Cures KO. It cannot be used in the field.
Description
The Phoenix Pinion is an item used during battle in Final Fantasy IX that can also be equipped as an add-on for Eiko to learn the summon Phoenix. After Eiko has Phoenix, she has a random chance to auto-summon it when the player is about to get a Game Over; the chance of this happening is higher the more Phoenix Pinions the player has in the inventory. The player can also use a Phoenix Pinion during battle to revive a KO'd ally at minimal HP, or for damaging undead enemies. It cannot be used in the field like a Phoenix Down. It is made via synthesis at the end of the game and is also used in synthesis to make the Feather Boots.
Obtain[]
The only "shops" from where Phoenix Pinions can be procured are the Legendary Synthesis Shop in the final dungeon (the player will need 300 gil, a Phoenix Down, and a Gysahl Green to make one); Stiltzkin, who has it in his purchasable item packs in Cleyra, Fossil Roo, and Alexandria; and Mene's Chocobo Hot and Cold shop 
, where it costs 150 points.
Phoenix Pinions are often found as field treasures and are also stolen from numerous enemies and drop from certain bosses. It is also a random treasure from Moguta in Gizamaluke's Grotto (86/256 chance) when given a Kupo Nut and the second reward from Queen Stella for giving her two Stellazzio coins.
Phoenix Pinion in Alexandria castle-side gondola station.
The Phoenix Pinion is found in Alexandria. There is a Phoenix Pinion in a wagon in the top left of the square 
. A pinion is also found in Alexandria Castle's gondola station on both town-side and castle-side. In town-side, it is with the guard and on the castle-side, it is in the right corner of where the gondola is boarded 
). There is also another in the castle prison entrance 
.
The Phoenix Pinion is also found in Dali Underground to the right in the area with the Mist machine, hidden behind the machine 
. In Lindblum during the second storyline visit, the player can find one in a Card Freak's house 
.
Phoenix Pinion in the "windmill" area of Cleyra.
There are three pinions to be found in Cleyra. There is one in the "sand waterfall" when first ascending the stairs from the entrance 
, and another in the crossroads area with a windmill, and another in the cathedral behind the harp 
. During the evacuation, the player can get a Phoenix Pinion from Sand Oracle Satrea if they directed them to the safety of the cathedral.
There is a Phoenix Pinion in Conde Petie;'s shop area, at the bottom left 
. There is a Phoenix Pinion in Eiko's house in Madain Sari. It is also found as a rare treasure in Chocobo Hot and Cold.
The Phoenix Pinion is stolen from the following enemies: Abadon (B) (Rare & Very Rare), Amdusias (A) (Rare), Axolotl (Very Rare), Behemoth (Weapon Shop) (Very Rare), Behemoth (Memoria), Blazer Beetle (Rare), Catoblepas (Rare), Crawler (Very Rare), Fang (Very Rare), Gargoyle (Rare), Garuda (Very Rare), Ghost (Very Rare), Gigan Toad (B) (Very Rare), Gnoll (Rare), Hecteyes (Rare), Hedgehog Pie (Very Rare), Lady Bug (Very Rare), Land Worm (Very Rare), Maliris - Crystal World (Rare & Very Rare), Mandragora (Very Rare), Nymph (Very Rare), Ochu (Rare), Ogre (A) (Rare), Ogre (B) (Rare), Python (Very Rare), Shell Dragon (B) (Very Rare), Soldier - Cleyra (Very Rare), Soldier - Alexandria (Very Rare), Tonberry (Rare), Torama (Very Rare), Vepal (Rare), Veteran (Rare), and Zuu (Very Rare).
It is also won from the following bosses: Soulcage, Kraken, and Lich.
Phoenix Pinions are found in the following chocographs: Chocograph #5: Abandoned Beach (x9) 
and Chocograph #17: Sea at Dusk (x15) 
.
Mechanics[]
The Phoenix Pinion is an item used in battle to either revive a KO'd ally for 1–10 HP, or to either reduce undead enemies to single-digit health (90% if the time) or to kill them outright (10% of the time).
Only Eiko can equip the Phoenix Pinion as an add-on; she can do this to master Phoenix, but it confers no stat boosts. Therefore, the player is best unequipping it after mastering Phoenix.
The final use of the Phoenix Pinion when the party is wiped out with Eiko in the party: there is a chance Phoenix is auto-summoned to prevent a Game Over. The chance of this happening is greater the more Phoenix Pinions the party has in their inventory.
The formula for the percentage chance is given by:
- Appearance Chance = (No. of Phoenix Pinion/256) * 100%
Since the maximum number of Phoenix Pinions one can keep in the inventory is 99, the maximum percent chance that Phoenix can appear using the above formula is:
- Appearance Chance = 99/256 * 100% = 38.671875% = 38.7%
Use[]
Phoenix is a good summon for Eiko to learn. Other than that, the player can use it as another revival item while in battle, equal to a Phoenix Down. However, it may be worthwhile to keep Phoenix Pinions in the inventory to boost the auto-summon chance.
Etymology[]
In Greek mythology, a phoenix or phenix (Greek: φοῖνιξ phoinix; Latin: phoenix, phœnix, fenix) is a long-lived bird that is cyclically regenerated or reborn. Associated with the sun, a phoenix obtains new life by arising from the ashes of its predecessor. According to some sources, the phoenix dies in a show of flames and combustion, although there are other sources that claim that the legendary bird dies and simply decomposes before being born again. According to some texts, the phoenix could live over 1,400 years before rebirth. In the context of Final Fantasy IX, this refers to the eidolon Phoenix that Eiko learns from the pinion.
Pinions are the outermost primary flight feathers on a bird's wing.