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FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time (FLi)

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This is Game8's Life Tier List for FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time. Read on to see our complete tier list including the best combat lives, and which Lives are best to prioritize!

Best Lives Tier List

Best Lives Overall

Tier Lives
S
Mercenary Icon Hunter Icon Paladin Icon Magician Icon
A Tier
Miner Icon Woodcutter Icon Carpenter Icon
B Tier
Blacksmith Icon Tailor Icon Cook Icon Alchemist Icon
C Tier
Angler Icon Farmer Icon Artist Icon
D Tier
Brand New Icon

Prioritize one of the Combat Lives at the beginning, and then look into which Crafting Life and Gathering Life is required to create its armor and weapon. this will help you start out without overwhelming you with options.

Best Life to Start With

Best Combat Lives Tier List

Rank Life Evaluation
S Mercenary Icon Mercenary High damage in exchange for defense. Makes use of the dodge mechanic to further boost its damage when the opponent attacks. Amazing AoE and Single Target Skills.
A Tier Hunter Icon Hunter Focuses on playing from afar while your party attracts the enemies' attention. Slow growths in Physical damage at the start which it makes up for by imbuing your shots with Status Conditions.
B Tier Paladin Icon Paladin All-rounder class that focuses on attacting enemies to you and tanking damage. Known for its safe but slow playstyle.
C Tier Magician Icon Magician Only Combat class that deals Magic damage. Great balance and utility with its Spells along with healing magic.
D Tier Brand New Icon Brand New This life serves no purpose other than being your starting life.

Out of all Combat Lives, the Mercenary has the best damage out of all of them. Despite this, the Magician, Paladin, and Hunter have their own strengths that make them stand out from each other, so choose the Combat Life that suits your taste.

List of All Combat Lives

Best Combat Life: Mercenary

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Mercenary stands out as the top Combat Life because of its consistently high damage output and versatile skills. It excels in both single-target and area attacks, and its ability to increase damage through dodging makes it effective against stronger enemies.

If you’re looking for a straightforward, high-damage class, Mercenary is the most reliable choice.

Mercenary Life

Best Crafting and Gathering Lives Tier List

Rank Life Evaluation
S
Miner Icon Woodcutter Icon Carpenter Icon
These are your main source of materials for creating equipment, items, and even furniture.
A Tier
Tailor Icon Blacksmith Icon
Your main source for getting high-level equipment like armor, weapons, and robes.
B Tier
Alchemist Icon Cook Icon
These focus on creating items for you to use for recovery or even dealing damage. Increases in value if you don't have healers in your party.
C Tier
Angler Icon Farmer Icon Artist Icon
These jobs are more focused on the creative and life simulator aspect of the game. These lives lean more on getting ingredients for cooking and making cosmetic items.

Out of all Crafting and Gathering Lives, choose the lives that will give the most benefit to the Combat Life you personally like. For Mercenary and Paladin, the Miner and Blacksmith Lives come to mind. Meanwhile for Hunter and Magician, it's the Tailor and Carpenter.
List of All Crafting Lives

Best Crafting Life: Carpenter

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Carpenter stands out as the best Crafting Life thanks to its ability to craft versatile equipment like bows, staffs, and furniture.

With materials gathered by Miner and Woodcutter, Carpenter can create useful gear for both combat and customization, offering consistent value throughout your adventure.

Carpenter Life

Best Gathering Lives: Miner and Woodcutter

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Miner and Woodcutter lead the Gathering Lives because they supply essential materials used across multiple Crafting Lives. Miner gathers ores needed for forging weapons and armor, while Woodcutter collects lumber for making bows, staffs, and furniture.

Together, they’re the backbone of material farming, making them highly valuable picks early and late in the game.

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Miner Life Woodcutter Life

Lives Tier List Criteria

Combat Utility

With how much you spend fighting in the game, investing in Jobs that make it easier will do you more good in the long run as you can just focus on what you specifically need at the end game.

Flexibility

Some Lives are clearly desgined to do a specific task. However, there are several Lives that can provide for a wider variety of uses. For Jobs that can easily be used on a wide range of situations, a higher tier was assessed.

List of All 14 Lives and Jobs

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FANTASY LIFE i - Tips and TricksTips and Tricks FANTASY LIFE i - QuestsQuests
FANTASY LIFE i - Strangelings Strangelings FANTASY LIFE i - BuddiesBuddies
FANTASY LIFE i - Map and All LocationsInteractive Map FANTASY LIFE i - ShrinesShrines
FANTASY LIFE i - Life ChallengesLife Challenges FANTASY LIFE i - Characters Characters
FANTASY LIFE i - WeaponsWeapons FANTASY LIFE i - Life ToolsLife Tools
FANTASY LIFE i - ArmorArmor FANTASY LIFE i - MaterialsMaterials
FANTASY LIFE i - Gathering SpotsGathering Spots FANTASY LIFE i - BossesBosses
FANTASY LIFE i - MonstersMonsters Fantasy Life i -  Furniture and DecorFurniture and Decor
FANTASY LIFE i - NewsNews and Updates FANTASY LIFE i - Message Boards Message Boards

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