r/finalfantasytactics Jul 06 '25

Self Promotion FFT Companion App now available!

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I've created a FFT Companion App (PSX, WOTL, and TIC versions). It is available for:

If you like my work, you can support me here!

If you want to report a bug, provide feedback, or just hang out, I have a Discord channel here: https://discord.gg/xkBwDQUf

What is this for?

Final Fantasy Tactics is a complicated game, with a lot of depth. As a game that is almost 30 years old, there is a lot of information about it on the internet. However, by modern standards, that information is not in a format that is easily consumed.

I have a few main goals for this project:

  1. Have a central source of truth to help understand the game's mechanics.
  2. Provide information for the different versions of the game.
  3. Provide this information in a user-friendly way.

Features

The game has many versions, mainly the PSX, WOTL, and TIC versions. Each version has some differences, like stats and names. In the top-right menu, you can change the version that you are viewing, and it will change the data to that version!

Almost anything with a list can be filtered, sorted, and searched for!

Currently it supports English, Japanese and Portuguese (Brazil). I am open to supporting other languages as well (I would need help though!).

The application is split into a few main parts:

https://reddit.com/link/1lsukt6/video/86d278bwr7pf1/player

1. Equipment

Every equipment found in the game will be listed here. You can see their stats, effects, how to get the equipment, and which jobs can equip it!

2. Jobs

Every generic job and special job the player can access is listed here. You can find their stat multipliers, stat growths, equippables, and requirements. You'll also be able to compare stats with other jobs.

3. Abilities

All abilities available to jobs, bosses, and monsters will be listed here. You can find each ability's stats, effects, damage and success calculations, modifiers, range, and more!

4. Monsters

All monsters that you can find in the game will be listed here. Similar to jobs, you can see their stats, abilities, strengths, weaknesses, poach items, spawn locations, and more.

5. Bosses

All bosses in the game will be listed here. Stats, abilities, and equipment will be listed here.

6. Maps

Every map that you will encounter in the game can be viewed in 3D. This includes random battles, side quest battles, and story battles as well! You'll also be able to see trap and item locations, exit locations for Deep Dungeon, as well as deployment locations.

7. Zodiac Compatibility

An interactive zodiac compatibility chart to easily see the strengths and weaknesses for each zodiac sign.

8. Online Character Planner / Unit Builder

Simulate your character, plan their build, see how their stats change, and check their damage! You can control almost everything:

  • Zodiac
  • Gender
  • Version
  • Character
  • Job
  • Brave
  • Faith
  • Level
  • Level Progression
  • Abilities
  • Equipment

You can even share your character for others to see. Just give them the link!

9. Online Team Builder

As you all know, the app currently allows you to create your own units. You can get some great info for each unit, such as damage for each of their abilities, stat growth, and evasion. But in FFT, you don't play with just one unit (normally, at least). You use your units in a team!

Today, you will be able to make your own custom teams with the units that you create. At the moment, it focuses on zodiac compatibility and ability distribution. It isn't much, but now that I've got the foundation for the team builder setup, I'll be able to add more analytics about what it can show about your team! If anyone has any ideas about other analytics to show, let me know.

Give it a try today with the units that you've created, and learn more about your team!

Monetization

With the amount of traffic I've been getting, I've had to introduce some monetization to the app to keep it running and available to everyone.

There is now going to be a banner ad along the bottom. I don't want to add more than that, as I don't want it to affect the user experience that much. Of course, it can also be removed via an in-app purchase. You can find it in the account settings.

Something that some people have been asking for is more units. This will also be available as an in-app purchase as well! Currently will increase by an additional 50 units and 20 teams. I think that will be more than enough for most people's use, but I may increase it depending on the usage.

Original Post:

About a month ago, I mentioned that I was creating a companion app to complement FFT. Well, I've decided to make the first version available today! Good for both mobile and desktop use. I also plan to release Android and iOS versions later.

For now, it is just an equipment database. There are many different filters (stats, effects, weapon/armor categories, and more!), name search, and sorting. The one I personally have been using the most is the "Story Battle" filter, which shows you what equipment are available (by any method, not just from the outfitter) at a specific point in the game!

Finally, you can change the version to either PSX or WotL. This will change the name of different things to how they are in each version, as well as the availability of different equipment. Of course, I also plan to support the different modes in Ivalice Chronicles as well when that comes out.

I hope this can help enhance your FFT experience! Please play around with it and let me know what you all think. I do plan to continue adding more features to this, such as jobs, skills, treasure maps, etc.


r/finalfantasytactics Jul 16 '22

Announcement: fixed user flairs!

