Costume

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The costume effect of a Mithran Rice Cake given out during the yearly Doll Festival.

Description

A Costume is a harmless status effect that alters a character's appearance. While this effect has no truly harmful effects, the affected character will be unable to interact with NPCs or objects while this effect is active.

How to remove the effect

• This effect will wear off automatically after a certain amount of time has passed.
• This effect can be removed manually.
• Zoning will remove the effect.

How the effect is inflicted/gained

Almost all costume effects are gained from special events, either as part of the event itself or from the items gained by participating in the event.

Food/Medicine

Can only be used in cities and towns.

Obtained from Doll Festival events:

• Elvaan Rice Cake - Elvaan child (Female)
• Hume Rice Cake - Hume child (Female)
• Mithran Rice Cake - Mithran child
• Tarutaru Rice Cake - Tarutaru child (Female)

Obtained from Feast of Swords events:

• Elvaan Mochi - Elvaan child (Male)
• Galka Mochi - Galkan child
• Hume Mochi - Hume child (Male)
• Tarutaru Mochi - Tarutaru child (Male)

Obtained from Blazing Buffaloes events:

• Miracle Milk - Chigoe

Obtained from Meeble Burrows:

• Prize Powder - Treasure Chest

Crafted

• Osseous Serum - Skeleton
• Spectral Serum - Ghost
• Volant Serum - Giant Bat

Enchantments

The Drover's Belt, Snow Bunny Hat (+1) and Chocobo Beret/Destrier Beret can be used outside the cities.

Obtained from Happy New Year 2005, Starlight Celebration 2007, or the Vana'diel Adventurer Recruitment Program:

• Rabbit Belt - Rabbit
• Mandragora Belt - Mandragora
• Worm Belt - Worm

Obtained from the Vana'diel Adventurer Recruitment Program:

• Detonator Belt - Bomb or Cluster
• Mandragora Beret - Mandragora

Obtained from Chocobo Racing:

• Chocobo Pullus Torque - Baby Chocobo

Obtained from Blazing Buffaloes events:

• Drover's Belt - Chigoe

Obtained from Fan Festival 2008:

• Town Moogle Shield - Moogle (upon failure)
• Nomad Moogle Shield - Moogle (upon failure)

Obtained from Starlight Celebration 2009:

• Snow Bunny Hat (+1) - Rabbit (White)

Obtained from VanaFest 2010:

• Chocobo Beret - Egg, followed by Adolescent Chocobo after cancellation of Egg (variable color)

Obtained from Happy New Year 2011

• Gyokuto Obi - Giant Rarab

Obtained from quests:

• Goblin Belt - Goblin Traveler (Quelling the Storm)
• Kitty Rod - Mithran child (Sins of the Mothers)

Crafted:

• Skeleton Robe - Skeleton
• Stirge Belt - Bat
• Ghost Cape - Ghost

NPC Abilities

Certain holiday NPCs will give you this effect to help you get into the season:

• Harvest Festival NPCs - Skeleton, Ghost, Hound, or Shadow

Monster Abilities

• Eccentric Eve - Tainting Breath (Morbol + Charm)
• Poroggo - Frog Song/Frog Chorus (Frog + Charm)
• Rani - Enthrall (Caturae + Charm)
• Seed Crystal - Seed of Deference (Mandragora + Charm)
• Vampyr - Nocturnal Servitude (Bat + Charm)

Equipment that Enhances this Status Effect

• Pitchfork +1 - increases movement speed by 12% while wearing any costume.
• Snow Bunny Hat (+1) - increases movement speed by 24% while wearing the white Rabbit costume.

See Also

• Egg
• Illusion - a variant of the costume effect that allows you to go undetected by monsters at the cost of HP and movement speed.