List of Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter Abilities

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Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter utilizes a skill system similar to systems from previous installments of the series. Skills are divided by which character can use them and these skills are further divided into three classes based on AP usage. Defensive skills can be used by all playable characters and are passive. Skills are threaded onto the character's equipment for a maximum of nine skills total, three for each level. Some equipment will prevent the player from equipping all the slots, and some equipment have unique skills that are nontransferable. Armor only allows for one skill to be active on them and not all armor has the ability to be threaded. Each character has two armors that can be threaded, three armors that don't come with skills and can't be threaded, and the rest have a specific skill that can't be unequipped nor transferred to a armor that can be threaded.

Ryu's Skill List

Ryu's skills are based around brute force. The majority of his skills are single target but he has a few that strike in arcs or do straight pierce attacks which can hit all enemies in the area. Using certain skills in a particular order will result in special Combination attacks activating, which will result in greater damage.

10 AP Skills

Name	Target	Type	Description	Obtained	Weapon Exclusive	Note
Slice	Unit	Physical	Normal Physical Attack	Initially Equipped  on most of Ryu's weapons, Initial move	No	N/A
Side Slash	Spread	Physical	ATK Power 80%, Accuracy -20%	Equipped on specific weapons, Blue Treasure Chest at Life to BioCorp 2, Steal from Trickster or Highwaystar	No	N/A
Thrust	Unit	Physical	ATK Power 25%, Ignores Defense	Steal from Garpike or Boost Bosch	No	N/A
Kick	Unit	Physical	ATK Power 75%, Hit Back 2.5m	Blue Treasure Chest at Lift to BioCorp 3 South, Steal from Duke Lord	No	Ends combo
Third Eye	Self	Special	Raises Accuracy of next attack to 100%	Steal from Lead Gunner or Duke Lord	No	Can't be used in a combo
Ogre Slice	Unit	Physical	Accuracy -50%, if it hits, Critical Hit with 75% ATK Power	Steal from Duke or Gigantis	No	100% power, critical deals 75% more damage, not usual 50%
Dent Weapon	Unit	Physical	ATK Power of 80% and reduces enemy ATK by 5%	Steal from Duke or Gigantis	No	N/A
Rust Armor	Unit	Physical	ATK Power of 80% and reduces enemy DEF by 5%	Blue Chest from Lift LowSector 3	No	N/A
Brainquake	Unit	Physical	ATK Power of 80% and reduces enemy MAG by 5%	Steal from Tantra (Deegon Mode)	No	N/A
Act Delay	Unit	Physical	ATK Power of 80% and reduces enemy SPD by 5%	20th Floor of Kokon Horay	No	N/A
Cutspace	Unit	Physical	ATK Power of 80% and reduces enemy MOV by 5%	35th Floor of Kokon Horay, Buy from Fairy Colony Skill Shop	No	N/A

20 AP Skills

Name	Target	Type	Description	Location	Weapon Exclusive	Note
Vert Slash	Unit	Physical	ATK Power 130%, Accuracy -20%	Ranger Edge, Initial move	No	Turns into X-Blade when used after Side Slash
Fang	Line	Physical	ATK Power 40%, Ignores Defense	Steal from Bosch (1st Fight)	No	N/A
Hyper Kick	Unit	Physical	ATK Power 120%, Knock Back 4.0m	Blue Chest at Centre 4F Central 1	No	Ends combo
Hazecut	Unit	Physical	ATK power 120%, Accuracy +50%	Steal from Shadowplayer	No	N/A
Hex	Unit	Special	Increases XP value of enemy unit by 10%, does no damage	Buy it from Fairy Colony Skill Shop	No	Only works once on one enemy
Spiritcharge	Self	Special	Increases ATK power by 1.5x for next turn only	Blue Chest in IndustOne 2F	No	Can't be used in a combo
Bladesmack	Unit	Physical	Adjusts damage to make sure attack doesn't reduce enemy HP to 0.	5TH Floor of Kokon Horay	No	N/A
Wild Swing	Unit	Physical	Random damage between 50% to 200%	Steal from Duke Leader, Deathcow, or Beak	No	N/A
Discharge	Unit	Magic	Records damage received in battle and returns it	Blue Chest in TradeSector D Treasure Room(During Nina's Medicine Sidequest)	No	After using damage recorded retuns to 0
Crimson Raid	Unit	Physical	Restores HP to Ryu by 10% of damage dealt	Steal from Tantra (Deegon and Geegagis Mode)	No	N/A
Reversal	Unit	Physical	Damage value varies based the amount of Ryu's remaining HP (Less health = more damage)	Blue Chest in D-Ratio Room in Lifeline Endsector	No	More than 25% - miss . 25% to 12,5% - 100%. 12,5% to 6,25% - 200%. Less than 6,25% - 300%
Skullsplit	Unit	Physical	ATK Power 125% (Damage is dealt to enemy AP)	Buy it from Fairy Colony Skill Shop	No

