Rydia/Gameplay

Rydia is a playable character in Final Fantasy IV, Final Fantasy IV -Interlude- and Final Fantasy IV: The After Years. She is the first dedicated Summoner in the Final Fantasy series, and also excels in casting Black Magic, making her an excellent offensive mage and thus her stat growth is geared toward magic use. Rydia is the only named, playable Summoner to focus on black magic, as the Summoners after her (Dagger and Eiko of Final Fantasy IX and Yuna of Final Fantasy X) use White Magic.
== Final Fantasy IV ==
As a Summoner, Rydia has high magic stats but low physical stats and can summon Eidolons, magical creatures that appear at her behest to devastate enemies.
=== Stats ===
==== 2D stats ====
Level	HP 	MP 	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intellect	Spirit
1 	30 	10 	3 	4 	2 	8 	5
10 	115 	59 	6 	9 	5 	15 	9
20 	326 	146	11 	13 	10 	23 	18
30 	647 	231	16 	17 	15 	31 	27
40 	1063	337	21 	21 	20 	39 	36
50 	1628	445	26 	25 	25 	47 	45
60 	2289	552	31 	29 	29 	55 	50
70 	3065	659	36 	33 	34 	63 	54
80 	3910	765	rdm 	rdm 	rdm 	rdm 	rdm
90 	4774	868	rdm 	rdm 	rdm 	rdm 	rdm
99 	5540	964	rdm 	rdm 	rdm 	rdm 	rdm
Possibility	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intellect	Spirit
1 	-1 	-1 	0 	0 	-1
2 	-1 	0 	-1 	0 	-1
3 	-1 	0 	0 	-1 	-1
4 	+1 	+1 	+1 	+1 	+1
5 	+2 	0 	+2 	+2 	+2
6 	0 	0 	0 	+3 	+3
7 	+3 	+3 	0 	+3 	+3
Possibility	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intellect	Spirit
1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
4 	+1 	+1 	+1 	+1 	+1
5 	+1 	+1 	+1 	+1 	+1
6 	+2 	0 	+2 	+2 	+2
7 	+3 	+3 	0 	+3 	+3
8 	0 	0 	0 	+3 	+3
====3D stats====
Child
Level	HP 	MP 	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intellect	Spirit
7 	101 	50 	10 	8 	8 	6 	3
10 	141 	70 	13 	10 	11 	6 	3
20 	344 	137	17 	14 	15 	16 	12
30 	637 	204	21 	18 	19 	25 	20
40 	1035	271	25 	22 	23 	35 	29
50 	1542	338	28 	25 	26 	44 	37
60 	2147	405	32 	29 	30 	54 	46
70 	2850	472	36 	33 	34 	63 	54
When Rydia rejoins the party the second time, she will be at level 30 if Child Rydia's level was lower or equal to that level. If Child Rydia's level is higher than 30, Rydia will retain it. Finally, if Child Rydia's level is over 70 and has a specific level up (thanks to the Augment ability system), she will retain that level however she will also lose all stats bonuses. The stats bonuses applied are those from her default battle menu as an adult, meaning she will get bonuses for having Attack, Black Magic, Summon and item.
Adult
Level	HP 	MP 	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intellect	Spirit
30 	623 	204	21 	18 	19 	35 	20
40 	1022	271	25 	22 	23 	44 	29
50 	1521	338	28 	25 	26 	54 	37
60 	2125	405	32 	29 	30 	63 	46
70 	2822	472	36 	33 	34 	72 	54
To reach the max 99 points in her stats, Rydia needs 63 points in Strength, 66 in Speed, 65 in Stamina, 27 in Intellect and 45 in Spirit.
===Abilities===
Rydia can use Black Magic and learns every spell, up to and including Meteor, but she learns them later than Palom due to her emphasis on Summon Magic. As a child, she can cast some basic White Magic. When she returns to the party as an adult, she has forgotten these spells.
thumb|Thundaga.
