Espers

Espers are the summons of Final Fantasy Resonance. The series staple returns as a high-cost battle option: a summoned esper joins the fight in person, acts over several turns, and exits on a finisher.

How Summoning Works

Espers are unlocked by progressing the story and by completing side quests. When summoned, an esper fights alongside the party for three turns, delivers a powerful finishing move on the final turn, and then disappears. Summoning costs a large amount of MP, which positions espers as tide-turners against strong opponents rather than tools for routine fights. They act within the same turn-based flow as the rest of the party; see Combat for the battle structure.

Named Espers

Two espers have been detailed in official materials so far.

Bahamut

Bahamut appears in the story. The unnamed woman among the announced characters travels alongside it, and in preview builds the prologue, set during a war in the past, featured Bahamut being summoned in a tutorial boss fight. Its status as a summonable esper for the player has not been confirmed in official materials, so for now it is documented as a story presence rather than a gameplay option.

Espers in the World

Fina, the heroine who appears from the Earth Crystal, can communicate with espers, though she cannot remember why or where she learned to. Official feature descriptions also count moogles among the series elements woven into the story, alongside airships and crystals.