Bravely Default features 5 magical abilities; each having its distinctive effects.
These magic abilities can be bought from various locations scattered throughout the world and are a sure as shooting way of giving you an advantage in a battle.
For more help on Bravely Default, read our Death Blow Abilities and Jobs Guide.
Bravely Default Magic Abilities
In this guide, I will be covering every magic ability that you can find along with their location and effects.
White Magic
Blina
Level 1
MP Cost: 4
Price: 200 pq
Location: Kingdom Caldisla Magic Shop
This will allow you to heal blindness.
Poisona
Level 1
MP Cost: 4
Price: 200 pq
Location: Kingdom Caldisla Magic Shop
This will allow you to heal poison conditions.
Cure
Level 1
MP Cost: 4
Price: 200 pq
Location: Kingdom Caldisla Magic Shop
This will allow you to regain a small portion of your character’s HP.
Aero
Level: 2
MP Cost: 5
Price: 400 pq
Location: Lakrika City
With this ability, you would be able to deal a small amount of damage by wind-elemental attacks.
Shell
Level 2
MP Cost: 5
Price: 400 pq
Location: Lakrika City
This will allow you to have increased magic defense.
Protect
Level 2
MP Cost: 5
Price: 400 pq
Location: Lakrika City
This will allow you to have increased physical defense.
Esuna
Level 3
MP Cost: 8
Price: 800 pq
Location: Flowell
This will allow you to heal all STATUS condition on one target.
Raise
Level 3
MP Cost: 8
Price: 800 pq
Location: Flowell
As the name suggests, with this, you would be able to revive a knocked out ally.
Cura
Level 3
MP Cost: 9
Price: 800 pq
Location: Flowell
This will let you a regain a medium amount of your target’s HP.
Aerora
Level 4
MP Cost: 15
Price: 1600 pq
Location: Hartsurt City
Do a medium amount of damage with wind-elemental attacks.
Dispel
Level 4
MP Cost: 8
Price: 1600 pq
Location: Hartsurt City
This will make you remove all negative and positive STATUS conditions.
Reflect
Level 4
MP Cost: 16
Price: 1600 pq
Location: Hartsurt City
This will allow you to create a wall that will reflect magic attacks.
Aeroga
Level 5
MP Cost: 45
Price: 3200 pq
Location: Eternia City
Do a considerable amount of damage with wind-elemental attacks.
Curada
Level 5
MP Cost: 27
Price: 3200 pq
Location: Eternia City
This will let you regain a larger chunk of target’s HP.
Esunanga
Level 5
MP Cost: 27
Price: 3200 pq
Location: Eternia City
This will let you heal all STATUS conditions on all targets.
Araise
Level 6
MP Cost: 80
Price: 6400 pq
Location: Grand Ship
Heal a knocked out ally with full HP at its disposal.
Holy
Level 6
MP Cost: 80
Price: 6400 pq
Location: Grand Ship
This will let you deal with holy damage.
Curaga
Level 6
MP Cost: 60
Price: 6400 pq
Location: Grand Ship
This will let you increase the HP of your target by a large amount.
Summon
Girtablulu
Level 1
MP Cost: 40
Location: Mefirea
This will allow you to deal earth-elemental damage to all targets.
Hraesvelgr
Level: 2
MP Cost:40
Location: While in the Wind’s Temple, survive the Wind Sage’s attacks.
This will allow you to deal wind-elemental damage to all targets.
Ziusudra’s Sin
Level: 3
MP Cost: 40
Location: Survive water sage’s attacks.
This will allow you to deal water-elemental damage to all targets.
Prometheus’s Flame
Level: 4
MP Cost: 40
Location: Survive fire sage’s attacks.
This will let you deal fire-elemental damage to all targets.
Deus Ex
Level: 5
MP Cost: 40
Location: Survive thunder sage’s attacks.
This will let you deal lightening-elemental damage to all targets.
Susanoo
Level: 6
MP Cost: 60
Location: The crescent shaped island located in the northeast part of the map. You will have to survive a sage’s attacks in order to obtain it.
This will let you deal non-elemental damage to all your targets.
Time Mage
Quake
Level: 1
MP Cost: 5
Price: 200
Location: Lakrika City
This will allow you to deal a small amount of damage by earth-elemental attacks.
Regen
Level: 1
MP Cost: 5
Price: 200
Location: Larkrika City
Your targets will slowly regenerate HP.
Slow
Level: 1
MP Cost: 4
Price: 200
Location: Lakrika City
Decrease the agility of a target for 4 turns.
Quakera
Level: 2
MP Cost: 15
Price: 400
Location: Flowell
This deals medium damage by earth-elemental attacks.
Teleport
Level: 2
MP Cost: 200
Price: 400
Location: Flowell
Dungeon Evasion
Haste
Level: 2
MP Cost: 8
Price: 400
Location: Flowell
Increased agility for four consecutive turns.
Gravity
Level: 3
MP Cost: 12
Price: 800
Location: Hartsurt
Decrease the targeted enemies’ HP by 50%.
Veil
Level: 3
MP Cost: 8
Price: 800
Location: Hartsurt
Have increased evasion for 4 consecutive turns.
Slowga
Level: 3
MP Cost: 16
Price: 800
Location: Hartsurt
This will decrease the agility of all selected targets for 4 consecutive turns.
Comet
Level: 4
MP Cost: 25
Price: 1600
Location: Stark Fort
This will deal random amount of damage to your enemies by non-elemental attacks.
