Black Knight

Black Knight

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Black Knight
Artwork of a Black Knight from Final Fantasy
ブラックナイト Burakku Naito
First appearance	Final Fantasy (1987)
Other names	BADMAN
Related characters and species Chaos Rider Death Knight Death Rider Duel Knight Fell Knight Living Mail Royal Guard Shingo Narumi

Black Knights are enemies that appear in the earlier installments of the Final Fantasy series, starting with the first Final Fantasy. They are swordsmen who wear dark armor and a flowing cape.

History

Final Fantasy

In Final Fantasy, Black Knights are enemies encountered at Mirage Tower (1F and 2F), Flying Fortress (1F), and Chaos Shrine (3F) during the past. In the original Nintendo Entertainment System release, they are named BADMAN.

In all releases, Black Knights wear a cape, but their armor and pose has changed in some of the releases. Starting with the WonderSwan Color release, Black Knights wear lighter armor. Both their arms and legs are exposed, revealing a dark tan skin. In the Game Boy Advance version, like the other enemy sprites, Black Knights' sprite was brightened, so they wear blue armor and were given an orange tan. In the PlayStation Portable release, Black Knights' pose was changed again, and its entire body is protected by dark gray armor.

Final Fantasy II

The unwinnable boss fight against four Black Knights, one of which instantly defeats Firion, in Final Fantasy II.

In Final Fantasy II, Black Knights appear as a boss and as an enemy, depending on the circumstance and area. They are more notable as they play a role during parts of the story, and serve as soldiers under the Palamecian Empire. Their battle sprite shows them riding a horse while carrying a spear.

At the very start of the game, the Black Knights invade Fynn. During this, the party gets caught into an unwinnable boss fight against four Black Knights. Because the party is vastly underpowered, all of them are quickly defeated by the Black Knights. Later on, the party encounters Black Knights as enemies in Castle Palamecia.

In remakes starting with Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls, shortly after starting the Soul of Rebirth quest, a Black Knight is fought as a boss alongside two Sergeants in Raqia (floor B1). Just before the battle begins, Minwu quickly joins in to help Scott fight them. The Black Knight whom they fight has slightly different stats, including lower Attack and Defense and a slightly wider Accuracy percentage range.

In remakes starting with the PlayStation Portable release, Black Knights are also encountered as enemies in the Arcane Labyrinth's Dragoons and Utopia areas.

For this game, Black Knights have a different Japanese name, くろきし (kurokishi), but it still translates back to Black Knight. In the unreleased Nintendo Entertainment System prototype, they are named DarkNite.

Final Fantasy IV

In Final Fantasy IV, Black Knights are undead enemies who are only encountered in the Tower of Zot. Their highest stat is their Strength. Black Knights are vulnerable to Fire and, because they are undead, Holy.

In the 3D remake, Black Knights were made even stronger, as indicated by their stats, and reward just over four times more experience points than in the original releases.

Stats

#		Enemy name
			HP	260	Attack	44	Accuracy	65	Defense	38
			Agility	18	Intelligence	20	Evasion	36	Magic Defense	135
			Spells	N/A	Weakness	N/A	Resistance	N/A	Type	N/A
			Gil	1,800	EXP	1,263	Treasure	Deathbringer
			Location(s)

Final Fantasy II stats
Rank	HP	MP	Attack	Accuracy	Defense	Evasion	Magic Defense	Gil
6	1,140	0	85 (base game) 30 (Soul of Rebirth)	7-80% (base game) 3-80% (Soul of Rebirth)	85 (base game) 25 (Soul of Rebirth)	1-70%	5-40%	2,250-3,000
Treasure			Weakness		Resistance		Absorbs
Diamond Shield, Hi-Potion, Sun Blade, Yoichi's Bow			None		None		None

Final Fantasy IV stats
HP	Strength	Defense	Magic	Magic Defense	Gil	EXP	Type	Treasure
360	64	2	0	19	175	840	Undead	Tent, Cottage
Weakness			Resistance			Absorbs
Fire, Holy			Death, Darkness			None

Final Fantasy IV (3D) stats
Level	HP	Exp	Gil	Strength	Stamina	Speed	Intellect	Spirit
33	1,224	3,672	64	27	30	25	20	26
Attack		Accuracy		Defense		Evasion	Magic Defense	Magic Evasion
21		105		63		5	29	5
Weakness		Resistance		Absorbs		Steal		Drops
Fire, Holy		Dark				Tent (60%)		Tent (20%), Cottage (12%)
Susceptible to
Paralyze, Sleep, Confuse, Petrify, Silence, Blind, Poison, Death, Critical, Gradual Petrify, Curse, Berserk, Stop, Slow, Sap

Bestiary navigation

← Tyrannosaur | Black Knight (#104) | Chimera →

← Royal Guard | Black Knight (#091) | Death Rider →

Starting with Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls, the Black Knight fought in Raqia was also given a bestiary entry:

← Lucifer | Black Knight (#166) | Zombie Borghen →

← Sorceress | Black Knight (#063) | Centaur Knight →