Float (ability)

Float is a recurring spell in the Final Fantasy series. It causes the Float status, which is generally used to avoid Earth-elemental attacks in battle while avoiding floor traps and damage floors in dungeons.
There is a different ability in Final Fantasy Legend III with the same English name, which is actually more of a teleportation spell.
==Appearances==
===Final Fantasy IV===
Float is a White Magic spell that has a casting time of 1 and costs 8 MP. In the 3D versions, casting Float a second time removes the status. Rosa learns this spell at level 35 in 2D versions, and at level 38 in the 3D versions; and Porom learns it at level 40; while Tellah learns it after Mount Ordeals; and Fusoya comes with it initially.
It avoids damage from the enemy ability Earthquake and allows the party to walk safely on the damaging floors found in the Passage of the Eidolons, Sylph Cave, and some parts of the Lunar Ruins.
====Final Fantasy IV -Interlude-====
Float is a White Magic spell learned by Rosa (level 35) and Porom (level 40). It grants Float to a single or multiple target at the cost of 8 MP.
====Final Fantasy IV: The After Years====
Float can be used by Fusoya initially, while Rosa and Porom learn it at level 40, Ceodore at level 25, and Leonora at level 38. It still costs 8 MP to cast.
===Final Fantasy V===
Float is a level 2 Time Magic spell that costs 10 MP. It can be bought in the Phantom Village for 300 gil, or found at Surgate Castle in a hidden passage. Float can be cast by Chrono Controller and Omniscient. The player may utilize this ability by catching and releasing a Gaelicat or Poison Eagle. Aside from its use in battle, Float also allows the party to safely cross damaging floors found in certain dungeons.
Levisalve is a Mix ability used by mixing Antidote and Maiden's Kiss, and acts as the Float spell.
===Final Fantasy VI===
Float is an effect spell that costs 17 MP. It can be learned from the espers Quetzalli at a x5 rate or Cait Sith at a x2 rate. It is vulnerable to Runic.
===Final Fantasy VIII===
The Float spell can be drawn from Gesper, Thrustaevis, and Blood Soul. Junctioning 100 Floats to Elem-Def-J grants 50% protection from the Earth element. Float is one of the very few spells that cannot be obtained by refining. Casting Float in battle lowers compatibility with Brothers by 0.4.
===Final Fantasy IX===
Float is a White Magic spell that costs 6 MP. It can be learned from Feather Boots, Lamia's Tiara, and Stardust Rod. Both Eiko and Dagger can use the spell. It can be reflected and works with Return Magic. The enemy Yan uses the spell as a counterattack.
===Final Fantasy XI===
Levitate is a forbidden magic. This much is known only because of a mention that Zonpa-Zippa used it in one of his prototype Cardians to allow it to move by hovering about. What type of magic it is was not specified, but given that Zonpa-Zippa is a White Mage and that Levitate has historically often been White Magic it is conjectured that Levitate is here classed as White Magic. 
===Final Fantasy XII===
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Float affects all allies in range, bestowing them with Float status, allowing them to avoid traps or make movement sound that may alert enemies. The spell can also be cast with the Float Mote.
Float is a Level 5 Time Magick spell in the original version, purchased in the Eruyt Village for 2,800 gil and costs 20 MP to cast. 
In the Zodiac versions, Float is Time Magick license 7. It can be learned for 80 LP, and costs 16 MP to cast. It can be used by the Time Battlemage job class. The spell can be found in the Tchita Uplands.
The Japanese version names this spell "Levitaga" to indicate this magick has an area of effect, even though there is no lower tier counterpart.
===Final Fantasy Tactics===
Float is a Time Magick spell learned from Time Mages, and it costs 8 MP. It has a speed of 50 and requires 200 JP to learn.
===Final Fantasy Explorers===
===Final Fantasy Brave Exvius===
===War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius===
==Non-Final Fantasy appearances==
===Kingdom Hearts===
Float allows the user to hover in the air for a moment after jumping. In Chain of Memories and Re:Chain of Memories it is the ability of the Wight Knight card, is a panel in 358/2 Days, and in Birth by Sleep is an ability of the Peter Pan D-Link.
==Gallery==
FFIVFloat.png|Final Fantasy IV (GBA).
FFIVDS Float.png|Final Fantasy IV (DS).
Rosa using Float from FFIV Pixel Remaster.jpg|Final Fantasy IV (Pixel Remaster).
TAY Wii Float.jpg|Final Fantasy IV: The After Years (Wii).
FF4PSP_Float.png|Final Fantasy IV: The After Years (Complete Collection).
FFIV TAY iOS Float.png|Final Fantasy IV: The After Years (3D, mobile).
Float.png|Final Fantasy V (SNES).
FFV iOS Float.png|Final Fantasy V (defunct mobile/Steam).
FFVI Android Float.png|Final Fantasy VI (defunct mobile/Steam).
Float Magic from FFVI Pixel Remaster.jpg|Final Fantasy VI (Pixel Remaster).
FFT Float.png|Final Fantasy Tactics.
==Etymology==
The Japanese name is levitate. 
Category:Recurring White Magic
Category:Recurring Time Magic