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Casts white magic.
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White Magic (しろまほう, Shiro Mahō?), also called White, is an ability in Final Fantasy IV used by Paladin Cecil, Rosa, Porom, child Rydia, Tellah, and Fusoya. It is the counterpart to Black Magic, which focuses on harming opponents. White Magic contains healing spells, status-altering spells, a spell to escape battles/dungeons, and one damaging spell. The White Magic command's charge time varies, depending on the spell the player selects to cast. Fusoya knows all White Magic spells, while Tellah eventually learns all of them bar Holy via a story event.
In the Easy Type version, casting times for the majority of spells were reduced from their original casting time. Lightbringer, introduced in the Game Boy Advance version, has the ability to randomly cast the Holy spell. It is randomly activated when using the Attack command when Cecil is equipped with it. In the 3D versions, the Dualcast Augment allows two White Magic spells to be cast in one turn.
List of White Magic spells[]
White Magic command[]
The following is a list of White Magic spells that can be learned and used through the White Magic battle command.
| Name | MP Cost | Description | Acquired | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2D | 3D | ||||
| Cure (Cure1) (Keal) |
3 | Restores minor HP to one or all allies. Can also damage undead. Casting time of 1 (0 in Easy Type). It has a spell power of 16 (48 in 3D versions). | Rydia (2D): LV 3 Rydia (3D): Known Rosa: Known Cecil: Known Porom: Known |
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| Restores HP. | |||||
| Cura (Cure2) (Keal2) |
9 | Restores moderate HP to one, or minor HP to all allies. Can also damage undead. Casting time of 1 (2 in 3D versions). It has a spell power of 48. | Rydia (2D): (Dummied) Rydia (3D): LV 12 Rosa (2D): LV 13 Rosa (3D): Known Cecil: LV 15 Porom: LV 13 |
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| Restores HP. | |||||
| Curaga (Cure3) (Keal3) |
18 | Restores major HP to one or moderate HP to all allies. Can also damage undead. Casting time of 1 (3 in 3D versions). It has a spell power of 144 (72 in 3D versions). | Rosa (2D): LV 30 Rosa (3D): LV 31 Porom: LV 33 |
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| Restores HP. | |||||
| Curaja (Cure4) (Keal4) |
40 | Restores all HP to one or major HP to all allies. Can also damage undead. Casting time of 0 (4 in 3D versions). It has a spell power of 288 (128 in 3D versions). | Rosa (2D): LV 38 Rosa (3D): LV 45 Porom: LV 48 |
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| Restores HP. | |||||
| Esuna (Heal) |
20 | Removes all negative statuses except Berserk (SNES/PS1), Sap, Slow, Stop, Doom, and KO. Casting time of 2. | Rydia (3D): LV 10 Rosa: LV 18 Cecil: LV 35 Porom: LV 20 Seraphim's Mace |
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| Cures all status effects except KO. | |||||
| Raise (Life1) (Life) |
8 | 25 | Revives KOed ally in critical HP. Casting time of 0 (2 in 3D versions). | Rydia (3D): LV 15 Rosa (2D): LV 11 Rosa (3D): Known Cecil (3D): LV 40 Porom: LV 11 Sage's Staff |
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| Revives one target. | |||||
| Arise (Life2) (Full-Life) |
52 | 70 | Fully revives a KOed character to full HP. Casting time of 4 (8 in 3D versions). | Rosa (2D): LV 45 Rosa (3D): LV 55 Porom: LV 56 |
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| Revives and restores full HP to a single target. | |||||
| Hold | 5 | Inflicts Paralyze. Casting time of 1. It has an accuracy of 85% (45% in 3D versions). | Rydia (2D): LV 7 Rydia (3D): Known Rosa: Known Porom: Known |
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| Causes Paralyze. | |||||
| Silence (Mute) (Silnce) |
6 | Inflicts Silence. Casting time of 2 (1 in 3D versions). It has an accuracy of 90% (60% in 3D versions). | Rosa (2D): LV 15 Rosa (3D): Known Porom: LV 15 Rune Staff |
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| Causes Silence. | |||||
| Confuse (Charm) (Conf) |
10 | Inflicts Confuse. Casting time of 1. It has an accuracy of 75% (60% in 3D versions). | Rydia (3D): LV 8 Rosa: LV 24 Porom: LV 25 Faerie Rod |
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| Causes Confuse. | |||||
| Blink | 8 | Avoid the next two physical attacks. Casting time of 0 (1 in 3D versions). | Rosa: LV 23 Porom: LV 23 Mutsonokami |
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| Creates illusion of one's self to confuse the enemy. | |||||
| Protect (Armor) (Protc) |
9 | Increases Defense by 5 (2D versions)/inflicts Protect (3D/Pixel Remaster versions). Casting time of 0 (1 in 3D versions). | Rosa (2D): LV 12 Rosa (3D): Known Cecil (3D): LV 10 Porom: LV 12 Defender Murasame |
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| Reduces physical damage received. | |||||
