Black Mage

Job Overview

Through devastating magic spells, Black Mages (BLM) bring tremendous firepower to the battlefield. A Black Mage's job is simply to cast offensive spells and destroy enemies. Although they are known for their Elemental Magic, they also possess a few highly-valued utilitarian spells. In battle, Black Mages are often called upon to participate in skillchains by finishing each chain off with a magic burst, adding even more destructive power to a party's repertoire. Players starting the game as a Black Mage receive an Onion Staff and a Scroll of Stone. Table of Contents: Abilities • Traits • Merits • Spell List Combat Skills • Magic Skills • Job Specific Equipment • Black Mage Guides

Job Abilities Level  Name 01  Manafont 15  Elemental Seal 76  Mana Wall 87  Enmity Douse 95  Manawell Group 1 Merits Level  Name Merit  Elemental Seal Recast Merit  Fire Magic Potency Merit  Ice Magic Potency Merit  Wind Magic Potency Merit  Earth Magic Potency Merit  Lightning Magic Potency Merit  Water Magic Potency

Job Traits Level  Name 10  Magic Attack Bonus 15  Clear Mind 20  Conserve MP 30  Clear Mind II 30  Magic Attack Bonus II 45  Clear Mind III 45  Magic Burst Bonus 50  Magic Attack Bonus III 50  Elemental Celerity 58  Magic Burst Bonus II 60  Clear Mind IV 70  Magic Attack Bonus IV 71  Magic Burst Bonus III 75  Clear Mind V 81  Magic Burst Bonus IV 84  Magic Attack Bonus V 85  Occult Acumen 90  Elemental Celerity II 91  Magic Attack Bonus VI 97  Magic Burst Bonus V

Spell List

See Black Mage Spell List for where to find spells as well as other information.

Level  Spell 01  Stone 03  Poison 04  Blind 05  Water 07  Bind 09  Aero 10  Bio 10  Blaze Spikes 12  Drain 13  Fire 15  Stonega 16  Shock 17  Blizzard 17  Warp 18  Rasp 19  Waterga 20  Choke 20  Ice Spikes 20  Sleep 21  Thunder 22  Frost 23  Aeroga 24  Burn 24  Poisonga 25  Aspir 25  Tractor

Level  Spell 26  Stone II 27  Drown 28  Firaga 29  Escape 30  Shock Spikes 30  Water II 31  Sleepga 32  Blizzaga 34  Aero II 35  Bio II 36  Thundaga 38  Fire II 40  Stonega II 40  Warp II 41  Sleep II 42  Blizzard II 43  Poison II 44  Waterga II 45  Stun 46  Thunder II 48  Aeroga II 50  Freeze 51  Stone III 52  Tornado 53  Firaga II 54  Quake

Level  Spell 55  Retrace 55  Water III 56  Burst 56  Sleepga II 57  Blizzaga II 58  Flood 59  Aero III 60  Flare 61  Thundaga II 62  Fire III 63  Stonega III 64  Blizzard III 65  Waterga III 66  Thunder III 67  Aeroga III 68  Stone IV 69  Firaga III 70  Water IV 71  Blizzaga III 72  Aero IV 73  Fire IV 73  Thundaga III 74  Blizzard IV 75  Thunder IV 75 (Merit)  Burst II

Level  Spell 75 (Merit)  Flare II 75 (Merit)  Flood II 75 (Merit)  Freeze II 75 (Merit)  Quake II 75 (Merit)  Tornado II 77  Stone V 80  Water V 81  Stoneja 83  Aero V 83  Aspir II 84  Waterja 85  Break 86  Fire V 87  Aeroja 89  Blizzard V 90  Firaja 92  Thunder V 93  Blizzaja 94  Comet 95  Breakga 96  Thundaja 99  Meteor

Combat Skill Ratings  Skill Skill Ranking Cap at Level 1 Cap at Level 49 Cap at Level 99  Staff B- 5 144 388  Club C+ 5 139 378  Dagger D 4 133 334  Scythe E 4 124 300  Throwing D 4 133 334  Evasion E 4 124 300

Magic Skill Ratings  Skill Skill Ranking Cap at Level 1 Cap at Level 49 Cap at Level 99  Elemental Magic A+ 6 150 424  Dark Magic A- 6 150 417  Enfeebling Magic C+ 5 139 378  Enhancing Magic E 4 124 300

See Black Mage Skill Caps for a by-level breakdown of Weapon Skill limits.

Job Specific Equipment

To see a side by side comparison of Artifact/Relic sets visit Black Mage Artifact/Relic Sets Comparison.

To see a side by side comparison of Empyrean sets visit Goetia Sets Comparison.

