Steal Gil Steal Gil , also known as Pickpocket , Pilfer Gil , Mug Gil , Nab Gil , Hold - up , Gil Taking , and Steal : Gil , is a recurring ability in the series . It is often used in conjunction with the Steal command , and allows the user to steal gil as well as items . Appearances . " Final Fantasy VI " . Enemies are not programmed to steal items , so they steal gil instead . Within their AI script , these commands are called Steal and Mug because they are the same battle commands as Locke ' s . When Steal is used by a monster , it will try to take gil with a chance of failure . Mug , when used by monsters , deals damage and steals gil . If the player tries to steal from Harvesters , Punishers , Mugbear s , and Dadaluma , they ' ll counter by stealing the party ' s gil with either Steal or Mug . Luckily , the party can retake their lost gil by defeating the enemies that stole their gil . The amount of gil stolen is as follows : formula _ 1 " Final Fantasy VII " . Hold - up is an ability available to the Bandit . After casting the ability , he steals exactly 340 gil , and if left to live long enough , he will escape on one of his succeeding turns . If the player manages to kill the Bandit before he flees , they will get their money back , but if the Bandit manages to flee , the money will be lost . " Final Fantasy IX " . Steal Gil is a support ability to Zidane . It is learned for 40 AP from the Glass Armlet and Yellow Scarf , and requires 5 Magic Stones to equip . The amount of gil stolen is as follows : " Final Fantasy X " . Pilfer Gil and Nab Gil are abilities exclusive to the International , PAL , and " HD Remaster " versions , and allow the user to steal gil from the enemy . Nab Gil is similar to the ability Mug as it allows the user to inflict damage while stealing gil . Similar to the Steal command in " Final Fantasy X " , enemies can be stolen from multiple times , but the ability ' s success rate is halved after every successful steal . With the Special ability Pilfer Gil , not only does the chance of success get reduced every successful steal , but so does the amount of gil that can be stolen . The amount that can be stolen is generally small , but varies between enemies ; human enemies and bosses tend to hold more gil than regular fiends . The Pilfer Gil ability is located in Rikku ' s section of the standard and expert Sphere Grid s , while the Nab Gil ability is located in Lulu ' s standard and Rikku ' s expert Sphere Grids . " Final Fantasy X - 2 " . Pilfer Gil is an ability exclusive to the Thief dressphere , and requires 30 AP to master and costs 2 MP to use . Nab Gil can be accessed by equipping the Garment Grid Horn of Plenty . The amount of gil that can be stolen varies between enemies with regular random encounters usually not possessing much and bosses carrying the most . If the player intends to pay off O ' aka XXIII ' s debt before the end of Chapter 3 , Pilfer Gil can be of great help . Angra Mainyu is a useful enemy in this regard , as it may appear whenever the party is digging around Bikanel , and the party can steal a large sum of gil from it every time encountered . " Final Fantasy Tactics " . Steal Gil is an ability learned by the Thief class , and steals gil from an enemy directly next to the thief . It costs 10 JP to master . A similar ability , Plunder Gil , is an ability of the Sky Pirate , which is automatically mastered . The amount of Gil stolen is equal to the character ' s Level x Speed . " Final Fantasy Tactics Advance " . Steal : Gil is once again an ability learned from the Thief class , and it can be learned for 100 AP from the Jack Knife . Steal Gil steals a predicted amount of Gil equal to the caster ' s Max HP . The actual amount of Gil stolen varies as such : Mug is a Soldier ability that does normal damage and steals a small amount of gil , and can be learned from the Diamond Sword for 300 AP . The formula for how much Gil is stolen is as follows : Steal Gil is again an ability learned by the Thief class , and is learned for 200 AP from the . The Soldier class has the Mug Gil ability , which steals Gil while damaging the enemy at the same time , and is learned for 350 AP from the . Vikings are also able to steal Gil by learning Pickpocket from the and it requires 250 AP to master . Snipers learn the ability Wallet Shot from the which enables them to steal Gil from a distance . " Final Fantasy Dimensions " . Thief has access to " Pickpocket " as its Job Level 1 ability , which only allows stealing gil . The F - Ability " Nab Gil " ( Warrior ' s " Bash " and Thief ' s " Pickpocket " ) allows doing damage as well as stealing gil , for a cost of 6 MP . " Final Fantasy Brave Exvius " . Steal Gil is an ability that is available to the thief job , it steal gil from enemies .