Vagrant Story/battle abilities

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Battle Abilities

There is a total of 28 Battle Abilities in the game. After killing the first boss, you receive 6 of them for free (Heavy Shot, Gain Life, Temper, Ward, Reflect Damage, Impact Guard). The other 22 have to be unlocked by collecting specific number of points. You'll get one point every time you successfully perform chain attack or use defence ability.

Keep in mind that:

1. Even if you meet the point threshold during the fight, the new ability will be awarded only after the killing blow.
2. You can also collect points by attacking target dummies, but to unlock the new ability you'll have to kill a regular mob or a boss first.

Data Layout

• Number of unlocked abilities (not counting the first 6) is stored at the address 0x80060060 (2-bytes, unsigned).
• Number of total points collected is stored at the address 0x80060062 (2-bytes, unsigned).
• The array containing point thresholds required to unlock consecutive battle abilities can be found at the addresses 0x8004fe5c-0x8004fe87 (22 * 2-bytes, unsigned).

Battle Abilities Point Thresholds

#	Address	Values
		Hex	Dec
1	0x8004fe5c	0x0014	20
2	0x8004fe5e	0x0036	54
3	0x8004fe60	0x0048	72
4	0x8004fe62	0x005f	95
5	0x8004fe64	0x007d	125
6	0x8004fe66	0x00a5	165
7	0x8004fe68	0x00d8	216
8	0x8004fe6a	0x011b	283
9	0x8004fe6c	0x0171	369
10	0x8004fe6e	0x01e2	482
11	0x8004fe70	0x0274	628
12	0x8004fe72	0x0332	818
13	0x8004fe74	0x042a	1066
14	0x8004fe76	0x056b	1387
15	0x8004fe78	0x070d	1805
16	0x8004fe7a	0x092d	2349
17	0x8004fe7c	0x0bef	3055
18	0x8004fe7e	0x0f85	3973
19	0x8004fe80	0x142f	5167
20	0x8004fe82	0x1a3f	6719
21	0x8004fe84	0x2221	8737
22	0x8004fe86	0x2c5f	11359