Ｆｉｎａｌ　Ｆａｎｔａｓｙ　Ｖ

...copyright Square 1992. The images used are also from the game. Don't try claiming them as your own or anything silly like that. This document is not intended for any commercial purpose, real or imaginary. It exists primarily out of curiosity about both the Japanese language and... well, the changes between the Japanese and English versions of the game don't apply here. If you're interested in the game, go out and buy one version or another of it if you haven't already... a summary of what happens can't compare to actually playing it. One of the more maligned Final Fantasy games, and not nearly as bad as some claim...

Recent Updates

2020-09-27: Considerably more storyline, all the way through the inevitable climactic battle with Exdeath in the core of his stronghold! But there's still more to come... Anyway, I've also done more general cleanup and added specific notes for when and where to collect Blue Magic.

2018-11-24: Added level sliders and some simple javascript to the Animals and Terrain pages to give an idea of how common each result is at any given level.

2017-10-28: Noted an interesting pattern to how the monsters in the Tolna Canal pick their targets.

2016-05-30: More storyline, from arriving in the second world to gaining use of the wyvern there, including moogles, werewolves, a golem, and of course the first appearance of Gilgamesh and the iconic music that becomes his theme.

Storyline:

Everything Else:

Weapons

Armors

General Items

White Magic

Black Magic

Timespace

Summons

Blue Magic

Sword Magic

Songs

Dances

Animals

Terrain

Mixes

Credit goes to J.L. Tseng's FFV Algorithms and Stats FAQ as the source of most of my technical information on damage formulae, etc. I do have to gripe at RPGe's translation for sometimes being so far removed from the Japanese as to be difficult to use, though (a Greatsword, for instance, is quite different from an Epee).

• "Heavy", referenced frequently in information on game mechanics, is a type flag found on many boss monsters that blocks various nasty effects. This typically includes anything that inflicts damage equal to a percentage of current HP, anything that automatically reduces HP to single digits, and various non-conventional forms of instant death (many of which ignore standard instant death immunity), such as the Timespace spell  Dejon, the Samurai's !Fast Draw, the Summon magic Odin, high-end Sword Magic as used against the corresponding weakness, and revival items or skills as used against undead monsters. Though this is normally a monster-only status, it can also be given to player characters by using Dragon's Kiss via the Chemist's !Mix.
• All data is based on the Super Famicom version unless otherwise indicated, and may not apply to the more recent PSX and GBA remakes.
• I've kept the layout of the original text as much as possible.
• Lines that are colored like these are my comments, anything in gold are actions and such that the dialog doesn't explain, and this teal indicates messages from the game (e.g., "You got a Potion").
• If I'm not too comfortable with how I translated something, I've put a * after it. A (*) stands for something that I can't figure out even well enough to guess.
• I've decided to translate 飛竜 (hiryuu), which literally means "flying dragon", as "wyvern", a rough English equivalent.
• The section headings indicate the setting, not the scene; the links in the contents are the reverse.
• Original (JP version) text and my translation are displayed side-by-side in columns for easier viewing, and to allow comparisons. Normally I would have the NA version text in another column, but there was no official English translation of the original version of the game. There has been at least one unofficial translation, and both the PSX and GBA remakes have been officially translated and released in the US, but those don't count. Well, they count for something, just not for this. :-P

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