Guest Guests or temporary playable characters are temporary party members in the " Final Fantasy " series who typically join and leave the party during set points . Guests do not always take up space in the player ' s party , though they might appear in menu s . If the game only allows for three party members in battle , a guest can be a fourth fighter outside of the player ' s control . Their abilities and equipment usually cannot be customized . Appearances . " Final Fantasy II " . Minwu , Josef , Ricard , Leila and Gordon join the party for story - specific quests before leaving for a variety of reasons . In the " Soul of Rebirth " side story in the " " and subsequent versions of the game , Minwu , Josef , and Ricard are normal playable characters . The player may freely change their equipment and spells , but they join the party with preset abilities and spells in a few key areas . " Final Fantasy III " . Guests will join the party , but are not treated as regular characters . In the 3D remakes ' battles they appear at random intervals to fire off a random attack from their set list of moves . The rest of the time they will not appear and do not have HP or other stats that enemies can attack . If the party is defeated , the game ends in a Game Over with or without the guests . Outside of battle , they can be spoken to with , the only method the player has to interact with them . Guest characters in " Final Fantasy III " include : " Final Fantasy IV " . Edward , Palom , Porom , Tellah , Cid , Yang , and Fusoya join the party for a short time . In the " Advance " and " " versions , the player may switch these characters in and out of the party at will , excluding Tellah and Fusoya . Guests can have their equipment changed freely , and Palom and Porom can continue learning the rest of their magic spells . " Final Fantasy IV - Interlude - " . Rosa , Yang , Monk A , Monk B , Cid , and Rydia ? join the party briefly . It is advised to remove their equipment and use them for the current characters who will stay till the end of the game . Guests usually have few Band abilities , and those who know magic usually join knowing all the spells they will ever learn . List of guest characters : " Final Fantasy VI " . Guests ' equipment is preset and cannot be modified and they have no Desperation Attack , cannot equip magicite nor earn Magic AP , and they do not have chocobo riding sprites . Therefore , " Final Fantasy VI " was the first game to truly define a " guest character " . In addition to the following , Maduin is controllable during a flashback sequence , but there are no battles at this time and the player cannot open the menu to check equipment or abilities ; all they can do while in control of Maduin is walk around and talk to other characters . List of guest characters : " Final Fantasy VII " . For a short while Sephiroth joins the player ' s party during Cloud ' s telling of the Nibelheim Incident . His equipment is set , he has no Limit Break , and he acts on his own and cannot be given commands . He is invincible and cannot take damage Aeris is playable through Disc 1 , but is not considered a guest . She could , however , be considered temporarily playable . When Aeris leaves the party she relinquishes the Materia and accessory she had equipped , but keeps the weapon and armor she had on . " Dirge of Cerberus - Final Fantasy VII - " . Cait Sith makes an appearance to assist Vincent in Mako Reactor 0 . " Final Fantasy VIII " . Several characters assist the party at various points for a variety of reasons and in a variety of ways . Their junctions and spell lists may be changed , and they have Limit Breaks . When playing as Laguna , the player doesn ' t accumulate steps ( used to determining draw point fill times , SeeD salary intervals , and the rate Rinoa learns Combine skills ) . " Final Fantasy IX " . The following characters temporarily join the party at different points . Their equipment can be removed or changed , but they cannot learn or equip abilities , and they cannot enter Trance . Each temporary character ( except Beatrix ) shares a character slot with permanent characters : Marcus shares his slot with Eiko , Blank with Amarant and Cinna with Quina . Marcus ' s stats carry over to Eiko , but his level s don ' t ( known as Marcus / Eiko stat bug ) ; however Blank / Cinna levels carry over to Amarant / Quina , but their stats don ' t . Regent Cid briefly becomes the player character during the events at Desert Palace . Much like Maduin in " Final Fantasy VI " , he does not participate in battles . " Final Fantasy X " . Seymour participates in the second battle against Sinspawn Gui and leaves the party immediately afterwards . The player cannot view his equipment and cannot change it in battle , but he is directly controllable and has an Overdrive . Seymour will earn AP and gain Sphere Levels , but as he is never controllable again , the player never gets the chance to spend them , and he never appears on the Sphere Grid . " Final Fantasy XII " . Guests are controlled by the AI and appear as a fourth party member on the field . They are flagged as guests in the menu . Their equipment , licenses , and gambits are outside the player ' s control , but ally - oriented gambits will apply to them when available . They do not have Quickenings and are ignored during Quickening chains . When a guest is in the party , they take their share of EXP but don ' t level up . If the player party dies it is a Game Over even if the guest survives . In the original " Final Fantasy XII " , items used by guests are infinite and not taken from the player ' s inventory . Guests typically have unique weapons . Guest characters in " Final Fantasy XII " include : Reks is only controllable during the prologue , classing him a temporary playable character . There are other characters who will fight on the player ' s side , but do not appear in the party menu and act independently of the player ' s forces . For example , Basch , along with other ally soldiers , fight alongside Reks in the prologue . Sometimes these " allies " appear randomly , like the Garif Adventurer s who appear in the field and will fight monsters alongside the party and will not harm them as long as the player does not provoke them . Additionally , members of Clan Centurio that join the party to fight a Mark behave in this manner . Support characters in " Final Fantasy XII " include : In the " International Zodiac Job System " version , several changes were made : Guest characters are designated by a gold HP bar . They may fight on the party ' s side , but never have access to Summoning Gate s and Esper Troupe s . Many missions involve defending a guest character . Guest characters in " Final Fantasy XII : Revenant Wings " include : " Final Fantasy XIII " . Two members of NORA assist Snow Villiers during the first chapter in the Hanging Edge . Their status , abilities , and inventory cannot be viewed , and they have an unknown amount of HP . " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 " . Lightning is temporarily playable at the start of the game as she fights Caius Ballad in his Chaos Bahamut form , atop Odin and then Bahamut . Snow accompanies Serah and Noel in the Sunleth Waterscape 300 AF after they save him from a mass - merging of flan . He is uncontrollable and acts of his own accord , and he cannot be knocked out as he has no health bar . There are two AI - controlled guest party members . Neither of them can be KO ' d in battle . " Final Fantasy XIV 1 . 