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 Stray ×5 Tortoise Shld ×1 Titanium ×1	Cures "Imp" status, or inflicts "Imps" to an enemy
Haste	10	Raises target's battle speed.	Carbunkl ×3 Palidor ×20	None
Safe	12	Raises target's defense.	Alexandr ×10 Carbunkl ×2 Golem ×5 Unicorn ×1	None
Shell	15	Raises target's magic defense	Alexandr ×10 Carbunkl ×2 Force Shld ×5 Unicorn ×1 ZoneSeek ×5	None
Bserk	16	Casts Berserk on target.	Phantom ×3	Raises physical attack of target, and he/she automatically attacks until end of battle. Also useful if cast on spellcasting enemies.
Float	17	Makes target float.	Palidor ×5 Stray ×2	Protects again earth-elemental attacks save Lifeshaver
Vanish	18	Renders target invisible and immune to physical attacks.	Phantom ×3	All magical attack will hit an invisible target, unless status protection is present
Warp	20	Escape from dungeons/battles.	Carbunkl ×2 Fenrir ×10	None
Rflect	22	Casts a magic barrier on target that reflects magic.	Carbunkl ×5	None
Haste2	38	Speeds up entire party.	Palidor ×2	None
Quick	99	Allows double commands.	Raiden ×1	Simply broken

Debuff spells

Name	MP Cost	Effect	Espers Who Teach It	Note
Osmose	1	Absorbs MP from target.	Shiva ×4 ZoneSeek ×15	Works in reverse versus undead
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.	Palidor ×20 Siren ×7	None
Mute	8	Prevents target from using magic.	Siren ×8	Also prevents from using any attacks that cost MP
Muddle	8	Confuses target.	Stray ×7	None
Stop	10	Stops target's battle gauge.	Fenrir ×3 Golem ×5	None
Rasp	12	Reduces target's MP.	Shiva ×4 ZoneSeek ×20	None
Dispel	25	Maintains poor status.	Alexandr ×10 Unicorn ×2	Removes beneficial statuses
Slow 2	26	Slows multiple enemies.	Palidor ×2	None

Attack spells

Name	MP Cost	Effect	Espers who teaches it	Note
Elemental
Poison	3	Poisons enemy.	Ramuh ×5	Is actually stronger than Fire, Ice, or Bolt
Fire	4	Weak fire attack.	Bismark ×20 Ifrit ×10 Siren ×6	None
Ice	5	Weak ice attack	Bismark ×20 Shiva ×10	None
Bolt	6	Weak lightning attack.	Bismark ×20 Ramuh ×10	None
Fire 2	20	Medium fire attack.	Flame Shld ×5 Ifrit ×5 Maduin ×3	None
Ice 2	21	Medium ice attack	Ice Shld ×5 Shiva ×5 Maduin ×3	None
Bolt 2	22	Medium lightning attack.	Thunder Shld ×5 Ramuh ×2 Maduin ×3	None
Bio	26	Poisons enemy and does greater damage than Poison.	Shoat ×8	Weaker than level 2s
Pearl	40	Pearl-elemental attack.	Alexandr ×2	(Later known as "Holy")
Quake	50	Unfocused Earth-elemental attack.	Terrato ×3	Stronger than Meteor
Fire 3	51	Strong fire attack.	Phoenix ×3 Tritoch ×1	None
Ice 3	52	Strong ice attack	Tritoch ×1	None
Bolt 3	53	Strong lightning attack.	Tritoch ×1	None
Merton	85	Unfocused piercing fire attack.	Crusader ×1	Also wind-elemental, stronger than Meteor
Instant-defeat
Break	25	Turns an enemy to stone.	Shoat ×5	Petrified enemies are instantly defeated. Checks for ID protection unlike Dread.
Doom	35	Dispatches an enemy.	Shoat ×2	Fully heals an undead
X-Zone	53	Sends an enemy into the X-Zone.	Cursed Ring ×5 Fenrir ×5	ID to all
Non-elemental
Drain	15	Steals enemy's HP and gives it to the caster.	Ifrit ×1	Works in reverse versus undead
Demi	33	Cuts an enemy's HP in half.	Phantom ×5	Checks for ID Protection
Flare	45	Barrier-piercing attack.	Bahamut ×2	None
Quartr	48	Cuts an enemy's HP by 3/4.	Terrato ×1	Checks for ID Protection
Meteor	62	Damages multiple enemies.	Crusader ×10 Odin ×1	None
W Wind	75	Unfocused near-fatal attack.	Terrato ×1	Safety Bit can block this
Ultima	80	Damages all enemies.	Paladin Shld ×1 Ragnarok ×1	Most poweful attack spell in the game. Despite 80 mana casting cost, it is will worth using as much as possiable. Easily can hit 9999 damage cap.