Magus (Final Fantasy III)

Magi are casters who have mastered black magic. If they can learn the forbidden black magic spell, they may be able to destroy all...
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The bearer of this certificate wields ultimate control over dark magic and is deemed worthy of the title of Master Magus.
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The Magus, also known as the Warlock, is a job class in Final Fantasy III. It is gained from the Earth Crystal. A Magus can cast all Black Magic spells. They also possess higher MP for high-level Black Magic. The Magus can be considered a powered up version of the Black Mage.

Abilities[edit | edit source]

NES version[edit | edit source]

Special ability - Black Magic Levels 1 - 8

The Magus can cast every Black Magic, making them very useful. However, the Sage job makes this class obsolete, since Sages can cast any Black Magic, White Magic, and high Summon Magic.

3D versions[edit | edit source]

Special ability - Black Magic Levels 1 - 8

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
8	Flare	Death	Meteor

Stats[edit | edit source]

Level	Str	Agi	Vit	Int	Mnd	Level	Str	Agi	Vit	Int	Mnd
NES version						3D versions
1	10	15	10	30	5	1	5	5	5	5	5
10	12	21	18	37	10	10	9	10	10	11	10
20	13	27	27	44	14	20	14	16	15	20	15
30	15	33	36	51	19	30	18	22	20	30	20
40	16	39	45	58	23	40	22	28	24	40	24
50	18	45	54	65	28	50	26	34	29	50	29
60	19	51	63	72	32	60	29	40	34	60	34
70	21	57	72	79	37	70	33	46	38	70	38
80	22	63	81	86	41	80	37	52	43	80	43
90	24	70	90	93	46	90	41	58	48	90	48
99	25	75	98	99	50	99	45	63	52	99	52

MP growth[edit | edit source]

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
NES version									3D versions
1	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
10	16	13	9	7	6	5	4	3	10	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	2
20	21	18	15	11	7	5	4	3	20	7	6	6	4	8	7	5	2
30	25	23	19	16	13	9	5	3	30	10	9	8	6	11	10	7	3
40	29	27	24	21	17	14	11	7	40	13	12	11	8	15	13	9	4
50	32	30	28	25	22	19	15	12	50	16	15	13	10	18	16	11	5
60	36	34	31	28	26	23	20	17	60	18	17	15	12	21	19	12	5
70	40	38	35	32	29	26	24	21	70	21	20	18	14	25	23	14	6
80	43	41	38	36	33	30	27	24	80	24	23	20	16	28	26	16	7
90	46	44	42	39	36	34	31	28	90	27	26	23	17	32	29	18	7
99	49	47	45	42	39	37	34	31	99	30	28	25	19	35	32	20	8

Equipment[edit | edit source]

Weapons[edit | edit source]

**Weapons**
Staves	Rods
Staff Fire Staff Ice Staff Light Staff	Fire Rod Ice Rod Light Rod Mythril Rod Wizard Rod Omnirod Millennium Rod

Armor[edit | edit source]

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

Other appearances[edit | edit source]

Final Fantasy Trading Card Game[edit | edit source]

Magus appears as Fire- and Lightning-elemental Backup cards. All four playable characters from the 3D remakes are represented.

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Triple TRiad[edit | edit source]

Magus from the 3D version appears on a Triple Triad card in Final Fantasy Portal App.

Gallery[edit | edit source]

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Etymology[edit | edit source]

[view · edit · purge]Magus is the Latin word for "wizard". Its plural is Magi.

The job's Japanese name of (魔人, Majin?) derives from the Witch/Demon (魔, Ma?) and Person (人, Jin?) kanjis. While Majin (魔人) has no direct single word English translation, the most common interpretations are that of magician, sorcerer, or conjurer.

While spelled the same in hiragana, (まじん, Majin?), the job's Japanese name is not the same word of Majin (魔神, Majin?) commonly used for Demons Gods, which derives from the Witch/Demon (魔, Ma?) and God (神, Jin?) kanjis.

In the original fan-translations of the Famicom version, the Magus was known as Warlock. [view · edit · purge]A warlock is a male practitioner of evil magic (distinguished from a wizard or sorcerer, whose magic may be benign).