List of Breath of Fire IV Abilities

This is a list of abilities that appear in Breath of Fire IV. Abilities that a character acquires through leveling up are called Magic and are permanently learned by that character. Conversely, abilities that characters acquire through defending against enemy attacks or studying under Masters are called Skills. The latter are unique in that they can only be learned by the party once, after which they can be transferred between party members while camping.

Magic

Magic is any ability learned by a character upon reaching a specific level.

Skills

Aurum: Aurum is a consumable item that allows you to transfer skills from character to character or from character to scroll book and vise versa. Those who have played Breath of Fire III will know this item as Skill Ink. When at camp, you may use one Aurum at the diary to transfer any amount of skills from a character or Scroll Book. Once you exit out of the Scroll Book, the Aurum is expended, and you will need to use another to initiate the process.

Aurum is obtained via treasure chests, searching shelves and drawers and item satchels found about the world. Monsters towards the end game will also drop Aurum, although it is uncommon but not rare. You will also be able to purchase Aurum from shops in your fairy colony later on it's development.

Combos: Breath of Fire IV introduced the combo system, where skills can link together to do more damage and special attack. An example of one of the first combos you will encounter is Burn + Sever = Firewind. The second skill, Sever, will be triggered as Firewind. Firewind does more damage than Sever, targets all enemies, and has both Wind and Fire elemental attributes.

Nina
Name	Type	AP	Description	Level	Image
Sever	Combat/Wind	3	Level 1 Wind Magic Vs. One target	Start
Cyclone	Combat/Wind	6	Level 2 Wind Magic Vs. All targets	14
Typhoon	Combat/Wind	12	Level 3 Wind Magic Vs. All targets	29
Kyrie	Combat/Holy	9	Instant kill Vs. All undead targets	31
Heal	Healing/Holy	5	Light healing of one target	Start
Rejuvenate	Healing/Holy	9	Medium healing of one target	11
Restore	Healing/Holy	18	Major healing of one target	34
Vitalize	Healing/Holy	20	Light healing on all targets	23
Vigor	Healing/Holy	50	Medium healing on all targets	39
Raise Dead	Healing/Holy	18	Revives one target with 1/4 HP but can fail	17
Resurrect	Healing/Holy	30	Revives dead ally with full HP	36
Purify	Cure/Holy	3	Cures Poison on one target	Start
Remedy	Cure/Holy	6	Cures negative status conditions on one target	20
Inspire	Assist/Stat Up	2	Raises Wisdom on one target by 20%	26
Barrier	Assist/Level Up	4	Magic damage halved for 3 turns	8

Cray
Name	Type	AP	Description	Level	Image
Rock Blast	Combat/Earth	4	Level 1 Earth Magic Vs. All targets	8
Stone Pillar	Combat/Earth	5	Level 2 Earth Magic Vs. One target	17
Quake	Combat/Earth	12	Level 3 Earth Magic Vs. All targets	30
Protect	Assist/Stat Up	2	Raises Defense of one target by 20%	Start
Shield	Assist/Stat Up	6	Raises Defense of all targets by 20%	25
Speed	Assist/Stat Up	2	Raises Speed of one target by 50%	Start
Might	Assist/Stat Up	3	Raises Power of one target by 20%	21
Slow	Assist/Stat Down	1	Lowers Speed of one target by 50%	11
Blunt	Assist/Stat Down	1	Lowers Power of one target by 20%	14

Ershin
Name	Type	AP	Description	Level	Image
Risky Shot	Combat/Melee	0	Critical hit or miss	Start
Wild Shot	Combat/Melee	0	Random damage betwen Dmg x 0 to Dmg x 2	6
Stand Out	None/Assist	0	Attracts all enemies' attention	After the Deis event
Death	Combat/Death	13	Instant kill Vs. One target	30
Blizzard	Combat/Water	12	Level 3 Water Magic Vs All targets	16
Quake	Combat/Earth	12	Level 3 Earth Magic Vs. All targets	23
Inferno	Combat/Fire	10	Level 3 Fire Magic Vs. One target	28
Typhoon	Combat/Wind	12	Level 3 Wind Magic Vs. All targets	35
Primus	Combat/Breath	15	Non-elemental attack on all enemies	45

