Overview
This guide will show you every Blue Magic location. It includes detailed pictures and videos.
Index
This guide consists of the following
- Introduction
- Blue Magic
- Quina
- Eat and Cook commands
- Blue Magic Spells: Quick start table: First Attainable and End Game Tables as well as First Attainable (New Player) and End Game (Veteran Players) World Maps.
- Blue Magic Glossary (listed by first attainable): Frog Drop, Aqua Breath, Mighty Gaurd, Pumpkin Head, Angel’s Snack, Vanish, Level 3 Def-Less, Limit Glove, Mustard Bomb, Magic Hammer, Night, Matra Magic, White Wind, Auto Life, Level 4 Holy, Goblin Punch, 1000 Needles, Level 5 Death, Bad Breath, Earth Shake, Frost, Twister, and Doom.
- Frequently asked questions
- Credits
- Related guides
You will need the following:
- A save file with access to the character Quina
- A save file with access to the world map
- A save file with an airship
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Introduction
This guide is designed to fulfill two needs. (1) To provide new players with a comprehensive overview of blue magic. (2) To provide end of game players (i.e., those on disk 4), who simply want to know the quickest way to obtain Blue Magic spells (see End of Game [Fast Track]).
- For the new player, this guide defines what Blue Magic is, how to obtain it using the character Quina, and outline a glossary of each enemy Quina consumes to learn a new Blue Magic.
- End of game players may skip to Quick Start Table and World Map listed for the End of Game players.
- Both users may be particularly interested in the glossary, which lists the magic power cost, type of enemy needed to consume, location. Each gloassry contains a picture and video detailing how to learn each Blue Magic spell from the respective enemies.
DISCLAIMER: There are several methods to obtaining each Blue Magic. While this guide demonstrates where you can locate each Blue Magic, it is designed to tell users aiming to collect each Blue Magic at its earliest availability, or summarize where each can be located for an End of Game Users. In other words, the method listed in this guide may not be the easiest way to obtain each Blue Magic.
Blue Magic
Blue Magic is a skillset consisting of abilities used by monsters. Most of the time a character capable of using Blue Magic is known as a Blue Mage. Blue Magic first appeared in Final Fantasy V and has since appeared in nearly every game in the main series (excluding Final Fantasy XII and XIII). The exact method of learning Blue Magic has varied, but all involve them being learned (directly or indirectly) from enemies.
In Final Fantasy IX Blue magic is learned by defeating enemies with the Eat or Cook commands used by the character Quina.
Quina
Recruiting Quina:
Quina will join your party permanently the first time you visit Qu’s Marsh. Please note that recruiting Quina on disk 1 is optional. You may obtain Quina the first time you visit the Qu’s Marsh (see World Map: First Attainable).
Tips and Tricks:
- The Steam “I’m So Blue” achievement is unlocked if Quina uses 100 Blue Magic spells.
- Toward the start of the game the temporary character, Cinna, levels are transferred to Quina, should Cinna’s level be higher than the party average upon Quina’s joining the party. Cinna’s skills will not transfer.
Blue Magic Demonstration:
Eat / Cook Command
The following section provides a brief overview of the two abilities Quina can use to consume enemies. Note that the eat command is the default ability, whereas cook is granted upon Trance.
What is the eat command?
The Eat command is the ability required for obtaining new Blue Magic skills.
Once Quina’s enemies drop to less than 25% health of their maximum hit points (HP), Quina can instantly defeat the enemy by eating it. If Quina successfully eats their enemy, a new skill will be learned.
Tips and Tricks:
- Quina may only learn a single skill once. Eating additional enemies which provide the same skill will not have any additive effects.
- If you are attempting to learn a Blue Magic ability and your opponent could be killed in a single hit, use Demi-based abilities, or Quina’s Matra Magic ability. These attacks are designed to reduce your enemy’s health to a fraction of their HP, ensuring that your enemy will survive the attack.
What is the cook command?
Trance is the Limit Break system in Final Fantasy IX that temporarily transforms a character into a more powerful form, increasing all physical damage by a factor of 1.5x. While in Trance, party members have their innate unique skills enhanced in some fashion. Importantly, when in Trance form, Quina’s Eat Command becomes the Cook Command.
When Quina is in Trance, the Eat command is replaced with the Cook command. The application of Cook is identical to Eat in every way, except for being able to consume an enemy whose HP is below 50% as opposed to 25%.
Blue Magic Spells
The following section contains spell specific information. Specifically, it consists of two Quick Start Tables, two world maps, and a glossary of all 24 Blue Magic Spells. In addition to displaying a picture of the enemy Quina must consume to learn each spell, the glossary contains MP cost, location, description, as well as a video demonstrating how to defeat each enemy.
