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Added Ability is a recurring support ability in the Final Fantasy series. It gives a weapon a chance to use an associated spell or ability when the user attacks, and is often attached directly to specific weapons.

Appearances

Final Fantasy IV

Added ability-type weapons are introduced in the GBA and PSP releases, where several new weapons can cast spells when attacking.

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years

The Lightbringer, Lance of Abel and Flare Sledgehammer are dummied equipment and cannot be accessed except by hacking. When equipped they cast Holy, Tornado, and Flare respectively when attacking.

Final Fantasy V

Numerous weapons have abilities that may be triggered with a certain probability. They can be classified according to their nature (spells vs. commands) and timing (after a physical attack vs replacing a physical attack). Added abilities must not be confused with added statuses (e.g. instant death via Killer Bow) and generic magical damage inflicted by certain weapons (e.g. the Apollo's Harp).

Final Fantasy VI

Weapons randomly perform the specified ability associated with them on the attacked enemy. Meteor is a multi-targeting spell, but when used automatically from the Stardust Rod, it only hits the attacked target. Casting Wind Slash from the Kazekiri replaces the weapon's attack rather than being cast in addition to it, and will not be disabled by the Master's Scroll.

The Hawkeye ability, named after the first weapon this ability appeared on, is present on both the Hawkeye and Sniper weapons. This ability is vastly different from the regular Throw ability. When attacking, it has a 50% chance of inflicting 300% damage to floating targets, or 150% damage to non-floating targets when the weapon is thrown.

Spells cast automatically from weapons can't be absorbed by Runic or reflected and cost no MP.

For weapons that randomly cast a spell when they hit the enemy, the chance the spell will be cast is 25%. If the cast spell can be blocked by Stamina, the chance to hit for the spell is determined as normal.

The damage done by the spell is determined as normal with a few exceptions. The spell does not ignore the caster's row, so from the back row it will do half damage, unless the weapon that cast the spell ignores row. The damage multiplier added by Jump affects the spell, so if the character jumps and casts a spell with the equipped weapon, the spell does extra damage. If the weapon does automatic criticals, the spell does a critical as well even though spells normally can't do critical hits. However, if the weapon does a critical because of the standard 1 in 32 chance, the spell does not do a critical.

Espers could have been summoned through physically attacking with weapons, but this feature goes unused.

Final Fantasy VII

The Added Cut Support Materia causes the user to use the Attack command when using the linked Materia ability. The attack is on the same target as the paired Materia's target, meaning if paired with healing spells, the user will attack allies after healing them. This also makes pairing it with the Manipulate Materia pointless, as attacking a manipulated target dispels the manipulate effect. If the paired Materia was cast on a group, the attack is delivered onto a random target among the group.

The Steal as well Support Materia causes the user to use the Steal command on a targeted enemy. It is compatible with the same Materia as the Added Cut Materia, save for Mime and Steal. If paired with Knights of Round the player has thirteen chances to steal from the enemy.

Final Fantasy Tactics

Certain weapons have a 25% chance of casting a spell onto the target they strike (with a normal attack, not with most special abilities, like using icebrand with Holy Sword or holy lance with Jump; holy lance's Holy may work with Balthier's Barrage, however), typically an elemental spell. Elemental rods typically have this effect while also boosting the power of the element, so even though rods have low attack stats, their damage can be quite strong especially against targets weak to their element, and especially if the added spell triggers. The added spells do not cost MP, but are always single-tile, whereas the Black Magicks versions have cross-shaped areas of effect. Added abilities from weapons are not reflected.

• Thunder Rod has a chance of casting Thunder while also boosting the power of lightning
• Flame Rod has a chance of casting Fire while also boosting the power of fire.
• Ice Rod has a chance of casting Blizzard while also boosting the power of ice.
• Flail of Flame has a chance of casting Fira.
• Icebrand has a chance of casting Blizzara.
• Lightning Bow has a chance of casting Thundara.
• Stardust Rod has a chance of casting Gravity.
• Holy Lance has a chance of casting Holy.

Magick guns shoot spells, but it is their normal attack and so not an "added" ability. 60% of the time the shot spell will be first tier spell, 30% of the time it will be second tier spell, and 10% of the time it will be the third tier spell.

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call

Added Cut is a reactive ability that costs 15 CP to equip. It is activated during Battle Music Sequences (BMS) each time the player triggers 3 other reactive abilities. It deals physical damage and has full strength. It is learned by Warrior of Light (level 75), Edge (level 75), Cloud (level 90), Sephiroth (level 55), Auron (level 90), Auron #2 (level 60), Lightning (level 85), Paine (level 70), Zack (level 95), Noel (level 60), and Lightning #2 (level 75).