time, a value is added to the average party level to determine their new level.

HP[]

The HP stat shows how much health a character has left. Once it reaches zero, a character reaches KO status. Party members are capped at 9999 HP while enemies are not, but cannot have more than 65,535 HP. The 0 HP character bug allows players to keep a character alive with 0 HP, thus becoming invincible unless healed.

MP[]

The MP is a measure of how many spells that require MP can be cast. Some enemies, and Gau when in some Rages, die when it reaches 0. Characters are capped at 999 MP while enemies are not, but the cap is 65,535 MP. The stat is subject to couple of bugs.

Though few relics increase MP, several reduce the MP cost of spells. Gold Hairpin can halve it, while Celestriad can reduce it to 1 MP cost to all spells.

EXP[]

Also known as Exp.^[1][2] Awarded after battle from defeated enemies, EXP will increase a characters' level. Equipping the Growth Egg will double the amount of EXP earned from battles. Boss battles do not reward the player with EXP.

Magic AP[]

Awarded after battle, the Magic AP allow the character to learn spells of their equipped magicite or equipment. Unlike EXP, it is not tied to defeated enemies, but to defeated formations of enemies.

Stats[]

Strength[]

Also known as Vigor,^[1][2] the Strength^[3][4] stat increases damage done by physical attacks. The stat's boost caps at 128; although it can be raised to up to 255 Strength, any stat above 128 will have the same effect as a 128 Strength stat. The Strength stat is doubled (multiplied by 2) and added to the Attack stat when calculating a physical attack's damage, which also takes the attackers' level and other factors into account.

Enemies do not have set Strength stats, rather, their Strength is determined randomly at the beginning of battle, and is between 56 and 63.

Strength can be boosted by equipping certain weapons and relics and mastering certain magicite. A few pieces of armor also boost the strength stat. All characters' strongest weapons from Dragons' Den grant a moderate strength boost.

Agility[]

Also known as Speed,^[1][2][3] Agility^[4] increases the rate at which the ATB gauge fills. It can be increased only by Odin as well as the Cactuar and Quetzalli magicite only in certain game versions. The Speed stat +20, in addition to any Haste or Slow status, will add to the equation determining that rate at which it is filled; these statuses are calculated independently of the Speed stat.

Very few pieces of equipment boost the Speed stat.

Stamina[]

Stamina increases the chance to survive against Death attacks, the amount they are healed by Regen, the amount of damage dealt by Poison, Sap, and HP Leak, and the amount of healing per step done by Tintinnabulum.

Like Strength, enemies do not have a Stamina stat, but it is not randomly selected. In its place, it is calculated as follows:

${\displaystyle \mbox{Stamina} = \frac{\mbox{Max HP}}{512} + 16}$

If the above calculation exceeds 40, the number becomes 40 instead.

Magic[]

Also known as Mag.Pwr,^[1][2] Magic^[3][4] increases damage done by magical attacks. Unlike Strength, it can exceed 128. It is multiplied with the magic spell's power and the users' level into account when calculating damage. Sabin's Blitzes use his Magic stat for damage calculation.

It calculates as follows:

${\displaystyle {Spell Power} * 4 + (Level * Magic * {Spell Power} / 32)}$.

Attack[]

Also known as Bat.Pwr,^[1][2] Attack^[3][4] is based on weapons equipped, along with the in-built battle stats of enemies and characters. It increases damage dealt by physical attacks, adding to the damage calculation equation with Strength and the level.

Magicite, armor and relics do not increase this stat.

Defense[]

Defense reduces the damage dealt by physical attacks, factoring negatively into a damage modification of the damage calculation at the end. The modification is ignored if the attack is Defense-ignoring.

${\displaystyle (Damage * (255 - Defense) / 256) + 1}$

The +1 at the end ensures that an attack never deals 0 damage, and can always deal at least 1 damage.

No magicite or weapons increase Defense.

Relic	Increase
Mythril Glove	+6
White Cape	+5
Bone Wrist	+10
Gauntlet	+5
Genji Glove	+5

Evasion[]

Also known as Evade %,^[1][2] Evasion^[3][4] can increase the chances to block an attack.

It calculates the block value as follows:

${\displaystyle {Block Value} = (255 - Evasion * 2) + 1}$

If this is greater than 255, it will instead be 255; if this is less than 1, it will instead be 1.

