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<!DOCTYPE html>
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<head>
<title>Breath of Fire IV Save Editor</title>
<link href="info.css" rel="stylesheet">
<style>
table, th, td {
border:1px solid black;
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<body>
<h1>Breath of Fire IV Save Editor</h1>
<a href="index.html">Return to editor</a>
<h2>About</h2>
<p>
This tool allows you to edit Breath of Fire III save files inside a PS1 memory card file.<br/>
Special thanks goes to to ZC_Liu from GameFAQs for his <a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps/196818-breath-of-fire-iv/faqs/12971">Breath of Fire IV Enemy and Information Guide</a> and <a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps/196817-breath-of-fire-iii/faqs/30733">Breath of Fire III Secrets FAQ</a>, both of which helped a lot with finding the hidden stats.</p>
Some of the information here were adapted from ZC_Liu's guide.
</p>
<h2>Table of Contents</h2>
<ol>
<li>
<a href="#instructions">Instructions</a>
<ol type="a">
<li><a href="#characters">Characters</a></li>
<li><a href="#inventory">Inventory</a></li>
<li><a href="#party">Party Formation</a></li>
</ol>
</li>
<li><a href="#spells">On Spells</a></li>
<li><a href="#examples">Legitimate Use Cases</a></li>
<li><a href="#changelog">Changelog</a></li>
<li><a href="#contact">Bug Report/Feature Request/Feedback/Contact</a></li>
</ol>
<h2><span id="instructions">Instructions</span></h2>
<h3><span id="characters">Characters</span></h3>
<img src="img/info/character.png" width="500" alt="character editor interface">
<ol>
<li><b>Character picker</b>. Switches between each character in your party which you want to edit.</li>
<li><b>Stats editor</b>. Most of the inputs here should be self-explanatory. However the terms
current, true, base, and fatigue might need a bit of explanation:
<ul>
<li><i>Current HP/AP</i> is the amount of HP/AP the character has currently</li>
<li>
<i>Current max HP/AP</i> is the maximum cap of HP/AP the character can have currently.<br/>
Current max HP decreases when the character is KO'd mid-battle and is not revived, <br/>
Mandrake is used to heal the character, forgetting to drink water in the<br/>
Desert of Death, or using the Disembowel ability. Current max HP recovers to<br/>
true max HP when taking a rest anywhere but the camp. As far as I know, nothing<br/>
affects current max AP.
</li>
<li>
<i>Base PWR/DEF/INT/AGL</i> is the character's PWR/DEF/INT/AGL before being modified<br/>
by equipment/in-battle spells and items. For example, if Ryu's base PWR is currently<br/>
320, equipping him with the GKS, Aries Gloves, and Titan Belt will increase his PWR by<br/>
180 (GKS) + 10 (Aries Gloves) + 10 (Titan Belt) = 200, thereby setting his total PWR to 520.<br/>
While total power is stored in the save file, the reason you can only edit the base<br/>
versions of these stats is because the game ignores any changes you make to the total<br/>
stats if they don't match the total calculations.<br/>
Using the previous example, if I were to set Ryu's total PWR to 650 in the save file, the<br/>
game will calculate Ryu's total power from his Base PWR + any modifiers from his equipment<br/>
and set that as his base PWR instead. So it's no use to change the total PWR.
</li>
<li>
<i>Fatigue</i> the term ZC_Liu uses to describe this stat, as there isn't any official<br/>
term for this stat. It determines how much a character's current max HP is reduced after<br/>
being KO'd mid-battle and not revived, using Mandrake, forgetting to drink in the<br/>
Desert of Death, or using the Disembowel ability.
