Here’s a complete list of every ability for the Time Mage in Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles – JP costs, unlock requirements, and what each one does.
In Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles (FFT), your character picks one job (class) and then evolves into different jobs as you level up. The more advanced the job, the better stats, abilities, and power you gain. In FFT, you earn Job Points (JP), which act as experience. Every action you take earns you JP for your current act job.
At the start of the game, you can either pick Squire or Chemist, with the main character defaulting to Squire. For the Time Mage, you will want to switch to Chemist in the menu ASAP. After leveling Chemist and Black Mage, you can unlock the Time Mage. This class is critical for buffs and utility with one of the best movement abilities in the game, Teleport.
In this guide, we show you all for the Time Mage Job and explain all the abilities so you can pick the right ones!
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Overview of the Time Mage Job
The Time Mage manipulates the battlefield with movement, buffs, and debuffs. Unlocked by reaching Job Level 2 with Chemist, then Level 3 with Black Mage, Time Mages use spells like Haste, Slow, and Stop to control turn economy, while also gaining access to one of the best movement abilities in the game: Teleport.
Why Use a Time Mage:
- Boost your team’s turn order with Haste and cripple enemies with Slow.
- Offers powerful support magic with decent casting speed.
- Teleport lets you move almost anywhere, perfect for positioning squishy casters or flankers.
- Required for unlocking Summoner and Calculator.
Pro Tips:
- Use with high-Faith characters to increase success rates of spells like Don’t Move or Stop.
- Haste your fastest or most important characters first, damage dealers, healers, or thieves.
- Slow and Stop are amazing crowd control tools, especially against enemy mages.
- Teleport is one of the best utility movement skills in the entire game, equip it on almost any job.
Time Mage Ability List
Below are the abilities for the Time Mage Job in Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, including Action, Reaction, Support, and Movement:
| Name | JP Cost | Type | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haste | 100 | Action | Increases an ally’s Speed, letting them act more frequently. |
| Hasteja | 300 | Action | Stronger version of Haste, AoE effect with longer charge time. |
| Slow | 100 | Action | Reduces enemy Speed, delaying their turns. |
| Slowja | 300 | Action | Stronger version of Slow, AoE effect that persists longer. |
| Stop | 250 | Action | Prevents target from acting or moving for several turns. |
| Immobilize (Don’t Move) | 200 | Action | Inflicts Don’t Move status — target cannot move but can still act. |
| Stop | 400 | Action | Completely freezes an enemy in place for several turns. |
| Float | 100 | Action | Grants levitation, immunity to Earth-elemental attacks, and allows walking over water. |
| Reflect | 250 | Action | Reflects magic spells back at their caster. |
| Quick | 400 | Action | Immediately grants the target an extra turn. |
| Demi (Gravity) | 200 | Action | Reduces target’s current HP by 25%. |
| Demi 2 (Graviga) | 400 | Action | Reduces target’s current HP by 50% in an AoE. |
| Meteor | 600 | Action | Summons a meteor that deals massive non-elemental AoE damage. |
| Critical: Quick | 300 | Reaction | Grants an instant turn when entering critical HP status. |
| Mana Shield (MP Switch) | 400 | Reaction | Converts incoming HP damage into MP loss instead. |
| Swiftness (Short Charge) | 500 | Support | Halves the charge time of all magic spells. |
| Teleport | 600 | Movement | Allows movement beyond normal range; may fail if exceeding Move stat. |
| Levitate | 300 | Movement | Grants permanent Float effect while equipped. |
Tips for Unlocking and Using Time Mage Abilities
The best way to unlock the Time Mage is to pick the Chemist at level 1. You can unlock Black Mage after 3 levels as a Chemist. Make sure to spend your JP on Potion and Phoenix Down as a chemist, it will help you. After you learn Fire and a basic spell from Black Mage, reach level 3 with that Job. At this point, you can learn Time Mage.
If you want to power level the Job, swap back to Squire and learn JP Boost support ability. Also, learn Focus from Squire. You can then enter a easy to win battle in Mandalia Plain. Then get down to one enemy and repeatedly cast Focus each turn to rapidly increase your JP.
Below are some other tips and tricks for Time Mage Abilities:
- Haste + Quick can let your best units take 2–3 turns before enemies act—use it on casters or glass-cannon units.
- Stop and Don’t Move are great for locking down physical attackers or keeping ranged enemies out of position.
- Teleport is amazing—put it on any caster or even melee characters to bypass terrain and stay mobile.
- Short Charge is a top-tier support skill—combine with Black Mage, Summoner, or even Arithmetician for massive impact.
- Manafont provides sustain for long encounters where MP is an issue.
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