In the original SNES release, Evasion was bugged and did not work, with Magic Evasion working in place of it; this was rectified in the Advance release and Evasion now works for physical attacks.

No magicite increase Evasion, but several weapons do.

Relic	Increase
Prayer Beads	+20
Zephyr Cloak	+10
Bone Wrist	+10

Magic Defense[]

Also known as Mag.Def,^[1][2] Magic Defense^[3][4] functions identically to Defense in the calculations, but for a different type of damage.

No magicite or weapons increase Magic Defense.

Relic	Increase
White Cape	+5
Bone Wrist	+10

Magic Evasion[]

Magic Evasion, or MBlock%, increases the chance of a magic attack being blocked and failing to connect. It functions identically to Evasion in the calculations, but for a different type of damage.

In the original SNES release, Magic Evasion was calculated in every single equation determining hit and miss chances and Evasion was redundant, but this is rectified in later releases.

Relic	Increase
White Cape	+10
Zephyr Cloak	+10
Bone Wrist	+10

Hit Rate[]

Hit Rate is used to reduce the chance of an attack missing. This stat only applies to enemies. If the Hit Rate multiplied by the block value (determined by either Evasion or Magic Evasion) and divided by 256 is greater than a randomly generated number between 0 and 99, then an attack connects; if the Hit Rate is 255, it always connects.

To illustrate:

${\displaystyle ((Hit Rate * BlockValue) / 256) > [0..99] = Hit}$

Escape Success[]

Escape Success is a hidden stat that determines the ability for the character to escape. It determines how quickly each character escapes individually (as each character needs to escape on their own, unlike many other games in the series, until no one on the screen is left), with the exception of side attacks where the value is 0 and is ignored.

Once every 2 seconds during battle, the game checks if the the party is trying to run. If they are, each character's "run success" value increases, depending on the character, and a random number between 1 to their Escape Success stat. If a character's "run success" value is greater than or equal to the "Escape Success" value and if the character's ATB gauge is full, the character will escape. If not, they will keep trying to escape and their "run success" value will increase 2 seconds later.

Stats by characters[]

Level evolution[]

Each character has a different evolution in HP and MP on levels, determined by their HP and MP growth stat. This only adds to the base HP and MP evolution that every character has additively, meaning their HP is base character HP + characters' HP growth, and MP similarly is base character MP + characters' MP growth.

The evolution by levels is as follows:

Level	HP	MP	EXP	+
2	11	4	32
3	23	8	96
4	37	13	208
5	54	18	400
6	74	24	672
7	96	30	1056
8	120	37	1552
9	146	45	2184
10	173	53	2976
11	201	62	3936
12	231	71	5080
13	266	81	6432
14	305	91	7992
15	349	101	9784
16	399	111	11840
17	453	121	14152
18	510	132	16736
19	571	143	19616
20	636	154	22832
21	703	165	26360
22	772	176	30232
23	844	188	34456
24	920	200	39056
25	999	212	44072
26	1081	224	49464
27	1167	236	55288
28	1257	249	61568
29	1352	262	68304
30	1451	275	75496
31	1551	288	83184
32	1652	301	91384
33	1754	315	100088
34	1856	329	109344
35	1959	343	119136
36	2063	357	129504
37	2169	371	140464
38	2276	386	152008
39	2384	401	164184
40	2494	416	176976
41	2605	431	190416
42	2718	446	204520
43	2832	462	219320
44	2948	478	234808
45	3065	494	251000
46	3184	510	267936
47	3304	526	285600
48	3426	543	304040
49	3551	560	323248
50	3679	577	343248
51	3809	593	364064
52	3940	608	385696
53	4073	622	408160
54	4207	635	431488
55	4343	647	455680
56	4480	658	480776
57	4619	668	506760
58	4761	677	533680
59	4905	685	561528
60	5050	692	590320
61	5197	698	620096
62	5345	703	650840
63	5495	708	682600
64	5647	714	715368
65	5800	720	749160
66	5955	727	784016
67	6111	734	819920
68	6269	741	856920
69	6429	749	895016
70	6591	757	934208
71	6751	765	974536
72	6906	773	1016000
73	7057	781	1058640
74	7202	788	1102456
75	7342	795	1147456
76	7478	802	1193648
77	7610	808	1241080
78	7736	814	1289744
79	7856	820	1339672
80	7973	826	1390872
81	8086	831	1443368
82	8196	836	1497160
83	8304	841	1552264
84	8409	846	1608712
85	8511	851	1666512
86	8611	856	1725688
87	8709	861	1786240
88	8804	867	1848184
89	8896	873	1911552
90	8986	879	1976352
91	9074	885	2042608
92	9161	891	2110320
93	9246	898	2179504
94	9329	906	2250192
95	9411	915	2322392
96	9491	925	2396128
97	9574	936	2471400
98	9660	948	2548224
99	9748	961	2637112

