Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift

Please note that everything comes from the US version of the game.

ROM Addresses

All address ranges are inclusive.

Special Unit Graphics:

0x053D5BEC - 0x053D6863 (0x1C bytes long)

Job Data:

0x053D6864 - 0x053D963B (0x48 bytes long)

Ability Sets:

0x053D963C - 0x053D9ABB (0x0C bytes long)

Ability Table:

0x053D9ABC - 0x053DBC93 (0x0C bytes long)

Ability Data:

0x053DBC94 - 0x053E638B (0x34 bytes long)

Ability Animations:

0x053E638C - 0x053EB09B (0x18 bytes long)

Equipment Data:

0x053FB748 - 0x053FF7A7 (0x28 bytes long)

Job Data

Offset	Length	Type	Name	Details
0x00	2	uint16	Portrait	The unit's portrait. Overridden by unique characters. Refer to the portraits list for values.
0x02	2	uint16	Enemy Portrait	The unit's portrait if on the opposing team. Overridden by unique characters. Refer to the portraits list for values.
0x04	2	uint16	Sprite	Map sprite of the character. Does not change the sprite on the top screen. Overridden by unique characters. Refer to the sprite list for values.
0x06	2	uint16	Unknown	Seems to have no effect on sprites.
0x08	2	uint16	Enemy Sprite	Map sprite of enemy characters. Does not change the sprite on the top screen. Overridden by unique characters. Refer to the sprite list for values. Identical to friendly sprite value.
0x0A	2	uint16	Unknown	Seems to have no effect on sprites.
0x0C	1	uint8	Palette	Overridden by unique characters. Value: 0x00 = Friendly/Monster 0x01 = Enemy/Monster 0x02 = Monster 0x03 = Monster 0x04 = Monster 0x05 = Monster
0x0D	1	uint8	Enemy Palette	Overridden by unique characters. Value: 0x00 = Friendly/Monster 0x01 = Enemy/Monster 0x02 = Monster 0x03 = Monster 0x04 = Monster 0x05 = Monster
0x0E	1	uint8	Race	Value: 0x00 = None 0x01 = Hume 0x02 = Bangaa 0x03 = Nu Mou 0x04 = Viera 0x05 = Moogle 0x06 = Seeq 0x07 = Gria 0x08 - 0x28 = Monsters
0x0F	1	uint8	Move Type	Value: 0x00 = Null (Doesn't mean immobile) 0x01 = Walk 0x02 = Fly 0x03 = Teleport
0x10	1	uint8	Stand Type	Value: 0x00 = Null 0x01 = Short (Can't enter water) 0x02 = Normal (Enters but sinks in water) 0x03 = Crawl (Malboros and alike) 0x04 = Float (Fairies and alike)
0x11	1	uint8	Move	Unknown maximum.
0x12	1	uint8	Jump	Unknown maximum.
0x13	14	uint8	Stats	Offsets: 0x00: HP Base 0x01: HP Growth 0x02: MP Base 0x03: MP Growth 0x04: Speed Base 0x05: Speed Growth 0x06: Attack Base 0x07: Attack Growth 0x08: Defense Base 0x09: Defense Growth 0x0A: Magick Base 0x0B: Magick Growth 0x0C: Resistance Base 0x0D: Resistance Growth See notes on stats.
0x21	8	uint8	Affinities	Offsets: 0x00: Fire 0x01: Air 0x02: Earth 0x03: Water 0x04: Ice 0x05: Thunder 0x06: Holy 0x07: Dark Value: 0x00 = Weak 0x01 = Neutral 0x02 = Resist 0x03 = Nullify 0x04 = Absorb
0x29	1	uint8	Evasion	Evasion = 100% - [Value]
0x2A	1	uint8	Unknown	Divisible by 5, varies between 10 and 30.
0x2B	1	uint8	Unknown
0x2C	1	uint8	Unknown
0x2D	1	uint8	Resilience	Resilience = 100% - [Value]
0x2E	2	uint16	Ability Set	The job's corresponding ability set (eg. Arts of War).
0x30	1	uint8	Unarmed Bonus	This is not divided by 4 and added as is.
0x31	1	uint8	Unknown	Seems to match with race.
0x32	1	uint8	Unknown	Value: 0x00 = Everyone not mentioned below 0x01 = Goblins, Lamia, Werewolves, Antlions, Shellings,...,Drakes 0x02 = Yowie, Rafflesia, Demon Wall, Neukhia and bros, Crushatrice, Upsilon
0x33	1	uint8	Gender	Value: 0x00 = Ambigious/Androgynous 0x01 = Female 0x02 = Male
0x34	11	?	Unknown	Lots of stuff.
0x3A	1	uint8	Top Screen Sprite	The sprite which appears in the top screen indicating turn order.
0x40	1	uint8	Enemy Top Screen Sprite	The sprite for enemies in the top screen.
0x41	1	uint8	Unknown
0x42	1	bin	Properties	A big endian binary array of properties. Offset: 0x00: 0x01: 0x02: Can change to another job 0x03: Undead 0x04: 0 for everything except the thing after Neukhia Wisp 0x05: Always 1? 0x06: Has Items ability (Alchemist) 0x07: Tonberry, Magick Pot, bosses
0x43	5	bin	Equipment	See notes on equipment.

Notes on Stats

Base stats are given on recruitment and never change. A character at level 1 has base stats, growths apply when it levels. Stat growths are applied with every level up in that job, with variance (random chance of less or more growths). Stats cap at 999. Stats displayed in-game are quartered and rounded down.

Base speed is 50 + [value]. This means that 50 is the minimum base speed possible. The maximum speed is 149. Speed growth is stored as a percentage representing the chance of gaining 1 speed per level in that job.

