Ninja

Lore

"Hailing from the war-torn lands of the Far East, the secret arts of the ninja were born of necessity, and have since given rise to a unique breed of highly-trained combatants.Able to manipulate the vital energies of the land, the air, and living beings, they manifest their power through the weaving of signs, unleashing a wide array of attacks against their foes. Master the arts of the ninja and learn to bend the tide of battle to your will."

General Information

Ninja is a melee DPS job released in Patch 2.4 of A Realm Reborn. It evolves from the class Rogue. Ninja, like rogue, dual-wields 2 dagger weapons, applies poisons to their weapons and is able to become invisible with Hide. Ninjas' unique abilities are their Ninjutsu Actions. They can execute these abilities by using their Mudras (Ninja hand signs) in correct orders and combinations.

In battle, the main focus of Ninja is to use Mudras to create Ninjutsus correctly. It is not as positionally focused as Monk.

The Primary Attribute for Ninja is Dexterity. Ninja shares pre-patch 2.4 gear with Monk. Dexterity was added to those items.

Ninja was first introduced in E3 2014.

Requirement

Level 30 Rogue
Completion of Main Scenario quest: Sylph-management

Trainer Locations

NPC	Location	Description
Jacke	Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks (x8,y17)	Job Start for ARR
Oboro	Eastern La Noscea (x21,y27)	Job Trainer for 30-50
Oboro	Eastern La Noscea (x21,y27)	Job Start for Heavensward
Oboro	Eastern La Noscea (x21,y27)	Job Trainer for 52-60
Oboro	Eastern La Noscea (x20.8,y26.6)	Job Start for Stormblood