In the 3D remake versions, Rydia can learn more White Magic as a child, and learns her later Black Magic at different levels. Rydia joins the party at Level 7, while she joins at level 1 in all other releases, and thus knows several spells already. When she is reverted to a child during her Lunar Trial in the Advance and Complete Collection releases, she can cast her White Magic while retaining her Black Magic.
When Rydia rejoins as an adult in the Dwarven Castle after beating Golbez (2D and 3D), she has Fira, Blizzara, Thundara, along with Cura. At this point, she no longer has the White Magic command and cannot use her White Magic spells; thus, Cura can never be used outside of her trial in the GBA and PSP versions, when she loses Summon Magic and temporarily regains White Magic.
In all releases, Rydia learns her Eidolons the same way.
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Spell 	Level Learned 	Level Learned
Spell 	2D (SNES/PS/GBA/PSP)	3D (DS/iOS/Android)
Blizzard	2 	Known
Thunder 	5 	Known
Sleep 	8 	8
Poison 	10 	10
Warp 	12 	12
Toad 	13 	13
Fire 	Event 	Event
Stop 	15 	15
Pig 	20 	20
Bio 	26 	26
Fira 	Event 	Event
Blizzara	Event 	Event
Thundara	Event 	Event
Osmose 	32 	33
Drain 	36 	Event
Blizzaga	39 	38
Firaga 	42 	40
Thundaga	45 	41
Quake 	47 	Event
Break 	49 	43
Tornado 	51 	58
Death 	52 	55
Flare 	55 	60
Meteor 	60 	80
===Equipment===
====Equipment -Child-====
As a child, Rydia may equip rods, staves, bows and arrows, daggers, whips, hats, clothes, robes, armlets and rings. In the 3D versions, her child self cannot equip daggers and whips unlike her 2D versions. She joins with a rod, a leather cap, leather clothing and an iron armlet in the 2D versions and with a rod, leather clothing and a silver armlet in the 3D remake.
Weapons 2D and 3D
Rods	Staves	Whips
*Rod 2D 3D
*Ice Rod 2D 3D
*Flame Rod 2D 3D
*Thunder Rod 2D 3D
*Polymorph Rod 2D 3D
*Faerie Rod 2D 3D
*Lilith Rod 2D 3D
*Stardust Rod 2D 3D	
*Staff 2D 3D
*Healing Staff 2D 3D
*Mythril Staff 2D 3D
*Power Staff 2D 3D
*Aura Staff 2D 3D
*Rune Staff 2D 3D
*Sage's Staff 2D 3D	
*Whip 2D
*Chain Whip 2D
*Blitz Whip 2D
*Flame Whip 2D
*Dragon Whisker 2D
*Mystic Whip 2D
Bows	Arrows	Daggers
*Bow 2D
*Power Bow 2D
*Great Bow 2D
*Killer Bow 2D
*Elven Bow 2D
*Yoichi Bow 2D
*Artemis Bow 2D	
*Medusa Arrow 2D
*Iron Arrow 2D
*Holy Arrow 2D
*Fire Arrow 2D
*Lightning Arrow 2D
*Ice Arrow 2D
*Blinding Arrow 2D
*Poison Arrow 2D
*Silencing Arrow 2D
*Angel Arrow 2D
*Yoichi Arrow 2D
*Artemis Arrow 2D	
*Mythril Knife 2D
*Dancing Dagger 2D
*Mage Masher 2D
*Assassin's Dagger 2D
Shield	Head	Body	Arms
*Hero's Shield 2D	
*Leather Cap 2D 3D
*Headband 2D 3D
*Feathered Cap 2D 3D
*Green Beret 2D 3D
*Wizard's Hat 2D 3D
*Black Cowl 2D 3D
*Sage's Miter 2D 3D
*Gold Hairpin 2D 3D
*Ribbon 2D 3D
*Glass Mask 2D 3D	
*Clothing 2D 3D
*Prison Garb 2D 3D
*Leather Clothing 2D 3D
*Bard's Tunic 2D 3D
*Gaia Gear 2D 3D
*Kenpogi 2D 3D
*Sage's Surplice 2D 3D