Veilga
Level: 4
MP Cost: 20
Price: 1600
Location: Stark Fort
Have increased evasion on all selected targets for 4 consecutive turns.
Hastega
Level: 4
MP Cost: 20
Price: 1600
Location: Stark Fort
Have increased agility on all selected targets for 4 consecutive turns.
Quakega
Level: 5
MP Cost: 45
Price: 3200
Location: Eternia
You will be able to deal heavy damage from earth-elemental attacks on all selected targets.
Stop
Level: 5
MP Cost: 10
Price: 3200
Location: Eternia
Have the stop STATUS effect on a single target.
Quick
Level: 5
MP Cost: 20
Price: 3200
Location: Eternia
Quickly evade physical attacks for 4 consecutive turns.
Meteo
Level: 6
MP Cost: 99
Price: 6400
Location: Grand Ship
This will let you deal random amount of damage for 4 consecutive hits.
Reraise
Level: 6
MP Cost: 80
Price: 6400
Location: Grand Ship
This can be spelled on a teammate and he will automatically be revived when knocked out of a battle.
Gravitiga
Level: 6
MP Cost: 25
Price: 6400
Location: Grand Ship
This will let you decrease the enemies’ HP by 3/4th of their total.
Black Magic
Thunder
Level: 1
MP Cost: 5
Price: 200
Location: Kingdom Caldisla Magic Shop
This will deal small amount of electrical damage on all selected targets.
Blizzard
Level: 1
MP Cost: 5
Price: 200
Location: Kingdom Caldisla Magic Shop
This will deal small amount of ice-elemental damage on all selected targets.
Fire
Level: 1
MP Cost: 5
Price: 200
Location: Kingdom Caldisla Magic Shop
This will deal small fire-elemental damage on all selected targets.
Poison
Level: 2
MP Cost: 4
Price: 400
Location: Lakrika City
This will let you use poison to hurt enemies.
Silence
Level: 2
MP Cost: 5
Price: 400
Location: Lakrika City
This will let you damage the targets by using silence.
Sleep
Level: 2
MP Cost: 5
Price: 400
Location: Lakrika City
This will make your targets sleep.
Thundara
Level: 3
MP Cost: 15
Price: 800
Location: Flowell
This will deal medium electrical damage on your all selected targets.
Blizzara
Level: 3
MP Cost: 15
Price: 800
Location: Flowell
This will deal medium ice-elemental damage on your all selected targets.
Fira
Level: 3
MP Cost: 15
Price: 800
Location: Flowell
This will deal medium fire-elemental damage on all of your targeted enemies.
Fear
Level: 4
MP Cost: 5
Price: 1600
Location: Stark Fort
This will cause the enemies to fear.
Osmose
Level: 4
MP Cost: 1
Price: 1600
Location: Stark Fort
This will let you steal your targeted enemy’s MP.
Drain
Level: 4
MP Cost: 1
Price: 1600
Location: Stark Fort
This will let you drain the targeted enemy of its HP.
Thundaga
Level: 5
MP Cost: 45
Price: 3200
Location: Eternia City
Using this, you will be able to deal high amount of damage on selected targets by electrical-elemental attacks.
Blizzaga
Level: 5
MP Cost: 45
Price: 3200
Location: Eternia City
Large amount of ice-elemental damage will be done to your selected targets.
Firanga
Level: 5
MP Cost: 45
Price: 3200
Location: Eternia City
Insane fire-elemental damage will be dealt to selected targets.
Death
Level: 6
MP Cost: 15
Price: 6400
Location: Grand Ship
This will kill a single target instantly.
Kill
Level: 6
MP Cost: 16
Price: 6400
Location: Grand Ship
This will let you kill the weaker enemies instantly. This can kill multiple enemies unlike ‘Death’.
Dark
Level: 6
MP Cost: 45
Price: 6400
Location: Grand Ship
Darkness will deal considerable amount of damage to targeted enemies.
Genome Abilities
Blaster
MP Cost: 20
Location: Dusk Ruins
This will make all the selected targets subject to paralysis.
Hell Fire
MP Cost: 30
Location: Cerberus (Vampire Castle)
Have fire-elemental damage on all selected targets with this ability.
Cold Air
MP Cost: 30
Location: Ultros
This ability will let you deal ice-elemental damage to all targets.
Aqua Regia
MP Cost: 24
Location: Rusalka
Attack a single targeted enemy and have decreased physical attack and defense.
Blizzard
MP Cost: 24
Location: Ice Golem
This is pretty much like Cold Air in its effect as it will allow you to deal ice-elemental damage to your enemies.
Tornado
MP Cost: 16
Location: Flowell
Have wind-elemental attacks to damage your enemies.
Melt Storm
MP Cost: 24
Location: Flame Moth
This ability will let you deal fire damage to the targeted enemies and decrease physical defense.
Energy Burst
BP Cost: 1
Location: Chaugnar and Lester
The power of physical attacks on all enemies is increased greatly.
Bone Crush
BP Cost: 2
Location: Lester
The enemies with already a small amount of HP will take higher damage with this ability.
White Wind
MP Cost: 40
Location: Aero Lantern
Use this ability and you will get maximum HP to all of your teammates.
Sand Storm
MP Cost: 20
Location: Sand Worm
You will attack all the enemies with a physical attacks along with increased chances of causing Blindness.
Earthquake
MP Cost: 30
Location: Soul Eater
As the name itself suggests, this will cause damage to the enemies with earth-elemental attacks.
Scale Powder
MP Cost: 6
Location: Great Moth
You chances of delivering a Confusion effect are highly increased while attacking a single enemy.
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