Actions

Action	Level	Type	Cast Time	Cooldown	Range	Radius	Description	Stormblood Adjustment
Spinning Edge	1	weaponskill	0s	2.5s	3y	0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 150.
Shade Shift	2	ability	0s	120s	0y	0y	Create shadows that nullify physical damage up to 20% of maximum HP. Duration: 20s	Action now exclusive to rogue and ninja.
Gust Slash	4	weaponskill	0s	2.5s	3y	0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Combo Action: Spinning Edge Combo Potency: 200
Hide	10	ability	0s	20s	0y	0y	Blend in with your surroundings, making it impossible for most enemies to detect you, but reducing movement speed by 50%. Has no effect on enemies 10 levels higher than your own, or certain enemies with special sight. Cannot be executed while in combat. Effect ends upon use of any action, including Hide. Additional Effect: Resets ninjutsu recast timers if out of combat	The additional effect "Resets ninjutsu recast timers if out of combat" has been added.
Assassinate	12	ability	0s	40s	3y	0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 200. Can only be executed when target's HP is below 20%.
Throwing Dagger	15	weaponskill	0s	2.5s	15y	0y	Delivers a ranged attack with a potency of 120.
Mug	15	ability	0s	90s	3y	0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 140. Additional Effect: Increases the chance of additional items being dropped by target if Mug is dealt before, or as, the finishing blow Additional Effect: Increases Ninki Gauge by 30	The additional effect "Absorb 50% of damage dealt as HP while under the influence of Kiss of the Viper" has been removed. The additional effect "Increases Ninki Gauge by 30" has been added.
Trick Attack	18	ability	0s	60s	3y	0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 240. 400 when executed from a target's rear. Rear Bonus: Increases target's damage taken by 10% Duration: 10s Can only be executed while under the effect of Hide.	Now acquired at level 18 (previously level 50).
Aeolian Edge	26	weaponskill	0s	2.5s	3y	0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. 180 when executed from a target's rear. Combo Action: Gust Slash Combo Potency: 260 Rear Combo Potency: 340	Combo potency increased from 240 to 260. Combo potency when excuted from a target's rear increased from 320 to 340. TP cost reduced from 60 to 40.
Jugulate	30	ability	0s	30s	3y	0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 80. Additional Effect: Silence Duration: 1s	Now acquired at level 30 (previously level 34). The additional effect "Silence" when under the effect of Kiss of the Wasp has been removed.
Ten	30	ability	0s	0.5s	0y	0y	Make the ritual mudra hand gesture for "heaven." Duration: 5s Shares a recast timer with Ninjutsu and the mudra Chi and Jin.
Ninjutsu	30	ability	0s	20s	0y	0y	Executes a specific ninjutsu action coinciding with the combination of mudra made immediately beforehand. If any other ability, spell, or weaponskill is used before the mudra are combined and the ninjutsu executed, the action will fail. The recast timer will begin cooldown upon ninjutsu execution, or when a mudra timer runs out. Shares a recast timer with the mudra Ten, Chi, and Jin.
Chi	35	ability	0s	0.5s	0y	0y	Make the ritual mudra hand gesture for "earth." Duration: 5s Shares a recast timer with Ninjutsu and the mudra Ten and Jin.
Shadow Fang	38	weaponskill	0s	2.5s	3y	0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Combo Action: Gust Slash Combo Potency: 200 Combo Bonus: Damage over time Potency: 40 Duration: 21s Combo Bonus: Reduces target's slashing resistance by 10% Duration: 21s	Now acquired at level 38 (previously level 46). Combo action changed from Spinning Edge to Gust Slash. Duration of combo bonus dealing damage over time has been increased from 18 to 21 seconds. The combo bonus "Reduces target's slashing resistance by 10%" has been added. TP cost reduced from 60 to 40.
Shukuchi	40	ability	0s	60s	20y	0y	Move quickly to the specified location. Cannot use when bound.
Death Blossom	42	weaponskill	0s	2.5s	0y	5y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 110 to all nearby enemies.	Action now exclusive to rogue and ninja. Potency increased from 60 to 110.
Jin	45	ability	0s	0.5s	0y	0y	Make the ritual mudra hand gesture for "man." Duration: 5s Shares a recast timer with Ninjutsu and the mudra Ten and Chi.
Kassatsu	50	ability	0s	120s	0y	0y	Resets the ninjutsu recast timer while ensuring critical damage for the next ninjutsu action. Duration: 15s
Smoke Screen	52	ability	0s	180s	25y	0y	Creates a wall of smoke, reducing enmity generation of a single party member. Duration: 20s
Armor Crush	54	weaponskill	0s	2.5s	3y	0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. 160 when executed from a target's flank. Combo Action: Gust Slash Combo Potency: 240 Flank Combo Potency: 300 Combo Bonus: Extends Huton duration by 30s to a maximum of 70s	Combo potency increased from 220 to 240. Combo potency when executed from a target's flank increased from 280 to 300. TP cost reduced from 60 to 40.
Shadewalker	56	ability	0s	120s	25y	0y	Grants target party member the effect of Silhouette, diverting to target 80% of all enmity generated by caster. No effect when target is under the effect of Shadewalker. Duration: 15s
Duality	58	ability	0s	90s	0y	0y	Doubles the number of strikes for a single-target weaponskill. Combo bonuses and additional effects will only be applied once. Duration: 10s	No longer stops critical damage from occurring.
Dream Within a Dream	60	ability	0s	90s	3y	0y	Delivers a threefold attack, each hit with a potency of 150.	Recast time decreased from 90 to 60 seconds. Potency increased from 100 to 150.
Hellfrog Medium	62	ability	0s	0s	25y	6y	Delivers fire damage with a potency of 400 to target and all enemies nearby it. Ninki Gauge Cost: 80	New Action
Bhavacakra	68	ability	0s	50s	3y	0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 550. Ninki Gauge Cost: 80	New Action
Ten Chi Jin	70	ability	0s	100s	0y	0y	Resets ninjutsu recast timer, twice reduces ninjutsu recast time to 1 second, and eliminates required mudra consumption for ninjutsu execution. Also doubles ninjutsu potency. Duration: 10s Ninki Gauge Cost: 80 Only mudra and ninjutsu available while active. The same ninjutsu cannot be executed twice. Ninjutsu recast timer will begin cooldown upon fading. Effect ends upon moving.	New Action

Ninjutsu Actions

The Ninjutsu action can perform one of several specific actions based on the combination of mudras made immediately beforehand. These individual actions can only be executed by using Ninjutsu, and cannot be assigned to the hotbar, nor activated from the Actions & Traits interface. The level is based of when you can first use the Ninjutsu.