Quick Start Table: First Attainable – New Players
The Quick Start Table below is intended for new players who are just starting FFIX and are looking to learn the Blue Magic spells as quickly as possible. This table lists a suggested order for when each Blue Magic spell could be obtained. A world map, corresponding to the numbers in this table, is provided beneath the table.
Note: For a full alphabetical list of all possible Blue Magic spells, see the Quick Start Table: End Game, displayed directly under the World Map for First Attainable.
Quick Start Table: End Game – Veteran Players
The Quick Start Table below is intended for end of game players who have already played through the game and unlocked all areas. This table lists a suggested order for when each Blue Magic spell could be obtained. A world map, corresponding to the numbers in this table, is provided beneath the table.
World Map (First Attainable – New Players)
Please consult with the world map (pictured below) for pictured locations in FFIX. The numbers on this map below correspond with the Quick Start Tale: First Attainable.
World Map (End of Game – Veteran Players)
Please consult with the world map (pictured below) for pictured locations in FFIX. The numbers on this map below correspond with the Quick Start Tale: End Game Players.
The World Map below is intended for veteran players, such as those who have completed (or nearly completed) the game, and wish to collect missing Blue Magic spells. Because it is assumed that you already have some Blue Magic spells just from playing the game, this table lists all possible spells in alphabetical order, for ease of lookup. A world map which corresponds with this table can be viewed below.
WOLRD MAP – END GAME
Blue Magic Glossary
The following section lists all 24 Blue Magic spells (in order for first attainable). Within every entry for each spell you will find the MP cost, enemy the spell can be learned from, location, image, and video
Frog Drop
MP Cost: 10
Learn From:
- Gigan Toad
Location:
- Qu’s Marsh near chocobo forest
Game’s Description: Amount of damage depends on the number of frogs you have caught.
First attainable: Gigan Toad in Qu’s marsh near cocobolo forest.
Disk 4: Gigan Toad in Qu’s marsh near cocobolo forest.
Note: Frog Drop is one of the first Blue Magics available by eating a Gigan Toad. It costs 10 MP to cast. The amount of damage that Frog Drop may do is as follows:
- Damage = (Quina’s Level) times (Number of Frogs Caught)
- It is possible to get Frog Drop to deal 9,999 point of damage making it one the best skills in the game due to its low MP cost and non-elemental damage.
Aqua Breath
MP Cost: 14
Learn From:
- Axolotl
- Sahagin
Location:
- Qu’s marsh near cocobolo forest
- Qu’s Marsh
Game’s Description: Water damage to all enemies.
First attainable: Axolotl in Qu’s marsh near cocobolo forest.
Disk 4: Axolotl in Qu’s marsh near cocobolo forest.
Mighty Gaurd
MP Cost: 64
Learn From:
- Myconid
- Serpion
- Ant Lion
- Gigan Octopus
- Gargoyle
Location:
- Forest Maze,IIFA Tree
- Grasslands outside the Dragon’s gate
- Outside Desert Palace,Cleyra
- In the shores near Esto Gaza
- Ipsen’s Castle
Game’s Description: Casts Shell and Protect to the entire party members.
First attainable: Serpion in the Grasslands outside the Dragon’s gate
Disk 4: Serpion in the Grasslands outside the Dragon’s gate
Pumpkin Head
MP Cost: 12
Learn From:
- Hedgehog Pie
- Ladybug
- Basilisk
- Skeleton
- Yeti
- Python
- Bandersnatch
Location:
- Grasslands outside the Dragon’s gate
- Outside Gizamaluke’s Grotto
- Burmecian Kingdom
- Gizamaluke’s Grotto
- Outside Burmecian Kingdom
- Mist Continent
- Near Alexandria
Game’s Description: Damages with the difference between your max HP and current HP.
First attainable: Hedgehog Pie in the Grasslands outside the Dragon’s gate
Disk 4: Basilisk in Burmecia
Angel’s Snack
MP Cost: 4
Learn From:
- Ironite
- Mistodon
- Behemoth
- Epitaph
Location:
- Near the Chocobo Forest , Burmecia
- All over the continent,disc 4
- Memoria
- Oeilvert
Game’s Description: Cast Remedy on all party members.
First attainable: Ironite near the Chocobo Forest.
Disk 4: Ironite in the Burmecia
Vanish
MP Cost: 8
Learn From:
- Vice
- Hornet
- Drakan
- Troll
Location:
- Near the Chocobo Forest , Outside Gizamaluke’s Grotto
- Gizamaluke’s Grotto
- Desert Palace
- All over the continent – disc 4 or area near Iifa Tree (Pualei Plains)
Game’s Description: Makes a party member disappear.
First attainable: Vice Near the Chocobo Forest.
