Catalysts in Final Fantasy XV
Last update: 22 December 2016
In this chapter you will learn about catalysts - how are they described in the game, what are their characteristics, how do they function and what to do in order to gain a desired effect with them. You will also find tables here, with information about every single catalyst available in the game. The characteristics of catalysts (as described in the table) are as follows:
- Effect - the type of effect that the catalyst adds to the spell (like Expericast or Freecast).
- Power - how much Potency will each catalyst add to the spell.
- Effect power - Effect Level value, the power of the effect given by the catalyst. Effect Level can have a value ranging from 1 to 99 and affects the power of the effect and/or the chance to apply it to an enemy.
- Units required for duplication - the amount of catalysts required to increase the number of casts of the spell by 1.
You have to understand the last value, units required for duplication. If you want to know how many catalysts you have to use to increase the number of casts of a spell by a certain number, you have to multiply "units required for duplication" value by the amount of extra usages you want to get. Afterwards, you will get the number of catalysts required. Note- the value must always be rounded up - 3.75 is 4, 2.25 is 3 and even 6.01 is 7. You always round up.
To make it easier for you to understand, we will use a number of examples. For a catalysts with "units required for duplication" equal to 1.35 (Ammonite Fossil) you will need:
- To get a single extra usage of a spell you have to multiple 1.35 by 1, giving you 1.35. You now have to round it up (2.00) - you will need 2 pieces of that catalysts.
- To get two extra usages of a spell you have to multiple 1.35 by 2, giving you 2.70. You now have to round it up (3.00) - you will need 3 pieces of that catalyst.
- To get five extra usages of a spell you have to multiple 1.35 by 5, giving you 6.75. You now have to round it up (7.00) - you will need 7 pieces of that catalyst to acquire 5 extra usages of a spell.
Note - if any value in the table equals to "-" it means that the catalyst doesn't have any effect on a given characteristic - it won't increase the power of the spell / effect, it won't give you additional usages of a spell and so on.
- Catalysts - Dual, Tri, Quad and Quintcast effects
- Catalysts - Venomcast, Cursecast and Stopcast effects
- Catalysts -Healcast, Freecast and Expericast effects
- Catalysts - no additional magical effect
Catalysts - Dual, Tri, Quad and Quintcast effects
Here you will find a list of all of the catalysts with the Dualcast, Tricast, Quadcast or Quintcast effect, allowing you to cast the spell two, three, four or five times in a row. The first spell is guaranteed, every other has a chance depending on the quality and number of catalysts. The minimum chance is always 50%.
Success chance: 50 + (catalyst's effect level x amount of catalysts used).
Dualcast effect
Item name | Power | Effect power | Units required for duplication |
Anak Antlers | 8 | 22 | 2.08 |
Basilisk Plumage | 1 | 38 | 1.54 |
Bulette Carapace | 12 | 15 | 1.39 |
Caem Pinkshrimp | 1 | 3 | 1.85 |
Chrome Bit | 16 | 10 | 0.67 |
Cleigne Darkshell | 1 | 4 | 1.79 |
Cleigne Mollusk | 2 | 1 | 1.92 |