30 AP Skills

Name	Target	Type	Description	Location	Weapon Exclusive	Note
Roundsaber	Spread	Physical	ATK Power of 150%	Blue Chest at CorpLab 2	No	N/A
Deathcleaver	Unit	Physical	ATK Power of 200%. Ryu receives 10% of damage dealt	40th Floor of Kokon Horay	No	N/A
Terabreak	Unit	Physical	ATK Power of 100%, Ignores Defense	Steal from Vexacion	No	N/A
Crossviper	Unit	Physical	Hit and Run Physical Attack, 75% Critical Hit Rate	Blue Chest in PowerOne 3F	No	Ends combo, moves Ryu behind an enemy.
Circle Stage	Circle	Physical	Normal Physical Attack with unique target area	Blue Chest at Old TradeSector B	No	Circle centered on Ryu
Deathbringer	Unit	Physical	ATK Power of 125%, if it hits, it's always a Critical Hit	Ranger Edge, Initial move.	No	N/A
Violet Death	Spread	Physical	(1st Hit) ATK Power of 20%, Ignores Defense (2nd Hit) 100% Critical Hit	Violet Blade	Yes	N/A
Great Smash	Unit	Physical	Instant Death attack, if it doesn't instant kill, does normal damage.	Legend Blade	Yes	N/A

Ryu's Combo

Name	Target	Type	Description
X-Blade	Spread	Physical	First hit is 75% attack power, The second and third hit is 110% attack power with a +20% to critical hit

Nina's Skill List

Nina's skills focus on defense and crowd control. Many of her starting moves are elemental traps that limit the enemies movement or make them suffer heavy elemental damage. Her offensive spells attack directly and can often hit enemies that are in proximity to each other.

10 AP Skills

Name	Target	Type	Description	Location	Weapon Exclusive	Note
Chop!	Unit	Special	Normal Physical Attack	Slapper Weapon.	Yes	Only physical attack usable by Nina.
Blunt	Unit	Special	Reduces Enemy Attack Power by 10%	Blue Chest at CorpLab 2. Steal from Tantra (Geegagis Mode)	No	N/A
Weaken	Unit	Special	Reduces Enemy Defense by 10%	Blue Chest in D-Ratio Old Waste Sahft 4F area, 30thF of Kokon Horay	No	N/A
Enfeeble	Unit	Special	Reduces Enemy Magic Power by 10%	Blue Chest in Tradesector C Treasure Room (During Nina Medicine Sidequest)	No	N/A
Slow	Unit	Special	Reduces Enemy Speed by 10%	Buy from Fairy Colony Skill Shop	No	N/A
Divine	Unit	Special	Reduces Enemy Movement by 10%	Blue Chest in PowerOne 2F, Buy it from Fairy Colony Skill Shop	No	N/A
Flare	Circle	Magic	Level 1 Fire Magic Attack	Equipped on Holy Heart and Wizard Wand Wand,  Steal from Duke Magi, Dropped by Goo Ruby	No	N/A
Frost	Circle	Magic	Level 1 Ice Magic Attack	Equipped on Glacier and Demonscythe staffs, Dropped by Goo Sapphire	No	N/A
Jolt	Circle	Magic	Level 1 Lightning Magic Attack	Equipped on Antenna, Deluxantenna, and Magic Wand, Dropped by Hermit and Goo Plasma	No	N/A
G-Flare	Trap	Magic	Level 1 Fire based Magic Wall that Restricts enemy movement	Pyromania Staff, Initial move.	No	N/A
Joltball	Trap	Magic	Level 1 Electric based Magic Wall that Stuns enemies that come in contact with it.	Equipped to Thor Hammer, Blue Chest in Lift LowSector 1	No	N/A

