Category:Dark Magic

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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.

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.)

Job Ratings

Job	Skill Ranking	Cap at Level 1	Cap at Level 37	Cap at Level 75
Black Mage	02) A-	6	114	269
Dark Knight	02) A-	6	114	269
Geomancer	02) C	5	110	225
Scholar*	07) D (B+)*	4(5)**	101(109)*	210(256)*
Red Mage	10) E	4	94	200

* 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
Diabolos's Ring (On Darksday)		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

By Equipment Slot

Weapons Level Name Jobs Bonus 40 Dusky Staff BLM +3 62 Demon's Axe WAR/DRK +6 69 Blackjack WAR/BLM/DRK/BST +5 Shields Level Name Jobs Bonus 63 Charging Shield PLD/DRK +5 Head Level Name Jobs Bonus 60 Chaos Burgeonet DRK +5 74 Chaos Burgeonet +1 DRK +5 Neck Level Name Jobs Bonus 65 Dark Torque All +7 75 Aesir Torque All +7 Darksday: +10 Body Level Name Jobs Bonus 50 Glamor Jupon RDM/SCH +3 58 Scholar's Gown SCH +15* 70 Demon's Harness DRK +5 70 Demon's Harness +1 DRK +5 74 Scholar's Gown +1 SCH +15* 75 Nashira Manteel WHM/BLM/RDM/SMN/BLU +5 *Under the effects of Dark Arts Hands Level Name Jobs Bonus 72 Abyss Gauntlets DRK +5 72 Sorcerer's Gloves BLM +10 73 Crimson Finger Gauntlets RDM/PLD/DRK/RNG/DRG/BLU/COR +10 73 Blood Finger Gauntlets RDM/PLD/DRK/RNG/DRG/BLU/COR +11 75 Abyss Gauntlets +1 DRK +7 75 Sorcerer's Gloves +1 BLM +12 Legs Level Name Jobs Bonus 56 Wizard's Tonban BLM +15 73 Abyss Flanchard DRK +5 73 Argute Pants SCH +7 74 Wizard's Tonban +1 BLM +15 75 Abyss Flanchard +1 DRK +7 75 Argute Pants +1 SCH +7 Feet Level Name Jobs Bonus 41 Inferno Sabots MNK/WHM/BLM/RDM/THF/DRK/BRD/RNG /SMN/BLU/COR/PUP/DNC/SCH/GEO/RUN New Moon: +3 41 Inferno Sabots +1 MNK/WHM/BLM/RDM/THF/DRK/BRD/RNG /SMN/BLU/COR/PUP/DNC/SCH/GEO/RUN New Moon: +5 73 Igqira Huaraches BLM +4 73 Genie Huaraches BLM +5 Ring Level Name Jobs Bonus 65 Diabolos's Ring All Darksday: +15 Back Level Name Jobs Bonus 30 Killer Mantle All /DRK: +5 73 Merciful Cape All +5 Waist Level Name Jobs Bonus 60 Crimson Belt All +2 Campaign:+20 75 Theta Sash MNK/WHM/BLM/RDM/PLD/BRD/RNG/SMN/BLU/PUP/SCH/GEO/RUN Salvage:+3 Earrings Level Name Jobs Bonus 35 Dark Earring All +3 72 Abyssal Earring All +5

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HP/MP Absorption	Aspir Drain
Enfeebling	Bio/II Stun
Transportation	Tractor

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