Cockatrice Fail Feathers | 1 | 25 | 1.54 |
Crab Carapace | 2 | 10 | 1.52 |
Ether | 2 | 2 | 10 |
Fine Fail Feathers | 18 | 49 | 1.14 |
Garula Tusk | 1 | 10 | 2.50 |
Hairy Horn | 12 | 5 | 3.03 |
Hard Whiskers | 1 | 5 | 2.63 |
Havocfang Hide | 1 | 25 | 2.94 |
Magnificent Tail Feathers | 28 | 49 | 1.02 |
Metal Scrap | 1 | 1 | 1.25 |
Remedy | 0 | 5 | 8.33 |
Rough Scales | 1 | 10 | 1.54 |
Sahagin Scale | 3 | 38 | 1.92 |
Scaled Skin | 3 | 10 | 2.08 |
Sharp Bone | 4 | 15 | 1.72 |
Shattered Timepiece | 8 | 25 | 0.50 |
Sheep Milk | 1 | 1 | 8.33 |
Strong Bone | 16 | 25 | 1.33 |
Superior Restorative | 2 | 75 | 2.86 |
Supple Tail | 1 | 28 | 1.39 |
Tiny Feather | 1 | 5 | 2.08 |
Tough Shell | 1 | 49 | 2.27 |
Voretooth Bristles | 1 | 3 | 3.03 |
Tricast effect
Item name | Power | Effect power | Units required for duplication |
Beautiful Plumage | 4 | 26 | 1.52 |
Crooked Helixhorn | 1 | 20 | 1 |
Dragon Scales | 8 | 2 | 1.05 |
Elixir | 2 | 3 | 8.33 |
Garula Fur | 1 | 10 | 2.50 |
Giant Feather | 4 | 1 | 3.03 |
Giant Hairy Horn | 12 | 14 | 2.08 |
Glass Gemstone | 18 | 15 | 1 |
Great Garula Tusk | 26 | 24 | |
Hard Scale | 8 | 42 | 2.08 |
Heavy Scale | 43 | 10 | 1.22 |
Hi-Elixir | 3 | 4 | 7.14 |
Kujata Marrow | 8 | 15 | 1.14 |
Mesmenir Horn | 1 | 3 | 1.96 |
Phoenix Down | 3 | 2 | 2.38 |
Rough Shell | 1 | 25 | 1.18 |
Sahagin Liver | 6 | 10 | 2.38 |
Schier Tumeric | 1 | 1 | 7.14 |
Shield Spike | 8 | 24 | 4.55 |
Smoking Wood | 1 | 1 | 8.33 |
Spiked Armor | 26 | 30 | 8.33 |
Sturdy Helixhorn | 3 | 32 | 0.97 |
Thick Hide | 8 | 10 | 1 |
Treant Branch | 1 | 8 | 1.14 |
Wyvern Wing | 12 | 25 | 1.39 |
Quadcast effect
Item name | Power | Effect power | Units required for duplication |
Allural Shallot | 1 | 3 | 3.85 |
Beautiful Hide | 16 | 10 | 1.54 |
Beetle Shell | 16 | 10 | 0.93 |
Catoblepas Fang | 22 | 10 | 0.91 |
Curved Hollowhorn | 7 | 18 | 1.43 |
Dimway Feathers | 4 | 18 | 1.52 |
Earth Gemstone | 22 | 15 | 1 |
Giant Curlhorn | 3 | 24 | 1.19 |
Gorgeous Plumage | 8 | 26 | 1.47 |
Gralean Medal of Distinction | 12 | 28 | 0.33 |
Great Anak Antlers | 4 | 18 | 1.61 |
Greatsnake Crest | 26 | 24 | 3.03 |
Hulldagh Nutmeg | 1 | 5 | 6.25 |
Kettier Ginger | 1 | 2 | 4.17 |
Mega Phoenix | 8 | 10 | 1.82 |
Monster Claw | 21 | 4 | 2.38 |
Mythril Shaft | 12 | 5 | 0.83 |
Sharp Tail Feathers | 0 | 0 | 7.14 |
Tenebraen Oak | 1 | 1 | 4.55 |
Thunderoc Feather | 0 | 1 | 7.14 |
Quintcast effect
Item name | Power | Effect power | Units required for duplication |
Behemoth Horn | 4 | 15 | 2.50 |
Colorful Griffon Claw | 16 | 25 | 3.03 |
Dragon Horn | 33 | 10 | 2.27 |
Griffon Claw | 5 | 10 | 4.55 |
Imperial Medal of Honor | 24 | 36 | 0.25 |
Large Hollowhorn | 10 | 12 | 0.75 |
Magitek Booster | 20 | 40 | - |
Magitek Core | 99 | 48 | 0.20 |
Magnetron | 28 | 15 | 2 |
Malboro Eye | 12 | 50 | 4.76 |
Mandrake Flower | 0 | 5 | 2.56 |
Megalixir | 6 | 5 | 2.63 |
Reflex Enhancer | 10 | 25 | - |
Scarlet Splinterbone | 0 | 33 | 1.03 |
Catalysts - Venomcast, Cursecast and Stopcast effects
Here you will find a list of all of the catalysts with the Venomcast, Cursecast or Stopcast effect - allowing you to poison the enemy (dealing damage each second), curse him (decreasing the attack value of the enemy) or stop him in time (preventing the enemy from moving for the duration of the spell).
Success chance: (catalyst's effect level x amount of catalysts used).
