Blackout

In Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, Blackout creates a wave of black and blue energy that clouds the vision of all enemies it touches.

Blackout (ブラックアウト, Burakkuauto) is a technique that appears in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep and Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance. It allows the user to blind surrounding enemies to stop them from attacking.

Mechanics

In Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, Blackout is an Advanced magic command that takes up one slot in the Command Deck, has a maximum level of 3 and a normal reload time of 10 seconds, and fills the Command Gauge by 8%.

In Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, Blackout is a magic command that uses one slot in the Command Deck and has a reload time of 16 seconds. It grants +2 to Magic when attached to a Dream Eater recipe.

Dream Eater	Battle
	I	II	III	IV
Cyber Yog	✔	—	✔	—
Woeflower	—	✔	✔	—
Skelterwild	—	—	✔	—
Drak Quack	—	—	✔	—
Keeba Tiger	—	✔	✔	—

Learning Blackout

Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep

• Terra can obtain Blackout from a chest at the Aqueduct.
• Terra, Ventus, and Aqua can obtain Blackout as an enemy drop.
• Terra, Ventus, and Aqua can create Blackout through Command Melding.
• Terra, Ventus, and Aqua can purchase Blackout from a bonus panel on the Spaceship Board.
• Terra, Ventus, and Aqua can purchase Blackout from the Command Shop for 600 munny once five worlds have been cleared or the command has already been obtained elsewhere.
• The Template:Dlink has Blackout in its Lv.0, Lv.1, and Lv.2 Command Decks.
• The Template:Dlink has Blackout in its Lv.2 Command Deck.

Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final Mix

• Terra can obtain Blackout from a chest at the Aqueduct.
• Aqua can obtain Blackout from a chest in the Lower Zone.
• Terra, Ventus, and Aqua can obtain Blackout as an enemy drop.
• Terra, Ventus, and Aqua can create Blackout through Command Melding.
• Terra, Ventus, and Aqua can purchase Blackout from a bonus panel on the Spaceship Board.
• Terra, Ventus, and Aqua can purchase Blackout from the Command Shop for 600 munny once five worlds have been cleared or the command has already been obtained elsewhere.
• The Template:Dlink has Blackout in its Lv.0, Lv.1, and Lv.2 Command Decks.
• The Template:Dlink has Blackout in its Lv.2 Command Deck.

Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance]

• Sora and Riku can purchase Blackout from the Peepsta Hoo Ability Link for 10 Link Points.
• Cyber Yog learns Blackout at Level 20.
• Woeflower learns Blackout at Level 8.
• Skelterwild learns Blackout at Level 10.
• Drak Quack learns Blackout at Level 21.
• Keeba Tiger learns Blackout at Level 10.

Recipe

Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep

Blackout is an Advanced-class Magic Command that can be melded through three different recipes, listed in the Mega Magic Recipe.

• The first recipe can be melded by Terra, Ventus, Aqua, and is a type D recipe.
  • Zero Gravity (LV3) + Confuse (LV3)
• The first recipe can be melded by Terra, Ventus, Aqua, and is a type P recipe.
  • Zero Gravira (LV3) + Confuse (LV3)
• The first recipe can be melded by Terra, Ventus, Aqua, and is a type L recipe.
  • Zero Gravira (LV3) + Poison (LV3)

Synthesized commands

Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep

Blackout is used to meld the following commands:

• Dark Haze
• Dark Firaga