Scias
Name	Type	AP	Description	Level	Image
Frost	Combat/Water	3	Level 1 Water Magic Vs. One target	Start
Ice Blast	Combat/Water	5	Level 2 Water Magic Vs. One target	16
Blizzard	Combat/Water	12	Level 3 Water Magic Vs. All targets	28
Shining Blade	Combat/Melee	10	Critical Melee -- Always hits	Start
Lifestealer	Combat/Melee	0	Fatal blow; user's MaxHP drops by 10%	34
Heal	Healing/Holy	5	Light healing of one target	Start
Rejuvenate	Healing/Holy	9	Medium healing of one target	19
Restore	Healing/Holy	18	Major healing of one target	37
Vitalize	Healing/Holy	20	Light healing on all targets	31
Raise Dead	Healing/Holy	18	Revives one target with 1/4 HP but can fail	22
Purify	Cure/Holy	3	Cures Poison on one target	Start
Remedy	Cure/Holy	6	Cures negative status conditions on one target	25
Confuse	Assist/Stat Change	2	Confuses one target	Start
Sleep	Assist/Stat Change	3	Induces sleep in all targets	Start

Ursula
Name	Type	AP	Description	Level	Image
Flare	Combat/Fire	3	Level 1 Fire Magic Vs. One target	Start
Fireblast	Combat/Fire	6	Level 2 Fire Magic Vs. All targets	Start
Inferno	Combat/Fire	10	Level 3 Fire Magic Vs. One target	31
Cyclone	Combat/Wind	6	Level 2 Wind Magic Vs. All targets	21
Rock Blast	Combat/Earth	4	Level 1 Earth Magic Vs. All targets	Start
Weaken	Assist/Stat Down	1	Lowers one target's Defense by 20%	Start
Enfeeble	Assist/Stat Down	1	Lowers one target's Wisdom by 20%	24
Drain	Combat/Death	3	Steals HP from one target	27
Leech Power	Combat/Death	0	Steals AP from one target	28
Death	Combat/Death	13	Instant kill Vs. One target	33
Confuse	Assist/Stat Change	2	Confuses one target	Start
Silence	Assist/Stat Change	3	Stops magic use by all targets	Start

Obtainable Skills

Obtainable skills can be gained in two different ways:

• Learning them from enemies: In order to learn any skill from an enemy, at least one unit must be defending (through the use of the "Defend" command) during the turn in which that enemy is using the skill. Any character can learn any skill provided there is at least one free slot on their Skill List. Different skill have different chance of being learned. Fou-Lu can learn skills too, and any skill obtained by him will show up in Ryu's "Special" list, and any skill Ryu has on his skill list will be usable by Fou-Lu.
• Learning them from Masters: To learn a skill from a master, all you need to do is fulfill the specific requirements for that particular Master.
• Learning from Ryu: Learnable skills available to Ryu in his dragon forms can be transferred to another party member by having that party member guard while Ryu is using the skill.

