Difference between revisions of "Status"

'''Experience''' determines a character's current level. It can be raised by defeating [[Enemy|enemies]], or in [[Mother 3]], giving [[List of miscellaneous items in Mother 3|Dung]] to [[Wan Sum Dung]] in the [[Death Desert]]. A character can only be a maximum level of 99. Temporary party members that can not be controlled by [[the player]] can not generally gain experience. In {{vg|Mother}}, however, a single enemy, [[Groucho]], can allow [[Flying Man]]'s experience to increase.<ref>[[:File:FlyingManEXP.png|Flying Man's experience increasing.]]</ref>

'''Defense''' determines how much damage will be taken when receiving an  enemy attack. It can be raised temporarily by using [[Defense Up]], [[Brute Force|Toughen Up]], [[List of battle items in EarthBound#Defensive Items|Defense spray]], [[List of battle items in EarthBound#Defensive Items|Defense shower]], or, occasionally, [[Salsa]]'s [[Monkey Tricks|Dance]].

'''Guts''' determines the chance of a character getting a [[File:Smash!.png]] hit, and protects characters from receiving mortal damage occasionally by stopping the HP counter at one point. It can be raised temporarily by using a [[List of battle items in EarthBound#Defensive Items|Sudden guts pill]], or permanently by using a [[list of recovery items in EarthBound#Status increasing|Rock Candy]] or [[list of recovery items in EarthBound#Status increasing|Guts Capsule]].

'''IQ''' raises the amount of PP gain on level-up in [[EarthBound]], and the amount of damage a [[PSI]] attack will deal in [[Mother 3]]. In [[EarthBound]], a large amount of items that can be obtained are [[Broken items|broken]], rendering them useless. [[Jeff]] can [[Jeff#Repairing objects|repair]] these objects when resting at a [[hotel]] or a similar location, and the types of items he can repair depend on how high this statistic is. IQ can be raised by using a [[list of recovery items in EarthBound#Status increasing|Rock Candy]] or [[list of recovery items in EarthBound#Status increasing|IQ Capsule]].

'''Speed''' determines the turn order in battles, as well as the rate of dodging an enemy attack in [[Mother 3]]. It can be increased temporarily by using [[QuickUp]], or, occasionally, [[Salsa]]'s [[Monkey Tricks|Dance]]. It can be raised permanently by using a [[list of recovery items in EarthBound#Status increasing|Rock Candy]], [[list of recovery items in EarthBound#Status increasing|Speed Capsule]], or a [[list of recovery items in Mother#Quick Capsule|Quick Capsule]].

'''Luck''' raises chances of dodging an attack. In [[EarthBound]], using a [[list of recovery items in EarthBound#HP|Lucky sandwich]] will restore a varying amount to HP and PP depending on this statistic. Luck can be increased permanently by using [[list of recovery items in EarthBound#Status increasing|Rock Candy]] or a [[list of recovery items in EarthBound#Status increasing|Luck Capsule]].

'''Vitality''' and '''Strength''' raise the amount of HP gain on level up. Vitality also decreases the chance of certain [[Status ailment|status ailments]] on the character. Strength can be increased by using a [[list of recovery items in Mother#Physical Capsule|Fight Capsule]], and Vitality can be increased by using either a [[list of recovery items in EarthBound#Status increasing|Rock Candy]] or a [[list of recovery items in EarthBound#Status increasing|Vital Capsule]].