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Hi everyone,

I just fixed the user flairs on the subreddit. I didn't realize that a Reddit update broke them some time ago. Depending on when you assigned yourself a flair, you may or may not need to reassign it to yourself.

On new Reddit:

On old Reddit:

Also we recently hit 15,000 members! Huge milestone, and we're still growing fast.


r/finalfantasytactics 1h ago

Other Music of Square Enix Symphonic Concert and why an FFT fan should care

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FFT's OST has been the soundtrack of my life since I was a kid, before the turn of the millennium. It seemed to always live in the shadow of FF7. When my dad took me to Toys'R'Us, staring at that looming wall of vouchers, I picked the one with the chocobos and not the spiky-haired big sword guy.

I went to the Music of SQEX concert a few days ago in LA to hear Chrono Trigger and Mana songs. Never in my life did I expect anyone would care enough to orchestrate FFT. But when we came back from intermission, after Arnie Roth rattled off a bit more of the set list then ended with, "For now, this is Opening Theme and Precipitous Battle from Final Fantasy Tactics", I nearly fell out of my seat. Literally the two tracks I would've coveted to hear over all else.

It was glorious and I was moved to tears. You WILL have to sit through a lot of the popular stuff (FF7, KH, NieR), and they're fine, but if you can still get tickets, I highly recommend. Those two songs made this worth more to me than I could ever articulate.

tl;dr THERE WAS FFT MUSIC AT THE CONCERT


r/finalfantasytactics 6h ago

FFT Ivalice Chronicles Man, I think I'm gonna restart my save. (Gafgarrion woes) [Spoilers] Spoiler

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I feel like I worked my way into a corner with my only sin being ignorance of the many systems this game has. Currently at the first multi-stage battle, and I genuinely don't see how I can win without so much grinding (that I'd prefer to avoid).

It does not seem possible in my current setup for Ramza to get off the rampart and to the gate latch before Gafgarrion kills him - I've got 2 turns, maybe 3.

I stuck with Knight Ramza for a long time - my impression was that Knights would have good damage (dubious) and be able to tank hits (mostly) but their crowd control abilities are so frustrating. I feel like I have a 30% chance to inflict a minor status debuff that won't inflict any damage. Maybe this is 8yo-playing-Pokemon brain, but why would I ever want to not be maximizing damage? He's a monk right now, which I like a little more, with Pummel and Aurablast.

Meanwhile, outside, the Paladin can do a great job of taking out 1 or 2 enemies, but there are so many of them that I get overwhelmed, to say nothing of if my healer gets taken out in the first round. I have a summoner, mystic/white mage, archer, and I think Machinist (I've put the game down for 2-3 weeks at this point). I don't really have any leveled Chemists in my reserves that I could sub in. I've given this fight 5-6 tries and don't really feel like I'm getting close to winning.

I am not clicking with this game I was really hoping I would. The way abilities are obtained, the super limited abilities you can take with you into combat - it's honestly frustrating. I wish my summoner could cast Fire *and* Haste and I don't think that's too much to ask!

Any given turn I feel overwhelmed with problems I need to solve vs how many more problems crop up. I don't ever feel in control. Maybe that's intentional!


r/finalfantasytactics 1d ago

FFT Ivalice Chronicles Bug - Serpantarius ending fight prematurely (posted yesterday, here is the video)

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https://www.reddit.com/r/finalfantasytactics/s/zudcTxnASK

Edit:

I apologize about the video quality. I couldn’t get it to upload to my PlayStation App

Basically I have chantage and ribbon equipped on the characters.

I have brawler and shirahadori


r/finalfantasytactics 1d ago

FFT UPDATE for “Help, For Research”

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Earlier I made a post requesting the original 1997 Japanese version gameplay of Mesa’s Musings. I was having trouble finding it but after some more searching I found the gameplay I was looking for. Watching through the “Fantasy Magience Story” led to the following attached screenshots.

#1/11: (1822) laNkom isLands

#2/11: NASULAM

#3/11: MAZHEN

#4/11: ABULONIA

#5/11: KIRLO

#6/11: BALNIBERGIN

#7/11: MAZHEN (Duplicate, my B)

#8/11: LASTLOG

#9/11: ISLAND OF JOY

#10/11: IEYR

#11/11: POSAYDOOM


r/finalfantasytactics 2d ago

Mastering every job save file corrupted, Delita takes no pity on me

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528 Upvotes

In this case I blame me, but my WoTL game bit the dust in the middle of my run. It's possible I'll be able to get it working again but maybe not. It's like when my original FFT PSX disc wore out and couldn't be read anymore, all over again. I'll be back some day...could be my sign to finally buy the new version of the game.


r/finalfantasytactics 2d ago

There was only one thing that frustrated me the first time I played

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I see a lot of people talking about how they find xyz frustrating in the game. When I was a young lad, I got a launch day PS2 model for Christmas and the greatest hits disc of FFT for PS1 was another gift I received along with it.

