Rydia/Gameplay

Rydia is a playable character in Final Fantasy IV and its sequels, Final Fantasy IV -Interlude- and Final Fantasy IV: The After Years. She is the first dedicated Summoner in the Final Fantasy series, and also excels in casting Black Magic, making her an excellent offensive mage and thus her stat growth is geared toward magic use.

For playable appearances outside the Final Fantasy IV series, see Rydia/Other appearances

Final Fantasy IV

Template:Sideicon As a Summoner, Rydia has high magic stats but low physical stats and can summon Eidolons, magical creatures that appear at her behest to devastate enemies.

Stats

Rydia (2D) (data extracted from the PSP version.)

Level	HP	MP	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intellect	Spirit
1	30	10	3	4	2	8	5
10	115	59	6	9	5	15	9
20	326	146	11	13	10	23	18
30	647	231	16	17	15	31	27
40	1063	337	21	21	20	39	36
50	1628	445	26	25	25	47	45
60	2289	552	31	29	29	55	50
70* (At random afterward, see in the table below.)	3065	659	36	33	34	63	54
80	3910	765	rdm	rdm	rdm	rdm	rdm
90	4774	868	rdm	rdm	rdm	rdm	rdm
99* (9763587 exp)	5540	964	rdm	rdm	rdm	rdm	rdm

Rydia's level up possibilities.

Level up possibilities -Rydia- (Data extracted from the PSP version.)

Possibility	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intellect	Spirit
1	-1	-1	0	0	-1
2	-1	0	-1	0	-1
3	-1	0	0	-1	-1
4	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
5	+2	0	+2	+2	+2
6	0	0	0	+3	+3
7	+3	+3	0	+3	+3

Rydia -Child- (3D)

Level	HP	MP	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intellect	Spirit
7	101	50	10	8	8	6	3
10	141	70	13	10	11	6	3
20	344	137	17	14	15	16	12
30	637	204	21	18	19	25	20
40	1035	271	25	22	23	35	29
50	1542	338	28	25	26	44	37
60	2147	405	32	29	30	54	46
70* (Depend on the augments in the charater's battle menu afterward.)	2850	472	36	33	34	63	54

When Rydia rejoins the party the second time, she will be at level 30 if Child Rydia's level was inferior or equal to that level. If Child Rydia's level is superior to 30, Rydia will retain it. Finally, if Child Rydia's level is over 70 and has a specific level up (thanks to the Augment ability system), she will retain that level however she will also lose all stats bonuses. The stats bonuses applied are those from her default battle menu as an adult, meaning she will get bonuses for having Attack, Black Magic, Summon and item.

Rydia -Adult- (3D)

Level	HP	MP	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intellect	Spirit
30	623	204	21	18	19	35	20
40	1022	271	25	22	23	44	29
50	1521	338	28	25	26	54	37
60	2125	405	32	29	30	63	46
70* (Depend on the augments in the charater's battle menu afterward.)	2822	472	36	33	34	72	54

In order to reach 99 points in her stats, Rydia needs 63 points in Strength, 66 in Speed, 65 in Stamina, 27 in Intellect and 45 in Spirit.

Abilities

Rydia can use Black Magic and learns every spell, up to and including Meteor, but she learns them later than Palom due to her emphasis on Summon Magic. As a child, she can cast some basic White Magic. When she returns to the party as an adult, she has forgotten these spells.

Thundaga.

In the 3D remake versions, Rydia can learn more White Magic as a child, and learns her later Black Magic at different levels. Rydia joins the party at Level 7, while she joins at Level 1 in all other releases, and thus knows several spells already. When she is reverted to a child during her Lunar Trial in the Advance and Complete Collection releases, she can cast her White Magic while retaining her Black Magic.

When Rydia rejoins as an adult in the Dwarven Castle after beating Golbez, she has Fira, Blizzara, Thundara, along with Cura. At this point, she no longer has the White Magic command and cannot use her White Magic spells and thus Cura can never be used outside of her trial in GBA and PSP versions, when she'll lose Summon Magic and temporarily regain White Magic.

In all releases, Rydia learns her Eidolons the same way.

