See also: Monk.

"Black belts are experts in unarmed combat. They can boost their attack power to deal massive damage, but be careful not to boost too much!"

—In-game description

The Black Belt (空手家, Karateka^?), also known as Karateka or Master, is a Job class in Final Fantasy III. It is gained from the Water Crystal in the NES version of the game, while it is gained from the Earth Crystal in the DS and iOS versions. Black Belts are masters of combat, able to use only their fists for massive damage. They are capable of linking their mind and body to store energy for an upcoming strike. Black Belt is considered to be a powered up version of the Monk job and one of the most powerful jobs in the game. Raising the Job Level of a Black Belt will raise his/her bare handed attack by 2.

Contents 1 Abilities 1.1 NES version 1.2 DS & iOS versions 2 Stats 3 Equipment 3.1 Weapons 3.2 Armor 4 Gallery 5 Trivia

AbilitiesEdit

NES versionEdit

• Special Ability - BuildUp

Storing up energy, the Black Belt will be able to do more damage, with the damage increasing even more if they are bare-handed. Using the command twice boosts the attack even more, but using it three times will hurt the Black Belt and release all the built-up energy.

DS & iOS versionsEdit

• Special Ability - Boost

Just like the NES version, Boost will increase the Black Belt's power. The first use will double the next attack, a second use causes the damage to triple. However, if Boost is used 3 times in succession, it overloads, cancelling the charge and cutting the Black Belt's current HP in half.

Under the right circumstances, it is possible for a Black Belt to defeat Cloud of Darkness in a single hit.

StatsEdit

Level	Str	Agi	Vit	Int	Mnd	Level	Str	Agi	Vit	Int	Mnd
NES Version						DS & iOS Versions
1	23	10	20	1	1	1	5	5	5	5	5
10	30	18	27	1	1	10	11	10	11	9	9
20	37	27	35	1	1	20	20	17	20	12	12
30	45	36	43	1	1	30	30	24	30	15	15
40	53	45	51	1	1	40	40	31	40	19	19
50	60	54	59	1	1	50	50	38	50	22	22
60	68	63	67	1	1	60	60	44	60	25	25
70	76	72	75	1	1	70	70	51	70	29	29
80	83	81	83	1	1	80	80	58	80	32	32
90	91	90	91	1	1	90	90	65	90	35	35
99	98	98	98	1	1	99	99	71	99	38	38

EquipmentEdit

WeaponsEdit

Name	Attack Power	Other Bonuses	Element	Other Information
Knuckles
Bronze Knuckles	12	None	None	None
Sonic Knuckles	28	+2 Agility	None	None
Impact Claws	34	None	None	None
Cat Claws	42	+3 Agility	None	None
Kaiser Knuckles	50	None	None	None
Wyvern Claws	51	+4 Agility	Wind	None
Tiger Claws	82	+5 Strength	None	None
Faerie Claws	89	+2 Intellect and +2 Mind	None	None
Metal Knuckles	100	None	None	None
Dark Claws	115	None	None	None
Hellish Claws	121	+5 Vitality	None	Inflicts Poison.

ArmorEdit

Name	Defense Power	Magic Defense Power	Other Bonuses	Other Information
Head
Leather Cap	1	1	None	None
Headband	8	3	+1 Strength and +1 Vitality	None
Feathered Hat	10	16	+2 Agility	None
Black Cowl	15	10	+2 Agility	None
Chakra Band	17	11	+2 Vitality	None
Ribbon	23	20	None	Protects against all status ailments.
Body
Vest	1	1	None	None
Leather Armor	3	1	None	None
Kenpo Gi	20	8	+1 Agility and +1 Vitality	None
Black Garb	30	18	+2 Agility and +2 Vitality	None
Black Belt Gi	33	18	+3 Agility and +3 Vitality	None
Fuma Garb	47	30	+3 Agility and +3 Vitality	None
Master Dogi	54	23	+10 Agility and +10 Mind	Ultimate equipment from the Legendary Smith. Nintendo DS and iOS versions only.
Arm
Bronze Bracers	1	1	None	None
Mythril Gloves	3	1	None	None
Power Bracers	13	9	+2 Strength and +2 Vitality	None
Diamond Gloves	15	7	+3 Strength and +3 Vitality	None
Protect Ring	18	18	+2 to all stats	None

GalleryEdit

Luneth as a Black Belt.

Arc as a Black Belt.

Refia as a Black Belt.

Ingus as a Black Belt.

TriviaEdit

• Black Belts can be considered analogous to Masters from the original Final Fantasy as both are upgrades to the Monk job class.

v · e · dFinal Fantasy III Jobs
Wind Crystal (Altar Cave)
Warrior - Monk - White Mage - Black Mage - Red Mage - Thief (Remake)
Fire Crystal (Molten Cave)
Ranger - Knight - Thief (Famicom) - Scholar - Geomancer (Remake)
Water Crystal (Cave of Tides)
Geomancer (Famicom) - Dragoon - Viking - Dark Knight - Evoker - Bard - Black Belt (Famicom)
Earth Crystal (Ancients' Maze)
Black Belt (Remake) - Devout - Magus - Summoner - Sage (Remake) - Ninja (Remake)
Eureka
Sage (Famicom) - Ninja (Famicom)
Other
Freelancer - Onion Knight