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11 Limit Bursts are powerful attacks a character unleashes once their limit gauge fills. Square Enix detailed the system on August 24, 2026. Staggering feeds two payoffs at once: a stagger fills a limit gauge, and staggering every enemy inside one turn opens a Resonance.
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33 Filling the Limit Gauge
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55 Each character carries a limit gauge, and it fills two ways. It advances when that character staggers an enemy, and it advances when that character takes damage. Because damage counts as a fill source, the gauge builds whether the party is winning exchanges or absorbing them, and a party tuned for staggering builds it faster on top of that.
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7+An official Japanese system video published on September 28, 2026 restates the same two fill sources, breaking an enemy or taking damage, and calls Limit Bursts each character's own special moves. Because many of them are powerful attacks, it advises combining them with buffs for even more damage.
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79 DetailConfirmed ValueGaugeOne limit gauge per characterFill sourcesStaggering an enemy, and taking damageTriggerThe Limit Burst becomes available once the gauge is fullEffect typesSome deal heavy damage; others grant a boon that aids the rest of the battleNamed exampleFel Meteor, unlocked for one unidentified character by an item in the Digital Deluxe pack; see Editions and Pre-Order Bonuses
810 Limit Bursts and Resonance Attacks
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1012 The two showpiece moves in a battle run on separate rules. A Limit Burst belongs to the character and fires when that character's own gauge is full. A Resonance belongs to the equipped Vision and unlocks only when the party staggers every enemy on the field inside a single turn, with one Resonance permitted per sweeping stagger and no resource spent. The gauge rules live here; the sweeping stagger is explained at Stagger System and the ultimates themselves at Resonance Attacks.
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1214 DetailLimit BurstsResonance AttacksBelongs toThe characterThe equipped VisionTriggerThe character's limit gauge fillsEvery enemy on the field staggered in one turnHow it chargesStaggering an enemy, and taking damage; see Stagger SystemNothing charges. The trigger is a battle state, and firing costs no resourceEffectsHeavy damage, or a boon lasting into the rest of the battleSingle-target damage, all-enemy damage, buffs, and healsUses per openingNot publishedOne per sweeping stagger
1315 The Gauge Outside Limit Bursts
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15-The limit gauge also scales damage for at least one Vision. Square Enix published Onion Knight's ability kit on August 24, 2026, and his Fire, Wind and Earth magic deals more damage the more the limit gauge is filled. Whose gauge that reading tracks, and whether any other Vision scales the same way, has not been stated.
17+The limit gauge also scales damage for at least one Vision. Square Enix published Onion Knight's ability kit on August 24, 2026, and his Fire, Wind and Earth magic deals more damage the more the limit gauge is filled. Whose gauge that reading tracks, and whether any other Vision scales the same way, has not been stated as of October 11, 2026.
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1719 Not Yet Detailed
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19-As of September 12, 2026, Square Enix has not published which characters carry which Limit Bursts, how large the gauge is or whether it splits into segments, how much a stagger or an incoming hit contributes, or whether the gauge carries over between battles. Fel Meteor is still the only Limit Burst named anywhere in official material, and its owner has still not been identified. Nothing published through September 12, 2026 adds to that, including the September English breakdown of the battle system and the materials that shipped with the free demo, neither of which names a Limit Burst. For the surrounding battle structure, see Combat.
21+As of October 11, 2026, Square Enix has not published which characters carry which Limit Bursts, how large the gauge is or whether it splits into segments, how much a stagger or an incoming hit contributes, or whether the gauge carries over between battles. Fel Meteor is still the only Limit Burst named in any official text, and its owner has still not been identified. Nothing published in text through October 11, 2026 adds to that, including the September English breakdown of the battle system, the materials that shipped with the free demo and the description of the September 28, 2026 Japanese Limit Burst video, none of which names a Limit Burst. For the surrounding battle structure, see Combat.