Final Fantasy VI: Brave New World 2.1.0

 • Repurposed the Auction House in Jidoor as an "Advanced" Beginner's School

 • Completely rewrote enemy AI with a heavy focus on more predictable behavior in random encounters that
   should be easier to exploit and more interesting/dynamic boss battles

 • Lowered the HP of many enemies and several bosses who were deemed to have more than necessary

 • Added a minimum number of steps between battles, slightly lowering the overall rate

 • Increased the pace of combat by doubling ATB fill speed during "empty" downtime

 • Running from battle is no longer substantially more difficult than in vanilla

 • Non-standard random encounters (back/side/pincer attacks) are more likely, but your party is now able
   to react faster to them and physical damage is no longer doubled from behind

 • The "Defend" and "Row" commands now only consume half of a turn

 • Can now swap out weapons/shields in combat, but it costs half a turn per hand

 • When swapping equipment in battle or leaving the "rage" status, only previously-inherent statuses are
   now stripped (instead of all of them); maximum HP/MP (from equipment) is now also updated

 • Green Cherries will now cancel any action that the target has queued

 • Greatly improved how the game handles resistance to multi-elemental attacks

 • Mug no longer ignores special weapon effects, but the attack will now miss if steal fails

 • Allies at non-critical HP can now only be covered when they are in the back row

 • The "rflect" status now behaves like "image" instead of being on a timer

 • Updated the "Status Display" hack to include "cycling" auras and be more intuitive

 • Status-setting attacks now provide more feedback if that status attempt fails

 • White/Black/Grey magic will now display their "dot" when used in battle

 • Can now toggle between "max HP" and "ATB" view in battle by holding Select

 • Shops can now display the "full" stats of of equipment prior to purchase

 • The Rage and Dance menus now display the attacks of each rage/dance

 • Combined the equip and relic menus into one screen (includes full item descriptions)

 • Replaced "Relic" in the main menu screen with a shortcut to the party overview screen

 • Redesigned the status display screen and clarified certain terms

 • Redesigned the "Earth" and "Dark" (AKA "Poison") icons in extended equipment descriptions

 • Removed the unique item counter at the bottom right of the info panel in the inventory screen as it
    was taking up space and sometimes causing text overlap

 • Characters who join later in the WoR are now re-averaged to higher levels

 • Lowered character HP/MP growth at high levels

 • Tweaked the base stats for several characters, most notably buffs to all of Gau's attack stats

 • Edited the Vigor/Stamina damage variance reduction formula to have a better effect at higher values

 • Updated the Regen formula to rely more heavily on a character's stamina than on their maximum HP

 • Reverted the formula for poison damage to vanilla settings for player characters while enemies now
   take substantially more damage from it

 • Simplified how evasion works for magical attacks; rather than a hitrate, the Printme now just lists
   the relevant evasion stat (stamina or m.evade) for attacks that can be avoided

 • Changed who learns which spells (and when) again, mostly the grey ones

 • Swapped the locations of Crusader and Alexandr with the latter now behind a cash gate instead of the
   former's old boss gate; also swapped their users, EL/equip bonuses, and moved Demi/Quartr to Crusader

 • Raised Zoneseek's EL bonus to Magic +1/MP +20 (MP was only +15 before)

 • Swapped the equip bonuses on Carbunkl (now Auto-Regen) and Starlet (now +25% MP)

 • Adjusted the MP costs of many spells, summons, and lores - notably, there is now a much bigger price
   gap between the two water lores and Blow Fish no longer has an MP cost

 • Bad Breath no longer sets Sap (Blaze and Raze still do)

 • Blaze is now fire/wind elemental (was just fire)

 • Raze is weaker (power: 90 -> 75) and now fire/wind elemental (was fire/"dark"; see below)

 • Re-branded the "poison" element as "dark" and reworked its line of spells to be more useful

 • Per the above, Merton is now a fire/"dark" spell (instead of fire/wind)

 • Break and Quake are both slightly (exactly 1/9 each) stronger, but also more expensive (see above)

 • Mute is no longer multi-target, but is more effective than before due to resistance being much less
   common and enemies using spells more frequently

 • Scan is now a free action and can no longer trigger enemy counter-attacks

 • Edited several esper summons, notably buffs to Maduin and Bismark and Stray now revives allies

 • Major changes to Blitz: stamina options are stronger, but only physical blitzes now ignore defense

 • Several Bushido changes: stamina(ish) options are weaker and only Dispatch/Dragon now ignore defense

 • Made changes to (or that affect) most Rages, including giving Gau a better healing rage (Soldier)
   right out of the gate and balancing end-game physical damage around 3x damage bonuses instead of 4x

 • Edited several Dance steps (most of which are also Rage attacks)

 • Changed the 3/16 step on Earth Blues to Wind Slash (was Cave In)

 • Rebalanced the main winning Slot spins: Blackjack is still the strongest against most foes, Solitaire
   is now the weakest since it also blinds your opponents, and Trifecta (3 chocobos) is your sap-setter