Artifact Set Level Artifact 30  Wizard's Torque 41  Casting Wand 52  Wizard's Sabots 54  Wizard's Gloves 56  Wizard's Tonban 58  Wizard's Coat 60  Wizard's Petasos

Artifact Set +1 Level Artifact 74  Wizard's Sabots +1 74  Wizard's Gloves +1 74  Wizard's Tonban +1 74  Wizard's Coat +1 74  Wizard's Petasos +1

Relic Set Level Relic 70  Sorcerer's Belt 71  Sorcerer's Sabots 72  Sorcerer's Gloves 73  Sorcerer's Tonban 74  Sorcerer's Coat 75  Sorcerer's Petasos

Relic Set +1 Level Relic 75  Sorcerer's Sabots +1 75  Sorcerer's Gloves +1 75  Sorcerer's Tonban +1 75  Sorcerer's Coat +1 75  Sorcerer's Petasos +1 Relic Set +2 Level Relic 90  Sorcerer's Sabots +2 90  Sorcerer's Gloves +2 90  Sorcerer's Tonban +2 90  Sorcerer's Coat +2 90  Sorcerer's Petasos +2

Relic/Mythic/Empyrean Weapons Level Weapon 75  Claustrum (Relic)  Laevateinn (Mythic) 80  Claustrum (Relic)  Laevateinn (Mythic)  Hvergelmir (Empyrean) 85  Claustrum (Relic)  Laevateinn (Mythic)  Hvergelmir (Empyrean) 90  Claustrum (Relic)  Laevateinn (Mythic)  Hvergelmir (Empyrean) 95  Claustrum (Relic)  Laevateinn (Mythic)  Hvergelmir (Empyrean)

Empyrean Set (+1. +2) Level Empyrean 80  Goetia Chain 81  Goetia Sabots / +1 / +2 83  Goetia Chausses / +1 / +2 84  Goetia Mantle 85  Goetia Petasos / +1 / +2 87  Goetia Gloves / +1 / +2 89  Goetia Coat / +1 / +2 90  Goetia Earring

Skill Caps

Skill Rank /   Job Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
A+, A-	6	9	12	15	18	21	24	27	30	33	36	39	42	45	48	51	54	57	60	63
B+, B, B-	5	7	10	13	16	19	22	25	28	31	34	36	39	42	45	48	51	54	57	60
C+, C, C-	5	7	10	13	16	19	21	24	27	30	33	35	38	41	44	47	49	52	55	58
D	4	6	9	12	14	17	20	22	25	28	31	33	36	39	41	44	47	49	52	55
E	4	6	9	11	14	16	19	21	24	26	29	31	34	36	39	41	44	46	49	51
F	4	6	8	10	13	15	17	20	22	24	27	29	31	33	36	38	40	43	45	47

Skill Rank /   Job Level	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40
A+, A-	66	69	72	75	78	81	84	87	90	93	96	99	102	105	108	111	114	117	120	123
B+, B, B-	63	65	68	71	74	77	80	83	86	89	92	94	97	100	103	106	109	112	115	118
C+, C, C-	61	63	66	69	72	75	77	80	83	86	89	91	94	97	100	103	105	108	111	114
D	58	60	63	66	68	71	74	76	79	82	85	87	90	93	95	98	101	103	106	109
E	54	56	59	61	64	66	69	71	74	76	79	81	84	86	89	91	94	96	99	101
F	50	52	54	56	59	61	63	66	68	70	73	75	77	79	82	84	86	89	91	93

Skill Rank /   Job Level	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60
A+, A-	126	129	132	135	138	141	144	147	150	153	158	163	168	173	178	183	188	193	198	203
B+, B, B-	121	123	126	129	132	135	138	141	144	147	151	156	161	166	171	176	181	186	191	196
C+, C, C-	117	119	122	125	128	131	133	136	139	142	146	151	156	161	166	170	175	180	185	190
D	112	114	117	120	122	125	128	130	133	136	140	145	150	154	159	164	168	173	178	183
E	104	106	109	111	114	116	119	121	124	126	130	135	139	144	148	153	157	162	166	171
F	96	98	100	102	105	107	109	112	114	116	120	124	128	133	137	141	146	150	154	159

Skill Rank /   Job Level	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80
A+	207	212	217	222	227	232	236	241	246	251	256	261	266	271	276	281	286	291	296	301
A-	207	211	215	219	223	227	231	235	239	244	249	254	259	264	269	274	279	284	289	294
B+	199	203	207	210	214	218	221	225	229	233	237	241	246	251	256	261	266	271	276	281
B	199	202	205	208	212	215	218	221	225	228	232	236	240	245	250	255	260	265	270	275
B-	198	201	204	206	209	212	214	217	220	223	226	229	232	236	240	245	250	255	260	265
C+	192	195	197	200	202	205	207	210	212	215	218	221	224	227	230	235	240	245	250	255
C	192	194	196	199	201	203	205	208	210	212	214	217	219	222	225	230	235	240	245	250
C-	192	194	196	198	200	202	204	206	208	210	212	214	216	218	220	225	230	235	240	245
D	184	186	188	190	192	194	195	197	199	201	203	205	207	208	210	214	218	222	226	230
E	172	174	176	178	180	182	184	186	188	190	192	194	196	198	200	203	206	209	212	215
F	161	163	165	167	169	171	173	175	177	179	181	183	185	187	189	191	193	195	197	199

