Whirlwind Builds Compared

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This post compares available builds of clymax’s flagship Whirlwind mod of Final Fantasy V.

For how Whirlwind compares to other “Definitive FFV” mods, see here.

The mod is unofficial and unaffiliated with Square Enix.

Comparison Chart

	Release	Beta	Development
Version	0.50	0.58	2.91
Availability	RHDN, RHDI, RHP, Fantasy Anime	FFVC Discord	Game Jolt
Early jobs	✓	✓	✓
Self-randomizing	✓	✓	✓
Random job per level up	✓	✓	✓
Ability freedom	3 slots	3 slots	4-8 slots
Free as in beer	✓	✓	Rando-Speedrun Pilot, Whirlwind Fiesta
Leaderboards	Retro Achievements		Speedruns.com
Set seeding		✓	✓
Random seeding		✓	✓
Saving seed state		✓	✓
Achievements	✓
Vanilla mode			✓
Faster movement			✓
Skip turn			✓
Character scrolling			✓
Better optimize			✓
Leader swap			✓
Vanilla bugfixes			✓
Encounter control			NG+ any file
Save anywhere			NG+ current file
Job menu unlocked for random job per level up			NG+ current file
Boost farm rates			Config 1-62x @
Job outfit colors			✓
Cosmetic hair			✓
Bestiary			✓
Jukebox			✓
Fastrom			✓
Cutscene skips			✓
Dialogue skips			✓
Config expansion			✓
Open world (early airship, world warps, progression skips)			✓
Randomize chests			✓
Randomize enemies			✓
Randomize shops			✓
Randomize drops			✓
Spell drops			✓
Fiesta-inspired modes			✓
Permadeath mode			✓
Limits broken (HP, MP, damage)			✓
Extra save slots			✓
Extra equip slot			✓
Diagonal movement			✓
Day/night cycle			✓
Rename characters			✓
Early Krile			✓
Win count			✓
New weapon			✓
New boss challenge			✓
Higher difficulty			Config 1-6x

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