List of Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne Skills

Below are a list of skills present in Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne, all sorted by their element.

Names in brackets are used in the original English release of the game, while the others are used in the HD Remaster. If a skill has no name in brackets, then it was left unchanged between releases.

Physical Skills

• Most physical skills which target random/multiple enemies deal 1~2 hits when only 1 target is present. Otherwise 1~3 hits may distribute on a single target of 5 hits maximally.
• "E & I," "Sacrifice" and "Andalucia" deal 1~2 hits on single target of 4 hits maximally.
• "Dodge" column denotes the likelihood of the skill being dodged by the target. The higher the dodge rate of the skill, the higher chance the target will dodge the skill.

Thrust skills

• Physical skills which can be learned by most demons with few exception who cannot "thrust" their bodies as the means of attack.

Skill	HP%	Damage	Critical	Target
Lunge	10	Light	Medium	Single
Hell Thrust	12	Moderate	Medium	Single
Berserk	13	Light	Low	Random
Tempest	25	Moderate	Medium	All
Hades Blast	32	Heavy	High	All

Needle skills

• Physical skills which can be learned by anyone.
• All needle skills only target a single enemy and have medium to low critical and dodge rates.

Skill	HP%	Damage	Ailment
Needle Rush	10	Moderate
Stun Needle	6	Light	40% Stun
Toxic Sting	7	Light	40% Poison
Arid Needle	12	Light	60% Stone

Claw skills

• Physical skills which require the learner grows some sort of sharp "claw."
• All claw skills only target a single enemy.

Skill	HP%	Damage	Critical	Dodge	Ailment
Feral Claw	6	Light	Low	Low
Venom Claw	18	Moderate	Medium	Low	40% Poison
Stun Claw	17	Moderate	Medium	Low	40% Stun
Iron Claw	15	Heavy	High	High

Bite skills

• Physical skills which require the learner grow some sharp fangs as the mean of attack.
• All bite skills target a single enemy.

Skill	HP%	Damage	Critical	Dodge	Ailment
Feral Bite	12	Moderate	Medium	Medium
Stun Bite	18	Moderate	Medium	Medium	40% Stun
Venom Bite	18	Moderate	Medium	Medium	40% Poison
Charm Bite	18	Moderate	Medium	Medium	55% Charm
Stone Bite	22	Moderate	Medium	Medium	60% Stone
Hell Fang	15	Heavy	High	High

Weapon skills

• Physical skills which require the learner carrying any kind of weapon on hand.
• Damage of all weapon skills scale with the user's maximum HP.

Skill	HP%	Damage	Critical	Dodge	Target	Ailment
Brutal Slash	13	Heavy	Medium	Medium	Single
Mighty Gust	14	Heavy	Medium	Medium	Single
Guillotine	17	Heavy	Medium	Medium	Single
Dark Sword	22	Heavy	High	High	Single	40% Mute
Stasis Blade	22	Heavy	High	High	Single	65% Bind
Heat Wave	16	Light	Medium	Low	All
Blight	36	Light	Low	Low	All	20% Poison
Hassohappa	35	Heavy	High	Low	All
Chaos Blade	32	Light	Low	Low	Random	30% Panic
Deathbound	25	Moderate	Low	Low	Random

Exclusive physical skills

• Physical skills which are exclusive to specific users and cannot be passed down to another demon in fusion.

Skill	Cost	Damage	Hits	Critical	Dodge	Target	Ailment	Used by
Divine Shot	13% HP	Heavy	1	Medium	Low	Single		Demi-fiend
Spiral Viper	18% HP	Mega	1	Medium	Low	Single		Demi-fiend
Oni Kagura (Oni-Kagura)	30% HP	Medium	1	Medium	Low	All		Demi-fiend
Deadly Fury	32% HP	Heavy	1	High	Low	All		Demi-fiend
Javelin Rain	40% HP	Heavy	1	Medium	Low	All	20% Mute	Demi-fiend
Xeros Beat (Xeros-Beat)	40% HP	Moderate	1	Medium	Low	All	30% Bind	Demi-fiend
Gaea Rage	35% HP	Mega	1	Medium	Low	All		Demi-fiend
Earthquake	45% HP	Severe	1	No	Low	All		Skadi
Andalucia	6% HP	Moderate	1~4*	Low	Low	All		Matador
Hell Spin	25% HP	Moderate	1	Low	Low	All		Hell Biker
Terrorblade	10 MP	Low	1~3*	Low	Low	Random	30% Panic	Red Rider
Rebellion	9% HP	Moderate	1	High	Impossible[citation needed]	Single		Dante
E & I	3 MP	Low	1~4*	Low	Low	Single		Dante
Twosome-Time (Bullet Time)	10 MP	Moderate	1	Low	Impossible	All	30% Panic	Dante
Boogie-Woogie	3 MP	Low	1-4	Low	Low	Single		Raidou Kuzunoha the XIV
Enter Yoshitsune	9% HP	High	1	High	Impossible	Single		Raidou Kuzunoha the XIV
Mokoi Boomerang	10 MP	Moderate	1	Low	Impossible	All	30% Panic	Raidou Kuzunoha the XIV

Almighty physical skills

• Almighty-based physical skills that rely on the enemies physical resistance. Cannot be voided, drained or repelled.
• If the target possesses almighty resistance, the user requires the auto skill "Pierce" to ignore the resistance.

