As with previous titles in the series, players have the opportunity to develop and improve their characters by defeating enemies and acquiring items, though the traditional experience point system is replaced by a new system called the "Sphere Grid".
Ligesom de forrige titler i serien har spilleren mulighed for at kunne udvikle og forbedre deres karakterer ved at besejre fjender og modtage våben, dog erstattes det traditionalle experience point system med et nyt system ved navn "Sphere gridden".