Latent and Hidden Effects

HP-triggered Effects
The following weapons' damage ratings vary depending on the wielder's current HP.

The following items' latent effects are triggered at certain levels of HP.

HP-and-TP-triggered Effects
The following job-specific rings and earrings have latent effects that are only active when the following two conditions are met: your HP is low and your TP is below 100%. When only one of these two conditions are met, the effects are not active.

Subjob-triggered Effects
The various Latent Effects on the following series of Level 30 earrings, mantles, belts, and shields are triggered simply by having the appropriate subjob.

Atypical Damage Type Weapons
Most weapons of a certain category deal the same type of damage. The following weapons are exceptions. Despite having an uncharacteristic damage type when meleeing, these weapons still use normal damage types during weapon skills.

Elemental Staves
The Level 51 Elemental Staves have some very potent hidden effects which make them useful to many different jobs.

Undocumented Latent Effects
The following items have latent effects whose triggers have not been fully documented. If you come into possession of any of these items and determine how to activate their latent effects, please feel free to update this page.