Enemies
Name	Type	AP	Description	Enemies Learned From	Image
Wild Swing	Melee	0	Random damage betwen Dmg x 0 to Dmg x 2	Armor, Bee Troop, Battle Suit
Risky Blow	Melee	0	Either misses or lands a critical hit	Fire Ant, Cyclops
Shadowwalk	Melee	12	Critical Hit	Army Bat, Chingol, Knight, Bunyan
Disembowel	Death	0	Reduces enemy's HP to 1 and user's HP by 10%	Shadow
Super Combo	Melee	12	Repeated attacks depending on initial button sequence	Una
Magic Ball	Melee	5	Non Elemental Magic Attack	Egg Gang, Diviner, Rwolf
Blitz	Melee	0	User sacrifies 25% of current HP to deal damage against all enemies	Bilbao, Saruga, Loam, Una
Swordbreaker	Stat Down	2	Physical attack that can reduce enemy's Power by 20%	Sepoy, Shade
Megaphone	Stat Down	4	Reduces all enemies Defense and Increases their Power by 40%	Kryrik
Snap	Stat Down	2	Physical attack that can reduce enemy's Defense by 20%	Mouse, Mimic, Gold Fly, Shade
Molasses	Stat Down	2	Physical attack that can reduce enemy's Speed by 20%	Puspool, Loam, Tar Baby, Shade
Chlorine	Status Condition	2	Physical attack that can Poison target	Gasser, Toxic Fly, Rat, Yaen, Gold Fly, Angler
Knock Out	Status Condition	2	Physical attack that can put target to Sleep	Krabby, Bolt Trp, Puppeteer, Titan
Feint	Status Condition	2	Physical attack that can Confuse target	Cadaver, Caterpillar, Zombie Dr., Grunt A, Puppeteer, Angler
Blind	Status Condition	2	Physical attack that can Blind target	Scorpion, Grunt A, Mask Crab
Muffle	Status Condition	2	Physical attack that can Silence target	Saruga, Puppeter
Air Raid	Status Condition	2	Physical attack that can Stun Target	Crawler, Ibomb
Feign Swing	Melee	0	Practice attack, no effect	Zombie, Any confused ally
Distracted	Melee	0	Unit "stares into space", no effect	Cap, Zombie, Any confused ally
Bad Back	Melee	0	Injures back, no effect	Wizard
Focus	Level Up	0	Raises unit Physical Power	Kahn (also during fights with him), Sepoy, Battle Suit
Concentrate	Level Up	0	Raises unit Magical Power	Star Gazer, Evoker, Diviner, Abbess
Resist	Level Up	0	Unit is Invincible for 1 turn	Gold Gang, Glebe, Lyta
Counter	Level Up	1	Counter all physical attacks for 1 turn	Mask, Skullen
Supplication	Stat Up/Level Up	0	Healing magic effect/Dodge up for 1 turn	Lyta
Last Resort	Level Up	0	Transforms unit's Defense into Power, Defense is reduced to 0	Bilboa, Sting Fly
Celerity	Stat Up	0	Doubles unit Power, Speed, Wisdom and Defense, 3 hours cooldown	Abbess
Final Hope	Level Up	0	Makes unit invincible during 3 turns, then unit dies, 3 hours cooldown	Bunyan
Shout	Status Condition	0	Stuns all combatants, enemies and allies	Kahn
Sanctuary	None	8	Nullifies all Assist Magic from all combatants	Won-Qu, A-Tur, Tyrant, Astral, Abess
Command	None	0	Commands confused allies/enemies to attack target	Red Cap, Fungoid, Bad Coil
Rest	Holy	0	Restores unit a small amount of HP & AP	Eye Goo, Yaen
Snooze	Holy	0	Restores unit a small amount of HP & AP and causes sleep	Tadpole, Mud Pup
Palliate	Holy	20	Restores HP and cures negative status conditions to one target	Lampkin
Transfer	Holy	20	Restores 20 AP to a target, user loses 20 AP	Istalk
Benediction	Holy	45	Revives all KO allies with 25% HP, it can fail	Rider, Lyta
Steal	Treasure	0	Attempt to steal an item from an enemy	Stoll
Pilfer	Treasure	0	Attempt to steal an item while attacking an enemy	Una
Monopolize	Treasure	0	Unit recieves all experience gained during combat	Marlok
Charm	Treasure	0	Increases chance of reciving an item from an enemy	Marlok
Double Blow	Melee	3	Performs one extra attack with decreased Power	Nut Troop, Bolt Archer, Guardian, Kolpum, BoltTroop
Multistrike	Melee	5	Performs one to three attacks with decreased Power	Bolt Archer, Karon
Triple Blow	Melee	8	Performs two extra attacks with decreased Power	Guardian, Horseman, Gecko
Oracle	Melee	2	Physical attack that uses Wisdom as Power, extra damage to Demons	Momo
Spray	Melee	2	Physical attack that uses Defense as Power, extra damage to Insects	Momo
Clip	Melee	2	Physical attack that uses Speed as Power, extra damage to Plants	Momo
Spirit Blast	Melee	0	Physical attack that ignores Defense	Death Bot, Cyclops, Kryrik
Cleave	Melee	3	Weak attack against all enemies, ignores Defense	Gecko, Rider, Kryrik
Flame Strike	Melee	2	Fire element physical attack	Drake (attack it with fire), Fire Ant, Snapfly, Kolpum, Aura, Wyvern/Weyr
Wind Strike	Melee	2	Wind element physical attack	Lizard Man, Kolpum, Myrmidon/Knight
Frost Strike	Melee	2	Water element physical attack	Blue Ball, Kolpum, Astral
Searing Sand	Melee	2	Earth element physical attack	Sandclaw, Kolpum, Behemoth/Mammoth
Holy Strike	Melee	2	Holy element physical attack	Kolpum, Lyta
Backhand	Melee	0	Physical attack that can't kill enemy	Bunyan
Timed Blow	Melee	13	Deals damage equal to unit's current HP, kills user	Gonger, Black Goo, Baby Goo
Coward's Way	Melee	2	Physical damage based on number of escaped battles	Stoll
Reversal	Melee	0	Low HP = High damage attack.	Salt Claw
Egghead	None	0	Transforms user into an Egg	Momo
Douse	Level Down	1	Reduces target's resistance to Fire	Giant Roach, Tar Baby
Curse	Death	13	Chance of reducing all enemies' HP by half	Angler, Poppy
Sacrifice	Death	13	Chance of reducing all enemies' HP to 1, kills user	ProtoBot (transform it with an element combo), Istalk, Ibomb
Faerie Breath	Holy	20	Restores all allies' HP and cures negative status conditions	Njomo
War Shout	Stat Up	20	Increases front row allies' Power, depends on Faerie Troops	Njomo
Faerie Attack	Melee	20	Attack against all enemies, damage depends on Faerie Troops	Njomo
Faerie Charge	Melee	20	Attack against all enemies, 6 faeries min.	Njomo
Ebonfire	None	9	Non-Elemental magic attack	Gulper, Black Goo, Dragonne
Roulette	None	0	Random Effect! Feeling lucky?	Marlok
Mind Flay	Stat Down	2	Physical attack that can reduce enemy's Wisdom by 20%	Cracker, Bolt Archer
Burn	Fire	1	Level 1 fire magic against one target	Mage Goo, Joh, Drake, Morph Goo, Baby Goo
Eddy	Wind	2	Level 1 wind magic against one target	Wyd, Morph Goo, Rwolf
Icicle	Water	4	Level 2 water magic against one target	Ice Beak, Morph Goo, Goo Count
Plateau	Earth	5	Level 2 earth magic against one target	Morph Goo, Rwolf
Target	Melee	1	Physical attack at half power that never misses	Stingfly, Shadow, Elite Troop
Tiger Fist	Melee	6	Physical attacks against all enemies	Kahn
Flex	Status Condition	0	Chance of poisoning all combatants	Kahn
Flame Pillar	Fire	8	Level 3 fire magic against one target	Morph Goo, Rwolf

