Ability List

The following is a list of all possible abilities from wearing threads. If an ability description starts with a character name, such as Neku: ATK +1, the ability only activates if the thread is equipped on that specific character.

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Some thread abilities must be specifically worn by a partner for the effect to activate. These character restrictions are marked in the table below. If the cell is empty, it means the effect will activate regardless of who wears the thread. Some types of abilities only appeared in the DS or Remix versions respectively. In the Remix versions, all defense boosts are applied to Neku regardless of who is wearing the thread.

Stat Modifiers

Caption	Description	Restriction	Levels
ATK	Change character's Attack		+1, +2, +3, +5
		Neku	+1, +3, +5
		Shiki	+1, +2
		Joshua	+2, +3
		Beat	+3, +4
DEF	Change character's Defense		+1, +2, +3, +5
		Neku	+1, +3, +5
		Shiki	+1, +2
		Joshua	+2, +3
		Beat	+3, +4
HP	Change character's HP		+5, +15, +35, +100
		Neku	+20, +40, +70
		Shiki	+10, +20
		Joshua	+20, +30, +40
		Beat	+30, +70
Jinxed ATK Boost +10	Places whoever wears it in Mortal Peril, and causes enemy attacks to knock them back, but in return greatly increases Attack.

Status Effects

Caption	Description	Restriction	Levels
Dual Resistance I	Prevents Attack Break and Defense Break
Dual Resistance II	Prevents HP Drain & Immobility
More Attack Breaks	Increases how often wearer inflicts Attack Break		I, II
More Defense Breaks	Increases how often wearer inflicts Defense Break		I, II
More HP Drains	Increases how often wearer inflicts HP Drain		I, II
More Immobilization	Increases how often wearer inflicts Immobilization		I, II
Resist All	Prevents all Negative Statuses
Resist Attack Breaks	Prevents Attack Break
Resist Defense Breaks	Prevents Defense Break
Resist HP Drain	Prevents HP Drain
Resist Immobilization	Prevents Immobility
Resist Knockback	Prevents wearer from being knocked back from enemy attacks

SOS

Caption	Description	Restriction	Levels
SOS ATK Boost	Increases Attack when wearer is in Mortal Peril		I, II
SOS DEF Boost	Reduces damage taken when wearer is in Mortal Peril		I, II
SOS Null Damage	Nullifies damage taken a certain percentage of the time when wearer is in mortal peril
SOS Power Up	Increases Attack and reduces damage taken when wearer is in Mortal Peril		I, II

Combo Map (DS Only)

Caption	Description	Restriction	Levels
Air Combo Shape	Changes the shape of Air Combo Map	Shiki	Staff, Cactus
		Joshua	Dagger, Lightning Bolt, Folding Fan
		Beat	Club, Lance, Saber, Trident
Combo Branch	Increase the number of Combo Branches	Your Partner	+1, +2
Combo Map Upgrade I	Decreases the number of Combo panels by 1 and increases the number of Combo Branches by 1	Your Partner
Combo Map Upgrade II	Increases the number of Combo Panels and Branches by 2	Your Partner
Combo Panel	Change the number of Combo Panels	Your Partner	+1, +2, -1
Ground Combo Shape	Changes the shape of Ground Combo Map	Shiki	Club, Lance, Saber, Folding Fan
		Joshua	Dagger, Cactus, Trident
		Beat	Staff, Lightning Bolt
Show Combo Map Longer	When your partner wears this, the combo map stays visible for a longer period of time.	Your Partner

Fusion and Sync (Remix Only)

Caption	Description	Restriction	Levels
Lasting Fusion	When your partner wears this, you will have more time to manipulate that partner's Fusion cards.	Partner, Shiki, Joshua, Beat	1, 2, 3
Lasting Fusion Z	When your partner wears this, you will have more time to manipulate that partner's Fusion cards, but your sync rate will rise a little more slowly.	Partner
Sync Charge	When your partner wears this, your sync rate will rise more quickly.	Partner	1, 2, 3
Sync Charge Z	When your partner wears this, your sync rate will rise much more quickly, but you will have less time to manipulate that partner's Fusion cards.	Partner
Sync Start	Start battles with a sync rate boost.	Shiki, Joshua, Beat	+20%, +40%, +60%