| Shell | 10 | 15 | Increases Magic Defense by 3 (2D versions)/inflicts Shell (3D/Pixel Remaster versions). Casting time of 0 (1 in 3D versions). | Rosa (2D): LV 29 Rosa (3D): LV 20 Cecil (3D): LV 33 Porom (2D): LV 29 Porom (3D): LV 18 Elven Bow |
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| Reduces magic damage received. | |||||
| Slow | 14 | 10 | Increases target's ATB speed modifier by 8 (2D versions)/inflicts Slow (3D versions). Casting time of 1. It has an accuracy of 70% (90% in 3D versions). | Rosa: Known Porom: Known |
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| Slows the passing of time. | |||||
| Haste (Fast) |
25 | 20 | Reduces target's ATB speed modifier by 3 (2D versions)/inflicts Haste (3D versions). Casting time of 1. | Rosa (2D): LV 33 Rosa (3D): LV 35 Porom: LV 38 Masamune |
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| Hastens the passing of time. | |||||
| Berserk (Bersk) |
18 | 15 | Inflicts Berserk. Casting time of 1. It has an accuracy of 50% (100% in 3D versions). | Rosa (2D): LV 20 Rosa (3D): LV 30 Porom: LV 18 Power Staff |
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| Causes Berserk. | |||||
| Reflect (Wall) (Rflct) |
30 | Inflicts Reflect. Casting time of 0 (2 in 3D versions). | Rosa (2D): LV 36 Rosa (3D): LV 40 Porom: LV 44 Nirvana |
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| Reflects magic cast at target. | |||||
| Dispel (Dummy) (Displ) (Dspel) |
12 | 15 | Removes all positive statuses and Berserk, Sap (2D versions), Slow, and Stop. Casting time of 1 (2 in 3D versions). | Rosa (2D): LV 31 Rosa (3D): LV 33 Porom: LV 31 Aura Staff |
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| Dispels magic effects. | |||||
| Libra (Peep) (Scan) (Rabur) |
1 | Display target's vital statistics, including Level, HP, statuses, and elemental weaknesses. Casting time of 0 (1 in 3D versions). | Rosa: Known Cecil: LV 8 Porom: Known |
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| Determines target's HP and weakness. | |||||
| Mini (Size) (Minimum) |
6 | 20 | Inflicts and cures Mini on one or all targets. Casting time of 4 (2 in 3D versions). It has an accuracy of 50% (100% in 3D versions). | Rosa (2D): LV 30 Rosa (3D): LV 32 Porom (2D): LV 31 Porom (3D): LV 32 |
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| Transforms target to Mini or restores state. | |||||
| Teleport (Exit) (Telep) |
10 | 20 | Escape from dungeons and random battles. Casting time of 0 (3 in 3D versions). | Rosa (2D): Event Rosa (3D): LV 26 Cecil (2D): LV 19 Cecil (3D): LV 29 Porom: LV 19 |
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| Warps party out of a dungeon or a battle. | |||||
| Sight | 2 | 5 | View the World Map from a bird's-eye view when on the overworld map. | Rydia (2D): LV 4 Rydia (3D): Known Rosa: Known Cecil: LV 3 Porom: Known |
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| Opens world map. | |||||
| Float (Levitate) (Levita) |
8 | Inflicts Float. Casting time of 1 (2 in 3D versions). | Rosa (2D): LV 35 Rosa (3D): LV 38 Porom: LV 40 |
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| Levitates target. | |||||
| Holy (White) |
46 | 50 | Deals major Holy-elemental damage. Casting time of 3 (2 in Easy Type, 8 in 3D versions). It has a spell power of 340 (140 in 3D versions). | Rosa (2D): LV 55 Rosa (3D): LV 60 Porom: LV 52 Holy Lance Asura's Rod |
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| Causes holy damage. | |||||
Item magic[]
In the 3D versions, Heal, Basuna, and Poisona were reclassified into White Magic spells. Item magic is cast by using specific weapons from the Item menu during battle. The spells do not cost MP and can be used when silenced. All spells can be reflected.
| Name | Spell Power/Accuracy | Description | Weapon | Image | |
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| 2D | 3D | ||||
| Poisona (Dummy) |
75% | 100% | Removes the Poison status. | Staff | 
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| Heal (Dummy) |
12 | 6 | Restores minor HP to all party members. | Healing Staff | 
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| Basuna (Dummy) |
75% | 100% | Removes Berserk, Confuse, Sleep, and Paralyze. | Mythril Staff | 
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Twincast[]
In the 3D versions, some of the new spells were classified into White Magic spells.
| Name | MP Cost | Description | Characters Used |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bubble | 50 | Doubles party's max HP. | Cecil, Kain, and Rosa |
| Faith | 50 | Increases party's magic power. | Cecil, Rydia, and Rosa |
| Bravery | 50 | Increases party's attack power. | Cecil, Edge, and Rydia |
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Etymology[]
White magic has traditionally referred to the use of supernatural powers or magic for good and selfless purposes. With respect to the philosophy of left-hand path and right-hand path, white magic is the benevolent counterpart of malicious black magic. Because of its ties to traditional pagan nature worship, white magic is often also referred to as "natural magic".