Mix Quick Reference and Advanced Tool

This guide will provide you easy-to-access information on all of Rikku's Mix Overdrives, with effects and easy recipes (includes a printable version)

It also contains a tool that will help you explore more Mix options if the easiest ones aren't available.

Introduction

This guide will provide full info on Mix, Rikku's Overdrive, while keeping information short and easy to check. You'll find the effects, and also the easiest recipes I found for each of them.

If you want a printable version of this guide, check the link below:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iVyaqiESeE8bT3TeykgkE0BLU0RAAsA6vQcJ5M18E1Q/edit?usp=sharing
Note: This could also work as a checklist if you want to fill all the blanks in Rikku's Overdrive list

Don't forget to check the advanced tool further down!

Terminology

• Basic spheres are: Power, Mana, Speed and Ability Spheres, the most commons you'll run across (also called "red spheres" because of their icon)
  
• Distillers are: Power, Mana, Speed and Ability Distillers
  
• Basic status removers are: Antidote, Echo Screen, Eye Drops, and Soft
  
• Curtains are: Light, Lunar, and Star Curtains (the latter is less common, so avoid using)
  
• Status inducers include any items that induce positive or negative effects
  
• Elemental items have "tiers" as shown below:
  
  

  	Fire	Lightning	Water	Ice
  Tier 1	Bomb Fragment	Electro Marble	Fish Scale	Antarctic Wind
  Tier 2	Bomb Core	Lightning Marble	Dragon Scale	Arctic Wind
  Tier 3	Fire Gem	Lightning Gem	Water Gem	Ice Gem

Healing

Only HP

Ultra Potion
Full HP recovery for all party members.

• Potion x2

Status

Panacea
Cures abnormal status effects for all party members.

• basic status remover x2 (pick any 2, repeated or not)

Ultra Cure
Cures abnormal status effects and gives 50% HP recovery for all party members.

• distiller + status inducer

Reviving

Mega Phoenix
Revives all KO'd party members with full HP.

• Phoenix Down x2

Final Phoenix
Restores full HP and revives all KO'd party members with full HP.

• Phoenix Down + Shining Thorn

Elixirs

Elixir
Full HP and MP recovery for 1 party member.

• basic status remover + basic sphere

Megalixir
Full HP and MP recovery for all party members.

• Map + basic status remover

Super Elixir
Cures abnormal status effects and gives full HP and MP recovery for all party members.

• Potion + non-basic spheres (e.g.: Potion + Lv 1 Key Sphere)

Final Elixir
Cures abnormal status effects, gives full HP and MP, revives all KO'd members with full HP.

• Hi-Potion + non-basic spheres (e.g.: Hi-Potion + Lv 1 Key Sphere)

Buffs

Nul-Spells

NulAll
Bestows all four Nul-Spells on 1 party member.

• Potion + elemental item

Mega NulAll
Bestows all four Nul-Spells on all party members.

• Hi-Potion + elemental item

Hyper NulAll
Bestows all four Nul-Spells, plus Cheer x5 and Focus x5 on all party members.

• Hypello Potion, Musk, Shining Thorn (pick any 2, repeated or not)

Ultra NulAll
Bestows all four Nul-Spells and all stat boosts x5 on all party members.

• Healing Spring + Healing Spring, Hypello Potion, Musk, Shining Thorn, curtains

Double HP

Vitality
Doubles max HP of 1 party member.

• Hi-Potion x2

Mega Vitality
Doubles max HP of all party members.

• Stamina Tablet + Potion

Hyper Vitality
Doubles max HP and bestows Cheer x5 on all party members.

• Stamina Tonic + Potion

Double MP

Mana
Doubles max MP of 1 party member.

• Ether + Potion

Mega Mana
Doubles max MP of all party members.

• Ether + Map

Hyper Mana
Doubles max MP and casts Focus on all party members.

• Mana Tablet + Potion

Positive Status

Mighty Wall
Bestows Protect and Shell on all party members.

