Phoenix ( summon ) Phoenix , also called Phenix , is a recurring summon in the " Final Fantasy " series . Unlike many summons , Phoenix has often appeared as a story element . Its summon commonly involves reviving knocked out party members , and is associated with the element of Fire ; this ability is called Flames of Rebirth . Its down feathers have the same effect , but without the element . Appearances . " Final Fantasy V " . Phoenix makes its first summonable appearance as a Level 5 Summon . It is obtained at the top of the Phoenix Tower , where Lenna has a flashback in which she must decide whether to cut off the tongue of Hiryuu to save her mother . Whether she refuses or not , the party obtains the summon . Phoenix costs 99 MP to summon , and does Fire damage to all enemies , also restoring a KO ' d party member to full HP and MP . " Final Fantasy VI " . Phoenix is an esper obtained in the Phoenix Cave in the World of Ruin . Its attack , Flames of Rebirth ( Life Giver in the original version ) , revives the entire party with 1 / 4 of their max HP . It costs 110 MP to summon . It teaches Raise ( x10 ) , Arise ( x2 ) , Reraise ( x1 ) , Curaga ( x2 ) , and Firaga ( x3 ) . " Final Fantasy VII " . Phoenix costs 180 MP to summon , and its attack , Phoenix Flame , deals Fire - elemental damage to the enemy party and revives all KO ' d party members with full HP . If party members are killed with the last enemy ' s final attack ( such as the Gargoyle ' s Level 4 Death ) , and Phoenix is paired with Final Attack Materia , it cannot target any enemies , and the spell will fizzle , leaving any KO ' d party members down . Phoenix ' s spell power is equal to 3 . 75x the base magic damage . The Phoenix Materia can be obtained at Fort Condor if Cid and the party protect the Huge Materia inside from Shinra . If they do so , the condor sitting atop the fort dies and its baby hatches . During the condor ' s death the fiery wings of a Phoenix are seen , and afterwards a Phoenix Materia can be found on the floor near the nest . The Phoenix Materia can be dug from Bone Village after the Raid on Midgar if the party doesn ' t have one in their inventory . Some missed items can be reclaimed in Bone village this way , but the player is unlikely to get the scenario where they don ' t get the Phoenix Materia ; if the player loses the boss battle during the Huge Materia mission in Fort Condor , they don ' t get a Game Over and can instead continue to play , but the fort will be inaccessible for the rest of the game . Exploiting this feature , the player can complete the mission at Fort Condor , and leave the first Materia there until after excavating another Phoenix Materia from Bone Village . This makes it the only regular Summon Materia ( excluding Master Summon ) that the player can have two " fresh " versions of . " Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - " . Phoenix can be added to the Digital Mind Wave by obtaining its Materia during the Seven Wonders of Nibelheim sidequest . Phoenix ' s attack , Rebirth Flame , gives Zack the Raise status as well as a Phoenix Down . The table below links the DMW ' s power to its level : " Final Fantasy VIII " . Phoenix is a " semi - Guardian Force " summoned by using a Phoenix Pinion during battle . Afterwards , Phoenix will randomly appear when all the party members have been knocked out to save the player from a Game Over . Its Rebirth Flame damages enemies with fire , and revives KO ' d party members with 12 . 5 % of their Max HP . Its Triple Triad card is won from an aide in Esthar City ' s Presidential Palace as part of the Queen of Cards sidequest . " Final Fantasy IX " . Phoenix is an eidolon Eiko can summon . It is learned for 40 AP by equipping a Phoenix Pinion . Its Rebirth Flame deals fire damage to all opponents , and revives fallen party members restoring their HP equal to : Restored HP is doubled if Concentrate is equipped . Phoenix is randomly summoned automatically if Eiko is in the party and the party is annihilated . This rate is proportional to the amount of Phoenix Pinions the party has in the inventory . The formula for the percentage chance is given by : Since the maximum number of Phoenix Pinions one can keep in the inventory is 99 , the maximum percent chance that Phoenix can appear using the above formula is : When Phoenix is summoned automatically to save the player from a Game Over , it has a different summon animation , deals no damage to enemies , and uses no MP . " Final Fantasy XI " . One of the five Terrestrial Avatars , Phoenix ' s form is much different than previous avatars met by the adventurer . Before the time of " Final Fantasy XI " , Phoenix ' s physical body was destroyed , and her spirit now lingers in a flaming Great Katana wielded by a samurai named Tenzen . Phoenix will only be revived after the blade in which her spirit rests causes much bloodshed . Later in the " " chapter , Phoenix fuses her form with Selh ' teus , who aids the adventurer in the battle against Promathia alongside Prishe . Due to Phoenix ' s unique circumstances , it is not summonable by players . " Final Fantasy XIV " . During his battle with Bahamut during the Calamity , Louisoix Leveilleur was transformed into the primal of rebirth , Phoenix . Though he was successful in temporarily stopping the dragon , Bahamut took control of him , and caused him to attempt to resurrect Bahamut for the wrongdoings of the Allagan Empire in Meracydia . The adventurer confronts him on the IC - 06 Main Bridge inside of the Final Coil of Bahamut , and after being defeated in his Phoenix form , Louisoix is freed from Bahamut ' s influence . " Final Fantasy Tactics Advance " . One of eight creatures the Summoner can summon , Phoenix will fully revive any fainted unit and instantly KO any undead in the area with 100 % accuracy . Its area effect is two spaces outward and one space