Thaumaturge

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Introduction

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In the hands of a skilled practitioner, thaumaturgy can be a force of terrifying destruction. At the heart of this school of magic lies the ability to call forth and command the latent aether within oneself through deep introspection. To then mold that aether into sorcery, the thaumaturge makes use of a scepter or staff, within which is housed a medium—a natural stone imbued with magical properties. Thus armed, the thaumaturge is capable of wreaking considerable havoc via ruinous spells and curses.

— FinalFantasyXIV.com Thaumaturge

Thaumaturges are mages specialized in dark magic. Their affinity with dark arts allow them to cast strong spells to inflict damage either on an opponent or a group of enemies. Using destructive spells also drains their magical endurance, and to maintain stability they have to shift between fire and ice.

General information

Guild

The Thaumaturge's Guild is in Steps of Nald. If you choose thaumaturge as your first class, you will start off in the city of Ul'dah. At level 30, thaumaturges may specialize into black mage.

Equipment

The thaumaturge is a disciple of magic and wears cloth armor. They use scepters and staves as weapons, as well as wooden shields as defense. The following crafting classes can create items that are useful to the thaumaturge:

• Carpenter — Wooden shields.
• Weaver — Cloth armor.
• Goldsmith — Staves, scepters, earrings, bracelets, necklaces and rings.

Hunting Log

See thaumaturge hunting log.

Quests

See list of thaumaturge quests.

Actions

PvE actions

Action	Acquired		Level	Type	MP	Casting	Recast	Range Radius	Description
Blizzard	THM		1	Spell	400	2.5s	2.5s	25y 0y	Deals ice damage with a potency of 180. Additional Effect: Grants Umbral Ice or removes Astral Fire Duration: 15s
Fire	THM		2	Spell	800	2.5s	2.5s	25y 0y	Deals fire damage with a potency of 180. Additional Effect: Grants Astral Fire or removes Umbral Ice Duration: 15s Additional Effect: 40% chance next Fire III will cost no MP and have no casting time Duration: 30s
Transpose	THM		4	Ability		Instant	5s	0y 0y	Swaps Astral Fire with a single Umbral Ice or Umbral Ice with a single Astral Fire.
Thunder	THM		6	Spell		Instant	2.5s	25y 0y	Deals lightning damage with a potency of 100. Additional Effect: Lightning damage over time Potency: 45 Duration: 24s Additional Effect: Can only be cast while under the effect of Thunderhead, granted when gaining Astral Fire or Umbral Ice from an unaspected state, or changing between their influences. Thunderhead Duration: 30s Only one Thunder spell-induced damage over time effect per caster can be inflicted upon a single target.
Blizzard II	THM		12	Spell	800	3s	2.5s	25y 5y	Deals ice damage with a potency of 80 to target and all enemies nearby it. Additional Effect: Grants Umbral Ice or removes Astral Fire Duration: 15s
Scathe	THM	1	15	Spell	800	Instant	2.5s	25y 0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 100. Additional Effect: 20% chance potency will double
Fire II	THM		18	Spell	1,500	3s	2.5s	25y 5y	Deals fire damage with a potency of 100 to target and all enemies nearby it. Additional Effect: Grants Astral Fire or removes Umbral Ice Duration: 15s
Thunder II	THM		26	Spell		Instant	2.5s	25y 5y	Deals lightning damage with a potency of 60 to target and all enemies nearby it. Additional Effect: Lightning damage over time Potency: 30 Duration: 18s Additional Effect: Can only be cast while under the effect of Thunderhead, granted when gaining Astral Fire or Umbral Ice from an unaspected state, or changing between their influences. Thunderhead Duration: 30s Only one Thunder spell-induced damage over time effect per caster can be inflicted upon a single target.
Manaward	THM	1	30	Ability		Instant	120s	0y 0y	Creates a barrier that nullifies damage totaling up to 30% of maximum HP. Duration: 20s
Fire III	THM		35	Spell	2,000	3.5s	2.5s	25y 0y	Deals fire damage with a potency of 280. Additional Effect: Grants Astral Fire III and removes Umbral Ice Duration: 15s
Aetherial Manipulation	THM		50	Ability		Instant	10s	25y 0y	Rush to a target party member's side. Unable to cast if bound.