Skill	Cost	Damage	Critical	Dodge	Target	Remark / Used by
Last Resort	1 HP	Heavy	No	No	Universal	Kills user instantly.
Kamikaze	1 HP	Mega	Low	Low	Single	Kills user instantly.
Sacrifice	1 HP	Heavy	Low	Low	Random	Kills user instantly.
Freikugel	17% HP	Mega	Medium	Low	Single	Demi-fiend
Stinger	12% HP	Heavy	Low	Low	Single	40% Fatal. Dante
Tekisatsu	12% HP	Heavy	Low	Low	Single	40% Fatal. Raidou Kuzunoha the XIV

Magic

• Apart from a few special skills, most magic-based skills are cast with an MP, or Mana Point expenditure. The damage inflicted by Magic-based attacks are based on a demon's Magic stat.
• Power of HP damaging spells take user's current level and base level into account, but the formula is not simply the higher level the more powerful. Assuming the magic stat of the spell user and the defense of the target without modified stat are constant, as the user's level is getting higher, the resultant damage rises gradually but begins to drop at one point. Damage typically peaks around level 27, after which the user must actively put points into Magic in order to prevent it from dropping. Exceptions to this include the Demi-Fiend's Magma Axis, Surt's Ragnarok and Wind Cutter, which have later "peaks."
  • The recovery amount of HP healing spells (except for Diarahan, Mediarahan and Prayer) always scale with current level and does not decay like the HP damage spells.

Healing Skills

Skills that heal allies' HP, as well as any status ailments.

Skill	Effect	Cost
Dia	Heals HP moderately to a single ally.	3 MP
Media	Heals HP moderately to entire party.	12 MP
Diarama	Heals HP greatly to a single ally.	7 MP
Mediarama	Heals HP greatly to entire party.	20 MP
Diarahan	Heals HP fully to a single ally.	15 MP
Mediarahan	Heals HP fully to entire party.	35 MP
Posumudi	Cures Poison to a single ally.	5 MP
Mutudi	Cures Mute to a single ally.	5 MP
Paraladi	Cures Stun to a single ally.	5 MP
Petradi	Cures Stone to a single ally.	5 MP
Patra	Cures Bind/Sleep/Panic to a single ally.	5 MP
Me Patra	Cures Bind/Sleep/Panic to entire party.	12 MP
Recarm	Revives an ally with low HP.	20 MP
Samarecarm (Samrecarm)	Revives an ally with full HP.	35 MP
Recarmdra	User sacrifices self to fully heal HP/MP to entire party.	1 MP
Prayer	Heals HP fully and cures all ailments to entire party. Only usable in battle.	50 MP
Holy Melody	Instantly restores enemy or ally with the lowest HP to full health and MP. Trumpeter's exclusive skill.	1 MP

Fire Skills

Skills based on the element of fire.

Skill	Effect	Cost
Agi	Light fire damage to a single enemy.	3 MP
Agilao	Moderate fire damage to a single enemy.	6 MP
Agidyne	Heavy fire damage to a single enemy.	10 MP
Maragi	Light fire damage to all enemies.	8 MP
Maragion	Moderate fire damage to all enemies.	15 MP
Maragidyne	Heavy fire damage to all enemies.	25 MP
Fire Breath	Light fire damage to random enemies.	9 MP
Hellfire	Medium fire damage to random enemies.	20 MP
Prominence	Heavy fire damage to random enemies.	30 MP
Ragnarok	Mega fire damage to a single enemy. Surt's exclusive skill	30 MP
Hell Burner	Heavy fire damage to all enemies. Hell Biker's exclusive skill	8 MP
Magma Axis	Mega fire damage to a single enemy. (Demi-fiend only)	30% HP

Ice Skills

Skills based on the element of ice. They can sometimes cause freeze. A frozen unit is immobilized, has all physical resistances including repel and drain nullified temporarily and receives 100% critical damage from physical attacks. Freeze status only lasts until turn swap.

Skill	Effect	Cost
Bufu	Light ice damage to a single enemy. May cause freeze.	3 MP
Bufula	Moderate ice damage to a single enemy. May cause freeze.	6 MP
Bufudyne	Heavy ice damage to a single enemy. May cause freeze.	10 MP
Mabufu	Light ice damage to all enemies. May cause freeze.	8 MP
Mabufula	Moderate ice damage to all enemies. May cause freeze.	15 MP
Mabufudyne	Heavy ice damage to all enemies. May cause freeze.	25 MP
Ice Breath	Light ice damage to random enemies. May cause freeze.	9 MP
Glacial Blast	Heavy ice damage to random enemies. May cause freeze.	25 MP

Electric Skills

Skills based on the element of electricity. May cause shock. A shocked unit is immobilized and receives 100% critical damage from physical attacks but does not suffer from nullification of physical resistances like "freeze" status does. Shock status only lasts until turn swap.

