Hack Name:  Final Fantasy: Headwind
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Status:  In-Progress
Patch Version:  0.01
Last updated:  March 18, 2025
Type of Hack:  Cheats, Gameplay, Unlocker
Downloads:  28

Community Links

  • FFV Central website
  • FFV Central Discord—A community of players and creators of FFV mods and more
  • r/FinalFantasyMods subreddit

Features of Stable Build

  • Chest loot is fully randomized.
  • Part of the Whirlwind family of mods.

Preview of Dev Build

  • Designed based on the open-world mode of the cousin hack, FFV: Whirlwind.
  • Garland no longer needs to be fought.  Princess Sarah no longer needs to be rescued.
  • The portal to Temple of Fiends Past is now open from the start.  You no longer need the Lute to access all of Temple of Fiends Past.
  • You now start a new game with upgraded classes.
  • You can press the A button to call your airship.  Works from the start of the game.
  • Movement speed doubled in overworld, towns, and dungeons.
  • Mystic Key is no longer needed to open locked doors.
  • All fixed encounters have been disabled.
  • Experience and gil from battle have been boosted to 8x.
  • Dialog windows are now faster in towns and dungeons.  Battle messages have been sped up.
  • Response rate now defaults to the max of 8 instead of the minimum of 1.
  • You now start with the ship and the canoe.  The ship can now dock anywhere.
  • You now get no encounters unless you hold down the B button.  Applies to overworld and dungeons.
  • You now start with the bridge already built.  The opening cutscene when you cross the bridge for the first time is now skipped.
  • Dev builds available on Discord.

For a demonstration, see the video below.

Authorized Hosts

RHP

Related Hacks

  • FFII: Upwind (FC) [link]
  • FFIII: Crosswinds (FC) [link]
  • FFIV: Downwind (SFC) [link]
  • FFV: Whirlwind (SFC) [link]
  • FFVI: Tailwind (SNES) [link]
  • Whirlwind Game Presets (SFC) [link]
  • FFV Challenge Pack (SFC) [link]

Tags

modernization, open world, randomizer, QoL

Hashes: 
Filename: Final Fantasy (USA).nes
CRC-32: 5c892f3b
SHA-1: b0ed4e1573260187e31da715ced28806ea4a81da
File download: 
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