*Black Belt Gi 2D 3D
*Power Sash 2D 3D
*Black Robe 2D 3D
*Luminous Robe 2D 3D
*Minerva Bustier 2D 3D
*White Robe 2D 3D
*Adamant Armor 2D 3D
*Rainbow Robe 2D	
*Cursed Ring 2D 3D
*Iron Armlet 2D 3D
*Ruby Ring 2D 3D
*Silver Armlet 2D 3D
*Rune Armlet 2D 3D
*Power Armlet 2D
*Diamond Armlet 2D 3D
*Protect Ring 2D 3D
*Crystal Ring 2D 3D
*Mist Ring 2D
====Equipment -Adult-====
As an adult, Rydia can equip rods, bows and arrows, daggers, whips, hats, clothes, robes, armlets and rings. She loses the ability to equip staves. In the 3D remakes, she cannot equip bows. Her armor is limited to universal equips and mage equips. Equipping Rydia with the Mist Ring allows summoning the Mist Dragon to grant a Blink effect on the entire party. She joins with a whip, a gaia gear and a silver armlet in the 2D versions and with a whip, a gold hairpin, a luminous robe and a rune armlet in the 3D remake.
In the Game Boy Advance and PlayStation Portable versions, there is a loophole the player can use to equip the adult Rydia with a staff: when she transforms into a child in her Lunar Trial she regains her White Magic and the ability to equip staves, and will not remove any equipped staff she is given when the trial ends and she turns back into an adult. However, once the staff is removed it cannot be re-equipped without repeating the trial. This loophole also works with the White Robe.
Weapons 2D and 3D
Bows	Arrows	Daggers	Rods	Whips
*Bow 2D
*Power Bow 2D
*Great Bow 2D
*Killer Bow 2D
*Elven Bow 2D
*Yoichi Bow 2D
*Artemis Bow 2D	
*Medusa Arrow 2D
*Iron Arrow 2D
*Holy Arrow 2D
*Fire Arrow 2D
*Lightning Arrow 2D
*Ice Arrow 2D
*Blinding Arrow 2D
*Poison Arrow 2D
*Silencing Arrow 2D
*Angel Arrow 2D
*Yoichi Arrow 2D
*Artemis Arrow 2D	
*Mythril Knife 2D 3D
*Dancing Dagger 2D 3D
*Mage Masher 2D 3D
*Assassin's Dagger 2D	
*Rod 2D 3D
*Ice Rod 2D 3D
*Flame Rod 2D 3D
*Thunder Rod 2D 3D
*Polymorph Rod 2D 3D
*Faerie Rod 2D 3D
*Lilith Rod 2D 3D
*Stardust Rod 2D 3D	
*Whip 2D 3D
*Chain Whip 2D 3D
*Blitz Whip 2D 3D
*Flame Whip 2D 3D
*Dragon Whisker 2D 3D
*Mystic Whip 2D
Shield	Head	Body	Arms
*Hero's Shield 2D	
*Leather Cap 2D 3D
*Headband 2D 3D
*Feathered Cap 2D 3D
*Green Beret 2D 3D
*Wizard's Hat 2D 3D
*Black Cowl 2D 3D
*Sage's Miter 2D 3D
*Gold Hairpin 2D 3D
*Ribbon 2D 3D
*Glass Mask 2D 3D
*Onion Helm 3D	
*Clothing 2D 3D
*Prison Garb 2D 3D
*Leather Clothing 2D 3D
*Bard's Tunic 2D 3D
*Gaia Gear 2D 3D
*Kenpogi 2D 3D
*Sage's Surplice 2D 3D
*Black Belt Gi 2D 3D
*Power Sash 2D 3D
*Black Robe 2D 3D
*Luminous Robe 2D 3D
*Minerva Bustier 2D 3D
*Adamant Armor 2D 3D
*Onion Armor 3D
*Rainbow Robe 2D	
*Cursed Ring 2D 3D
*Iron Armlet 2D 3D
*Ruby Ring 2D 3D
*Silver Armlet 2D 3D
*Rune Armlet 2D 3D
*Power Armlet 2D
*Diamond Armlet 2D 3D
*Protect Ring 2D 3D
*Crystal Ring 2D 3D
*Onion Gloves 3D
* Mist Ring 2D
===Boss===
Rydia appears as the Girl in the scripted battle with Cecil and Kain in Final Fantasy IV at Mist.