Limit Breaks

See also: Limit Break

Action	Acquired	Level	Type	MP	Casting	Recast	Range Radius	Description
Skyshard	Magical Ranged DPS	1	Limit Break Level 1		2s	Instant	25y 5y	Deals 60% the damage of Braver to all enemies in a circular area.
Starstorm	Magical Ranged DPS	1	Limit Break Level 2		3s	Instant	25y 10y	Deals 130% the damage of Braver to all enemies in a circular area.
Meteor	THM	1	Limit Break Level 3		4.5s	Instant	25y 15y	Deals 210% the damage of Braver to all enemies in a circular area.

Magical Ranged DPS actions

See also: Role actions

Action	Acquired	Level	Type	MP	Casting	Recast	Range Radius	Description
Addle	Magical Ranged DPS	8	Ability		Instant	90s	25y 0y	Lowers target's physical damage dealt by 5% and magic damage dealt by 10%. Duration: 15s
Sleep	Magical Ranged DPS	10	Spell	800	2.5s	2.5s	30y 5y	Puts target and all nearby enemies to sleep. Duration: 30s Cancels auto-attack upon execution.
Lucid Dreaming	Magical Ranged DPS Healer	14	Ability		Instant	60s	0y 0y	Gradually restores own MP. Potency: 55 Duration: 21s
Swiftcast	Magical Ranged DPS Healer	18	Ability		Instant	40s	0y 0y	Next spell is cast immediately. Duration: 10s
Surecast	Magical Ranged DPS Healer	44	Ability		Instant	120s	0y 0y	Spells can be cast without interruption. Additional Effect: Nullifies most knockback and draw-in effects Duration: 6s

Magic Ranged DPS actions

Action	Acquired	Level	Type	MP	Casting	Recast	Range Radius	Description
Addle	Magical Ranged DPS	8	Ability		Instant	90s	25y 0y	Lowers target's physical damage dealt by 5% and magic damage dealt by 10%. Duration: 15s
Sleep	Magical Ranged DPS	10	Spell	800	2.5s	2.5s	30y 5y	Puts target and all nearby enemies to sleep. Duration: 30s Cancels auto-attack upon execution.
Lucid Dreaming	Magical Ranged DPS Healer	14	Ability		Instant	60s	0y 0y	Gradually restores own MP. Potency: 55 Duration: 21s
Swiftcast	Magical Ranged DPS Healer	18	Ability		Instant	40s	0y 0y	Next spell is cast immediately. Duration: 10s
Surecast	Magical Ranged DPS Healer	44	Ability		Instant	120s	0y 0y	Spells can be cast without interruption. Additional Effect: Nullifies most knockback and draw-in effects Duration: 6s

Traits

See list of thaumaturge traits.

Jobs

The thaumaturge can specialize into BLM, a DPS job.

Core mechanics

The thaumaturge can cast fire and ice spells to inflict damage. In order to maintain MP cost at a bearable level they cycle between fire and ice.

•   Fire - Deals fire damage with a potency of 180.
•   Transpose - Swaps Astral Fire with a single Umbral Ice or Umbral Ice with a single Astral Fire.
•   Manaward - Creates a barrier that nullifies damage totaling up to 30% of maximum HP.

Thaumaturges have Astral Fire and Umbral Ice – specific effects attained upon using fire and ice spells, respectively. Each charge of Astral Fire increases MP cost for the next fire spell, while Umbral Ice increases MP regeneration. In order to maintain a low MP cost to use fire spells thaumaturges are required to use spells from the opposite element; using fire spells remove Umbral Ice stacks if there are any, or build Astral Fire if there's no effect active, using ice spells work the other way around. Transpose is a key ability to balance between both elements.

Gallery

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  Thaumaturge casting a dark spell.

External links

• Thaumaturge on the official website.

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