Breath of Fire III/Masters

In Breath of Fire III, each party member can sign up for a master. Masters expand certain traits and diminish others - for instance, a master may provide better magic training by increasing maximum AP each time a character levels up but physical attack strength and HP might not increase as fast under that master than it might either without a master or with a different master. Abilities are often available through a master.

To sign up with a master, all that is usually required is to approach the master and ask to join. To change master, all you need to do is sign up with a new master. Leaving a master is possible either by signing up with a new master or asking the master to quit.

You can see a list of all the masters you have met and/or signed up with in the Masters' List which can be viewed in Camp. There will be a star next to their name if you have learned all the skills and abilities that a particular master can teach.

You can use an item called Skill Ink in order to move abilities from one character to another.

Bunyan
Bunyan is located outside his house in Cedar Woods in the Yrall Region. You can sign up with Bunyan after the battle with Balio and Sunder in the Cedar Woods. Bunyan is a physical strength-oriented master and, as such, increases Power (+2), HP (+2), Defense (+1) but lowers AP (-1) and Intelligence (-3). There are no requirements to become his pupils, so it is advisable to have Ryu study under him immediately, unless he is already a disciple of Mygas.

Mygas
Mygas is located at the stump of the Yggdrasil Tree near McNeil Village in the Yrall Region. to become your master, Mygas will ask you for all your money, regardless of the amount you have. It is therefore best to spend all you can before talking to him, as he will take you as students even if you have 0 zenny. Mygas is a wizard, and increases magical ability - AP (+1), Intelligence (+1) but lowers physical skills - Power (-1) and Defence (-1).

Mygas teaches the following skills:
 * at 1 level, Frost (AP: 2)
 * at 4 levels, Meditation (AP: 0) - raises Intelligence when used a maximum of two times.

Yggdrasil
You can find the Yggdrasil Tree in Eastern Windia. In order to talk to the tree, you need to have Peco in your party. Yggdrasil will ask you to bring him a Wisdom Fruit. Bring it to him and he will become your Master. Yggdrasil is a good teacher for characters who use magic. During the apprenticeship however, they will be penalized by a great weakness to the fire element attacks.

Durandal
Durandal can be found in the house behind Wyndia, accessible using the path at the side on the World Map. There are no requirements to become his pupils. Durandal only teaches a few practically useless moves (except maybe Gambit) and doesn't introduce changes to your status improvements as you level up. He is certainly not a good master; however it is necessary to learn all the skills he has to teach you if you want to have a better master later in the game.