0 " . During certain quests , NPCs could join the player ' s party and worked like having another player in the party ( even counting towards light and full party stat bonuses and max party size ) . Their current HP number was displayed as " ? ? ? " and could only be guessed by observing their life bar , their actions were based on specific behaviors depending on the quest , and they couldn ' t be ousted from the party , and neither could it be disbanded . They could be targeted normally by any ability that could be used on other players . If a guest character was KO ' d in battle , the related quest battle was usually failed and must be repeated , but some exceptions existed . Guest characters in " Final Fantasy XIV " included : " Final Fantasy XIV : A Realm Reborn " . Similar to the original " Final Fantasy XIV " , guests appear during certain quests . A majority of the guests appear during the main scenario quests , but some guests help in guild and job quests . Guest characters that join the player during main scenario quests for " Final Fantasy XIV : A Realm Reborn " include : " Final Fantasy XV " . Over the course of his journey , Noctis Lucis Caelum and his friends team up with Cor Leonis , Iris Amicitia , and Aranea Highwind . These characters have unique techniques , and while their equipment can be viewed , it cannot be changed . " Final Fantasy Tactics " . Guests act in menus the same as any other non - generic units , except that they do not take up the roster space . The player can customize them as much as normal units with jobs , abilities and equipment , but the player cannot decide when to use them . Guests only fight in specific story battles , and will not appear in random encounters . They are AI - controlled but will not be crystallized or turn into a treasure box after being KO ' d for three turns , and thus cannot die permanently . If the battle objective requires the player to protect or rescue the particular guest , their KO will grant an instant Game Over . Most non - generic units fight in battles first as a guest before joining as a permanent party member . In rare cases during random encounters , a guest may replace an enemy unit and fight alongside the player party . These guests are usually generic monsters , and do not join the party after the battle ends . Guest characters in " Final Fantasy Tactics " include : In " " some plot - related characters who have joined as a full party member , will become guests again during the new event battles ( their presence in the player ' s party is also the prerequisite to trigger these events ) . Usually after the fight ( or scenario ) has been completed , the player will be given the option to recruit him / her again . The port also adds two new guests , Luso and Balthier , who can be recruited into the party after the battles in which they appear as guests . " Final Fantasy Tactics Advance " . Guest characters in " Final Fantasy Tactics Advance " include : Guest characters in " Final Fantasy Tactics A2 " include : " Final Fantasy Type - 0 " . In " Final Fantasy Type - 0 HD " , other characters can be called in to assist in battle via the Support Personnel feature that replaces the multiplayer feature from the original PlayStation Portable version . Most of the supports are " shadow " versions of the player cadets , but there are three unique supports : There may also be allies and friendly units during missions who are not considered to be part of the player ' s party . " Final Fantasy Mystic Quest " . Kaeli , Tristam , Phoebe and Reuben join Benjamin twice during set points in the story . With the exception of Phoebe , who gives the player her original weapon and then uses a different one , guests have set spells and equipment and cannot gain levels . Between the time they leave and join later , their spells , equipment and level has grown stronger . Guests can be toggled from Auto or Manual from the Customize menu or by pressing . " Final Fantasy Adventure " . The player has other characters help Sumo during his journey . Although , they are helpful , the player cannot control them . Guests don ' t gain levels , and they can ' t take damage . They have poor AI and attack walls and trees , and even thin air . If the player Ask s the current NPCs , they will perform their special ability . If an NPC kills an enemy , its experience points will be added to Sumo . Temporary party members in " Final Fantasy Adventure " include : " Final Fantasy Legend II " . Mr . S , Ki , Mask , Lynn , Hana , Taro , the lead character ' s Dad along with the goddess Isis , all join the party at various points with Lynn and Dad joining twice . With the exception of Mr . S , who is a Slime - type monster , and Isis herself , the guests are human . This includes Ki , whose magical powers are a result of MAGI , not mutant origin . To offset the game ' s item durability system , the player may give equipment to guests , but cannot retrieve it , nor may they take any of the guests ' initial equipment . The player cannot give meat to Mr . S during his short period with the party , and thus cannot transform . Guest characters will not gain statistics in any fashion during their tenure . Pressing when the player has a temporary party member results in them giving a message . " Final Fantasy Legend III " . At certain points a fifth character joins the party . They are at a sufficiently high level to make them powerful against the monsters and bosses the player will be facing . They do not gain EXP or level up , and they cannot undergo class changes . It is possible to give them equipment to fill out the empty slots , but the player cannot change or remove equipment once equipped . They cannot add or remove their magic spells either . Temporary party members in " Final Fantasy Legend III " include : Guests function like temporary playable characters due to the main party splitting up for the first half of the story . Guest characters wear certain that will obtained much later by the main party . Guests ' Crowns cannot be changed , but their inventory and equipment can be accessed , allowing players to customize them . Guests will take everything they have with them when they leave the party , so it is advisable to remove all items and unique equipment to not lose them . Ringabel assist the party during the battle against Yōko . Using Special Moves of the different weapon types found in the game . Dealing either damage or fully healing the party . " Final Fantasy Dimensions " . Guest characters appear in each chapter :