Job

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn jobs.

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. There are currently 21 regular jobs and one limited job in the game, although only the 10 original jobs have a base class. At least two new jobs are released each expansion.

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. The subsequent job quest will reward a soul crystal that can be equipped via the Armory Chest to transform the player's current class to its corresponding job. 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.

Similar to classes, each job represents one specific role: tank, healer, or DPS. Jobs of the same role are balanced to provide roughly the same level of combat performance at the level cap. While all content in the game can be completed with any job as long as role composition requirements are met, some forms of content may favor specific jobs. In addition, jobs differ from one another in their playing style (e.g. melee vs. ranged damage) and in the balance of damage, utility, 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.

Job changing

• To switch to a job from its corresponding class, equip its soul crystal. Returning to a base class works similarly by unequipping the soul crystal.
• To switch between jobs, equip its corresponding weapon. Jobs that have classes will also need the respective soul crystal equipped. Equipping the weapon of a job without a base class will automatically equip its soul crystal.
• Similar to classes, job gearsets can be saved and assigned to a hotbar for convenient switching.

Job features

Jobs have some unique features:

• Jobs possess all of the actions and traits of the base class and have a large number of additional actions and traits on top of it. Classes typically gain at most a couple of actions and traits after level 30 until level 50, while jobs will continue gaining actions and traits specific to them. Both classes and jobs have access to the full set of role actions (e.g.,   Swiftcast), however.
• While many actions are acquired through leveling up, some are instead rewarded by Job Quests. It is therefore important to complete these as they become available, or you will be missing critical job actions.
• 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 base 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 a 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 is only 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.
  • 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 "Lethargic behavior."
• 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.

Job chart

This list includes all jobs with their base classes.

Base Class (Level 1-30)	Job (Level 30+)	Code	Role	Starting Location	Prerequisites	Starting Level	Weapon	Armor Type	Accessory Type	Free Trial?
2.0 - A Realm Reborn
Gladiator	Paladin	PLD	Tank	Ul'dah	—	1	Swords and Shields	Fending	Fending	1
Marauder	Warrior	WAR	Tank	Limsa Lominsa	—	1	Greataxes	Fending	Fending	1
Lancer	Dragoon	DRG	Melee DPS	Gridania	—	1	Polearms	Maiming	Slaying	1
Pugilist	Monk	MNK	Melee DPS	Ul'dah	—	1	Fist Weapons	Striking	Slaying	1
Archer	Bard	BRD	Physical Ranged DPS	Gridania	—	1	Bows	Aiming	Aiming	1
Thaumaturge	Black Mage	BLM	Magical Ranged DPS	Ul'dah	—	1	Scepters or Staves	Casting	Casting	1
Arcanist	Summoner	SMN	Magical Ranged DPS	Limsa Lominsa	—	1	Books	Casting	Casting	1
Arcanist	Scholar	SCH	Barrier Healer	Limsa Lominsa	—	1	Books	Healing	Healing	1
Conjurer	White Mage	WHM	Pure Healer	Gridania	—	1	Wands or Canes	Healing	Healing	1
Patch 2.4
Rogue	Ninja	NIN	Melee DPS	Limsa Lominsa	Level 10 or 15	1	Twin Daggers	Scouting	Aiming	1
3.0 - Heavensward
—	Dark Knight	DRK	Tank	Ishgard	Level 50 Main story	30	Greatswords	Fending	Fending	1
—	Machinist	MCH	Physical Ranged DPS	Ishgard	Level 50 Main story	30	Firearms	Aiming	Aiming	1
—	Astrologian	AST	Pure Healer	Ishgard	Level 50 Main story	30	Star Globes	Healing	Healing	1
4.0 - Stormblood
—	Samurai	SAM	Melee DPS	Ul'dah	Level 50	50	Katanas	Striking	Slaying	1
—	Red Mage	RDM	Magical Ranged DPS	Ul'dah	Level 50	50	Rapiers	Casting	Casting	1
Patch 4.5
—	Blue Mage	BLU	Limited Job Magical Ranged DPS	Limsa Lominsa	Level 50 Main story	1	One-Handed Canes	Casting	Casting	1
5.0 - Shadowbringers
—	Gunbreaker	GNB	Tank	Gridania	Level 60	60	Gunblades	Fending	Fending	0
—	Dancer	DNC	Physical Ranged DPS	Limsa Lominsa	Level 60	60	Throwing Weapons	Aiming	Aiming	0
6.0 - Endwalker
—	Reaper	RPR	Melee DPS	Ul'dah	Level 70	70	War Scythes	Maiming	Slaying	0
—	Sage	SGE	Barrier Healer	Limsa Lominsa	Level 70	70	Nouliths	Healing	Healing	0
7.0 - Dawntrail
—	Viper	VPR	Melee DPS	Ul'dah	Level 80	80	Dual Blades	Scouting	Aiming	0
—	Pictomancer	PCT	Magical Ranged DPS	Gridania	Level 80	80	Brushes	Casting	Casting	0
Patch 7.x
—	Beastmaster	???	Limited Job ???	???	???	???	???	???	???	???

