Final Fantasy VI/Relics

Each character can equip up to two relics.

Character specific

The vast majority of relics can be equipped by any character. The following ones are exceptions.

Name	User	Effect	Location (price)
Berserker ring	Umaro	Umaro randomly attacks by throwing an ally at opponents.	Found in the cave in the veldt in the world of ruin.
Blizzard orb	Umaro	Umaro randomly casts Snowstorm.	It can be found in the world of ruin in the ancient castle.
Bone wrist	Umaro	Increases all attributes.	(GBA only)
Molulu's Charm	Mog	Avoids all random enemy encounters, must be equipped on Mog. Extremely useful for getting through tough areas without fighting monsters, or clearing out chests early.	Found in the moogle cave where Mog stands initially in the world of ruin, in his sidequest.
Sneak ring	Locke, Gogo	Doubles the success rate of Locke's Steal command.	Can be found in the world of balance and bought in the world of ruin.
Brigand's glove	Locke, Gogo	Changes Locke's Steal command into Capture. Performs steal and fight together. Attempts to steal four times when paired with the offering.	Can be found in a chest in Zozo in either world.
Heiji's Jitte (Coin toss)	Setzer, Gogo	Changes Setzer's Slots command into GP Rain.
Fake moustache	Relm, Gogo	Changes Relm's Sketch command into control, which lets you pick an attack for the monster to do.	Can be found in the world of ruin inside the Zone eater.
Memento ring	Relm, Shadow	Protects against zombie, stone, death, and many fatal attacks. Only Shadow and Relm can equip this, and it's hinted that it's because of the dead love of Relm's mother/Shadow's wife.	Relm starts with this and a second one can be found in Strago's house, second floor, on the left wall.
Princess/Czarina ring	Relm, Terra, Celes	Doubles physical and magical defense when Health Points are low.

Field effect

The effect of these relics is activated outside battles only.

Name	Effect	Location (price)
Sprint Shoes	Double walking speed in towns and dungeons.	Can be bought everywhere.
Tintinnabulum	Recovers HP with each step.	Is part of the exp egg sequence at the Coliseum where you keep trading the result of trading elixirs, and can be obtained by performing well for the emperor at the banquet and sending all the letters for the soldier in Mobliz, both in the world of balance.
Ward Bangle	Lowers the rate of random encounters.	It can be found in the world of balance by performing well for the emperor, or traded for in the Coliseum.

Preventing status ailments

All these relics permanently grant the wearer immunity to some status ailments.

Name	Effect	Location (price)
Star Pendant	Prevents poison.	Can be bought in both worlds.
Silver Spectacles	Prevents dark/blind (in the SNES version, this status does nothing).	Can be bought in both worlds.
Jeweled Ring	Prevents petrify (it doesn't prevent dark/blind).	Can be bought in both worlds.
Fairy Ring	Prevents poison and dark/blind.	Can be bought in both worlds.
Peace Ring	Prevents beserk and confuse.	Can be bought in both worlds.
Amulet	Prevents poison, dark/blind and zombie.	Can be bought in both worlds.
White Cape	Prevents imp/kappa and mute; Def. +5, M.Def. +5, M.Evade +10%.	Can be bought in both worlds.
Safety Bit	Prevents instant-death, zombie, stone and death.	Can be found in the world of ruin, or morphed from certain monsters using Ragnarok, including Lvl 60 and 90 magic.
Ribbon	Prevents all status ailments except for Stop and Freeze. Very useful for uncursing the cursed shield.	Can be found in both worlds and stolen from Brachosaurs most notably.

Improving status

All these relics permanently grant one beneficial status to the wearer.

Name	Effect	Location (price)
Mythril Glove	Casts Safe when HP is low.	Can be bought in both worlds.
Protect Ring	Safe status (increase defense).	Can be bought in the world of ruin.
Barrier Ring	Casts Shell when HP is low (increase M.Defense).	Can be bought in the world of balance and ruin.
Reflect Ring	Reflect status (reflects most magical attacks to the opposite party). Can be useful for beating monsters with reflect by casting spells on your own party, or stopping all but unblockable magic attacks. A must have relic for the fanatic's tower.	Can be bought in both worlds.
Angel Wings	Float status (immunity from earth-elemental spells).	Can be found in the world of balance and bought in the world of ruin.
Hermes Sandals	Haste status (increased battle speed).	Can be bought in both worlds.
Angel Ring	Regen status (progressively restores HP in battle).	Can be found in the world of balance and bought in the world of ruin.
Relic Ring	Undead status (healed by instant-defeat and drain spells; hurt by cure spells).	Found in Owzer's house in the world of ruin.
Guard Bracelet	Safe and shell statuses (increase defense and magic defense).	Can be traded in the Coliseum for the Hero Ring, and found in the world of ruin.
Miracle Shoes	Regen, haste, safe and shell statuses.	Is part of the Exp Egg trading sequence, after the rename card and before the tintinabar. Continuously trade an elixir to get this.

Affecting attributes

All these relics increase one or more attributes of the wearer.

