Rhythmia

Rhythmia (abbreviated as rm), Rhythm Points in Japanese, is a concept in Theatrhythm Final Fantasy, Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call, and Theatrhythm Final Bar Line. It is obtained by clearing music scores, and accumulating it leads to various rewards for the player. Chaos is encountered immediately for a one-off Battle Music Sequence (BMS) upon reaching 10,000 Rhythmia in Theatrhythm and 20,000 in Curtain Call, after which the credits roll and the story is considered completed; Curtain Call additionally has a similar encounter with Feral Chaos at 40,000 Rhythmia. The 10,000 Rhythmia reward for Curtain Call is a special EMS.
In Theatrhythm, Rhythmia rewards are either new Music Stages to be played in Challenge Mode—every 5,000rm from 10,000 up to 25,000 unlocks a new Encore track, and every 2,500rm from 27,500 up to 45,000 unlocks a new Chaos track—shards for unlocking characters, the addition of movies and music to the Museum, or the addition of characters and byline phrases for the ProfiCard. If the player earns a Shard but already has the corresponding character unlocked, they will receive a consumable item instead.
Curtain Call has a mostly identical system, although movies are added to the Theatre after clearing the new EMS, as those are Rhythmia rewards instead, and the first shard reward for each color is a full set to allow a character to be unlocked immediately, after which shard rewards are single shards. Shard colors are earned in a repeating cycle, and any color for which all characters have been unlocked is simply skipped in the cycle order rather than being replaced by a consumable. Additionally, a new type of reward is sound effects that can be selected as the chimes played when hitting triggers.
Rhythmia is capped at 99,999 in Theatrhythm and capped at 999,999 in Curtain Call.
== Rhythmia bonuses ==
When the player completes any music stage, they always earn a Clear Bonus, Chain Bonus, and Rank Bonus, depending on their clearing the stage, their highest Chain, and the rank grade they receive for their score. The player will also receive a Tactical Bonus, which is calculated based on the party's remaining HP, the percentage of Triggers the player hit a Critical on, what items the player used, and what abilities they activated.
The player can also receive the following optional bonuses by meeting various requirements:
* Title Character Bonus – awarded when the party includes a character from the same original game as the song. This bonus stacks if the party has more than one such character.
* All Male/Female Bonus – awarded when all four party members are male or female.
* Daily/Weekly Player Bonus – awarded based on the consecutive number of days the player has played.
* Critical Charter Bonus – awarded when the Critical Chart is completely filled.
* First Clearing Bonus – awarded the first time the player clears a song.
* Multi Play Bonus – awarded based on the number of people participating in Multi Play in the Chaos Shrine.
Curtain Call adds the Daily Special Bonus, which is awarded for clearing a daily special ("Today's Top Hit!") music stage, and equates to half of the Rhythmia earned from playing the score (including all other bonuses applied), rounded down. The Stoic Bonus from Theatrhythm (awarded for clearing a score with no abilities or items equipped) is now a Rhythmia bonus, worth 20rm. Clear Bonus is renamed to Clearing Bonus, and First Clearing Bonus is no longer awarded. All Male and All Female are renamed to Men Only and Women Only. Multi Play Bonus is also absent, due to the replacement of the Chaos Shrine mode with Quest Medleys.
=== Strategy ===
An effective way to make a large amount of Rhythmia quickly in Theatrhythm is to make a party of Cecil, Rydia, Kain, and one other character, and use the following Reaction abilities (the player may use any Proactive abilities they wish):
* Cecil: Fire, Thunder, Blizzard
* Kain: Focus Lv1, Focus Lv2
* Rydia: Thunder, Blizzard
The fourth party member can be any character that can equipped with Fire, Thunder and Blizzard at the same time. Vivi, Onion Knight, and Ashe all work for this purpose.
The player should enter Challenge mode and play any Final Fantasy IV BMS over and over. The Tactical bonus will grant the player 50 Rhythmia or more depending on their performance, the large amount of Reactive abilities equipped boosting the bonus greatly (Fire, Blizzard, and Thunder need fewer triggers to activate, allowing them to trigger more often). In tandem with a +90 Rhythmia bonus for having all three Final Fantasy IV characters in the party, the player can easily earn over 200 Rhythmia per attempt, possibly going as high as 300.
