Silence (Final Fantasy IX status)

Silence is a status in Final Fantasy IX. Silence seals Blk Mag, Wht Mag, Blu Mag, and Summon commands. The afflicted has a speech bubble above their head with an ellipsis inside. Silence persists after battle, until cured, unless using Guardian Mog.
==Abilities==
Spell 	Silence ~50% (Wht Mag)
Weapon	Butterfly Sword 99% (Soul Blade), High Mage Staff 15% (Add Status), Mage Masher 20% (Add Status)
Item 	Tent (random chance when used during battle)
==Enemy abilities==
Ability 	Description 	Enemy 	
BAAAHHH 	! 	Inflicts non-elemental physical damage and Silence to one target.	Yan (Friendly)
Grand Cross 	Inflicts Berserk, Doom, Petrify, Stop, Freeze, Heat, Confuse, Poison, Trouble, Silence, Zombie, Darkness, Instant Death, Mini, Sleep, and HP is reduce to 1-10. Each one of them has a 1/8 chance of being inflicted.	Necron 	
Screech 	Inflicts Silence to one target. 	Gimme Cat 	
Shriek 	Inflicts Silence to one target. 	Mandragora 	
Silence 	Inflicts Silence to one target. 	Grimlock, Quale, Ring Leader, Stroper 	
Silent Claw 	Inflicts non-elemental physical damage and Silence to one target. 	Tiamat, Tiamat (Crystal) 	
Silent Kiss 	Inflicts non-elemental physical damage and Silence to one target. 	Nymph 	
Silent Slap 	Inflicts non-elemental physical damage and Silence to one target. 	Abomination 	
Silent Voice	Inflicts Silence to one target. 	Gizamaluke 	
==Protection==
Support ability	Loudmouth
==Healing==
Silence is healed with Echo Screen, Remedy, Angel's Snack, and Esuna. Staying at an inn or using a healing spring also fully restores the party. Entering Trance purges all ailments besides Virus, but does not make one immune.
==Enemies==
The following enemies are immune to Silence:
*Cactuar
*Abadon (boss)
*Bomb (boss)
*Core
*Garuda
*Grand Dragon
*Mover
*Ragtime Mouse & True & False
*Tonberry
*Yan
*Amdusias (boss)
*Black Waltz 1
*Black Waltz 2
*Black Waltz 3
*Gizamaluke
*Hilgigars
*Nova Dragon
*Plant Brain
*Red Dragon
*Scarlet Hair
*Silver Dragon
*Taharka
*Tiamat
==Use==
Silence can be used to make enemies unable to use magic. The Silence spell can work on the following bosses where Dagger or Eiko can be present: Hilgigars, Red Dragon, Taharka, Silver Dragon, Garland, Nova Dragon, and Tiamat. Even for battles where the Silence magic is unavailable, the player can use Tents on the boss to randomly inflict them with Silence.
Category:Status effects in Final Fantasy IX