Final Fantasy I
The Arcanum · Complete Field Guide

Final Fantasy I

Pixel Remaster

The one that started everything. You name four Light Warriors, choose their classes, and set out to relight the four darkened Crystals. There's no story party to inherit — the team is yours from the first screen, and the Pixel Remaster finally makes every class and every spell work the way they always should have.

Start Here

Core systems at a glance

  • You build the whole party. Pick four from six classes at the start — that choice is your entire run. There are no recruited heroes and no class switching later (only an upgrade).
  • Classic levels & EXP. Unlike FF II, this is straightforward leveling: win battles, gain EXP, level up, stats rise by class.
  • Magic uses spell charges, not MP. Each of the eight spell levels has its own pool of charges. You learn spells from shops — but only three of the four spells at each level.
  • The Class Change. Midway through, a quest upgrades all four heroes to their advanced forms (Warrior→Knight, Thief→Ninja, and so on), unlocking better gear and some new magic.
  • The Pixel Remaster fixed the famous bugs. Intelligence now boosts black magic, resist and buff spells actually work, and item-cast spells function — so casters scale and old "trap" choices are viable.
  • No bonus dungeons. The PR is the rebalanced original — no Soul of Chaos / GBA extra dungeons. Clean, classic scope.
The Guide

Where do you want to go?

100% Route

Walkthrough (6 Chapters)

Self-contained chapters from Cornelia to Chaos: every Fiend, vehicle, key item, shop priority, and completion checklist.

Open → The Four

Classes & Party Building

All six classes, what each becomes after the Class Change, and the party compositions that carry a run.

Open → The Spells

The Magic System

How spell levels and charges work, the three-of-four choice per level, and the must-buy white and black spells.

Open → The Quest

The Journey, Fiends & Chaos

The road from the bridge to the airship, the four elemental Fiends, and the time-loop finale at the Chaos Shrine.

Open → Field Notes

Secrets, Missables & Tips

The Masamune, the Excalibur forge, the Peninsula of Power, what the PR changed, and durable advice.

Open →
Go Deeper

Sources & further reading

We distill the essentials in our own words from the game's data. For exhaustive detail and anything that shifts with a patch, these are the references worth a bookmark:

  • Final Fantasy Wiki — the comprehensive reference for every class, spell and boss — search the original / Pixel Remaster.
  • GameFAQs — community FAQs and walkthroughs for the Pixel Remaster.