(Blind, ブライン^?, lit. "Burain"), also known as (Darkness, 暗闇^?, lit. "Kurayami"), is a common recurring status effect from the Final Fantasy series. It can also refer to the spell, which causes such an effect. A blinded character is inaccurate with their physical attacks and will often miss the target, but the effect does not interfere with spell casting. In most games, it can be cured by using Eyedrops and/or a spell that heals status ailments.

Contents 1 Appearances 1.1 Final Fantasy 1.2 Final Fantasy II 1.3 Final Fantasy III 1.4 Final Fantasy IV 1.5 Final Fantasy V 1.6 Final Fantasy VI 1.7 Final Fantasy VII 1.8 Final Fantasy VIII 1.9 Final Fantasy IX 1.10 Final Fantasy X 1.10.1 Final Fantasy X-2 1.11 Final Fantasy XI 1.12 Final Fantasy XII 1.12.1 Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings 1.13 Final Fantasy Tactics 1.14 Final Fantasy Tactics Advance 1.15 Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift 1.16 Final Fantasy Adventure 1.17 Final Fantasy Mystic Quest 1.18 Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates 1.19 Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light 1.20 Chocobo's Dungeon 2 1.21 Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon 2 Non-Final Fantasy Appearances 2.1 Kingdom Hearts 2.2 Dead Fantasy 3 Gallery

Appearances

Final Fantasy

Blind causes afflicted units to miss more often, reducing their Hit Rate and Evasion by 40. It can be cured with the Eyedrops item or the White Magic spell Blindna, and is inflicted through the physical attacks of Shadow, the spell Blind, and the attacks Snorting, Ink, and Flash.

Final Fantasy II

Blind reduces the afflicted victim's Accuracy, lowering their Hit Rate and causing them to miss. This status lasts after battle and can be cured with Esuna at any level, or Eye Drops.

Final Fantasy III

The status effect is healed by Eye Drops and the spell Blindna. Monsters affected by Blind have their Accuracy and Magic Accuracy halved.

Final Fantasy IV

Called Darkness in the game's original incarnations, and Blind in the DS and PSP remakes, it halves a character's Accuracy and Evasion, as well as magic spells' accuracy. It does not affect the accuracy of the enemy skills used by monsters, nor the magic spells cast by weapons and items.

Final Fantasy V

The player is able to make use of this status, by casting Flash, attacking enemies with a Darkness Bow, or via some other methods, such as mix skills. A character under Blind has their Hit Rate reduced to a quarter.

Final Fantasy VI

The Blind status ailment is glitched in the original versions, due to the Evade Bug. However, it does prevent Strago from learning Lores. Several special attacks such as Edgar's Flash and Strago's Sour Mouth can inflict this status.

Game Element	Type	Effect
Reflect ???	Lore	Inflicts Blind, Silence, and Slow on all targets with Reflect.
Bad Breath	Lore	Inflicts Blind as well as a myriad of other statuses to all enemies.
Flash	Tools	Inflicts Blind on all enemies.
Disaster	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Blind as well as a myriad of other statuses on one or all party members.
Diabolic Whistle	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Blind as well as a myriad of other statuses on the party.
Mind Blast	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Blind as well as a myriad of other statuses on the party.
Scintillation	Enemy Attack	Inflicts non-elemental damage and Blind to the party.
Trine	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Blind and Silence on the party.
Transparent	Enemy Attack (Dummied)	Inflicts Blind as well as a myriad of other statuses on the caster.

Final Fantasy VII

Darkness is only usable by enemies, though the player has access to the status through the means of the Ink item. It is of little tactical use, as most enemies do not suffer from the status. Darkness halves the physical accuracy of weapon-based attacks, but due to a bug, the status only affects the commands Attack, Morph, Deathblow, Mug, Slash-All, Flash, 2x Cut, and 4x Cut. Because enemies do not use the above commands they are unaffected by it, making inflicting opponents with the status pointless.

