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Final Fantasy IX

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Adelbert Steiner

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Jarrod Garripoli

Steiner is the leader of the Knights of Pluto, a division of soldiers in the Alexandrian army, and whose main goal is to protect Princess Garnet. He can be extremely narrow-minded, as he is loyal to Queen Brahne and the Princess to a fault, thinking thieves below him are the worst. Despite that, if Steiner likes you, he can be very polite to you, although he is shown to be the complete opposite if he doesn’t like being around you.

Steiner is considered a combination of a damage dealer and tank for the party, as he can be very strong offensively, while also mitigating a lot of damage, due to being able to wear heavy armor. Sword Art, Steiner’s main subset of abilities, encompasses various skills, from offensive ones to debuffing enemies. One of the skills, Charge, allows him to send all characters to deliver a physical attack to an enemy if they are in critical HP. This does not take up that character’s turn, so it can be used extremely well on bosses and the like, although you do need to have their HP low enough for it to trigger.

The other set of skills for Steiner only appear if Vivi is also in the party, and is called Sword Magic. Basically, spells that Vivi learns can be applied to Steiner’s physical attack. As an example, you can use Fire Sword to deliver a physical attack that has the fire attribute on it. You can’t use these if Vivi is silenced, and it scales off of Steiner’s physical stats (Attack and Strength). It also ignores Protect and does not wake up an enemy that has been put asleep. If it’s an attack spell, then you will have a Sword Magic version of it. Steiner’s Trance just makes his physical attacks three times stronger; he doesn’t gain any new abilities at all.

Swd Art

Ability Learned AP Needed
Minus Strike Iron Sword, Rubber Helm, Excalibur II 35
Darkside Blood Sword 30
Iai Strike Rune Blade 40
Power Break Diamond Sword 40
Armor Break Mythril Sword 30
Mental Break Ice Brand, Gold Helm 45
Magic Break Flame Saber 25
Charge! Coral Sword, Aegis Glove 30
Thunder Slash Defender, Ragnarok 30
Stock Break Ultima Sword, Excalibur II 35
Climhazzard Excalibur, Excalibur II 70
Shock Ragnarok 60

Support Abilities

Ability Learned AP Needed
Ability Up Diamond Gloves, Diamond Armor, Ribbon, Lapis Lazuli 70
Accuracy+ Diamond Helm, Genji Armor, Lapis Lazuli 40
Add Status Thunder Gloves, Glass Buckle 50
Alert Barbut, Germinas Boots 60
Antibody Bronze Gloves, Mythril Helm, Glass Buckle 35
Auto-Float Feather Boots 20
Auto-Haste Running Shoes 65
Auto-Life Rebirth Ring 155
Auto-Potion Running Shoes, Gold Choker 20
Auto-Reflect Reflect Ring 95
Auto-Regen Carabini Mail 75
Beast Killer Broadsword, Platina Armor, Black Belt, Moonstone 55
Bird Killer Bronze Armor, Chain Mail, Yellow Scarf 25
Body Temp Genji Armor, Madain’s Ring, Fairy Earrings, Diamond 35
Bright Eyes Iron Helm 25
Bug Killer Mythril Gloves, Bronze Helm 50
Chemist Grand Armor, Madain’s Ring 20
Clear Headed Gold Helm, Magician Shoes 30
Counter Venetia Shield, Power Belt 100
Cover Gauntlets, Linen Cuirass, Mythril Armor 20
Devil Killer Thunder Gloves, Cross Helm 30
Distract Shield Armor, Reflect Ring, Diamond 30
Eye 4 Eye Kaiser Helm 35
High Tide Genji Gloves, Grand Helm, Demon’s Mail, Sapphire 35
HP +10% Chain Mail, Germinas Boots, Aquamarine 20
HP +20% Aquamarine, Genji Helm, Maximillian, Black Belt 60
Insomniac Coral Ring, Diamond Helm, Mythril Helm 25
Jelly Diamond Gloves, Mythril Armor 30
Level Up Iron Helm, Rosetta Ring, Fairy Earrings 50
Locomotion Plate Mail 35
Long Reach Protect Ring 200
Man Eater Mythril Gloves, Coral Ring 20
MP Attack Cross Helm, Battle Boots, Power Belt 50
Restore HP Platinum Helm, Grand Armor, Promist Ring 100
Stone Killer Platinum Helm, Gold Armor 20
Undead Killer Silver Gloves, Plate Mail 30
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Guide Information
  • Publisher
    Square Enix
  • Platforms,
    iOS, PC, PS1, PS4, Switch, XB One
  • Genre
    RPG
  • Guide Release
    28 April 2019
  • Last Updated
    20 February 2021
  • Guide Author

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A group known as the Tantalus Theatre Troupe visits the kingdom of Alexandria to celebrate the birthday of Princess Garnet. Unbeknownst to the royal family and the citizens of the city, the troupe is actually a band of thieves, who are aiming to kidnap the princess. However, to add a twist, the princess was planning on escaping the castle all along, even asking the troupe to “kidnap” her. This little event kickstarts many others, leading to a grand adventure.

This guide is planned to have a beginning-to-end walkthrough of the main story, while simultaneously guiding you through all of the side quests and other goodies in the game. The side quests include Chocobo Hot and Cold, Tetra Master, and all of the smaller ones, like the jump rope mini-game, Friendly Monsters, Excalibur II, and much more. In addition to all of this, you will find lists of all abilities that characters can learn, as well as Quina’s Blue Magic.

  • Beginning-to-end walkthrough, covering all story elements
  • Coverage on all side quests, from major to minor ones
  • How to learn all abilities, including Quina’s Blue Magic
  • Detailed trophy/achievement guide

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