Hidden (Final Fantasy VII)

Hidden is a secret element given to several attacks in Final Fantasy VII. There is no definite way to see this element except by the use of equipping an Elemental Materia with a non-elemental Materia in a character's armor. The only attack that deals damage from this attribute (and thus the only attack that can be absorbed) is Ultimate Weapon's Ultima Beam. Aeris's Limit Breaks have this attribute as well.
In the International version the Hidden element was removed, and can no longer be taken advantage of with the Elemental Materia.
While the element is not named in any version, it has been referred to as in official media.Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Omega, p.472
==Mechanics==
The Hidden element is attached to otherwise considered non-elemental Materia as there are fifteen elements: nine main elements that are normally used (and attached to Materia), Restorative used for the healing mechanics, and five other elements that are associated with physical attacks. All Materia that do not display an element have the Hidden element.
A Materia can only be of one element, and one byte of data (0 through F) controls this. The absence of an element would be "F", which the Materia with Hidden use. Enemy abilities are not restricted in the same way and can have any number of the elements, although most usually have at least one. Some of these attacks end up using the Hidden element, although only one of these inflicts damage upon a target. It is unknown whether this was done this way as an easter egg since it technically existed as an element, or whether it was accidental. The original Japanese release had many more damage-inflicting attacks with the Hidden element, although only Ultima Beam retains the element in the English releases.
One can link an Elemental Materia with a Hidden-elemental Materia on their armor to also become immune to enemies' Hidden-elemental status-changing attacks. The Elemental Materia must be at least at Lv2 for this to work. When a character is immune to a status, normally the word "Miss" will not appear over them when hit with an attack of that status. When defending from Hidden however, it will look like it misses rather than the character being immune; the Hidden protection overrides the vulnerability (but doesn't stop "Miss" from displaying).
==Enemy abilities==
Game Element 	Type 	Enemy Used By 	Effect
Curses 	Enemy Debuff	Dorky Face 	Inflicts Silence.
Electromag 	Enemy Debuff	Hell Rider VR2 	Switches the party's row.
Funny Breath 	Enemy Debuff	Dorky Face 	Inflicts Confuse on the party.
Smoke Bullet 	Enemy Debuff	Marine, Attack Squad, Submarine Crew	Inflicts Blind and Sleep.
Petrif-Eye 	Enemy Debuff	Demons Gate 	Inflict Gradual Petrify.
Petrify Smog 	Enemy Debuff	Cokatolis 	Inflict Gradual Petrify.
Stone Stare 	Enemy Debuff	Gagighandi 	Inflict Gradual Petrify.
Stone Strike 	Enemy Debuff	Bagrisk 	Inflicts Petrify.
Ultima Beam 	Enemy Attack	Ultimate Weapon 	Inflicts major non-elemental damage to the party. Can be absorbed via Elemental linked to a hidden-elemental materia in a character's armor slot.
Poison Breath	Enemy Attack	Bagnadrana 	Inflicts Poison-elemental damage and Poison status to the party. Is hidden-elemental in original Japanese release, and Poison-elemental in all subsequent releases.
Bomb Blast 	Enemy Attack	Bomb 	Sacrifices self to inflict major non-elemental damage to a single target. Is hidden-elemental only in original Japanese release.
Diamond 	Enemy Attack	Joker 	Inflicts non-elemental magic damage to a single target. Is hidden-elemental only in original Japanese release.
Spade 	Enemy Attack	Joker 	Inflicts non-elemental physical damage to a single target. Is hidden-elemental only in original Japanese release.
Joker 	Enemy Debuff	Joker 	Inflicts instant death on a single target. Is hidden-elemental only in original Japanese release.
Peacock 	Enemy Attack	Griffin 	Inflicts MP damage to the party. Is hidden-elemental only in original Japanese release.
Suicide Yang 	Enemy Attack	Yang 	Sacrifices self to inflict major non-elemental damage to a single target. Is hidden-elemental only in original Japanese release.
Lay Flat 	Enemy Attack	Kyuvilduns 	Inflicts non-elemental physical damage to a single target. Is hidden-elemental only in original Japanese release.
Dance 	Enemy Attack	Garuda 	Absorbs MP from target. Is hidden-elemental only in original Japanese release.
Beast Sword 	Enemy Attack	Godo 	Inflicts non-elemental physical damage to target. Is hidden-elemental only in original Japanese release.
Eyesight 	Enemy Attack	8 eye 	Absorbs HP from target. Is hidden-elemental only in original Japanese release.
Blaster 	Enemy Attack	Cuahl 	Inflicts non-elemental magic damage to a single target. Is hidden-elemental only in original Japanese release.
Sandstorm 	Enemy Attack	Sea Worm 	Inflicts physical damage to the party and may cause Darkness. Is hidden-elemental only in original Japanese release, and Earth-elemental in all subsequent releases.
Lapis Laser 	Enemy Attack	Carry Armor 	Inflicts non-elemental magic damage to the party. Is hidden-elemental only in original Japanese release.
==Materia==
The following Materia are classified as having the "Hidden" element, and can be combined with the Elemental materia in a character's armor slot to reduce or absorb damage from Hidden element abilities. All Support Materia also technically have the Hidden element, although they have no effect when paired with Elemental.
*Ultima
*Full Cure
*Destruct
*Time
*Comet
*Barrier
*Exit
*Transform
*Mystify
*Seal
*Revive
*Heal
*Restore
*Knights of Round
*Bahamut
*Odin
*Kujata
*HP Plus
*MP Plus
*Magic Plus
*Speed Plus
*Luck Plus
*EXP Plus
*Gil Plus
*Contain
*Steal
==Citations==
Category:Elements in Final Fantasy VII