Game Element	Type	Effect
Abnormal Shell	Enemy Attack	Inflicts non-elemental damage as well as Slow and Blind.
Autumn Leaves	Enemy Attack	Moderate non-elemental damage as well as Blind to party.
Combo	Enemy Attack	Moderate physical damage and Blind. Third part of the whole attack.
Dance	Enemy Attack	Inflicts minor non-elemental damage as well as Slow and Blind to party.
Dark Dragon Breath	Enemy Attack	Moderate non-elemental damage and Blind to party.
Dark Eye	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Blind. Only used if Grangalan Jr. is destroyed.
Dark Needle	Enemy Attack	Inflicts minor non-elemental damage and Blind.
Erupt	Enemy Attack	Inflicts minor non-elemental damage and Blind.
Evil Poison	Enemy Attack	Moderate Poison elemental damage and Blind.
Eyesight	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Blind and Slow. Only used as a counter to physical attacks.
Great Gale	Enemy Attack	Inflicts moderate Wind-elemental damage and Blind to party.
Havoc Wing	Enemy Attack	Inflicts extreme physical damage as well as Paralyze and Blind.
Isogin Smog	Enemy Attack	Moderate non-elemental damage and Blind.
Sandgun	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Blind.
Sandstorm	Enemy Attack	Inflicts moderate Earth-elemental damage and Blind to party.
Seed Shot	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Blind.
Smog	Enemy Attack	Inflicts minor non-elemental damage and Blind.
Smog Alert	Enemy Attack	Moderate non-elemental damage as well as Poison, Blind, Silence, and Sadness.
Smoke Bullet	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Sleep and Blind.
Sun	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Silence and Blind.
Swamp Shoot	Enemy Attack	Inflicts minor non-elemental damage and Blind.
Silver Glasses	Accessory	Prevents Blind.
Fairy Ring	Accessory	Prevents Poison and Blind.
Ink	Item	Inflicts Blind on an enemy.

Final Fantasy VIII

Blind reduces a character's Hit Rate by 75%. Characters with base hit rate of 255% are unaffected, such as Squall and Seifer, however, Blind disables the gunblade's trigger making them unable to deal additional damage.

Game Element	Type	Effect
Blind	Magic	Inflicts Blind.
Pain	Magic	Inflicts Blind, Poison, and Silence.
Bad Breath	Blue Magic	Inflicts Blind as well as a myriad of other statuses to all enemies.
"BWAARGGH!"	Enemy Attack	Inflicts non-elemental damage as well as Slow, Blind, and Curse to party.
Oil Shot	Enemy Attack	Inflicts non-elemental damage as well as Blind.
Sandstorm	Enemy Attack	Inflicts non-elemental damage as well as Blind to the party.
Stare	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Blind, Confuse, Silence, and Poison.

Final Fantasy IX

Game Element	Type	Effect
Blind	White Magic	Inflicts Blind.
Bad Breath	Blue Magic	Inflicts Blind as well as other statuses.
Blind Tail	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Blind.
Curse	Enemy Attack	Inflicts massive non-elemental damage as well as Poison, Confuse, Slow, Blind, and Mini to party.
Darkness	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Blind.
Ink	Enemy Attack	Inflicts non-elemental damage and Blind.
Pollen	Enemy Attack	Inflicts non-elemental damage and Blind to party.
Sandstorm	Enemy Attack	Reduce party's HP to single digits as well as inflicting Blind.
Spore	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Blind to party.
Rune Blade	Weapon	Has Blind as an Add-Status.
Rune Claws	Weapon	Has Blind as an Add-Status.
The Ogre	Weapon	Has Blind that can be inflicted with Soul Blade.
Trident	Weapon	Has Blind as an Add-Status.
Bright Eyes	Auto-Ability	Prevents Blind.

Final Fantasy X

Wakka's Dark Attack and Dark Buster can inflict this status and deal damage. Having a Luck stat of 90 or more higher than the target's Luck will result in the status having no effect, since the accuracy is high enough to withstand the handicaps. Also weapons with Darktouch or Darkstrike will also cause Darkness, while armor with Dark Ward and Darkproof will prevent it. A party member can also use a Smoke Bomb on an enemy to also inflict Darkness.