Black Magic Spell Level Learned 2D*(SNES/PS/GBA/PSP) 3D*(DS/iOS/Android) Blizzard 2 Known Thunder 5 Known Sleep 8 8 Poison 10 10 Warp 12 12 Toad 13 13 Fire*(Learned at Mt. Hobs) Event Event Stop 15 15 Pig 20 20 Bio 26 26*(Last Black Magic spell Child Rydia learns. 3D only) Fira*(Known when Rydia returns as an adult) Event Event Blizzara*(Known when Rydia returns as an adult) Event Event Thundara*(Known when Rydia returns as an adult) Event Event Osmose 32 33 Drain*(Known when Rydia returns as an adult in the 3D remake) 36 Event Blizzaga 39 38 Firaga 42 40 Thundaga 45 41 Quake*(Known when Rydia returns as an adult in the 3D remake) 47 Event Break 49 43 Tornado 51 58 Death 52 55 Flare 55 60 Meteor 60 80

White Magic Spell Level Learned 2D*(SNES/PS/GBA/PSP) 3D*(DS/iOS/Android) Cure 3 Known Sight 4 Known Hold 7 Known Confuse — 8 Esuna — 10 Cura Event*(Known when Rydia returns as an adult - Dummied Out) 12 Raise — 15 Summons Spell Acquired Chocobo Known Whyt Known Goblin Enemy drop Cockatrice Enemy drop Bomb Enemy drop Mindflayer Enemy drop Mist Dragon*(Known when Rydia returns as an adult) Event Ifrit*(Known when Rydia returns as an adult) Event Shiva*(Known when Rydia returns as an adult) Event Ramuh*(Known when Rydia returns as an adult) Event Titan*(Known when Rydia returns as an adult) Event Asura Defeat Asura Leviathan Defeat Leviathan Sylph Inside the Sylph Cave Odin Defeat Odin Bahamut Defeat Bahamut

Equipment

Adult Rydia's equipment menu, featuring her equipped with a staff.

As a child, Rydia equips rods, staves, bows, daggers, and whips. As an adult, she loses the ability to equip staves. In the Game Boy Advance and PlayStation Portable versions, there is a loophole the player can use to equip the adult Rydia with a staff: when she transforms into a child in her Lunar Trial she regains her White Magic and the ability to equip staves, and will not remove any equipped staff she is given when the trial ends and she turns back into an adult. However, once the staff is removed it cannot be re-equipped without repeating the trial. In Final Fantasy IV Advance, equipping Rydia with the Mist Ring allows summoning the Mist Dragon to grant a Blink effect on the entire party. She joins with a rod, a leather cap, leather clothing and an iron armlet the first time and a whip, a gaia gear and a silver armlet the second time.

In the 3D remakes, she cannot equip bows. Her armor is limited to universal equips and mage equips. She joins with a rod, leather clothing and a silver armlet the first time and with a whip, a gold harpin, a luminous robe and a rune armlet the second time.

Weapons

Bows*(SNES/PS/GBA/PSP)	Daggers	Rods	Staves*(Child only)	Whips
Bow Power Bow Great Bow Killer Bow Elven Bow Yoichi Bow Artemis Bow	Mythril Knife Dancing Dagger Mage Masher Assassin's Dagger*((Advance and Complete Collection only))	Rod Ice Rod Flame Rod Thunder Rod Polymorph Rod Faerie Rod Lilith Rod Stardust Rod	Staff Healing Staff Mythril Staff Power Staff Aura Staff Rune Staff Sage's Staff	Whip Chain Whip Blitz Whip Flame Whip Dragon Whisker Mist Whip*((Advance and Complete Collection only))

Armor

Head	Body	Arms
Leather Cap Headband Feathered Cap Green Beret Wizard's Hat Black Cowl Sage's Miter Gold Hairpin Ribbon Onion Helm	Clothing Prison Garb Leather Clothing Bard's Tunic Gaia Gear Kenpogi Sage's Surplice Black Belt Gi Power Sash Minerva Bustier Black Robe Luminous Robe Adamant Armor Onion Armor Rainbow Robe*((Advance and Complete Collection only))	Iron Armlet Ruby Ring Silver Armlet Rune Armlet Power Armlet Cursed Ring Diamond Armlet Protect Ring Crystal Ring Onion Gloves Mist Ring*((Advance and Complete Collection only))

Boss

Main article: Girl (Final Fantasy IV)

Rydia appears as the Girl in the scripted battle with Cecil and Kain in Final Fantasy IV at Mist.

Quests

Rydia's Lunar Trial

Rydia's Trial.

Template:See Also Rydia enters a cave filled with mist. She turns back into a child, and Ifrit, Titan, Ramuh, and Shiva abandon her. The party must find them and defeat them to regain them. After defeating them the mist dissipates, and the party fights Lunar Mist Dragon. After defeating it, the player gets the Mist Ring, which improves Rydia's Mist Dragon summon and grants the party the Blink status.

The Lunar Trials are available in the GBA and PSP versions of Final Fantasy IV.

Final Fantasy IV -Interlude-

Template:Sideicon Rydia appears for the final battle against Rydia?. Her level and full equipment except her equipped weapon are unknown, as the player cannot enter the menu while she is in the party.

Stats

She has 1100 HP and 330 MP. Since she knows Blizzaga but does not know Firaga, it can be hypothesized that Rydia is at level 39, 40 or 41.

Abilities

She knows all her Black Magic up to Blizzaga. She also has all her summons except for Goblin, Bomb, Cockatrice and Mindflayer.

