Battle Icons

Battle icons are either positive or negative status effects seen either next to a party member in the party member frame (bottom-right), or next to an enemy's nameplate. Below is a list of all effects as seen in the in-game menu (Misc. > Play Guide > Battle Icons List.)

Battle Icons List

Icon	Effect	Description	Maximum Stages	Source
	Max HP ↑	Maximum HP increases.	1	Cantlin's Secret Vital Recital Life Staff I Holy Grain Lively Light
	Attack ↑	Attack increases by up to 2 stages.	2	Oomph Oomphle etc. (too many sources)
	Attack Plus	Attack increases by up to 2 stages.	2	Feel the Burn Demon's Duet Fang of God I Fang of God+ I Stash Power
	Iron Advance	Attack is increased by a percentage of your defense.	1	Iron Advance I
File:Magicalmightplus.jpg	Magical Might Plus	Magical might increases.	2	Channel Tantrum
	Defense ↑	Defense increases by up to 2 stages.	2	Buff, Kabuff, etc. (too many sources)
File:Defenseplus.jpg	Defense Plus	Defense increases.	2	N/A
File:Deftnessplus.jpg	Deftness Plus	Deftness increases.	2	N/A
	Weight ↑	Weight increases.	1	Thunk Heavy Charge Immovable Object I Kathunk Stone Defense
	Attributes ↑	Attack, defense, magical might, magical mending, and dodge rate increase.	1	Pet Monster Tune-Up
	Movement Speed ↑	Increases your movement speed.	1	???
	Faster Turns	Shortens action interval by 0.5 seconds per stage.	2	Accelerate, Acceleratle
File:Intervaldown2.jpg	Faster Turns	Action interval is shortened.	1	Gone Ballistic
File:Zerointerval.jpg	Zero Interval
File:Zodiaccode.jpg	Zodiac Code
	Faster Spellcasting	Increases your spellcasting speed.	1	Faster Caster
	Faster Spellcasting	Casting time of spells reduced to 1 second.	1	Spelly Breath
	Faster Skills	Increases your skill execution speed.	1	???
	Charge Time Reduced	Shortens the charge time of your CT skills.	1	Clock Charge, Brave Charge
	Critical/Haywire ↑	Increases your critical hit rate.	1	???
File:Criticalup2.jpg	Critical/Haywire ↑	Increases your critical hit rate.	1	???
File:Criticalup3.jpg	Critical/Haywire ↑	Increases your critical hit rate.	1	???
	Guaranteed Haywire	Your spells will always go haywire.	1	Reverse Enlightenment
File:Alwayscrit.jpg	Guaranteed Critical
	Spell Power ↑	Increases spell power by 1.5 times at 1 stage, and 2 times at 2 stages.	2	???
File:Spellpowerup2.jpg	Spell Power ↑
File:Damagelimitbreak.jpg	Damage Limit Break
	Spell Limit Break	Increases damage limit of spells.	1	Channel Rage I, 0 Zone
	Spell Recovery ↑	Increases recovery power by 1.5 times at 1 stage, and 2 times at 2 stages.	2	???
File:Recoveryup2.jpg	Spell Recovery ↑		1	???
	Damage Dealt ↑	Increases all damage dealt.	1	Wild Cry
	Tarot Boost	Increases the effectiveness of your tarot cards.	1	???
	HP Recovery Attack	Recover HP whenever you attack an enemy.	1	???
File:Hprecoverattack2.jpg	HP Recovery Attack		1	???
	MP Recovery Attack	Recover MP whenever you attack an enemy.	1	???
	Envenom Attack	Your attacks have a chance to inflict poison.	1	???
	Recovery HP On Block	Recovers HP whenever you block with a shield.	1	Power Shield
File:Atteributedamageup.jpg	Attribute Damage ↑		1	???
	Fire Fource	Your attacks gain the fire attribute.	1	Fire Fource
	Frost Fource	Your attacks gain the ice attribute.	1	Frost Fource
	Gale Fource	Your attacks gain the wind and thunder attributes.	1	Gale Fource
	Funereal Fource	Your attacks gain the dark and earth attributes.	1	Funereal Fource
	Life Fource	Your attacks gain the light attribute.	1	Life Fource
	Whipping Boy	You are currently taking damage in place of another party member.	1	Whipping Boy
	Dark Gift	Reduces damage of a selected ally by 75% and you take the damage instead.	1	???
	Scapeguard	Reduce damage taken by 100 and automatically protect nearby allies from attacks.	1	Scape Guard
	Dodge Rate ↑	Increases your dodge rate.	1	Tap Dance
	Fixed Parry Rate	Increases parrying rate when wielding a greatsword.	1	Greatsword Guard
File:Parryupspear.jpg	Parry Rate ↑
File:Parryuprod.jpg	Parry Rate ↑
	Fixed Parry Rate	Increases parrying rate when wielding a scythe.	1	???
File:Blockup2.jpg	Block Rate ↑