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. At higher levels, paladins possess good self-healing abilities, arguably second compared to warrior.

Warrior

Warriors are mighty front-liners wielding two-handed axes which are used to perform huge burst damage using their Beast Gauge. They 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. Warrior's simplicity but high survivability makes it a good tank for beginners.

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 relying more on strong abilities (off-global cooldown actions) than weaponskills. 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 and busy burst windows. They 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 ally. At higher levels, gunbreakers gain access to a particularly strong mitigation action with a short cooldown that automatically heals the target if their health drops below a certain amount.

Healer

Healers are divided into two types: pure and barrier. Unlike with the DPS sub-roles, pure healers and barrier healers share the same role actions.

Pure healers

"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 compared to other healers. 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. White mages also have a movement action that allows them to quickly dash forward.

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, healing, or defensive 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.

Barrier healers

"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 higher levels, they can call a more powerful version of their fairy to the battlefield—or even transform into a seraphic figure themselves—to augment their allies' defenses and provide on-demand burst healing. 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 a more streamlined toolkit and 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. Compared to other melee DPS, dragoon does not have particularly hard-hitting weaponskills, but instead uses a combination of weaponskills and a variety of off-global cooldown abilities to deal strong sustained and burst damage.

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 (at higher levels, Dokumori), 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 uses Dexterity as its primary offensive stat instead of Strength, unlike most other physical damage jobs.

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. In addition, reapers can temporarily empower their allies. 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.

Viper

Vipers are agile hunters wielding a pair of blades that can be joined into a single dual-bladed weapon. Forgoing personal defenses and party utility, vipers can unleash a flurry of strikes on their enemies for massive combined damage. Instead of traditional combos, many of the viper's available weaponskills and abilities depend on the user's current state, allowing for their actions to be mapped onto relatively few hotbar slots. At higher levels, vipers can call on the power of their ancestors to empower themselves with Reawaken, gaining access to powerful new attacks. Similar to ninjas, vipers use Dexterity as their primary offensive stat instead of Strength.

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. Using their Battery gauge, they can also deploy an automaton to assist the player in combat temporarily. Their relatively high single-target personal damage is at the expense of providing party buffs. In addition, machinist's AoE damage is relatively weak. 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 an 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 good party utility. Two jobs - Summoner and Red Mage - can even resurrect fallen allies during battle, although at the cost of having lower damage (comparable yo physical ranged DPS) as the magical ranged jobs that cannot resurrect, who have comparable damage to melee DPS jobs.

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 while utilizing 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. Therefore, Black Mage has one of the highest skill ceilings of any job in the game.

Summoner

Summoners conjure one of several familiars 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 and have the most straightforward damage rotation, despite having the highest number of unique actions for a non-limited job. Summoner, like Red Mage, is also one of the few DPS jobs that can resurrect fallen allies in combat. These factors make summoner a very beginner-friendly job for endgame content.

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 offensive elemental magic, then expending them on their melee rapier skills, followed by strong instant cast spells to deal finishing blows. 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.

Pictomancer

Pictomancers are artistic mages that channel aether in the form of artwork to unleash a variety of offensive spells dealing massive damage. In addition to basic color spell sequences, pictomancers can paint on up to three different canvases to create creatures, weapons, and landscapes, which can be rendered to life for both offensive and party support purposes. Because painting requires lengthy cast times, pictomancers also have access to a variety of instant cast spells which can be stored for when movement is needed. In exchange for needing to spend time painting (which itself does not do damage), their damaging actions are particularly hard-hitting compared to other magical ranged DPS jobs. While they do not have access to a resurrection spell, pictomancers can support their party by boosting allies' attack, providing minor healing, and creating defensive shields.

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.

History

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.

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