20 AP Skills

Name	Target	Type	Description	Location	Weapon Exclusive	Note
Fireblast	Spread	Magic	Level 2 Fire Magic Attack	Dropped by Baphomet, Buy at Fairy Colony Skill Shop	No	N/A
Fireball	Trap	Magic	Level 2 Fire Magic Wall that stuns enemies that come in contact with it.	Blue Chest in IndustOne 3F	No	N/A
Iceblast	Line	Magic	Level 2 Ice Magic Attack	Dropped by Goo Sapphire on Frozen Road 1F, Buy at Fairy Colony Skill Shop	No	N/A
Fragball	Trap	Magic	Level 2 Ice Magic Wall that stuns enemies who come into contact with it.	Blue Chest at Frozen Road 4F	No	N/A
Lightning	Line	Magic	Level 2 Lightning Magic Attack	Equipped on Deluxantenna, Dropped by Bouncer in CorpLab, Buy it in Fairy Colony Skill Shop	No	N/A
Teleportation	Self	Special	Switches Position with an ally	10th Floor of Kokon Horay	No	N/A
Transfer	Unit	Special	Gives 20 AP to an Ally	Steal from RescueMech	No	N/A
Mirage Bomb	Trap	Magic	Sets up Nina Doll that explodes when enemy come in contact with it.	24th Floor of Kokon Horay	No	Deals Fire damage.
G-Iceblast	Trap	Magic	Level 3 Ice Magic Wall that blocks enemy Movement	Blue Chest in D-Ratio room in Old Waste Shaft 5F	No	N/A

30 AP Skills

Name	Target	Type	Description	Location	Weapon Exclusive	Note
Inferno	Circle	Magic	Level 3 Fire Magic Attack	Blue Chest at Centre 3F South	No	N/A
G-Inferno	Trap	Magic	Level 3 Fire Magic Wall that blocks enemy movement	Blue Chest in D-Ratio room in CorpLab 1	No	N/A
Blizzard	Circle	Magic	Level 3 Ice Magic Attack	Blue Chest in Centre 3F North	No	N/A
Valhalla	Circle	Magic	Level 3 Lightning Magic Attack	Equipped on Deluxantenna, 45th Floor of Kokon Horay	No	N/A
Lag Valhalla	Trap	Magic	Level 3 Lightning Magic Trap that erupts after 1 turn.	Blue Chest at Centre 4F Central 2	No	N/A
Kyrie	Circle	Magic	Holy Based Instant Kill (Effective on undead)	Holy Heart Staff	Yes	Either 100% success or immune, Circle centered on Nina.
Death	Unit	Magic	Instant Death Attack	Demonscythe Staff	Yes	N/A
Shazam	Circle	Magic	Hit Back Magic that sends enemies in a wide area flying away.	Dropped by Pantagruel	No	Circle centered on Nina.
Ragnarok	Unit	Magic	Requires 3 Turns to activate. Nina cannot act while casting.	50th Floor of Kokon Horay	No	Deals universal damage.
Mirage Blast	Trap	Magic	Level 2 Mirage Bomb, creates Nina Doll that explodes when enemies attack it.	Dropped by Pandora's Box, must wait to kill them on the fourth turn.	No	Deals Fire damage.

