Dark Arts (あんこく, Ankoku^?) is the name of the Necromancer class's ability in Final Fantasy V Advance. Dark Arts abilities can be learned by characters by defeating certain enemies whilst using the Necromancer job class. Of note, Dark Arts Level 1 will give the character base Freelancer Magic +13. For each Dark Arts level gained, up to level 5, the Magic bonus is increased by 4 per level, for a maximum of +29 Magic at Dark Arts Level 5.

The Dark Arts are divided into five levels with increasing MP cost. These abilities are among the most devastating in the game, since they deal respectable damage, often with an elemental affinity and an added status effect.

List of Dark Arts AbilitiesEdit

Ability	Effect	Learned From	Level	MP Cost	Spell Power	Image
Drain Touch	Absorbs HP, non-reflectable	Mindflayer, The Damned	1	15	80
Dark Haze	Non-elemental damage to all enemies, inflicts Old and Confusion	Lemure, Exoray	1	18	190
Deep Freeze	Ice damage to one enemy, inflicts Stop	Assassin, Dark Elemental	2	38	190
Evil Mist	Inflicts Poison elemental damage as well as Poison to all enemies with a deadly poison	Zombie Dragon, Unknown	2	38	190
Meltdown	Deals Fire damage and inflicts Sap on all enemies with a searing heat	Liquid Flame	3	38	190
Hellwind	Rends all enemies with cursed winds, dealing wind damage and inflicting Petrify	Objet d'Art, Stingray	3	38	190
Chaos Drive	Deals lightning damage and causes Paralysis to all enemies	Mini Satana	4	38	190
Curse	Causes various status ailments	Ironclad	4	42	0
Dark Flare	Damages all enemies with a burst of dark energy. Ignores targets' magic defenses.	Exdeath's Soul, Tonberry	5	52	200
Doomsday	Forbidden Dark Art, deals incredible damage to all enemies. Non-reflectable	Hades	5	66	254