• distiller + basic sphere

Mighty G
Bestows Protect, Shell, and Haste on all party members.

• distiller + distiller

Super Mighty G
Bestows Protect, Shell, Haste, and Regen on all party members.

• Map + Chocobo Feather or curtains
  
• Grenade + Healing Spring

Hyper Mighty G
Bestows Protect, Shell, Haste, Regen, and Auto-Life on all party members.

• Healing Spring, curtains + Pendulum, Gambler's Spirit, Underdog's Secret

No MP Cost

Freedom
No MP Cost for 1 party member.

• Ether + Remedy

Freedom X
No MP Cost for all party members.

• Twin Stars + Potion
  
• Ether + Pendulum, Gambler's Spirit, Underdog's Secret

High Critical

Hero Drink
High critical hit rate for 1 party member.

• Designer Wallet + Potion

Miracle Drink
High critical hit rate for all party members.

• Designer Wallet + Map, basic sphere

9999 Damage

Quartet of 9
Always inflict a minimum of 9999 damage/restoration with each hit for 1 party member.

• Pendulum, Gambler's Spirit, Underdog's Secret + any tier 2 or tier 3 elemental item
  
• Dark Matter + Map

Trio of 9999
Always inflict a minimum of 9999 damage/restoration with each hit for all party members.

• Lv. 3 Key Sphere, Shining Gem + Pendulum, Gambler's Spirit, Underdog's Secret

Overdrive Boosts

Hot Spurs
Overdrive Gauges fill up at 1.5x rate for all party members.

• Elixir + non-basic sphere (e.g.: Elixir + Lv. 1 Key Sphere)
  
• Shining Gem + Mana Tablet, Stamina Tonic

Eccentrick
Overdrive Gauges fill up at 2x rate for all party members.

• Gambler's Spirit, Underdog's Secret + Elixir, Mana Tablet

Non-Elemental Attacks

Only Damage

Grenade
Deals small amounts of damage to all enemies.

• Elemental items of the same tier, but opposing elements.

Pineapple
Deals medium amounts of damage to all enemies.

• Map + distiller, basic sphere

Cluster Bomb
Deals large amounts of damage to all enemies.

• Grenade + Shining/Blessed Gem

Potato Masher
Deals large amounts of damage to all enemies.

• Map x2

Tallboy
Deals very large amounts of damage to all enemies.

• Grenade + Supreme Gem, Gambler's Spirit, Underdog's Secret

Sunburst
Deals exactly 19,998 damage to all enemies.

• Shining Gem + Supreme Gem
  
• Blessed Gem + Mana Tablet, Supreme Gem
  
• Dark Matter + tier 3 elemental item

Status

Frag Grenade
Deals small amounts of damage and inflicts Armor Break to all enemies.

• basic sphere x2 (pick any 2, repeated or not)

Blaster Mine
Deals small amounts of damage plus Darkness, Silence and Sleep for 3 rounds on all enemies.

• Grenade + distiller, basic status remover

Hazardous Shell
Deals medium damages + Poison, Darkness, Silence and Sleep for 4 rounds on all enemies.

• Grenade + Map

Calamity Bomb
Deals medium damages + Poison, Darkness, Silence and Sleep for 5 rounds on all enemies.

• Supreme Gem + basic sphere

Chaos Grenade
Huge damages + Full Break, Slow, Poison, Darkness, Silence, Sleep (8 rounds) to all enemies.

• Grenade + Return Sphere

Demi/Gravity Effect

Nega Burst (censored word is "ageN" backwards)
Reduces enemies' HP to 1/4 of their current HP.

• Shadow Gem + Map

Black Hole
Reduces enemies' HP to 1/16 of their current HP.

• Shadow Gem + Pendulum, Gambler's Spirit, Underdog's Secret

Elemental Attacks

Fire

Heat Blaster
Deals small amounts of damage in 5 bursts to all enemies.