Action	Cast Time	Cooldown	Range	Radius	Description	Mudra Combination
Fuma Shuriken	Instant	20s	25y	0y	Delivers a ranged ninjutsu attack with a potency of 240.	Any one of the Ten, Chi, or Jin mudra
Katon	Instant	20s	15y	5y	Delivers fire damage with a potency of 250 to target and all enemies near it.	Chi→Ten or Jin→Ten
Raiton	Instant	20s	15y	0y	Delivers lightning damage with a potency of 360.	Ten→Chi or Jin→Chi
Hyoton	Instant	20s	25y	0y	Delivers ice damage with a potency of 140. Additional Effect: Bind for 15s (PvP 12s).	Ten→Jin or Chi→Jin
Huton	Instant	20s	0y	0y	Increases attack speed by 15%. for 70s	Jin→Chi→Ten or Chi→Jin→Ten
Doton	Instant	20s	0y	5y	Creates a patch of corrupted earth, dealing damage with a potency of 40 to any enemies who enter for 24s (combined total potency of 320 per target). Additional Effect: Heavy (while upon corrupted earth)	Ten→Jin→Chi or Jin→Ten→Chi
Suiton	Instant	20s	15y	0y	Delivers water damage with a potency of 180. Additional Effect: Grants the caster Suiton for 10s.	Ten→Chi→Jin or Chi→Ten→Jin
Rabbit Medium	Instant	20s	0y	0y	Thumpity thump thump, thumpity thump thump...	After you mess up a Mudra Combination…

Traits

Trait	Level	Description	Stormblood Adjustment
Dripping Blades	6	Increases damage dealt via actions by 5%.	New Trait
All Fours	14	Reduces damage taken while falling.
Enhanced Dexterity	20	Increases dexterity by 8.	Now acquired at level 20 (previously level 8). Dexterity bonus increased from 2 to 8.
Fleet of Foot	20	Increases movement speed.
Dripping Blades II	36	Increases damage dealt via actions by 20%.	New Trait
Enhanced Dexterity II	40	Increases dexterity by 16.	Now acquired at level 40 (previously level 16). Dexterity bonus increased from 4 to 16.
Enhanced Dexterity III	60	Increases dexterity by 24.	Now acquired at level 60 (previously level 24). Dexterity bonus increased from 6 to 24.
Shukiho	62	Increases Ninki gauge by 6 with each auto attack landed.	New Trait
Enhanced Shukuchi	64	Resets the recast time for Shukuchi upon executing Katon, Raiton, or Hyoton on most targets.	New Trait
Enhanced Mug	66	Increases Ninki gauge by 30 upon successfully landing Mug.	New Trait

Role Actions

Melee DPS Role Actions

PvP Actions

Action	Type	Cost	Cast Time	Cooldown	Range	Radius	Description
Spinning Edge (PvP)	weaponskill	-	0s	2.3s	??	??	Delivers an attack with a potency of 750. Additional Effect: Increases Ninki Gauge by 10 ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Gust Slash (PvP)	weaponskill	-	0s	2.3s	??	??	Delivers an attack to target. Combo Action: Spinning Edge Combo Potency: 1,250 Combo Bonus: Increases Ninki Gauge by 10 ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Aeolian Edge (PvP)	weaponskill	-	0s	2.3s	??	??	Delivers an attack to target. Combo Action: Gust Slash Combo Potency: 1,500 Combo Bonus: Increases Ninki Gauge by 10 ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Shadow Fang (PvP)	weaponskill	-	0s	2.3s	??	??	Delivers an attack to target. Combo Action: Spinning Edge Combo Potency: 500 Combo Bonus: Damage over time Potency: 250 Duration: 18s Combo Bonus: Increases damage you deal target by 10% Duration: 18s Combo Bonus: Increases Ninki Gauge by 10 ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Throwing Dagger (PvP)	weaponskill	150 TP	0s	2.3s	??	??	Delivers a ranged attack with a potency of 750. Additional Effect: Increases Ninki Gauge by 10
Shukuchi (PvP)	ability	-	0s	30s	??	??	Move quickly to the specified location. Cannot use when bound.
Mug (PvP)	ability	250 TP	0s	3s	??	??	Delivers an attack with a potency of 750. Additional Effect: Increases Ninki Gauge by 30 ※Action changes to Katon while under the effect of Three Mudra.
Jugulate (PvP)	ability	-	0s	30s	??	??	Delivers an attack with a potency of 500. Additional Effect: Silence Duration: 2s ※Action changes to Hyoton while under the effect of Three Mudra.
Assassinate (PvP)	ability	-	0s	60s	??	??	Delivers an attack with a potency of 1,000. Potency increases the lower the target's HP. Hide Bonus: Damage over time Potency: 750 Duration: 6s Hide Bonus: Increases target's damage taken by 10% Duration: 6s ※Action changes to Raiton while under the effect of Three Mudra.
Bhavacakra (PvP)	ability	Ninki: 80	0s	40s	??	??	Delivers an attack with a potency of 3,000. Ninki Gauge Cost: 80
Three Mudra (PvP)	ability	Ninki: 80	0s	0.5s	??	??	Allows for immediate execution of any ninjutsu action. Duration: 5s Ninki Gauge Cost: 80 ※Action changes to Kakuremi while under the effect of Three Mudra.
Katon (PvP)	ability	Three Mudra	0s	1s	??	??	Delivers fire damage to all enemies nearby with a potency of 1,000 for the first enemy, 25% less for the second, 50% less for the third, and 75% less for all remaining enemies. Additional Effect: Heavy +25% Duration: 4s Additional Effect: Resets Shukuchi recast timer Can only be executed while under the effect of Three Mudra. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Hyoton (PvP)	ability	Three Mudra	0s	1s	??	??	Delivers ice damage with a potency of 1,000. Additional Effect: Bind Duration: 5s Additional Effect: Resets Shukuchi recast timer Can only be executed while under the effect of Three Mudra. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Raiton (PvP)	ability	Three Mudra	0s	1s	??	??	Delivers lightning damage with a potency of 2,000. Additional Effect: Resets Shukuchi recast timer Can only be executed while under the effect of Three Mudra. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Kakuremi (PvP)	ability	Three Mudra	0s	1s	??	??	Grants the effect of Kakuremi. Duration: 5s If not attacked before the effect expires, Kakuremi will change to Hidden. Duration: 15s Can only be executed while under the effect of Three Mudra. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

