Job

Jobs are an extension of their base classes, and require a Soul Crystal to activate. A job is a strict upgrade to its class, which means there is no reason to keep using the class once the job is available.

Each job acquires additional role-specific actions based on the job's role in group content (Tank, DPS, or Healer). A job's role is very important, because most duties have role requirements:

• Dungeons (4-player) require 1 tank, 1 healer, and 2 DPS.
• Trials and raids (8-player) require 2 tanks, 2 healers, and 4 DPS. At casual difficulties, subroles don't matter, but at Savage and Ultimate level it is recommended to have at least one of each subrole: 1 pure healer, 1 barrier healer, 1 melee DPS, 1 physical ranged DPS, 1 magical ranged DPS.
• Alliance raids (24-player) require 1 tank, 2 healers, and 5 DPS for each of the 3 parties.

Originally, a secondary class was required to unlock each job. With the release of Stormblood, this is no longer required. Each class can advance to its corresponding job at level 30 regardless of the levels of your other classes. Advancing from a class to a job requires you to finish your level 30 class quests as well as the level 20 Main Scenario Quest Sylph-management.

Jobs added with expansions do not have a base class and receive their Soul Crystal as soon as they are unlocked. They also start out at higher base levels.

Jobs are not mutually exclusive. Given enough time, one can level all classes and jobs on a single character.

Job Chart

This list includes all jobs with their base classes.

Base Class (Level 1-30)	Job (Level 30+)	Role	Starting Location	Prerequisites	Starting Level	Weapon	Armor Type	Accessory Type
2.0 - A Realm Reborn
Gladiator	Paladin	Tank	Ul'dah	None	1	Swords and Shields	Fending	Fending
Marauder	Warrior	Tank	Limsa Lominsa	None	1	Greataxes	Fending	Fending
Lancer	Dragoon	Melee DPS	Gridania	None	1	Polearms	Maiming	Slaying
Pugilist	Monk	Melee DPS	Ul'dah	None	1	Fist Weapons	Striking	Slaying
Archer	Bard	Physical Ranged DPS	Gridania	None	1	Bows	Aiming	Aiming
Thaumaturge	Black Mage	Magical Ranged DPS	Ul'dah	None	1	Scepters or Staves	Casting	Casting
Arcanist	Summoner	Magical Ranged DPS	Limsa Lominsa	None	1	Books	Casting	Casting
Arcanist	Scholar	Barrier Healer	Limsa Lominsa	None	1	Books	Healing	Healing
Conjurer	White Mage	Pure Healer	Gridania	None	1	Wands or Canes	Healing	Healing
Patch 2.4
Rogue	Ninja	Melee DPS	Limsa Lominsa	None	1	Twin Daggers	Scouting	Aiming
3.0 - Heavensward
None	Dark Knight	Tank	Ishgard	Level 50 Main story	30	Greatswords	Fending	Fending
None	Machinist	Physical Ranged DPS	Ishgard	Level 50 Main story	30	Firearms	Aiming	Aiming
None	Astrologian	Pure Healer	Ishgard	Level 50 Main story	30	Star Globes	Healing	Healing
4.0 - Stormblood
None	Samurai	Melee DPS	Ul'dah	Level 50	50	Katanas	Striking	Slaying
None	Red Mage	Magical Ranged DPS	Ul'dah	Level 50	50	Rapiers	Casting	Casting
Patch 4.5
None	Blue Mage	Limited Job Magical Ranged DPS	Limsa Lominsa	Level 50 Main story	1	One-Handed Canes	Casting	Casting
5.0 - Shadowbringers
None	Gunbreaker	Tank	Gridania	Level 60	60	Gunblades	Fending	Fending
None	Dancer	Physical Ranged DPS	Limsa Lominsa	Level 60	60	Throwing Weapons	Aiming	Aiming
6.0 - Endwalker
None	Reaper	Melee DPS	Ul'dah	Level 70	70	War Scythes	Maiming	Slaying
None	Sage	Barrier Healer	Limsa Lominsa	Level 70	70	Nouliths	Healing	Healing
7.0 - Dawntrail
None	???	Melee DPS	???	Level 80	80	???	???	???
None	???	Magical Ranged DPS	???	Level 80	80	???	Casting	Casting

Overview

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn jobs.

