Ranger (Final Fantasy III)

The Hunter, or Ranger as its called in the DS version, is a job class in Final Fantasy III in the NES original. It is gained from the Fire Crystal.

Appearance


In the NES original, the hunter wears a green tunic and shorts, and a green hat with a feather in it.

In the Nintendo DS version, while the hat remains, the green has been toned down. They now wear a black vest over the green, and have grey trousers.

NES version

 * Special Ability - White Magic Levels 1-3, excluding Aero

The hunter is a strange class. It specialises in bows, obviously, but instead of having the Aim command, it gets the first 3 levels of white magic, except Aero. It has weak stat growth in strength and defense, but its growth in agility is unparalleled at the beginning of the game.

DS version

 * Special Ability - Barrage

The Hunter will fire 4 arrows at 4 random enemies, with each hit doing less damage. The factor by which it is reduced by decreases as the job level increases.

Equipment
The Hunter has to rely on Bows and Arrows, which can get expensive, since arrows cost money. However, in the DS version, they were given the option to also use Boomerangs.