=== Quests===
====Rydia's Lunar Trial====
thumb|Rydia's Trial.
Rydia enters a cave filled with mist. She turns back into a child, and Ifrit, Titan, Ramuh, and Shiva abandon her. The party must find them and defeat them to regain them. After defeating them the mist dissipates, and the party fights Lunar Dragon. After defeating it, the player gets the Mist Ring, which improves Rydia's Mist Dragon summon and grants the party the Blink status.
The Lunar Trials are available in the GBA and PSP versions.
==Final Fantasy IV -Interlude-==
Rydia appears for the final battle against Rydia?. Her level and full equipment except her equipped weapon are unknown, as the player cannot enter the menu while she is in the party. She has a Stardust Rod equipped if viewed from the items menu.
===Stats===
She has 1100 HP and 330 MP. Since she knows Blizzaga but does not know Firaga, it can be hypothesized that Rydia is at level 39, 40 or 41.
===Abilities===
She knows all her Black Magic up to Blizzaga. She also has all her summons except for Goblin, Bomb, Cockatrice and Mindflayer.
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Spell 	Level
Blizzard	Known
Thunder 	Known
Sleep 	Known
Poison 	Known
Warp 	Known
Toad 	Known
Stop 	Known
Pig 	Known
===Equipment===
Rydia may equip rods, bows and arrows, daggers, whips, hats, clothes, robes, armlets and rings. She is equipped with a Stardust Rod.
Weapons
Bows	Arrows	Daggers	Whips	Rods
*Killer Bow
*Yoichi Bow	
*Medusa Arrow
*Holy Arrow
*Fire Arrow
*Ice Arrow
*Lightning Arrow
*Poison Arrow
*Yoichi Arrow
*Artemis Arrow	
*Mythril Knife	
*Blitz Whip	
*Rod
*Lilith Rod
*Polymorph Rod
*Faerie Rod
*Stardust Rod
Armor
Head	Body	Arms
*Leather Cap
*Feathered Cap
*Wizard's Hat
*Sage's Miter
*Headband
*Green Beret
*Gold Hairpin
*Ribbon	
*Leather Clothing
*Black Belt Gi
*Power Sash
*Minerva Bustier
*Luminous Robe
*Black Robe
*Sage's Surplice	
*Silver Armlet
*Diamond Armlet
*Power Armlet
*Rune Armlet
*Ruby Ring
*Cursed Ring
==Final Fantasy IV: The After Years==
===Stats===
Rydia's MP and Intelligence are high, but her HP is among the lowest. Compared to Palom, Rydia's stats are inferior in all areas except for Speed and Spirit.
Level	HP 	MP 	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intelligence	Spirit
15 	330 	175	8 	11 	7 	19 	14
20 	490 	217	11 	13 	10 	23 	18
30 	911 	302	16 	17 	15 	31 	27
40 	1412	412	21 	21 	20 	39 	36
50 	2007	537	24 	24 	23 	53 	40
60 	2794	643	30 	27 	28 	59 	47
70 	3422	722	36 	32 	34 	65 	64
80 	3667	779	39 	33 	35 	67 	57
90 	3748	824	40 	35 	37 	70 	59
99 	3955	863	41 	37 	38 	73 	60
Rydia is also a guest in Porom's Tale, she begins at level 15 and caps at level 20.