Lin's Skill List

Lin's skills have the most diverse range. They will also cause different status conditions based on what order you chain her attacks together.

10 AP Skills

Name	Target	Type	Description	Location	Weapon Exclusive	Note
Greetings	Unit	Shot	ATK Power 75% Feint Attack	Equipped on AutoRifle, Blue Chest at Frozen Road 1F	No
Too Slow!	Unit	Shot	ATK Power 70%, Gives weight to Accuracy	Blue Chest at IndustOne 2F	No	Next attack in a combo always hits.
Hey, Hey!	Unit	Shot	Adds Effect to Successive Attack	Equipped on all of Lin's weapons except Autorifle, Stinger, Cleaner, and Silentcope, Initial move.	No
How's That?	Unit	Shot	May Change into an ability reducing attack depending on the previous attack	Blue Chest at Lifeline TopSector	No	After Hey, Hey! = ATK down, after There! = DEF down, after Too slow! = SPD down.
There!	Unit	Shot	ATK Power 70% and increases Critical Chance	Equipped on Silentscope and Stinger, Chest in Old Waste Shaft 6F	No	Next attack in a combo always critical.
C'mere!	Unit	Special	Vacuum that sucks enemies in closer to Lin	Equipped on Cleaner, Steal from Tantra (1st battle)	No	Damages and steals item when used after Greetings!

20 AP Skills

Name	Target	Type	Description	Location	Weapon Exclusive	Note
That's It!	Unit	Shot	ATK Power 130%, adds effect to successive attack	Equipped on Silentscope and Stinger, Blue Chest at Lifeline LowSector	No	N/A
Get On!	Unit	Shot	Adjusts damage so enemy HP won't reach 0 HP	Steal from Creepstalker	No	Damages and steals item when used after That's it!
Stay Here!	Unit	Shot	Attack Power of 110%, Reduces Enemy Movement	Equipped on Pistol, Initial move.	No	Binds when used after There!, Stuns when used after That's it!
Keep At It!	Unit	Shot	ATK Power of 120%, increases weight to penetration	Equipped on all three elemental type Rifles, Dropped by Wonder Box when it has 6-10 HP left before self-destructing	No
Kidding!	Unit	Shot	Either misses or does a Reversal Effect	Blue Chest in D-Ratio Room at Lifeline EndSector	No	Damage and weak hit-back when used after Stay here!, Strong hit-back when used after C'mere!, Instant death when used after Go on!
Outta My Way!	Unit	Shot	Hit-Back Effect	Equipped on Pistol, Initial move	No
Take This!	Unit	Shot	60% ATK Power, Ignores Defense	Steal from Asimov	No

30 AP Skills

Name	Target	Type	Description	Location	Weapon Exclusive	Note
A Present	Special	Special	Copies previous attack or misses	25th Floor of Kokon Horay	No
Blow Up!	Spread	Shot	ATK Power 150%	Blue Chest at Lift LowSector 2, Steal from Garsniper	No	N/A
Shatter!	Spread	Shot	100% Attack Power at 300 CM away. Power increases/decreases by 12% for every 10 CM you are closer/further from enemy	Blue Chest at PowerOne 4F	No	Deals more damage when used after That's it!
Let's Dance!	Circle	Shot	ATK Power of 150%	Blue Chest at IndustOne 2F	No
Drop Dead!	Unit	Shot	Atk Power of 100%, Ignores Defense	Equipped on Stinger, Blue Chest at Centre 4F South	No	Deals more damage when used after Take This!

Bosch's Skill List

Bosch's skills combine direct damage with status conditions. Most of his attacks are single target and he also has the ability to activate Advanced Combo Skills when his skills are chained together in a certain way. Due to being a temporary character, Bosch has a very limited skill set.

