Ultimate Fantasy VI Espers information: Esper areas, abilities & unlocks


Distinctive to Ultimate Fantasy VI, a lot of your occasion is incapable of utilizing magic. The one exception comes if you equip an Esper, which is FF6’s official identify for summons, eidolons, GFs, Eikons – no matter you wish to name them.

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By way of Magicite, Espers permit your occasion to make use of and finally be taught Magic that can be utilized each inside and out of doors of battle, and are in fact a core tenet of the sport’s story.

Whereas fairly a number of Espers will come into your possession naturally via the story, there’s additionally a good few of the FF6 Summons which are optionally available. There are additionally many that you simply gained’t have the ability to discover till the latter half of the sport within the World of Damage.

Whereas there are a number of variations of Ultimate Fantasy VI, this information needs to be correct to virtually all of them, protecting even some version-exclusive FF6 Espers. It is also positively appropriate for the brand new FF6 Pixel Remaster. 

Many summons appear in FF6 as Espers - but to unlock them, you'll need their Magicite.

World of Stability Espers

All of those Espers are both obtained through the World of Stability, or particularly could be obtained through the World of Stability.

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For a few of them, comparable to Seraphim, you would possibly profit from revisiting their location later through the World of Damage, nonetheless. We element a lot of this, comparable to optimum instances to do that, in our full FF6 Walkthrough.

Obtained on the City of Zozo (Automated):

  • Ramuh will educate you Thunder, Thundara and Poison; its summon impact is a 50 energy Lightning-element assault to all enemies. 25 MP price.
  • Kirin will educate you Remedy, Cura, Regen, Poisona and Libra; its summon impact will grant Regen to all occasion members. 18 MP price.
  • Siren will educate you Sleep, Silence, Gradual and Hearth; its summon impact inflicts Silence on all enemies. 16 MP price.
  • Cait Sith will educate you Confuse, Imp and Float; its summon impact inflicts Confuse on all enemies. 28 MP price.
    • In older variations of FF6, this Esper is known as ‘Stray’. 

Obtained on the Magitek Analysis Facility (Automated)

  • Ifrit will educate you Hearth, Fira and Drain; its summon impact will deal 51 energy Hearth injury to all enemies. 26 MP price.
  • Shiva will educate you Blizzard, Blizzara, Rasp, Osmose and Remedy; its summon impact will deal 52 energy Ice-element injury to all enemies. 27 MP price.
  • Unicorn will educate you Cura, Esuna, Dispel, Defend and Shell; its summon impact will take away standing results from the entire occasion. 30 MP price.
  • Maduin will educate you Fira, Blizzara and Thundara; its summon impact will deal 55 energy non-elemental injury to all enemies. 44 MP price.
  • Catoblepas will educate you Bio, Break and Demise; its summon impact will Petrify any enemy not immune. 45 MP price.
    • In older variations of FF6, Catoblepas is known as ‘Shoat’.
  • Phantom will educate you Berserk, Vanish and Gravity; its summon impact will grant Invisible to all occasion members. 38 MP price.
  • Carbuncle will educate you Replicate, Haste, Shell, Defend and Teleport; its summon impact will grant Replicate to all occasion members. 10 MP price.
    • In some variations of FF6, this will probably be spelled ‘Carbunkl’. 
  • Bismarck will educate you Hearth, Blizzard, Thunder and Elevate; its summon impact will deal 58 energy Water-element injury to all enemies. 50 MP price.

Obtained on the Jidoor Public sale Home

Each Golem and Zona Seeker have an opportunity of showing; profitable one will increase the percentages of the opposite showing.

  • Golem will price 20,000 Gil

    • Golem will educate you Defend, Cease and Cura; its summon impact, Earthen Wall, protects as much as the caster’s HP in injury for your complete occasion. 33 MP price.
  • Zona Seeker will price 10,000 Gil
    • Zona Seeker will educate you Rasp, Osmose and Shell; its summon impact, Magic Protect, grants Shell to all occasion members. 30 MP price.
    • In some variations of FF6, this Esper’s identify is as a substitute ‘Zoneseek’. 

