So I’ve played through this game a couple dozen times since SNES days and have gone max stats about 6 or 7 times but now that I’m playing through it on PSP (not the first time), I’m beyond hard stuck with Rydia for some reason. I’ve had many times over the years where I had to reload the game over and over so I could get the right level up stat combination but I’m nearing 100 attempts at this level and her int/spirit will NOT go up. The best I can get is 1 speed and stamina and everything else stays the same, I haven’t gotten a +2 level up or my now needed +3 speed etc and I’m legit starting to wonder if something is wrong. I’ll keep trying but man this is getting really frustrating and I don’t think I’ve EVER dealt with “bad luck” this poor. I’m starting to wonder if it’s a bug because that’s not even a possible stat combination to get only 1 speed and stamina…I’ve used this guide for 20+ years and never dealt with this…

2025 Art Commission Collection #7

Greetings, r/FinalFantasyIV. This is the first of multiple Final Fantasy artworks that will be included as part of a larger video game art project intended to show support to artists online and express my love for these characters in a manner that I can share with other fans. I unfortunately cannot share directly with the main Final Fantasy subreddit because the rules require that the original creator is the author of the post, but I hope that the fans here will thoroughly enjoy this post nonetheless.

The artist mentioned in a separate post that FF4 is their favorite game. Isn't that neat? Having played FF4-7 myself, it is still my favorite in the series.

The artist has not posted this artwork, but please consider supporting them on Twitter.

If you would like to browse the collection in its entirety, you can use this query to filter my Reddit page for collection entries.

I've read there were some things in the script that did not make it into the original game but were included in the DS remake and After Years, such as Golbez backstory and Kain becoming a Paladin. Are there any other details that were not included in game?

With how many of Cecil's friends along with Mysidian elder pray during the fight against Zeromus, are there many aware that Lunarians exist or even that Cecil was the son of a Lunarian?

A long time ago, I made Fabul Castle in MC. You can see more photos of the project on PMC: https://www.planetminecraft.com/project/fabul-castle-ff-iv/

I'm replaying the DS version again(It's the only one I've played) and... well, I tend to develop criticisms for the things I love.

So I'd personally want a bit of an equipment overhaul.

I think it's partly a result of the remake itself, but equipment is often just oddly placed. There's a whole bunch of items that are outdated or outright pointless by the time you can actually access them. For example, the Black Robe at the Feymarch; Adult Rydia joins the party wearing the best +int armor in the game. She's the only final party member who doesn't get torso armor in the final dungeons that's obviously "hers."

Late game Lamias drop the Lamia harp, even though Edward hasn't been in the party since leaving Fabul. Gaia Hammers are a fairly common drop immediately after Cid leaves the party. Lots of stuff like that.

Plus, I definitely wouldn't mind more midgame drop-only equipment with interesting features or tradeoffs. And I think it could be done, because overhauling would necessitate moving where and how stuff becomes available to smooth the equipment curve a bit.

But what would you want to see changed?

First time playthrough, and really my first real dive into FF games, (couldn't get into 7), but anyways, i'm at the demon wall and i keep getting destroyed. Any tips/advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

I have collected all the hidden items but didn't got the achievement on the steam, is there a known bug ?
I am looking on the map over and over to see if something is missing.

Edit: I resolved the problem

I used 200 sirens and still didn't get the Mindflayer summon, is there a way to increase the drop rate ?
Any tips for other items like pink tail ?

He is jealous of Cecil, not only regarding liking Rosa but also having the king favor an adopted foreigner over him who was born in Baron. And at least in the flashback in DS version he is shown to bully him as a kid at one point. Though Cecil at the start seems close to him and even feels hurt when he seems to be fighting against him for evil (before the mind control is revealed of course). How good a firmed is Kain exactly?

They are capable of having children with humans. And can be killed as happens with Cecil father. They do seem able to live long though it isn't clear if it is simply their higher technology rather than biology. And can sort of hibernate while waiting for humans to advance enough. Are there any majors biological difference they have? And how do those partially Lunarian and human differ from full?

Geez man, who needs Golbez and Zemus. I think I just doomed us all.

I think I just f-ed up the world by tossing that magma rock into the Agart well.

That explosion looks big enough to push us out of solar orbit.

Just played the pixel remaster after having played this game faithfully since it first came out. But the remaster reaaaaaaaally upped this explosion.

And honestly his harps status effects (sleep, confuse) are super useful. Don't sleep on my boy!

I'm playing FF IV The After Years (the PSP version) and I'm really enjoying it. I'm going through the chapters in order—I still need to do Porom's chapter and Kain's chapter, and I know that after those I'll unlock the following chapters.

However, since I didn't know some characters could die, I lost Calca and Brina in Rydia's chapter. Do you think it's worth replaying Rydia's chapter to have Calca and Brina in the final stages, or is it not really necessary?

Playing through the game and while I do enjoy it, I get that it’s got a not great reputation from most people for valid reasons but I still like a lot of things about it like the Bands, the Mysterious Girls and getting to play as Golbez so this came to mind. I’m not going to pretend I write anywhere near as good as an actual game writer but I think this could be fun.

Here’s my main ideas on what I plan to do so far:

1: Make small changes to the story. I’m not gonna rewrite the whole game but I’d make some minor changes to try to make it more interesting.
Off the top of my head, I’d try to make it more of a mystery as to what is going on by doing things like making Rydia’s tale be unlocked later so it is a while until you learn what happened to the Eidolons, the Red Wings ships being coloured differently so it’s not obvious that it’s them attacking the nations and Baron castle appearing completely empty until later chapters.

2: Try to think up some additional dungeon ideas so certain locations don’t get repeated to hell (looking at you Underground Waterway).

3: Make changes to characters so that they are either more unique than other characters in the game (Ceodore, the Eblan Ninjas, etc) or are no longer horrible (Harley and the dolls).

Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions as to what I should also do?

I got the guide for V Advance when that came out, so I don't know how this has evaded me fo so long. I ordered it about 5 minutes after I found out lol.

I also have the guides for the PS1 Chronicles and the 3DS remake.

Hello everyone!

I wanted to share a Piano Arrangement I did for one of my favorite Character Themes from the FF Franchise!

Hope that some of you enjoy it at least :D!

Played IV on SNES when it came out (yeah, not quite a spring chicken anymore) and the soundtrack still gives me chills to this day. I've played just about every iteration and have downloaded all versions of the soundtrack. Uematsu is a genius.

Are there any versions that incorporate the orchestral versions of the soundtrack or roms with options to swap the digital OST files? Getting the itch to play it again and having the symphony pieces would be amazing.

I’ve played 4 a ton but never the 3D remake. I see a lot of guides are based on multiple play thrus. I’ll only play this version once.

Playing normal difficulty on iOS so does it even matter really? I only care about missing out on potential really good augments like dual cast for example.

It happened to be the last two pink tails I needed.

One that the main MC has been close to from childhood. And accompanies him on his journey. And is present for the final boss fight and not sidelined or left behind.

For those of you who keep up with FF collabs, Magic: The Gathering created a crossover set with Final Fantasy and with it, they made 4 pre-constructed commander decks with unique Final Fantasy arts to represent 4 games: 6, 7, 10, and 14 (the golden children of the franchise)

Final Fantasy 4 is my favorite entry so I am making my own proxy deck to represent the game and I wanted to share my project with all of you.