Jobs have specialized abilities aimed to perform specific roles in a group setting. Jobs are at the same level as their corresponding classes and can be thought of as specializations of the base classes. Jobs of the same role (damage dealer, tank or healer) are balanced to provide roughly the same level of combat performance. There are therefore no jobs that perform better or worse than any other, and all content in the game can be completed with any job. But jobs differ from one another in their playing style (e.g. melee vs. ranged damage), and in the balance of damage and party buffs they provide. The exception is the limited job of Blue Mage, which is for all intents and purposes a separate game of its own.

There are ten jobs in A Realm Reborn (2.0): Paladin, Warrior, Monk, Dragoon, Ninja (2.4), Bard, Black Mage, Summoner, White Mage, and Scholar. Heavensward (3.0) added three new jobs: Dark Knight, Machinist and Astrologian. Stormblood (4.0) added two more jobs initially: Samurai and Red Mage, followed by a Limited Job at the tail end of the expansion (4.5), Blue Mage. Shadowbringers (5.0) also added two new jobs: Gunbreaker and Dancer. Continuing the pattern, Endwalker (6.0) added two more jobs: Reaper and Sage.

Unlocking a job awards its Soul Crystal, which is required to change from the player's current class into the more specialized job. Each job has its own crystal which can be equipped via the Armoury Chest.

Jobs have some unique features:

• Primary Class is the class that a job is tied to.
• To switch to a job, equip its Soul Crystal. Returning to a base class works similarly by leaving the crystal slot empty.
• Jobs possess all of the abilities and traits of the primary class and have a large number of additional abilities and traits on top of it. Classes typically only gain at most a couple of abilities after level 30, with the majority being vested in the job instead after that level. Both classes and jobs have access to the full set of role abilities (ex.   Swiftcast), however.
• All traits acquired before level 30 are shared between the class and job. Traits acquired between level 30 and 50 may be shared between the class and job, or may be exclusive to the job, with numerous examples of both. All traits acquired after levels 50 are restricted entirely to the job and unavailable to the associated base class.
• While many abilities are acquired through gaining levels, some are instead rewarded by Class or Job Quests.
• Level is shared between job and primary class once that job is unlocked. For example, if you level a Summoner to 40, then swap over to its base class (Arcanist), the latter will also be at level 40. Both the primary class and its respective job(s will always be the same level, regardless of which you play as. A side effect of this is that the two jobs that stem from the Arcanist base class, Summoner and Scholar, also share level, so increases in level to either one are also reflected in the other.
• With one exception, there exists no content after level 30 oriented towards classes rather than jobs. There's just one level 30 quest that can only be accessed by the base class, not the job it transforms into (Unicorn Power is only available to Conjurers, not to White Mages, despite being a level 30 quest and only becoming accessible after the level 30 Conjurer quest), but nothing else after level 30.
  • Deliberately playing a class instead of a job in high-level content is justification for a vote-dismiss under the Prohibited Activities in Final Fantasy XIV section "Obstruction of play."
• Hotbar configuration is not shared between classes and the jobs they transform into.
  • Hotbars can, however, be copied between classes and jobs using the /hotbar copy or /chotbar copy commands. See the EDB entry on Hotbar commands for more information.
• Jobs released in Heavensward (3.0) – Dark Knight, Astrologian, and Machinist – start at level 30 and do not require base classes. Instead, they begin with a full set of abilities of their own.
• Jobs released in Stormblood (4.0) – Samurai and Red Mage – start at level 50 and do not require base classes.
• Jobs released in Shadowbringers (5.0) – Gunbreaker and Dancer – start at level 60 and do not require base classes.
• Jobs released in Endwalker (6.0) – Sage and Reaper - start at level 70 and do not require base classes.