Offered in Tzen

  • Seraph is offered by a person hidden within the timber for 3,000 Gil anytime after the Magitek Analysis Facility; returning through the World of Damage can have him promote the identical Magicite for a measly 10 Gil

    • Seraph will educate you Elevate, Remedy, Cura, Regen and Esuna; its summon impact is a weak heal to your whole occasion. 40 MP price.
    • So as FF6 releases, this summon is known as ‘Sraphim’.

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World of Damage Espers

Our list of the FF6 Esper Locations will help you to track down all optional summons, including Alexander, as pictured.

Naturally, these summons are solely obtainable after you progress the story to the World of Damage.

Solitary Island (After acquiring the Falcon)

  • Yow will discover Quetzalli on Solitary Island – the place Celes begins her journey within the World of Damage – after you’ve acquired the Airship, the Falcon.

    • Quetzalli will educate you Haste, Gradual, Hastega, Slowga and Float; its summon impact will trigger all of your occasion members to make use of Soar. 61 MP price.
    • In older FF6 variations, Quetzalli is as a substitute referred to as ‘Palidor’. 

After Defeating Phunbaba

  • Fenrir is obtained after defeating Phunbaba in Mobliz.

    • Fenrir will educate you Teleport, Banish and Cease; its summon impact will grant Picture to all occasion members. 70 MP price.

After Defeating Valgarmanda

  • Valigarmanda is acquired as a part of the recruitment course of for Umaro; merely return to the frozen Esper close to Narshe from the beginning of the sport. Defeat it and its Magicite is yours

    • Valigarmanda will educate you Firaga, Blizzaga and Thundaga; its summon impact will deal 110 energy Hearth/Ice/Lightning aspect injury to all enemies. 68 MP price.
    • Dpeending on the model you play, Valigarmanda could as a substitute be referred to as ‘Tritoch’. 

In Yeti’s Cave

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  • Additionally a part of Umaro’s recruitment (properly, form of) you will discover Midgardsormr within the cave the place you ultimately recruit Umaro.

    • Midgarsormr will educate you Quake, Graviga and Twister; its summon impact will deal 93 energy Earth-element injury to all enemies. 40 MP price.
    • In older releases, the identify of this esper is as a substitute ‘Terrato’. 

After Defeating Chadarnook

  • Upon defeating Chadarnook throughout Relm’s re-recruitment quest, you’ll achieve the Lakshmi Magicite.

    • Lakshmi will educate you Remedy, Cura, Curaga, Regen and Esuna; its summon impact is a 34 energy heal to the entire occasion. 74 MP price.
    • Within the SNES authentic, Lakshmi is known as ‘Starlet’.

Doma Throne Room

  • After you’ve accomplished Cyan’s quest, you will discover Alexander inside Doma’s throne room.

    • Alexander will educate you Holy, Shell, Defend, Dispel and Esuna; its summon impact offers 114 energy Holy-element injury to all enemies. 90 MP price.

Phoenix Cave

  • As a reward for finishing Locke’s story, you’ll obtain the Phoenix Magicite. This entails going to the Phoenix Cave, which is discovered north of Tzen.

    • Phoenix will educate you Elevate, Come up, Reraise, Curaga and Firaga; its summon impact will revive all occasion members with 25% max HP. 110 MP price.

Odin on the Historical Citadel

There are two Espers you’ll be able to receive within the Historical Citadel; Odin and Raiden. Although technically Raiden replaces Odin.

  • Study the statue within the Historical Citadel’s throne room to acquire Odin.

    • Odin will educate you Meteor; its summon impact has an opportunity of immediately killing any enemy on the sphere. 70 MP price.
  • To improve Odin to Raiden, examine the Queen’s statue in the identical room that you simply discovered Odin.
    • Raiden will educate you Fast; its summon impact is similar as Odin however with the next hit-rate. 80 MP price.