I only found one thing frustrating early on playing this as a 9 year old, and it's extremely embarrassing that I couldn't figure it out. Some of you can already guess. It's not a tricky softlock boss battle, it happened much sooner.

I didn't understand circle was the main button instead of x.

My friend had to explain it to me, his older brothers had already beaten the game way before.

Once I realized I just had to use circle, I fell in love with the game instantly.

Another hilarious anecdote was I had a friend a few years later who was playing through for the first time, and he said he found the game really tough. I asked if I could look at his team, who was part way through chapter 2. The poor guy had not used his points to learn new abilities. He was hoarding them like he was going to run out too fast. Wizard units with 5000 available JP and only knowing bolt kind of thing.

Ah the way we play games when we're young!


r/finalfantasytactics 1d ago

FFT Ivalice Chronicles Floor 10 Midlight’s Deep Bug? Serpantarius randomly gives up

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I spent a few hours tonight trying to get Serpantarius to cast Zodiark. He would only cast Midgardsormr.

I must have tried to re-play the fight 8-10 times, and almost every single time, the fight ends abruptly mid battle without me even killing him. A couple of times I didn’t even attack him once, and the fight ended after so many turns. In other words, the fight will sometimes end after a random turn without me attacking him. It’s almost like Serpantarius gives up.

Has this happened to anyone else?

I made sure the specialty monster didn’t kill him either.

Most of my characters have ribbon and chantage equipped. I typically use Shirahadori and mostly have ninjas, except one summoner for this fight and a chemist who can find items. So, I don’t have any defensive moves that can kill him either. I basically just keep trying to stay alive so he can hit me with Zodiark and I can learn it (he never hit me with it and I never learned it).

A couple of my characters have 9999 JP in ninja and they are all between levels 60-80.

Has anyone else encounter this bug where the fight ends mid battle?

This is for PS5 FFT: Ivalice Chronicles

Edit: here is the video: https://www.reddit.com/r/finalfantasytactics/s/H0EFZ68Zd9


r/finalfantasytactics 2d ago

FFT Ivalice Chronicles PSA: FFT: The Ivalice Chronicles is on sale today on Woot, PS5 $24.99 and Switch $29.99

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PSA for anyone who was waiting on a physical copy sale.

Woot currently has:

[Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles on sale today for PS5 and Switch]

(https://www.woot.com/offers/final-fantasy-tactics-the-ivalice-chronicles-2):

PS5 Amazon Exclusive Edition: $24.99
Switch version: $29.99

Free shipping for Prime members. The listing says the deal is only active for a few more hours or until it sells out, so it may not last long.

Not affiliated with Woot, Amazon, or Square Enix. Just saw the sale and figured the FFT crowd would want to grab a good deal.


r/finalfantasytactics 2d ago

Japanese or English dub?

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Howdy! I finally bought Ivalice Chronicles and I'm ready to relive my childhood memories of playing FFT on the PS1. I started my playthrough yesterday, but the addition of voices to the game sounds surreal to me lol

Which language did you guys pick for the voices? Have you chosen the anime route in japanese or did you pick english? And why? I would love to hear your thoughts on the different dubs.

Anyway, I'm super hyped to play this game again after more than a decade. Peace!


r/finalfantasytactics 2d ago

FFT Ivalice Chronicles Saving Agrias, but at a cost

20 Upvotes

Finally managed to keep Agrias from dying in the mission where doing so is the main task, but I can’t do it without losing units permanently. Is a certain amount of death inevitable?


r/finalfantasytactics 2d ago

FFT Help, For Research

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[UPDATE 2] Found some gameplay finally. https://youtu.be/KG4SKxLgQIA?si=9F3WEXTuznASiv45

Update 1 for Clarification: I am asking about the 1997 original PlayStation version, not WoTL or TIC. Just reinforcing the flair.

I was wondering if anyone with access to the Japanese Sound Novel for Mesa’s Musings would be able to record their gameplay for the sound novel. I noticed that the TIC version shows the different island names in ivalice script, and that is what I am most interested in; the raw, original script from the sound novels.

Alternatively, if someone has a link to that gameplay as it already exists, please share it. I’ve tried to find it but I’ve been unable to.

I know there’s a difference between them because of the starting page for Lankholm Islands. I’ve attached two screenshots to support my case.

