License

This article is about the ability from Kingdom Hearts coded. You may be looking for the item from Kingdom Hearts.

The Hero's License (ヒーローズライセンス, Hīrōzu Raisensu), also known as Licenses (ライセンス, Raisensu), are special power-ups that appear within the Labyrinth of Olympus Coliseum, in Kingdom Hearts coded. They are obtained after minor story events and are dropped by Heartless and Prize Blox.

Mechanics

In Kingdom Hearts coded, the Hero's License grant the player the ability to use magic. There are several types however the player is initially limited to six.

In Kingdom Hearts Re:coded, Licenses are one-time use items that execute certain abilities. They are sorted into combat licenses, which can only be used within battle, and map licenses, which are used on the field. Only eight types of licenses can be stocked at one time, making older licenses drop if newer licenses are picked up. New varieties of Licenses are always obtained in a save room between layers, with the exception of the first Licenses collected on Layer 2. After being obtained for the first time, they may be randomly dropped after Heartless battles or from Prize Bloxes. Defeating a Menace, a battle depicted in the field as a swirling pool of darkness, has a particularly high chance of yielding exceedingly rare licenses like Regen-L, Auto-Life-L, and on higher Layers, Auto-Guard-L. Some Licenses also become less common as drops on later Layers, with Scout-L and Timing-L not appearing at all after Layers 10 and 14, respectively. Power-L and Guard-L are also guaranteed to appear before the bosses on Layers 5, 15, 25, and 30.

List of Licenses

Kingdom Hearts coded

• Fire License
• Cure License
• Guard License
• Power License
• Blizzard License
• Thunder License
• Reraise License

Kingdom Hearts Re:coded

License	Type	Description	Unlocked
Strength-L (パワーL, Pawā L, lit. "Power-L")	Combat	Doubles the damage all allies deal to enemies for 6 turns.	Layer 2
Defense-L (ガードL, Gādo L, lit. "Guard-L")	Combat	Halves the damage taken by all allies for 6 turns.
Scout-L (レンジャーL, Renjā L, lit. "Ranger-L")	Map	Ensures the player is never back-attacked throughout the current layer.
Break-L (ブレイクL, Bureiku L)	Map	Destroys all breakable blox in the area.
Charge-L (チャージL, Chāji L)	Combat	Lets the player store up power for 1 turn to triple the damage dealt by the next attack.	Save Room between Layer 2 and Layer 3
Auto-Block-L (オートガードL, Ōto Gādo L, lit. "Auto-Guard-L")	Combat	Causes all allies to automatically block enemy attacks for 6 turns.
Regen-L (リジェネL, Rijene L)	Combat	Restores 10% of each ally's HP at the end of every turn for 6 turns.
Auto-Life-L (リレイズL, Rireizu L, lit. "Reraise-L")	Combat	Brings allies back into the fight if they have fallen during that turn.
Timing-L (ジャストL, Jasuto L, lit. "Just-L")	Combat	Loosens up the timing for all allies' combo strikes for 6 turns	Save Room between Layer 5 and Layer 6
Reload-L (リロードL, Rirōdo L)	Combat	Instantly reloads all your commands.
Escape-L (エスケープL, Esukēpu L)	Combat	Ensures you escape a battle unharmed.
Reload-Boost-L (リロードプラスL, Rirōdo Purasu L, lit. "Reload-Plus-L")	Combat	Speeds up reloading of all your commands for 6 turns.	Save Room between Layer 15 and Layer 16
Entrap-L (トラップL, Trappu L, lit. "Trap-L")	Map	Ensures you get a preemptive strike in every battle throughout the current layer.