Breath of Fire IV - Better Descriptions (Hack) PSX ISO

Breath of Fire IV - Better Descriptions
By Naro
Version 1.02

Overview

While a massive improvement over BoF3, BoF4 still has quite a lot of hidden information.
Information that the average player just has no hope of figuring out. It would have been nice to know that Lyta raises holy resistance, or that Abbess raises magic resistance. This hack
aims to address these issues by updating descriptions of various things in the game: weapons, armors, accessories, and hidden master bonuses. With this hack, players will know exactly what each of these things do and can build their team accordingly. Once again, I looked at
notes/guides from ZC Liu/Slivers7 and Red Herring/Navarchos as reference for how to update these descriptions. Huge shoutout to these wonderful people!

List of updated descriptions

Weapons

Chopsticks - Guaranteed instant kill on fly type enemies
Cleaver - Deal 1.5x damage to dragons
Cursed Sword - Damage is strongest when at full hp, drains 1/16th of
wearer’s current hp at the end of every turn
Dragon Blade - Deal 1.5x damage to dragons
DragonSlayer - Deal 3x damage to Ryu and Fou-Lu
Render - Gains +1 power for every 20 battles (2,000 battle cap)
Royal Sword - Does Holy elemental damage but the game doesn't mention it
Slayer - Heals ⅛ damage dealt, can target allies

Linked Pole - Deals 125% damage if user is higher level than defender,
75% damage if user is lower level or equal to defender

BlessedStaff - Holy +1, Death +1
Ouroboros - Status +2, Death +2
WardingStaff - Magic +1

Homing Bomb - Never misses, skips accuracy/dodge checks
GhostBuster - Deal 1.5x damage to demons

Equipment

BlizzardMail - Fire -1, Wind +2, Water +2, Earth -1
Chopam Plate - Melee +1, Ranged +1, Magic +1
Dragon Armor - Breath +2
Earth Armor - Earth +1
Earth Rig - Wind -2, Earth +3
Fire Rig - Fire +3, Water -2
Flame Armor - Fire +1
Hydro Armor - Water +1
Magma Armor - Fire +2, Wind -1, Water -1, Earth +2
Midas Armor - Converts 2% of damage received into zenny
Mist Armor - Mind +2, Status +2, Death +2
Orihalcyon - Critical +20
Water Rig - Fire -2, Water +3
Whirlwind - Wind +3, Earth -2
Wind Armor - Wind +1

Angel's Vest - Holy +1
Diana'sDress - Mind +2, Status +2, Death +2
Holy Robe - Mind +1, Status +1, Death +1
Mage's Robes - Magic +1
PhantomDress - Holy -3, Mind to 7, Status to 7, Death to 7
Robe of Wind - Wind +2, Dodge +5
Short Skirt - Magic -1

Armored Vest - Ranged +2
Ranger Garb - Fire +2
Wetsuit - Water +2

Accessories

Dream Ring - Immunity to sleep
UV Goggles - Immunity to blindness
Balance Ring - Immunity to confusion
Divine Helm - Death to 7
Dragon Helm - Mind +1, Status +1, Death +1
Hawk's Ring - Alertness +50
Red Cape - Counter +50

Ring of Fire - Fire to 7
Ring of Wind - Wind to 7
Ring of Ice - Water to 7
Ring of Clay - Earth to 7
Aura Ring - Mind +1
Barrier Ring - Mind +3
Life Sandals - Status +1
Light Bangle - Status +3
Talisman - Death +1
Diamond Ring - Death +3
Topaz Tear - Holy to 7
Dragon Tear - Complete immunity to all status effects
Coupons - Cost price when buying from shops x0.8
Fire Ward - Fire +2
Wind Ward - Wind +2
Water Ward - Water +2
Earth Ward - Earth +2
Astral Ward - Magic +2, Melee -1, Ranged -1
Body Ward - Melee +2, Ranged +2, Magic -1
HarmonicRing - Combo success rate +10%, without rings, the base chance is
85% for the first + second move to combo, and 75% for the
second + third move to combo. Multiple Harmonic rings stack
Medallion - Atk/Def value is multiplied by number of party members
equipping it. Defense becomes positive value if all members
have a medallion equipped

Miscellaneous

All melee and ranged weapons have "melee" or "ranged" in their text respectively
Text of Masters in camp updated

Credits and Special Thanks:

Red Herring/Navarchos - reverse engineered information that was missing from
guides. Red Herring has a GitHub with hacking notes on BoF4 that I used a lot:
https://github.com/glitch-in-the-herring/bof4-notes

ZC Liu/Slivers7 - heavily used and referenced their Enemy and Information Guide:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps/196818-breath-of-fire-iv/faqs/12971