The Ivalice Chronicles: Final Fantasy Tactics All Missable Items and Abilities Guide

Published by M.D at October 3, 2025

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This comprehensive guide to acquiring Final Fantasy Tactics All Missable Items and Abilities details every crucial piece of equipment and every learnable skill that can be permanently lost in the game. Once a specific story point is passed, or if these items are broken, stolen by a foe, or retrieved incorrectly from a treasure tile, they vanish forever. Fortunately, in the Ivalice Chronicles version, players can retry a battle or revert to the World Map, so total loss is not inevitable. Ensure you retry any engagement if you lose a collectible!

Prerequisites for Finding Final Fantasy Tactics All Missable Items
Chapter Four: Missable Weapons and Accessories
Final Fantasy Tactics All Missable Items and Abilities: Missable Skills and Boss Steals
Deep Dungeon Missable Items

Prerequisites for Finding Final Fantasy Tactics All Missable Items

Before commencing your grand search for Final Fantasy Tactics All Missable Items and Abilities, you must prepare your party to maximize your chances of success, especially for rare gear found on treasure tiles and stolen from bosses in Chapter Four.

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Specialized Party Roles for Stealing and Treasure

A highly specialized party configuration is essential to successfully acquire and retain rare items:

The Chemist (Low Bravery): A Chemist with low Bravery should be in your party. This specific condition increases the likelihood of retrieving the rare or better item from a treasure tile when using the Treasure Hunter support ability. While this mechanic is unusual, it is a requirement.
The Thief (Steal Mastery): Designate a character, often Ramza, to fully master the Steal command set:
- Steal Weapon
- Steal Shield
- Steal Helm
- Steal Armor
- Steal Accessory
The Damage Dealers: Include your strongest characters (high-Bravery Brawlers, Male Ninjas, or unique units like Agrias or Orlandeau). You must win the battle to keep any items you successfully steal or unearth.

Pre-Chapter Four Preparation

Keep the initial equipment of Orlandeau (T.G. Cid) and any newly joined characters, as this gear is critical for an optional battle that rewards a unique shield later. Final Fantasy Tactics All Missable Items in Chapter Four, starting when Ramza gains his unique armor.

Chapter Four: Missable Weapons and Accessories

The earliest missable items are accessible as soon as you meet the requirements, with a focus on tactical application of your low-Bravery Chemist.

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Acquiring Rare Weapons

Materyia Blade Plus (Mount Beuvelle): This weapon is your first missable item. Equip at least a 4-Jump on your Treasure Hunter to reach the volcano's peak.

Important Note: This is the only tile in the game where both the rare and regular item is the same. You'll get the Materyia Blade Plus regardless of your Bravery or Luck. Keep this unique weapon safe!

Hidden Equipment in Side Quests

You'll have to progress in the story and complete some side quests to gain access to the following areas. The order of acquisition will vary.

Invisibility Cloak (Mount Germinas): This cloak offers great Evasion and, more importantly, grants Invisibility at the start of every battle. Due to the out-of-reach tile:
- Get a character to Knock Back (or equivalent skill) your Chemist onto the tile with a character.
- Or get a high-Jump character to place your Chemist directly onto the spot.
Golden Staff and Genji Shield (Mount Bads Temple): This battle, which is opened up by a side quest with Orlandeau and Reis in your party, is extremely challenging.
- Setup: Bring your best characters, immunity to Stone/Petrify, and at least two healers.
- Acquisition: Get a large monster (Dragon, Construct, or Reis) in your party. Your Chemist can jump onto the head of the monster to reach the left pillar, which holds the Genji Shield. Possibly the best evasion shield in the game.
Bonus Spear: Not so much missable, but the Javelin II (second highest weapon attack) is on the right pillar and well worth getting early.

Final Fantasy Tactics All Missable Items and Abilities: Missable Skills and Boss Steals

In this section of the guide, we talk about the two most vital missable skills and the very difficult Orlandeau boss battle, which rewards a full, unique armor set.