10 AP Skills

Name	Target	Type	Description	Location	Weapon Exclusive	Note
Thrust	Unit	Physical	ATK Power of 25%, Ignores Defense	Beast Blade,	No	N/A
Snakebite	Unit	Physical	ATK Power of 80%, Poisons Enemy	Beast Blade	Yes	N/A

20 AP Skills

Name	Target	Type	Description	Location	Weapon Exclusive	Note
Fang	Line	Physical	ATK Power of 40%, Ignores Defense	Beast Blade	No	N/A
Lion Smash	Unit	Physical	ATK power of 110%, -20% Accuracy	Beast Blade	Yes	Turns into a Twin Wake when used after Snakebite.

Bosch's Combo

Name	Target	Type	Description
Twin Wake	Single	Physical	First hit is 60% attack power and a chance to decrease targets defense by 10%, second hit is 125% attack, third hit is 100% attack power

Defensive Skills

Defensive skills are all passive skills that can be equipped onto shields that allows skill threading. Many of them simply offer defense bonuses against magical or physical attacks, or status conditions. Still others allow for countering or various effects. The most important defensive skill is Steal, which allows the character to gain skills used by enemies. Players can only have one skill threaded to a shield at a time and many do require an AP cost in order to activate.

Shield Skills

Name	AP Cost	Description	Location	Armor Exclusive
Phy.Def-25%	10 AP	Reduces Physical Damage by 25%	Ryu: Solid Shell Nina: Solid Ring Lin: Solid Ribbon	Yes
Phy.Def-50%	20 AP	Reduces Physical Damage by 50%	Ryu: Solid Guard Nina: Solid Loop Lin: Solid Bangle	Yes
Mag.Def-25%	10 AP	Reduces Magical Damage by 25%	Ryu: Astral Shell Nina: Astral Ring Lin: Astral Ribbon	Yes
Mag.Def-50%	20 AP	Reduces Magical Damage by 50%	Ryu: Astral Guard Nina: Astral Loop Lin: Astral Bangle	Yes
Univ.Def-25%	15 AP	Reduces both Physical and Magical damage by 25%	Ryu: Vari Shell Nina: Vari Ring Lin: Vari Ribbon	Yes
Univ.Def-50%	30 AP	Reduces both Physical and Magical Damage by 50%	Ryu: Vari Guard Nina:Vari Loop Lin: Vari Bangle	Yes
Willguard	15 AP	Reduces ALL damage based on characters current HP (Example:10% current health reduces damage by 90%)	Ryu: Soul Shell Nina: Soul Ring Lin Soul Ribbon	Yes
Anger	5 AP	When hit, Spiritcharge is activated automatically raising characters next ATK by 1.5x	Steal from Regent Deamoned	No
Counter	10 AP	Counterattack Physical or Shot Attacks (Ryu and Lin only)	Steal from Duke Battler or Lead Battler	No
Explosion	0 AP	When hit, shield explodes and reduces enemy HP to 1, Lose Shield	Steal from Petrophage	No
Feint	10 AP	Blocks one enemy attack once during a battle	Blue Chest from Frozen Road 2F, Steal from Captain Violet Zeno	No
Leech Power	0 AP	Character recover 5 AP when hit by an enemy attack	Dropped from Bug Leader	No
Reflect	20 AP	Counterattack Magical attacks (Nina Only)	Blue Chest from D-Ratio Rooms in IndustOne 2F, Steal from Duke Knight	No
Shield Boost	5 AP	When hit by enemy attack, Defense is raised by 1%	Buy from Fairy Colony Skill Shop	No
Snatch	15 AP	Reduce damage by 25%, chance to steal item from enemy	Blue Chest at Centre 4F North	No
Steal	5 AP	When hit, chance to steal item from enemy	Blue Treasure Chest from Lift to BioCorp 1, Dropped by Bandits	No
Valor	10 AP	Recover from Unconscious once per battle with 1 HP	Steal from Captain Violet Zeno	No
Weapon Boost	5 AP	When hit, character Attack is raised by 1%	Buy it from Fairy Colony	No