Partners

Caption	Description	Restriction	Levels
Attack Break Finisher	When your partner wears this, combo finishers will sometimes inflict Attack Break	Partner
Defense Break Finisher	When your partner wears this, combo finishers will sometimes inflict Defense Break	Partner
HP Drain Finisher	When your partner wears this, combo finishers will sometimes inflict HP Drain	Partner
Immobilizing Finisher	When your partner wears this, combo finishers will sometimes Immobilize enemies.	Partner
Jinxed Immobilizing Finisher	When your partner wears this, combo finishers will sometimes immobilize enemies, but as a trade-off Neku will move more slowly.	Partner
Nag-free Escape	When your Partner wears this, they stop getting mad at you for running from battle.	Shiki, Joshua, Beat

Puck (DS Only)

Caption	Description	Restriction	Levels
Faster Puck	Makes the Light Puck travel more quickly.		I, II
Hold that Puck	Keeps the Light Puck in play longer before it disappears.		I, II, III
Jinxed Hold that Puck	Keeps Light Puck in play a lot longer, in exchange for earning no PP
Puck Power	Puck begins battle with a Damage Multiplier.		I, II, III
Slower Puck	Makes the Light Puck travel more slowly.		I, II

Cross Combo (Remix Only)

Caption	Description	Restriction	Levels
CC Boost	Increases cross combo power.		I, II, III
CC Faster Sync	Accelerates your sync rate charge with cross combos.		I, II
CC Slower Sync	Decelerates your sync rate charge with cross combos.		I, II
Jinxed Loose CCs	Makes the timing for cross combos a lot more forgiving, but in exchange you stop receiving PP.
Loose CCs	Makes the timing for cross combos more forgiving.		I, II, III

Fusion Star (DS Only)

Caption	Description	Restriction	Levels
Fusion Star	Your Partner starts with some free Fusion Stars at the start of battle.	Shiki	+1, +2, +3
		Joshua	+1, +2, +3
		Beat	+1, +2, +3

Drop Star (Remix Only)

Caption	Description	Restriction	Levels
Drop Kick	Your drop rate will increase.	Shiki, Joshua, Beat	I, II, III

All-Around Upgrade

Caption	Description	Restriction	Levels
All-around Upgrade I	Displays how much time has elapsed during battle, and also increases the amount of EXP you get.	Partner
All-around Upgrade II	Displays the Combo Map for a longer period of time and also keeps the HITS counter visible longer. (DS) Gives you more time to manipulate your partner's Fusion cards. (Remix)
All-around Upgrade III	Increases Attack, Defense, and HP.
All-around Upgrade IV	Attack, Defense, and HP increase, and the HITS counter also takes longer to disappear.	Neku

Other

Caption	Description	Restriction	Levels
Display Time	Displays the amount of time elapsed during battle.
EXP Boost	Increases the amount of EXP earned in battle		I, II, III
HIT Keeper	The HITS counter takes a little longer to disappear.	Neku	I, II, III
Jinxed Regeneration	Regularly restores HP in battle, but you stop gaining PP
Jinxed EXP Boost	Wearer starts battle in Mortal Peril, but greatly increases EXP earned
More Durable Obstacles	Obstacles become more durable.	Neku	I, II
No Obstacles	No obstacles appear on the battlefield.	Neku
Regeneration	Regularly restores an amount of HP during battles.		I, II, III, IV

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Stat Modifiers

Name	Description	Levels
HP Boost	Increases HP.	I, II, III, IV
ATK Boost	Increases Attack.	I, II, III, IV
DEF Boost	Increases Defense.	I, II, III, IV
Cure Boost	Increases restored HP.	I, II, III, IV
Metabo Boost	Accelerates the decrease of Fullness.	I, II, III
Speed Boost	Increases movement speed during combat.
Jinxed Strength	Increases Attack, but places the team in mortal peril at the start of battle.	II
Jinxed Defense	Greatly increases Defense, but slows the decrease of Fullness.	II
Jinxed Metabo Boost	Greatly accelerates the decrease of Fullness, but greatly decreases Attack.
Point Boost	Increases the amount of EXP and PP earned.
PP Boost	Increases the amount of PP earned.
EXP Boost	Increases the amount of EXP earned.
Jinxed Point Boost	Increases the amount of EXP and PP earned, but places the team in mortal peril at the start of battle.

