Story

After a Great Chasm suddenly tears the earth apart, the world of Luxendarc is plunged into darkness. The four elemental crystals which bring light to the world – fire and water, wind and earth – are consumed by an overwhelming force, disrupting the very balance of nature. Once-dormant volcanoes erupt again; oceans grow perilous.

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Gameplay

Bravely Default is a traditional role-playing game that has turn-based battles and is considered a spiritual successor to Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light. The game uses a random encounter system, meaning you won't find any monsters on the map, but will randomly be thrown into battle with them.

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Job Classes

There are various Job Classes that the characters can use throughout the game, with Freelancer being the default one. To earn more, they have to finish sidequests and defeat Jobmasters in combat, allowing them to earn Asterisks, which are needed in order to change to that job. Once a job has been unlocked, the characters can switch to that class at anytime outside of combat.

• — Arcanist
• — Black Mage
• — Conjurer
• — Dark Knight
• — Freelancer
• — Knight
• — Merchant
• — Monk
• — Ninja

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Norende Village

Norende Village is destroyed at the beginning of the game and it is Tiz's job to restore it. Early in the game, the player can start this mini-game, which has the player restoring the various functions of the village by using the StreetPass and internet features of the game. These functions are actually shops that can be leveled by assigning villagers earned via the previous methods.

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Equipment

As with many RPGs, there is a myriad of equipment to be found in the game, ranging from weapons to armor and even accessories. Each class has a proficiency in each type of weapon and armor, ranging from S (best) to E (worst). This actually affects the gains from that piece of equipment, such as not gaining all of the attack from a sword that is equipped on a job with B proficiency with that kind of weapon.

• — Weapons
• — Armor
• — Accessories
• — Items

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Media

The following pages cover the multiple different media coverage for this game, from concept art to game trailers.

• — Artwork
• — Screenshots
• — Videos

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