EarthBound/PSI Abilities Table

The PSI Abilities Table stores data for PSI spells, specifically the levels for when they are learned, which Greek letters are used, menu positioning, and so on.

Address: 0x158C50 to 0x158F6A
Entries: 53
Bytes per entry: 15
Total length: 795 bytes (0x31B)

Format:

[AA BB CC DD EE EE FF GG HH II JJ KK KK KK KK]

[AA] – PSI name. Uses the PK Hack PSI Listing, without the Greek letter strength designation.

[BB] – The Greek letter used by the PSI spell.

• 01 - α (alpha).
• 02 - β (beta).
• 03 - γ (gamma).
• 04 - Σ (sigma).
• 05 - Ω (omega).

[CC] – Type of PSI spell.

• 01 - Offense.
• 02 - Recover.
• 04 - Assist.
• 08 - Other.

[DD] – Whom the PSI is targeted at.

• 01 - No one (Teleport).
• 02 - Enemies.
• 03 - Allies (Lifeup, Healing).

[EE EE] – Effect that the PSI uses.

[FF] – Level at which Ness learns this PSI spell.

[GG] – Level at which Paula learns this PSI spell.

[HH] – Level at which Poo learns this PSI spell.

[II] – Position to the right of the name where the Greek letter is placed (in the PSI selection menus).

• 09 - First position (typically α (alpha)).
• 0B - Second position (typically β (beta)).
• 0D - Third position (typically γ (gamma)).
• 0F - Fourth position (typically Ω (omega)).

[JJ] – Lines from the top of the PSI selection box to draw the name from, vertically.

• 01 - First line.
• 02 - Second line.
• 03 - Third line, and so forth.

[KK KK KK KK] – Pointer to the PSI description text. Uses the standard 4-byte reversed SNES pointer format.