Notes on Equipment

The five bytes represents a big-endian binary array. For example...

84 00 00 EC 0E = 00100001 00000000 00000000 00110111 01110000

Each bit represents whether the corresponded equipment type can be equipped by that job.

Index	Equip Type
0x00	None
0x01	Knives
0x02	Swords
0x03	Blades
0x04	Sabers
0x05	Knightswords
0x06	Rapiers
0x07	Greatswords
0x08	Broadswords
0x09	Katana
0x0A	Spears
0x0B	Rods
0x0C	Staves
0x0D	Poles
0x0E	Knuckles
0x0F	Bows
0x10	Greatbows
0x11	Guns
0x12	Instruments
0x13	Cannons
0x14	?
0x15	Axes
0x16	Hammers
0x17	Maces
0x18	Cards
0x19	Books
0x1A	Shields
0x1B	Helmets
0x1C	Ribbons
0x1D	Hats
0x1E	Heavy Armor
0x1F	Light Armor
0x20	Cloth Armor
0x21	Shoes
0x22	Armguards
0x23	Accessories

Ability Sets

Offset	Length	Type	Name	Details
0x00	2	uint16	First Ability	The first ability in the set (eg. First Aid in Arts of War). Every ability between and including this and the last ability is included in this set. See ability set list.
0x02	2	uint16	Last Ability	The last ability in the set (eg. Gauge in Arts of War). See ability set list.
0x04	8	?	Unknown

Ability Table

Offset	Length	Type	Name	Details
0x00	2	uint16	Ability	Index of the ability. See ability list.
0x02	7	?	Unknown
0x09	1	uint8	Maximum AP	AP required to Master the skill.

Ability Data

Offset	Length	Type	Name	Details
0x00	2	uint16	Unknown
0x02	1	uint8	Element	Value: 0x00 = Neutral 0x01 = Fire 0x02 = Air 0x03 = Earth 0x04 = Water 0x05 = Ice 0x06 = Thunder 0x07 = Holy 0x08 = Dark
0x03	1	uint8	MP Cost
0x04	2	uint8?	Unknown
0x06	2	uint16	Damage Bonus	Fixed damage value added on top of Attack/Magick.
0x08	2	uint16	Weapon Required	Not too sure about this one. Values (Big Endian): 0x0000 = Anything? 0x8000 = Anything? 0x8200 = Bladed Weapons Only 0x1300 = Cannons Only 0x1A00 = Shield Only 0x1100 = ? (Reckless Abandon only)
0x0A	1	uint8	Other Requirements	Again, not too sure. Value: 0x00 = None 0x01 = Standing in water 0x02 = Standing on a 'natural' tile 0x03 = Standing on an 'artificial' tile 0x04 = Standing on a grassy tile 0x05 = Standing on a barren tile 0x06 = Clear weather. 0x07 = Rainy weather. 0x08 = Snowy weather. 0x09 = Misty weather. 0x0A = On a Chocobo (Chocobo Knights) 0x0B = Prime'd (Flintlocks) 0x16 - 0x2D = One for every Beastmaster skill
0x0B	1	uint8	Target Type	Works in tandem with range and radius. Not too sure what certain combinations are capable of doing. Value: 0x00 = Normal 0x01 = Linear both ways (Chocobo Rush) 0x02 = Linear (Earth Render) 0x04 = Surrounding 4 tiles 0x05 = All units 0x06 = Fan shape (Dragoon's breath attacks) 0x07 = Weapon Based (range and AoE) 0x08 = Self Other values are buggy/for monsters.
0x0C	1	uint8	Range	Having zero range is usually combined with certain target types.
0x0D	1	uint8	Radius	Value: 0x00 = Used with certain target types 0x01 = Single tile 0x05 = Black Magick sized diamond 0x0D = Summoning Magick sized diamond Other values seem to have no effect.
0x0E	1	uint8	Unknown	Something to do with the 'tier' of the ability?
0x0F	1	uint8	Extra Menu/Command?	Value: 0x00 = Normal? 0x01 = Resurrection Abilities 0x02 = Magick Frenzy 0x03 = Natural Selection 0x04 = Unused 0x05 = ? 0x06 = Weapon Toss/Throw 0x07 = Gil Toss 0x08 = Mirror Items 0x09 = Doublecast 0x0A = Beastmaster Skills
0x10	16	uint16/8	Effects	There are four effect slots, each one 4 bytes long. Each effect consists of a 2 byte indicator (ie. Poison) and two 1 byte modifiers (ie. half accuracy). Still need to decode what values mean what. Empty slots are filled with 0s.
0x20	2	bin	Properties	Big endian binary array containing booleans for random properties. Maybe some law stuff mixed in. Offset: 0x00: Shining Flare, Nature's Embrace, Shadow Stalk 0x01: Can target self 0x02: Inverted effects on Undead 0x03: 00 = Physical, 01 = Magickal (applies to damage calculation) 0x04: Learnable by Blue Magick 0x05: Counterable 0x06: Bypasses R Abilities 0x07: Reflectable + Magick Counterable? 0x08: 0x09: 0x0A: 0x0B: Deals damage? 0x0C: 0x0D: Can be caught with Sticky Fingers 0x0E: 0x0F:
0x22	1	uint8	Unknown
0x23	1	uint8	Unknown
0x24	16	uint8	Current AP Index	There are eight slots. Each slot has 1 byte corresponding with race and 1 byte corresponding with the index at which the current AP amount is stored in the RAM. For example, First Aid has 01 98 02 6E, meaning for the Hume race it's AP is stored at '98' and for the Bangaa race it's AP is stored at '6E'. Anyone who has tried race swapping knows that AP data is shared between races. Empty slots are filled with 0s.