Black Mage (Final Fantasy III)

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

—In-game description

The bearer of this certificate is impeccably well versed in dark magic and is deemed worthy of the title of Master Black Mage.

—Mastery certificate description

The Black Mage is a job class in Final Fantasy III gained from the Wind Crystal. In the opening FMV of the 3D 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 wield bows and rods.

AbilitiesEdit

NES 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.

3D remake versionsEdit

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

**Weapons**
Staves	Rods	Bows	Arrows
Staff Fire Staff Ice Staff Light Staff	Mythril Rod Wizard Rod Fire Rod Ice Rod Light Rod Omnirod Lilith Rod	Bow Great Bow Killer Bow	Wooden Arrow Holy Arrow Iron Arrow

ArmorEdit

**Armor**
Head	Body	Arms
Leather Cap Feathered Hat Ribbon Scholar Hat (Famicom)	Vest Leather Armor Mage Robe Black Robe	Bronze Bracers Mythril Bracers Rune Bracers Diamond Bracers Protect Ring

Other appearancesEdit

Final Fantasy ArtniksEdit

Artniks The appears as a character card.

Ingus

Luneth

Arc

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Final Fantasy Trading Card GameEdit

TCG Black Mage appears with Fire-, Earth- and Ice-elemental cards. All four playable characters from the 3D remakes are represented.

Triple Triad (Portal App)Edit

Black Mage from the 3D remake appears on a Triple Triad card.

GalleryEdit