THE PRISM CASE

Reynn and Lann can carry a maximum of 10 Mirages with them

in the field, wh ich includes the four from your currently active
stacks. Any extra Mirages you acquire that would take you over
that limit will give you the option to place either your newly
obtained Mirage-or an already-existing Mirage-into storage
in your Prism Case, which is kept by Serafie on the North
Promenade in Nine Wood Hills. You can also access the Prism
Case from any Gate or Seve Crystal that con toke you back to
the city. You con use the Seraphone to access it as well.

You con do most of the clerical work associated with Mirages

from your Prism Case.

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MIRAGE BOARDS
Regardless of the
level or abilities
it had when you
fought it in the
field, a fresh
Mirage recruit to
your team is Level
1, with 3 SP to its
name. It has no
abilities besides basic menu commands. To build it up, you'll
have to unlock its potential by filling out its Mirage Board.
Upon transfiguration, a Mirage keeps its level, current
experience, and most of its abilities. Passive boosts and
common spells will almost always make the transition between
forms, but many abilities are deliberately unique to a given
form, and as such, cannot be used by the Mirage's new form.
They aren't lost; they're just deactivated, and if you decide
you want them back, you can revert the Mirage back to its
original form.

In fact, you can even spend SP to unlock abilities on a new

transfiguration's Mirage Board without actually transfiguring
the Mirage in question. This doesn't mean you'll be able
to use any unique abilities you might acquire, and you still
have to unlock the transfiguration as an option, but you don't
Every option on a Mirage Board costs a varying number hove to transfigure it to start filling out the new leg of your
of SP. You receive 1 SP every time a Mirage gains a level, Mirage Board.
which doesn't sound like a lot, but it adds up quickly. As you
Unique, non-transferrable abilities are generally listed in green
might expect, you need to make your way through a Mirage
text on the Mirage's Abilities menu, as accessed when you're
Board by purchasing one ability node at a time, and you are
looking at its Mirage Manual entry or Mirage Board. On
limited to purchasing whatever nodes join up with what you've
Mirage Boards, the nodes for such abilities are also bordered
already taken. ·
in white.
Simply getting a Mirage is enough to fill out. its Mirage Board;
there are no hidden options or secret abilities.
SYNC AND MASTERY
TRANSFIGURATION You may have noticed that every Mirage has a sync level that's
tracked on its Mirage Board, which is listed as a percentage.
One of the most
This increases by a slight amount every time you purchase a
important facets
new node on a board, but again, as you may have noticed,
of developing
simply maxing out a Mirage's board is rarely enough to get
and growing
anywhere near 100% sync.
your Mirages
comes when you
unlock the ability
to transfigure
them. Most of the
imprismable Mirages in the game can be transfigured into
at least one other Mirage entirely, which is an option that's
available at the far ends of their Mirage Boards.

