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GBA Save File
All the test have been made on a (U) save file (.sav). The first $1E00 bytes of the file are 3 blocks of $A00 bytes for the 3 save slots. They are somewhat similart to SNES SRAM $1600-$1FFF.
| Offsets | Description |
|---|---|
$0000-$09FF | Slot 1 data |
$0A00-$13FF | Slot 2 data |
$1400-$1DFF | Slot 3 data |
$1E00-$1EFF | Seems empty |
$1F00-$1F1F | Ascii mark: FINAL FANTASY VI ADVANCE |
$1F20 | 0x01: Game has been saved at least once. |
$1F21-$1FF7 | Seems empty |
$1FF8-$1FFF | FF6 static save mark: 0x1BE4 x4 |
$2000-$23FF | Extra space for slot 1 |
$2400-$27FF | Extra space for slot 2 |
$2800-$2BFF | Extra space for slot 3 |
$2C00-$2FFF | Bestiary for slot 1 |
$3000-$33FF | Bestiary for slot 2 |
$3400-$37FF | Bestiary for slot 3 |
$3800-$5BFF | Quicksave slot |
$5C00-$FFFF | Unused space - Filled with 0xFF |
Slot 1 data
| Offsets | Description |
|---|---|
| Character block (repeat 16 times) | |
$0000 | Actor index |
$0001 | Graphic index |
$0002-$0007 | Name (A-Z $20-$39, a-z $3A-$53) |
$0008 | Level |
$0009-$000A | Current HP |
$000B-$000C | bbhhhhhh hhhhhhhh |
| b: hp boost (none, 25%, 50% , 12.5%) | |
| h: max hp | |
$000D-$000E | Current MP |
$000F-$0010 | bbmmmmmm mmmmmmmm |
| b: mp boost (none, 25%, 50% , 12.5%) | |
| h: max mp | |
$0011-$0013 | Current EXP |
$0014 | weicmpzd Status 1 |
| w: wound | |
| e: petrify | |
| i: imp | |
| c: clear | |
| m: magitek | |
| p: poison | |
| z: zombie | |
| d: dark | |
$0015 | fihcmlzr Status 4 |
| f: float | |
| i: interceptor | |
| h: hide (?) | |
| c: control (?) | |
| m: morph (?) | |
| l: life 3 (?) | |
| z: freeze (?) | |
| r: rage (?) | |
$0016-$0019 | Battle Commands |
$001A | Strenght |
$001B | Speed |
$001C | Stamina |
$001D | Magic |
$001E | Esper |
$001F | Right Hand |
$0020 | Left Hand |
$0021 | Head |
$0022 | Body |
$0023 | Relic 1 |
$0024 | Relic 2 |
| End of character block | |
$0260-0262 | Gil |
$0266-0268 | Steps |
$0263 | Hours |
$0264 | Minutes |
$0265 | Seconds |
$08B6 | Save Related? ($81 to $C1, 1 save) |
$096D | Save Related? (same as $09A1) |
$09A1-09A5 | Save related? (5 same values) |
$09FE-09FF | Checksum |