Disk 4: Hornet in Gizamaluke’s Grotto
Level 3 Def-Less
MP Cost: 12
Learn From:
- Lamia
- Grand Dragon
- Ochu
- Lizard Man
- Sand Scorpion
- Carve Spider
Location:
- Gizamaluke’s Grotto
- Outside Daguerreo
- Madain Sari Mountain Path
- Near Cleyra
- Pinnacle Rocks
- Near Dali,Outside Treno,Outside Linblum
Game’s Description: Reduces defense to enemies that levels are multiples of 3.
First attainable: Lamia in Gizamaluke’s Grotto
Disk 4: Carve Spider outside Treno
Limit Glove
MP Cost: 10
Learn From:
- Mandragora
- Axe Beak
- Jabberwock
- Blazer Beetle
Location:
- Patch of forest to the west of south gate
- On top of the Lindblum plateau
- Forgotten Continent
- Shores outside Madain Sari
- Outside Village of Dali, In the dirt near the Lifa Tree
Game’s Description: Causes non-elemental damage to the target when your HP is 1.
First attainable: Axe Beak on top of the Lindblum plateau
Disk 4: Blazer Beetle in the dirt near the Lifa Tree
Mustard Bomb
MP Cost: 10
Learn From:
- Bomb
- Grenade
- Red Vepal
- Crystal Maliris
Location:
- Forest outside Linblum, On top of the Lindblum plateau
- Mount Gulug
- Esto Gaza,Mount Gulug
- The Crystal World
Game’s Description: Causes Heat to the enemy.
First attainable: Bomb on top of the Lindblum plateau
Disk 4: Crystal Maliris on the Crystal Path in Memoria
NOTE: When getting Mustard Bomb, you only have a brief window of opportunity to go back to Lindblum Plateau before the game cuts off access to it for a little while. You have from when you get Quina for the first time to when you enter Gizamaluke’s Grotto. After that, the Dragon Gate closes down and can’t get into Lindblum until after you need to head to Fossil Roo.
Magic Hammer
MP Cost: 2
Learn From:
- Magic Vice
- Ring Leader
Location:
- Burmecia
- Terra
Game’s Description: Reduces enemy’s MP.
First attainable: Magic Vice in Burmecia
Disk 4: Magic Vice in Burmecia
Night
MP Cost: 14
Learn From:
- Grimlock
- Nymph
- Seeker Bat
- Abomination
Location:
- Desert Palace
- Grassland north of Cleyra
- Fossil Roo
- Fossil Roo
Game’s Description: Causes Sleep to all targets.
First attainable: Nymph in the grassland north of Cleyra
Disk 4: Nymph in the grassland north of Cleyra
Matra Magic
MP Cost: 8
Learn From:
- Zaghnol
- Armstrong
- Trick Sparrow
- Ogre
- Dragon Fly
Location:
- Pinnacle Rocks,Outer Continent
- Forgotten Continent,Outside Ipsen’s Castle
- Outside Treno
- Oeilvert,Desert Palace
- Cleyra’s Trunk
Game’s Description: Reduces target’s HP to 1
First attainable: Dragon Fly on Cleyra’s trunk
Disk 4: Trick Sparrow outside Treno
White Wind
MP Cost: 14
Learn From:
- Zuu
- Griffin
- Garuda
- Zemzelett
Location:
- Cleyra’s Trunk
- In the dirt near the Qu’s Marsh on the Outer Continent.
- Esto Gaza,Forest from alternate exit of Gizamaluke’s Grotto
- Forest Maze
Game’s Description: Restores HP to the entire party members.
First attainable: Zuu on Cleyra’s trunk
Disk 4: Griffin in the dirt near the Qu’s Marsh on the Outer Continent
NOTE: With the Reflect Ring, it is very possible to get White Wind before Cleyra. Go to Popos Heights and encouter a Garuda. Auto-Reflect can protect you from their Firaga and Stop spells. You might able to whittle one down to let Quina eat it.
Auto Life
MP Cost: 14
Learn From:
- Stilva
- Yan
- Gimme Cat
- Carrion Worm
- Cerberus
Location:
- Memoria
- Vile Island
- Forest on the island with Daguerro
- Cleyra’s Trunk
- Ipsen’s Castle
Game’s Description: Automatically cast Life when KO’d.
First attainable: Carrion Worm on Cleyra’s trunk
Disk 4: Gimme Cat in the forest on the island with Daguerro
Level 4 Holy
MP Cost: 22
Learn From:
- Feather Circle
- Torama
Location:
- Fossil Roo, in the snow outside Esto Gaza on the Lost Continent
- Desert Palace
Game’s Description: Causes Holy damage to enemies that levels are multiples of 4.