===Abilities===
Rydia retains her Black Magic, and her Summon abilities, but cannot summon anything as she loses her Eidolons at the start of her tale. With the exception of the Eidolons dropped by enemies, she cannot relearn them until The Gathering chapter, where the player must explore the world and defeat them. This is excluding Leviathan, Asura and Bahamut, who are fought and reacquired in the True Moon. The Chocobo Eidolon is also found in the Chocobo's Forest on an island west of Kaipo during The Gathering. Depending on the player's actions during the fights, it is possible Rydia may not relearn all her summons.
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Magic 	Level
Fire 	Known
Blizzard	Known
Thunder 	Known
Sleep 	Known
Poison 	Known
Stop 	Known
Toad 	Known
Warp 	Known
Band Abilities
Ability 	Members	MP	Effect
Lightning Brain Buster	
*Rydia (Black Magic)
*Luca (Attack)	7 	Send a head-busting lightning-charged strike towards an enemy.
Thunderstorm 	
*Rydia (Black Magic)
*Palom (Black Magic)	25	A magical ice and lightning attack that targets all enemies. In the 3D version, this band does carry over from Porom's Tale to the Final Tale.
Broken Heart 	
*Rydia (Attack, Bow)
*Edge (Attack)	25	Attack all enemies with emotion-charged arrows.
Inferno 	
*Rydia
* Edge (Event)	40	Create a tornado of flame to attack all enemies.
Thunder Wave 	
* Rydia (Black Magic)
*Ceodore (Attack)	20	Blows away all enemies with the power of lightning.
Iron Flash 	
*Rydia (Summon)
*Cecil (Attack)	40	Cecil borrows the power of Odin to cut through all enemies.
Holy Burst 	
*Rydia (Black Magic)
*Rosa (White Magic)	55	Holy magical attack on all enemies.
Mirage Song 	
*Rydia (Summon)
*Edward (Bardsong)	35	Call Mist Dragon to cast Blink on entire party.
Sylph Protection 	
* Rydia (Summon)
*Yang (Attack)	17	Rydia calls Sylphs to drain enemies of strength and power up Yang. Casts Haste, Protect and Shell on Yang, and heals HP equal to total damage done to enemies.Can be used even if the Sylphs summon has not been recovered.
Tri-disaster 	
*Rydia (Black Magic)
* Leonora (Black Magic)
* Palom (Black Magic)	20	Cast a succession of powerful black magic.
Flare Tornado 	
*Rydia (Black Magic)
*Edge (Ninjutsu)
*Luca (Big Throw)	15	Create a flaming whirlwind that strikes all enemies.
Wild Whip 	
*Rydia (Attack, Whip)
*Harley (Attack, Whip)
*Izayoi (Attack, Whip)	4 	Three fighters whip a single enemy repeatedly.
Call Me Queen 	
*Rydia (Attack, Whip)
*Harley (Attack, Whip)
*Izayoi (Attack, Whip)
*Leonora (Attack, Whip)	11	Whip and turn the enemy into a Pig.
Final Fantasy 	
* Rydia (Black Magic)
*Cecil (Fight)
*Edge (Throw)
*Kain (Jump)
*Rosa (White Magic)	75	Attack all enemies and heal party with a powerful combination.
Infinity 	
*Rydia (Black Magic)
*Leonora (White Magic)
* Palom (Black Magic)
* Porom (White Magic)
* Rosa (White Magic)	60	Five fighters combine to cast powerful magic on enemies.
Temptation 	
*Rydia (Black Magic)
*Harley (Gil Toss)
*Izayoi (Illusions)
*Rosa (Aim)	19	Surprise one enemy with an attack.
===Equipment ===
Rydia may equip rods, bows and arrows, daggers, whips, hats, clothes, robes, armlets and rings. In her own Tale, she starts with a Whip, a Leather Cap, Leather Clothing and an Iron Armlet. As a guest in Porom's Tale, she joins with the same equipment.
