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Best Magic

The best way to increase your character’s stats is through junctioning high-level Magic to as many of their stats as you can. So, where can you find the most powerful magic?

Below is a quick list of some of the most powerful magic in the game to stock up on and where to find it. Note that you can pick up much of this magic on the Island Closest to Hell and the Island Closest to Heaven. Refer to the Tips and Tricks page for more information on those two locations.

The complete list of powerful magic:

Magic Location
Green Magick IconUltima You can use Menu Ability IconForbid Mag-RF to refine an Miscellaneous Item IconEnergy Crystal into 3x Ultima Magic. Use the Fixed Encounters against Elnoyles trick to stock up on Energy Crystals.
Green Magick IconFull-Life You can draw Full-Life magic from Raijin and Fujin during the battle onboard the Lunatic Pandora at the end of Disc 3. You can also use Siren’s Menu Ability IconL Mag-RF ability to refine GF Item IconRegen Rings into 20 Full-Life magic. The alternative is to find Draw Points on the two Islands listed above.
Green Magick IconMeltdown Use Leviathan’s Menu Ability IconSupt Mag-RF ability to refine Miscellaneous Item IconMystery Fluid into Meltdown magic. You can obtain Mystery Fluid by defeating Gaylas in the snowy areas around Trabia Garden.
Green Magick IconMeteor The easiest way to stock up on Meteor magic is to Draw it directly from a Ruby Dragon. You’ll have a good opportunity to do this during the Laguna Dream Sequence in the Trabia Canyon, but aside from this, just track down some Ruby Dragons on the Island Closest to Hell.
Green Magick IconCuraga Curaga is probably the easiest magic to obtain, but it is fairly strong when junctioned to your character’s stats. You can use Siren’s Menu Ability IconL Mag-RF ability to refine regular old Miscellaneous Item IconWizard Stones into 5 Curaga magic, and you can Draw it off a ton of enemies.
Green Magick IconTriple You can Draw Triple magic from Draw Points on the Island Closest to Hell. You can also Draw it from Cerberus or from Odin.
Green Magick IconTornado The best way to stock up on Tornado magic is to use Menu Ability IconHigh Mag-RF to convert 10 Green Magick IconAero magic into 1 Tornado magic. You can also convert a Miscellaneous Item IconWindmill, which you can obtain from the Thrustaevis around Galbadia, into 10x Tornado.
Green Magick IconAura You can refine a Miscellaneous Item IconFury Fragment into 5 Aura magic and you can pick up these items by stealing from a Blue Dragon using Command Ability IconMug, or they have a rare chance to drop them as a reward after any battle. Additionally, you can refine Triple Triad Card IconBlue Dragon Cards into Aura Stones.

Stock up on these powerful magics so that you can junction them to your character’s most important stats. This will make some of the more difficult fights in the game, such as Omega Weapon, much easier to complete. Good luck!