Job Guide: Black Mage | FINAL FANTASY XIV

Action Name	Acquired	Type	Cast	Recast	MP Cost	Range Radius	Effect


Blizzard	Lv. 1	Spell	2.5s	2.5s	400 MP	25y 0y	Deals ice damage with a potency of 180. Additional Effect: Grants Umbral Ice or removes Astral Fire Duration: 15s


Fire	Lv. 2	Spell	2.5s	2.5s	800 MP	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 cast time Duration: 30s


Transpose	Lv. 4	Ability	Instant	5s	-	0y 0y	Swaps Astral Fire with a single Umbral Ice, or Umbral Ice with a single Astral Fire.


Thunder	Lv. 6	Spell	2.5s	2.5s	200 MP	25y 0y	Deals lightning damage with a potency of 30. Additional Effect: Lightning damage over time Potency: 35 Duration: 21s Additional Effect: 10% chance after each tick that the next Thunder spell of any grade will add its full damage over time amount to its initial damage, have no cast time, and cost no MP Duration: 40s Only one Thunder spell-induced damage over time effect per caster can be inflicted upon a single target.


Blizzard II	Lv. 12	Spell	3s	2.5s	800 MP	25y 5y	Deals ice damage with a potency of 100 to target and all enemies nearby it. Additional Effect: Grants Umbral Ice III and removes Astral Fire Duration: 15s


Scathe Class Quest	Lv. 15	Spell	Instant	2.5s	800 MP	25y 0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 100. Additional Effect: 20% chance potency will double


Fire II	Lv. 18	Spell	3s	2.5s	1500 MP	25y 5y	Deals fire damage with a potency of 100 to target and all enemies nearby it. Additional Effect: Grants Astral Fire III and removes Umbral Ice Duration: 15s Astral Fire Bonus: Grants Enhanced Flare Effect is canceled if Astral Fire ends.


Thunder II	Lv. 26	Spell	2.5s	2.5s	400 MP	25y 5y	Deals lightning damage with a potency of 50 to target and all enemies nearby it. Additional Effect: Lightning damage over time Potency: 15 Duration: 18s Additional Effect: 3% chance after each tick that the next Thunder spell of any grade will add its full damage over time amount to its initial damage, have no cast time, and cost no MP Duration: 40s Only one Thunder spell-induced damage over time effect per caster can be inflicted upon a single target.


Manaward Class Quest	Lv. 30	Ability	Instant	120s	-	0y 0y	Creates a barrier that nullifies damage totaling up to 30% of maximum HP. Duration: 20s


Manafont Job Quest	Lv. 30	Ability	Instant	120s	-	0y 0y	Restores 30% of maximum MP.


Fire III	Lv. 35	Spell	3.5s	2.5s	2000 MP	25y 0y	Deals fire damage with a potency of 260. Additional Effect: Grants Astral Fire III and removes Umbral Ice Duration: 15s


Blizzard III Job Quest	Lv. 35	Spell	3.5s	2.5s	800 MP	25y 0y	Deals ice damage with a potency of 260. Additional Effect: Grants Umbral Ice III and removes Astral Fire Duration: 15s


Freeze Job Quest	Lv. 40	Spell	2.8s	2.5s	1000 MP	25y 5y	Deals ice damage with a potency of 120 to target and all enemies nearby it. Additional Effect: Grants 3 Umbral Hearts Umbral Heart Bonus: Nullifies Astral Fire's MP cost increase for Fire spells and reduces MP cost for Flare by one-third Can only be executed while under the effect of Umbral Ice.


Thunder III Job Quest	Lv. 45	Spell	2.5s	2.5s	400 MP	25y 0y	Deals lightning damage with a potency of 50. Additional Effect: Lightning damage over time Potency: 35 Duration: 30s Additional Effect: 10% chance after each tick that the next Thunder spell of any grade will add its full damage over time amount to its initial damage, have no cast time, and cost no MP Duration: 40s Only one Thunder spell-induced damage over time effect per caster can be inflicted upon a single target.


Aetherial Manipulation	Lv. 50	Ability	Instant	10s	-	25y 0y	Rush to a target party member's side. Unable to cast if bound.


Flare Job Quest	Lv. 50	Spell	4s	2.5s	All MP	25y 5y	Deals fire damage to target and all enemies nearby it with a potency of 220 for the first enemy, and 40% less for all remaining enemies. Enhanced Flare Potency: 280 Additional Effect: Grants Astral Fire III Duration: 15s Can only be executed while under the effect of Astral Fire.