• fire elemental item + Map

Firestorm
Deals medium amounts of damage in 6 bursts to all enemies.

• Bomb Fragment + fire elemental item

Burning Soul
Deals large amounts of damage in 9 bursts to all enemies.

• fire elemental item (tier A) + Lv. B Key Sphere (A+B > 4)
  eg: Fire Gem (tier 3) + Lv.1 Key Sphere

Brimstone
Deals 3 medium damages + Poison, Darkness, Silence, Sleep (3 rounds) to all enemies.

• Bomb Fragment/Core + Hypello Potion, Musk, Shining Thorn

Abaddon Flame
3 large damages + Poison, Darkness, Silence, Sleep, Full Break (3 rounds) to all enemies.

• Chocobo Feather + fire elemental item
  
• Fire Gem + Hypello Potion, Musk, Shining Thorn

Lightning

Thunderbolt
Deals small amounts of damage in 5 bursts to all enemies.

• lightning elemental item + Map

Rolling Thunder
Deals medium amounts of damage in 6 bursts to all enemies.

• Electro Marble + lightning elemental item

Lightning Bolt
Deals large amounts of damage in 9 bursts to all enemies.

• lightning elemental item (tier A) + Lv. B Key Sphere (A+B > 4)
  eg: Lightning Gem (tier 3) + Lv.1 Key Sphere

Electroshock
Deals 3 medium damages + Poison, Darkness, Silence, Sleep (3 rounds) to all enemies.

• Electro/Lightning Marble + Hypello Potion, Musk, Shining Thorn

Thunderblast
3 large damages + Poison, Darkness, Silence, Sleep, Full Break (3 rounds) to all enemies.

• Lightning Gem + Hypello Potion, Musk, Shining Thorn

Water

Waterfall
Deals small amounts of damage in 5 bursts to all enemies.

• water elemental item + Map

Flash Flood
Deals medium amounts of damage in 6 bursts to all enemies.

• Grenade x2

Tidal Wave
Deals large amounts of damage in 9 bursts to all enemies.

• water elemental item (tier A) + Lv. B Key Sphere (A+B > 4)
  eg: Water Gem (tier 3) + Lv.1 Key Sphere

Aqua Toxin
Deals 3 medium damages + Poison, Darkness, Silence, Sleep (3 rounds) to all enemies.

• Fish/Dragon Scale + Hypello Potion, Musk, Shining Thorn

Dark Rain
3 large damages + Poison, Darkness, Silence, Sleep, Full Break (3 rounds) to all enemies.

• Water Gem + Hypello Potion, Musk, Shining Thorn

Ice

Snow Flurry
Deals small amounts of damage in 5 bursts to all enemies.

• ice elemental item + Map

Icefall
Deals medium amounts of damage in 6 bursts to all enemies.

• Antarctic Wind + ice elemental item

Winter Storm
Deals large amounts of damage in 9 bursts to all enemies.

• ice elemental item (tier A) + Lv. B Key Sphere (A+B > 4)
  eg: Ice Gem (tier 3) + Lv.1 Key Sphere

Black Ice
Deals 3 medium damages + Poison, Darkness, Silence, Sleep (3 rounds) to all enemies.

• Antarctic/Arctic Wind + Hypello Potion, Musk, Shining Thorn

Krysta
3 large damages + Poison, Darkness, Silence, Sleep, Full Break (3 rounds) to all enemies.

• Ice Gem + Hypello Potion, Musk, Shining Thorn

Advanced Tool

If you want a tool that will help you find more specific combinations without having to look into long lists, check the spreadsheet below:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BF_7FzAr8KJnnPzLjuk464EuDoLV4eQ3hFwJ1DUanls/edit?usp=sharing

Note: Editable fields are highlighted in blue.

Final Words

Feel free to use it in any way you want, post it wherever you want, even in your own guides, but don't monetize it in any way, and don't take credits for yourself (no need to give me credit, though). As long as the only purpose is helping other players, it's probably fine.

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