Bravely Default Arcanist Best Abilities and Unlock Condition
This is a guide to the Arcanist job in Bravely Default Flying Fairy HD Remaster. Learn the Arcanist's best abilities and unlock condition for Bravely Default on the Switch 2.
Arcanist Unlock Condition and Job Info
Overview and How to Unlock
 Arcanist |
How to Obtain |
|---|---|
| Defeat Victoria F. Stein at the Eternian Central Command in Chapter 4 | |
| Job Command | |
| Ritualism | |
| Specialty | |
| Absorb M. Damage Recover HP equal to 25% of the damage taken from a magic attack. This effect is not triggered by damage from poison, nor by damage that results in a K.O. |
|
Compatible Equipment
| Swords | Axes | Spears | Rods |
|---|---|---|---|
| E | E | E | S |
| Staves | Daggers | Bows | Katanas |
| C | E | E | E |
| Knuckles | Shields | Helms | Armor |
| E | E | E | A |
Note: S results in most damage increase; E results in least damage increase.
Parameters
| HP | MP | STR | VIT |
|---|---|---|---|
| C | S | E | E |
| INT | MND | DEX | AGI |
| S | A | C | B |
Arcanist Best Abilities
Recommended Abilities
| Ability (Learning Level) |
Reason for Recommendation |
|---|---|
| Twilight (Lv 5) |
Instantly kills all sleeping enemies and allies. |
| Exterminate (Lv 3) |
This ability deals high-multiplier dark damage to poisoned targets. |
| Sacrifice (Lv 7) |
A support ability that consumes your own HP to greatly increase your magic attack power. It works well with other Ritualism abilities, making it easier to aim for high damage. |
| Convergence (Lv 9) |
A support ability that turns group-cast magic into a single target and doubles the damage dealt. Combined with Interment, you can instantly increase your damage against a single boss. |
Ritualism is Effective Under Certain Conditions
The Ritualism command offers abilities that deliver immense power when their conditions are met. For instance, Exterminate deals heavy damage to poisoned targets, while Iniquity targets foes with 1 or more BP.
However, these abilities are often ineffective against targets that don't meet their specific conditions. Therefore, it's highly effective to combine them with the Black Magic command from a Black Mage. First, use area-of-effect spells like Poison or Sleep to inflict those statuses on enemies, then follow up with a Ritualism attack.
How to Play the Arcanist
Pair Ritualism with Black Magic
The Arcanist is a high magic power job boasting exceptional Mind stats and the highest Intelligence among all jobs. This allows them to function as a powerful magic attacker or even provide support with healing magic.
Arcanists truly excel as high-firepower magic users, leveraging their top-tier Intelligence and Mind to decimate enemies with a two-pronged approach of Black Magic and Ritualism.
Their ultimate strategy involves inflicting poison or sleep on all targets, then unleashing abilities like Exterminate or Twilight for massive burst damage. By equipping abilities that enhance Black Magic, Arcanists gain the flexibility to handle even foes resistant to Darkness.
While the Ritualism command offers immense power, it has the drawback of only damaging targets that meet specific conditions, and it carries the risk of harming allies. Therefore, careful judgment is required when using it.
To overcome this, combine the Arcanist's Ritualism command with the Black Mage's Black Magic job command and the Group-Cast All support ability. This makes it easier to inflict poison or sleep on all enemies, allowing you to unleash Exterminate or Twilight to clear them out.
Furthermore, utilizing abilities that strengthen Black Magic, such as status ailment enhancements and Black Magic boosters, provides options against opponents with Darkness resistance.
By skillfully alternating between Ritualism and Black Magic, Arcanists can wield potent area-of-effect attacks and high-damage single-target strikes.
Arcanist All Abilities
Learned Abilites by Level
| Lv | Ability | Type and Effect |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corpse | Type: Command Has a 75% chance to place one target in the doom state. |
| 2 | Black Magic Amp | Type: Support Raise the MP cost of black magic by 1.5 times, and raise its damage by 1.25 times. This can be set at the same time as Max Black Magic. |
| 3 | Exterminate | Type: Command Deal a tremendous amount of dark damage to all allies and enemies who are in the poison state. |
| 4 | Absorb M.Damage | Type: Support Recover HP equal to 25% of the damage taken from a magic attack. This effect is not triggered by damage from poison, nor by damage that results in a K.O. |
| 5 | Twilight | Type: Command Instantly slay all allies and enemies who are in the sleep state. Note that this will not work on certain enemies, such as bosses. |
| 6 | Save BM MP | Type: Support Lower the MP cost of black magic by 25%. |
| 7 | Sacrifice | Type: Command Sacrifice 25% of your maximum HP to raise your magic attack by 50% for three turns. The upper limit for M.Atk is 150%. |
| 8 | Zero | Type: Support Raise the damage of magic attacks to 1.5 times normal when the last digit of your current MP is 0. |
| 9 | Convergence | Type: Support Increase the damage of magic that can only be group-cast to 1.5 times normal by narrowing its focus to a single target. |
| 10 | Annihilation | Type: Command Unleash a dark-based magic attack on all allies and enemies with -1 BP or less. Note that the lower the target's BP, the more damage will be dealt. |
| 11 | Status Ailment Amp | Type: Support Raise the chances of imparting a status ailment. |
| 12 | Iniquity | Type: Command Unleash a dark-based magic attack on all allies and enemies with 1 BP or more. Note that the higher the target's BP, the more damage will be dealt. |
| 13 | Max Black Magic | Type: Support The MP cost of black magic doubles, but it also does 1.5 times more damage. This can be set at the same time as Black Magic Amp. |
| 14 | Interment | Type: Command Dark damage to all enemies. |
Bravely Default Related Guides
All Jobs
| List of All Jobs | ||
|---|---|---|
 Freelancer |
 Monk |
 White Mage |
 Black Mage |
 Knight |
 Thief |
 Merchant |
 Spell Fencer |
 Time Mage |
 Ranger |
 Summoner |
 Valkyrie |
 Red Mage |
 Salve-Maker |
 Performer |
 Pirate |
 Ninja |
 Swordmaster |
| Arcanist |
 Spiritmaster |
 Templar |
 Dark Knight |
 Vampire |
 Conjurer |
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