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Take a look at this picture:

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(from the gamercorner website)

What do the A B C D E F letters mean? I'm assuming there is a value attached to each, like maybe A means +6 per level up, but I haven't been able to find anything yet.

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Stats in the original Final Fantasy for the NES have either a 25% or a 100% chance of increasing per level. The thing is, these chances change every level for every class, which I suppose is the reason why that site portrays the stat growth information the way that it does.

The only stat that has a set growth is HP, which usually increases by vitality/4. On certain designated levels, HP will additionally increase by 20-25 points on top of the vitality-based growth, which I will call a "strong" HP growth in my table below.

Addressing your example specifically, here are the stat growths for each level for the Fighter class:

Strong HP growth:
 2-11: yes
12-23: no, yes, yes, repeat
24-50: no, no, yes, repeat

STR:
 2-50: 100%

AGI:
 2-20: 100%
21-29: 25%, 100%, 100%, repeat
30-50: 25%, 100%, repeat

INT:
 2-43: 25%, 25%, 100%, repeat
44-50: 25%

VIT:
 2-31: 100%, 100%, 25%, repeat
32-41: 100%, 25%, repeat
42-50: 25%

LUK:
 2-31: 25%, 100%, 100%, repeat
32-39: 25%, 100%, repeat
40-50: 25%

As you can see, the Fighter will gain strength every level, but other stats have "loops" of percentages that they will increase by.

Source: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/nes/522595-final-fantasy/faqs/57009

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  • So, if you have between 2 and 50 strength, you have a 100% chance of increasing by one? Jul 22, 2021 at 20:02
  • No, at level 2, you have a 100% chance of getting +1 str, and same thing and levels 3, 4, etc. Jul 22, 2021 at 20:06
  • Oh. So the numbers on the left are levels? Jul 22, 2021 at 20:07
  • Yeah, I edited my answer to hopefully make that more clear. Jul 22, 2021 at 20:07
  • So for agility, at level 21 you have a 25% chance, 22 100%, 23 100%, 24 25%, and so on until you hit 29? Jul 22, 2021 at 20:09

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