Boost the damage inflicted by attack items!
In-game description.
Alchemist is a crown in Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light obtained by defeating Beelzebub at the Tower to the Sky.
The Alchemist's special ability increases power of attack items. The crown's earlier abilities allows the user to forge new attack items and add them in their inventory. Like traditional Chemists in the series, the Alchemist in The 4 Heroes of Light can combine two items into one. The Alchemist's strongest ability, Cast, can deal up to ten hits, provided the player has set up the Alchemist's inventory correctly.
The Alchemist has decent stat multipliers, but lacks proficiency with any type of weapon and magic. The job's special armor, Alchemist Gown, provides a 5% boost to the user's Defense, Magic Defense, Accuracy, and Magic Accuracy.
Stats[]
| HP | Strength | Intellect | Spirit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| Short Sword | Sword | Bow | Staff | Spear | Axe | Book | Harp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
| Offensive Magic | Recovery Magic | Evade | Magic Evade |
|---|---|---|---|
| C | C | C | B |
Abilities[]
| Name | Description | AP | Gems to unlock | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Experiment | Transform an item in your possession into another kind of item. | 1 | None | 
|
| Effect: Swap a chosen attack item in the user's inventory into one of the eight attack items available.
(Has a slight chance of failure. There is a chance of obtaining back the exact same item) | ||||
| Forge | Create a random attack item and add it to your belongings. | 2 | Topaz ×5 Sapphire ×5 |
|
| Effect: Add one of the eight attack items into the user's inventory.
(Has a slight chance of failure. Always fails if the user's inventory is full) | ||||
| Smelt | Combine items for a variety of different effects. | 3 | Ruby ×2 Emerald ×6 Topaz ×6 Amethyst ×1 |
|
| Effect: Allow the user to pick two attack items from their inventory to trigger one of the ten possible results onto an opponent in the rear row. | ||||
| Cast | Throw all the attack items you carry at the foe. | 4 | Topaz ×7 Lapis ×3 Aquamarine ×7 Amethyst ×2 Diamond ×1 |
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| Effect: Unleash multiple attacks in succession equal to the number of attack items in the user's inventory.
(Attack items are individually removed from the user's inventory in the order of the names displayed on screen with each successive hits) | ||||
Smelt results[]
The Smelt command allows the player to combine two items to create a new item. The following chart shows the results for the Smelt command.
The damage formula for calculating damage done by Smelt is as follows:
- Damage = 100 x Element Factor x Smelt Damage Multiplier x random factor (a number between 1.0 and 1.25)
| Attack Items | Result | Element | Damage Multiplier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bomb Fragment + Bomb Fragment | Cluster of Bombs | Fire | 3 |
| Antarctic Wind + Antarctic Wind | Polar Wind | Water | 3 |
| Gaia Drum + Gaia Drum | Ground Convulsion | Earth | 3 |
| Raven's Yawn + Raven's Yawn | Ogre's Sneeze | Wind | 3 |
| Great Tree Log + Great Tree Log | Great Tree Fruit | None | 4 |
| Zeus's Wrath + Zeus's Wrath | Rage of Zeus | Light | 4 |
| Dark Sigh + Dark Sigh | Sigh of Darkness | Dark | 3 |
| Holy Breath + Holy Breath | Holy Shower | Light | 3 |
| Holy Breath + Dark Sigh | Whirlpool of Chaos | Dark | 5 |
| Other Combination | Strange Liquid | None | 2 |
Gallery[]
Etymology[]
The word "alchemist" comes from "alchemy". An alchemist is a person who practices alchemy, the tradition of creating the legendary philosopher's stone, with which one can supposedly create gold or silver from lead, or produce an elixir of life that bestows immortality.