Black Belt (Final Fantasy III)

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Black Belt
(空手家, Karateka?, lit. Karate Practitioner)
Sprite(s)
Availability
Location obtained	NES version: Water Crystal (Cave of Tides) 3D version: Earth Crystal (Ancients' Maze)
Abilities
Stats	See stats
Weapons	Knuckles See weapons
Armor	Light armor See armor
Command abilities	Boost
More information
Recurring appearance

Black belts are experts in unarmed combat. They can boost their attack power to deal massive damage, but be careful not to boost too much!

Description

The bearer of this certificate possesses fists of unstoppable force and is deemed worthy of the title of Master Black Belt.

Mastery certificate description

The Black Belt, also known as the Martial Artist or the Karateka, is a job class in Final Fantasy III. It is gained from the Water Crystal in the NES version, while it is gained from the Earth Crystal in the 3D versions. Black Belts are masters of combat, able to use only their fists for massive damage. They are capable of linking their mind and body to store energy for an upcoming strike. Black Belt is considered to be a powered up version of the Monk job and one of the most powerful jobs, dealing over 9999 damage even in the back row.

Each additional job level increases the bare handed attack of a Black Belt by 2, while each additional character level also increases it by 2. As such, it is possible for a Black Belt to deal massive damage of 30,000-40,000 per hit, after defense. When using boost two times, it is possible to reach the max damage cap of 99,999.

Abilities

NES version

• Special ability - BuildUp

Storing up energy, the Black Belt will be able to do more damage, with the damage increasing even more if they are bare-handed. Using the command twice boosts the attack even more, but using it three times will hurt the Black Belt and release all the built-up energy.

3D versions

• Special ability - Boost

Boost will increase the Black Belt's power. The first use will double the next attack, a second use causes the damage to triple. However, if Boost is used three times in succession, it overloads, cancelling the charge and cutting the Black Belt's current HP in half.

Under the right circumstances, it is possible for a Black Belt to defeat Cloud of Darkness in a single hit.

Stats

Level	Str	Agi	Vit	Int	Mnd	Level	Str	Agi	Vit	Int	Mnd
NES version						3D versions
1	23	10	20	1	1	1	5	5	5	5	5
10	30	18	27	1	1	10	11	10	11	9	9
20	37	27	35	1	1	20	20	17	20	12	12
30	45	36	43	1	1	30	30	24	30	15	15
40	53	45	51	1	1	40	40	31	40	19	19
50	60	54	59	1	1	50	50	38	50	22	22
60	68	63	67	1	1	60	60	44	60	25	25
70	76	72	75	1	1	70	70	51	70	29	29
80	83	81	83	1	1	80	80	58	80	32	32
90	91	90	91	1	1	90	90	65	90	35	35
99	98	98	98	1	1	99	99	71	99	38	38

Equipment

Weapons

Weapons

Knuckles
Bronze Knuckles Sonic Knuckles Impact Claws Cat Claws Kaiser Knuckles Wyvern Claws Tiger Claws Faerie Claws Metal Knuckles Dark Claws Hellish Claws

Armor

Armor

Head	Body	Arms
Leather Cap Headband Feathered Hat Black Cowl Chakra Band Ribbon	Vest Leather Armor Kenpo Gi Black Garb Black Belt Gi Fuma Garb Master Dogi	Bronze Bracers Mythril Gloves Power Bracers Diamond Gloves Protect Ring

Other appearances

Triple Triad

Black Belt from the 3D remake appears on a Triple Triad card in the version available via Final Fantasy Portal App.

Gallery

Luneth as a Black Belt.

Arc as a Black Belt.

Refia as a Black Belt.

Ingus as a Black Belt.

Boost.

Etymology

[view · edit · purge]In martial arts, the black belt is a way to describe a graduate of a field where a practitioner's level is often marked by the color of the belt. The black belt is commonly the highest belt color used and denotes a degree of competence. It is often associated with a teaching grade though frequently not the highest grade or the "expert" of public perception.

In Japanese and the Famicom fan-translation, the job is known as the Karateka, which is a practitioner of karate. [view · edit · purge]Karate is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts under the influence of Chinese Kung Fu, particularly Fujian White Crane.

The job is also known as the Martial Artist on the job cards in the Japanese version and the Gallery content in the English version of the mobile and Steam releases.