Final Fantasy VII Remake weapon passives

This is a list of weapon passives in Final Fantasy VII Remake and "Episode INTERmission".
Unlockable with SP (skill points), each weapon provides passive abilities when equipped. Unlocking these passives will apply them whenever that weapon is in use, giving each weapon unique perks and traits that change how it is used compared to other weapons. The weapon's abilities are unlocked by spending skill points that are earned both from leveling up and from manuscripts.
Weapon passives range from simple stat boosts to unique offensive or defensive properties, and to those that provide character-specific enhancements. They can be unlocked one-by-one from the menu by activating the selected nodes. The game also has an auto-upgrade function, used via from the weapon selection in the upgrade menu.
==List of passives==
===Stat enhancements===
The specific increase in the attribute varies, normally based on the weapon, or the weapon core.
Ability	Effect 	Weapons
 	Increases the bonus provided by the weapon. 	Cloud: , , , , 
Barret: , , , , , 
Tifa: , , , , , 
Yuffie: , , 
Sonon: , ,
 	Increases the bonus provided by the weapon. 	Cloud: Buster Sword, Iron Blade, Hardedge, Mythril Saber, Twin Stinger
Barret: Gatling Gun, Light Machine Gun, Big Bertha, Steel Pincers, Wrecking Ball, EKG Cannon
Tifa: Leather Gloves, Metal Knuckles, Sonic Strikers, Feathered Gloves, Mythril Claws, Purple Pain
Aerith: , , , , , 
Yuffie: 4-Point Shuriken, Boomerang, Steel Reaper
Sonon: Marshalist's Staff, Indurate Staff, Djinn Staff
 	Increases the of the wielder. 	Cloud: Buster Sword, Iron Blade
Barret: Gatling Gun, Light Machine Gun
Tifa: Leather Gloves
Aerith: Guard Stick, Bladed Staff
Yuffie: 4-point Shuriken
Sonon: Marshalist's Staff
 	Increases the of the wielder. 	Cloud: Buster Sword, Mythril Saber
Barret: Gatling Gun
Tifa: Leather Gloves
Aerith: Guard Stick, Reinforced Staff
Yuffie: 4-Point Shuriken
Sonon: Marshalist's Staff
 	Increases the maximum HP of the wielder. 	Cloud: Buster Sword, 
Barret: Gatling Gun, Light Machine Gun, Big Bertha, EKG Cannon
Tifa: Leather Gloves, Purple Pain
Aerith: Guard Stick, Silver Staff, Arcane Scepter, Mythril Rod, Bladed Staff, Reinforced Staff
Yuffie: 4-Point Shuriken, Cacstar
Sonon: Marshalist's Staff, Indurate Staff
 	Increases the maximum MP of the wielder. 	Cloud: Buster Sword, Mythril Saber
Barret: Gatling Gun, Steel Pincers
Tifa: Leather Gloves, Sonic Strikers
Aerith: Guard Stick, Silver Staff, Arcane Scepter, Mythril Rod, Bladed Staff, Reinforced Staff
Yuffie: 4-Point Shuriken, Cacstar
Sonon: Marshalist's Staff, Indurate Staff, Djinn Staff
 	Increases the of the wielder. 	Tifa: Leather Gloves, Metal Knuckles, Sonic Strikers, Feathered Gloves, Purple Pain
 	Increases the of the wielder. 	Cloud: Nail Bat
Aerith: Bladed Staff
Yuffie: Cacstar
 	Either grants an additional materia slot, or links two existing slots, depending on the weapon and on how many previous slots were unlocked.	All
 	Doubles the amount of AP earned from the battle for both Yuffie and Sonon. 	Yuffie: 4-Point Shuriken, Boomerang, Steel Reaper, Cacstar
===Offensive effects===
Ability	Effect 	Weapons
 	Boost damage of normal attacks +5%. 	Cloud: , 
Barret: , , 
Tifa: , , 
Aerith: , 
Yuffie: , , , 
Sonon:
 	Boost damage of aerial attacks +5%. 	Cloud: Hardedge
