Status Effects
In Final Fantasy IX there are a lot of status effects. Here are the good and the bad ones.
¤ Good Status
| Name | Effect | Cure |
| Auto-Life | Character recovers from KO | Dispel, character recovers from KO |
| Regen | Gradually restores HP | Dispel, effect shall be gone after some moment |
| Haste | Speed's up ATB Gauge | Dispel, effect shall be gone after some moment |
| Float | Target float in the air, no Earth attacks | Dispel, effect shall be gone after some moment |
| Shell | Reduces damage from magical attacks | Dispel, effect shall be gone after some moment |
| Protect | Reduces damage from physical attacks | Dispel, effect shall be gone after some moment |
| Vanish | Characters escapes from physical attacks | Dispel, effect shall be gone after some moment, attacked by magic |
| Reflect | Reflects damage attacks onto caster | Dispel, effect shall be gone after some moment |
¤ Bad Status
| Name | Effect | Cure |
| Confuse | Attacks randomly allies or enemies | Esuna, physical attack |
| Berserk | Increased power and only attacks | Gysahl Greens |
| Stop | Characters stops | Dispel, Remedy |
| Poison | HP drops slowly | Antidote, Panacea, Esuna, Remedy |
| Sleep | Characters falls asleep | Esuna, physical attack, effect shall be gone after some moment |
| Slow | Slows the ATB Gauge | Dispel, effect shall be gone after some moment |
| Heat | If character takes action » KO | Esuna effectshall be gone after some moment |
| Freeze | If characteris physical attacked » KO | Esuna, effect shall be gone after some moment |
| Mini | Characters becomes smaller, str/def decreased | Mini, Esuna, Remedy |
| Doom | Character goes KO when counter reach 0 | None (end battle before counter reach 0) |
| Gradual Petrify | Characters is petrified when counter reach 0 | Stona, Esuna |
| Petrify | Character is petrified | Stona, Soft |
| Venom | Character can't be controlled, HP/MP decreasing | Remedy, Antidote, Panacea |
| Virus | Character don't receive any EXP or AP | Vaccine |
| Silence | Can't use magic | Esuna, Echo Screen, Remedy |
| Darkness | Physical attacks HIT decreased | Esuna, Eye Drops, Remedy |
| Trouble | All allies receive half of damage character get by physical attack | Annoyntment |
| Zombie | Cancel effects of healing items | Magic Tag |
| KO | Can participate to battle when he's recoverd | Life, Full-Life, Auto-Life, Phoenix Down, Phoenix Ponion |