Status Effects
There are 31 Status effects in FF7. In attacks and items they are referred to as a 32-bit longword. In Materia they are only 24-bits so the last 8 cannot be affected. In weapons and armors they are represented as an index. Weapons have a low inflict chance.
| Bit | Index | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 0x00000001 | 00 | Death |
| 0x00000002 | 01 | Near Death |
| 0x00000004 | 02 | Sleep |
| 0x00000008 | 03 | Poison |
| 0x00000010 | 04 | Sadness |
| 0x00000020 | 05 | Fury |
| 0x00000040 | 06 | Confu |
| 0x00000080 | 07 | Silence |
| 0x00000100 | 08 | Haste |
| 0x00000200 | 09 | Slow |
| 0x00000400 | 0A | Stop |
| 0x00000800 | 0B | Frog |
| 0x00001000 | 0C | Small |
| 0x00002000 | 0D | Slow Numb |
| 0x00004000 | 0E | Petrify |
| 0x00008000 | 0F | Regen |
| 0x00010000 | 10 | Barrier |
| 0x00020000 | 11 | M.Barrier |
| 0x00040000 | 12 | Reflect |
| 0x00080000 | 13 | Dual |
| 0x00100000 | 14 | Shield |
| 0x00200000 | 15 | D.Sentence |
| 0x00400000 | 16 | Manipulate |
| 0x00800000 | 17 | Berserk |
| 0x01000000 | 18 | Peerless |
| 0x02000000 | 19 | Paralysis |
| 0x04000000 | 1A | Darkness |
| 0x08000000 | 1B | Dual Drain |
| 0x10000000 | 1C | DeathForce |
| 0x20000000 | 1D | Resist |
| 0x40000000 | 1E | “Lucky Girl” |
| 0x80000000 | 1F | Imprisoned |
If “Dual Drain” is inflicted without “Dual”, the game will crash. Section 4 of Terence Fergusson’s http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/psx/file/197341/22395 Battle Mechanics FAQ describes each of these statuses with great detail.