Dark Force

Dark Force
Trials of Mana HD sprite
First appearance	Secret of Mana (1993)
Latest appearance	Visions of Mana (2024)
Japanese name	ダークフォース
Type	Shade
User(s)	Popoi (SeoM) Angela (ToM) Belgar (HoM) Thanatos (dark unit) (EoM)
Target(s)	Single enemy
Comparable(s)	Evil Gate
Similar item(s)	Omen Book Shade Icon

Dark Force is a recurring move in the Mana series.

Appearances

Secret of Mana

“Black waves of darkness instill fear and damage to enemies.”

—Translated Japanese Game Manual

Dark Force is a Shade spell learned by Popoi that costs 2 MP to use. Clouds of darkness engulf the target, dealing dark magic damage.

Enemy users

Note: enemies in bold letters are bosses.

• Fierce Head, Lime Slime — Lv 5
• King Vampire — Lv 7
• Dark Lich — Lv 8

Trials of Mana

“Through Shade's magic, one entraps their targets within a shadowy void, before causing violent striations in the gathering flow of dark energies to rupture and fissure apart their targets to pieces.”

—Seiken Densetsu 3 Strategy Guide

Dark Force is a Shade move that deals dark magic damage to enemies.

Dark Force

Overview
Icon	Elemental	Effect	Power	MP cost
	Shade	Deals dark magic damage	250	12
Users
Name	Class requirement	Minimum stat	Casting time	Recovery time
Angela	Mysicist	15 INT Points	1 sec.	1 sec.
Enemy users
Common	Wormwood
Bosses	Black Rabite, Dark Lich.
Item equivalence
Shade Icon

Dark Force +

Overview
Icon	Elemental	Effect	Power	MP cost
	Shade	Deals dark magic damage to area	250	12
Users
Name	Class requirement	Minimum stat	Casting time	Recovery time
Angela	Rune Seer	21 INT Points	1 sec.	1 sec.
Enemy users
Common	Demon
Bosses	Black Rabite, Crimson Wizard, Dragon Anise, Gova, Machine Golem S, Malocchio, Shadow Angela, Zable Fahr.
Item equivalence
Omen Book

Dark Force

Overview
Icon	Elemental	Effect	Power	MP cost
	Shade	Deals dark magic damage to target	16	5
Users
Name	Class requirement	Minimum stat	Casting time	Wall effectiveness
Angela	Sorceress Magus	10 INT points	4.0 sec. 2.25 sec.	Yes
Enemy users
Common	Wormwood
Bosses	Black Rabite, Crimson Wizard, Dark Lich.
Item equivalence
Shade Icon

Dark Force 1+ Enemies

Overview
Icon	Elemental	Effect	Power	MP cost
	Shade	Deals dark magic damage to all targets	16	4
Users
Name	Class requirement	Minimum stat	Casting time	Wall effectiveness
Angela	Rune Seer	10 INT points	2.25 sec.	Yes
Enemy users
Common	Demon
Bosses	Archdemon, Black Rabite, Crimson Wizard, Dark Lich, Gova, Machine Golem S, Malocchio, Zable Fahr.
Item equivalence
Omen Book

Echoes of Mana

Dark Force is a skill used by Thanatos when he is of the Dark element.

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