</li>
</ul>
Stats have internal limitations built in them to prevent overflow. For example, trying to set the<br/>
level above 255 will cause the editor to treat it as 255. In this case, level is a single-byte stat,<br/>
and so the largest value it can theoretically have is 255.</li>
<li><b>Resistances</b>. Resistances determine how strong a character is against a certain element.<br/>
Fire, Ice, Electric, Earth, anad Wind resistance behave like so:<br/>
<table>
<tr>
<th>Lvl</th>
<th>Effect</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>0</td>
<td>300% as damage to HP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>200% as damage to HP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2</td>
<td>100% as damage to HP (Default)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td>75% as damage to HP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>4</td>
<td>50% as damage to HP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>5</td>
<td>25% as damage to HP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>6</td>
<td>No damage to HP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>7</td>
<td>100% absorbed as HP</td>
</tr>
</table>
Psionic, Status, and Death resistances behave like so:<br/>
<table>
<tr>
<th>Lvl</th>
<th>Effect</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>0</td>
<td>-200% resistance</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>-100% resistance</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2</td>
<td>0% resistance</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td>25% resistance</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>4</td>
<td>50% resistance</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>5</td>
<td>75% resistance</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>6</td>
<td>100% resistance</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>7</td>
<td>200% resistance</td>
</tr>
</table>
The holy element has two effects: resistance to holy attacks, and effectiveness for healing spells:<br/>
<div style="display: grid; grid-template-columns: 280px 250px; grid-column-gap: 10px;">
<div>
<table>
<tr>
<th>Lvl</th>
<th>Effect (Resistance)</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>0</td>
<td>300% as damage to HP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>200% as damage to HP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2</td>
<td>200% as damage to HP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td>167% as damage to HP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>4</td>
<td>133% as damage to HP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>5</td>
<td>100% as damage to HP (Default)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>6</td>
<td>50% as damage to HP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>7</td>
<td>No damage to HP</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div>
<table>
<tr>
<th>Lvl</th>
<th>Effect (Effectiveness)</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>0</td>
<td>300% as damage to HP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>200% as damage to HP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2</td>
<td>100% as damage to HP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td>0% as damage to HP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>4</td>
<td>50% restores HP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>5</td>
<td>100% restores HP (Default)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>6</td>
<td>200% restores HP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>7</td>
<td>400% restores HP</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li><b>Equipment</b>. Game-restricted limitations can be bypassed here. For example, it is possible<br/>
to equip Nina with a LifeArmor as a shield. Do note that there are some equipments which do not<br/>
work properly when equipped "illegally", such as the LifeArmor not recovering HP during battle<br/>
when equipped as anything but armor.</li>
<li><b>Abilities</b>. Use the [<] and [>] buttons to navigate between the ability pages. Be wary when adding<br/>
certain abilities. Notably, the ability "Paralyze" crashes the game when used (which makes "Paralyze" a fitting name).</li>
<li><b>Stat Growth Modifier</b>. When a character is apprenticed under a master, their stat growth will be <br/>
modified according to who their master is. Apprenticing level is the level which the character starts<br/>
apprenticing under that master. This is used by the game to calculate when certain skills/items/formations<br/>
are unlocked. A master can only be selected if the master has been unlocked. See the section below about<br/>
inventory on how to unlock masters.</li>
</ol>
<h3><span id="inventory">Inventory</span></h3>
<div style="display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px auto;">
<img src="img/info/inventory_1.png" alt="inventory editor interface" width="300">
<img src="img/info/inventory_2.png" alt="inventory editor interface" width="300">
<img src="img/info/inventory_3.png" alt="inventory editor interface" width="500">
</div>
<ol>
<li><b>Zenny</b>. Self-explanatory, the amount of Zenny you have</li>
<li><b>Main Inventory Editor</b>. Use the [<] and [>] buttons (2a) to naviagte between inventory pages.<br/>
You can edit the "Item", "Weapon", "Armor" and "Option" inventory pages here.<br/>
The first column of inputs (2b) represents the ID of each item in the inventory page. The second column<br/>
represents the quantity of that item. The scrollable window (2d) is used to look up item IDs.<br/>
Note that the scrollable window only displays the appropriate list of item IDs for the current active<br/>
inventory page.<br/>
For example, in the screenshot, the 3rd slot of the "Item" inventory page contains one Spearfish (ID = 75).
</li>
<li><b>Vitals</b>. As vital items do not have quantities associated with them, the only column (3a) contains the<br/>
item ID of that slot. The scrollable window (3b) is used to look up item IDs.</li>
<li><b>Skill Note</b>. The only column of inputs (4a) represents the skill ID of that slot. The scrollable window (4b)<br/>
can be used to look up skill IDs.</li>
<li><b>Dragon Genes</b>. Toggling a gene's checkbox on means enabling that gene to be used.</li>
<li><b>Masters</b>. Toggling a master's checkbox on means enabling your party members to apprentice under that master.<br/>
If a master isn't toggled on, you cannot apprentice your party members under that master.</li>
</ol>
<h3><span id="party">Party Formation</span></h3>
<img src="img/info/party_formation.png" width="350" alt="character editor interface">
<ol>
<li><b>Formation outside battles</b>. This is your party formation when walking around.</li>
<li><b>Formation in battles</b>. This is your party formation when fighting a battle</li>
</ol>
The option "--" is used to make a party member slot blank.
<p>
<span style="color: red;" id="party-warning"><b>WARNING: </b>Changing party members can have unintended side effects. Some may even crash the game.</span><br/>
Do not: <br/>
<ul>
<li>
<b>... remove Ryu from the party</b> unless he is unavailable as a party member at that point in the game.<br/>
Although it will not immediately crash the game, a party without Ryu is very glitchy and has the potential<br/>
to break the game.
<ol>
<li>The character replacing Ryu will not have their sprite rendered properly</li>
<li>If the character has a field action, using it will crash the game</li>
<li>Battles will either never load, or will be extremely glitched.</li>
</ol>
Battles will sometimes load, but the graphics will be extremely glitched. It's kind of a roulette,<br/>
some days you might get something that completely doesn't work, and some other you'll get a bare<br/>
minimum working.