 • The 7-7-7 Slot spin now both revives fallen allies AND heals live ones, but its power is now slightly
   lower (10 -> 7) than a losing spin (Bropedio)

 • Raised the power of all vigor-based Tools

 • The Bio Blaster is no longer for sale until after the Battle of Narshe (see below)

 • The Flash is weaker (power: 75 -> 60) as the Blind status is now more effective

 • The upgraded Autocrossbow now has perfect accuracy (in addition to being 50% stronger)

 • Set Ninja Stars to maximum ultimate power (were previously 240)

 • ??? is now slightly weaker on average, but now ignores defense

 • Desperation attacks no longer set Slow (they still set Sap)

 • Elixirs now remove most bad statuses (as a Remedy would)

 • Edited the wares of most shops, pushing back the availability of some items, making others available
   sooner, and (most notably) fixing instances of items becoming unavailable at certain points

 • Renamed several pieces of equipment; also swapped the names of the Dali and Monet Brushes

 • Removed several pieces of equipment

 • Reworked the stat boosts on elemental blades and shields to all provide magic bonuses

 • The Scimitar and Falchion now enable counter-attacks to encourage pairing them with other weapons

 • The Demonsbane no longer deals Holy damage so that it doesn't beat out the Avenger vs. undead foes

 • Slightly lowered the attack of (-5) and Vigor boost on (-2) the Valiance

 • The earlier claws are now available sooner and the later ones are stronger

 • Changed the random spellcasts on the Spirit Claw (Stop -> Slow) and Frostgore (Doom -> Ice)

 • Overhauled the "magical" katanas: stat boosts are now +Spd/+Stam (stamina is now the "common" stat on
   all katanas), the Ichimonji(/Nodachi) is improved, and the "wind" blade attacks are now stamina-based

 • Reworked the stat boosts on Shadow's ninja daggers to compliment the above-mentioned katana changes

 • Added the "strong vs. flying foes" property to the Kunai and Ninjato

 • The Kusarigama has been reworked into a Zozo-era anti-human ninja weapon that can also set Stop/Slow

 • Overhauled Setzer's "casino" weapons: removed all stat boosts, "always hits" (except from Dice), and
   the ability to dual-wield darts in favor of making them better weapons

 • Rods are more expensive (especially the Doomstick) and only the basic elemental ones can be broken

 • Larger rods (Quartrstaff and higher) now all possess physical evasion only

 • Lowered the attack on the Punisher (180 -> 150) as it was too strong when dragooning

 • Added a new Colosseum-exclusive weapon for Strago/Relm that's basically a one-handed Mutsunokami

 • Brushes now hit twice to increase the likelihood of random spellcasts (lowered attack to compensate
   for the extra "damage"); also added magic evasion (10) to all brushes and reworked their stat boosts

 • The Ross Brush now randomly casts Rflect (instead of Haste)

 • The Magic Bone (a formerly hidden/theft-exclusive weapon for Gau) can now be won at the Colosseum

• The Morning Star is stronger (attack: 100 -> 125) and is now usable only by Celes and Terra

 • The Chainsaw now "cleaves" on insta-kill procs, thus preventing counter-attacks

 • Anti-undead weapons now use the "X-kill" animation (which also prevents counter-attacks)

 • Adjusted the prices of a lot of store-bought armor: the Light Robe and many early-game upgrades are
   all cheaper, while a few key items (namely the Oath Veil) are more expensive

 • Slightly adjusted the stats of several helmets and suits of armor, most notably a +10 magic defense
   increase for the Magus Hat/Circlet and +5 to physical defense for all "heavy" armor from Gold onward

 • Relm now comes equipped with the Memento Ring (it's no longer hidden)

 • Strago no longer comes equipped with a Magus Hat

 • The Royal Jacket no longer blocks fire damage

 • Removed the +25% MP buff from the Minerva and added it to the Radiant Gown

 • Bandanas and the Mirage Vest can now be equipped by anyone (instead of just "light" armor users)

 • Umaro can now equip the Skull Cap (it's the only helmet he can use)

 • Gogo can no longer wear robes (he must wear hides or vests)

 • The Hero Shield now sets inherent sap (instead of condemned) until the curse is lifted

 • A certain piece of hidden armor has slightly less defense (-5/-5), but now halves Bolt/Wind damage

 • Reworked the coverage of status protection relics; most notably, the Ribbon now only blocks instant
   death (it is now the only relic to do so), Stop, and Pertrify

 • Relics which grant statuses at critical health can now trigger again if the wearer dies

 • It is no longer impossible to revive a character who dies while wearing a Ghost Ring

 • Raised the physical evasion of the Sprint Shoes and the magic evasion of the Magic Cube

 • Lowered the defense of the Guard Ring and added magic defense; did the opposite for the Wall Ring

 • Removed both evasion boosts from the Back Guard and raised both defense stats to 20 (from 10)

 • Removed +7 Magic bonus from the Gem Box and the +7 Vigor boost from the Soul Box

 • Added stat boosts to the Storm Belt (+5 Spd) and Blizzard Orb (+5 Stam); also modified their in-game
   descriptions to be less cryptic about what they do (specifically their +25% damage properties)