Game Element	Type	Effect
Dark Attack	Skill	Inflicts non-elemental damage and a 50% chance of Blind, but lasts three turns.
Dark Buster	Skill	Inflicts non-elemental damage and almost always Blind, but lasts one turn.
Triple Foul	Skill	Inflicts Blind along with Silence and Sleep for 3 turns.
Bad Breath	Overdrive	Inflicts Blind as well as a myriad of other statuses to all enemies.
Putrid Breath	Overdrive	Inflicts Blind as well as a myriad of other statuses to all enemies.
Blind	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Blind.
Blind Ball	Enemy Attack	Inflicts non-elemental damage and Blind.
Calamity	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Blind as well as other statuses to party. Only in the International version.
Curse	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Blind as well as other statuses.
Depth Charges	Enemy Attack	Inflicts non-elemental damage and Blind to party.
Mega Graviton	Enemy Attack	Reduces party's HP by 7/16 and inflicts Blind as well as a myriad of other statuses to party. Only in the International version.
Ochu Dance	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Blind as well as a myriad of other statuses to party.
Paean of the Heavens	Enemy Attack	Reduces party's HP by 15/16 as well as inflicting Blind and Delay Buster.
Pharaoh's Curse	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Blind, Poison, Curse, and Silence.
Photon Wings	Enemy Attack	Inflicts non-elemental damage and Blind as well as a myriad of other statuses to party.
Pollen	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Blind as well as a myriad of other statuses to party.
Putrid Breath	Enemy Attack	Inflicts non-elemental damage as well as Blind and a myriad of other statuses to party.
Rainbow	Enemy Attack	Inflicts non-elemental damage as well as Blind and a myriad of other statuses to party.
Shockwave	Enemy Attack	Inflicts non-elemental damage as well as Blind and a myriad of other statuses to party.
Sigh	Enemy Attack	Inflicts non-elemental damage and Blind to party.
Darktouch	Auto-Ability	50% chance of Blind when attacking physically.
Darkstrike	Auto-Ability	Inflicts Blind when attacking physically.
Dark Ward	Auto-Ability	50% chance of preventing Blind.
Dark Proof	Auto-Ability	Prevents Blind.
Smoke Bomb	Item	Inflicts non-elemental damage and Blind to all enemies.
Blaster Mine	Mix	Deals small amounts of damage plus Blind, Silence and Sleep for three rounds on all enemies.
Hazardous Shell	Mix	Deals medium amounts of damage plus Poison, Blind, Silence and Sleep for four rounds on all enemies.
Calamity Bomb	Mix	Deals medium amounts of damage plus Poison, Blind, Silence and Sleep for five rounds on all enemies.
Chaos Grenade	Mix	Deals large amounts of damage plus Full Break, Slow, Poison, Blind, Silence and Sleep for eight rounds on all enemies.
Brimstone	Mix	Deals medium amounts of damage in three bursts plus Poison, Darkness, Silence and Sleep for three rounds on all enemies.
Abaddon Flame	Mix	Deals large amounts of damage in three bursts plus Poison, Blind, Silence and Sleep for three rounds on all enemies.
Electroshock	Mix	Deals medium amounts of damage in three bursts plus Poison, Blind, Silence and Sleep for three rounds on all enemies.
Thunderblast	Mix	Deals large amounts of damage in three bursts plus Poison, Blind, Silence and Sleep for three rounds on all enemies.
Aqua Toxin	Mix	Deals medium amounts of damage in three bursts plus Poison, Blind, Silence and Sleep for three rounds on all enemies.
Dark Rain	Mix	Deals large amounts of damage in three bursts plus Poison, Blind, Silence and Sleep for three rounds on all enemies.
Black Ice	Mix	Deals medium amounts of damage in three bursts plus Poison, Blind, Silence and Sleep for three rounds on all enemies.
Krysta	Mix	Deals large amounts of damage in three bursts plus Poison, Blind, Silence and Sleep for three rounds on all enemies

Final Fantasy X-2

Game Element	Type	Effect
Blind	Arcana	Inflicts Blind.
Bad Breath	Blue Bullet	Inflicts Blind as well as other statuses to all enemies.
Darkness Dance	Dance	Inflicts Blind to all enemies while dancing.
Kogoro Blaze	Yuna's Trainer	Inflicts Fire-elemental damage as well as Blind.
Ghiki Gouge	Rikku's Trainer	Inflicts non-elemental damage and Blind.
Dark Knife	Paine's Mascot	Inflicts non-elemental damage and Blind.
Silent White	Floral Fallal	Inflicts physical damage as well as Blind and Silence on all enemies.
Blind Shell	Machina Maw	Inflicts physical damage and Blind.
Darkness O-men	Festival-Goer	Inflicts physical damage and Blind.
Blackout	Enemy Attack	Inflicts non-elemental damage as well as Blind and Slow.
Blinding Meridian	Enemy Attack	Inflicts 100 HP of damage and Blind.
Bloody Breath	Enemy Attack	Inflicts non-elemental damage as well as Blind, Poison, Silence, and Confuse to party.
Ebon Powder	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Blind on party.
Futile Resistance	Enemy Attack	Inflicts non-elemental damage as well as Blind, Silence, Poison, and Confuse.
Mors Certa	Enemy Attack	Inflicts non-elemental damage as well as Blind, Silence, and Poison to party.
Night Game	Enemy Attack	Inflicts non-elemental damage and Blind.
Pain	Enemy Attack	Inflicts non-elemental damage as well as Blind and a myriad of other statuses.
Pernicious Powder	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Blind and a myriad of other statuses to party.
Poison Smog	Enemy Attack	Inflicts non-elemental damage as well as Poison and Blind to party.
Quadruple Attack	Enemy Attack	Inflicts four non-elemental attacks and inflicts Blind on the 4th hit.
Radular Grudge	Enemy Attack	Inflicts non-elemental damage as well as Blind, Silence, Poison, and Confuse.
Really Bad Breath	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Blind as well as a myriad of other statuses to party.
Scum Spray	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Water-elemental damage as well as Blind.
Sludge Spray	Enemy Attack	Inflicts Water-elemental damage as well as Blind and Poison.
Triple Shock	Enemy Attack	Inflicts non-elemental damage as well as Blind, Poison, and Sleep.
Umbral Gaze	Enemy Attack	Inflicts non-elemental damage as well as Blind.
Dark Proof	Auto-Ability	Prevents Blind.
Darkness Grenade	Item	Inflicts non-elemental damage and Blind to all enemies.
Flash Bomb	Item, Enemy Attack	Inflicts minor non-elemental damage and Blind to all enemies.
Brimstone	Mix	Deals 3 hits of 150 damage and causes Blind to random enemies.
Abaddon Flame	Mix	Deals 3 hits of 300 damage and Blinds random enemies.