Names that are underlined are masters you can learn the skill from.

Combos

Combo spells are a unique system in Breath of Fire IV. Combo spells are created by combining elemental spells. The order in which the spells are cast is important.

• Fire + Wind creates an explosion spell
• Wind + Water creates an electric spell
• Water + Earth spell creates a disaster spell
• Earth + Fire creates an eruption spell

Certain characters have secret combos, which can be used by creating a combo magic, followed by a melee skill performed by that character. Combos followed by a dragon elemental spell can form even stronger combos.

Explosion
Name	Combination	Description	Enemy	Image
Firewind	Fire + Level 1 Wind	Level 1 Fire and Wind damage against all targets	Goo King, Khafu
Simoon	Fire + Level 2 Wind	Level 2 Fire and Wind damage against all targets	Kamyu
Gigaflare	Fire + Level 3 Wind	Level 3 Fire and Wind damage against all targets	Goo King, Chopam
Phoenix	Fire + Wind + Melee Skill (Nina)	Fire and Wind physical attack against one target
Earthbreaker	Fire + Wind + Ahryu P'ung	Heavy Fire and Wind damage against all targets	Astral

Electric
Name	Combination	Description	Enemy	Image
Jolt	Wind + Level 1 Water	Level 1 Wind and Water damage against all targets	Angler, Goo King, Titan
Lightning	Wind + Level 2 Water	Level 2 Wind and Water damage against all targets	Generator, Rollob (in conjunction with Bollor), Titan
Thunderstorm	Wind + Level 3 Water	Level 3 Wind and Water damage against all targets	Goo King
Ice Sword	Wind + Water + Melee Skill (Scias)	Wind and Water physical attack against one target
Mjollnir	Wind + Water + Pa Bing'ah	Heavy Wind and Water damage against all targets. Not accessible without hacks due to the fact that Pa Bing'ah is only accessible to Fou-Lu in his dragon forms, and Fou-Lu having no allies throughout the game.	Dragonne