Spell Level Learned Blizzard Known Thunder Known Sleep Known Poison Known Warp Known Toad Known Stop Known Pig Known

Spell Level Learned Bio Known Osmose Known Drain Known Blizzaga Known Fire Known Fira Known Blizzara Known Thundara Known

Eidolon Acquired Chocobo Known Dragon Known Titan Known Shiva Known Ramuh Known Ifrit Known Sylph Known Odin Known Leviathan Known Asura Known Bahamut Known

Equipment

She is equipped with a Stardust Rod.

Weapons

Bows	Arrows	Daggers	Whips	Rods
Killer Bow Yoichi Bow	Medusa Arrow Holy Arrow Fire Arrow Ice Arrow Lightning Arrow Poison Arrow Yoichi Arrow Artemis Arrow	Mythril Knife	Blitz Whip	Rod Lilith Rod Polymorph Rod Faerie Rod Stardust Rod

Armor

Head	Body	Arms
Leather Cap Feathered Cap Wizard's Hat Sage's Miter Headband Green Beret Gold Hairpin Ribbon	Leather Clothing Black Belt Gi Power Sash Minerva Bustier Luminous Robe Black Robe Sage's Surplice	Silver Armlet Diamond Armlet Power Armlet Rune Armlet Ruby Ring Cursed Ring

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years

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Stats

Rydia's MP and Intelligence are high, but her HP is among the lowest in the game. Compared to the other Black Mage of the game, Palom, Rydia's stats are inferior in all areas except for Speed and Spirit.

Level	HP	MP	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intelligence	Spirit
15	330	175	8	11	7	19	14
20	490	217	11	13	10	23	18
30	911	302	16	17	15	31	27
40	1412	412	21	21	20	39	36
50	2007	537	24	24	23	53	40
60	2794	643	30	27	28	59	47
70	3422	722	36	32	34	65	64
80	3667	779	39	33	35	67	57
90	3748	824	40	35	37	70	59
99	3955	863	41	37	38	73	60

Rydia is also a guest in Porom's Tale, she begins at level 15 ans caps at level 20.

Abilities

Rydia and Edge performing the Broken Heart Band.

Rydia retains her Black Magic, and her Summon abilities, but cannot summon anything as she loses her Eidolons at the start of her tale. With the exception of the Eidolons dropped by enemies, she cannot relearn them until The Gathering chapter, where the player must explore the world and defeat them. This is excluding Leviathan, Asura and Bahamut, who are fought and reacquired in the True Moon. The Chocobo Eidolon is also found in the Chocobo's Forest on an island west of Kaipo during The Gathering. Depending on the player's actions during the fights, it is possible Rydia may not relearn all her summons.

Magic Level Learned Fire Known Blizzard Known Thunder Known Sleep Known Poison Known Stop Known Toad Known Warp Known

Magic Level Learned Fira Known Blizzara Known Thundara Known Pig 20 Osmose 26 Bio 32 Drain 36 Blizzaga 41

Magic Level Learned Firaga 42 Thundaga 43 Break 45 Quake 51 Death 55 Tornado 58 Flare 60 Meteor 65

Band Abilities

Ability	Members	MP	Effect
Lightning Brain Buster	Rydia (Black Magic) Luca (Attack)	7	Send a head-busting lightning-charged strike towards an enemy.
Thunderstorm*(Will not carry over from Porom's Tale and must be relearned during the Final Tale)	Rydia (Black Magic) Palom (Black Magic)	25	A magical ice and lightning attack that targets all enemies. In the 3D version, this band does carry over from Porom's Tale to the Final Tale.
Broken Heart	Rydia (Attack, Bow) Edge (Attack)	25	Attack all enemies with emotion-charged arrows.
Inferno	Rydia Edge (Event)	40	Create a tornado of flame to attack all enemies.
Thunder Wave	Rydia (Black Magic) Ceodore (Attack)	20	Blows away all enemies with the power of lightning.
Iron Flash	Rydia (Summon) Cecil (Attack)	40	Cecil borrows the power of Odin to cut through all enemies.
Holy Burst	Rydia (Black Magic) Rosa (White Magic)	55	Holy magical attack on all enemies.
Mirage Song	Rydia (Summon) Edward (Bardsong)	35	Call Mist Dragon to cast Blink on entire party.
Sylph Protection	Rydia (Summon) Yang (Attack)	17	Rydia calls Sylphs to drain enemies of strength and power up Yang. Casts Haste, Protect and Shell on Yang, and heals HP equal to total damage done to enemies. Can be used even if the Sylphs summon has not been recovered.
Tri-disaster	Rydia (Black Magic) Leonora (Black Magic) Palom (Black Magic)	20	Cast a succession of powerful black magic.
Flare Tornado	Rydia (Black Magic) Edge (Ninjutsu) Luca (Big Throw)	15	Create a flaming whirlwind that strikes all enemies.
Wild Whip	Rydia (Attack, Whip) Harley (Attack, Whip) Izayoi (Attack, Whip)	4	Three fighters whip a single enemy repeatedly.
Call Me Queen	Rydia (Attack, Whip) Harley (Attack, Whip) Izayoi (Attack, Whip) Leonora (Attack, Whip)	11	Whip and turn the enemy into a Pig.
Final Fantasy	Rydia (Black Magic) Cecil (Fight) Edge (Throw) Kain (Jump) Rosa (White Magic)	75	Attack all enemies and heal party with a powerful combination.
Infinity	Rydia (Black Magic) Leonora (White Magic) Palom (Black Magic) Porom (White Magic) Rosa (White Magic)	60	Five fighters combine to cast powerful magic on enemies and heal themselves.
Temptation	Rydia (Black Magic) Harley (Gil Toss) Izayoi (Illusions) Rosa (Aim)	19	Surprise one enemy with an attack.

