The FF16 Best items can be categorized under two different sections, the first of which is the potions and tonics in the consumables section, and then there’s the almost limitless amount of important crafting materials. It is imperative to understand each of these items in Final Fantasy, as knowing about each one can make all the difference, especially if you’re playing through your NG+ playthrough on the hardest difficulty. Each item, whether it’s a crafting material or consumable, has its own uses, benefits, and qualities.
- The Best items in FF16 helps you gain benefits, whether they’re HP-restoring potions or rare crafting materials.
- Potions such as High Potion, can greatly heal you, and Lionheart tonics can boost your Limit Break duration.
- You can also use the Last Elixir as an ‘ace-up-the-sleeve’ against tough encounters or boss fights in FF16.
- FF16 have 7 different consumables and 45 rare crafting materials which are needed to craft different gear pieces at the Blacksmith.
- These include the highly valuable Orichalcum, Meteorite, and common material items such as Desert Roses.
- Most of these materials can be found while completing high-rank Hunts, treasure chests, and buying from merchants.
- Author’s Note: I’ve played FF16 for over 85 hours via PlayStation, experiencing every mechanic and element the title offers.
The Best Consumable And Crafting Items In Final Fantasy 16
| NAME | USAGE/EFFECTS | HOW TO GET | BEST FOR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potion | Instantly restores 20% of the maximum HP | Found within chests and bought from merchants | The Best Early-Game Heal Option |
| High Potion | Instantly restores 40% of maximum HP | Found within chests and bought from merchants | The Best Healing Item In FF16 |
| Lionheart Tonic | Gradually fills Limit Break gauge for 30 seconds | Bought from merchants and Charon's Toll | The Best Item For Limit Break Charge |
| Strength Tonic | Increases attack power by 10% for 60 seconds | Bought from merchants and Charon's Toll | The Best Consumable For Attack Boost |
| Stoneskin Tonic | Increases defense by 30% for 90 seconds | Bought from merchants and Charon's Toll | The Best Consumable For Defense Boost |
| Last Elixir | Upon KO, it automatically restores all HP, fills the limit gauge, and increases attack power by 10% as well as defense by 30% for 60 seconds. | Can be purchased from merchants after completing the “Things Fall Apart”quest | The Best Item For A Second Chance |
| Elixir | Instantly restores all HP | Can be purchased from merchants after completing the “Cid the Outlaw”quest | The Highest Heal Value In FF16 |
| Orichalcum | Used to craft endgame gear such as the Gotterdamarung sword | Found via specific S-rank hunts and the "New Management 2" sidequest | Crafting |
| Coeurl Whisker | Used for crafting and upgrading the Hunter’s Waistcloth and Rune belt. | Coeurl enemies as well as via the A-rank hunt: Bygul | Crafting |
| Electrum | Used for crafting the Drakeslayer’s Belt | Acquired via defeating the B-rank Hunt of Sverian | Crafting |
| Meteorite | Core materials to craft and upgrade numerous types of gear | Found via mini-bosses, and Hunts, and through treasure chests during exploration. | Crafting |
| Grimalkin Hide | One of the materials required to craft the Excalibur weapon | C-rank Hunt: Grimalkin | Crafting |
| Scarletite | Required to craft the Drakeslayer gear and Excalibur | Found via specific A and B-rank hunts and the “Hot Water” sidequest | Crafting |
| Whitewyrm Bone | One of the materials needed to craft the Diamond Armlets and Diamond Sword | Defeat the White Dragon in the “Fire in The Sky” main story quest | Crafting |
| Desert Rose | Used in crafting and upgrading the Rune Crescents and Diamond armlets | Found as a reward at Patron’s Whisper reward and exploring Dhalmekian Desert | Crafting |
| Dragon Talon | Core materials to craft and upgrade gear such as the Longsword and Platinum Sword | Dropped from Aevis-type enemies and through the B-rank Hunt: Belphegor | Crafting |
Consumable Items
You can start collecting and hoarding the most consumable items early on as Clive will be needing these in a large commodity in order to himself during battle. These consumables primarily include potions, tonics, and other tinctures, which can provide different benefits such as heals or even stat boosts. For now, let’s discuss each of the consumable items distinctively and what they provide to you in gameplay.
1. Potion
| EFFECTS | Instantly restores 20% of the maximum HP |
| HOW TO GET | They can be found within chests while exploring the world as well as being purchasable via the merchants in settlements and towns. |
| PRICE | 200 Gil |
| SELLING PRICE | 100 Gil |
- Why I Chose This: Potions can be pretty helpful in your early playthrough as it provides 20% heal and can be stored for use in difficult battles.
Starting off, I have the regular potions that you will receive right from the opening stages of FF16 during the prologue. These restore 20 percent of HP but keep in mind that the effect can be enhanced if you manage to complete certain sidequests to increase the healing amount. Do not worry about running out of them, as they can be found fairly often, especially in the early stages when you party up with Cid or Jill.
