Menu Abilities
Final Fantasy VIII Abilities

These are abilities that you can access in the menu screen of the game and can be found under the “Ability” section. They include tools that allow you to refine magic into items, card into items and more.

Ammo-RF
Description:
Refine Ammunition from an item.
Notes:
Allows you to convert items in your inventory into ammunition.
Refine:
GFs with this Ability:
Ifrit
Call Shop
Description:
Call shops shops from menu screen.
Notes:
Allows you to access any of the shops that you have already visited from anywhere by accessing them in the menu screen.
Learned From:
(None)
GFs with this Ability:
Tonberry
Card Mod
Description:
Refine items from cards.
Notes:
Allows you to convert your Triple Triad cards into items. Converting the cards you win into high level items is the best way to make use of the Triple Triad Power Up Strategy to increase the power of your characters fairly early on in the game. Check out the Full Card List page for more information on what each of the cards can be converted into.
Learned From:
(None)
GFs with this Ability:
Quezacotl
F Mag-RF
Description:
Refine Fire magic from an item.
Notes:
Allows you to convert items in your inventory into magic. Junctioning magic to character stats is an important way to level up and increase the strength of your characters. Check out the Magic Junction Guide for more information.
Refine:
GFs with this Ability:
Ifrit
Familiar
Description:
Easier to buy rare items.
Notes:
Allows you to purchase new items at some of the shops. The full list is included below:

Learned From:
(None)
GFs with this Ability:
Tonberry
Forbid Mag-RF
Description:
Refine Forbidden magic from an item.
Notes:
Allows you to convert items in your inventory into magic. Junctioning magic to character stats is an important way to level up and increase the strength of your characters. Check out the Magic Junction Guide for more information. This is the primary method of refining Ultima magic.
Refine:
GFs with this Ability:
Bahamut
Forbid Med-RF
Description:
Refine Forbidden Medicine from an item.
Notes:
Allows you to convert items in your inventory into forbidden Recovery Medicine.
Refine:
GFs with this Ability:
Doomtrain
GFAbl Med-RF
Description:
Refine ability learning medicine for GF from an item.
Notes:
Allows you to convert items in your inventory into Recovery Medicine for your Guardian Forces.
Refine:
GFs with this Ability:
Eden
GFRecov Med-RF
Description:
Refine Recovery Medicine for GF from an item.
Notes:
Allows you to convert items in your inventory into Recovery Medicine for your Guardian Forces.
Refine:
GFs with this Ability:
Doomtrain
Haggle
Description:
Receive discounts at shops.
Notes:
Reduces the cost of items by 25%. This ability allows you to utilize the infinite gil trick. Check out the Cheats section for more information.
Learned From:
(None)
GFs with this Ability:
Tonberry
High Mag-RF
Description:
Refine High-Level magic from other Magic.
Notes:
Allows you to upgrade your mid-level magic into high-level magic.
Refine:
GFs with this Ability:
Alexander
I Mag-RF
Description:
Refine Water/Ice magic from an item.
Notes:
Allows you to convert items in your inventory into magic. Junctioning magic to character stats is an important way to level up and increase the strength of your characters. Check out the Magic Junction Guide for more information.
Refine:
GFs with this Ability:
Shiva
Junk Shop
Description:
Call junk shops from menu screen.
Notes:
Allows you to upgrade your weapons from anywhere. Check out the Upgrading Weapons section for more information.
Learned From:
(None)
GFs with this Ability:
Doomtrain
L Mag-RF
Description:
Refine Life/Recovery magic from an item.
Notes:
Allows you to convert items in your inventory into magic. Junctioning magic to character stats is an important way to level up and increase the strength of your characters. Check out the Magic Junction Guide for more information.
Refine:
GFs with this Ability:
Siren
Med LV-Up
Description:
Levels up medicine.
Notes:
Convert lower level medicines to higher level equivalents.
Refine:
GFs with this Ability:
Alexander
Mid Mag-RF
Description:
Refine Mid-Level magic from other Magic.
Notes:
Allows you to upgrade your lower level magic into mid-level magic.
Refine:
GFs with this Ability:
Quezacotl
Recov Med-RF
Description:
Refine Recovery Medicine from an item.
Notes:
Allows you to convert items in your inventory into recovery medicine.
Refine:
GFs with this Ability:
Carbuncle
Sell-High
Description:
Sell high at shops.
Notes:
Increases the value that you can sell items back to the shops for by up to 1.5x their value.
Learned From:
(None)
GFs with this Ability:
Tonberry
ST Mag-RF
Description:
Refine status magic from an item.
Notes:
Allows you to convert items in your inventory into magic. Junctioning magic to character stats is an important way to level up and increase the strength of your characters. Check out the Magic Junction Guide for more information.
Refine:
GFs with this Ability:
Diablos
ST Med-RF
Description:
Refine status Recovery Medicine from an item.
Notes:
Allows you to convert items in your inventory into status recovery medicine.
Refine:
GFs with this Ability:
Siren
Supt Mag-RF
Description:
Refine Support magic from an item.
Notes:
Allows you to convert items in your inventory into magic. Junctioning magic to character stats is an important way to level up and increase the strength of your characters. Check out the Magic Junction Guide for more information.
Refine:
GFs with this Ability:
Leviathan
T Mag-RF
Description:
Refine Lightning/Wind magic from an item.
Notes:
Allows you to convert items in your inventory into magic. Junctioning magic to character stats is an important way to level up and increase the strength of your characters. Check out the Magic Junction Guide for more information.
Refine:
GFs with this Ability:
Quezacotl
Time Mag-RF
Description:
Refine Time/Space magic from an item.
Notes:
Allows you to convert items in your inventory into magic. Junctioning magic to character stats is an important way to level up and increase the strength of your characters. Check out the Magic Junction Guide for more information.
Refine:
GFs with this Ability:
Diablos
Tool-RF
Description:
Refine Tools from an item.
Notes:
Allows you to convert items in your inventory into various tools.
Refine:
GFs with this Ability:
Siren