Part 123: Let's Learn Jobs: Freelancer

Let's Learn Jobs: Freelancer



Freelancer is the default job. Though able to do okay decent physical damage, it has few battle abilities and for most of the game can't match up to other, more focused jobs. Its real strength lies in its Specialty and level 14 ability, making it a great endgame job for those willing to grind all jobs to max.

Compared to Final Fantasy games, Bravely Default's Freelancer is a blend of whatever the default is, Onion Knight, and Mime.




The two icons associated with Freelancer. The Miscellany icon is also used in Final Fantasy 14 to denote newbie status.



Masters of none. Cs in all stats set Freelancers back.



Blue are support abilities, red are skill abilities.

Level 1 - Examine: Display enemy information, including HP, elemental weakness, and family.
Level 2 - Treat: Restore HP of one ally by 20% Unaffected by silence.
Level 3 - Divining Rod: Displays number of unopened chests in dungeon. (Cost: 1)
Level 4 - Dungeon Master: Avoid negative effects from traps. Applies to all allies. (Cost: 1)
Level 5 - Mislead: Lower chance of being targeted by enemy.
Level 6 - Prayer: Make chance-based abilities 1.5 times more likely to succeed for ten turns. (8 MP)
Level 7 - MP 10% Up. (Cost: 1)
Level 8 - Endure: Raise physical and magic defense by 25% for four turns, up to 150%.
Level 9 - Poison Immunity. (Cost: 1)
Level 10 - JP Up: Increase JP earned by 1.2. (Cost: 1)
Level 11 - Flee: Running from regular battles always succeeds.
Level 12 - Lure Enemy: Double encounter rate. (Cost: 1)
Level 13 - Stand Ground: 75% chance to survive K.O. with 1 HP. Will not occur if HP is already 1. (Cost: 3)
Level 14 - Mimic: Perform same action as previous one (from you or ally), with no HP/MP/BP/item/PG cost.

Though they have some neat skills -- Divining Rod is useful if playing without a guide, and JP Up is a must for later game grinding -- Freelancers have relatively little to offer in combat. There is little reason to use freelancer aside from mimic, but mimic alone can make it worthwhile. The lack of a cost for the mimicked ability lets characters pull off otherwise impossible series of actions.



Even with all jobs maxed, individual stats will still be higher on other jobs, but Freelancers can benefit from having high stats across the board.

Freelancer uses everyone's default outfits.