In Curtain Call, every main series title from Final Fantasy IV to Final Fantasy XIII has enough characters to allow a quadruple Title Character Bonus. In addition, the four Final Fantasy XI characters are all female, meaning the Women Only Bonus can also be earned at the same time. If one includes downloadable content characters, the Men Only Bonus is similarly achievable for Final Fantasy VII using Cloud, Barret, Sephiroth and Vincent, or Final Fantasy X using Tidus, Auron, Jecht and Auron #2. Playing music stages that have a Daily Special Bonus each day is also a useful source of Rhythmia, especially if the player optimizes the amount earned by triggering as many bonuses as possible (Critical Charter being especially valuable, but notably, only achievable once per score). The combination of the Wo/Men Only, Stoic and quadruple Title Character Bonuses guarantees a base Rhythmia reward of 150rm before adding any other bonuses.
== Rhythmia Rewards ==
=== Theatrhythm Final Fantasy ===
rm 	Reward 	100 	"Prelude" I
500 	Movie added to Theater – Final Fantasy 	1000 	1st Dark Note
1500 	Yellow Shard 	2000 	"Battle Theme 2" II
2500 	Scarlet Shard 	3000 	ProfiCard character – Princess Sarah
3500 	Orange Shard 	4000 	"Elia, the Maiden of Water" III
4500 	Movie added to Theater – Final Fantasy XIII	5000 	Yellow Shard
5500 	Scarlet Shard 	6000 	"Main Theme of Final Fantasy IV" IV
6500 	Orange Shard 	7000 	ProfiCard character – Minwu
7500 	Movie added to Theater – Final Fantasy II 	8000 	Yellow Shard
8500 	Scarlet Shard 	9000 	"Ending Theme" V
9500 	Orange Shard 	10000	"Dancing Mad" VI
10500	Movie added to Theater – Final Fantasy XII 	11000	"Omen" VI
11500	ProfiCard character – Shiva 	12000	"One-Winged Angel" VII
12500	Silver Shard 	13000	Movie added to Theater – Final Fantasy III
13500	"Waltz for the Moon" VIII 	14000	Turquoise Shard
14500	ProfiCard character – Cid 	15000	"Blinded by Light" XIII
15500	"Over the Hill" IX 	16000	Crimson Shard
16500	"" X 	17000	ProfiCard byline phrases
17500	ProfiCard character – Rydia 	18000	Scarlet Shard
18500	"Vana'diel March" XI 	19000	ProfiCard byline phrases
19500	"Clash of Swords" XII 	20000	"Searching for Friends" VI
20500	"Defiers of Fate" XIII 	21000	Yellow Shard
21500	ProfiCard character – Ramuh 	22000	"Main Theme" I
22500	Indigo Shard 	23000	"Finale" II
23500	Movie added to Theater – Final Fantasy XI 	24000	"Prelude" III
24500	ProfiCard character – Faris 	25000	"Let the Battles Begin!" VII
25500	Orange Shard 	26000	"Battle with the Four Fiends" IV
26500	ProfiCard byline phrases 	27000	Green Shard
27500	"Mt. Gulg" I 	28000	"Home, Sweet Home" V
28500	ProfiCard character – Locke 	29000	"Terra's Theme" VI
29500	Orange Shard 	30000	"Battle 1" IV
30500	"Ending Credits" VII 	31000	ProfiCard character – Aerith
31500	"Overture" VIII 	32000	"Battle 1" IX
32500	"Within the Giant" IV 	33000	Scarlet Shard
33500	ProfiCard character – Ifrit 	34000	"SUTEKI DA NE (Isn't It Wonderful?)" X
34500	Movie added to Theater – Final Fantasy IV 	35000	"Battle to the Death" VI
35500	"Ronfaure" XI 	36000	Yellow Shard
36500	"Ending Movie" XII 	37000	Silver Shard
37500	"Mambo de Chocobo" V 	38000	"FINAL FANTASY XIII - The Promise" XIII
38500	ProfiCard byline phrases 	39000	Rainbow Shard
39500	"Battle" I 	40000	"JENOVA" VII
40500	ProfiCard character - Seifer 	41000	Crimson Shard
41500	"The Rebel Army" II 	42000	Indigo Shard
42500	"Judgment Day" VII 	43000	"Eternal Wind" III
43500	Green Shard 	44000	"Epilogue" IV
44500	"Main Theme of Final Fantasy V" V 	45000	"Something to Protect" IX
45500	Movie added to Theater – Final Fantasy X 	46000	"The Decisive Battle" VI