Weapons
Bows	Arrows	Daggers	Rods	Whips
*Bow
*Crossbow
*Great Bow
*Killer Bow
*Elfin Bow
*Yoichi Bow
*Artemis Bow
*Perseus's Bow	
*Medusa Arrows
*Iron Arrows
*Holy Arrows
*Fire Arrows
*Lightning Arrows
*Ice Arrows
*Blinding Arrows
*Poison Arrows
*Silencing Arrows
*Angel Arrows
*Yoichi Arrows
*Artemis Arrows
*Perseus Arrows	
*Knife
*Dagger
*Mythril Knife
*Dancing Dagger
*Mage Masher
*Triton's Dagger
*Assassin's Dagger	
*Rod
*Ice Rod
*Flame Rod
*Healing Rod
*Thunder Rod
*Lilith Rod
*Polymorph Rod
*Wizard's Rod
*Recovery Rod
*Faerie Rod
*Stardust Rod	
*Queen's Whip
*Whip
*Thorn Whip
*Chain Whip
*Ice Whip
*Blitz Whip
*Flame Whip
*Dragon Whisker
*Mystic Whip
Armor
Shields	Head	Body	Arms
*Adamant Shield	
*Queen's Mask
*Leather Cap
*Headband
*Feathered Cap
*Green Beret
*Wizard's Hat
*Steel Headplate
*Circlet
*Black Cowl
*Beret
*Chakra Band
*Sage's Miter
*Goblin Mask
*Officer's Hat
*Gold Hairpin
*Hypnocrown
*Cat-Ear Hood
*Mystic Veil
*Ribbon
*Adamant Helm
*Glass Mask	
*Clothing
*Bard's Tunic
*Leather Clothing
*Foot Ninja Gear
*Gaia Gear
*Bronze Breastplate
*Shinobi Gear
*Kenpo Gi
*Sage's Surplice
*Queen's Tights
*Mage's Robe
*Silver Breastplate
*Black Robe
*Mist Wrap
*Rose Twine Dress
*Black Belt Gi
*Professor's Robe
*Exorcist's Gown
*Red Robe
*Luminous Robe
*Power Sash
*Sage's Robe
*Minerva Bustier
*Pink Armor
*Adamant Armor	
*Cursed Ring
*Ruby Ring
*Queen's Gloves
*Iron Armlet
*Power Armlet
*Talisman
*Hyper Wrist
*Silver Armlet
*Rune Armlet
*Diamond Armlet
*Protect Ring
*Adamant Gloves
*Crystal Ring
*Flan Ring
*Sprint Ring
*Economical Ring
*Reach Ring
*Provoke Ring
*Limit Ring
*Single Star
*Twin Stars
*Rapid Ring
*Rapid Ring v2
*Gil Band
*Gil Band v2
*Level Band
*Level Band v2
*Rare Band
*Rare Band v2
*Treasure Hunter
*Treasure Hunter v2
===Quests===
====Permanently missable content====
The Eidolon Chocobo can be missed if the player does not pick it up inside the Chocobo Forest during the Gathering's Tale: The Moon's Gravity. It is located on the island in the middle of the ocean between Troia and Kaipo.
Many Eidolons can be permanently missed if killed during their battles.
If Rydia has recovered Leviathan and Asura as summons, Bahamut will turn on the Mysterious Girl and destroy her before returning to Rydia, but if not, Bahamut must be slain and will not be available to be summoned.
Several items are only obtainable in Challenge Dungeons; once the final section of the game is started, anything that is not imported from those is permanently lost.
====Rydia's Challenge Dungeon====
Rydia's Challenge Dungeon is a three floor cave. Many doors are actually Trap Doors, while several walls are Demon Walls and cause doorways or staircases to appear when defeated. The first two floors are mazes of doors, while the third floor consists of several platforms that are connected by ropes. On each platform only one of the ropes can be climbed safely, the other two trigger a scripted encounter. The dungeon is accessed by speaking to Challengingway in Agart. During some plays of the dungeon, certain doors will be locked. Though the player will always be able to reach the end, some side passages with treasure may be blocked off.
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