Skill	Effect	Cost
Zio	Light electric damage to a single enemy. May cause shock.	3 MP
Zionga	Moderate electric damage to a single enemy. May cause shock.	6 MP
Ziodyne	Heavy electric damage to a single enemy. May cause shock.	10 MP
Mazio	Light electric damage to all enemies. May cause shock.	8 MP
Mazionga	Moderate electric damage to all enemies. May cause shock.	15 MP
Maziodyne	Heavy electric damage to all enemies. May cause shock.	25 MP
Shock	Light electric damage to random enemies. May cause shock.	9 MP
Bolt Storm	Heavy electric damage to random enemies. May cause shock.	25 MP
Roundtrip	Heavy electric damage to all enemies. May cause shock. Dante's exclusive skill.	25 MP
Mishaguji Raiden	Heavy electric damage to all enemies. 15% chance of causing shock. Raidou Kuzunoha the XIV's exclusive skill.	25 MP

Force Skills

Skills based on the element of force.

Skill	Effect	Cost
Zan	Light force damage to a single enemy.	3 MP
Zanma	Moderate force damage to a single enemy.	6 MP
Zandyne	Heavy force damage to a single enemy.	10 MP
Mazan	Light force damage to all enemies.	8 MP
Mazanma	Moderate force damage to all enemies.	15 MP
Mazandyne	Heavy force damage to all enemies.	25 MP
Wing Buffet	Light force damage to random enemies. (Demons with wings only)	9 MP
Tornado	Heavy force damage to random enemies.	25 MP
Wind Cutter	Mega force damage to a single enemy.	13 MP
Hell Exhaust	Moderate force damage to all enemies that removes all -kaja effects. Hell Biker's exclusive skill.	15 MP
Wet Wind	Moderate force damage to all enemies. May cause stun. Pazuzu's exclusive skill.	25 MP
Whirlwind	Heavy force damage to all enemies. Dante's exclusive skill.	25 MP
Hitokoto Storm	Heavy force damage to all enemies. Raidou Kuzunoha the XIV's exclusive skill.	25 MP

Almighty Skills

Special skills that do not conform to any element. Cannot be voided, drained or repelled. Very few bosses in the game possess the almighty resistance which greatly reduces the damage dealt by these skills.

Skill	Effect	Cost
Deathtouch	Drains a small amount of HP from the enemy.	5 MP
Mana Drain	Drains a small amount of MP from the enemy.	2 MP
Life Drain	Drains a small amount of HP and MP from the enemy.	10 MP
Megido	Moderate almighty damage to all enemies.	30 MP
Megidola	Heavy almighty damage to all enemies.	37 MP
Megidolaon	Mega almighty damage to all enemies.	50 MP
Meditation	Drains a moderate amount of HP and MP from the enemy. Daisoujou's exclusive skill	10 MP
Beast Roar	Heavy almighty damage to all enemies and user restores a little HP. Mother Harlot's exclusive skill.	37 MP
Pestilence	Moderate almighty damage to all enemies. Instant death to enemies already inflicted with poison. Pale Rider's exclusive skill.	16 MP
Death Flies	Mega almighty damage to all enemies. Causes instant death to any enemy not immune to Death. Beelzebub's exclusive skill.	50 MP
Fire of Sinai	Mega almighty damage to random enemies. Metatron's exclusive skill.	50 MP
Evil Melody	Instantly kills the enemy or ally with the lowest HP. Ineffective on boss enemies. Trumpeter's exclusive skill.	1 MP
Showtime	Heavy almighty damage to all enemies. Dante's exclusive skill.	40 MP
Jiraiya Dance	Heavy almighty damage to all foes. Raidou Kuzunoha the XIV's exclusive skill.	40 MP

Expel Skills

Skills associated with expelling evil. Generally used to reduce HP by a certain amount or kill the enemy.

Skill	Effect	Cost
Violet Flash	Moderate expel damage to a single enemy.	10 MP
Radiance	Heavy expel damage to all enemies.	30 MP
Thunderclap	Chance of reducing an enemy's current HP by half.	12 MP
Holy Wrath	Chance of reducing all enemies current HP by half.	36 MP
Hama	Low odds of instantly killing an enemy.	6 MP
Hamaon	High odds of instantly killing an enemy.	10 MP
Mahama	Low odds of instantly killing all enemies.	15 MP
Mahamaon	High odds of instantly killing all enemies.	25 MP
Starlight	Moderate expel damage to all enemies. Kurama Tengu's exclusive skill.	22 MP
Godly Light	Reduces all enemies current HP by 80%. Amaterasu's exclusive skill.	10 MP
God's Bow	Guaranteed kill of any enemy not immune to Expel. White Rider's exclusive skill.	20 MP

Death Skills

Skills associated with evil and death. Generally used to instantly kill a target.