Name	Effect	Location (price)
Prayer Beads	Evade +20% (in the SNES version the evade attribute affects nothing).	It can be found in the world of balance and bought in the world of ruin.
Zephyr Cloak	Evade +10%, M.Evade +10%.
Muscle Belt	Max HP +50%.	Stolen from Glasya Labolas at Mt Zozo or won from the Skull Dragon in Kefka's Tower.
Hyper Wrist	Strength +50.	Can be found in both worlds and bought in the world of ruin.
Sniper	Hit rate = 100%. It makes killing Cactuars easy work.	Can be bought in both worlds.
Gigas Glove	Physical damage +50%. Does not stack.	It can be found in the world of balance and bought in the world of ruin.
Gauntlet	Increases physical damage (holding a weapon with two hands). Not as useful as the genji glove.	Can be found in the world of ruin, and obtained in the world of balance if you choose to have Terra join Banon right away.
Genji Glove	Increases physical damage by equipping a second weapon instead of a shield. Very useful for dealing extra damage and very powerful if paired with the offering. Cannot be used by Umaro.	The first can be found very early on: have Terra refuse to help Banon repeatedly until the game takes over.
Hero Ring	Magic damage +25%, physical damage +25%. Magic damage stacks.	Can be found in the world of balance and ruin, and is auctioned off in Jidoor for 50000 GP in the world of ruin.
Earrings	Magic damage +25%; can be stacked.	Can be bought in the world of balance and ruin.
Crystal Orb	Max MP +50%.	It can be traded for in the coliseum for a muscle belt.
Gold Hairpin	Halves MP consumed (same as if Max MP +100%).	Can be found in the world of ruin, traded for in the Coliseum, and obtained if you choose to sacrifice Mog in the world of balance (not wise: the Water Harmony is only available before the cataclysm in the older versions. In the GBA version, Leviathan offers one last chance to obtain the dance.
Celestriad (Economizer)	It reduces all spellcasting costs to 1 (same as if MP was maximized). Cannot be used by Umaro.	Can be won in the world of ruin from Brachiosaurs in the dinosaur forest (north of the veldt), stolen from Galypdes (Aquila) in the phoenix cave, or by betting a Soul of Thamasa (Gem Box) in the Coliseum (It's best not to do this, as Souls of Thamasa can only be obtained once in the SNES version. Glutturns have them in infinite supply in the GBA version.)
Growth Egg (EXP Egg)	Doubles experienced earned by the character. Does not stack.	It can be obtained by completing a sidequest in Darril's Tomb, by betting an Elixir in the Coliseum and continuing to bet the next item until you get one (the last item bet in the sequence is a Tintinnabulum [Tintinnabar],) or by morphing the Harpy monsters found on the Thamasa island in the World of Ruin (usually Ragnarok will display "I dub thee Potion!" but occasionally it will show "I dub thee Growth Egg!"). The last works best if the Harpy is low on health.

Affecting battle commands and actions

All these relics allow the wearer to perform extra actions in battle, or prevent opponents from performing some actions (alarm earring/back guard).

Name	Effect	Location (price)
Alarm Earring	Prevents back attacks and pincer attacks.	Can be found in the world of balance and bought in the world of ruin.
Gale Hairpin	Raises pre-emptive attack rate.	Can be found in the world of balance and bought in the world of ruin.
Black Belt	Randomly counterattacks when attacked. Even more powerful if paired with the genji glove or offering.	It can be bought in the world of balance or ruin.
Merit Award	Allows any character to equip virtually any equipment. Extremely useful for powering up certain characters, allowing Gogo to use more skills, and increasing certain attributes beyond normal limits. Cannot be used by Umaro, Gau, Gogo.	Must be found in the Colosseum by trading the cat hood or excalipoor (GBA exclusive), which can be bought at the auction house for 500000 gil.
Soul of Thamasa	Allows the wearer to cast two spells in one turn. Cannot be used by Umaro.	Can only be found in the fanatic's tower. Can be traded for an celestriad in the coliseum, which certainly doesn't mean that you should. Can be stolen from Red Glutturns in the Soul Shrine.
Dragoon Boots	Changes fight into Jump, which performs similarly to Kain's jump in FF4. Cannot be used by Umaro.	Can be found in the world of balance and bought in the world of ruin.
Dragoon Horn	When character jumps (through either Dragoon Boots or Palidor's Sonic Dive), he/she attacks randomly 2-4 times when landing. Cannot be used by Umaro.	Can be found in the world of ruin or traded for in the Coliseum.
Master's Scroll	Allows to attack four times and never miss. It can be combined with Genji Glove to attack eight times, or with Thief Glove to attempt to steal four times (you will lose whatever item after your first successful steal). No critical hits or spells cast by weapons are allowed and damage is half as strong as normal. Special exceptions: Fixed Dice, Dice's damage are not cut in half, Tempest's random Wind Slash still works and doesn't have its damage cut in half, Atma Weapon damage is not halved.	Can be found by fighting the Samurai Soul in the ancient castle or by stealing from a Blue Glutturn in the Soul Shrine.
Knight's Code	Covers party members with low HP.	Can be bought in both worlds.
Cursed Ring	Teaches the spell X-zone/Banish at a rate of 5, but inflicts Doom.	Can be traded for in the Coliseum for a Cursed Shield.