Dark Magic

Dark magic spells are insidious and self serving, leeching the target's strength and making it weak. Most spells under dark magic (with the exception of Bio, Tractor, Stun and Klimaform) take strength from the target and give it to the caster, whether it be in the form of stats (such as DEX), Hit Points, Magic Points, or Tactical Points.

There are a handful of types of Dark Magic spells:

• Bio: Status Effect that deals Damage Over Time and lowers an enemy's Attack.
• Drain: Steals an enemy's Hit Points and gives them to the caster.
• Aspir: Steals an enemy's Magic Points (if they have any) and gives them to the caster.
• Absorb Spells (e.g. Absorb-STR): Steals an enemy's stat (such as STR) and gives it to the caster temporarily.
• Tractor: Teleports a K.O.'d character to your current position. Casting range is the same as other magic.
• Stun: Temporarily prevents an enemy from acting.
• Dread Spikes: Damage spikes that absorbs health from attacking opponents.
• Klimaform: Increases the magic accuracy for spells of the same element as the current weather.
• Death: Deals darkness damage proportional to MP with a chance for instant K.O..

Dark Magic skill is the skill base from which Dark Magic derives. It is most synonymous and most importantly relational to the resistance rate of all attack spells therein. In short, Dark Magic is the largest factor which determines if a Dark Magic Spell lands unresisted or not. The skill also helps defend against spell interruptions for any spells in its category, and helps the player climb DoT tiers for Bio II and Bio III, increasing the amount of damage the enemy receives per 'tick' (roughly 3 sec.)

• A quick way to increase your dark magic skill is to practice against high level Worms. Silence the worms so they cannot fight back with magic, then repeatedly cast the low tier Bio spell on them from a distance. It is recommended use a Red Mage support job and keep Refresh up to reduce downtime.

Job Ratings[]

* Scholar's Dark Magic skill increases to B+ rating under Dark Arts if skill is capped at D.
** Scholar's Dark Magic skill can only increase to B+ rating at Level 1 by using Tabula Rasa.
See: Combat Skills for more Skill information.

Equipment that Enhances this Skill[]

By Amount Added[]

Name	Skill Increase
	+20	+15	+12	+11	+10	+7	+6	+5	+4	+3	+2
Crimson Belt (During Campaign)	Check
Bale Flanchard +2		Check
Diabolos's Ring (On Darksday)		Check
Goetia Sabots +2		Check
Scholar's Gown (with Dark Arts)		Check
Scholar's Gown +1 (with Dark Arts)		Check
Wizard's Tonban		Check
Wizard's Tonban +1		Check
Sorcerer's Gloves +1			Check
Blood Finger Gauntlets				Check
Aesir Torque (On Darksday)					Check
Bale Flanchard +1					Check
Crimson Finger Gauntlets					Check
Goetia Sabots +1					Check
Sorcerer's Gloves					Check
Abyss Flanchard +1						Check
Abyss Gauntlets +1						Check
Argute Pants						Check
Argute Pants +1						Check
Aesir Torque						Check
Dark Torque						Check
Demon's Axe							Check
Abyss Flanchard								Check
Abyss Gauntlets								Check
Abyssal Earring								Check
Blackjack								Check
Chaos Burgeonet								Check
Chaos Burgeonet +1								Check
Charging Shield								Check
Demon's Harness								Check
Demon's Harness +1								Check
Genie Huaraches								Check
Inferno Sabots +1 (During New Moon)								Check
Killer Mantle								Check
Merciful Cape								Check
Nashira Manteel								Check
Igqira Huaraches									Check
Dark Earring										Check
Dusky Staff										Check
Glamor Jupon										Check
Inferno Sabots (During New Moon)										Check
Theta Sash (During Salvage)										Check
Crimson Belt											Check

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