Scholar (Final Fantasy III)

Scholars can examine enemies and spot their weak points. They can also enhance the effects of items they use. They can dispel magic effects from enemies they've studied. Surprisingly enough, these bookworms can also use magic!

Description

The bearer of this certificate possesses encyclopedic knowledge of the world and is deemed worthy of the title of Master Scholar.

Mastery certificate description

The Scholar is a job class in Final Fantasy III gained from the Fire Crystal. Using their analytical prowess, scholars analyze an enemy's HP and any existing weakness and use the mystical know-how of ancient tomes to damage their opponents. Their extensive knowledge allows them to double the effects of items they use.

Final Fantasy III marks the first appearance of the Scholar class, as well as the first use of books as a weapon type. In the 3D Remake version, the researchers in Saronia and the Ancient Ruins resemble the Scholar from the NES version.

Abilities[]

Famicom version[]

Command ability - Scan

Scan checks the enemy's weaknesses.

Command ability - Peep

Peep checks the enemy's HP.

3D Remake version[]

Command ability - White and Black Magic Levels 1 - 3

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

Command ability - Study

Study can check both an enemy's HP and weaknesses, but it can also remove any beneficial status effects, similar to the effect of both Libra and Erase.

Support ability - Item Lore

All items used by the scholar have doubled potency, although this works only in battle, as items used in the menu screen are not used by a specific character.

Pixel Remaster version[]

Command ability - Study

Study checks the enemy's HP and weaknesses.

Command ability - Alchemy

Replacement for the scholar's Item command that increases the potency of items. All applicable items are highlighted in the selection menu. The effectiveness of the highlighted items is determined by the Scholar's job level.

Job Level	Alchemy Multiplier
1-29	2x
30-59	2.5x
60-99	3x

For example, a Hi-Potion when used by a Scholar at Job Level 99 will heal the target at 1500 HP instead of the usual 500 HP.

Stat growth[]

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	10	10	1	15	4	1	5	5	5	5	5	1	5	5	5	5	5
2	11	11	1	16	5	2						2	7	7	5	15	5
10	17	17	2	22	7	10	10	10	9	11	9	10	11	11	8	21	8
20	23	23	4	31	10	20	16	17	12	20	14	20	18	18	12	31	14
30	30	30	5	39	13	30	22	24	15	30	18	30	25	25	15	39	18
40	36	36	7	48	17	40	28	31	19	40	22	40	31	31	19	48	22
50	43	43	8	56	20	50	34	38	22	50	26	50	38	38	22	57	26
60	49	49	9	65	23	60	40	44	25	60	29	60	45	45	25	65	29
70	56	56	11	73	26	70	46	51	29	70	33	70	51	51	29	74	33
80	63	63	12	82	29	80	52	58	32	80	37	80	58	58	32	82	37
90	69	69	14	90	31	90	58	65	35	90	41	90	65	65	35	91	41
99	75	75	15	98	35	99	63	71	38	99	45	99	71	71	38	99	45

MP growth[]

Level	Lv.1	Lv.2	Lv.3	Lv.4	Lv.5	Lv.6	Lv.7	Lv.8
3D Remake version
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	15	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	20	7	3	0	0	0	0	0
50	25	10	5	0	0	0	0	0
60	29	13	7	0	0	0	0	0
70	34	17	9	0	0	0	0	0
80	39	20	12	0	0	0	0	0
90	44	23	14	0	0	0	0	0
99	48	26	15	0	0	0	0	0

Equipment[]

Weapons[]

**Weapons**
Books
Book of Fire Book of Ice Book of Light Tome of Fire Tome of Ice Tome of Light Cognitome Omnitome

Armor[]

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