Onion Knight (job)

The Onion Knight (オニオンナイト Onion Naito) is a reoccurring Job class in the Final Fantasy series. Similar to the Freelancer class, this Job has no real abilities, and cannot equip very good equipment aside from the fabled Onion Equipment, which is exclusive to them. However, their real abilities come from the fact that after reaching level 90, their stat growth skyrockets from then on. By level 99, an army of Onion Knights are nearly invincible, having max stats. In the DS remake of Final Fantasy III they can learn any magic spell, similar to the Sage class.

There are no notable Onion Knights beyond the four nameless main characters of the original Nintendo Entertainment System version of Final Fantasy III. However, Lulu's Celestial Weapon in Final Fantasy X is an Onion Knight doll.

Final Fantasy III


In the original version of Final Fantasy III, the Onion Knight was the default Job at the beginning of the game. While it has no special abilities and limited equipment, its stats grow immensely once the player reaches level 99. In the DS remake of the Job, the Onion Knight is a secret Job obtained only through Mognet (with the Freelancer replacing it as the default class). In this version, the Onion Knight can use nearly any piece of equipment and its stats start to grow by a large margin once the characters' levels reach the 90's.

Final Fantasy VI
The Onion Knight is an enemy found in the Magitek Factory. It was dubbed the Pipsqueak in the Super Nintendo version.

A sprite of the Onion Knight occasionally appears in the loading section of the PlayStation version of Final Fantasy VI.



Final Fantasy X
The Onion Knight appears as a doll and is Lulu's Celestial Weapon. The original Onion Knight sprite is visible on the doll's shield.

Final Fantasy XII
Although an Onion Knight is not seen anywhere in the game, the 2nd page for the bestiary entry of the enemy Wild Onion is a message from an Onion Knight named "Nakhiro."

Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
The Onion Knight is a Job, whose level increases by mastering other Jobs. When every other Job is mastered, this class becomes the strongest Job class in the game.

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
While the Onion Knight is not an available job, there is a weapon called the Onion Sword and is equippable by soldiers, warriors, and dragoons. It gives 29 Weapon Attack, 5 Weapon Defense, 5 Magic Resistance, and 10 Evade.


 * "Order-made sword of the legendary "Onion Knight."
 * In-game description

Dissidia Final Fantasy
The Onion Knight is the character in Dissidia representing Final Fantasy III. As the character never had an official name in the original game, his title was simply his Job class.

Non-Final Fantasy appearances

 * An "Onion Warrior" named Duelle appears in Legend of Mana.
 * A generic enemy named Onion Knight appears on the Xbox 360 game Infinite Undiscovery. They bear a strong resemblance to their Final Fantasy VI counterparts and also use a skill named "Limit Break", which starts with a yellow aura appearing around them, much like in Final Fantasy VII.
 * An Onion Knight named Turnip appears in Chrono Cross for the PlayStation system.

Kingdom Hearts Mobile
A costume of Onion Knight in his Dissidia Final Fantasy attire appears in Kingdom Hearts Mobile.

Popular Culture

 * In 8-Bit Theater, an Onion Kid appears, having suffered many times through Black Mage's actions. It is later revealed he is the past incarnation of Sarda, the misfortunes the Light Warriors inflicting on him as a child causing him to develop a deep hatred for them and study magic for years to claim revenge.
 * In A Song of Ice and Fire, a man named Davos Seaworth is called "The Onion Knight."

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