Invisible ( status ) Invisible , also known as Transparent , Vanish , and Clear , is a recurring status effect in the " Final Fantasy " series . It usually makes the target immune to physical attacks , but wears off when the target is struck by a magic attack . Invisible is often granted by the spell of the same name . Appearances . " Final Fantasy VI " . The Invisible status is granted by the Vanish spell , the Phantom esper , or by throwing an Invisible Edge . Characters with Vanish are immune to physical attacks but become visible if hit by magic . The exception to this is the enemy ability Northern Cross , The ability doesn ' t remove Invisible status when it fails to inflict Freeze . Additionally , their Magic Evade is reduced to zero , and spells such as Reflect and Shell lose their effects , even if given by equipment . Vanished characters can be afflicted with any status ailment , even if they are immune to it , provided the status is caused by a magic attack . This is the cause of the infamous Vanish - Doom bug which allows any target , even bosses , vulnerable to Vanish , to be killed in one hit . The bug was partially fixed in the game ' s " Advance " remake . " Final Fantasy VII " . The Ghost enemies turn invisible when attacked or stolen from . This makes them immune to damage , but they return to being visible on their next turn . Other enemies are Hammer Blaster that turns invisible in any moment of battle , and while stays in this mode cannot be targeted , but its AI script will continue to run . In the case of Dorky Face , turns invisible when the player have his three party members all inflicted with Silence and Paralyzed at the same time . " Final Fantasy IX " . A vanished target ' s physical attacks always hits , but physical attacks towards it will always miss unless the attacker has the Accuracy + support ability equipped . Magic will make the target visible again . The status will expire over time . The effect ' s duration lasts longer the higher the character ' s Spirit . The effect is gained from Quina Quen ' s Vanish spell . " Final Fantasy XI " . Invisible is a status effect that prevents enemies from detecting the player by sight . It does not prevent aggression from enemies that detect by sound or that possess true sight . Along with Deodorize and Sneak , Invisible is one of the few status effects in the game that will produce warnings in the chat log when it is about to wear off , allowing the player approximately 20 - 30 seconds to reach a safe spot in a dangerous area . When applied via the White Magic spell Invisible , the duration of the effect is not fixed , and is random , sometimes starting to wear off immediately after being applied . The Invisible effect of and have a set duration , however . Most switches , teleporter devices , doors , and other environment objects cannot be activated while invisible ; it is necessary to manually cancel Invisible status to activate them . Additionally , activating items can cancel Invisible . If using spells or items to avoid detection , the player must cast Invisible last , or the next spell or item used will erase the Invisible effect . If a player is attacked , s / he will lose the benefits of Invisible . The main methods of gaining this effect are : " Final Fantasy XII " . Invisible status is given by the spells Vanish and Vanishga . It makes the character invisible , and is more effective against monsters that rely on sight to detect targets . Invisible characters will be detected if they target an enemy . Invisible wears off if the character is struck by a spell . Invisible isn ' t fool - proof as some enemies can sense targets with other aids than sight . Enemies can detect players by vision , sound , life and magick . Vision is the only sense that can be deceived by the Vanish status . Enemies that detect players by vision usually don ' t detect players that are behind them . Sound detection is usually not as far - reaching as vision . Walking on noisy terrains , like water splashing , can rouse nearby enemies . Certain types of monsters ( undead , plants and bugs ) can detect players who are low on health , usually less than 40 % of max health . Finally , Elementals can detect players when they cast magick . Therefore , Vanish is effective against Bird , Giant , Insects ( if HP > 40 % ) , Materials , Imperial Army and Humanoids , because of their poor sound detection radius . The same type of enemies can also chain their detections ; when an enemy enters battle and is within the detection area of other same - type monsters , the other enemies will also attack the player . Casting Vanish on certain enemies makes their AI ignore players , as engaging in combat would mean for them to lose their Vanish status . One of the most useful ways for this trick is on the way to Zodiark as the route to Zodiark ' s lair is long and swarming with reaper type enemies . Llyud learns Vanishga that renders all nearby allies invisible to avoid being targeted by enemies . Vanish wears off over time , or if the player targets enemies while invisible . " Final Fantasy XIII " . The player can gain an invisible status of sorts by using a Deceptisol , which prevents foes from spotting the player on the field . If the player engages in battle while shrouded in Deceptisol , they always get a preemptive battle . There is a trick involving the use of Deceptisol and the game ' s Retry option ; if a player uses a shroud , enters a battle while under its effect , and cancels out of the battle with the Retry option , the player gets the shroud back as if they had never used one . The trick with Deceptisol is to use one to sneak past a group of enemies . Whenever a player is in an enemy ' s combat zone the screen will flash red . Once the player has passed the enemies ' combat zone , they can turn around and engage the enemy , then use the Retry option to cancel the battle . The player gets their Deceptisol back , but respawns on the other side of the enemy , thus they got past the enemies without having to expend the Deceptisol . The shroud effects last for 30 seconds and the shroud icon will begin to blink three seconds before the effects expire . " Final Fantasy XIV " . Disciplines of the Land and the Rogue class have access to Stealth and Hide respectively . Both statuses make the player invisible to enemies and Hide additionally allows the use of Trick Attack and Sneak Attack . Certain enemies in dungeons , enemies in The Diadem , bosses and enemies significantly above the player ' s level can however still see the player , canceling the status . " Final Fantasy Tactics " . Invisible , also known as Transparent , is a status effect that hides targets from enemies . Attacks made by a Transparent character ignore evade percentages — physical and magical . The status can be granted using the Ninja ' s reaction ability Vanish , the Ninja Gear , the Invisibility Cloak , or the Septième . The status is removed when the invisible character takes action other than moving . This status only benefits player units ; when an enemy unit is under the " invisible " status , the unit is still visible to the player who can commence direct attack to that unit . The Jump command causes a glitch if the attacking unit jumps on a corpse while invisible . For reasons unknown , the game will reward EXP and JP to the attacker and remove the invisible status as normal , but forgets the target is dead . " Final Fantasy Tactics Advance " . Hide is a status effect available to viera Snipers , allowing the character to stay out of enemies ' sight ; the status goes away when an Action is used . The ability is learned from the Windslash Bow and costs 100 AP to master . Invisible is granted by several abilities , including Hurdy ' s Hide song . An invisible character cannot be targeted by another unit unless they have been targeted by a Cannoneer first , in which case the attack will hit anyway . Once an invisible unit attacks , the buff will disappear . The Blue Magick Bad Breath can turn an invisible unit into visible and cause the usual debuffs . " Final Fantasy Type - 0 " . Invisible is an auto - ability exclusive to only one accessory , the Camouflage Cloak , which is equipped by Joker when he joins the party as a Support Personnel . This accessory is not available to the playable characters but if the player obtains it via hacking , Class Zero cadets can equip it and receive Auto - Invisible status . The spell can be also acquired through a second playthrough mission where charging it up to Inviga will make it apply to all party members also .