Disaster
Name	Combination	Description	Enemy	Image
Storm	Water + Level 1 Earth	Level 1 Water and Earth damage against all targets	Goo King
Tempest	Water + Level 2 Earth	Level 2 Water and Earth damage against all targets	Fire Wing, Glebe
Disaster	Water + Level 3 Earth	Level 3 Water and Earth damage against all targets	Rider
Mudslide	Water + Earth + Melee Skill (Cray)	Water and Earth physical attack against one target
Catastrophe	Water + Earth + Patoh Pah	Heavy Water and Earth damage against all targets. Can induce poison	Astral

Eruption
Name	Combination	Description	Enemy	Image
Eruption	Earth + Level 1 Fire	Level 1 Earth and Fire damage against all targets	Goo King
Magma Blast	Earth + Level 2 Fire	Level 2 Earth and Fire damage against all targets	Lavoid, Skullen, A-Tur
Ragnarok	Earth + Level 3 Fire	Level 3 Earth and Fire damage against all targets	Rider, Goo King
Reflect	Earth + Fire + Melee Skill (Ursula)	Earth and Fire physical attack against multiple targets
Supernova	Earth + Fire + Hwajeh	Heavy Earth and Fire damage against all targets. Can induce confusion

Dragon Abilities

Certain abilities can only be used while Ryu or Fou-Lu are in their dragon forms. In addition, Ryu also has access to dragon-summoning abilities by meeting dragons located across the world. Summoning abilities can only be once before resting in an inn or any resting place which is not the camp.

Dragon Abilities
Name	Type	AP	Description	Dragon Form	Image
Dragon Breath	Non-Elemental/Breath	0	Damage based on remaining HP and defense	Aura
Eraser	Non-Elemental/Breath	0	Damage based on remaining HP and defense	Astral
Kaiser Breath	Non-Elemental/Breath	0	Damage based on remaining HP and defense	Kaiser
Dark Wave	Non-Elemental/Breath	0	Damage based on remaining HP and defense	Tyrant
Gigaflame	Fire/Breath	0	Damage based on remaining HP and defense	Wyvern, Weyr
Waterspout	Water/Breath	0	Damage based on remaining HP and defense	Serpent, Peist
Meta Strike	Wind/Breath	0	Wind attack: ignores defense	Myrmidon, Knight
Meteor Strike	Earth/Breath	0	Damage based on remaining HP and defense	Behemoth, Mammoth
Stardrop	Stat down/Breath	0	Lowers enemy stats, power based on the amount of game points	Mutant, Punk
Hwa	Combat/Fire	1	Level 1 Fire magic vs. one target	Aura, Wyvern, Weyr
Bing	Combat/Water	1	Level 1 Water magic vs. one target	Astral, Serpent, Peist
P'ung	Combat/Wind	1	Level 1 Wind magic vs. one target	Myrmidon, Knight
Patoh	Combat/Earth	1	Level 1 Earth magic vs. one target	Behemoth, Mammoth
Jeh	Combat/Fire	2	Level 2 Fire magic vs. all targets	Wyvern, Weyr
Bing'ah	Combat/Water	2	Level 2 Water magic vs. one target	Peist
Nah P'ung	Combat/Wind	2	Level 2 Wind magic vs. all targets	Myrmidon, Knight
Chi Patoh	Combat/Earth	2	Level 2 Earth magic vs. all target	Behemoth, Mammoth
Hwajeh	Combat/Fire	3	Level 3 Fire magic vs. one target	Weyr, Kaiser
Pa Bing'ah	Combat/Water	3	Level 3 Water magic vs. all targets	Peist, Tyrant
Nah P'ung	Combat/Wind	3	Level 3 Wind magic vs. all targets	Knight, Kaiser, Tyrant
Patoh Pah	Combat/Earth	3	Level 3 Earth magic vs. all targets	Mammoth, Kaiser, Tyrant

Dragon Summons
Name	Type	Endless	Description	Image
Rainstorm	Holy/Breath	P'ung Ryong	Holy damage to all targets, calculated based on target's HP
Onslaught	Wind/Breath	Sa Ryong	Wind damage to all targets, can induce confusion
Mud Flow	Water + Earth/Breath	Ni Ryong	Water and Earth damage to all targets
Healing Wind	Healing/Breath	Cho Ryong	Restores all living party membes' HP and cures negative status conditions
Holy Circle	Breath	Su Ryong	Grants invincibility to front rank members for 1 turn
Flood Tide	Wind + Water/Breath	Hae Ryong	Wind and Water damage to all targets, can stun enemies
Fulguration	Breath	Nameless One	Damage changes based on enemies' HP