Jobs

In-game Jobs Screen

Tanks

Paladin

Paladins are front-line specialists, sporting a veritable arsenal of defensive and supportive tools to protect both themselves and their allies. Paladins also utilize MP to heal their comrades and to deal burst damage. Paladins possess a unique ranged spellcasting period in their rotation allowing them to attack targets without being in melee range, and a strong cooldown that makes them completely immune to all damage for a period. Paladins also possess two unique party mitigation actions to other tanks' one unique action, along with a unique action that allows the paladin to cover an ally from attacks.

Warrior

Warriors are mighty front-liners wielding two-handed axes which are used to perform huge burst damage using their Beast Gauge. Warriors have a very simple damage rotation focusing on hard-hitting weaponskills. Warriors have exceptionally potent self-healing abilities that make them particularly strong in dungeons. They also have a strong cooldown that, rather than preventing damage, simply prevents them from dying for the duration. This "invulnerability" also has the shortest recast timer among all tank invulnerabilities.

Dark Knight

Dark Knights provide the player with a balanced offering of mitigation and damage-dealing tools, complemented by their skill with two-handed greatswords. They use MP as a secondary resource for executing strong magical attacks and very powerful burst damage. Dark knights arguably have the strongest burst damage among all tanks and are the most effective at stockpiling resources as necessary for when more damage is needed. Dark knights possess powerful self-shielding abilities and have a cooldown that lets them continue attacking even after having been "killed", potentially returning to life without interruption if healed sufficiently during the short period after their ostensible death. At higher levels, dark knights also have the most flexible targeted mitigation among all the tanks, allowing them to easily shield and mitigate multiple allies at once.

Gunbreaker

Gunbreakers blend solid damage, mitigation, and utility into a straightforward playstyle. They possess combos that generate Cartridges, which can be used on multiple strong attacks. Gunbreakers possess strong DPS but have a rigid damage rotation. The possess a cooldown that, while it reduces them to only 1 HP, makes them immune to nearly all attacks and abilities for a duration thereafter. Gunbreakers also have a strong healing-over-time action that can be used on themselves or a target allly.

Healer

"Pure" healers have access to higher healing output in response to damage and stronger healing-over-time abilities.

White Mage

White Mage is a straightforward healing class that forgoes utility to provide immense healing output and regeneration effects to their allies. Their simple but powerful healing kit does not require much advanced planning. They also have good personal damage, blasting their enemies with devastating elemental attacks, including a powerful AoE stun. At higher levels, they gain access to Lilies, which can be used on instant healing spells without needing MP, and later on will gain access to an exceptionally powerful attack that is fueled by Lilies.

Astrologian

Astrologians are masters of fate that provide healing and regeneration to their allies. They have a unique Card system that allows them to provide damage buffs to fellow party members, an ability that buffs the entire party's damage for a short period, and a large number of cooldowns to provide all manner of utility or damage as the fight demands. In exchange for their utility, their personal damage is lower than that of other healers. Several of their healing abilities have a strong but delayed healing effect, meaning proactive usage and knowledge of specific encounters are key to effective healing. In many situations, astrologians are also generally more effective at reducing incoming damage than White Mages.

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"Barrier" healers have access to more abilities which provide shields to party members, increasing their effective max HP, and abilities that reduce damage taken, allowing them to better prepare the party for strong incoming enemy attacks.

Scholar

Scholars, accompanied by their faithful healing fairies, provide allies with powerful barriers whilst debilitating enemies with an ability that increases critical hits taken. Their fairies will automatically heal injured players. At great need, they can call a more powerful version of their fairy to the battlefield to augment their allies' defenses. By using a certain combination of actions that can also be augmented from other party members' healing up actions, scholars can provide the strongest party shields of any job. They are the only job in the game that can increase the movement speed of the party in combat with a special ability.

