Category:Dark Magic

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Overview

Dark Magic is a general category of darkness elemental black magic spells which focus on absorbing from an enemy enhance the caster, including Absorb Spells and Drain/Aspir Spells.

Additionally, there are several other Dark Magic spells with varying effects. As the masters of dark magic, Dark Knights have access to nearly all dark magic spells, with subsets of these spells available to Black Mage, Scholar, Geomancer, and Red Mage.

Dark Magic skill determines the accuracy, potency of some but not all, and spell interruption rate of Dark Magic spells. Dark Magic does nothing for the potency of Absorb spells, but does affect accuracy and duration.

Dark Magic Skill caps by job

Job Grade Level 49 Level 99
BLM A 150 417
DRK A 150 417
GEO B- 144 388
RDM E 124 300
SCH D/B+ 133/144* 334/404*

*B+ skill rating for SCH is with Dark Arts active.

Dark Magic spells

The elemental attribute of all Dark Magic spells is Darkness Dark-BLM-Icon.gif, with the exception of Stun which is Lightning Lightning-BLM-Icon.gif.

Spell BLM DRK GEO RDM SCH
Absorb-ACC 999 61 999 999 999
Absorb-AGI 999 37 999 999 999
Absorb-Attri 999 91 999 999 999
Absorb-CHR 999 33 999 999 999
Absorb-DEX 999 41 999 999 999
Absorb-INT 999 39 999 999 999
Absorb-MND 999 31 999 999 999
Absorb-STR 999 43 999 999 999
Absorb-TP 999 45 999 999 999
Absorb-VIT 999 35 999 999 999
Aspir 25 20 30 999 36
Aspir II 83 78 90 999 97
Bio 10 15 999 10 999
Bio II 35 40 999 36 999
Bio III 999 999 999 75 (Merit) 999
Drain 12 10 15 999 21
Drain II 999 62 999 999 999
Dread Spikes 999 71 999 999 999
Endark 999 85 999 999 999
Endark II 999 99 (JP) 999 999 999
Kaustra 999 999 999 999 5 Two-Hour ability
Stun 45 37 999 999 999
Tractor 25 32 999 999 999


Equipment Bonuses

  • Dark magic bonuses on equipment fall into one of three categories:
    • Dark magic skill bonuses: Directly adds to the player's dark magic skill (see table below)
    • Dark magic casting time reduction: Reduces casting time of all spells classified as dark magic by the percentage listed, stacks with other forms of casting time reduction such as Dark Arts and Fast Cast
    • Spell-specific bonuses: Many specific types of dark magic spells (Absorb spells, Drain/Aspir spells) are further enhanced by individual pieces of equipment such as Vicious Mufflers or Hirudinea Earring.