Venomcast effect
Item name | Power | Effect power | Units required for duplication |
Antidote | 0 | 16 | 25.00 |
Barbed Poison Needle | 6 | 99 | 1.33 |
Deadly Stinger | 4 | 99 | 2.17 |
Enormous Stinger | 3 | 99 | 2.27 |
Funguar | 0 | 10 | 4.55 |
Insect Stinger | 1 | 30 | 1.92 |
Scorpion Barb | 1 | 20 | 4.76 |
Sharp Bristles | 5 | 99 | 2.22 |
Cursecast effect
Item name | Power | Effect power | Units required for duplication |
Anak Fetlock | 2 | 25 | 3.03 |
Alstroom | 0 | 15 | 2.86 |
Arba Spur | 1 | 40 | 2.22 |
Centipade Feet | 2 | 25 | 6.25 |
Centipade Jaw | 3 | 33 | 2.50 |
Centipade Legs | 1 | 20 | 8.33 |
Centipade Teeth | 6 | 33 | 1.82 |
Crimson Tongue | 1 | 47 | 1.25 |
Fearsome Hoof | 52 | 75 | 1.22 |
Fine Slimy Oil | 18 | 99 | 1.22 |
Giant Hoof | 42 | 50 | 1.67 |
Hardened Hoof | 1 | 30 | 1.18 |
Leiden Pepper | 1 | 15 | 4.17 |
Sharp Head Fin | 12 | 99 | 1.41 |
Slimy Oil | 7 | 99 | 1.14 |
Smelling Salts | 0 | 22 | 16.67 |
Translucent Skin | 20 | 99 | 0.65 |
Worn Incisor | 33 | 99 | 0/63 |
Stopcast effect
Item name | Power | Effect power | Units required for duplication |
Ammonite Fossil | 44 | 75 | 1.35 |
Broken Harmonica | 2 | 99 | 1 |
Fossil Shell | 1 | 52 | 1.79 |
Fossil Wood | 1 | 28 | 1.92 |
Star Shell | 1 | 52 | 2.17 |
Vesproom | 0 | 15 | 2.63 |
Catalysts -Healcast, Freecast and Expericast effects
Here you will find a list of all of the catalysts with the Healcast, Freecast or Expericast effect. Healcast restores a percentage of maximum health to the caster, Freecast allows you to cast a spell without using the charge of the spell and Expericast gives extra experience points.
Healcast effect
Item name | Power | Effect power | Units required for duplication |
Aegir Root | 1 | 10 | 6.25 |
Fine Cleigne Wheat | 0 | 50 | 1 |
Hi-Potion | 0 | 50 | 12.50 |
Killer Tomato | 2 | 50 | 2.27 |
Leiden Potato | 0 | 10 | 5.56 |
Leiden Sweet Potato | 1 | 20 | 5.56 |
Lucian Tomato | 1 | 30 | 2.38 |
Mega-Potion | 3 | 99 | 2.94 |
Potion | 0 | 25 | 20 |
Saxham Rice | 0 | 25 | 2.38 |
Treant Trunk | 2 | 99 | 0.98 |
Ulwaat Berries | 8 | 99 | 0.25 |
Wild Onion | 0 | 10 | 4.17 |
Note - the amount of healing is directly connected to the Effect Level of the spell - 25 will heal 25% of maximum health, 50 will heal 50% and so on.
Freecast effect
Item name | Power | Effect power | Units required for duplication |
Beautiful Bottle | 0 | 1 | - |
Cactuar Needle | 0 | 1 | - |
Jumbo Needle | 0 | 2 | - |
Mythril Ingot | 99 | 5 | - |
Platinum Ingot | 99 | 3 | - |
Success chance: (catalyst's effect level x amount of catalysts used) / 100
Expericast effect
Item name | Power | Effect power | Units required for duplication |
Arapaima Roe | 99 | 30 | 3.03 |
Cockatrice Crest | 3 | 2 | 33.33 |
Debased Banknote | 6 | 6 | 4 |
Debased Coin | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Debased Silverpiece | 8 | 8 | 4 |
Fine Crest | 5 | 3 | 33.33 |
Magnificent Crest | 7 | 5 | 33.33 |
Old Book | 3 | 3 | 2.78 |
Rare Coin | 8 | 12 | 4 |
Note - the bonus is not a percent value, it's a fixed one, it doesn't matter what enemy you use it on. Bonuses from this spell stack up - during a single encounter you can use it multiple times, receiving thousands of experience points at the end of it.
The Bonus EXP is calculated using this method: Effect Level x 100 - for 50 it's 5,000 experience points, 70 is 7,000 and so on.
Catalysts - Killcast, Powercast, Maxicast, Blastcast and Failcast effects
Here you will find a list of all of the catalysts with the following effects:
- Killcast - a chance to instantly kill the enemy.
- Powercast - increased power (Potency) of the spell while retaining the lowest tier.
- Maxicast - a spell that can deal more than 9,999 points of damage.
- Blastcast - casts the spell with increased damage, but it leaves the caster with 1 health point.
- Failcast - a chance that the spell will fail.
Killcast effect
Item name | Power | Effect power | Units required for duplication |
Big Scorpion Stinger | 4 | 42 | 2.38 |
Coeurl Whiskers | 6 | 52 | 1.33 |
Gold Needle | 0 | 10 | 16.67 |
Malboro Vine | 1 | 50 | 8.33 |
Malmashroom | 0 | 5 | 1.28 |
Scorpion Stinger | 1 | 16 | 4.55 |
Strong Whiskers | 18 | 99 | 1.25 |
Note - the chance cannot exceed 20%. Boss enemies are immune to this effect.
Success chance: (catalyst's effect level x amount of catalysts used).