Acquiring the Hidden Abilities

Ultima (Limberry Castle): You must learn Ramza's hidden skill, Ultima, during this battle.
- Required Build: Ramza must be in his Gallant Knight class with Black Garb and a Nu Khai Armband (makes him immune to Stop and Charm, which the Assassins use). A Ribbon will also work.
- Survival: Equip Ramza with Auto-Potion, Mana Shield, or Magic Defend Up to survive.
- Learning: Once Ramza is hit by Ultima, accept the prompt to learn the ability. End the battle by crippling one of the Assassins (Celia or Lede) to critical HP or killing them outright.
Zodiac (Deep Dungeon - END Floor): This skill is learned during a fixed encounter against the superboss, Serpentarius, on the final floor.
- Conditions: Your characters must be in the Summoner Job class to learn it.
- Success: 10% chance to learn the skill when struck by the enemy's Zodiac. It can be learned by only one character per casting.
- Alternative: You may also learn Zodiac by casting it on an enemy Summoner and drawing it from their next Crystal.

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Stealing the Genji Armor Set

The battle against Orlandeau is one of the most difficult in the game. You must successfully Steal his equipment, the Genji Armor Set, which requires a very specific party and strategy.

The Target: Steal the Genji Shield, Genji Helm, Genji Armor, and Genji Gloves.
Party Strategy:
- Ramza (Gallant Knight/Steal): Keep using Shout to increase his Speed (steal success rate goes up) and to grant him additional turns.
- Orlandeau (Damage): Used to disable the surrounding Assassins.
- Agrias (Arts of War): Use Arts of War to slow Orlandeau down.
- Beowulf (Chicken/Stall): Use Chicken to drastically reduce Orlandeau's Bravery, reducing his success rate for blocking your steal attempts and Agrias's attacks. Use Stall to bring his Speed down to zero.
Stealing Procedure: With the Assassins eliminated and Orlandeau's Bravery lowered, steal the Genji Shield first. Stealing from behind or from the side has better accuracy.

Deep Dungeon Missable Items

The remaining missable equipment is found on specific floors of the Deep Dungeon, an optional dungeon accessed late in the game.

Preparing for the Deep Dungeon

Party Setup: Continue with a low-Bravery Chemist with Treasure Hunter.
Mobility: Ride a Black or Red Chocobo for increased mobility to reach high-up tiles easily.
Disabling Enemies: Use abilities like Beowulf's Sleep/Break or Orlandeau's Bolt/Shadow Blade to disable or kill enemies.

Deep Dungeon Missables (Floors 3-9)

Floor Name	Item Name(s)	Tile Location & Notes
`DELTA (Floor 3)`	Zeus Mace	A powerful weapon on a specific tile.
`DOCTOR (Floor 4)`	Robe of Faith & Kaiser Shield	Two great items; make sure they don't get broken or stolen!
`CANCER (Floor 5)`	Aegis Blade	One-of-a-kind unique blade.
`TIGER (Floor 6)`	Cursed Ring & Ninja Gear	Very near one another.
`BRIDGE (Floor 7)`	Staff of the Magi	Rare and collectible, but not a massive combat boost.
`VOYAGE (Floor 8)`	Perseus Bow & Lordly Robe	The Lordly Robe is quite possibly the best end-game robe; certainly obtain both.
`HORROR (Floor 9)`	Maximillian, Grand Helm, & Venetian Shield	The Maximillian (high HP) and Grand Helm (high HP/Blind & Sleep immunity) are essential one-of-a-kind pieces.

Were you aware that low Bravery is key to maximizing your chances of finding the rare items on the hidden treasure tiles?

For a comprehensive walkthrough and detailed strategies, you can refer to the Final Fantasy Tactics guide to ensure you don’t miss any critical elements in your playthrough.