</li>
<li>(Moderate spoilers ahead, hover to view)<br/>
<div class="spoiler">
... <b>add Teepo back to the party after he becomes permanently unavailable.</b> This has more or less the same effects<br/>
as removing Ryu from your party. His sprite will be messed up (if you can call it messed up), his field<br/>
actions will crash the game, and battles will be glitched. There might be a way to add him back to<br/>
your party, as I remember seeing a GameShark code to return Teepo to your party a really long time ago.<br/>
However, I am unable to find this code, and as of writing this page, it is still impossible to add<br/>
Teepo back without screwing something up really horribly.<br/>
I also read on GameFAQs (<a href="https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/196817-breath-of-fire-iii/52546331#3" class="spoiler-link">source</a>) that you can use Teepo with a party of Child Ryu and<br/>
Rei. I am unable to confirm this with my own attempt, which resulted in the same glitch as replacing any other party<br/>
member with Teepo.
</div>
</li>
<li>... <b>set all the slots to blank</b>, how will you even play the game like that?</li>
<li>... <b>set the first slot to blank</b></li>
</ul>
You might be able to: <br/>
<ul>
<li>Have multiple slots filled with the same character</li>
</ul>
</p>
<h2><span id="spells">On Spells</span></h2>
<h3>Nothing/Noting</h3>
<p>
These spells are called "Noting" in the North American version, and "Nothing" in the European version. However, these spells do<br/>
have proper names in the Japanese version. The Japanese names were the basis for the alternate names I included in parentheses.<br/>
Most of these spells do not function properly in-game, the only exceptions are "Assault", which pauses action for a short while before<br/>
dealing damage to the enemy, and "Pentagram", which looks cool.
</p>
<h3>Duplicate Spells</h3>
<p>
Ragnarok and MeteorStrike are listed twice in the list of spells. For Ragnarok's case, one of them is used only by Shroom, and<br/>
the other is the spell available to Momo. Nothing seems different visually. For MeteorStrike's case, one of them is used by the<br/>
Behemoth dragon form, and the other one used by the Mammoth dragon form.
</p>
<h3>Stay away zone</h3>
<p>
<ul>
<li>Paralyzer will crash your game. Unless you want that, you should stay away from this one.</li>
</ul>
</p>
<h2><span id="examples">Legitimate Use Cases</span></h2>
<p>
Besides the obvious use cases of <i>cheating your way out of a difficult boss battle</i> or <i>getting a rare item drop</i>, there<br/>
are much better use cases of this save editor, and I've compiled a few ways you can make your save file more interesting.<br/>
</p>
<h3>Solo Straight Character Challenge</h3>
<p>
Before reading this, read the warnings in the instructions for the party members editor.<br/>
In a Solo Straight Character Challenge (SSCC) run, you can only use one character, with a few exceptions where your party member selection is<br/>
limited during certain sections of the game. Normally, you'd have three in-battle party members, and that makes solo runs a bit tricky.<br/>
However, with this editor you can disable the other two in-battle party members, leaving your main character alone to fight the battles<br/>
You will have to change your in-battle party members when that character becomes unavailable though.<br/>
To add a bit of variation, why not do a duo challenge, where you can only use two characters with exceptions where one of them (or both)<br/>
is not accessible.
</p>
<h3>No Transformation</h3>
<p>
Can't resist using Accession? Can't resist the power of the Myrmidon? Then just remove Accession from Ryu, and never become a dragon ever<br/>
again. You can also one-up the challenge by removing Weretiger from Rei.<br/>
</p>
<h3>No Level Up</h3>
<p>
After you feel like your party's stats are enough, set everyone's level to 99 and EXP to 4,000,000. Now you can't level up,<br/>
you can't get skills/items/formations from masters, you can't get new abilities from levelling up, and you can't get stat increases<br/>
from levelling up.
</p>
<h3>Custom Character Builds</h3>
<p>
Do you want Nina to be able to use her physical attacks more often? Do you want to make Ryu an offensive spellcaster?<br/>
Do you want Garr to be an assist caster? You can do these by changing the character's stat gains modifier, and also their skills.<br/>
For example, say you want a mage/spellcaster Ryu. You can try increasing his INT and AP growth, while setting his power and defense<br/>
growth to a negative value. You can also give him some elemental spells, and optionally remove his healing spells.<br/>
Do remember that this is only a save editing utility. You can't change the power of a spell, and you can't change<br/>
what abilities a character receives when they level up. You also have to change the stat growth modifiers again if you<br/>
decide to apprentice under a new master.
</p>
<h3>
<h2><span id="contact">Bug Report/Feature Request/Feedback/Contact</span></h2>
<p>Please put all bug reports, feature requests and feedback in the <a href="https://github.com/glitch-in-the-herring/bof3-save-editor">Github repository.</a> You may contact me on Discord (red herring#5078).</p>
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