Raw stats[]

The following lists the raw stats that characters start with:

Stat	HP	MP	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Magic	Attack	Defense	Evasion	Mag. Def.(Magic Defense)	Mag. Eva.(Magic Evasion)	Esc. Succ.(Escape Success)
Terra	40	16	31	33	28	39	12	42	5%	33	7%	4
Locke	48	7	37	40	31	28	14	46	15%	23	2%	5
Cyan	53	5	40	28	33	25	25	48	6%	20	1%	3
Shadow	51	6	39	38	30	33	23	47	28%	25	9%	5
Edgar	49	6	39	30	34	29	20	50	4%	22	1%	4
Sabin	58	3	47	37	39	28	26	53	12%	21	4%	4
Celes	44	15	34	34	31	36	16	44	7%	31	9%	4
Strago	35	13	28	25	19	34	10	33	6%	27	7%	3
Relm	37	18	26	34	22	44	11	35	13%	30	9%	5
Setzer	46	9	36	32	32	29	18	48	9%	26	1%	4
Mog	39	16	29	36	26	35	16	52	10%	36	12%	5
Gau	45	10	44	38	36	34	99	44	21%	34	18%	5
Gogo	36	12	25	30	20	26	13	39	10%	25	6%	4
Umaro	60	0	57	33	46	37	47	89	8%	68	5%	3
Banon	46	16	10	24	11	32	6	56	36%	51	32%	2
Leo	50	10	52	38	41	36	60	63	22%	41	21%	3
Ghost 1	26	1	14	15	10	30	22	66	0%	52	0%	5
Ghost 2	20	1	4	8	2	15	10	17	0%	11	0%	3
Moglin	50	9	18	11	12	33	35	47	7%	27	5%	2
Mogret	54	9	18	14	12	33	1	38	7%	26	5%	2
Moggie	48	9	18	14	12	33	1	42	7%	33	5%	2
Molulu	64	9	17	14	12	33	11	40	7%	32	5%	2
Moghan	55	9	16	14	12	33	11	44	7%	29	5%	2
Moguel	51	9	20	14	12	33	21	45	7%	30	5%	2
Mogsy	52	9	24	14	12	33	27	41	7%	31	5%	2
Mogwin	53	9	19	14	12	33	20	41	7%	31	5%	2
Mugmug	50	9	17	14	12	33	44	27	7%	19	5%	2
Cosmog	53	9	20	14	12	33	11	40	7%	33	5%	2
Mog[note 1]	12	34	12	12	12	12	12	12	12%	12	12%	2
??????	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	5
Maduin	10	10	30	30	30	30	30	30	30%	30	30%	5
??????	51	6	40	40	30	35	25	49	30%	27	12%	5
Wedge	68	0	40	35	46	29	24	77	15%	50	0%	4
Biggs	70	0	41	36	45	28	27	79	12%	50	0%	4
(Unnamed)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	5
Kefka 1	14	17	14	26	18	22	7	42	50%	36	40%	5
Kefka 2	255	17	15	15	15	15	15	50	10%	50	10%	5
Kefka 3	50	50	80	80	80	80	80	180	60%	180	60%	5
Kefka 4	22	17	15	15	15	15	15	50	10%	50	10%	5
Kefka 5[note 2]	34	17	15	15	15	15	15	50	10%	50	10%	5
Kefka 6[note 3]	14	17	15	15	15	15	15	50	10%	50	10%	5
Kefka 7[note 4]	14	17	15	15	15	15	15	50	10%	50	10%	5
(Dummy)[note 5]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	5

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