Combat

Name	Description	Levels
Stalwart Ally	Reduces damage taken when the wearer is not being controlled directly.	I, II
Healthy Resilience	If the team has enough HP when hit with a fatal attack, they survive with 1 HP.
Helping Hand	Slightly shortens the duration the wearer is knocked down.	I, II
No Mercy	Slightly increases Attack when facing a single enemy.
Uninterruptible	Sometimes causes the wearer to automatically dodge when attacked mid-psych.
Second Wind	Increases Attack when in mortal peril.	I, II
Hearty Strike	Increases Attack when the team's HP is full.	II
First Blood	Increases Attack when the enemy's remaining HP is high.	II
Auto-Charge	Automatically charges and releases psychs with a single button press.
Earthbound	Prevents knockback when hit by enemies attacks.
Regen	Regularly restores the team's HP throughout battles.	I, II, III
Steely Resolve	Increases Defense when in mortal peril.	I, II
Healthy Erasure	Restores a small amount of the team's HP every time they defeat an enemy with a psych. Amount of HP restored relative to foe's HP.
Turbo Charge	Makes psychs charge slightly faster.
Rapid Reboot	Makes pins reboot faster.	I, II
Button Psych Up	Increases the power of the pin assigned to a button. The button can be: XSwitch/△PS4/Psych 1PC YSwitch/◻PS4/Psych 2PC LSwitch/L1PS4/Psych 3PC</sup RSwitch/R1PS4/Psych 4PC ZLSwitch/L2PS4/Psych 5PC ZRSwitch/R2PS4/Psych 6PC

Synergy

Abilities that increase a specific affinity of pins are Synergy abilities. All Synergy threads are footwear except for Lacy Bustier, which is a top thread with Fiery Synergy.

Name	Description
Booming Synergy	Increases the power of Burst affinity pins.
Fiery Synergy	Increases the power of Fire affinity pins.
Kinetic Synergy	Increases the power of Kinesis affinity pins.
Sonic Synergy	Increases the power of Sound affinity pins.
Rocky Synergy	Increases the power of Stone affinity pins.
Magnetic Synergy	Increases the power of Gravity affinity pins.
Shady Synergy	Increases the power of Darkness affinity pins.
Shocking Synergy	Increases the power of Electric affinity pins.
Gusty Synergy	Increases the power of Wind affinity pins.
Toxic Synergy	Increases the power of Poison affinity pins.
Temporal Synergy	Increases the power of Time affinity pins.
Frosty Synergy	Increases the power of Ice affinity pins.
Shining Synergy	Increases the power of Light affinity pins.
Watery Synergy	Increases the power of Water affinity pins.

Status effects

Name	Description	Levels
Subzero Stranglehold	Extends the duration enemies are frozen.	I, II, III
Stony Stranglehold	Extends the duration enemies are entombed.	I, II, III
Stunned Foes	Extends the duration enemies are stunned.	I, II, III
Frozen Foes	Increases how often psychs can immobilize enemies	I, II, III
Ailing Enemies	Increases how often psychs inflict negative status effects.	I, II, III
Perpetual Pain	Extends the duration enemies are burning, shocked, or poisoned.	I, II, III
Reinforced Chains	Extends the duration enemies are chained.	I, II, III
Shock Resistance	Decreases damage taken when shocked.
Poison Resistance	Decreases damage taken when poisoned.
Burn Resistance	Decreases damage taken when burning.

Brand

Name	Description
Brand Ambassador	Increases clothing stats when wearing all of a specific brand. Each brand has one thread with Brand Ambassador that is always headwear.
Resonance	Increases the power of pins with the same brand as the thread. Every brand (except for Black Honey Chili Cookie, which doesn't have any branded pins) has one thread with Resonance that is always a top.

Groove and Mashups

Name	Description
Beatdrop Bonus	Slightly extends the window for Beatdrop combos.
Groove Boost	Slightly increases Groove when landing a Beatdrop combo.
Killer Remix Boost	Increases the power of Killer Remixes.

Drop rate

Name	Description
Mother Lode	Increases the drop rate by 1.
Stepmother Lode	Increases the drop rate by 3.
Godmother Lode	Increases the drop rate by 5.
Jackpot	Increases the drop rate by 5. Is always a character-specific thread.
Jinxed Jackpot	Increases the drop rate by 15, but slows the decrease of Fullness.
Jinxed Jackpot II	Increases the drop rate by 20, but prevents the team from earning EXP or PP.

Other

Name	Description
VIP Boost	Increases VIP Level a little more after battle.
Swine Time	Slightly increases the time limit in battles against Pig Noise.
Hands Off	Prevents battles from starting after contact with Noise symbols.
Time Display	Displays how much time has elapsed during battle.