Bravely Default 2 is the latest in the JRPG series, now with stunning visuals on top of it’s classic turn-based combat system. If you’ve played the original, you’ll know choosing the right job is an important part of the game, as your choice can affect your character’s base stats, and help or hinder you in battle.
With 24 jobs in total, choosing one is a pretty daunting task. Well, that’s where we come in! Our Bravely Default 2 jobs guide will provide you with information on every available class, including the optional and secret ones. We will also add details on each of the skills you receive as you level up your character over time.
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Freelancer
- How to unlock: unlocked by default
This job class has some pretty handy abilities to help you with your early game adventuring.
Black Mage
- How to unlock: unlock after Elvis joins your party
As the name suggests, this job focuses on black magic and gives you a huge range of different offensive spells to use.
White Mage
- How to unlock: defeat Selene and Dag
The white mage is a valuable asset to the party as they use restorative magic to help keep your team alive.
Vanguard
- How to unlock: defeat Selene and Dag
This job class works well as a tank, as they can pull attention from foes, and dish out some pretty heavy damage with the right weapon.
Monk
- How to unlock: defeat Horten
This class is an amazing damage dealer and uses their fists to fight. You can also utilise their healing abilities to make the monk a decent all-rounder.
Bard
- How to unlock: defeat Orpheus
Bards are handy to have around for their helpful buffs that can boost your team or cripple your enemies. If a tough boss is getting you down, whip out the bard to help you win.
Beastmaster
- How to unlock: defeat Anihal
If you love taming cute animals and using them to take on your enemies, this is the job for you. The beastmaster can dish out damage as well as perform some handy buffs and debuffs.
Thief
- How to unlock: defeat Bernard
Thieves are fast and can steal various items and abilities from enemies, as well as perform fairly powerful physical attacks.
Berserker
- How to unlock: defeat Prince Castor
Berserkers may be slow, but their attacks are a force to be reckoned with.
Red Mage
- How to unlock: defeat Roddy
The red mage is a versatile job that combines some of the best aspects from the white and black mage jobs, while also applying numerous status effects.
Ranger
- How to unlock: defeat Lily
This job class is fast meaning you can deal a fair amount of damage quickly.
Shieldmaster
- How to unlock: defeat Galahad
As the name suggests, shieldmasters can take a lot of damage, making them outstanding tanks. They’re slow to attack, but the ailments they inflict last a decent amount of time.
Pictomancer
- How to unlock: defeat Folie
This job uses abilities that debuff enemies to assist other party members in taking down tough foes.
Dragoon
- How to unlock: defeat Martha
Dragoons can jump out of the way of strong attacks before unleashing a powerful surprise attack from mid-air.
Spiritmaster
- How to unlock: defeat Helio and Gladys
This class is the best healing job in Bravely Default 2, they summon spirits to heal HP, MP, and much more.
Swordmaster
- How to unlock: defeat Helio and Gladys
Swordmasters can dish out a lot of physical attack damage and inflict some strong counters.
Oracle
- How to unlock: defeat Domenic
This job class is essentially a time mage that uses different abilities to speed up allies or slow down enemies.
Arcanist
- How to unlock: defeat Vigintio
This job utilises powerful magic attacks to heavily damage enemies. Some of their abilities can be self-damaging, which is hard to get used to.
Bastion
- How to unlock: defeat Lonsdale
The bastion is another tank class that uses barriers to protect the entire party from damage.
Phantom
- How to unlock: defeat Marla
Phantoms are a speedy job class that use multi-hit attacks and can inflict numerous critical hits.
Hellblade
- How to unlock: defeat Adam
This job can dish out some devastating damage and has a skill that allows them to surpass the 9999 damage limit.
Gambler (optional)
- How to unlock: complete the ‘Taking a Gamble’ quest and defeat Shirley
Surprisingly, gamblers can dish out some pretty strong attacks. Less surprisingly, they can help you generate a lot of extra cash.
Salve-Maker (optional)
- How to unlock: complete the ‘Glynn Awakens’ side-quest in Enderno, this is available from the start of chapter three.
The salve-maker mixes items to create various different effects.
Bravebearer
- How to unlock: After obtaining the second ending, load new game + and go to chapter six, from there, head to the grave found on the rock pass between Halcyonia and Savalon. When there, you must fight the Hero of Light in their prime to unlock the bravebearer.
The bravebearer is one of, if not the best job in the game and can assist you in taking down enemies with ease.
There you have it! That’s every available Bravely Default 2 job. If you’ve managed to obtain every job already, take a look at our list of the biggest new Switch games of 2021 to find something new to play.