Skill	Effect	Cost
Stone Gaze	Chance of inflicting stone on the enemy.	6 MP
Evil Gaze	Chance of reducing an enemy's HP to 1. Lethal if the target's remaining HP is 1.	8 MP
Hell Gaze	Low odds of instantly killing an enemy.	10 MP
Mudo	Low odds of instantly killing an enemy.	6 MP
Mudoon	High odds of instantly killing an enemy.	10 MP
Mamudo	Low odds of instantly killing all enemies.	15 MP
Mamudoon	High odds of instantly killing all enemies.	25 MP

Curse Skills

Skills associated with the ailments; poison and mute.

Skill	Effect	Cost
Toxic Cloud	Light curse damage to all enemies. May cause poison.	8 MP
Mute Gaze	Chance of inflicting mute on the enemy.	5 MP
Makajam	Chance of inflicting mute on the enemy.	4 MP
Makajamon	Chance of inflicting mute on all enemies.	11 MP
Dismal Tune	Moderate curse damage to all enemies. May cause mute.	30 MP
Soul Divide	Chance of reducing all enemies current HP by half. May cause mute. Black Rider's exclusive skill.	30 MP
Bael's Bane	Transforms one enemy into a fly, drastically reducing stats and making target weak to Expel. Baal Avatar's exclusive skill.	none

Nerve Skills

Skills associated with the ailments; bind and stun.

Skill	Effect	Cost
Shibaboo	Chance of inflicting bind on the enemy.	5 MP
Binding Cry	Chance of inflicting bind on all enemies.	14 MP
Stun Gaze	Chance of inflicting stun on the enemy.	5 MP

Mind Skills

Skills associated with the ailments; sleep, charm and panic.

Skill	Effect	Cost
Lullaby	Chance of inflicting sleep on the enemy.	6 MP
Dormina	Chance of inflicting sleep on all enemies.	9 MP
Eternal Rest	Instant death to all enemies inflicted with sleep	16 MP
Sexy Gaze	Chance of inflicting charm on the enemy.	5 MP
Marin Karin	Chance of inflicting charm on the enemy.	5 MP
Allure	Chance of inflicting charm on all enemies.	13 MP
Pulinpa	Chance of inflicting panic on the enemy.	5 MP
Panic Voice	Chance of inflicting panic on all enemies.	8 MP
Sonic Wave	Chance of inflicting panic on all enemies.	9 MP
Tentarafoo	Moderate mind damage to all enemies. May cause panic.	15 MP
Death Lust	Heavy mind damage to all enemies. May cause charm. Mother Harlot's exclusive skill.	15 MP
Intoxicate	High chance of inflicting panic on all enemies. Mada's exclusive skill.	15 MP
Preach	Moderate mind damage to all enemies. May cause sleep, charm or panic. Daisoujou's exclusive skill.	15 MP
Wild Dance	High chance of inflicting panic on all enemies. (Demi-fiend only)	18 MP

Miscellaneous

Support

Support Skills are used to navigate through obstacles in certain dungeons, as well as assisting in battle.

Skill	Effect	Cost
Analyze	Shows enemy data.	2 MP
Estoma	Reduces Encounter rate until New Kagutsuchi.	10 MP
Riberama	Increases Encounter rate until New Kagutsuchi.	8 MP
Lightoma	Illuminates dark areas until New Kagutsuchi. Cannot be used in areas with natural light.	10 MP
Liftoma	Levitates party to avoid damage surfaces until New Kagutsuchi.	12 MP
Makatora	Shares 10 MP with one ally.	10 MP
Trafuri	100% Guaranteed escape for normal battles.	25 MP
Beckon Call	Demon summons random ally from party stock.	15 MP

Buffs

Buff spells revolve around improving all allies' Attack, Magic, Defense or Agility stats. All Buff effects can be stacked up to four times only. For example, casting a fifth Tarukaja will not have any effect, as the limit has already been reached. Buff effects will persist until it has been nullified with Debuff/Canceler spells, or when the battle ends.

Skill	Effect	Cost
Tarukaja	Increases all allies' physical-based attacks.	12 MP
Makakaja	Increases all allies' magical-based attacks.	12 MP
Rakukaja	Increases all allies' Defense.	12 MP
Sukukaja	Increases all allies' Agility.	12 MP
Focus	Charges own potential damage by 2.5 for the next Physical skill used. If the subsequent physical attack deals multiple hits, Focus only strengthens the first hit.	5 MP
Red Capote	Maximizes own Agility stats (Sukukaja x4), Matador's exclusive skill.	36 MP

Debuffs

Debuff spells revolve around decreasing all enemies' Attack, Magic, Defense or Agility capabilities. All Debuff effects can be stacked up to four times only. For example, casting a fifth Tarunda will not have any effect, as the limit has already been reached. Debuff effects will persist until it has been nullified with Buff/Canceler spells, or when the battle ends.

