Final Fantasy IX/Status Effects

Negative Effects

KO/Death

• Occurs when character health reaches 0.
• Character lies stationary on floor.
• Cannot participate in battle.
• Cured with a Phoenix Down (anytime) or Phoenix Pinion (in-battle only), Life/Full-Life white magic spells, and Amarant's Revive.
• Persists after battle.

Berserk

• Character has red sparks above head, and is glowing red.
• Physical attack power increases, but character cannot be controlled.
• Cured with a Remedy or Gysahl Greens.

Confuse

• Character spins wildly on spot.
• Character cannot be controlled; will randomly attack friends and foes. Physical attack accuracy also decreases.
• Cured by a physical attack.
• Can be guarded against with the Clear Headed ability.

Darkness

• Character has a small black cloud in front of their face.
• Physical attack accuracy greatly decreases.
• Cured with Eye Drops, a Remedy, or the Esuna white magic spell.
• Can be guarded against with the Bright Eyes ability.
• Persists after battle.

Doom

• Character has a number above their head, slowly counting down from 10.
• Will inflict KO upon character when counter reaches 0.

Freeze

• Character appears blue-tinted, stationary, and surrounded by small blue icicles.
• Cannot participate in battle, and is immediately KOed if hit by a physical attack.
• Can be guarded against with the Body Temp ability.
• Will wear off in battle eventually.

Gradual Petrify

• Character has a number above their head, slowly counting down from 10.
• Will inflict Petrification upon character when counter reaches 0.
• Cured by Soft or the Stona white magic spell.
• Can be guarded against with the Jelly ability.

Heat

• Character glows orange.
• Character is immediately KOed if they take any action.
• Can be guarded against with the Body Temp ability.
• Will wear off in battle eventually.

Mini

• Character is much smaller than usual.
• Physical attack and defence power greatly reduced.
• Cured by Remedy or the Esuna white magic spell.

Petrification

• Character appears to be stationary, and encased in stone.
• Cannot participate in battle.
• Cured by Soft or the Stona white magic spell.
• Can be guarded against with the Jelly ability.
• Persists after battle.

Poison

• Character has purple or green vapours above head.
• Character HP gradually decreases.
• Cured by Antidote, or either Panacea or Esuna white magic spells.
• Can be guarded against with the Antibody ability.

Silence

• Character has a small speech bubble containing two dots above their head.
• Character cannot use magic commands.
• Cured by Echo Screen or a Remedy, or the Esuna white magic spell.
• Can be guarded against with the Loudmouth ability.
• Persists after battle.

Sleep

• Character droops, and has ZZZs over their head.
• Cannot participate in battle.
• Cured by the white magic spell Esuna, or a physical attack (magic attacks do not wake the character).
• Can be guarded against by the Insomniac ability.
• Will wear off in battle eventually.

Slow

• Character has a series of grey arrows pointing downwards above their head. ATB gauge for that character turns grey/black.
• Character's ATB guage fills slower.
• Cured by a Remedy or white magic spells Haste and Esuna.
• Can be guarded against by the Auto-Haste ability.

Stop

• Character appears completely immobile. ATB gauge turns grey/black and does not fill.
• Character cannot participate in battle.
• Cured by a Remedy or the white magic spell Esuna.
• Can be guarded against by the Locomotion ability.

Trouble

• Character has a small crying face above their head.
• Half of any physical damage inflicted on that character will be dealt to all characters.
• Cured by an Annoyntment.
• Persists after battle.

Venom

• Character droops, and has green and purple vapours rising from their head.
• HP and MP slowly depletes, and character cannot participate in battle.
• Cured by an Antidote or Remedy, and the white magic spells Panacea and Esuna.
• Can be guarded against by the Antibody ability.
• Persists after battle (character does not lose HP/MP outside of battle).

Virus

• No visible changes to character.
• Character does not gain EXP or AP after battle.
• Cured by a Vaccine.
• Persists after battle.

Zombie

• Character turns varying shades of brown.
• Trance gauge immediately depleted to empty and does not fill, character does not gain EXP or AP after battle, and healing skills/some forms of damage have reverse effects (i.e. a Potion damages HP, an Ether damages MP, Regen acts like Poison, and Death fully heals HP).
• Cured by a Magic Tag.
• Persists after battle.