Powercast effect
Item name | Power | Effect power | Units required for duplication |
Small Beak | 25 | - | 1.33 |
Maxicast effect
Item name | Power | Effect power | Units required for duplication |
Adamantite | 99 | - | 0.2 |
Dragon Claw | 72 | - | 3.03 |
Hardened Hide | 48 | - | 2.86 |
Hunter's Medal | 90 | - | 0.02 |
Rotten Splinterbone | 12 | - | 4.17 |
Wind-up Lord Vexxos | 90 | - | 0.02 |
Zu Beak | 90 | 1 | 0.70 |
Failcast effect
Item name | Power | Effect power | Units required for duplication |
Iron Shavings | 32 | 12 | 0.33 |
Rusted Bit | 12 | 8 | 0.83 |
Sky Gemstone | 99 | 75 | 0.03 |
Note - the chance to fail increases with the number of catalysts used when creating it.
Fail chance: (catalyst's effect level x amount of catalysts used) / 100
Blastcast effect
Item name | Power | Effect power | Units required for duplication |
Giant Crab Pincers | 24 | - | 0.5 |
Prawn Antennae | 24 | - | 0.50 |
Strong Pincers | 33 | - | 0.5 |
Catalysts - no additional magical effect
Here you will find a list of all of the catalysts without any additional magical effect. It doesn't mean that those catalysts are useless - they still increase the power (Potency) of the spell, as well as the number of uses, making them perfect to create simple and powerful spells, used to deal damage to an enemy.
No additional effect
Item name | Power | Effect power | Units required for duplication |
Alstor Bass Bones | 1 | - | 3.03 |
Anak Meat | 3 | - | 3.57 |
Arapaima Scales | 8 | - | 1.92 |
Barbed Scythe | 1 | - | 1.33 |
Barramundi Fillet | 3 | - | 2.38 |
Barrelfish Scales | 1 | - | 1.33 |
Behemoth Tenderloin | 33 | - | 1.39 |
Birdbreast Egg | 1 | - | 3.03 |
Bluegill Fin | 1 | - | 2.38 |
Buegill Scale | 4 | - | 3.03 |
Building Stone | 30 | - | 3.03 |
Catfish Barbel | 2 | - | 3.03 |
Catoblepas Brisket | 26 | - | 1.14 |
Chickatrice Leg | 5 | - | 2.63 |
Curved Fang | 1 | - | 2.94 |
Daggerquill Breast | 1 | - | 3.85 |
Divine Whiskers | 36 | - | 1.03 |
Drooping Whiskers | 18 | - | 1.18 |
Dualhorn Steak | 2 | - | 2.78 |
Dynamo | 38 | - | 0.74 |
Electrolytic Condenser | 12 | - | 0.91 |
Eos Green Peas | 2 | - | 5 |
Fine Gighee Ham | 8 | - | 2.38 |
Flesh Fortifier | 3 | - | 0.50 |
Garula Sirloin | 4 | - | 3.13 |
Giant Trevally Fillet | 1 | - | 2.38 |
Gighee Ham | 2 | - | 4.17 |
Greatsnake Scale | 33 | - | 1.19 |
Griffon Breast | 33 | - | 0.98 |
Griffon Feather | 2 | - | 0.50 |
Jabberwock Sirloin | 31 | - | - |
Jade Gar Mirrorscale | 12 | - | 2.27 |
King Catfish Heart | 6 | - | 2.08 |
Laser Sensor | 22 | - | 0.83 |
Leukorn Steak | 24 | - | 1.05 |
Mettle VX | 2 | - | 10 |
Midgardsormr Shank | 34 | - | 1.54 |
Monster Jaw | 99 | - | 3.03 |
Moogle Plushie | 1 | - | - |
Murk Grouper Eye | 12 | - | 2.27 |
Muscle Stimulant | 3 | - | 0.50 |
Nebula Salmot Fillet | 3 | - | 2.38 |
Phoenix Bass Bladder | 4 | - | 2.38 |
Platinum Myrltrout Fillet | 8 | - | 2.09 |
Power EX | 2 | - | 10 |
Quality Building Stone | 48 | - | 2.17 |
Repair Kit | 3 | - | - |
Sabertusk Claw | 1 | - | 3.03 |
Sea Bass Fillet | 4 | - | 2.09 |
Sharp Scythe | 5 | - | 1.33 |
Snakehead Scales | 4 | - | 2.38 |
Snakehead Teeth | 2 | - | 3.03 |
Spirit ZX | 2 | - | 10 |
Splendid Building Stone | 65 | - | 1.92 |
Tide Grouper Fillet | 5 | - | 2.09 |
Trout Fillet | 2 | - | 2.38 |
Verve WX | 2 | - | 10 |
Vesper Gar Fillet | 10 | - | 2.08 |
Zu Tender | 52 | - | 0.83 |