Sage (Final Fantasy III)

Sages are those who have gained knowledge in all schools of arcane arts. They can use all types of spells!

Description

The bearer of this certificate possesses incomparable knowledge of the world of magic and is deemed worthy of the title of Master Sage.

Mastery certificate description

The Sage is a job class in Final Fantasy III. It is gained in Eureka in the Famicom and Pixel Remaster versions, and from the Earth Crystal in the 3D versions. Sages are adept mages who have mastered all levels of Black, White, and Summon magic. While they have numerous techniques at their disposal, their MP is limited compared to more specialized spellcasters. The Sage is considered a powered-up version of the Red Mage job, but it lacks the physical offense signature of a Red Mage in exchange for focusing on magical arts.

Abilities[]

Famicom version[]

Command ability - White and Black Magic Levels 1–8, Summon

The Sage can cast every spell, including the Summoner versions of Summon magic, making them a real threat. Their MP growth exceeds those of the Devout, Magus, and Summoner, so the Sage effectively makes those classes obsolete.

3D Remake version[]

Command Ability - White and Black Magic Levels 1–8, Summon (White or Black)

Their MP growth is limited, meaning they cannot use the high level magics as much as the Devout, Magus, or Summoner. They can only use the Evoker versions of Summon magic.

Pixel Remaster version[]

Command Ability - White and Black Magic Levels 1-8, Summon

Much like the 3D Remake versions, the Sage's MP growth is limited and they cannot use high level magic as often as a Devout, Magus, or Summoner. In this version however, the Sage regains its ability to use the Summoner versions of the Summon Magic they lost in the 3D Remake.

Level	White Magic			Level	Black Magic
1	Cure	Poisona	Sight	1	Fire	Blizzard	Sleep
2	Aero	Toad	Mini	2	Thunder	Poison	Blind
3	Cura	Teleport	Blindna	3	Fira	Blizzara	Thundara
4	Libra	Confuse	Silence	4	Break	Blizzaga	Shade
5	Curaga	Raise	Protect	5	Thundaga	Raze	Erase
6	Aeroga	Stona	Haste	6	Firaga	Bio	Warp
7	Curaja	Esuna	Reflect	7	Quake	Breakga	Drain
8	Tornado	Arise	Holy	8	Flare	Death	Meteor

Level	Summon	Ability
1	Escape (Chocobo)	Chocobo Dash	Chocobo Kick?	Chocobo Kick
2	Icen (Shiva)	Mesmerize	Icy Stare	Diamond Dust
3	Spark (Ramuh)	Mind Blast	Thunderstorm	Judgement Bolt
4	Heatra (Ifrit)	Healing Light	Hellfire	Inferno
5	Hyper (Titan)	Clobber	Stomp	Earthen Fury
6	Catastro (Odin)	Protective Light	Slash	Zantetsuken
7	Leviath (Leviathan)	Demon Eye	Cyclone	Tidal Wave
8	Bahamur (Bahamut)	Aura	Rend	Mega Flare

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	15	20	15	25	25	1	5	5	5	5	5	1	5	5	5	5	5
2	16	21	16	26	26	2						2	5	6	5	14	14
10	19	26	21	32	32	10	9	9	10	11	11	10	9	9	10	20	20
20	22	31	27	40	40	20	12	12	16	20	20	20	12	16	16	26	26
30	26	37	33	47	47	30	15	15	22	28	28	30	15	22	23	33	33
40	29	42	39	55	55	40	19	19	28	36	36	40	19	28	30	40	40
50	33	48	45	62	62	50	22	22	34	45	45	50	22	34	37	48	48
60	36	53	51	70	70	60	25	25	40	53	53	60	25	40	44	55	55
70	40	59	57	77	77	70	29	29	46	61	61	70	29	46	51	63	63
80	43	64	63	85	85	80	32	32	52	69	69	80	32	52	57	70	70
90	47	70	70	92	92	90	35	35	58	78	78	90	35	58	64	78	78
99	50	75	75	99	99	99	38	38	63	85	85	99	38	63	71	85	85

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	20	15	10	5	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
10	27	20	11	5	4	3	2	1	10	5	5	4	4	3	2	2	1
20	34	27	19	10	5	3	2	1	20	10	9	8	7	5	4	3	2
30	41	34	25	17	13	8	3	1	30	15	13	11	9	8	6	4	2
40	47	40	32	24	19	15	11	6	40	20	18	15	12	10	7	5	2
50	53	46	38	30	26	22	17	13	50	25	22	19	15	12	9	6	3
60	59	52	44	36	32	28	24	20	60	30	26	22	18	14	11	7	3
70	65	58	50	42	38	34	30	26	70	35	30	26	21	17	12	8	3
80	71	64	56	48	44	40	36	32	80	40	35	29	24	19	14	9	3
90	77	70	62	54	50	46	42	38	90	45	39	33	27	21	15	10	4
99	82	75	67	60	56	52	48	44	99	49	43	36	30	23	17	10	4

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	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
10	5	5	4	4	3	2	2	2
20	10	9	8	7	5	4	3	3
30	15	13	11	9	8	6	5	4
40	20	18	15	12	10	7	6	5
50	25	22	19	15	12	9	7	6
60	30	26	22	18	14	11	8	7
70	35	30	26	21	17	12	9	8
80	40	35	29	24	19	14	11	9
90	45	39	33	27	21	15	12	10
99	49	43	36	30	23	17	13	10

Equipment[]

In the NES and Pixel Remaster versions, Sages can also equip Books and Tomes.

Weapons[]

**Weapons**
Staves	Rods
Staff Fire Staff Ice Staff Light Staff Golem Staff Rune Staff Elder Staff Sage Staff	Mythril Rod Wizard Rod Fire Rod Ice Rod Light Rod Omnirod

Armor[]

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

Other appearances[]

Final Fantasy Dimensions II[]

The Sage job appears in in the form of the Onion Sage Signet.

The Onion Sage is a light-elemental summon. The summon's special attack is Infinity, which deals light-elemental damage and may inflict instant death to all enemies. In addition, it restores HP to the party and grants haste. Summoning Onion Sage costs 3 point from the Consumption Gauge.

Onion Sage allows the wielder to use the following abilities:

Tetra Magic I
Tetra Magic II
Tetra Magic III

Dissidia Final Fantasy (2008)[]

In Onion Knight's EX Mode, he utilizes the Sage job class for magical attacks. If his EX Burst is activated from a magical HP attack, the Onion Knight will use Holy and Meteor, or just Meteor if the player fails to select Holy. These spells are the most powerful of the Black and White Magic available in Final Fantasy III.

Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade[]

Onion Knight as a Sage appears referring to his EX Mode in Dissidia Final Fantasy.

Final Fantasy Trading Card Game[]

Sage appears in Final Fantasy Trading Card Game as Lightning-, Fire-, and Ice-elemental Backup cards.

Final Fantasy Portal App[]

Sage from 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 Sage focusing on increasing limit gauge build speed. On the level up screen, it uses the Sage artwork of the sprite from the 2D version of Final Fantasy III.

Gallery[]

Etymology[]

[view · edit · purge]A sage in classical philosophy is someone who has attained the wisdom which a philosopher seeks.