Final Fantasy IV PS1 Character Guide

Porom: Abilities and Level Progression

Porom joins in Mysidia at Level 10 with 110 HP and 50 MP. Keep her in the back row and her staff in her right hand. Palom gets the flashy spells; Porom gets the job that lets everyone survive long enough to use them.

Don’t spend her last useful healing turn chasing a little extra damage. Cure2 at 13 is the early milestone I’d watch for.

What Does She Learn Next?

Available	White Magic	MP	Useful for
Starting spell	Cure1MagicA spell Rydia learns on her second level-up after joining; its displayed icon still needs identification.	3	Routine healing.
Starting spell	Hold	5	Trying to immobilize a target.
Starting spell	Scan	1	Checking a target’s information.
Starting spell	Slow	14	Slowing a dangerous enemy.
Starting spell	Sight	2	Checking the world map.
By Level 14	Life1MagicAn 8-MP White Magic spell on Tellah's starting list that Rosa learns at Level 11.	8	Reviving a fallen ally.
Level 12	Armor	9	Physical protection.
Level 13	Cure2	9	Stronger healing.
Level 15	Mute	6	Silencing susceptible casters.
By Level 18	BerskMagicWhite Magic confirmed in Porom's Level 18 menu, costing 18 MP. Its effect has not yet been tested on this run.	18	Berserk where appropriate.
Level 19	Exit	10	Leaving a dungeon where permitted.
Level 20	EsunaMagicA 20-MP White Magic spell on Tellah's starting list.	20	Removing status problems.
Level 23	Blink	8	Protection from physical attacks.
Level 25	Charm	10	Trying to confuse a target.

Life1MagicAn 8-MP White Magic spell on Tellah's starting list that Rosa learns at Level 11. and BerskMagicWhite Magic confirmed in Porom's Level 18 menu, costing 18 MP. Its effect has not yet been tested on this run. are listed as available BY a recorded level, not newly learned at that level. The learning chart still has gaps; an omitted level does not mean she learns nothing there.

Commands Worth Knowing

Her ordinary list is Fight, White, Twin, Cry, Item. Cry produced “Flustered the enemy” against Zuu, but that message alone doesn’t establish an exact stat reduction or guaranteed escape. For urgent survival, use the healing or protection whose result you can rely on.

Twin: Budget for Both Casters

Twin’s Pyro result hits the enemy group and costs 10 MP from EACH twin, not 10 MP between them. In the controlled example, both went from 50 MP to 40 MP.

Keep both available and healthy if you intend to use it. Sometimes the better choice is to let Palom handle offense while Porom heals. Don’t give up the healer’s action just because a combined attack sounds impressive. Don’t assume every Twin use will produce Pyro.

Base Stats by Level

These are base primary stats, with equipment bonuses removed. HP and MP are the recorded maxima from this run, not guaranteed rolls. A dash means the base value is not established; missing levels are not interpolated. Attack, Defense and their multipliers are separate derived combat values.

Level	Max HP	Max MP	Str	Agil	Vit	Wis	Will
10	110	50	8	7	6	10	15
12	144	68	9	8	7	10	17
13	160	76	9	9	7	10	18
14	178	84	9	9	7	10	19
15	194	93	10	10	8	11	20
16	221	101	10	10	8	11	21
17	248	109	11	11	9	11	22
18	273	118	11	11	9	11	23
19	300	126	11	12	9	11	24
20	325	134	12	12	10	12	25
21	349	143	12	13	10	12	26
22	373	152	13	13	11	12	27
23	398	160	13	14	11	12	28
24	433	169	13	14	11	12	29
25	468	178	14	15	12	13	30

