Black Mage (Final Fantasy III)

Black Mages are casters who specialize in offensive magic. Despite their appearance, they can take a few hits, too.

Description

The bearer of this certificate is impeccably well versed in dark magic and is deemed worthy of the title of Master Black Mage.

Mastery certificate description

The Black Mage is a job class in Final Fantasy III gained from the Wind Crystal. In the opening FMV of the 3D remake, Arc is depicted as a Black Mage. Black Mages excel in attacking enemies with offensive Magic. They wield a variety of spells and can attack multiple targets at once. They possess low Attack power and Defense. They can wield bows and rods.

The Black Mage's battle sprite in the NES version is nearly identical to the one from the original Final Fantasy, but with additional furls on its robe. The Black Mages on the 3D remake wear floor-length black coats with individualized details, such as Refia's upturned collar and blue ribbon and Luneth's three buckle fasteners on the chest.

Abilities[]

Famicom version[]

Command ability - Black Magic Levels 1–7

The Black Mage specializes in offensive elemental spells as well as status ailment spells. Once the Magus (Warlock) job is unlocked, this job loses its usefulness.

3D Remake and Pixel Remaster versions[]

Command ability - Black Magic Levels 1–7

Level	Black Magic
1	Fire	Blizzard	Sleep
2	Thunder	Poison	Blind
3	Fira	Blizzara	Thundara
4	Break	Blizzaga	Shade
5	Thundaga	Raze	Erase
6	Firaga	Bio	Warp
7	Quake	Breakga	Drain

Stats[]

Level	Str	Agi	Vit	Int	Mind	Level	Str	Agi	Vit	Int	Mind	Level	Str	Agi	Vit	Int	Mind
Famicom version						3D Remake version						Pixel Remaster version
1	5	7	3	10	5	1	5	5	5	5	5	1	5	5	5	5	5
2	6	8	4	11	5	2						2	5	6	6	9	5
10	10	11	8	17	7	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	15	9
20	14	16	12	23	9	20	15	16	16	17	14	20	15	16	16	21	14
30	19	20	17	30	11	30	20	22	22	24	18	30	20	22	22	27	18
40	23	24	22	36	13	40	24	28	28	31	22	40	24	28	28	34	22
50	28	29	26	43	15	50	29	34	34	38	26	50	29	34	34	40	26
60	32	33	31	49	17	60	34	40	40	44	29	60	34	40	40	46	29
70	37	37	36	56	19	70	38	46	46	51	33	70	38	46	46	53	33
80	41	42	40	63	21	80	43	52	52	58	37	80	43	52	52	59	37
90	46	46	45	69	23	90	48	58	58	65	41	90	48	58	58	65	41
99	50	50	49	75	25	99	52	63	63	71	45	99	52	63	63	71	45

MP growth[]

Level	Lv.1	Lv.2	Lv.3	Lv.4	Lv.5	Lv.6	Lv.7	Lv.8	Level	Lv.1	Lv.2	Lv.3	Lv.4	Lv.5	Lv.6	Lv.7	Lv.8
Famicom version									3D Remake version
1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	13	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	13	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
20	16	7	6	5	3	1	0	0	20	23	7	5	3	0	0	0	0
30	19	10	9	8	7	5	4	0	30	33	12	9	7	2	1	0	0
40	21	13	12	11	10	8	7	0	40	43	17	12	10	4	3	2	0
50	23	15	14	13	12	11	10	0	50	53	22	15	14	7	5	3	0
60	25	17	16	15	14	13	13	0	60	63	27	18	18	9	8	5	0
70	27	19	18	17	17	16	15	0	70	73	32	21	21	11	10	6	0
80	29	21	20	19	19	18	17	0	80	83	37	24	25	14	12	7	0
90	31	23	22	21	21	20	19	0	90	93	42	27	29	16	14	9	0
99	33	24	24	23	22	21	21	0	99	99	47	29	32	18	16	10	0

Level	Lv.1	Lv.2	Lv.3	Lv.4	Lv.5	Lv.6	Lv.7	Lv.8
Pixel Remaster version
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	13	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
20	23	7	5	3	0	0	0	0
30	33	12	9	7	2	1	0	0
40	43	17	12	10	4	3	2	0
50	53	22	15	14	7	5	3	0
60	63	27	18	18	9	8	5	0
70	73	32	21	21	11	10	6	0
80	83	37	24	25	14	12	7	0
90	93	43	27	29	16	14	9	0
99	99	47	29	32	18	16	10	0

Equipment[]

Weapons[]

**Weapons**
Staves (DS)	Rods	Bows	Arrows
Staff Fire Staff Ice Staff Light Staff	Mythril Rod Wizard Rod (DS) Fire Rod Ice Rod Light Rod Omnirod Lilith Rod (DS)	Bow Great Bow Killer Bow (DS)	Wooden Arrow Holy Arrow Iron Arrow

Armor[]

**Armor**
Head	Body	Arms
Leather Cap Scholar Hat (NES) Feathered Hat (DS) Ribbon	Vest Leather Armor Mage Robe Scholar Robe (NES) Black Robe	Bronze Bracers Mythril Bracers Rune Bracers Diamond Bracers Protect Ring

Other appearances[]

Final Fantasy Artniks[]

The appears as a character card.

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Final Fantasy Trading Card Game[]

Black Mage appears in Final Fantasy Trading Card Game as Fire-, Earth- and Ice-elemental Backup cards. All four playable characters from the 3D remakes are represented.

Final Fantasy Portal App[]

Black Mage from the 3D remake appears as a Triple Triad card.

Non-Final Fantasy guest appearances[]

Adventures of Mana[]

Upon leveling up, the player gets to choose a training regimen for Sumo, selecting the Mage focusing on increasing magical ATK and increasing MP. On the level up screen, it uses the Black Mage artwork of the sprite from the 2D version of Final Fantasy III.