46500	"Aerith's Theme" VII 	47000	Turquoise Shard
47500	"Blue Fields" VIII 	48000	ProfiCard character – Vivi
48500	"Melodies of Life ~ Final Fantasy" IX 	49000	Silver Shard
49500	"Zanarkand" X 	50000	ProfiCard byline phrases
50500	"Awakening" XI 	51000	ProfiCard character – Yuna
51500	"Theme of the Empire" XII 	52000	ProfiCard byline phrases
52500	"The Sunleth Waterscape" XIII 	53000	Red Shard
53500	"End Theme" I 	54000	ProfiCard byline phrases
54500	"Prelude" II 	55000	Movie added to Theater – Final Fantasy V
55500	Green Shard 	56000	"Battle 2" III
56500	ProfiCard byline phrases 	57000	"Theme of Love" IV
57500	ProfiCard character – Odin 	58000	ProfiCard byline phrases
58500	"Four Hearts" V 	59000	Red Shard
59500	"Balance Is Restored" VI 	60000	ProfiCard byline phrases
60500	"The Prelude" VII 	61000	Gray Shard
61500	"The Man with the Machine Gun" VIII 	62000	ProfiCard character - Prishe
62500	"Behind the Door" IX 	63000	Turquoise Shard
63500	"Mi'ihen Highroad" X 	64000	ProfiCard byline phrases
64500	"Vana'diel March #2" XI 	65000	Movie added to Theater – Final Fantasy IX
65500	"FINAL FANTASY ~FFXII Version~" XII 	66000	ProfiCard byline phrases
66500	"Saber's Edge" XIII 	67000	Red Shard
67500	"Opening Theme" I 	68000	Indigo Shard
68500	"Main Theme" II 	69000	ProfiCard character - Ashe
69500	"The Everlasting World" III 	70000	ProfiCard byline phrases
70500	Crimson Shard 	71000	"Prelude" IV
71500	ProfiCard byline phrases 	72000	White Shard
72500	"Battle at the Big Bridge" V 	73000	ProfiCard character - Snow
73500	ProfiCard byline phrases 	74000	"Celes's Theme"VI
74500	Turquoise Shard 	75000	Movie added to Theater – Final Fantasy VI
75500	"Main Theme of Final Fantasy VII" VII 	76000	ProfiCard byline phrases
76500	ProfiCard Character - Bahamut 	77000	"Ending Theme" VIII
77500	ProfiCard byline phrases 	78000	"A Place to Call Home" IX
78500	Silver Shard 	79000	"Fight With Seymour" X
79500	ProfiCard byline phrases 	80000	"FFXI Opening Theme" XI
80500	Purple Shard 	81000	"Giza Plains" XII
81500	White Shard 	82000	ProfiCard byline phrases
82500	"Ending Credits" XIII 	83000	ProfiCard byline phrases
83500	Gray Shard 	84000	"Mt. Gulg" I
84500	ProfiCard Character - Chocobo 	85000	Movie added to Theater – Final Fantasy VIII
85500	ProfiCard byline phrases 	86000	"Within the Giant" IV
86500	Golden Shard 	87000	"Battle 1" FFIV
87500	ProfiCard character – Moogle 	88000	ProfiCard byline phrases
88500	"Mambo de Chocobo" V 	89000	Rainbow Shard
89500	ProfiCard byline phrases 	90000	"Battle to the Death" VI
90500	ProfiCard character – Kain 	91000	Crimson Shard
91500	"Judgment Day" VII 	92000	ProfiCard byline phrases
92500	Purple Shard 	93000	"JENOVA" VII
93500	ProfiCard byline phrases 	94000	"Something to Protect" FFIX
94500	ProfiCard character – Sephiroth 	95000	Movie added to Theater – Final Fantasy VII
95500	"Dancing Mad" VI 	96000	ProfiCard byline phrases
96500	"Blinded By Light" XIII 	97000	ProfiCard byline phrases
97500	ProfiCard character – Cosmos 	98000	"Searching for Friends" VI
98500	ProfiCard byline phrases 	99000	Golden Shard
99500	ProfiCard byline phrases 	99999	"Let the Battles Begin!" VII
==== Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call ====
Shard color order is presumed random per save file, but cycles through eleven colors in the same order within that file. The first four colors in the cycle are Red, Yellow, Green and Indigo, in some order. The remaining seven colors are Purple, Peach, Orange, Turquoise, White, Silver and Golden, in some order. Black Shards are not part of the cycle. When a shard color is completed (i.e. all characters unlocked for that color), it is removed from the cycle.