Gains between adjacent recorded levels

Reaching level	HP gain	MP gain	Primary-stat change
13	+16	+8	Agil +1, Will +1
14	+18	+8	Will +1
15	+16	+9	Str +1, Agil +1, Vit +1, Wis +1, Will +1
16	+27	+8	Will +1
17	+27	+8	Str +1, Agil +1, Vit +1, Will +1
18	+25	+9	Will +1
19	+27	+8	Agil +1, Will +1
20	+25	+8	Str +1, Vit +1, Wis +1, Will +1
21	+24	+9	Agil +1, Will +1
22	+24	+9	Str +1, Vit +1, Will +1
23	+25	+8	Agil +1, Will +1
24	+35	+9	Will +1
25	+35	+9	Str +1, Agil +1, Vit +1, Wis +1, Will +1

Equipment Modifiers

Equipment bonuses are fixed; they do not increase with your level. Add these primary-stat modifiers to the base values above. Defense and evasion belong to the equipment/combat calculation, not the five primary stats. This is the relevant equipment selection, not an exhaustive catalog.

Equipment	Primary-stat modifier	Notes
Staff / Cure; Feather, Leather and IronRingEquipmentEquippable by Edge, Rydia (both forms), Rosa, Yang, Palom, Porom, Edward, Tellah, FuSoYa. Def 2; Eva 0; Mag Def 2; Mag Eva 1%.	None to the five primary stats	Early outfit.
Magus	+3 Wis, +3 Will	An alternative to Tiara.
Tiara	+10 Wis	Replacing Magus adds 7 Wis but removes 3 Will.
GaiaGearEquipmentEquippable by Cecil (Paladin), Rydia (both forms), Rosa, Palom, Porom, Tellah, FuSoYa. Def 3; Eva 0; Mag Def 3; Mag Eva 3%. Protects against Petrify. and Silver	None to the five primary stats	These improve combat protection.

Starting combat profile

With Staff/Feather/Leather/IronRingEquipmentEquippable by Edge, Rydia (both forms), Rosa, Yang, Palom, Porom, Edward, Tellah, FuSoYa. Def 2; Eva 0; Mag Def 2; Mag Eva 1%.: Attack 2 × 8, Accuracy 47%, Defense 0 × 9, Evasion 26%, Mag Def 0 × 6, Mag Eva 8%. Fully unequipped: Attack 2 × 4, Accuracy 52%, Defense 0 × 3, Evasion 30%, Mag Def 0 × 0, Mag Eva 3%, with primary stats unchanged.

Starting EXP 1,957 and Next 735 put Level 11 at 2,692 total EXP. Palom shares that starting threshold, but a KO can separate their later progress.

Return-visit equipment, Tiara and later levels (equipment/story spoilers)

Magus or Tiara?

On the Mysidia return, Cure replaces Staff, with Magus, GaiaGearEquipmentEquippable by Cecil (Paladin), Rydia (both forms), Rosa, Palom, Porom, Tellah, FuSoYa. Def 3; Eva 0; Mag Def 3; Mag Eva 3%. Protects against Petrify. and Silver providing the armor upgrade. Cure raises Attack power 12→16 and Accuracy 50%→55% in the Level 21 comparison.

The hidden Tiara in Mist improves defense and magic protection over Magus, but has a Will tradeoff:

Headgear at Level 21	Defense	Evasion	Mag Def	Mag Eva	Wis	Will
Magus	1 × 15	27%	1 × 12	17%	15	29
Tiara	1 × 19	30%	1 × 17	22%	22	26

Both rows keep Cure, GaiaGearEquipmentEquippable by Cecil (Paladin), Rydia (both forms), Rosa, Palom, Porom, Tellah, FuSoYa. Def 3; Eva 0; Mag Def 3; Mag Eva 3%. Protects against Petrify. and Silver fixed. Choose the protection you want; do not interpret Will 29→26 as a level-up loss.

The base-stat table above already removes these equipment bonuses. Changing outfits does not start a new growth track.

Before the Castle Baron throne-room sequence, you can return the valuable Tiara to inventory by equipping a spare Magus. That deliberately lowers the defensive numbers for retention; it isn’t another upgrade.