Sage

The Sage is a job that provides a solid balance of healing, mitigation, and damage. They can choose one ally to receive Kardia, which will automatically heal them every time the Sage uses an attack spell. Using their Nouliths, they can enhance their spells to make them instant cast and provide their party with potent barriers or damage-over-time on enemies. Compared to scholars, sages have higher personal damage in exchange for not providing party damage buffs. Sages also feature skills which provide shields that automatically regenerate once they have been depleted, making them especially potent on multi-hit attacks. Sages have good mobility with an ability that allows them to dash to another player or enemy. Sage's basic mitigation action does not require allies to stand inside a ground effect, making it superior to Scholar's in most cases.

Melee DPS

Melee DPS jobs typically deal the most damage among the DPS roles but require being in melee range to enemies and have positional-based attacks, which will do more damage if the player attacks from the rear or flank of an enemy, depending on the attack. Some melee DPS jobs also have cast times for their strongest attacks, requiring them to briefly stand still.

Monk

Monks are very agile combatants that deal impressive sustained and burst damage, darting across the battlefield to annihilate foes with lightning speed using their fist-based weapons and martial techniques. Their basic weaponskills are more free-form than other Melee DPS jobs and do not follow a strict combo system, instead employing a "form" system that allows usage of specific weaponskills depending on the monk's form, which changes after using a weaponskill. They also have a Chakra system that allows them to build to powerful attacks as combat progresses, and Masterful Blitz, allowing them to unleash powerful attacks based on specific sequences of their basic weaponskills. They also possess an action that temporarily increases healing received to all allies in range.

Dragoon

Dragoons are famous for launching themselves across battlefields and decimating their foes using lance-based weapons, bombarding enemies with vicious leaping attacks and lengthy combos while empowering allies with buffs. They draw upon the Blood of the Dragon to augment their abilities, occasionally being even further empowered for short periods by Life of the Dragon. Dragoons have very strong AoE damage, with several attacks that cleave in a line.

Ninja

Ninja are agile and elusive fighters that utilize ninjutsu and dual-daggers, slicing unsuspecting foes from the shadows in the blink of an eye. By using the right combination of mudras, they can also blast enemies with a variety of elemental ranged attacks. Ninja's exceptional burst damage that is mostly based on cooldowns instead of gauge resources makes them especially strong for encounters in which the boss is untargetable for long periods of time. Their ace-in-the-hole, Mug, also increases the damage a target takes from all sources. Ninja have higher movement speed than other jobs and an ability that allows them to move quickly to a specified location. The ninja is the only melee DPS job that uses Dexterity as its primary offensive stat instead of Strength.

Samurai

The Samurai uses a two-handed katana to deal out tremendous damage at the expense of providing party buffs. Samurai use their combos to generate three kinds of Sen, symbols of their mastery of the blade, which they can then leverage to unleash one of several powerful Iaijutsu finishers. At higher levels, Samurai's combos will build Kenki gauge and their Iaijutsu will build Meditation stacks, which are additional resources that can be used on other strong attacks.

Reaper

Reapers fight using both the scythe they wield and the void avatar they command. They must first harvest their victims to build up the Soul gauge, which is used to feed their avatar to deliver powerful attacks. The avatar builds up the Shroud gauge, which can be use to combine with the avatar for an even more powerful, temporary boost in power. Reaper's exceptional ability to store damage resources makes them especially strong for multi-phase encounters such as ultimate raids, in which more damage may be needed at certain points.

Physical Ranged DPS

Physical Ranged DPS jobs typically deal the least damage among the DPS roles but do not need to be in melee range or have mobility-limiting cast times. With the exception of Machinist, Physical Ranged DPS jobs provide the strongest party buffs and other utility among the DPS jobs.

Bard

Bards are bow-wielding ranged damage dealers sporting mobility, utility, and a proc-based combat style that debilitates enemies through damage-over-time effects wrought by their skillful bow shots. Through the power of song, they can also provide party-wide buffs and inspire their allies to greater feats of damage, the strongest party buffs in the game. Their own attacks cycle through 3 different distinct periods based on the song they are currently playing. They are the only non-healer job that can remove a detrimental status effect from a party member, using a unique ability. They also possess an action that temporarily increases healing received to all allies in range.

