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Barbed Crescent

Damage varies with TP. Additional effect: Accuracy Down.

Description

Spell cost: 52 MP
Monster Type: Undead
Spell Type: Physical (Slashing)
Blue Magic Points: 2
Stat Bonus: STR-3 DEX+4
Jobs:

Blue Mage Level 99

Timers

Casting Time: 1 sec
Recast Time: 18 sec

Combines With...

You can use Barbed Crescent as part of a combo to create Dual Wield.

Can be paired with one of the following spells to create the Dual Wield trait:

Skillchain/Magic Burst Info

Disto

rtion

Level 3 Skillchains
Gravitation	→	Distortion	=	Darkness
Distortion	→	Gravitation	=	Darkness

Level 2 Skillchains
Distortion	→	Fusion	=	Fusion
Fragmentation	→	Distortion	=	Distortion

Scission

Level 2 Skillchains
Transfixion	→	Scission	=	Distortion

Level 1 Skillchains
Scission	→	Liquefaction	=	Liquefaction
Scission	→	Detonation	=	Detonation
Liquefaction	→	Scission	=	Scission
Detonation	→	Scission	=	Scission
Scission	→	Reverberation	=	Reverberation

How to Obtain

Acquired From

Name	Level	Zone
Mob Family: Fomor
Minimum Blue Mage Level To Acquire:
Fomor Bard	35-37	Misareaux Coast
	41-48	Phomiuna Aqueducts
	48-50	Misareaux Coast
	54-58	Sacrarium
	63-65	Bhaflau Thickets
	63-65	Wajaom Woodlands
	80-82	Lufaise Meadows
Fomor Samurai	35-37	Misareaux Coast
	41-48	Phomiuna Aqueducts
	53-55	Lufaise Meadows
	54-58	Sacrarium
	79-82	Lufaise Meadows
Fomor Thief	35-37	Misareaux Coast
	41-48	Phomiuna Aqueducts
	42-44	Lufaise Meadows
	48-50	Misareaux Coast
	52-54	Lufaise Meadows
	54-58	Sacrarium
	63-65	Bhaflau Thickets
	63-65	Wajaom Woodlands
Fomor Warrior	35-37	Misareaux Coast
	41-48	Phomiuna Aqueducts
	42-44	Lufaise Meadows
	54-58	Sacrarium
	80-82	Lufaise Meadows
Fomor Monk	36-81	Misareaux Coast
	41-48	Phomiuna Aqueducts
	48-50	Misareaux Coast
	52-54	Lufaise Meadows
	54-58	Sacrarium
	79-81	Lufaise Meadows
Fomor Paladin	36-38	Misareaux Coast
	41-48	Phomiuna Aqueducts
	48-50	Misareaux Coast
	54-58	Sacrarium
	63-65	Bhaflau Thickets
	63-65	Wajaom Woodlands
	80-82	Lufaise Meadows
Fomor Ranger	36-38	Misareaux Coast
	41-43	Lufaise Meadows
	41-48	Phomiuna Aqueducts
	48-50	Misareaux Coast
	54-58	Sacrarium
	80-82	Lufaise Meadows
Fomor Black Mage	37-39	Misareaux Coast
	41-48	Phomiuna Aqueducts
	54-58	Sacrarium
	79-81	Lufaise Meadows
Fomor Dark Knight	37-39	Misareaux Coast
	41-48	Phomiuna Aqueducts
	49-50	Misareaux Coast
	54-58	Sacrarium
	79-81	Lufaise Meadows
Fomor Ninja	37-39	Misareaux Coast
	41-48	Phomiuna Aqueducts
	48-50	Misareaux Coast
	52-54	Lufaise Meadows
	54-58	Sacrarium
Fomor Beastmaster	41-43	Lufaise Meadows
	41-48	Phomiuna Aqueducts
	54-58	Sacrarium
	63-65	Bhaflau Thickets
	63-65	Wajaom Woodlands
	80-82	Lufaise Meadows
Fomor Summoner	41-43	Lufaise Meadows
	41-48	Phomiuna Aqueducts
	49-50	Misareaux Coast
	54-58	Sacrarium
	79-81	Lufaise Meadows
Fomor Dragoon	41-48	Phomiuna Aqueducts
	48-52	Misareaux Coast
	54-58	Sacrarium
	79-81	Lufaise Meadows
Fomor Red Mage	41-48	Phomiuna Aqueducts
	48-52	Misareaux Coast
	54-58	Sacrarium
	79-81	Lufaise Meadows
Ephramadian Shade	68-70	Arrapago Reef
Ephramadian Shade	75-77	Caedarva Mire
Fallen Volunteer	71-73	Arrapago Reef
Fallen Imperial Trooper	72-74	Arrapago Reef
Fallen Imperial Wizard	72-74	Arrapago Reef
Sengann (NM)	~57	Lufaise Meadows

I found that fighting Sengann in Lufaise Meadows made getting this spell easy, it seems to be the only TP move he uses and if you feed him TP he will spam it on you. Skorion --- Valefor

Animation

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Source entry: Barbed Crescent. Cached on this server on 5 November 2026.