Skill	Effect	Cost
Tarunda	Decreases all enemies' physical and magic-based attack power.	20 MP
Sukunda	Decreases all enemies' Agility.	12 MP
Rakunda	Decreases all enemies' Defense.	12 MP
War Cry	Drastically decreases all enemies' attack/magic capability; equal to casting Tarunda twice.	40 MP
Fog Breath	Drastically decreases all enemies' Agility; equal to casting Sukunda twice.	30 MP
Taunt	Drastically lowers enemies' defense and raises their offense, equal to casting Rakunda twice and Tarukaja twice on all enemies.	20 MP
Debilitate	Lowers enemies' offense, defense, and agility.	48 MP
Provoke	Drastically lowers enemies' defense and raises their offense; user recovers MP. Equal to casting Rakunda twice and Tarukaja twice on all enemies. Dante's and Raidou Kuzunoha the XIV's exclusive skill.	N/A

Cancelers

Canceler skills revolve around negating all Buff increase/Debuff penalties. Canceler skills instantly nullify all Buff/Debuff effects regardless of how many times they have been stacked. The only Buff skill that ignores Canceler skills is Focus.

Skill	Effect	Cost
Dekunda	Cancels -nda effects.	10 MP
Dekaja	Cancels -kaja effects.	10 MP
Holy Star	Cancels -nda effects. Dante's exclusive skill.	10 MP
Raptor Guardian	Cancels -nda effects. Raidou Kuzunoha the XIV's exclusive skill.	10 MP

Shields

The main purpose of shield spells is to add a temporary repel effect for a specific attack to the party.

Skill	Effect	Cost
Tetraja	Creates shield which voids one Expel or Death skill. Lasts for the entire battle or until it has blocked one attack. All allies.	15 MP
Tetrakarn	Creates shield which repels (non-Almighty) Physical attack. Lasts for one turn or until it has blocked one attack. All allies.	45 MP
Makarakarn	Creates shield which repels (non-Almighty) Magical attack. Lasts for one turn or until it has blocked one attack. All allies.	45 MP

Passive Skills

Passive skills are abilities which are innately active and can alter a demon's status to make them more effective in battle.

Attack Affinity Passives

Anti- skills do not cover innate weakness, they only reduce damage or success rate of the incoming attack.

Skill	Effect
Anti-Phys	Imparts resistance to physical attacks.
Anti-Fire	Imparts resistance to Fire attacks.
Anti-Ice	Imparts resistance to Ice attacks.
Anti-Force	Imparts resistance to Force attacks.
Anti-Elec	Imparts resistance to Elec attacks.
Anti-Mind	Imparts resistance to Mind attacks.
Anti-Nerve	Imparts resistance to Nerve attacks.
Anti-Curse	Imparts resistance to Curse attacks.
Anti-Light (Anti-Expel)	Imparts resistance to Expel attacks.
Anti-Dark (Anti-Death)	Imparts resistance to Death attacks.
Null: Phys (Void Phys)	Nullifies physical attacks. Overrides resistance.
Null: Fire (Void Fire)	Nullifies Fire attacks. Overrides weaknesses.
Null: Ice (Void Ice)	Nullifies Ice attacks. Overrides weaknesses.
Null: Force (Void Force)	Nullifies Force attacks. Overrides weaknesses.
Null: Elec (Void Elec)	Nullifies Elec attacks. Overrides weaknesses.
Null: Mind (Void Mind)	Nullifies Mind attacks. Overrides weaknesses.
Null: Nerve (Void Nerve)	Nullifies Nerve attacks. Overrides weaknesses.
Null: Curse (Void Curse)	Nullifies Curse attacks. Overrides weaknesses.
Null: Light (Void Expel)	Nullifies Expel attacks. Overrides weaknesses.
Null: Dark (Void Death)	Nullifies Death attacks. Overrides weaknesses.
Phys Drain	Absorbs physical attacks. Overrides resistance and void.
Fire Drain	Absorbs Fire attacks. Overrides weaknesses.
Ice Drain	Absorbs Ice attacks. Overrides weaknesses.
Force Drain	Absorbs Force attacks. Overrides weaknesses.
Elec Drain	Absorbs Elec attacks. Overrides weaknesses.
Phys Repel	Repels physical attacks. Overrides resistance, void and drain.
Fire Repel	Repels Fire attacks. Overrides weaknesses.
Ice Repel	Repels Ice attacks. Overrides weaknesses.
Force Repel	Repels Force attacks. Overrides weaknesses.
Elec Repel	Repels Elec attacks. Overrides weaknesses.