Equipment

In her own Tale, Rydia starts with a Whip, a Leather Cap, Leather Clothing and an Iron Armlet. As a guest in Porom's Tale, she joins with the same equipment.

Weapons

Bows and Arrows	Daggers	Rods	Whips
Bow Crossbow Great Bow Killer Bow Elfin Bow Yoichi Bow Artemis Bow Perseus's Bow Medusa Arrows Iron Arrows Holy Arrows Fire Arrows Lightning Arrows Ice Arrows Blinding Arrows Poison Arrows Silencing Arrows Angel Arrows Yoichi Arrows Artemis Arrows Perseus Arrows	Knife Dagger Mythril Knife Dancing Dagger Mage Masher Triton's Dagger Assassin's Dagger	Rod Ice Rod Flame Rod Healing Rod Thunder Rod Lilith Rod Polymorph Rod Wizard's Rod Recovery Rod Faerie Rod Stardust Rod	Queen's Whip Whip Thorn Whip Chain Whip Ice Whip Blitz Whip Flame Whip Dragon Whisker Mystic Whip

Armor

Shields	Head	Body	Arms
Adamant Shield	Queen's Mask Leather Cap Headband Feathered Cap Green Beret Wizard's Hat Steel Headplate Circlet Black Cowl Beret Chakra Band Sage's Miter Goblin Mask Officer's Hat Gold Hairpin Hypnocrown Cat-Ear Hood Mystic Veil Ribbon Adamant Helm Glass Mask	Clothing Bard's Tunic Leather Clothing Foot Ninja Gear Gaia Gear Bronze Breastplate Shinobi Gear Kenpo Gi Sage's Surplice Queen's Tights Mage's Robe Silver Breastplate Black Robe Mist Wrap Rose Twine Dress Black Belt Gi Professor's Robe Exorcist's Gown Red Robe Luminous Robe Power Sash Sage's Robe Minerva Bustier Pink Armor Adamant Armor	Cursed Ring Ruby Ring Queen's Gloves Iron Armlet Power Armlet Talisman Hyper Wrist Silver Armlet Rune Armlet Diamond Armlet Protect Ring Adamant Gloves Crystal Ring Flan Ring Sprint Ring Economical Ring Reach Ring Provoke Ring Limit Ring Single Star Twin Stars Rapid Ring Rapid Ring v2 Gil Band Gil Band v2 Level Band Level Band v2 Rare Band Rare Band v2 Treasure Hunter Treasure Hunter v2

Quests

Permanently missable content

The Eidolon Chocobo can be missed if the player does not pick it up inside the Chocobo Forest during the Gathering's Tale: The Moon's Gravity. It is located on the island in the middle of the ocean between Troia and Kaipo.

Many Eidolons can be permanently missed if killed during their battles.

If Rydia has recovered Leviathan and Asura as summons, Bahamut will turn on the Mysterious Girl and destroy her before returning to Rydia, but if not, Bahamut must be slain and will not be available to be summoned.

Several items are only obtainable in Challenge Dungeons; once the final section of the game is started, anything that isn't imported from those is permanently lost.

Rydia's Challenge Dungeon

Rydia's Challenge Dungeon.

Main article: Challenge Dungeon (The After Years)/Rydia

Rydia's Challenge Dungeon is a three floor cave. Many doors are actually Trap Doors, while several walls are Demon Walls and cause doorways or staircases to appear when defeated. The first two floors are mazes of doors, while the third floor consists of several platforms that are connected by ropes. On each platform only one of the ropes can be climbed safely, the other two trigger a scripted encounter. The dungeon is accessed by speaking to Challengingway in Agart. During some plays of the dungeon, certain doors will be locked. Though the player will always be able to reach the end, some side passages with treasure may be blocked off.

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