Machinist

Machinists are gun-toting tinkerers that specialize in blasting foes in rapid succession, building up their Heat gauge, which is used to fuel their abilities further. They have access to multiple powerful Tool attacks to further damage foes. They can also deploy an automaton to assist the player in combat temporarily. Their relatively high personal damage is at the expense of providing party buffs. Similar to reaper, machinists can flexibly store and use their resources at points in an encounter in which more damage may be needed. Machinists have a unique utility action that reduces damage dealt from an enemy (in addition to their normal physical ranged DPS party mitigation action), making them the best physical ranged DPS at reducing incoming damage.

Dancer

The Dancer is a highly mobile job providing damage, utility, and support capabilities to those around them while slicing their enemies with throws of their bladed chakrams. Dancers can also choose a party member as their Dance Partner, further empowering that party member by echoing the effects of several of the Dancer's abilities on that player. Their combat style relies heavily on random procs, with several layers of procs feeding into further (potential) procs. Dancers feature "Steps" in their rotation, which are abilities that require executing either two or four random Dance Steps to unleash powerful AoE attacks that also boost allies' damage, with the strength increasing depending on how many Dance Steps were correctly executed. They possess a unique ability to rapidly dash around the battlefield and support abilities that heal nearby party members or provide shields.

Magical Ranged DPS

Magical Ranged DPS jobs provide strong damage (albeit usually less than melee DPS) but several of their attacks require them to stand still and cast, limiting their mobility at times. With the exception of Black Mage, Magical Ranged DPS jobs usually provide decent party utility and can even resurrect fallen allies during battle.

Black Mage

Black Mages resemble the classical elemental mage, trading party buffs, utility, and mobility for unmatched spells damage, comparable to melee DPS jobs. Their unique mechanics revolve around balancing Astral Fire and Umbral Ice, consuming their MP with powerful but costly spells during Astral Fire, and then rapidly regenerating it during Umbral Ice, all the while weaving in deadly lightning magicks that inflict damage over time. At higher levels, Black Mages will gain access to more instant cast spells and other mobility options, which must be skillfully used to maximize their performance.

Summoner

Summoners conjure one of three battle-pets to deliver a variety of attacks based on what they have summoned, cycling between fire, earth, and wind aspects throughout the fight. As a result, Summoners are surprisingly versatile and mobile for a Magic job. At higher levels, Summoners are able to manifest powerful echoes of the primals Bahamut and Phoenix to devastate their foes with high burst damage and provide regenerative healing. With only a few actions in their rotation that have cast times, summoners are arguably the most mobile magical ranged DPS. Summoner, like Red Mage, is also one of the few DPS jobs that can resurrect fallen allies in combat.

Red Mage

The Red Mage is a versatile job capable of using both magic and melee weapon skills effectively. The job focuses on building and balancing white and black mana by casting magic, then expending them on their melee rapier skills, followed by strong instant cast spells to deal a finishing blow. In addition to dealing damage, Red Mages can draw upon healing magic and even raise fallen party members, as well as augmenting the damage of their allies for a short period of time, and temporarily decreasing magic damage nearby allies take. The combat style of Red Mages revolves around a unique pattern of casting a quick spell followed by a powerful spell made instant-cast due to their Dualcast trait, which can also be used on their resurrection spell to revive multiple allies in quick succession. Similar to reapers and machinists, red mages can flexibly store and use their resources at points in an encounter in which more damage may be needed. However, because of their high utility, their damage tends to be lower than for the other magical ranged DPS jobs.

Blue Mage (Limited)

Blue Mages learn skills by copying the abilities of their defeated enemies. They have access to a wide variety of spells, which make them more versatile and powerful as they learn more spells, to the point where they can emulate any of the three major roles (tank, healer, DPS). However, their status as a Limited Job restricts their access to content, and they have a lower max level than non-limited jobs. Unlike other jobs, Blue Mages retain access to all of their learned spells even when level synced, providing unique advantages in content they can participate in.

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