Item Level Slot Jobs Skill
Archmage's Gloves +1 99 Hands BLM 19
Archmage's Gloves 99 Hands BLM 17
Geomancy Tunic +1 99 Body GEO 17
Ignominy Burgeonet +1 99 Head DRK 17
Spaekona's Tonban 99 Legs BLM 17
Spaekona's Tonban +1 99 Legs BLM 17
Spurrina Slops 99 Legs BLM RDM SMN BLU SCH GEO 16
Avesta Bangles 88 Hands MNK WHM BLM RDM THF DRK BRD RNG SMN BLU COR PUP DNC SCH GEO RUN 15
Bale Flanchard +2 83 Legs DRK 15
Diabolos's Ring 65 Rings All jobs 15 (Darksday)
Geomancy Tunic 99 Body GEO 15
Goetia Sabots +2 81 Feet BLM 15
Ignominy Burgeonet 99 Head DRK 15
Pedagogy Pants +1 99 Legs SCH 15
Portent Pants 88 Legs WHM BLM RDM BRD SMN BLU PUP SCH GEO RUN 15
Scholar's Gown 58 Body SCH 15 (Dark Arts.png)
Scholar's Gown +1 74 Body SCH 15 (Dark Arts.png)
Sorcerer's Gloves +2 90 Hands BLM 15
Striga Crown 97 Head BLM DRK SCH GEO 15
Wizard's Tonban 56 Legs BLM 15
Wizard's Tonban +1 74 Legs BLM 15
Fallen's Finger Gauntlets +1 99 Hands DRK 14
Fallen's Flanchard +1 99 Legs DRK 14
Adhara Manteel 99 Body WHM BLM RDM SMN BLU 13
Auspex Slops 99 Legs BLM RDM SMN BLU SCH GEO 13
Fallen's Finger Gauntlets 99 Hands DRK 12
Fallen's Flanchard 99 Legs DRK 12
Pedagogy Pants 99 Legs SCH 12
Sorcerer's Gloves +1 75 Hands BLM 12
Blood Finger Gauntlets 73 Hands RDM PLD DRK RNG DRG BLU COR RUN 11
Abyss Flanchard +2 90 Legs DRK 10
Appetence Crown 88 Head MNK WHM BLM RDM THF DRK BRD RNG SMN BLU COR PUP DNC SCH GEO RUN 10
Bale Flanchard +1 83 Legs DRK 10
Crimson Finger Gauntlets 73 Hands RDM PLD DRK RNG DRG BLU COR RUN 10
Goetia Sabots +1 81 Feet BLM 10
Pavor Gauntlets 93 Hands DRK 10
Sorcerer's Gloves 72 Hands BLM 10
Void Scythe 99 Weapons DRK 10
Abyss Gauntlets +2 90 Legs DRK 9
Argute Pants +2 90 Legs SCH 9
Khthonios Helm 88 Head WAR BLM THF DRK BST RNG NIN DRG PUP DNC SCH 9
Bookworm's Cape 99 Back SCH 8
Armada Celata 73 Head WAR DRK BST 8 (max Augment-Icon.png)
Zenith Crown +1 73 Head WHM BLM RDM BRD SMN GEO 8 (max Augment-Icon.png)
Adaman Celata 73 Head WAR DRK BST 7 (max Augment-Icon.png)
Abyss Flanchard +1 75 Legs DRK 7
Abyss Gauntlets +1 75 Hands DRK 7
Aesir Torque 75 Neck All jobs 7 (Darksday: 10)
Argute Pants 73 Legs SCH 7
Argute Pants +1 75 Legs SCH 7
Dark Torque 65 Neck All jobs 7
Fea's Pigaches 99 Feet BLM RDM BLU SCH GEO 7
Woeborn 89 Weapons DRK 7
Zenith Crown 73 Head WHM BLM RDM BRD SMN GEO 7 (max Augment-Icon.png)
Demon's Axe 62 Weapons DRK WAR 6
Valkyrie's Clogs 75 Feet WHM BLM RDM BRD SMN GEO 6 (max Augment-Icon.png)
Valkyrie's Cuishes 75 Legs WAR PLD DRK 6 (max Augment-Icon.png)
Abyss Flanchard 73 Legs DRK 5
Abyss Gauntlets 72 Hands DRK 5
Abyssal Earring 72 Earrings All jobs 5
Blackjack 69 Weapons BLM BST DRK WAR 5
Casso Sash 93 Waist All jobs 5
Chaos Burgeonet 60 Head DRK 5
Chaos Burgeonet +1 74 Head DRK 5
Charging Shield 63 Shields DRK PLD 5
Demon's Harness 70 Body DRK 5
Demon's Harness +1 70 Body DRK 5
Genie Huaraches 73 Feet BLM 5
Merciful Cape 73 Back All jobs 5
Nashira Manteel 75 Body BLM BLU RDM SMN WHM 5
Shadow Clogs 75 Feet WHM BLM RDM BRD SMN GEO 5 (max Augment-Icon.png)
Shadow Cuishes 75 Legs WAR PLD DRK 5 (max Augment-Icon.png)
Inferno Sabots +1 41 Feet MNK WHM BLM RDM THF DRK BRD RNG SMN BLU COR PUP DNC SCH GEO RUN 5 (New Moon)
Killer Mantle 30 Back All jobs 5 (DRK sub)
Igqira Huaraches 73 Feet BLM 4
Augur's Gaiters 79 Feet WHM BLM RDM BRD SMN SCH GEO 3
Dark Earring 35 Earrings All jobs 3
Dusky Staff 40 Weapons BLM 3
Caecus Grip 83 Grip All jobs 3
Glamor Jupon 50 Body RDM SCH 3
Inferno Sabots 41 Feet MNK WHM BLM RDM THF DRK BRD RNG SMN BLU COR PUP DNC SCH GEO RUN 3 (New Moon)
Theta Sash 75 Waist MNK WHM BLM RDM PLD BRD RNG SMN BLU PUP SCH GEO RUN 3 (Salvage)
Crimson Belt 60 Waist All jobs 2 (Campaign: 20)

Subcategories

This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.