Ley Lines Job Quest	Lv. 52	Ability	Instant	120s	-	0y 3y	Connects naturally occurring ley lines to create a circle of power which, while standing within it, reduces spell cast time and recast time, and auto-attack delay by 15%. Duration: 30s


Sharpcast Job Quest	Lv. 54	Ability	Instant	30s	-	0y 0y	Ensures the next Scathe, Fire, Paradox, or Thunder spell cast will, for the first hit, trigger Scathe's additional effect, Firestarter, or Thundercloud. Duration: 30s Maximum Charges: 2


Blizzard IV Job Quest	Lv. 58	Spell	2.5s	2.5s	800 MP	25y 0y	Deals ice damage with a potency of 310. Additional Effect: Grants 3 Umbral Hearts Umbral Heart Bonus: Nullifies Astral Fire's MP cost increase for Fire spells and reduces MP cost for Flare by one-third Can only be executed while under the effect of Umbral Ice.


Fire IV Job Quest	Lv. 60	Spell	2.8s	2.5s	800 MP	25y 0y	Deals fire damage with a potency of 310. Can only be executed while under the effect of Astral Fire.


Between the Lines	Lv. 62	Ability	Instant	3s	-	25y 0y	Move instantly to Ley Lines drawn by you. Cannot be executed while bound.


Thunder IV	Lv. 64	Spell	2.5s	2.5s	400 MP	25y 5y	Deals lightning damage with a potency of 50 to target and all enemies nearby it. Additional Effect: Lightning damage over time Potency: 20 Duration: 18s Additional Effect: 3% chance after each tick that the next Thunder spell of any grade will add its full damage over time amount to its initial damage, have no cast time, and cost no MP Duration: 40s Only one Thunder spell-induced damage over time effect per caster can be inflicted upon a single target.


Triplecast	Lv. 66	Ability	Instant	60s	-	0y 0y	The next three spells will require no cast time. Duration: 15s Maximum Charges: 2


Foul Job Quest	Lv. 70	Spell	Instant	2.5s	-	25y 5y	Deals unaspected damage to target and all enemies nearby it with a potency of 600 for the first enemy, and 60% less for all remaining enemies. Polyglot Cost: 1


Despair	Lv. 72	Spell	3s	2.5s	All MP	25y 0y	Deals fire damage with a potency of 340. Additional Effect: Grants Astral Fire III Duration: 15s Can only be executed while under the effect of Astral Fire.


Umbral Soul	Lv. 76	Spell	Instant	2.5s	-	0y 0y	Grants Umbral Ice and 1 Umbral Heart. Umbral Heart Bonus: Nullifies Astral Fire's MP cost increase for Fire spells and reduces MP cost for Flare by one-third Can only be executed while under the effect of Umbral Ice.


Xenoglossy	Lv. 80	Spell	Instant	2.5s	-	25y 0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 880. Polyglot Cost: 1


High Fire II	Lv. 82	Spell	3s	2.5s	1500 MP	25y 5y	Deals fire damage with a potency of 140 to target and all enemies nearby it. Additional Effect: Grants Astral Fire III and removes Umbral Ice Duration: 15s Astral Fire Bonus: Grants Enhanced Flare Effect is canceled if Astral Fire ends.


High Blizzard II	Lv. 82	Spell	3s	2.5s	800 MP	25y 5y	Deals ice damage with a potency of 140 to target and all enemies nearby it. Additional Effect: Grants Umbral Ice III and removes Astral Fire Duration: 15s


Amplifier	Lv. 86	Ability	Instant	120s	-	0y 0y	Grants Polyglot. Can only be executed while under the effect of Astral Fire or Umbral Ice.


Paradox	Lv. 90	Spell	2.5s	2.5s	1600 MP	25y 0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 500. Astral Fire Bonus: Refreshes the duration of Astral Fire and 40% chance to grant Firestarter Duration: 15s Firestarter Effect: Next Fire III will require no time to cast and cost no MP Duration: 30s Umbral Ice Bonus: Spell is cast immediately, requires no MP to cast, and refreshes the duration of Umbral Ice Duration: 15s Can only be executed while under the effect of Paradox. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

Action Name	Acquired	Type	Cast	Recast	MP Cost	Range Radius	Effect


Addle	Lv. 8	Ability	Instant	90s	-	25y 0y	Lowers target's physical damage dealt by 5% and magic damage dealt by 10%. Duration: 10s


Sleep	Lv. 10	Spell	2.5s	2.5s	800 MP	30y 5y	Puts target and all nearby enemies to sleep. Duration: 30s Cancels auto-attack upon execution.


