Reraise ( status ) Reraise , also known as Auto - Life and Life 3 , is a recurring beneficial status effect in the series , usually associated with the spell of the same name . Once a character reaches 0 HP with Reraise on them , they will automatically revive ( without using any items or MP ) with HP Critical health . Reraise originates in " Final Fantasy VI " , and has since appeared in many other titles . Appearances . " Final Fantasy VI " . The Reraise status can be granted by the spell Reraise ( originally called Life 3 in the SNES and PS translation ) . It will automatically revive a fallen party member with barely any HP . There is no indication of a character having Reraise , as there is no visual changes to them . The status increases the attacker ' s hit rate on the affected target by 25 % , apart from the versions affected by the Evade bug . " Final Fantasy VII " . Although not a status effect , a famous " Auto - Life trick " is to equip a reviving Materia ( Life or Phoenix ) with the Final Attack Support Materia ; this will revive a fallen character as soon as they die , but they must have MP prior to their death for it to work . " Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - " . Phoenix Downs have the same effect as Reraise . It places a feather over Zack ' s head that revives him when he is knocked out . The status can also be obtained from a Shinra employee in the Shinra Headquarters lobby at any time , by drinking the Potion , or from the Phoenix summon . " Dirge of Cerberus - Final Fantasy VII - " . Phoenix Downs act as Reraise when used and will revive Vincent if he is knocked out . " Final Fantasy IX " . Auto - Life is a status effect that revives the user on 1 HP , which makes it useful when paired with Quina ' s Limit Glove . The Auto - Life support ability grants one instance of Auto - Life at the beginning of each battle , and it costs 12 magic stones to equip . Auto - Life is learned for 130 Ability Points from the Rebirth Ring . Rebirth Ring can be synthesized with a Diamond and Anklet and 7 , 000 gil at Daguerreo , obtained from winning the Treno Tetra Master tournament , obtained from the Chocograph 24 , Forgotten Island , or stolen from Trance Kuja . Quina can cast the Blue Magic spell Auto - Life , and Amarant has the Flair ability , Aura , which grants Regen and Auto - Life to the target ; when in Trance he can bestow the status to all of the party at once . There is no visual changes to the character who has Auto - Life ; a player can check if a character has the status through checking through the use of a White Magic spell when all positive statuses should appear in the battle menu . Curiously , the Reraise support ability will revive Zombie characters , whereas every other revival method will fail . " Final Fantasy X " . Auto - Life can only be granted via the spell Auto - Life or through the Mix ability Hyper Mighty G , and the party member will automatically revive once KO ' d with 25 % of their max HP . A character with Auto - Life has a halo above their head . In the game ' s final battle against Yu Yevon and the possessed aeons , the party has a permanent Auto - Life status . The HP recovered from Auto - Life is 25 % of max HP , but can be boosted by having the Auto - Life caster equipped the weapon with ability Magic Booster . The Magic Plus % abilities on the recipient ' s weapon can further increase the HP recovery . In the best case , the recipient has max HP of 99 , 999 , equipped weapon with Break Damage Limit , Magic + 5 % , Magic + 10 % and Magic + 20 % , the resultant HP recovery by Auto - Life will be : The actual amount will be 50 , 622 because the game rounds off decimal each time the max HP figure multiplied by the percentage . With Auto - Shell and Auto - Protect on the armor , it is possible to survive Penance ' s Tera - Graviton ( reduce 75 % of max HP ) by the Left Arm , and attack by Right Arm after revived from Judgment Day . There are several bosses that can remove Auto - Life status from a character : Th ' uban , an optional boss in the Monster Arena , most of the Dark Aeon s , and the Left Arm of Penance . Generally the reviving animation is the same as Life , but the Auto - Life bestowed to the party members automatically during final battles is different : it begins with a little mermaid - like sprite descending to the fallen character . " Final Fantasy X - 2 " . Auto - Life can be granted via the spell of the same name , though the spell itself can only be used once the player goes through all colored gates on the Salvation Promised Garment Grid or the green node on Supreme Light . Auto - Life is also available from the Lady Luck ' s Magic Reels , in which gaining three Staves will cast Auto - Life on a random ally . " Final Fantasy XIII " . Although not a status , a Sentinel ' s Reprieve ability works similarly to Auto - Life : Whenever the Sentinel ' s HP is above critical and they receive an attack that should have reduced the Sentinel ' s HP to zero , they will remain alive with one HP . The only character who doesn ' t learn it is Sazh . " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 " . Reraise is not a Role ability and can only be bestowed on the party by Cactuarama ' s Uplift Feral Link . . Its image is a pair of angel wings with a halo above it . Caius frequently bestows himself with this status . " Final Fantasy XIV " . While not technically a status effect , the pomander effect of Pomander of Raising in the Palace of the Dead will automatically raise the next party member KO ' d . " Final Fantasy Tactics " . Reraise status will automatically revive a fallen unit after their CT count reaches 100 % during the dying status , rendering the unit active right after his revival . This is the first instance of not instantly reviving after being KO ' d . The unit will revive with 1 / 10 of their maximum HP . If the recipient is Doomed , the Doom and Reraise statuses will nullify each other when the Doom counter reaches zero . This status can be used via the White Magick spell of the same name or the reaction ability Dragonheart of the Dragoon class , triggered by any kind of damage . The Angel ' s Ring accessory grants the wearer Reraise status once per battle and the Chantage ( which is only equippable by female human class ) will offer unlimited Reraise status , rendering the wearer never to be crystallized or turned into a treasure box . If an undead character has Reraise ( this can only be accomplished with Auto - Reraise ) , Reraise will have no effect other than to prevent you from seeing the Dead counter , and to block the 50 % chance of auto - revival normally associated with Undead status . " Final Fantasy Tactics Advance " . Once KO ' d , the character will be revived automatically , as though they had the Life spell used on them . The Titania ' s Angel Whisper also grants Auto - Life while also healing HP , and the Defender ' s Aura will grant this as well as Regen . The Dragoon ' s Dragonheart reaction ability also grants them Auto - Life when they suffer a weapon attack . The White Magick Reraise , the Blue Magic k Angel Whisper , and the ability Aura of Defender , as well as the ability Nameless Song Hurdy , can grant Reraise status ( though since Nameless Song randomly bestows buffs , it may take a few tries to get the Reraise status ) . Even if the Judge has left due to the law being broken , Reraise will still revive a party member . " Final Fantasy Type - 0 " . Reraise is granted by Rem ' s Undying Wish ability or the Phoenix Pinion item . The Reraise status has the character have a golden hue to them and revive if KO ' d . During missions this still counts as a casualty . " Bravely Default " . Reraise is a level 6 Time Magic spell which grants Reraise status . It costs 80 MP . Using the Salve - Maker ' s Compounding ability to combine a Hi - Potion and an X - Potion causes the Font of Life effect , which grants reraise status . Rise from Dead is a support ability learned by Vampires at job level 14 ( max ) . It grants the character a 50 % chance of recovering from K . O . at the end of the turn . The character ' s HP will also recover by 25 % . " Dissidia Final Fantasy " . The Second Chance ability of the Phoenix Pinion accessory converts a fighter ' s Bravery into HP when the fighter loses all of their HP . However , this is not a perfect Auto - Life , as it does not work if the fighter has no Bravery , nor if the opponent has the " No Chance " ability blocking Second Chance . Reraise is a status granted by the Phoenix summonstone . The user becomes immune to BRV Break for the duration of the summon . If the user ' s Bravery is reduced to zero ( or below ) , it simply resets back to their base Bravery and the other fighter does not take the Stage Bravery pool .