diagonally from the point of origin . It is learned from the Nirvana Staff . Phoenix is learned for 300 AP , costs 24 MP to cast , is Holy elemental , and is stealable through the ability Steal : Ability . Phoenix appears as a summon for the Summoner job class . It revives KO ' d party members with full HP , and heals all units in a large area . Due to changes in the KO system from " Final Fantasy Tactics Advance " , Phoenix revives all KO ' d allies instead of just any targeted bodies . It is learned from the , which teaches Arise , the White Magic k spell with the similar effect ( but single - target and without the healing effect ) . Phoenix has a range of 4 , costs 450 AP to learn and 45 MP to summon . " Final Fantasy Type - 0 " . Phoenix , along with Typhon and Pandemona , was considered as one of the potential Eidolons , but the idea was discarded . It had gears as part of its design , a common theme in Orience . The Vermilion Bird of Rubrum embodies many traits of the Phoenix summon . The revival powers of the Phoenix appear in the extra ending added to the HD remake version . " Crystal Defenders " . Phoenix can only be summoned in Crystal Defenders W1 for the price of five crystals . When summoned , Phoenix increases the attack power and range of all the player ' s units for the current wave . " Final Fantasy Dimensions " . Phoenix is a mid - level summon and the seventh summon obtained . It can be obtained in Anima Grove upon defeating the Conqueror . Bennu , now a spirit that will live on eternally thanks to the party ' s compassion , bestows upon them the power of the Phoenix . It is a level 4 Summon that costs 99 MP to summon to inflict Fire damage to all enemies and revive KO ' d party members . " Final Fantasy Legends II " . Phoenix appears as a high level fire - elemental summon . Phoenix ' s special attack , Flames of Rebirth , deals fire - elemental damage to all enemies and revives any KO ' d party members . All versions of the summon can go up to rank 7 . Summoning Phoenix costs 3 points from the Consumption Gauge . Depending on Phoenix ' s version type and rank , it can allow the user to use the following abilities : " Dissidia Final Fantasy " ( 2008 ) . Phoenix appears as a summon . When summoned , it uses Flames of Rebirth , which protects the summoner from Bravery Breaks for a short time — if the summoner would be inflicted with a Bravery Break while Phoenix is in effect , their Bravery Points are restored to full . Like most of the summons Phoenix can be summoned by two distinct ways : Automatically , where its " Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - " artwork appears whenever the summoner ' s Bravery value is lower than half of his / her base Bravery value , and manually , where an artwork of its " Final Fantasy VIII " appearance displays . Phoenix ' s auto version can be obtained in the third stage of the Destiny Odyssey III , and its manual version in the second stage . " Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy " . Phoenix returns as a summon with the same function as in " Dissidia " . Its auto version is now found in Chapter Nine : A Treasure Hunt of Scenario 013 . The manual version can be purchased from certain Moogle Shop s for 30 KP . Phoenix also makes an appearance during the 012 Scenario ending in which it appears reviving all of the twelve heroes after the defeat of Lightning ' s party during the 12th cycle , leading into the 13th cycle and 013 Scenario story . " Mobius Final Fantasy " . Phoenix appears as ability cards in " Mobius Final Fantasy " . " Chocobo no Fushigi na Dungeon " . Phoenix can be summoned by the Phoenix Stone item that casts casts Reincarnation Flame , a Fire - type attack that has a reviving effect . " Chocobo ' s Dungeon 2 " . The item Phoenix Feather summons Phoenix to take the player out of the dungeon when the player is about to get a Game Over . The Phoenix Feather is obtained the same way as any other feathers : by breaking their claw or saddle items . Phoenix is obtained from the higher level claws or saddles . Phoenix Stone is a dummied item in the game that works exactly the same as the Phoenix Feather . Even if the item is dummied , the item still works if the player adds it to their save file via artificial means . Phoenix is a fire element card , with six cards under its name . Phoenix appears as the guardian of the Fire Crystal and is fought as a boss at the end of the Guardian Dungeon 1 . After the battle , the player obtains the Phoenix Magicite . When summoned , Phoenix uses Flames of Rebirth and casts the Raise and Curaga spells on Chocobo . " " . Phoenix makes several appearances as a summon . The Soil Charge Triad ( Soil is like the colored bullet of a Magun , used to summon creatures ) needed to summon Phoenix is : Followed by saying : " Burn ! Summoned Creature ! Phoenix ! " In the English audio version , the Soil Charge Triad was changed to : Followed by saying : " Burn up ! I summon you ! Giga - Phoenix ! " Phoenix is later upgraded to Giga - Phoenix ( the Soil Charge Triad remains the same ) . " Final Fantasy Trading Card Game " . Phoenix appears as a trading card , depicting its " Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - " incarnation . Other Media . " Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Portable " . Phoenix is a chance card in " Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Portable " , the card ' s ability : Randomly select a street and increase 10 % stock value . " Lord of Vermilion " . Phoenix makes an appearance in the arcade - based card game " Lord of Vermilion " as a summonable character . Merchandise . Phoenix from " Final Fantasy IX " has a figurine in the Final Fantasy Master Creatures series . The " Final Fantasy VIII " version of Phoenix has appeared in the Final Fantasy Creatures Vol 5 series and has three different versions : clear , metallic and full color .