Skill Rank /   Job Level	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99
A+	307	313	319	325	331	337	343	349	355	361	368	375	382	389	396	403	410	417	424
A-	300	306	312	318	324	330	336	342	348	354	361	368	375	382	389	396	403	410	417
B+	287	293	299	305	311	317	323	329	335	341	348	355	362	369	376	383	390	397	404
B	281	287	293	299	305	311	317	323	329	335	342	349	356	363	370	377	384	391	398
B-	271	277	283	289	295	301	307	313	319	325	332	339	346	353	360	367	374	381	388
C+	261	267	273	279	285	291	297	303	309	315	322	329	336	343	350	357	364	371	378
C	256	262	268	274	280	286	292	298	304	310	317	324	331	338	345	352	359	366	373
C-	251	257	263	269	275	281	287	293	299	305	312	319	326	333	340	347	354	361	368
D	235	240	245	250	255	260	265	270	275	280	286	292	298	304	310	316	322	328	334
E	219	223	227	231	235	239	243	247	251	255	260	265	270	275	280	285	290	295	300
F	202	205	208	211	214	217	220	223	226	229	233	237	241	245	249	253	257	261	265

Skilling Up

Combat and magic skills are raised by using them on mobs of the appropriate level to your skill.

• With weapons, attacking or performing physical weapon skills
• With defensive combat skills, performing the defensive action, eg. blocking or parrying UPDATE: As of the July 2012 Update a player no longer needs to use defensive skills to gain skill ups. A player can still gain skill points in Evasion, Parrying, and Shield without actually evading, parrying, or blocking an attack.
• With offensive magic skills, casting it on the enemy
• With supportive/healing magic skills, casting it on yourself or other players (target level doesn't matter)
  • Healing magic can also be cast upon undead for skill ups, similar to offensive magic
• With summoning skill, summoning an avatar, or using Blood Pact: Rage and Blood Pact: Ward
• Some magic skills include both offensive and supportive/healing magics and thus can be skilled up in multiple ways

To work out the minimum level mobs required for skill ups, follow these steps:

• 1. Using the job skill ranks table, identify the rank of the skill for your job
• 2. Note your current skill level, and follow the appropriate rows in the skill caps tables for your rank, moving up in levels until you reach the level where the skill cap exceeds your current skill level
• 3. That level is the minimum level required of mobs for you to gain any skill ups with that particular job and particular skill

Example 1:
Lv 70 RDM skilling up dagger, dagger skill is currently at 150

• Using the job skill ranks table, RDM's dagger rank is "B"
• Since the rank is B, we'll look at the B+/B/B- rows for Lv 1-60, and the B row for Lv 61-80 in the skill caps tables
• Moving along the B+/B/B- rows, skill level 150 is first exceeded at Lv 51 (which has a skill cap of 151)
• So a Lv 51 mob would give the RDM skill ups on dagger, but only until 151 skill, mobs higher than Lv 51 are needed to continue skill ups
• In order to cap off dagger skill at Lv 70 (which would be 228 for the Lv 70 RDM), he'll need to fight Lv 70 mobs or higher

Example 2:
Lv 70 BLM skilling up dagger, dagger skill is currently at 150

• Using the job skill ranks table, BLM's dagger rank is "D"
• Moving along the D rows, skill level 150 is first exceeded at Lv 54 (which has a skill cap of 154)
• So at minimum, a Lv 54 mob is needed for the BLM to skill up dagger
  • Note the same Lv 54 mob would allow the Lv 70 RDM to skill up dagger until 166, since RDM's dagger rank is B
• In order to cap off dagger skill at Lv 70 (which would be 201 for the Lv 70 BLM), he'll also need to fight Lv 70 mobs or higher

Note that:

• By fighting Decent Challenge or higher mobs, you can always cap any combat/magic skill
• Similarly, in order to cap any skill, you must fight Decent Challenge or higher mobs eventually (after lower level mobs stop giving skill ups)
• The maximum skill obtainable on a certain level mob differs between jobs and between skills, as it is determined by the rank of the particular skill for the particular job, as per the job skill ranks table.
• Similarly, the level of mobs needed to attain a certain skill level also differs between jobs and between skills

Special Consideration:

• Several jobs are capable of equipping weapons (or shields) while also not having access to that combat skill.
• Jobs that do not innately possess a skill are considered to have a 0 in that skill, even if they have that skill leveled on another job.

Black Mage Guides

Black Mage/Equipment Guide (chart) Lv.1-90 Job Specific Equipment/Black Mage lv40-75 How-To Guide: Black Mage Black Mage: Guide to Playing the Job Black Mage Equipment Guide by Cefeida Current to 75 Black Mage Equipment Guide by Eclipstic (Updated to 90) Black Mage Equipment Sets Guide // unsure of how up to date this guide is Black Mage Equipment Set Guide by Mindi Lvl 75 Guide Black Mage Empyrean equipment guide by Kraftlos

Black Mage Spell List Calculating Magic Damage Black Mage Solo Guide By Alporhan (lvl 60-65) Black Mage Solo Guide Pulling the Strings Shattering Stars/Black Mage Black Mage: Elvaan Black Mage Guide by Theferret Monster Pets Black Mage Guide to Trial of Magians Staves by Ctownwoody