As a rule, it takes several levels on any Mirage before you're

in any position to transfigure them; you have to work your way
across the board to the option just like any other ability. Most
transfigurations have an additional qualifier attached. For
some, it's as easy as getting the Mirage to a certain level first;
for others, you must find a specific key item somewhere in the
game's world. The earliest example here is the valefor memento
you receive after your battle with Yuna; once you have that,
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 STATISTICS AND GROWTH
Mirages in World
of Final Fantasy
improve level by
level in a slightly
randomized
process. Instead
of gaining a
fixed number of
statistics per level,
each Mirage has
a preset level of
To reach 100% sync, you must completely fill out a Mirage's
Stat Growth that
Board, as well as the boards of all the Mirages linked to it via
weights the number
transfiguration, and all of the boards that are linked to those-
of points it gains.
in other words, a Mirage's full genus. This is not a fast process,
A Mirage with a
and many advanced transfiguration forms require you to find
stat growth of 5
particular key items before they can be unlocked .
will almost always
Once you do reach that 100% completion, the Mirage is gain a significant
considered to be mastered, which unlocks some new abilities increase in the
for you to choose from. It also puts a gold star next to relevant statistic,
their name. whereas a growth
of 1 means that
stat will grow little,
if at all . Note that
achieving Mirage
sync levels at
25%, 50%, and
75% also rewards
players with
multiple stat boosts.
Every Mirage in
the game also
has multiple
abilities on its Mirage Board that simply provide an immediate
and permanent boost to a given primary statistic, which will
typically be weighted toward the Mirage's favored statistics.
For example, Mirages that are meant to specialize In offensive
spells generally have multiple Magic+ and Magic++ nodes on
their boards. As a rule, the statistical drift is relatively minor by
the time a Mirage reaches its highest levels, particularly since
most Mirages will do their best work as part of a stack.
By default, Mirages' elemental and ailment resistances will
remain static and determined by their type. You can change
this up a bit by equipping certain rare resistance seeds or
picking certain Mastery Abilities, but most Mirages will retain
their specific strengths and weaknesses throughout the game.
It is possible to get a silver star for completing Mirage Boards.
This doesn't require full 100% mastery of a Mirage's genus, Ailments and resistances are represented on Mirages' stat
but simply the filling out of all of the Mirage Board nodes of workups in what are effectively percentages. A negative
their immediate family (just the Mirages you can see on a number represents a weakness, whereas a positive number
given Mirage's Mirage Board menu) . This will also give you is a strength . At high numbers, a Mirage is highly resistant or
the same set of abilities to choose from as the gold star. Use immune to a given ailment, or takes limited to no damage from
this knowledge to really power up your Mirages. a type of elemental attack.
See the Mirage Manual chapter for more on the above. When an elemental resistance reaches 100, the Mirage Is
fully resistant to that element. At 150, the Mirage absorbs the
element. Meanwhile, 200 is the highest elemental resistance a
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ABILITIES
In World of Final Fantasy, your arsenal of specia l attacks, magic spells, and passive bonuses are all referred to under the blanket
heading of abilities . Let's talk about getting them, using them, customizing them , and listing the lot of them .

UNLOCKING AND USING ABILITIES MIRAJEWELS

When a Mirage enters your control, it is Level 1 with 3 SP, and it gains 1 SP per level By default, Lann and Reynn have no
thereafter. At this point, it knows zero abilities besides basic battle commands, and abilities besides basic battle commands .
you must gradually unlock its abilities by spend ing SP in its Mirage Board . In order for either of them to have
abilities when they' re not stacked, they
All of your active abilities cost a certain amount of AP to use in combat, and barring
need to equip mirajewels.
rare passive abilities that modify that cost (e .g., Battery Powered), each ability will
always cost the same amount. AP regenerates on its own every turn , which means When mirajewels initially become
that it's an effectively infinite resource . There's no reason not to pull out the big guns available, both your Keepers have two
early and often, even on trivial random encounters. available slots for them . You can unlock
up to four more by reaching levels 20,
Conversely, items are a bit harder to come by, if only because you're limited by their
40, 60, and 80. Finally, you can get two
gil cost. This fl ips the typical RPG script, as you can use AP to save on items in the
more by finding certa in key items . Reynn
field instead of relying on items to save or replenish AP.
must find Doga 's artifact and Unei 's
mirror, and Lann needs the rat tail and
the griffin 's heart.

You can gain all four of the above items

in the Coliseum ; see the Side Quests
chapter for details.

The primary source for acquiring

mira jewels in World of Final Fantasy
is unlocking them in various Mirage
Boards. They typically cost 2 SP and are
available immediately upon purchase .
You can also frequently find them in
dungeon treasure chests .