 • Altered the wording of all +25% damage bonuses to clarify that they affect both damage AND healing

 • Changed/moved the contents of many chests, including adding the Dice to a WoR chest (so that they are
   no longer missable) as well as the Viper Darts (formerly a Colosseum-exclusive)

 • Changed several enemy steals; bosses now hold (common) theft-exclusive items instead of rare items

 • Changed many trades at the Colosseum and replaced the more obnoxious opponents with easier ones

 • Modified the enemy encounter structure to make certain foes less difficult to find on the Veldt; all
   missable (WoB) formations can now be found on Triangle Island and the Grenade Forest (near the Veldt)

 • The "Leap" command is now disabled if all rages in an enemy formation are already known

 • Changed the names of many enemies and their special attacks; also edited their attack animations to to
   make them more closely match what they're supposed to be

 • Removed or changed many enemy elemental resistances/weaknesses that felt unintuitive or made no sense

 • Overhauled enemy status resistances: only the "major" ones (Sleep, Muddle, Bserk, Stop, Petrify, and
   instant death) are now commonly resisted while the others are (almost) universally effective

 • Improved standardization of enemy stats, namely defense (both types), evasion, and speed

 • Reworked enemy/boss MP values: fewer enemies have MP at all, but those who do now use it frequently
   (see "Mute" notes above) and may behave differently if they lose too much of it

 • Re-tuned experience and GP drops to be more fitting with the enemies that drop them; most notably,
   bosses now award experience - and consequently a good deal of esper xp, to boot

 • Made a small improvement to the option to disable experience gains from battle

 • Changed how fallen allies are replaced between tiers in the final battle

 • Characters in MagiTek armor now attack with Tek Laser instead of elemental beams

 • Heal Force now revives dead allies in addition to restoring HP to live ones

 • Added an "unequip" NPC to the scenario select screen

 • Shadow is now cheaper to hire in Kohlingen (3,000 GP -> 1,000)

 • Made quality of life changes to several dungeons

 • Battles in the Narshe mines (WoB) now maintain the area's BGM

 • "Searching For Friends" now only plays when you are aboard the Falcon

 • Shortened the unnecessarily lengthy Aero/Mutsunokami animation

 • Phunbaba should no longer sometimes remove only one character from your party

 • N. Cross can now only freeze a maximum of two characters

 • Mind Blast now respects stamina, but gets an extra attack (4 -> 5) to compensate

 • Lifeshaver now respects the "float" status and is no longer reflectable

 • Glare and Blow Fish are now physical attacks and thus respect the "clear" status

 • The "clear" status is no longer removed if the target absorbs a spell with Runic or by ground-based
   attacks missing floating targets

 • The "clear" status is now properly lifted by spells cast from rods used as items in battle

 • The "Morph" and "Imp" statuses no longer affect (non-fractional) healing items

 • Items are no longer consumed in battle if the user dies or is disabled before they go off

 • Brushes and healing items now properly re-target if the intended target dies

 • X-Fight now re-targets if the first attack kills the original target, can now properly yield critical
   hits, and no longer bypasses "cover"

 • Jump no longer disables (most) special weapon effects (most notably the Atma Weapon) and dual-wield
   setups now attack only with the primary weapon instead of randomly selecting one

 • Fixed several issues with Palidor's behavior, making it much better to use

 • Interceptor and Golem now always use the correct animation when activated, which corrects the lowered
   odds of late-game Interceptor counters and Golem's artificially enhanced durability

 • Terra can no longer Morph while imped and is now immune to imp once Morphed

 • Gogo no longer does 50% more damage than intended with physical Bushidos when dual-wielding

 • Setzer's dice no longer receive a damage boost from the Bserk status

 • Flare (from the Apocalypse) now correctly receives the Morph damage boost

 • X-Zone no longer revives/heals undead enemies when it's cast by the Doomstick

 • Multi-target attacks which respect stamina now correctly check each target individually

 • Enemy "special" attacks that inflict sleep no longer miss on targets with death immunity

 • Abilities with "one ally" targeting are no longer unable to randomly target (via Rage or enemy AI)
   teammates on the opposite end of the field during side or pincer attacks

 • Inherent statuses now initialize properly on characters who are dead at the beginning of the battle
   and on enemies who are not present

 • Updated Assassin's "Optimize Fix" hack to leave slots with no valid equipment empty

 • Fixed several RNG errors, most notably a random encounter spike during the Vector escape

 • Fixed several other minor bugs and dialogue issues

 • Added a Spanish translation and an optional "vanilla" dialogue patch

 • Added a "New Game+" patch to the Unlockme

 • Added new alternate sprite patches to the Unlockme

 • Added screenshots to the Unlockme image gallery and updated existing ones

 • Added higher-resolution sprites and SNES Mini/Switch art to the Unlockme image gallery

 • Updated the (main) BNW logo in the Unlockme image gallery to the modern design

 • Added a damage calculator/bestiary to the BNWCP

 • Redesigned the Printme, now distributed as a .pdf file

 • Re-bundled LIPS (ROM patching utility) with the Brave New World download