Final Fantasy VI/Spells

Items that teach spells are in bold

Healing spells

Name	MP Cost	Effect	Espers Who Teach It	Note
Cure	5	Weak healing magic. Harms undead weakly.	Kirin ×2 Shiva ×3 Seraph ×20 Lakshmi ×20	None
Cura (Cure 2)	25	Medium healing magic. Deals moderate damage to undead.	Golem ×5 Kirin ×1 Seraph ×8 Lakshmi ×16 Unicorn ×4 Seraph ×5	None
Curaga (Cure 3)	40	Strong healing magic. Harms undead greatly.	Phoenix ×2 Lakshmi ×1	It's actually stronger than Flare on a single target
Regen	10	Gradually heals HP.	Kirin ×3 Seraph ×10 Lakshmi ×20	Wears away HP for undeads
Raise (Life)	30	Revives a dead ally with about 12% of their max HP. May instantly kill undead enemies.	Bismarck ×2 Phoenix ×10	Kills an undead instantly
Arise (Life 2)	60	Revives a dead ally with all of their max HP. Instantly kills undead enemies.	Phoenix ×2	Kills an undead instantly
Reraise (Life 3)	60	Revies a dead ally with 12% of their max HP immediately after they die.	Phoenix ×1	Can kill an undead inflicted with Life 3, if you attack with Doom
Poisona (Antdot)	3	Heals poison.	Kirin ×4	Also removes Seizure
Esuna (Remedy)	15	Heals all bad status effects (Confusion, Stop, Poison, Bio, Sleep, Blind, Berserk, Petrified, and Charm), but not Frozen, Imp, or Zombie.	Alexander ×15 Seraph ×4 Lakshmi ×20 Unicorn ×3	None

Support spells

Name	MP Cost	Effect	Espers Who Teach It	Note
Imp	10	Cures to/from "Imp".	Imp's Armor ×1 Cait Sith ×5 Tortoise Shield ×1 Saucer ×1	Cures "Imp" status, or inflicts "Imp" to an enemy
Haste	10	Raises target's battle speed.	Carbuncle ×3 Quetzalli ×20	None
Protect (Safe)	12	Raises target's defense.	Alexander ×10 Carbuncle ×2 Golem ×5 Unicorn ×1	None
Shell	15	Raises target's magic defense	Alexander ×10 Carbuncle ×2 Force Shield ×5 Unicorn ×1 Zona Seeker ×5	None
Berserk (Bserk)	16	Casts Berserk on target.	Phantom ×3	Raises physical attack of target, and he/she can only use physical attacks and is uncontrollable until the end of the battle. Also useful if cast on spellcasting enemies.
Float	17	Makes target float.	Quetzalli ×5 Cait Sith ×2	Protects against certain attacks, namely Quake and Meltdown.
Vanish	18	Renders target invisible and immune to physical attacks.	Phantom ×3 Cactuar ×10	All magical attack will hit an invisible target, unless status protection is present.
Warp	20	Escape from dungeons/battles.	Carbuncle ×2 Fenrir ×10 Cactuar ×20	Not all battles or dungeons can be exited. The spell will fail if that is the case.
Reflect (Rflect)	22	Casts a magic barrier on target that reflects magic.	Carbuncle ×5	Some attacks ignore reflect.
Hastega (Haste2)	38	Speeds up entire party.	Quetzalli ×2	None
Quick	99	Allows double commands.	Raiden ×1 Gilgamesh ×1	Quick cannot be cast again through the use of this spell.
Valor	50	Boosts the target's attack power	Gilgamesh ×5	Advance only.

