Breath of Fire III: Definitive Edition
ブレス オブ ファイアIII
ThegreatBen brings his Definitive Edition treatment to Breath of Fire III: faster levelling, stronger magic, easier access to Masters and less grind overall.
What it is
Breath of Fire III: Definitive Edition is a rebalance and quality-of-life hack by ThegreatBen, part of the same series as his Definitive Editions of the SNES games. It keeps the story and structure of the PlayStation original but speeds up progression and makes more of its systems worth using.
Main changes
- Faster levelling, with stat gains spread out to compensate; difficulty rises after the volcano.
- Spells use Breath of Fire 1 damage values, which makes magic users far more useful.
- Dragon breath tiers rebalanced, and stat-lowering skills land on bosses more often.
- Masters can be reached from a new tab in the camp menu, and a couple of them are easier to unlock.
- Party changes work anywhere, and random battles are removed from a few backtracking-heavy areas.
- Some new skills for Ryu and Garr, adjusted swords, better drop and encounter rates for rare enemies, and a faster-growing Fairy Village with more ingredients for sale.
- Examining an enemy while it uses a skill always lets you learn it.
Playing it
Apply the patch to your own copy of the US release of Breath of Fire III, following the instructions on the hack's page. Credit goes to ThegreatBen.