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After Defeating Deathgaze

At any time after unlocking the Falcon, you’ll be able to run into Deathgaze on a random title within the air of the world map. Defeating it is going to grant you the Bahamut Magicite.

  • To expedite working into Deathgaze, level the Falcon North after which very barely off to an angle. Proceed to hurry forward; finally you’ll run into the tile that Deathgaze is on.
    • Bahamut will educate you Flare; its summon impact is a 92 energy, defense-ignoring, non-elemental assault to all enemies.

After Defeating all Eight Legendary Dragons

Throughout the World of Damage you will discover 8 Elemental Dragons; defeating every of them will drop a helpful merchandise, however defeating all 8 will grant you the Crusader Magicite.

  • The Pink Dragon could be discovered within the Phoenix Cave
  • The Ice Dragon could be discovered on the Narshe Cliffs
  • The Blue Dragon could be discovered within the Historical Citadel
  • The Earth Dragon could be discovered on the Opera Home’s Stage
  • The Gold Dragon could be discovered at Kefka’s Tower
  • The Storm Dragon could be discovered at Mt. Zozo
  • The Cranium Dragon could be discovered at Kefka’s Tower
  • The Holy Dragon could be discovered on the Cultist’s Tower

As soon as once more, you’ll must kill all 8 dragons to get the Crusader Esper.

Crusader will educate you Meltdown and Meteor; its summon impact is a 190 energy non-elemental assault to all enemies and allies alike. 96 MP price.

Narshe Weapon Store

  • You’ll be given the choice to both take Ragnarok as a Sword or an Esper; to get the Esper, naturally, you’ll have to decide on the latter.
    • This needs to be a troublesome selection, nonetheless, because the Ragnarok weapon could be wager within the FF6 Coliseum mini-game to be able to receive Lightbringer, the easiest weapon in FF6. Ultima is wonderful, too, nonetheless – so it is a robust name between the 2 and a really private choice.
    • Ragnarok will educate you Ultima; its summon impact will try to show a monster right into a random merchandise from its morph checklist. This ignores KO safety. 6 MP price. 

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Model-Unique Espers

Four summons are only found in certain versions of the game. Here's how to get them.

The next Espers and Magicite had been added within the Sport Boy Advance variations of FF6. They’re current in all subsequent variations, such because the 2014 launch on PC and Cell, however are not current within the 2020/2023 Pixel Remaster model of the sport. All GBA content material has been faraway from the Pixel Remaster releases.

  • Leviathan could be obtained as a part of a brand new side-quest.

    • First, speak to the person close to the South Figaro entrance. He’ll speak of a mysterious create on the seas. 
    • Subsequent, go to Nikeah and select to journey the ferry. Leviathan will assault through the journey. This battle additionally serves as an additional probability to get Mog’s Water Concord, when you missed it earlier on.
    • Beat Leviathan in battle to get its Magicite.
    • Leviathan will educate you Flood, whereas its summon impact is a Water-element assault that hits all enemies for 70MP.
  • Gilgamesh returns from FF5. To get him, merely head to the FF6 Coliseum and select to wager Excalipoor. In case your combatant beats Gilgamesh within the battle, you may then get his Magicite.
    • Gilgamesh’s summon impact does a random assault with a random weapon, with the consequences various. He additionally offers you Fast and Valor.
  • Cactuar could be unlocked by beaitng a Gigantuar boss, very similar to its summon look in FF8.
    • To seek out the Gigantuar, go to Maranda’s close by desert after which stroll round getting in random encounters. Kill ten Cactuar, after which it’s going to seem.
    • Cactuar offers you Warp, Vanish, and Hastega magic. Its summon impact casts an assault that offers both 1000 or 9,999 injury to all enemies for 50 MP.
  • Diabolos returns, its look right here its subsequent since its function as an FF8 GF. To unlock it, you could enterprise into the Dragon’s Den dungeon and beat the Kaiser Dragon super-boss.
    • Diabolos offers you Graviga and Gravija spells, whereas its summon capacity reduces all enemy HP to 1 sixteenth of its complete, and in addition inflicts sap. It prices 150 MP.