

Freelancer's Late Bloomer passive ability also causes all stats to rise by 1% for every other Job you master, making it an extremely powerful late-game option if you've taken the time to level a lot of Jobs. This unremarkable nature doesn't mean you should disregard Freelancer, though where the Job really shines is in its special abilities, all of which are very useful. They also have a B-rank with all weapons, which means they can equip pretty much anything without penalty - but without bonuses either. The Freelancer is, as the cliché goes, a jack of all trades and a master of none, with distinctly average HP, MP, Strength, Dexterity, Agility, Vitality, Mind and Intelligence stats. In order to level up each job, you'll need to earn a particular amount of JP: Once into battle, Brave three times with all your party members and unleash as much damage of the appropriate types as you can muster in one go, preferably knocking the whole enemy party down in a single turn and netting you the XP-boosting 1-Turn Victor bonus at the same time.

The best way to earn the Unscathed bonus is to pump up the encounter rate in an area that features enemies who are strong enough to yield reasonable XP and JP when you defeat them normally, but who have elemental or enemy type weaknesses you can easily exploit using abilities such as Black Magic or the Ranger's Hunting ability - you may wish to set one or the other of these as the secondary Job ability for other Jobs you're looking to improve quickly. Note that being inflicted with a status effect does count as taking damage and thus cancels an Unscathed bonus chain. In order to boost the number of JP you earn from battle, try and finish as many battles in succession as possible with the "Unscathed" bonus by taking no damage - 1-4 battles with no damage will give a small boost to JP 5-9 will declare you an "Unscathed Ace" and get you a bigger boost to JP 10 or more in a row will brand you an "Unscathed Hero" and give you a significant JP bonus. To progress in Job Level, you need to earn Job Points (JP), which are earned separately from XP.

Basic ProgressionĮach job has 14 Job Levels that are independent from your character levels. those that have the same effects as a Job's passive abilities. And don't neglect your Support Abilities - some of these are extremely powerful if used in the correct combinations.ĭon't forget to unequip support abilities that aren't useful to you - i.e. Bravely Default's battle system revolves around effective use of the available Jobs, and combining abilities from several Jobs.Įarly in the game, you'll be using Final Fantasy mainstays like White Mage, Black Mage and Knight, but later you'll have the opportunity to track down some more advanced jobs with specialized abilities.ĭon't forget that you can combine abilities from two Jobs by equipping one and attaching the Job Command from a second job in the Abilities menu.