First attainable: Feather Circle in Fossil Roo
Disk 4: Feather Circle in the snow outside Esto Gaza on the Lost Continent
Goblin Punch
MP Cost: 4
Learn From:
- Goblin
- Goblin Mage
Location:
- Mist Continent
- Outer Continent, Desert areas around Conde Peite
Game’s Description: Non-elemental damage to the enemy
First attainable: Goblin Mage in the desert areas around Conde Peite
Disk 4: Goblin Mage in the grass near the Lifa Tree
Note: Goblin punch is hard to get in disk 4 as it is very rare to run into a goblin at that point in the game. Just be persistent and you will find one.
1000 Needles
MP Cost: 8
Learn From:
- Cactuar
Location:
- Outer & Forgotten Continent
Game’s Description: Reduces the enemy’s HP by 1000.
First attainable: Cactuar in the desert areas around Conde Peite
Disk 4: Cactuar in desert areas on the Forgotten Continent
Level 5 Death
MP Cost: 20
Learn From:
- Dragon Zombie
- Lich
- Whale Zombie
Location:
- Lifa Tree
- Memoria
- Shore outside Esto Gaza
Game’s Description: Causes Death to all enemies that levels are multiples of 5.
First attainable: Dragon Zombie at the Lifa tree
Disk 4: Whale Zombie on the beach near Esto Gaza on the Lost Continent
Bad Breath
MP Cost: 16
Learn From:
- Malboro
- Worm Hydra
- Anemon
Location:
- Pandemonium, In the continent north of black mage village on Cazedil Plains Disc 4
- Mount Gulg,northwest of chocobo’s lagoon,Forest Outside Daguerreo,in Uaho Island near Chocobo’s Paradise
- Around the southwest Qu’s Marsh, Qu’s Marsh on the Forgotten Continent
Game’s Description: Causes Confuse, Darkness, Poison, Slow, and Mini to enemy.
First attainable: Anemon around the southwest Qu’s Marsh
Disk 4: Anemon Qu’s Marsh on the Forgotten Continent
Earth Shake
MP Cost: 20
Learn From:
- Earth Guardian
- Shell Dragon
- Adamantoise
Location:
- Earth Shrine
- Pandemonium
- Dark plains outside Qu’s Marsh Lanar Island southwest continent near chocobo’s lagoon, Uaho Island near Chocobo’s Paradise.
Game’s Description: Cause Earth damage to all enemies
First attainable: Adamantois around the southwest Qu’s Marsh
Disk 4: Adamantoise in the swamp on the island near Daguerro with the Qu’s Marsh
Frost
MP Cost: 8
Learn From:
- Chimera
- Kraken
- Wraith (With the Blue Candle)
Location:
- Memoria
- Memoria
- Mount Gulug
Game’s Description: Causes Freeze to the enemy.
First attainable: Wraith (with the blue candle) on Mount Gulug
Disk 4: Chimera in Memoria
Twister
MP Cost: 22
Learn From:
- Abaddon
- Red Dragon
- Tiamat
- Crystal Tiamat
Location:
- Pandemonium
- Mount Gulug
- Memoria
- On the Crystal Path in Memoria
Game’s Description: Causes Wind damage to all enemies.
First attainable: Red Dragon on Mount Gulug
Disk 4: Crystal Tiamat on the Crystal Path in Memoria
Doom
MP Cost: 12
Learn From:
- Ash
- Veteran
Location:
- Memoria
- Ipsen’s castle, Memoria
Game’s Description: Cast death after a 10 count.
First attainable: Veteran in Ipsen’s Castle
Disk 4: Ash in Memoria
Roulette
MP Cost: 18
Learn From:
• Zombie
• Hecteyes
• Ghost
Location:
• IIFA Tree
• Terra,Forgotten Continent,Black mage village forest,CD 4
• Outside Treno,Outside Village of Dali
Game’s Description: Randomly cast Death to a target
First attainable: Zombie at the Lifa Tree (2nd visit on the outer Root)
Disk 4: Hecteyes in Black mage village forest
Frequently Asked Questions (F.A.Q.)
Q: Is it possible to miss a Blue Magic Spell and not be able to obtain it later?
A: No, while some spells are easier to obtain at certain points in the game (e.g., Twister), you may learn a spell at any point in the game. However in terms of efficiency you can learn spells as you naturally progress throughout the game. Obtaining spells as you play the game is recommended, as some spells become more difficult to acquire. For example, Goblin punch is hard to get in disk 4 as it is extremely rare to encounter a goblin at such a late point in the game.
Q: I never got Quina on the first disc, can I still get Quina on the second disc?
A: Yes, just go to Qu’s Marsh and help them with the frogs quest. If you do not recruit Quina prior to Burmecia, s/he will join your party in the second half of Disc 2.
Q: Is Quina a secret character like Yuffie and Vincent in Final Fantasy 7?
A: No, Quina is not optional character. S/he will join the party when you travel through Qu’s Marsh. If you keep progressing through the story line s/he will end up in your party.
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