"Black Mages are casters who specialize in offensive magic. Despite their appearance, they can take a few hits, too."

—In-game description

See also: Black Mage (Job).

The Black Mage (黒魔道師, Kuromadoushi^?) is a Job class in Final Fantasy III. It is gained from the Wind Crystal. In the opening FMV of the DS/PSP remake, Arc is depicted as a Black Mage. Black Mages excel in attacking enemies with offensive Black Magic. They wield a variety of spells and can attack multiple targets at once. They possess low Attack power and Defense. They can also wield bows and rods.

Contents 1 Abilities 1.1 Famicom Version 1.2 Remake Version 2 Stats 2.1 MP Growth 3 Equipment 3.1 Weapons 3.2 Armor 4 Gallery 5 Trivia

AbilitiesEdit

Famicom VersionEdit

• Command Ability - Black Magic Levels 1 - 7

Like every other Final Fantasy, the Black Mage specializes in offensive elemental spells as well as status ailment spells. Once the Magus (Warlock) job is unlocked, this job loses its usefulness.

Remake VersionEdit

• Command Ability - Black Magic Levels 1 - 7

Level	Black Magic
1	Fire	Blizzard	Sleep
2	Thunder	Poison	Blind
3	Fira	Blizzara	Thundara
4	Break	Blizzaga	Shade
5	Thundaga	Raze	Erase
6	Firaga	Bio	Warp
7	Quake	Breakga	Drain

StatsEdit

Level	Strength	Agility	Vitality	Intellect	Mind	Level	Strength	Agility	Vitality	Intellect	Mind
Famicom Version						Remake Version
1	5	7	3	10	5	1	5	5	5	5	5
10	10	11	8	17	7	10	10	10	10	10	9
20	14	16	12	23	9	20	15	16	16	17	14
30	19	20	17	30	11	30	20	22	22	24	18
40	23	24	22	36	13	40	24	28	28	31	22
50	28	29	26	43	15	50	29	34	34	38	26
60	32	33	31	49	17	60	34	40	40	44	29
70	37	37	36	56	19	70	38	46	46	51	33
80	41	42	40	63	21	80	43	52	52	58	37
90	46	46	45	69	23	90	48	58	58	65	41
99	50	50	49	75	25	99	52	63	63	71	45

MP GrowthEdit

Level	Lv.1	Lv.2	Lv.3	Lv.4	Lv.5	Lv.6	Lv.7	Lv.8	Level	Lv.1	Lv.2	Lv.3	Lv.4	Lv.5	Lv.6	Lv.7	Lv.8
Famicom Version									Remake Version
1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	13	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	13	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
20	16	7	6	5	3	1	0	0	20	23	7	5	3	0	0	0	0
30	19	10	9	8	7	5	4	0	30	33	12	9	7	2	1	0	0
40	21	13	12	11	10	8	7	0	40	43	17	12	10	4	3	2	0
50	23	15	14	13	12	11	10	0	50	53	22	15	14	7	5	3	0
60	25	17	16	15	14	13	13	0	60	63	27	18	18	9	8	5	0
70	27	19	18	17	17	16	15	0	70	73	32	21	21	11	10	6	0
80	29	21	20	19	19	18	17	0	80	83	37	24	25	14	12	7	0
90	31	23	22	21	21	20	19	0	90	93	42	27	29	16	14	9	0
99	33	24	24	23	22	21	21	0	99	99	47	29	32	18	16	10	0

EquipmentEdit

WeaponsEdit

Name	Attack	Element	Other Bonuses	Other Information
Staves
Staff	3	None	None	None
Fire Staff	20	None	+2 Intellect & Mind	Casts Fire when used.
Ice Staff	20	None	+2 Intellect & Mind	Casts Blizzard when used.
Light Staff	20	None	+2 Intellect & Mind	Casts Thunder when used.
Rods
Mythril Rod	12	None	+1 Intellect	None
Wizard Rod	20	None	+5 Intellect	None
Fire Rod	25	None	+3 Intellect & Mind	Casts Fira when used.
Ice Rod	25	None	+3 Intellect & Mind	Casts Blizzara when used.
Light Rod	25	None	+3 Intellect & Mind	Casts Thundara when used.
Omnirod	93	None	+10 Intellect	Inflicts Gradual Petrify.
Lilith Rod	110	None	+20 Intellect	Ultimate equipment from the Legendary Smith. Casts Death when used.
Bows
Bow	10	None	None	None
Great Bow	18	None	None	None
Killer Bow	26	None	None	None
Arrows
Wooden Arrow	6	None	None	None
Holy Arrow	8	Holy	None	None
Iron Arrow	12	None	None	None

ArmorEdit

Name	Defense	Magic Defense	Other Bonuses	Other Information
Head
Leather Cap	1	1	None	None
Feathered Hat	10	16	+2 Agility	None
Ribbon	23	20	None	Protects against all status ailments.
Body
Vest	1	1	None	None
Leather Armor	3	1	None	None
Mage Robe	13	13	+1 Intellect & Mind	None
Black Robe	31	45	+5 Intellect	None
Arms
Bronze Bracers	1	1	None	None
Mythril Bracers	2	4	+1 Intellect & Mind	None
Rune Bracers	11	13	+2 Intellect & Mind	Protects against some status ailments.
Diamond Bracers	13	16	+3 Intellect & Mind	None
Protect Ring	18	18	+2 all stats	None

GalleryEdit

Luneth

Arc

Refia

Ingus

Luneth's battle model.

Arc's battle model.

Refia's battle model.

Ingus's battle model.

TriviaEdit

• The Black Mage's battle sprite in the Famicom Version of Final Fantasy III is nearly identical to the one from the original Final Fantasy, but with additional furls in its robe.

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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