Black Mage
- Combat Skills
- Magic Skills
- Active Abilities
- Passive Abilities
- Spells
As with previous Final Fantasies, the Black Mage specialises in using offensive magic to harm opponents. The Black Mage is capable of inflicting servere damage from long range, keeping it out of the way of close range attacks.
Available Combat Skills
| These are Combat Skills which are obtainable by the Bard |
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| Dagger Club Evasion | Staff Throwing |
Available Magic Skills
| These are Magic Skills which are obtainable by the Bard |
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| Enhancing | Healing |
| Dark | Elemental |
| Enfeebling | |
Active Abilitites
Unlike Passive abilities these abilities must be cast in order to have any effect.
They also have a duration in which they will work and a recharge time, which you have to wait before you can use it again
| Clear Mind |
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| Level | Duration | Recharge |
| 1 | 30 secs | 2 Hours |
| Effect |
| Gain unlimited Mana for a short while |
| Elemental Seal |
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| Level | Duration | Recharge |
| 15 | -- | 10 minutes |
| Effect |
| Increased accuracy of the next spell casted. |
Passive Abilitites
Once learnt, these abilities become automatic meaning what ever you do (whilst still having this Job) the bonuses of learning these abilities will stay with you.
| Magic Attack Up I |
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| Level |
| 10 |
| Effect |
| Increases the power of offensive magic. |
| Clear Mind |
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| Level |
| 15 |
| Effect |
| Increases mana regeneration rate. |
| Conserve MP |
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| Level |
| 20 |
| Effect |
| Decreases the amount of mana used by spells. |
| Magic Attack Up II |
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| Level |
| 30 |
| Effect |
| Increases the power of offensive magic. |
| Clear Mind II |
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| Level |
| 10 |
| Effect |
| Increases mana regeneration rate. |
| Clear Mind III |
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| Level |
| 45 |
| Effect |
| Increases mana regeneration rate. |
| Magic Attack Up III |
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| Level |
| 50 |
| Effect |
| Increases the power of offensive magic. |
| Clear Mind IV |
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| Level |
| 60 |
| Effect |
| Increases mana regeneration rate |
Spells
Like most previous FF's, magic will consume MP, and also like previous FF's, most magic has an element assigned to it.
However, magic in FFXI also have a 'Skill' which is the type of action it will perform, whether it be Elemental, Healing or Enhancing.
| Stone |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 1 | 9 | Earth | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Deals Earth Damage to an enemy |
| Poison |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 3 | 5 | Darkness | Enfeebling |
| Effect |
| Gradually lowers an enemy's HP by posioning them |
| Blind |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 4 | 5 | -- | Enfeebling |
| Effect |
| Lowers an enemies accuracy by blinding them |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 5 | 13 | Water | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Deals water damage to an enemy |
| Bind |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 7 | 8 | Ice | Enfeebling |
| Effect |
| Immobilizes an enemy by binding it |
| Aero |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 9 | 18 | Wind | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Deals wind damage to an enemy |
| Bio |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 10 | 22 | Darkness | Dark |
| Effect |
| Deals dark damage while lowering the enemies attack, and gradually reducing its HP. |
| Blaze Spikes |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 10 | 8 | -- | Fire |
| Effect |
| Shields you with fire. If an enemy attacks you, they will recieve fire damage |
| Drain |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 12 | 21 | Darkness | Dark |
| Effect |
| Absorbs an enemies HP. Does not work against undead enemies |
| Fire |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 13 | 24 | Fire | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Deals fire damage to an enemy |
| Stonega |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 15 | 37 | Earth | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Deals earth damage to an enemy |
| Shock |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 16 | 25 | Lightning | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Deals Lightning damage and slowly reduces an enemy's HP |
| Blizzard |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 17 | 30 | Ice | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Deals Ice damage to an enemy |
| Warp |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 17 | 100 | Darkness | Enhancing |
| Effect |
| Transports you back to your home point |
| Rasp |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 18 | 25 | Earth | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Deals earth damage, lowers enemies dexterity and slowly reduces their HP |
| Waterga |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 19 | 47 | Water | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Deals water damage to an enemy |
| Choke |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 20 | 25 | Wind | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Deals wind damage, lowers an enemy's vitality & slowly reduces HP |
| Ice Spikes |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 20 | 16 | Ice | Enhancing |
| Effect |
| Shields you with ice. If an enemy attacks you, they will recieve ice damage |
| Sleep |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 20 | 19 | Darkness | Enfeebling |
| Effect |
| Puts an enemy to sleep. |
| Thunder |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 20 | 16 | Lightning | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Deals lightning damage to enemy. |
| Frost |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 22 | 37 | Ice | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Deals ice damage, lowers enemy's agility & slowly reduces HP |
| Aeroga |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 23 | 57 | Wind | Elemental |
| Effect |
|
| Burn |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 24 | 25 | Fire | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Deals fire damage, lowers enemy's intelligence & slowly reduces HP |
| Poisonga |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 24 | 44 | Water | Enfeebling |
| Effect |
| Poisons all enemies within an area, gradually lowers HP |
| Aspir |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 25 | 10 | Darkness | Dark |
| Effect |
| Absorbs an enemy's HP. Ineffective against undead monsters |
| Tractor |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 25 | 26 | Darkness | Dark |
| Effect |
| Teleports a KO'd person to your destined location. |
| Stone II |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 26 | 43 | Earth | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Deals earth damage to an enemy. |
| Drown |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 27 | 71 | Water | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Deals water damage, lowers enemy's strength & slowly
reduces HP |
| Firaga |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 28 | 71 | Fire | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Deals fire damage to enemies within a certain area |
| Escape |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 29 | 125 | Darkness | Enhancing |
| Effect |
| Transports party within a certain area out of a dungeon |
| Shock Spikes |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 30 | 24 | Lightning | Enhancing |
| Effect |
| Shields you with lightning. If an enemy attacks you, they will recieve lightning damage |