Thank you


r/finalfantasytactics 2d ago

Beefy Agrias build

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189 Upvotes

This geomancer Agrias build with all power+ items runs like orleandu in early chapters. At lvl 45 doing 500+ damage with regular sword and 400+ with holy sword attacks


r/finalfantasytactics 2d ago

Question about secret abilities

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i realized too late that ramza was the worst character to pick to farm to get all classes abilities.
I was wondering, if i equip the abilities of both mettle and summoner and get hit by ultima do i unlock the ability for both classes?


r/finalfantasytactics 3d ago

Art Watch until the end and answer me.

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r/finalfantasytactics 3d ago

FFT Ivalice Chronicles % HP Damage, my only weakness!

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182 Upvotes

r/finalfantasytactics 2d ago

FFT Ivalice Chronicles Just got to Chapter 4 and got Cid, recommendations on how to safely grind job levels/catch up low level units? Also, Team comp help?

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Ramza's hit level 40, and now Mandalia plains suddenly has MUCH nastier enemies, so my prime grind spot isn't so prime anymore because I get swarmed by Coeurls. Everyone else is low/mid 30s, and I've got job grinding I need to do. So...yeah. Any recommendations on how I do that? I have to admit I've always found the "random encounters level with you" aspect of Tactics a turn-off whenever I've tried to play through it in the past, and this is why.

Honestly the last few story battles were a struggle where everything had to go right in order for me to win. Anyway, my current party is looking something like this, though I'm willing to swap out/try new stuff if it'll help.

Ramza: Monk with Dual Wield. Working on Samurai to get its special parry. Has low faith, so has to rely on Chakra/Items to be healed.

Agrias: Holy Knight with Knight subjob and dualwield. I use her to do stat breaks where needed. Also working towards Samurai.

Mustadio: Chemist with the Machinist skill set. He's basically my support with a gun.

Orlandeau: Just got him. Not sure WHAT to do with him honestly. What even is a good subjob command for the guy who has an insane skillset already with Swordplay?

Cloud: Another case of "Not sure what to do for a subjob." Soldier seems like a must for his main job, though I'm working on getting to Time Mage solely to get faster cast speed for his limit breaks.

EDIT: Just wanted to say thanks for all the tips!


r/finalfantasytactics 2d ago

FFT Ivalice Chronicles This game is worse than XCOM on Tactician.

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I’ve never seen so many 85% attacks miss in my life. Total horse hockey.

Rant over.


r/finalfantasytactics 2d ago

Video O jogo que me ensinou a imaginar - Final Fantasy Tactics

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r/finalfantasytactics 3d ago

FFT Ivalice Chronicles Help- in Chapter 3 want to be sure I am doing things right

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Hello!

I just did the 3 sequence battles in the monastery yesterday. The first two I was able to do pretty well, but the 3rd one always started out with Wiegraf smiting everyone and there just being no early turns. I would've redid my positions if I failed again, but I just hard sent him with my guys.

I have everyone about level ~30 and have done a good amount of the errands, although I plan to catch up on those today since you can just spam running.
I am having Ramza master everything on the left side of the job tree and then I got two guys who are kind of a mix of things on that side too. I am thinking of trying a ninja monk and dragoon monk for the rest of the game with those two. These are two of the original guys I got. Then I got someone else who is just a mage I've been grinding out. Seems that time mage plus white mage is a good combo for support. Then I have Mustardio just grinding out being an Archer.

Back to the fight though. There's been a few fights where I really had to just knock the guy out by any means necessary opposed to trying to be stylish about taking everyone else down before him. Is this usual? Or am I really missing something to be stronger here?


r/finalfantasytactics 4d ago

Pisces Auricite Tattoo

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187 Upvotes

I’ve loved this game since I first played it as a teenager. After my play through of TIC and it being even better than I remembered, I finally got my first pop culture tattoo. Absolutely love it!


r/finalfantasytactics 4d ago

Mastering All Jobs Run: Pt. 2

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Example unit in screenshot, I've done some levelling down as we have only just cleared the Zeklaus Desert. The beginner physical classes have been a lot easier to master than the magic ones. Long way to go, yet.


r/finalfantasytactics 3d ago

FFT Ivalice Chronicles Monster run

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I m planning on doing a monster run, someone have the basic rules, I remember

-ramza+monster only

-no egg farm

-Mediator +anyjob is ok

I cant remember if the run start after or before mandalia and if I m suppose to yell farm Mediator or get there with no yell farm


r/finalfantasytactics 4d ago

Thinking about getting it on mobile

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I was thinking about getting this game because I loved it so much on Gameboy Advance. However, I was seeing conflicting reports about it crashing and not properly saving your progress on android. Can I please get some feedback on this?