Furthermore, this applies to both of the healing potions as far as I know, but if you have no more space to carry either one, upon collecting a potion during exploration will automatically use it on Clive, which is a pretty good feature to keep you topped up on health at all times.
- Heals 20% HP, ideal for difficult battles.
- Are restocked at checkpoints if you die.
- Once consumed, need to be purchased.
- Healing potential is pretty low.
2. High Potion
| EFFECTS | Instantly restores 40% of maximum HP. |
| HOW TO GET | They can be found within chests while exploring the world as well as being purchasable via the merchants in settlements and towns. |
| PRICE | 400 Gil |
| SELLING PRICE | 200 Gil |
- Why I Chose This: High Potions are the best healing options in FF16 as they can be stored in excess amounts towards mid-to-late game and provide decent healing.
High potions work similarly to the normal ones I mentioned earlier, but the key difference is that you will be using them regularly towards the mid-to-end game sections of FF16 as they are the best healing items.
If you manage to increase the potency via the sidequests, then using these in critical situations will drastically restore your health, almost to the bare minimum from a low amount. Before setting off for the main story missions, which include their legacy dungeons, I would strongly recommend purchasing these high potions, especially if you’re in NG+ with the Final Fantasy difficulty.
- High potions heal HP to a large extent.
- The healing efficiency can be further increased using talismans.
- Limited uses, need to be purchased.
3. Lionheart Tonic
| EFFECTS | Gradually fills Limit Break gauge for 30 seconds |
| HOW TO GET | Can be purchased from merchants as well as through Charon’s Toll at the Hideaway |
| PRICE | 500 Gil |
| SELLING PRICE | 250 Gil |
- Why I Chose This: Lionheart tonics gradually increases your Limit Break bar for 30s which is very useful as Limit Break increases all your stats and heals you.
The Lionheart tonics are quite possibly one of my favorite items in FF16 and the best consumable, in my honest opinion, as these can help you build up your Limit Break gauge easily. Limit Break is a special transformation for Clive (much like Dante from Devil May Cry 5‘s Devil Trigger) where he can enter a berserk-like state to deal bonus damage using his normal and special attacks as well as regenerate health too.
Just like the healing potions, the Lionheart tonic can be upgraded via the aforementioned side quests to increase its inventory amount and potency. Activating the tonic during major story boss fights can help you shift the battle in your favor, as Limit Break will help you take them down with ease with its increased damage state.
- Gradually increases your limit break guage.
- Can be used to turn the tide of battle very quickly.
- The duration of the potion is considerably less.
4. Strength Tonic
| EFFECTS | Increases attack power by 10% for 60 seconds |
| HOW TO GET | Can be purchased from merchants as well as through Charon’s Toll at the Hideaway |
| PRICE | 700 Gil |
| SELLING PRICE | 350 Gil |
- Why I Chose This: These tonics provide percentage attack boost to every type of ability, essential for early-game encounters.
The Strength tonic increases your total attack power by 10%, and this consumable item’s effects can stack with the best accessories of FF16, such as Genji Gloves, which boost your attack by 5%. While it may not be noticeable at first, it can drastically improve your DPS against tough boss fights as well as against the challenging beasts in the Hunt activity.
- Increases attack power, viable for early-game.
- Provides boost for considerable duration.
- 10% boost is pretty low, needs upgrade.
- Does not provide any boost to stagger.
5. Stoneskin Tonic
| EFFECTS | Increases defense by 30% for 90 seconds |
| HOW TO GET | Can be purchased from merchants as well as through Charon’s Toll at the Hideaway |
| PRICE | 600 Gil |
| SELLING PRICE | 300 Gil |
- Why I Chose This: Stoneskin Tonic increases your defense for a long duration, very useful if you are still learning the basics of combat.
Next up is the Stoneskin tonic, which, just by the effects alone, is fantastic for players who are looking to tank incoming damage as much as possible. However, in my personal experience with Final Fantasy 16, you will heavily benefit from aggressively playing and using your Eikon abilities for combos instead of relying on a defense-stat-boosting potion.
So the best benefit to getting out of the Stoneskin Tonic would be to use it in the final phases of certain story boss battles or when they’re close to dying, as it will guarantee you don’t choke a defeat by boosting your defense to withstand the hard-hitting attacks easily.
- Increases your defense, useful for tanking hits.
- Has long duration, can be further increased.
- Overly relying on it can be troublesome.
- Dodging attacks instead provide better results.
6. Last Elixir
| EFFECTS | Upon KO, it automatically restores all HP, fills the limit gauge, and increases attack power by 10% as well as defense by 30% for 60 seconds. |
| HOW TO GET | It can be purchased from merchants and through Charon’s Toll once you reach the main quest called “Things Fall Apart.” |
| PRICE | 20000 Gil |
| SELLING PRICE | It cannot be sold |
- Why I Chose This: Last Elixir grants you a second chance and provides boost to attack and defenses and also increases your limit break guage.