Tifa: Metal Knuckles, Feathered Gloves
Yuffie: 4-Point Shuriken, Steel Reaper
 	Boost damage of limit breaks +5%. 	Cloud: , Hardedge
Barret: , Light Machine Gun, , Wrecking Ball
Tifa: Leather Gloves, Purple Pain
Yuffie: Cacstar
 	Boost damage added by to attacks by +10%. 	Cloud: , 
Barret: 
Tifa: , 
Aerith: Arcane Scepter
 	Boost damage of elemental attacks +5%. 	Cloud: 
Barret: Light Machine Gun
Yuffie: 4-Point Shuriken, Boomerang
Sonon: Djinn Staff
 	Boost damage by -elemental attacks by +5%. 	Cloud: Twin Stinger
Barret: Steel Pincers
Tifa: Sonic Strikers
Aerith: , Arcane Scepter
Yuffie: Boomerang
 	Boost damage by -elemental attacks by +5%. 	Cloud: Twin Stinger
Barret: Steel Pincers
Tifa: Sonic Strikers
Aerith: Silver Staff, Arcane Scepter
Yuffie: Boomerang
 	Boost damage by -elemental attacks by +5%. 	Cloud: Twin Stinger
Barret: Steel Pincers
Tifa: Sonic Strikers
Aerith: Silver Staff, Arcane Scepter
Yuffie: Boomerang
 	Boost damage by -elemental attacks by +5%. 	Cloud: Twin Stinger
Barret: Steel Pincers
Tifa: Sonic Strikers
Aerith: Silver Staff, Arcane Scepter
Yuffie: Boomerang
 	Lengthens the duration of debuffs inflicted on enemies by +10%. 	Cloud: Twin Stinger
Barret: Steel Pincers
Tifa: Sonic Strikers
Aerith: Silver Staff, Arcane Scepter
 	Boosts the probability of landing a critical hit by +10%. 	Cloud: Nail Bat
Barret: EKG Cannon
Tifa: Purple Pain
Aerith: Bladed Staff
Yuffie: Steel Reaper, Cacstar
 	Boosts the damage dealt by a critical hit by +25%. 	Cloud: Nail Bat
Barret: EKG Cannon
Tifa: Purple Pain
Aerith: Bladed Staff
Yuffie: Cacstar
 	Boosts the probability of landing a critical hit when using a weapon ability by +10%.	Cloud: Nail Bat, Hardedge
Barret: Wrecking Ball, EKG Cannon
Tifa: Purple Pain
Yuffie: Steel Reaper, Cacstar
Sonon: Indurate Staff
 	Increases damage dealt to discrete enemy parts by +10%. 	Cloud: Nail Bat, Hardedge
Barret: Wrecking Ball
Aerith: Bladed Staff
 	Increases damage dealt when attacking an enemy from behind by +10%. 	Tifa: Metal Knuckles,
===Supportive effects===
Ability	Effect 	Weapons
 	Increases the amount successful attacks increase the ATB gauge by +10%. 	Barret Wallace: 
Tifa: , , 
Yuffie: 
Sonon: , ,
 	Lengthens the duration of buffs by +10%. 	Cloud: , Twin Stinger
Barret: , Wrecking Ball
Tifa: Metal Knuckles, 
Aerith: ,
 	Reduces damage taken from elemental attacks by 5%. 	Cloud: 
Barret: Big Bertha
Tifa: Mythril Claws
Aerith: , Arcane Scepter
 	Increases resistance to debuffs by +5. 	Cloud: , 
Barret: Light Machine Gun
Tifa: Sonic Strikers, Mythril Claws
Aerith: Silver Staff, Mythril Rod, Reinforced Staff
 	Reduce physical damage taken by 10% when guarding, 	Cloud: 
Barret: Light Machine Gun
Tifa: 
Aerith: Guard Stick, 
Sonon: Indurate Staff
 	Reduce magic damage taken by 10% when guarding, 	Barret: Wrecking Ball
Tifa: Featherd Gloves
Aerith: Guard Stick, Reinforced Staff
Sonon: Indurate Staff
 	Recover HP enemies are defeated. 	Cloud: Hardedge
Barret: Wrecking Ball, EKG Cannon
Tifa: Metal Knuckles
Aerith: Mythril Rod
Yuffie: 4-Point Shuriken
 	Recover HP when dealing damage to a staggered enemy with unique abilities.	Cloud: Hardedge
Barret: Light Machine Gun, Wrecking Ball
Tifa: Feathered Gloves
Aerith: Arcane Scepter, Bladed Staff
Yuffie: Steel Reaper
 	Recover MP after taking significant damage.