Final Fantasy XI

Blindness is a status effect in Final Fantasy XI that is caused by many effects, including the Enfeebling Magic spell Blind.

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Final Fantasy XII

The technick Sight Unseeing causes the target's HP to drop drastically, but this can only work if the user is blinded.

Game Element	Type	Effect
Blind	Green Magick	Inflicts Blind.
Blindga	Green Magick	Inflicts Blind to all targets in range.
Blindna	White Magick	Cure Blind.
Darkja	Zodiark's Magick	Dark-elemental damage, and may inflict Blind and/or Instant Death.
Bad Breath	Enemy Technicks	Inflicts Blind, Slow, and Poison to all targets.
Blaster	Enemy Technicks	Deals percentage damage, and may also inflict Blind, Sleep, Slow, and Silence.
Dark Shock	Enemy Technicks	Inflicts Blind and Sap.
Flash	Enemy Technicks	Inflicts Blind to all targets.
Hell Blaster	Enemy Technicks	Inflicts percentage damage as well as Blind and various other statuses.
Putrid Breath	Enemy Technicks	Inflicts Blind as well as a myriad of other statuses to all targets.
Scream	Enemy Technicks	Inflicts physical damage as well as Blind and Silence.
Sporefall	Enemy Technicks	Inflicts Blind as well as a myriad of other statuses.
Wail	Enemy Technicks	Inflicts physical damage and may also inflict Blind or Silence.

Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings

The blind status decreases the accuracy of units. It can be caused by spells such as Bedevil by Cu Sith. It can be healed with Penelo's Esunaga or Fran's Ward of the Wood abilities.

Final Fantasy Tactics

See also enemy abilities.

Blind abilities inflict the Darkness status effect in Final Fantasy Tactics. For physical attacks executed by a unit with Darkness, all targets' evade percentages are doubled. Blind lasts until the end of battle, or until cured. Some attacks that inflict the Darkness status are:

Game Element	Type	Effect	User
Umbra	Mystic Arts	Inflicts Blind.	Enemy Mystics
Eye Gouge	Enemy Ability	Inflicts Blind.	Goblin
Ink	Enemy Ability	Inflicts Blind.	Mindflayer
Darkness	Enemy Ability	Inflicts Blind.	Zalera
Grand Cross	Enemy Ability	Inflicts Blind as well as a myriad of other statuses.	Ultima the High Seraph

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance

The Blind status not only decreases a unit's Evade by 20, but an attacking unit's Accuracy is reduced by 50. It can be inflicted by a number of skills, including the Archer's Blackout, the Gunner's Blindshot, and the Elementalist's Shining Air.

Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift

Unlike in Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, the Blind status only reduces Accuracy. Aside from all the old skills from Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, it can also be inflicted by a Lanista's Haunting Vision.

Final Fantasy Adventure

The Blind status, called Dark in the game, causes the screen to be darken which will hinder the fields and rooms. The item Eyedrop, or use the magic spell Heal can cure it.

Final Fantasy Mystic Quest

Game Element	Type	Effect
Charm Claw	Weapon	Can inflict Poison, Paralyze, Sleep, Confusion, and Blind.
Dragon Claw	Weapon	Can inflict Poison, Paralyze, Sleep, Confusion, Blind, Stone, and Silence.
Bow of Grace	Weapon	Shoot-elemental weapon that can inflict Blind.
Blackness	Enemy Ability	Non-elemental attack that can inflict Blind.
Blind Flash	Enemy Ability	Inflicts Blind.
Blinder	Enemy Ability	Non-elemental attack that can inflict Blind.
Smokescreen	Enemy Ability	Inflicts Blind.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates

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Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light

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Non-Final Fantasy Appearances

Kingdom Hearts

In Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days certain enemy attacks can cause the blind status, causing most physical attacks by the player miss for a short period of time. Equipping light elemental rings help lessen the chance of blind.

Dead Fantasy

Blind appears with Tifa Lockhart as materia and is used against Hitomi in the burning cathedral along with the other status affect materia in her possession.

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