rm 	Reward 	250 	Shard x4
500 	New chime 	750 	Music player – Final Fantasy tracks
1000 	EMS – "Answers" FFXIV 	1250 	Shard x4
1500 	EMS – "Savior of Souls" LR:FFXIII 	1750 	New chime
2000 	EMS – "1000 Words" FFX-2 	2250 	Shard x4
2500 	EMS – "Advent: One-Winged Angel" FFVII:AC 	2750 	Shard x4
3000 	New chime 	3250 	New character art
3500 	EMS – "Moonless Starry Night" FFCC 	3750 	New byline phrases
4000 	Shard x6 	4250 	New character art
4500 	EMS – "Warrior Goddess" FFXIII-2 	4750 	Shard x6
5000 	New chime 	5250 	New character art
5500 	EMS – "Opening" FFT 	5750 	Music player – Lightning Returns tracks
6000 	New chime 	6250 	Shard x6
6500 	EMS – "We Have Come" FFType-0 	6750 	Shard x6
7000 	New byline phrases 	7250 	New character art
7500 	EMS – "CRISIS CORE Theme - Dreams and Honor" CC-FFVII- 	7750 	Shard x6
8000 	New chime 	8250 	Shard x6
8500 	EMS – "Lux Concordiae" D012 	8750 	New byline phrases
9000 	Shard x6 	9250 	New character art
9500 	New chime 	9750 	Shard x1
10000 	EMS – "THEATRHYTHM FINAL FANTASY CURTAIN CALL Special Arrangement Medley" Series	EMS – "THEATRHYTHM FINAL FANTASY CURTAIN CALL Special Arrangement Medley" Series	EMS – "THEATRHYTHM FINAL FANTASY CURTAIN CALL Special Arrangement Medley" Series
10500 	New byline phrases 	11000 	Shard x1
11500 	Music Player – Final Fantasy II tracks 	12000 	New character art
12500 	New chime 	13000 	Shard x1
13500 	New character art 	14000 	New byline phrases
14500 	Shard x1 	15000 	New chime
15500 	New character art 	16000 	Shard x1
16500 	Music Player – Final Fantasy XIV tracks 	17000 	New byline phrases
17500 	New character art 	18000 	Shard x1
18500 	New chime 	19000 	Shard x1
19500 	New character art 	20000 	Chaos unlocked as playable character
20500 	New byline phrases 	21000 	Shard x1
21500 	Music Player – Final Fantasy III tracks 	22000 	BMS – "Dungeon Hero X's Theme" Fables:CD
22500 	New chime 	23000 	New character art
23500 	Shard x1 	24000 	New byline phrases
24500 	Shard x1 	25000 	New character art
25500 	New chime 	26000 	BMS – "Raffaello Battle" Fables:CD
26500 	Music Player – Final Fantasy XIII-2 tracks 	27000 	New character art
27500 	Shard x1 	28000 	New byline phrases
28500 	Shard x1 	29000 	New character art
29500 	New chime 	30000 	BMS – "Guardian of the Dark II" Fables:CD
30500 	Shard x1 	31000 	New character art
31500 	Music Player – Final Fantasy IV tracks 	32000 	New byline phrases
32500 	Shard x1 	33000 	New character art
33500 	New chime 	34000 	Shard x1
34500 	New byline phrases 	35000 	New character art
35500 	Shard x1 	36000 	New chime
36500 	Music Player – Type-0 tracks 	37000 	New character art
37500 	Shard x1 	38000 	New byline phrases
38500 	Shard x1 	39000 	New character art
39500 	New chime 	40000 	BMS – "The Chaos Shrine - TFFCC BMS Arrangement - From FF" Series
40500 	Shard x1 	41000 	New character art
41500 	Music Player – Final Fantasy V tracks 	42000 	New byline phrases
42500 	Shard x1 	43000 	New character art
43500 	New chime 	44000 	Shard x1
44500 	New byline phrases 	45000 	New character art
45500 	Shard x1 	46000 	New chime
46500 	Music Player – Dissidia 012 tracks 	47000 	New character art
47500 	Shard x1 	48000 	New byline phrases
48500 	Shard x1 	49000 	New character art
49500 	New chime 	50000 	Shard x1
50500 	New byline phrases 	51000 	New character art
51500 	Music Player – Final Fantasy VI tracks 	52000 	Shard x1
52500 	New chime 	53000 	New character art
53500 	Shard x1 	54000 	New byline phrases
54500 	Shard x1 	55000 	New character art
55500 	New chime 	56000 	Shard x1
56500 	Music Player – Dissidia tracks 	57000 	New character art
57500 	New byline phrases 	58000 	Shard x1
58500 	New chime 	59000 	New character art
59500 	Shard x1 	60000 	New byline phrases
60500 	Shard x1 	61000 	New character art
61500 	Music Player – Final Fantasy VII tracks 	62000 	New chime
62500 	Shard x1 	63000 	New character art
63500 	New byline phrases 	64000 	Shard x1