(0.2% of damage received, rounded down)	Cloud: Iron Blade, Mythril Saber
Barret: Big Bertha
Aerith: Silver Staff
Yuffie: Boomerang
 	Increase the speed of passive MP regeneration by 10% during battle. 	Cloud: , 
Barret: , Wrecking Ball
Aerith: Guard Stick, 
Yuffie: Cacstar
 	Increase the speed of passive MP regeneration by 50% during battle. 	Cloud: Mythril Saber
Tifa: Sonic Strikers
Aerith: 
Yuffie: Boomerang, Cacstar
 	Reduces the MP cost of attack spells by 20%. 	Cloud: Mythril Saber
Barret: Steel Pincers
Tifa: Mythril Claws
Aerith: Silver Staff
Yuffie: Boomerang
 	Reduces the MP cost of healing spells by 20%. 	Cloud: Twin Stinger
Barret: Light Machine Gun, Steel Pincers
Tifa: Sonic Strikers
Aerith: Guard Stick, Silver Staff
 	Survive an otherwise fatal attack at 1 HP once per battle. 	Cloud: Iron Blade, Nail Bat, Twin Stinger
Barret: Light Machine Gun, Wrecking Ball, EKG Cannon
Tifa: Mythril Claws, Purple Pain
Aerith: Guard Stick, Silver Staff, Arcane Scepter, Reinforced Staff
Yuffie: Boomerang, Cacstar
===Conditional effects===
Ability	Effect 	Weapons
 	Improves by +5 when HP is 75% or higher. 	Cloud: 
Barret: 
Tifa: 
Yuffie:
 	Improves by +5 when HP is 75% or higher. 	Cloud: 
Barret: , Big Bertha
Aerith: , 
Yuffie:
 	Improves by +5 when HP is 75% or higher. 	Cloud: 
Barret: Light Machine Gun
Tifa: 
Aerith: , Reinforced Staff
 	Improves by +5 when HP is 75% or higher. 	Cloud: 
Tifa: Sonic Strikers
Aerith: Mythril Rod
 	Improves physical defense by +10 when HP is 25% or higher. 	Cloud: Nail Bat
Barret: Big Bertha, EKG Cannon
Tifa: Metal Knuckles, Purple Pain
Aerith: Bladed Staff
Yuffie: Cacstar
 	Improves magic defense by +10 when HP is 25% or higher. 	Cloud: Nail Bat
Barret: Big Bertha, EKG Cannon
Tifa: Metal Knuckles, Purple Pain
Aerith: Bladed Staff
Yuffie: Cacstar
 	Boost self-healing by 50% when HP is 25% or lower. 	Cloud: Iron Blade
Barret: Big Bertha
Tifa: Leather Gloves
 	Boost damage of limit breaks +5% when HP is 25% or lower. 	Cloud: Iron Blade, Nail Bat
Barret: Big Bertha
Tifa: Purple Pain
Yuffie: Cacstar
Sonon: Marshalist's Staff
 	Increase the probability of landing a critical hit by +50% when HP is 25% or lower.	Cloud: Nail Bat
Barret: EKG Cannon
Tifa: Purple Pain
Aerith: Bladed Staff
Yuffie: Cacstar
 	Boost magic effect by +20% when MP is full. 	Cloud: Mythril Saber
Barret: 
Aerith: Silver Staff
===Character-specific effects===
Ability	Effect 	Character	Weapons
 	Boost damage of Strong Attacks under Punisher Mode +5%. 	Cloud 	,
 	Boost damage of counterattacks under Punisher Mode +5%. 	Cloud 	
 	Boost damage of Overcharge +10%. 	Barret 	,
 	Boost damage of Whirling Uppercut, Omnistrike, and Rise and Fall +10%. 	Tifa 	,
 	Provides a chance that Tifa may enter battle with an increased chi level. Chance varies by weapon.	Tifa 	Leather Gloves (50%), (30%), (50%), Feathered Gloves (70%), Mythril Claws (30%), Purple Pain (70%)
 	Boost damage of Tempest +5%. 	Aerith 	,
 	Allows you to use Mug. 	Yuffie 	, ,
 	Increases odds of successfully obtaining items using Steal. 	Yuffie 	4-Point Shuriken
 	Increases amount of time throwing stars can remain aloft. 	Yuffie 	Boomerang
 	Guard against an attack at the right time to fill the ATB gauge. 	Yuffie 	4-Point Shuriken
 	Guard against an attack at the right time to cast . 	Yuffie 	Boomerang
 	Guard against an attack at the right time to cast . 	Yuffie 	Boomerang
 	Guard against an attack at the right time to cast . 	Yuffie 	Steel Reaper
 	Fills limit break gauge when inciting or provoking enemies. 	Sonon 	,
 	Allows you to use synergized limit break attacks. 	Sonon 	Marshalist's Staff
 	Automatically cure ally of detrimental status effects when opportunity presents itself. 	Sonon 	Djinn Staff
==Behind the scenes==
Naoki Hamaguchi made the weapon auto-upgrading mode for testing and adjusting weapon balance. He thought it was incredibly useful, and so it was included in the final game.
==Citations==
Category:Weapon passives in Final Fantasy VII Remake
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