Quests

Quest	Level	NPC	Zone	Coordinates	EXP	Reward
Peasants by Day, Ninjas by Night	30	Jacke	Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks	(x8,y16)	7410	,
My First Mudra	30	Oboro	Eastern La Noscea	(x20,y26)	7410	None
Killer Combinations	35	Tsubame	Eastern La Noscea	(x21,y26)	4510
Once Upon a Time in Doma	35	Oboro	Eastern La Noscea	(x20,y26)	9020	,
Pirates versus Ninjas	40	Oboro	Eastern La Noscea	(x20,y26)	5635
Ninja Bathin'	40	Oboro	Upper La Noscea	(x30,y22)	11270	None
Tough Guys	45	Oboro	Eastern La Noscea	(x20,y26)	12420	, , , ,
The Crow Knows	45	Oboro	Middle La Noscea	(x17,y7)	12420	, , ,
Master and Student	50	Oboro	Eastern La Noscea	(x20,y26)	0	, ,
A Relic Reborn (Yoshimitsu)	50	Gerolt	North Shroud	(x30,y20)	0
Strangers in a Strange Land	50	Oboro	Eastern La Noscea	(x20,y26)	24000	1446 Gil
The Impossible Girl	52	Oboro	Eastern La Noscea	(x20,y26)	26400
Ninja Assassin	54	Oboro	Eastern La Noscea	(x20,y26)	31200
Medieval Espionage	56	Oboro	Eastern La Noscea	(x20,y26)	36000
Staying Alive	58	Oboro	Eastern La Noscea	(x20,y26)	40800
In Her Defense	60	Oboro	Eastern La Noscea	(x20,y26)	0
Search for the Stolen Scroll	60	Oboro	Eastern La Noscea	(x20.8,y26.6)	0	-NA-
Ninja Bathin' Redux	63	Yomei	Eastern La Noscea	(x20.8,y26.6)	191700	2073 Gil
A Game of Life and Death	65	Oboro	Kugane	(x13.5,y10.4)	207900	2740 Gil
True Enlightenment	68	Jacke	Yanxia	(x29.7,y19.4)	232200	1131 Gil
When Clans Collide	70	Oboro	Yanxia	(x29.7,y19.4)	0	,

Job Gauge

Official Lodestone Job Guide (Always up-to-date)

Kazematoi and Ninki Gauge is Ninja's Job Gauge.

Kazematoi Gauge

Using the action Armor Crush (level 54) as part of a combo grants two stacks of Kazematoi, represented by this gauge. Up to five stacks can be stored, and are used to increase the potency of Aeolian Edge, which will consume one stack.

Simple Mode

Ninki Gauge

Upon learning the trait Shukiho, the Ninki Gauge will be displayed, indicating the amount of Ninki you have accumulated.

Ninki is accumulated by executing weaponskills and can be used to execute special ninjutsu such as Hellfrog Medium (level 62), Bhavacakra (level 68) and Bunshin (level 80).