Status Enhancement Passives

Skills that range from adding effects to demon attacks to increasing their statistics and capabilities in battle.

Skill	Effect
Life Bonus	Increases max HP by 10%
Life Gain	Increases max HP by 20%
Life Surge	Increases max HP by 30%
Mana Bonus	Increases max MP by 10%
Mana Gain	Increases max MP by 20%
Mana Surge	Increases max MP by 30%
Life Aid	Moderately restores HP after battle.
Mana Aid	Moderately restores MP after battle.
Life Refill	Heals HP gradually while walking. (20% HP every Kagutsuchi phase)
Mana Refill	Heals MP gradually while walking. (10% MP every Kagutsuchi phase)
Victory Cry	Fully restores HP and MP after battle.
Watchful	Demon earns 50% EXP without participating in battle.
Counter	50% chance to counter enemy's physical attack, light damage.
Retaliate	50% chance to counter enemy's physical attack, medium damage.
Avenge	50% chance to counter enemy's physical attack, heavy damage.
Might	Increases critical rate. (Normal attacks only)
Endure	Prevents death with 1 HP remaining.
Bright Might	Consistent critical rate during Full Kagutsuchi phase.
Dark Might	Consistent critical rate during New Kagutsuchi phase.
Drain Attack	Drains HP when using physical attacks, but lowers critical rate.
Attack All	Normal physical attacks will hit all enemies.
Pierce	Physical attacks bypass most kinds of protective properties except for Repel.
Never Yield	Auto-revives with 1 HP once per battle. Dante's exclusive skill.
Endure	Auto-revives with 1 HP once per battle. Raidou Kuzunoha the XIV's exclusive skill. If the ally demon after surviving via Endure is withdrawn back to stock and summoned to battle again, Endure can be activated again in the same battle. This loophole can happen infinitely, but it does not benefit the Demi-fiend himself.

Booster Passives

Increases potency of certain attacks, specifically magic skills.

Skill	Effect
Fire Boost	Increases potency of Fire magic by 50%
Ice Boost	Increases potency of Ice magic by 50%
Force Boost	Increases potency of Force magic by 50%
Elec Boost	Increases potency of Elec magic by 50%
Son's Oath	Increases potency of all attacks by 50%, gives pierce to physical and almighty physical attacks* Dante's exclusive skill.
Raidou the Eternal	Increases potency of all attacks by 50%, gives pierce to physical and almighty physical attacks Raidou Kuzunoha the XIV's exclusive skill.

Misc.

Skill	Effect
Mind's Eye	Reduces the chance of being ambushed from the back by one third. Exclusive to Demi-Fiend.
Fast Retreat	Increases the chance of successful retreat from battle by 50%. Exclusive to Demi-Fiend.
Lucky Find	Demon picks up items randomly around the world map while walking.

Conversation Skills

Conversation skills revolve around requesting demons to join your ranks. Conversation skills take up a skill slot but generally do not cost any HP/MP to use. Conversation skills have a wide range of effects, ranging from recruiting demons to loaning you macca. These skills have a higher chance of working if the Demi-fiend's level is higher than the targeted demon.

• All conversation attempts only work in random encounter.
  • All demons in Bandou Shrine and Labyrinth of Amala do not respond to conversation whatsoever.
• Instant success and adverse effect of each active conversation skill have their own activating odds. If neither effect is triggered for whatever reason, the conversation will go on normally.
• During the conversation, the target may become either indecisive, unsatisfied, or angered by the party's response. These may result in the target either making more demands, fleeing from battle (may or may not make some sort of compensation for the party), or causing instant shift to the enemy turn. Interruption skills are designed to be triggered by these situations.
• If the target requests to "share health", it always drains HP from the one who initiates the conversation. Should the talker being killed in the HP draining demand, the conversation will end abruptly.
• Few demons have special conversations with specific targets, these also require the talkers to have any active conversation skill already learned. The special conversation of any combination is triggered the first time the party initiates the conversation and overrides the effect of the conversation skill itself. Each special conversation is one time only, attempting to initiate the same special conversation again will result in resuming the usual effect of the conversation skill, as if the talker and the target do not know each other.
• If there is more than one enemy present in the battle, one of them may interrupt the conversation attempt and cause instant turn swap, so it is safer to kill the rest of the enemies until the target remains before starting any conversation.

Recruit Skills

• Recruiting a demon requires Demi-fiend's own level to be equal to or higher than the target, otherwise the target will cut off the conversation instantly. Other than that all trade skills do not take level as a requirement of proceeding the conversation.
• Only demons of Neutral tendency respond to recruitment conversation normally, these include demons of the Beast, Brute, Divine, Fairy, Fallen, Femme, Jirae, Night, Snake and Yoma clans.
• During Full Kagutsuchi phase, all Neutral demons including some Dark demons (Foul, Haunt and Wilder) will have their response to recruitment conversation overridden. They may either completely ignore the conversation attempt, or ask a nonsensical question. If the demon is pleased by the answer which is completely random, it will reward the player, either by joining the party for free or giving random items or Macca.
• Unless an instant recruit effect is triggered, the target may ask an ideological question. If the target is satisfied by the answer, it will always join the party. However, the response to ideological question seems to be random as well. The same demon can be discontented by either answers for the same question.