| Water II |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 30 | 38 | Water | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Deals water damage to an enemy. |
| Sleepga |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 31 | 38 | Darkness | Enfeebling |
| Effect |
| Puts all enemies to sleep withing a certain area |
| Blizzaga |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 32 | 82 | Ice | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Deals ice damage to all enemies within a certain area |
| Aero II |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 34 | 59 | Wind | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Deals wind damage to an enemy |
| Bio II |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 35 | 66 | Darkness | Effect |
| Effect |
| Deals dark damage, lowers its attacks, and slowly reduces its HP |
| Thundaga |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 36 | 95 | Lightning | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Deals lightning damage to enemies within a certain area |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 38 | 68 | Fire | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Deals fire damage to an enemy. |
| Stonega II |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 40 | 109 | Earth | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Deals earth damage to all enemies within a certain area. |
| Warp II |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 40 | 150 | Darkness | Enhancing |
| Effect |
| Transports target party member to their home point. |
| Sleep II |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 41 | 29 | Darkness | Enfeebling |
| Effect |
| Puts an enemy to sleep. |
| Blizzard II |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 42 | 77 | Ice | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Ice Attack |
| Poison II |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 43 | 38 | Water | Enfeebling |
| Effect |
| Causes major poison damage over time |
| Waterga II |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 44 | 123 | Water | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Area of Effect Water Attack |
| Stun |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 45 | 25 | Thunder | Enfeebling |
| Effect |
| Temporarily prevents an enemy from acting |
| Thunder II |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 46 | 86 | Thunder | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Thunder Attack |
| Aeroga II |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 48 | 138 | Wind | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Area of Effect Wind Attack |
| Freeze |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 50 | 307 | Ice | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Concentrated Ice Attack, exposes enemy to Fire Damage |
| Stone III |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 51 | 92 | Earth | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Major Earth Attack |
| Tornado |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 52 | 322 | Wind | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Deals wind damage to an enemy and lowers its resistance against ice. |
| Firaga II |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 53 | 158 | Fire | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Major Area of Effect Fire Attack |
| Quake |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 54 | 337 | Earth | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Concentrated Earth Attack and lowers target's resistance to Wind. |
| Water III |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 55 | 98 | Water | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Major Water Attack |
| Retrace |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 55 | 150 | Darkness | Enhancing |
| Effect |
| Transports qualified target party member to their nation of allegiance in the past. |
| Sleepga II |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 56 | 58 | Darkness | Enfeebling |
| Effect |
| Puts to sleep all enemies within area of effect. |
| Burst |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 56 | 352 | Thunder | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Deals lightning damage to an enemy and lowers its resistance against earth. |
| Blizzaga II |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 57 | 175 | Water | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Major Area of Effect Ice Attack |
| Flood |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 58 | 368 | Water | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Concentrated Water Attack that lowers target's resistance to Lightning. |
| Aero III |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 59 | 106 | Wind | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Major Wind Attack |
| Flare |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 60 | 383 | Fire | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Concentrated Fire Attack that lowers the target's resistance to Water. |
| Thundaga II |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 61 | 193 | Lightning | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Deals lightning damage to all enemies within a certain area |
| Fire III |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 62 | 113 | Fire | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Deals fire damage to an enemy |
| Stonega III |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 63 | 211 | Earth | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Deals earth damage to all enemies within a certain area |
| Blizzard III |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 64 | 120 | Ice | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Deals ice damage to an enemy |
| Poisonga II |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 64 | 112 | Water | Enfeebling |
| Effect |
| Poisons all enemies within area of effect, & gradually reduces HP. |
| Waterga III |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 65 | 231 | Water | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Deals water damage to all enemies within a certain area |
| Thunder III |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 66 | 128 | Lightning | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Deals lightning damage to an enemy |
| Aeroga III |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 67 | 252 | Wind | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Deals wind damage to all enemies within a certain area |
| Stone IV |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 68 | 138 | Earth | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Deals earth damage to an enemy. |
| Firaga III |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 69 | 277 | Fire | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Deals fire damage to all enemies within a certain area |
| Water IV |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 70 | 144 | Water | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Deals water damage to an enemy |
| Blizzaga III |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 71 | 299 | Ice | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Deals ice damage to all enemies within a certain area |
| Aero IV |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 72 | 150 | Wind | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Deals wind damage to an enemy |
| Fire IV |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 73 | 157 | Lightning | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Deals fire damage to an enemy |
| Thundaga III |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 73 | 322 | Lightning | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Deals lightning damage to all enemies within a certain area |
| Blizzard IV |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 74 | 164 | Ice | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Deals ice damage to an enemy |
| Thunder IV |
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| Level | MP |
Element | Skill |
| 75 | 171 | Lightning | Elemental |
| Effect |
| Deals lightning damage to an enemy |