Debuff spells

Name	MP Cost	Effect	Espers Who Teach It	Note
Osmose	1	Absorbs MP from target.	Shiva ×4 Zona Seeker ×15	Works in reverse versus undead
Libra (Scan)	3	Displays an enemy's HP/weak point.	Kirin ×5	None
Sleep	5	Puts target to sleep.	Siren ×10	None
Slow	5	Slows battle speed of target.	Quetzalli ×20 Siren ×7	None
Silence (Mute)	8	Prevents target from using magic.	Siren ×8	Also prevents from using any attacks that cost MP
Confuse (Muddle)	8	Confuses target.	Cait Sith ×7	None
Stop	10	Stops target's battle gauge.	Fenrir ×3 Golem ×5	None
Rasp	12	Reduces target's MP.	Shiva ×4 Zona Seeker ×20	None
Dispel	25	Removes beneficial statuses.	Alexander ×10 Unicorn ×2
Slowga (Slow 2)	26	Slows all enemies.	Quetzalli ×2	None

Attack spells

Name	MP Cost	Effect	Espers who teaches it	Note
Elemental
Poison	3	Poisons an enemy.	Ramuh ×5	Is actually stronger than Fire, Blizzard, or Thunder
Fire	4	Weak fire attack.	Bismarck ×20 Ifrit ×10 Siren ×6	None
Blizzard	5	Weak ice attack	Bismarck ×20 Shiva ×10	None
Thunder	6	Weak lightning attack.	Bismarck ×20 Ramuh ×10	None
Fira (Fire 2)	20	Medium fire attack.	Flame Shield ×5 Ifrit ×5 Maduin ×3	None
Blizzara (Ice 2)	21	Medium ice attack	Ice Shld ×5 Shiva ×5 Maduin ×3	None
Thundara (Bolt 2)	22	Medium lightning attack.	Thunder Shld ×5 Ramuh ×2 Maduin ×3	None
Bio	26	Poisons enemy and does greater damage than Poison.	Catoblepas ×8	Weaker than level 2s
Holy (Pearl)	40	A powerful Holy-elemental attack.	Alexander ×2	Is blockable, unlike most spells of its level.
Quake	50	Earth-elemental attack that hits all enemies and allies. Misses against flying enemies.	Midgardsormr ×3	Stronger than Meteor
Firaga (Fire 3)	51	Strong fire attack.	Phoenix ×3 Valigarmanda ×1	None
Blizzaga (Ice 3)	52	Strong ice attack	Valigarmanda ×1	None
Thundaga (Bolt 3)	53	Strong lightning attack.	Valigarmanda ×1	None
Meltdown (Merton)	85	A powerful defense-ignoring fire/wind attack. Misses flying enemies. Hits allies as well.	Crusader ×1	Stronger than Meteor	If an enemy is immune to wind, it will be immune to the attack. The same occurs if any enemy is immune to fire.
Flood	75	A powerful defense-ignoring water elemental attack.	Leviathan ×2	Ignores Runic and Reflect.
Instant-defeat
Break	25	Petrifies an enemy	Catoblepas ×5	Petrified enemies are instantly defeated. Checks for ID protection unlike Demon Eye.
Death (Doom)	35	Instantly kills an enemy.	Catoblepas ×2	Fully heals an undead
Banish (X-Zone)	53	Instantly kills an enemy.	Cursed Ring ×5 Fenrir ×5	Checks for death protection.
Non-elemental
Drain	15	Steals enemy's HP and gives it to the caster.	Ifrit ×1	Works in reverse versus undead
Gravity (Demi)	33	Cuts an enemy's HP in half.	Phantom ×5	Checks for death protection.
Flare	45	Barrier-piercing non-elemental attack.	Bahamut ×2	None
Graviga (Qrtr)	48	Cuts an enemy's HP by 3/4.	Midgardsormr ×1 Diabolos ×5	Checks for death immunity.
Gravija	70	Cuts an enemy's HP by 31/32 and inflicts sap.	Diabolos ×3	Does not check for death immunity or sap immunity.
Meteor	62	Four powerful attacks against multiple enemies.	Crusader ×10 Odin ×1	None
Tornado	75	Renders all enemies and allies with barely any HP. Misses against some enemies.	Midgardsormr ×1	Safety Bit can block this
Ultima	80	Deals massive non-elemental unblockable damage to all enemies.	Paladin Shield ×1 Ragnarok ×1	Most poweful attack spell in the game. Despite 80 mana casting cost, it is will worth using as much as possible. Easily can hit 9999 damage cap.