Demi-fiend exclusive

Skill	Effect
Talk	Basic recruit command without extra effect.
Jive Talk	Allows Demi-fiend to recruit Foul/Haunt/Wilder clan demons under normal circumstance, instead of relying on encountering a 'dazed' demon during full Kagutsuchi phase.

Allied demon exclusive

• Instant recruit means the Demi-fiend may recruit the target without giving away anything or answering any inquiry if the said condition is met.
• Adverse effect means the target is enraged if the said condition is met, it instantly ends the conversation and shifts to enemy turn. However, this does not prevent the party from talking to the same demon again.

Skill	Instant recruit	Adverse effect
Scout	Adult talker to female target.	Child talker to female target.
Kidnap	Adult or youth talker to child target.	Child talker to adult or youth target.
Beseech	Talker is 10 levels lower than target (65%).	Talker is 10 levels higher than target (25%).
Brainwash	Talker is 10 levels higher than target.
Wooing	Young male talker to female target. Effective on female target if the female talker is older and 10 levels higher.	Male talker to male target.
Seduce	Young female talker to male target.	Male talker to male target.
Dark Pledge	Performing during new Kagutsuchi phase.
Mischief	Male talker to female target. Learned by Loki.
Soul Recruit	Male target. Exclusive to Valkyrie.
Death Pact	Any target. Petrifies targets occasionally should they refuse. Exclusive to Mithra.

Trade Skills

• The Demi-fiend's level is irrelevant in initiating any trade skill.
• Trade skills also work on Element, Tyrant, Vile and Raptor demons who otherwise decline recruitment conversation.
• Instant bargain means that the Demi-fiend may obtain something without giving away anything when the condition is met.
• The target would never ask any ideological question as in the recruitment conversation.

Skill	Effect	Instant bargain	Adverse effect
Trade	Requests barter.
Plead (Pester)	Requests Macca or Item.	Young female talker to male target. / Child talker to youth or adult target.	Child target
Begging	Requests Macca or Item.	Talker is 10 levels lower than target.
Threaten	Requests Macca or Item.	Talker is 10 levels higher than target.	Talker is 10 levels lower than target.
Stone Hunt	Requests gem.
Loan	Requests Macca. After using on the same clan of demons thrice, demon of that clan will take away one third of Demi-fiend's Macca forcefully in the next encounter.

Interruption Skills

• Interruption skills are activated when certain conversational effect occurs such as the target is enraged, indecisive, requesting for Macca or attempting to leave.
• Failed interruption has no adverse effect on the conversation.

Skill	Effect	Condition of successful interruption
Persuade	Urges an indecisive demon. Ineffective on child target.
Nag	Urges an indecisive demon.	Young female to male / Child to youth
Flatter	Urges an indecisive demon.	User is 10 levels lower than target.
Intimidate	Urges an indecisive demon.	User is 10 levels higher than target. / Youth or adult to child
Kinspeak (Gonnection)	Urges an indecisive demon.	User is the same clan as the target.
Haggle	Requests demon to lower bribe cost.
Detain	Prevents target from leaving midway.
Arbitration	Soothes an enraged demon.
Maiden's Plea*	Soothes an enraged demon.	Young female user.
Wine Party	Solves all kinds of conversation troubles. Exclusive to Dionysus.

* Learned by Kikuri-Hime and can only be passed down to another young female demon.

Passive Conversational Skill

Skill	Effect
Charisma	Equipper's other conversational skills have 50% chance of instant success for normal or adverse results.

Notes

• There is an error in the description of the Pulinpa skill in-game. Despite it stating that all enemies are targeted, it will only target 1 enemy at a time. This was fixed in the HD Remaster.

Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne Skills
Physical Skills
Thrust Skills	Lunge - Hell Thrust - Berserk - Tempest - Hades Blast
Needle Skills	Needle Rush - Stun Needle - Toxic Sting - Arid Needle
Claw Skills	Feral Claw - Stun Claw - Venom Claw - Iron Claw
Bite Skills	Feral Bite - Stun Bite - Venom Bite - Charm Bite - Stone Bite - Hell Fang
Weapon Skills	Brutal Slash - Mighty Gust - Guillotine - Dark Sword - Stasis Blade - Heat Wave - Blight - Hassohappa - Chaos Blade - Deathbound
Exclusive Physical Skills	Divine Shot - Spiral Viper - Oni-Kagura - Deadly Fury - Javelin Rain - Xeros-Beat - Gaea Rage - Earthquake - Andalucia - Hell Spin - Terrorblade - Rebellion - E & I - Bullet Time - Boogie-Woogie - Enter Yoshitsune - Mokoi Boomerang
Almighty Physical Skills	Last Resort - Kamikaze - Sacrifice - Freikugel - Stinger - Tekisatsu
Magic Skills
Fire Skills	Agi - Maragi - Fire Breath - Agilao - Maragion - Hellfire - Agidyne - Maragidyne - Prominence Ragnarok - Hell Burner - Magma Axis
Ice Skills	Bufu - Mabufu - Ice Breath - Bufula - Mabufula - Bufudyne - Mabufudyne - Glacial Blast
Elec Skills	Zio - Mazio - Shock - Zionga - Mazionga - Ziodyne - Maziodyne - Bolt Storm Roundtrip - Mishaguji Raiden
Force Skills	Zan - Mazan - Wing Buffet - Zanma - Mazanma - Zandyne - Mazandyne - Tornado - Wind Cutter Hell Exhaust - Wet Wind - Whirlwind - Hitokoto Storm
Expel Skills	Hama - Mahama - Hamaon - Mahamaon - Violet Flash - Radiance - Thunderclap - Holy Wrath Starlight - Godly Light - God's Bow
Death Skills	Mudo - Mamudo - Mudoon - Mamudoon - Stone Gaze - Evil Gaze - Hell Gaze
Curse Skills	Toxic Cloud - Mute Gaze - Makajam - Makajamon - Dismal Tune - Soul Divide
Nerve Skills	Shibaboo - Binding Cry - Stun Gaze
Mind Skills	Lullaby - Dormina - Eternal Rest - Sexy Gaze - Marin Karin - Allure - Pulinpa - Panic Voice - Sonic Wave - Tentarafoo - Death Lust - Intoxicate - Preach - Wild Dance
Almighty Skills	Megido - Megidola - Megidolaon - Deathtouch - Mana Drain - Life Drain Meditation - Beast Roar - Pestilence - Death Flies - Fire of Sinai - Evil Melody - Showtime - Jiraiya Dance
Support Skills
Healing Skills	Dia - Diarama - Diarahan - Media - Mediarama - Mediarahan - Posumudi - Mutudi - Paraladi - Petradi - Patra - Me Patra - Recarm - Samarecarm - Recarmdra - Prayer - Holy Melody
Assist Skills	Tarukaja - Rakukaja - Makakaja - Sukukaja - Focus - Red Capote - Tarunda - Rakunda - Sukunda - War Cry - Fog Breath - Taunt - Debilitate - Provoke - Dekunda - Dekaja - Holy Star - Raptor Guardian - Tetraja - Tetrakarn - Makarakarn
Misc Skills	Analyze - Estoma - Riberama - Lightoma - Liftoma - Makatora - Trafuri - Beckon Call
Passive Skills
Elemental Affinity	Anti-Phys - Anti-Fire - Anti-Ice - Anti-Force - Anti-Elec - Anti-Mind - Anti-Nerve - Anti-Curse - Anti-Expel - Anti-Death - Void Phys - Void Fire - Void Ice - Void Force - Void Elec - Void Mind - Void Nerve - Void Curse - Void Expel - Void Death - Phys Drain - Fire Drain - Ice Drain - Elec Drain - Force Drain - Repel Phys - Repel Fire - Repel Ice - Repel Force - Repel Elec
Enhancement	Life Bonus - Life Gain - Life Surge - Mana Bonus - Mana Gain - Mana Surge - Life Aid - Mana Aid - Life Refill - Mana Refill - Victory Cry - Watchful - Counter - Retaliate - Avenge - Might - Bright Might - Dark Might - Drain Attack - Attack All - Pierce - Never Yield - Endure
Damage Boost	Fire Boost - Ice Boost - Force Boost - Elec Boost - Son's Oath - Raidou the Eternal
Misc.	Mind's Eye - Fast Retreat - Lucky Find
Conversation Skills
Recruitment	Jive Talk - Scout - Kidnap - Beseech - Brainwash - Wooing - Seduce - Dark Pledge - Mischief - Soul Recruit - Death Pact
Trade	Trade - Pester - Begging - Threaten - Stone Hunt - Loan
Interruption	Persuade - Nag - Flatter - Intimidate - Gonnection - Haggle - Detain - Arbitration - Maiden's Plea - Wine Party
Passive	Charisma
Miscellaneous
Enemy Exclusive Skills	Beast Eye - Dragon Eye - Gathering - Laughter - Dark Howl
Boss Skills	Icy Death - Foul Union - Foul Havoc - Startle - Hell Throttle - Replicate - Mirage - Sol Niger - Conjuration - God's Curse - Hell's Call - Tentacle - Apocalypse - Aurora - Domination - Bael's Bane - Divine Will - Phase Shift - Vast Light - Infinite Light - High King - Evil Gleam - Root of Evil