	Block Rate ↑	Increases shield block rate.	1	Immense Defense
File:Roughntumble.jpg	Rough 'n' Tumble
File:Shockingtwist.jpg	Shocking Twist
	Wall of Light	Reflects spells back at the caster.	1	Bound, Bounce
	Snub	Nullifies all attack spells used against you.	1	Snub
	Absorb Magic	When hit by a spell, restore MP equal to that spell's MP cost.	1	Absorb Magic
	Magic Cloak	Recovers 10% of damage received as MP.	1	???
	Mist Me	Nullifies the next breath attack received.	1	Mist Me
	Backdraft	Reflects breath attacks back at the caster.	1	???
	Right as Rain	Recovers 20% of damage received as HP.	1	Right as Rain, Miracle Rain
	Critical Guard	Reduces damage taken from critical attacks, desperate attacks, and haywire spells.	1	Critical Guard
File:Desperatemeasures.jpg	Desperate Measures
	Physical Null	Nullifies all physical damage taken.	1	???
	Spell Null	Nullifies all spell damage taken.	1	???
	Damage Null	Nullifies all damage taken.	1	???
File:Paladinspalisade.jpg	Paladin's Palisade
File:Knightwatch.jpg	Knight Watch
File:Undyingwill.jpg	Undying Will
	Invulnerability	Become immune to all damage for a short while after being revived.	1	On revival
	Damage Mitigation	Reduces damage taken by 20%.	1	Phalanx
File:Damagereduction.jpg	Damage Reduction
File:Bodyguard1.jpg	Bodyguard
File:Bodyguard2.jpg	Bodyguard
File:Bodyguard3.jpg	Bodyguard
	Spell Res. ↑	Increases spell resistance by 20% per stage.	2	Mage Ward, Magic Barrier
	Breath Res. ↑	Increases breath resistance by 20% per stage.	2	Insulate, Insulatle, Clear Mind
File:Attributeresup.jpg	Attribute Res. ↑
	Ailment Res. ↑	Increases resistance to harmful status effects by 50%.	1	Holy Impregnable
	Ailment Null	Nullifies any bad status effects.	1	Snap Crackle Poof
	Ailment Null	Nullifies a bad status effect one time.	1	Ailment Curtailment
	Knockback Res. ↑	Increases your resistance to being knocked down.	1	Immovable Object
	Jump Attack Null	Protects against an attack that requires jumping to dodge one time.	1	Hop Stick
	Alma Mater	Survive at 1 HP when you receive a fatal blow when your HP is at least 50% or more.	1	Alma Mater
	Divine Intervention	Survive at 1 HP when you receive a fatal blow when your HP is at least 2 or more.	1	Divine Blessing
	Goddess' Grace	Revive a short while after dying.	1	Goddess' Grace
	HP Regeneration	Gradually recovers HP over a duration.	1	Reheal, Remidheal, Remoreheal
	MP Regeneration	Gradually recovers MP over a duration.	1	???
	HP Link	Share your HP pool with another player's HP pool.	1	HP Link
	MP Link	Share your MP pool with another player's MP pool.	1	MP Link
	Zero MP Cost	MP cost of spells is reduced to 0.	1	???
	Consume No Tension	Stops your tension from decreasing.	1	???
	Zero Gold Cost	Skills with gold costs have their cost reduced to 0.	1	???
File:Freetarots.jpg	Free Tarots
	Spirit Winds	Displayed when a vocation specific special effect is currently active.	1	Varies
	Tension Boost	In a tension state. Increases the damage or recovery of your next action based on how high your tension is.	4	???
	Feel the Burn	Increases your tension whenever you take damage.	1	???
	Tension Link	Gain tension whenever the ally you linked with gains tension.	1	???
	Tension Link	Gain tension whenever the monster you linked with gains tension.	1	???
	Tension On Action ↑	Increases your tension whenever you use an action.	1	???
	Double Dose	Doubles the effectiveness of your consumable items.	1	Double Dip
	Item Range Tech	Increases the range of your consumable item effects to multiple targets.	1	Item Range Tech
File:Arcanadivination.jpg	Arcana Divination
File:Tarotsunavailable.jpg	Tarots Unavailable
	Seriously Lucky Dip	Increases the effectiveness of your "Play" actions.	1	???
	Seriously Whimsical	Increases the effectiveness of your "Whimsical" actions.	1	???
	Follow Suit	Reflects a percentage of damage taken.	1	???
File:Thatspecialsummon.jpg	That Special Summon
File:Spiritrelease.jpg	Spirit Release
	Summon Dead	One of your spirits is currently summoned.	1	???
	Spirit Guidance	One of your spirits is ordered to attack a target.	1	???
	Spirit Defense	One of your spirits is defending allies.	1	???