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 ABILITY SEEDS AND BLANK SPACES PHYSICAL VS. MAGICAL ATTACKS

Around the time you reach the
Watchplains, Tama will take a time-out
to explain the concept of ability seeds
to you . This is a method for customizing
your Mirages' ability loadout by
using consumable items to teach them
new spells.
Every Mirage has at least one slot on
its Mirage Board called a Blank Space,
which costs 2 SP to unlock. You can
use ability seeds on Blank Spaces to
permanently teach a Mirage a new
ability. This will persist until such time
as you place a new seed on that Blank
Space, which destroys the old one,
removes the old seed's ability, and
replaces it with that of the new seed .
World of Final Fantasy makes an interesting distinction between physical and magical
attacks, which is worth discussing briefly. Physical attacks are calculated against a
target's Defense statistic, whereas magical attacks' effectiveness are determined by
the target's Magic Defense.
Many physical attacks inflict "neutral" damage, the same as your standard Attack
command does. By contrast, most of the magical attacks in the game have an
additional elemental classification, such as Fire, Blizzard, or Holy spells. However,
it's also common to learn abilities that inflict physical/elemental damage, such as
Assassin's Dagger or Heavenly Wrath, or that deal straight magic damage, such as
Full Output or Missile. The most obvious examples are Reynn's and Lann's Channel
Element abilities in Jiant form, which inflict physical/elemental damage, with the
specific element subject to change based on which Mirages are stacked with them.
As a rule, World of Final Fantasy places a high value on targeting enemies' elemental
vulnerabilities, but it's also useful to note the difference between physical and magical
attacks. If you hit a weak spot but don't deal as much damage as you'd hoped, it's
likely because you're using a physical attack against a high-Defense target, or a
magical attack against a target with high Magic Defense.

In the opening hours of the game, seeds

tend to primarily be active spells, which
can limit Blank Spaces' utility. Mirages
that have no real aptitude with magic
don't get anything out of learning attack
spells. You can teach those Mirages
status ailments {such as Confuse or
Sleep) instead to vary up your arsenal,
or simply hold on to them for later. As
you start to crack into the midgame and
later, you can find or buy ability seeds
that provide passive abilities, stat boosts,
or extra ailment or elemental resistances,
which enables you to close up your
Mirages' weak spots or further enhance
their strengths .

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ITEMS amn•
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Teleport Stone
The Teleport Stone warps you back to the entrance of any
dungeon, even if you haven't completed it yet. It's a one-way
get-out-of-a-jam free cord, though, so be sure you wont to use it
before deciding to make it so you don't needlessly toke a trip
through an entire dungeon all over again.

Seraphone
The Serophone calls Serofie and her Prism Case to your
location, wherever that may be-even in the middle of a
dungeon! You con only carry three of these in your inventory at
a lime, however.

ITEM MENU Rename Prism

As mentioned earlier, the Rename Prism allows you to rename
There are numerous items in World of Final a Mirage as many limes as you wont. Just don't lose track of
your newly named Mirage once you do.
Fantasy-far too many to list here. However, you
can get a listing of every one in the game in the
Items section of the Encyclopedia.
Each item falls under a specific type, and thus, has a specific
purpose. When you go into the game menu, you'll see the
items already placed within their specific typings . You can use
these typings to pick the best item for whatever situations you
encounter over the course of the game.

~ Battle Items: Items that can be used in battle .

You' ll see things like restoratives, damage
dealers, and buffers/debuffers here.

~ Prisms: Used to imprism Mirages.

~ Miscellany: Items that don't fit in any other

category-usually ability seeds and support
items like the Teleport Stone and Seraphone.

~ Key Items: Items that are key to the narrative

or progression through the game. Some of
these grant Reynn and Lann special powers
and privileges.

CURRENCY
Just like our world, currency in Grymoire is exchanged for
goods and services.

GIL
Gil is the main currency of Grymoire, and you can spend it in
Chocolotte's Shop.

ARMAGEMS
As special currency, ormo gems are only tradable in the Girl 's
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 ADVENTURE MECHANICS
Your time playing World of Final Fantasy is broken up into five ma in game phases : Story, World Exploration, Dungeon
Exploration , Battles, and Side Quests.

STORY
Th is is anything involving dialogue
(cha racters ta lking to one another, etc .)
and cutscenes (ci nematic events) . If
you' re playing for the first time or just
want to rel ive the excitement, simply sit
back and watch the narrative unfold
duri ng this phase .

The Adventure Log, found in the game

menu, is your one-stop shop for keeping
track of your narrative exploits. The tab
on the left labeled "The Story So Far"
lets you see where you are in the main
story. It's great for catching yourself up if
you've been away from the game for a
while. Meanwhile, the Miniventures tab
lets you keep track of your progress in
any side quests.

The Miniventures tab has one more

feature: you can accept rewards for
completed side quests from it. Just
highlight any quest you've completed
that has a reward waiting, and press tl
to receive the reward.
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