I ' ve only beaten the DS version which should largely be the same . The job system is everything in FF 3 , so most of my tips will center around that Switch off the Freelancer job as soon as you possibly can . Stats go up based on what job you ' re on , and Freelancer stats are next to the worst . Whatever you do , pick Thief as one of your characters . This is beneficial for a variety of reasons . They ' re powerful and have unique traits outside of battle as well . There are certain jobs that you ' ll want to be using as soon as you get them . 1 Scholar you can deal without one , though . 12 Dragoons . 1 Dark Knight . There are plenty of other strong jobs , but you ' ll be wanting these specifically near about the time that you get them , and it ' ll help to train them up as soon as possible . Scholar doesn ' t remain useful . Ditch it as soon as you ' re done with it , you won ' t need it after you need it . White magic is invaluable . You could potentially run without it , but you really shouldn ' t try unless you know what you ' re doing . Black magic is plenty useful , but not as invaluable as white magic . You get plenty of elemental weapons in the game , which negates the need for black magic to a large degree . FF 3 deals in elemental weaknesses quite a bit , so exploit them when you can Evoker , Summoner , Geomancer , Ranger , and Bard are all fairly useless . Only use them for completion purposes . Summoning has some very few niche uses however , if you can manage to find them . Summons from Summoner can deal high damage early on which can pay off until you ' re strong enough for an area , and then become useless . Whenever you see the spells Mini and Frog , be sure that you buy them . At least one of each . Don ' t forget that you have them . Stealing is actually pretty useful in this game . Steal from bosses and you can get some great gear . And lastly don ' t be afraid to experiment with your job choices . Though , you should keep a thief around you for most of the time .