List of Final Fantasy V Command Abilities
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Below is a list of command abilities usable in Final Fantasy V. Most (but not all) command abilities can be learned by leveling up a certain job. The chart below gives the name of the ability, the job, the job level the ability is learned at, and what the ability does.
| Ability | Job | Level | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attack | All jobs | None | Attack with equipped weapon. | |
| Items | All jobs | None | Selecting the item menu will list all available items currently in the player's inventory. | |
| Guard | Knight | 2 | Negates damage from physical attacks. | N/A |
| Completely absorb a direct physical attack. | ||||
| Focus | Monk | 1 | Focus energy to deliver a physical attack with 2x strength. | |
| Focus energies for a hit with twice the attack power. | ||||
| Kick | Monk | N/A | Attacks all enemies at once. Cannot be learned as a command ability, exclusive to the Monk class. | |
| Chakra | Monk | 3 | Heals the user's HP and cures Blind and Poison. | |
| Healing energies recover HP and cleanse the body of poison and darkness. | ||||
| Flee | Thief | 2 | Run away to quickly escape from battle. | |
| Quickly escape from battle. You may be unable to escape from some enemies. | ||||
| Steal | Thief | 4 | Steals an item from an enemy. | |
| Steal treasure from an enemy. | ||||
| Mug | Thief | 6 | Steals an item from an enemy and inflicts damage. | |
| Attack and steal from an enemy. | ||||
| Black Magic | Black Mage | 1-6 | Lets the user cast Black Magic. The higher the job level, the more Black Magic the user can cast. | |
| Perform black magic. | ||||
| White Magic | White Mage | 1-6 | Lets the user cast White Magic. The higher the job level, the more White Magic the user can cast. | |
| Perform white magic. | ||||
| Check | Blue Mage | 1 | Lets the user check the enemy's HP. | |
| Check an enemy's HP. | ||||
| Blue Magic | Blue Mage | 3 | Lets the user cast Blue Magic. | |
| Perform blue magic. | ||||
| Scan | Blue Mage | 4 | Lets the user check the enemy's HP, level, weaknesses, and status ailments. | |
| See enemy's level, HP, weakness, and current condition. | ||||
| Red Magic | Red Mage | 1-3 | Lets the user cast a combination of Black and White Magic. The higher the job level, the more magic the user can cast. | |
| Perform white or black spells. | ||||
| Dualcast | Red Mage | 4 | Lets the user cast two spells at once. Compatible with any school of magic. | N/A |
| Cast two spells back-to-back. | ||||
| Time Magic | Time Mage | 1-6 | Lets the user cast Time Magic. The higher the job level, the more Time Magic the user can cast. | |
| Perform time magic. | ||||
| Summon | Summoner | 1-5 | Lets the user use Summon Magic. The higher the job level, the stronger monsters the user can summon. | |
| Summon magical beasts for aid. | ||||
| Call | Summoner | 6 | Lets the user summon a random Summon without MP cost. | |
| Perform a random summon for 0 MP. Who knows who - or what - will come... | ||||
| Spellblade | Mystic Knight | 2-7 | Lets the user use Spellblade. The higher the job level, the stronger Spellblades the user can use. | |
| Enchant weapons with different magics. | ||||
| Calm | Beastmaster | 1 | Paralyzes an enemy. | |
| Calm magic beasts. | ||||
| Control | Beastmaster | 2 | Takes control of an enemy. | |
| Take control of a monster. | ||||
| Catch/Release | Beastmaster | 4 | Catches an enemy/Releases it to fight. | |
| Capture a weakened monster. | ||||
| Gaia | Geomancer | 1 | Executes a magic attack based on the type of terrain. | |
| Attack enemies by channeling the power of the surrounding area. | ||||
| Smoke | Ninja | 1 | Uses smokescreen to escape from battle. | |
| Use the confusion of a smoke bomb to escape from most enemies without them even noticing. | ||||
| Image | Ninja | 2 | Creates illusion of the user to absorb two physical attacks. | |
| Create illusions to absorb two direct physical attacks. | ||||
| Throw | Ninja | 4 | Throws a weapon at an enemy to inflict damage. | |
| Toss weapons at enemies. Scrolls and shurikens can be thrown as well. | ||||
| Animals | Ranger | 1 | Summons an animal companion to execute some sort of effect. | |
| Gain the aid of woodland friends. | ||||
| Aim | Ranger | 2 | Guarantees a hit when attacking. | |
| Raise the accuracy of attacks. | ||||
| Rapid Fire | Ranger | 4 | Attacks four times for half damage. | |
| Perform four weaker attacks at once. | ||||
| Hide | Bard | 1 | Duck out of sight to avoid damage. | |
| Duck out of sight to avoid attacks. | ||||
| Sing | Bard | 3 | Sings songs to execute various effects. | |
| Perform magical chants with different effects. | ||||
| Jump | Dragoon | 1 | Leap into the air and descend to execute a powerful attack. | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
| Jump to deliver a powerful attack from above. Power is doubled when a spear is equipped. | ||||
| Lance | Dragoon | 2 | Absorb HP and MP from an enemy. | |
| Strike with dragoon power to drain HP and MP. | ||||
| Flirt | Dancer | 1 | Confuses an enemy. | |
| Charm enemies to make them forget about attacking. | ||||
| Dance | Dancer | 2 | Executes one of four random effects. | |
| Perform dances that bewitch enemies. | ||||
| Mineuchi | Samurai | 1 | Does damage and paralyzes an enemy. | |
| Stun enemies by smacking them with a blade's dull side. | ||||
| Zeninage | Samurai | 2 | Damages enemies by throwing money. | |
| Damage all enemies by tossing gil. | ||||
| Iainuki | Samurai | 5 | Charges and delivers a fatal attack to all enemies. | |
| Unleash an attack that hits all enemies in an instant. | ||||
| Mix | Chemist | 2 | Mix items together to create new concoctions. | |
| Combine items to create concoctions that can be consumed in battle to augment stats or harm enemies. | ||||
| Drink | Chemist | 3 | Drink items to increase stats. | |
| Drink special medicines to increase stats during battle. | ||||
| Recover | Chemist | 4 | Heal the party of all status ailments. | |
| Recover from various conditions. | ||||
| Revive | Chemist | 5 | Revives KO'd party members. | |
| Restore a KO'd ally to fighting form. | ||||
| Oath | Necromancer | 1 | Summons the undead to execute various effects. | |
| Call forth a demon. | ||||
| Dark Arts | Necromancer | 2-6 | Lets the user use Dark Arts. The higher the job level, the stronger Dark Arts the user can use. | |
| Call upon evil forces to perform Dark Arts. | ||||
| Open Fire | Cannoneer | 1 | Fire cannon blasts to do damage and inflict status ailments. | |
| Shoot one enemy. | ||||
| Combine | Cannoneer | 3 | Mix together explosives to do damage. | |
| Mix and fire off explosives that damage all enemies. | ||||
| Finisher | Gladiator | 2 | Executes a critical hit, a powerful elemental attack, or does nothing. | |
| Powerful strike that whenever hits an enemy, attacks its weakpoint for massive damage. | ||||
| Bladeblitz | Gladiator | 4 | Attacks all enemies at once. | |
| Attack all enemies. | ||||
| Condemn | Oracle | 1 | Executes a random effect on an enemy. | |
| Sentence a target to the effects of different spells. | ||||
| Predict | Oracle | 2 | Executes a random effect depending on user's HP, MP, level, and other factors. | |
| Foretell cataclysms. | ||||