64500 	New chime 	65000 	New character art
65500 	Shard x1 	66000 	New byline phrases
66500 	Music Player – Crisis Core tracks 	67000 	New character art
67500 	Shard x1 	68000 	New chime
68500 	Shard x1 	69000 	New character art
69500 	New byline phrases 	70000 	Shard x1
70500 	New chime 	71000 	New character art
71500 	Music Player – Final Fantasy VIII tracks 	72000 	Shard x1
72500 	New byline phrases 	73000 	New character art
73500 	Shard x1 	74000 	New chime
74500 	Shard x1 	75000 	New character art
75500 	New byline phrases 	76000 	Shard x1
76500 	Music Player – Advent Children tracks 	77000 	New character art
77500 	New chime 	78000 	Shard x1
78500 	New byline phrases 	79000 	New character art
79500 	Shard x1 	80000 	New chime
80500 	Shard x1 	81000 	New character art
81500 	Music Player – Final Fantasy IX tracks 	82000 	New byline phrases
82500 	Shard x1 	83000 	New character art
83500 	New chime 	84000 	Shard x1
84500 	New byline phrases 	85000 	New character art
85500 	Shaed x1 	86000 	New chime
86500 	Music Player – Crystal Chronicles tracks 	87000 	New character art
87500 	Shard x1 	88000 	New byline phrases
88500 	Shard x1 	89000 	New character art
89500 	New chime 	90000 	Shard x1
90500 	New byline phrases 	91000 	New character art
91500 	Music Player – Final Fantasy X tracks 	92000 	Shard x1
92500 	New chime 	93000 	New character art
93500 	Shard x1 	94000 	New byline phrases
94500 	Shard x1 	95000 	New character art
95500 	New chime 	96000 	Shard x1
96500 	Music Player – Final Fantasy X-2 tracks 	97000 	New character art
97500 	New byline phrases 	98000 	Shard x1
98500 	New chime 	99000 	New character art
99500 	Shard x1 	100000 	New character art
101000	Music Player – Final Fantasy XI tracks 	102000 	New byline phrases
103000	Shard x1 	104000 	New byline phrases
105000	Shard x1 	106000 	Music Player – Final Fantasy Tactics tracks
107000	New chime 	108000 	Shard x1
109000	New byline phrases 	110000 	Music Player – Final Fantasy XII tracks
111000	Shard x1 	112000 	New byline phrases
113000	Shard x1 	114000 	New chime
115000	Shard x1 	116000 	Music Player – Final Fantasy Mystic Quest tracks
117000	New byline phrases 	118000 	Shard x1
119000	New byline phrases 	120000 	Shard x1
121000	Music Player – Final Fantasy XIII tracks 	122000 	New chime
123000	Shard x1 	124000 	New byline phrases
125000	Shard x1 	126000 	New byline phrases
127000	Shard x1 	128000 	New chime
129000	Shard x1 	130000 	New byline phrases
131000	Shard x1 	132000 	New byline phrases
133000	Shard x1 	134000 	New chime
135000	Shard x1 	136000 	New byline phrases
137000	 	138000 	
139000	 	140000 	New chime
141000	 	142000 	
143000	 	144000 	
145000	 	146000 	New chime
147000	 	148000 	
149000	 	150000 	New character art – Knights of the Round
151000	 	152000 	
153000	New chime 	154000 	
155000	 	156000 	
157000	 	158000 	
159000	New chime 	160000 	
161000	 	162000 	
163000	 	164000 	
165000	New chime 	166000 	
167000	 	168000 	
169000	 	170000 	
171000	New chime 	172000 	
173000	 	174000 	
175000	 	176000 	
177000	New chime 	178000 	
179000	 	180000 	
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183000	New chime 	184000 	
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187000	 	188000 	
189000	New chime 	190000 	
191000	 	192000 	
193000	 	194000 	
195000	 	196000 	
197000	 	198000 	
199000	 	200000 	New character art – Sephiroth
Rewards between 200,000 and 300,000 rhythmia alternate between shards (on odd multiples of 1000) and byline phrases (on even multiples). The Chaos character art is unlocked at 300,000 rhythmia. The final byline phrase (number 198) is unlocked at 999,999 rhythmia.
Once there are no more shards to be obtained, the replacement item rewards are selected from the following:
Phoenix Pinion	Miratete's Memoirs	Knights' Magicite	Scapegoat
Libra Scroll I	Libra Scroll II 	Libra Scroll III 	First Class Ticket
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