	Wave Gauge Boost	Doubles the gauge increase of your Wave Gauge.	1	???
File:Goneballistic.jpg	Gone Ballistic
File:Peppedup.jpg	Pepped Up
File:Foodeffect.jpg	Food Effect
File:Perfumeeffect.jpg	Perfume Effect
File:Attractioneffect.jpg	Attraction Effect
File:Safepassageeffect.jpg	Safe Passage Effect
File:Charmeffect.jpg	Charm Effect
File:Cardeffect.jpg	Card Effect
File:Expenhancement.jpg	EXP Enhancement
File:Anger.jpg	Anger
File:Enrage.jpg	Enrage
	Max HP ↓	Reduces maximum HP.	1	???
	Attack ↓	Reduces attack by 20% per stage.	2	???
	Defense ↓	Reduces defense by 20% per stage.	2	???
	Zero Defense	Defense is reduced to 0.	1	???
	Weight ↓	Reduces weight by 50%.	1	???
	Movement Speed ↓	Reduces movement speed.	1	???
	Slower Turns	Lengthens action interval by 1 second at 1 stage, and 1.5 seconds at 2 stages.	2	???
	Damage Dealt ↓	Reduces damage dealt by 30%.	1	???
	Spell Power ↓	Reduces spell power by 50% at 1 stage, and 75% at 2 stages.	2	???
	Spell Res. ↓	Reduces spell resistance by 40% at 1 stage, and 60% at 2 stages. If a monster uses it against you, it will be 20% at 1 stage and 40% at 2 stages instead.	2	???
File:Breathresdown.jpg	Breath Res. ↓
	Fire Res. ↓	Reduces resistance to fire-based attacks.	1	???
	Ice Res. ↓	Reduces resistance to ice-based attacks.	1	???
	Wind Res. ↓	Reduces resistance to wind-based attacks.	1	King Fissure
	Thunder Res. ↓	Reduces resistance to thunder-based attacks.	1	???
	Earth Res. ↓	Reduces resistance to earth-based attacks.	1	Magma
	Dark Res. ↓	Reduces resistance to dark-based attacks.	1	???
	Light Res. ↓	Reduces resistance to light-based attacks.	1	???
	All Resistances ↓	Reduces resistance to all elemental attributes.	1	Fource Break
	Damage Taken ↑	Increases damage the target takes by 1.5 times.	1	Somersault Claw, Revol Slicer, Cerberus Rondo
	Enthrall Res. ↓	Reduces an enemy's resistance to being charmed.	1	???
	Ailment Res. ↓	Reduces resistance to harmful status effects.	1	???
	Poison/Envenomation	A fixed amount of damage is inflicted at a set interval.	1	???
	Electrification	Deals a percentage of HP damage to you and any nearby allies every 2 seconds.	1	???
	Confusion	Become confused and attack enemies and allies randomly. Damage taken may break the effect early.	1	???
	Curse	Become cursed. Cannot escape from battle and there is a 50% chance your action will not be executed. Also may decrease your maximum HP, or deal continuous HP/MP damage.	1	???
	Paralysis	Become paralyzed and become unable to move or act.	1	???
	Sleep	Fall asleep and become unable to act. Damage taken may break the effect early.	1	???
	Charm	Become charmed and attack allies instead of enemies.	1	???
	Bedazzlement	Reduces the accuracy of physical attacks.	1	???
	Spell Seal	Spells cannot be used.	1	???
	Skill Seal	Skills cannot be used.	1	???
	Breath Seal	Breath attacks cannot be used.	1	???
	Laugh	Become incapacitated. Cannot move or act.	1	???
	Knockdown		1
	Bind		1
	Frighten		1
	Freeze		1
	Dance		1
	Stun		1
	Fear	Become horrified. Movement speed is slowed.	1	???
	Death	You are dead. Cannot act until revived. If all party members die, the battle ends.	1	-
	EXP & Gold ↑	Increases experience and gold gained from an enemy.	1	Best Smile
	Training Stamps ↑	Increases experience, gold and special training stamps gained from an enemy.	1	Million Smile

Miscellaneous Effects

These effects are not documented in the in-game Battle Icons List, but are seen throughout different types of content.

Icon	Effect	Description	Maximum Stages	Source
	No Revive	Cannot be revived by any means.	1	Varies
	Petrified	Turned to stone. Cannot move or act.	1	Varies
	No Damage	Reduces damage dealt, or causes you to be unable to deal any damage at all. (Depends on source)	1	Varies.
	Blackflame	Deals damage to you over time.	1	Varies
	Damage Dealt ↑	Increases all damage dealt. (Only applies in Astoltia Defense Force)	1	Oomph Book
	Damage Mitigation	Reduces all damage taken. (Only applies in Astoltia Defense Force)	1	Buff Book
	Gilam Magic	You currently have a Gilam Magic effect applied. (Only applies in Banma Tower)	1	Gilam Magic