Much like the Phoenix Downs from past Final Fantasy titles, the Last Elixir essentially allows you to revive yourself with the only condition that you can only carry only one of these with Clive and, of course, can only then be used once per battle. While these certainly can be useful against the endgame boss battles which you might struggle with, I didn’t find myself relying on them unless I was close to beating my opponent.
The price to purchase it is pretty hefty, but you shouldn’t have a problem with that since, towards the end of FF16, you will have so much Gil that you’ll wonder where to spend it all since aren’t any expensive items or gear in the in-game economy to purchase after all.
- Revives you with full health after KO’ed.
- Additionaly provides 10% limit break, atk power and 30% def.
- Extremely rare item and high price.
- Can only be used once per battle.
7. Elixir
| EFFECTS | Instantly restores all HP |
| HOW TO GET | It can be purchased from merchants and through Charon’s Toll once you reach the main quest called “Cid the Outlaw. |
| PRICE | 10000 Gil |
| SELLING PRICE | 5000 Gil |
- Why I Chose This: Elixirs helps you in end-game encounters as it heals you to full HP.
The last of the consumables include the Elixir, and while it is the potion that can grant you full heals, I didn’t see much benefit in using it as the normal or High potions proved more than enough capable of nursing me back to 60 or 70 percent HP. It is worth noting that merchants across Valisthea will stock the Elixirs once you have reached the “Cid the Outlaw” main questline in the plot.
- Heals you to full health, helpful for escaping pinch.
- Can be very useful in end-game encounters.
- Are very rare and expensive to buy.
- Only available after reaching a certain milestone in story.
Best Crafting Items & Components
There are a ton of valuable crafting components and materials which also fall in line with the overall items category of FF16 and having the knowledge about the best ones, in this case, can highly benefit you so that you would know which crafting recipes are the important ones. These were hand-picked after my 70+ hours of experience (PSN: Liontamer55460) with the game.
I have compiled a list of the best material and crafting items in Final Fantasy 16 in the table below:
| MATERIAL | USAGE | HOW TO GET |
| Orichalcum | Used to craft endgame gear such as the Gotterdamarung, Ouroboros, and the Sons of Ouroboros | Can be acquired by defeating the following S-rank hunts:
Also can be obtained after completing the “New Management 2” Side Quest |
| Coeurl Whisker | Used for crafting and upgrading the Hunter’s Waistcloth and Rune belt. | It can be obtained by defeating the Coeurl enemies as well as via the A-rank hunt:
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| Electrum | Used for crafting the Drakeslayer’s Belt | Acquired via defeating the B-rank Hunt of Sverian |
| Meteorite | It is used to craft a multitude of the Best Weapons in FF16 as well reinforcing gear at the blacksmith. | It can be found in various ways, such as defeating enemies, mini-bosses, and Hunts, as well as through treasure chests during exploration. |
| Grimalkin Hide | One of the materials needed to craft the Excalibur weapon. | The reward for defeating the C-rank Hunt of Grimalkin |
| Scarletite | One of the materials needed to craft the
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It can be obtained by completing the following Hunts:
It can also be found by completing the “Hot Water” sidequest. |
| Whitewyrm Bone | One of the materials needed to craft the Diamond Armlets and Diamond Sword | It can be obtained by defeating the White Dragon in the “Fire in The Sky” main story quest |
| Desert Rose | Used in crafting and upgrading the Rune Crescents and Diamond armlets | The reward for reaching 410 Renown at the Patron’s Whisper.
It can also be found whilst exploring the Dhamlmekian region’s desert, as well as bought from Charon’s Toll and other merchants. |
| Dragon Talon | Used as one of the materials in crafting and upgrading the following gear pieces:
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It can be dropped from the following enemies:
It can also be acquired by completing the B-rank hunt of Belphegor. |
My Thoughts On Best Items
Most of these items are used for upgrading swords, and you can acquire many of them by progressing the story. The only useful items for me in FF16 were the Potions, Elixers, and Lionheart Tonics. Health and Limit Break gauge are the fundamentals of FF16’s gameplay, and you’d want both of these bars full at all times.
This concludes my guide to the FF16 best items as well as how to obtain them. While on the subject of these items, I reckon you’ll also enjoy checking the Wind Shard guide, as it is also an integral crafting material. Furthermore, since I discussed the hunts of where to obtain most of these materials, I would strongly encourage checking out the guides to the Knight Of The Splendent Heart as well as Sekhret.
Final Fantasy 16 goes above and beyond as an Action RPG, whether it’s the high-octane Action battle system or the riveting political warfare storytelling. You can learn all about it in detail with the Review of FF16. But for now, if you have any further questions about the guide, then please let me know in the comments down below for any queries or extra information. As always, eXputer wishes you luck in exploring the rich lands of Valisthea!
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