Swiftcast	Lv. 18	Ability	Instant	60s	-	0y 0y	Next spell is cast immediately. Duration: 10s


Lucid Dreaming	Lv. 14	Ability	Instant	60s	-	0y 0y	Gradually restores own MP. Potency: 55 Duration: 21s


Surecast	Lv. 44	Ability	Instant	120s	-	0y 0y	Spells can be cast without interruption. Additional Effect: Nullifies most knockback and draw-in effects Duration: 6s

Traits	Acquired	Effect


Aspect Mastery	Lv. 1	Casting of certain fire and ice spells will grant a stack of Astral Fire and Umbral Ice respectively. Maximum Stacks: 1 Duration: 15s While under the effect of either Astral Fire or Umbral Ice, casting a spell of the opposite element will consume no MP. Effect does not apply to Flare.


Maim and Mend	Lv. 20	Increases base action damage and HP restoration by 10%.


Aspect Mastery II	Lv. 20	Allows the stacking of a second Astral Fire and Umbral Ice.


Thundercloud	Lv. 28	Grants a 10% chance that after each damage over time tick inflicted by Thunder or Thunder III (3% for Thunder II or Thunder IV), the next Thunder, Thunder II, Thunder III, or Thunder IV will add its full damage over time amount to its initial damage, have no cast time, and cost no MP. Duration: 40s


Aspect Mastery III	Lv. 35	Allows the stacking of a third Astral Fire and Umbral Ice. Casting Fire II or Blizzard II grants maximum stacks of Astral Fire or Umbral Ice respectively. When maintaining three stacks of Astral Fire or Umbral Ice, the cast time of spells of the opposite element is halved.


Maim and Mend II	Lv. 40	Increases base action damage and HP restoration by 30%.


Firestarter	Lv. 42	Grants a 40% chance that after casting Fire, your next Fire III will require no MP and have no cast time. Duration: 30s


Thunder Mastery Job Quest	Lv. 45	Upgrades Thunder to Thunder III.


Enochian Job Quest	Lv. 56	Increases damage dealt by 5% while under the effect of Astral Fire or Umbral Ice. Upon successfully landing Fire II while under the effect of Astral Fire, grants Enhanced Flare. Enhanced Flare effect ends if Astral Fire is lost.


Enhanced Freeze	Lv. 58	Grants 3 Umbral Hearts upon casting Freeze.


Thunder Mastery II	Lv. 64	Upgrades Thunder II to Thunder IV.


Enhanced Enochian Job Quest	Lv. 70	Grants the effect of Polyglot upon maintaining Enochian for 30 seconds. Also improves Enochian's magic damage increase to 10%.


Enhanced Sharpcast	Lv. 74	Reduces Sharpcast recast timer to 30 seconds.


Enhanced Enochian II	Lv. 78	Improves Enochian's magic damage increase to 15%.


Enhanced Polyglot	Lv. 80	Allows the stacking of a second Polyglot.


Enhanced Foul	Lv. 80	Allows for the immediate casting of Foul.


Aspect Mastery IV	Lv. 82	Upgrades Fire II and Blizzard II to High Fire II and High Blizzard II.


Enhanced Manafont	Lv. 84	Reduces Manafont recast time to 120 seconds.


Enhanced Enochian III	Lv. 86	Improves Enochian's magic damage increase to 23%.


Enhanced Sharpcast II	Lv. 88	Allows the accumulation of charges for consecutive uses of Sharpcast. Maximum Charges: 2


Aspect Mastery V	Lv. 90	Adds a Paradox marker to your Elemental Gauge. The marker is made active after reaching Astral Fire III then swapping to the opposite element. Conversely, the marker can also be made active after reaching Umbral Ice III and gaining 3 Umbral Hearts then swapping to the opposite element. Blizzard and Fire become Paradox when the Paradox marker is made active.

Elemental Gauge
Umbral Ice	Enochian
Umbral Hearts	Polyglot
Paradox Gauge

Actions

Job Actions

Action Name	Type	Cast	Recast	MP Cost	Range Radius	Effect


Fire	Spell	1.44s	2.4s	-	25y 0y	Deals fire damage with a potency of 4,000. Requires no cast time when cast under the effect of Umbral Ice. Additional Effect: Afflicts target with a stack of Astral Warmth, up to a maximum of 3 Duration: 15s Effect cannot be stacked with Umbral Freeze. Additional Effect: Grants Astral Fire II Duration: 30s Effect cannot be stacked with Umbral Ice. ※Action changes to Fire IV while under the effect of Astral Fire II.


Blizzard	Spell	1.44s	2.4s	-	25y 0y	Deals ice damage with a potency of 4,000. Requires no cast time when cast under the effect of Astral Fire. Additional Effect: Afflicts target with a stack of Umbral Freeze, up to a maximum of 3 Duration: 15s Effect cannot be stacked with Astral Warmth. Additional Effect: Grants Umbral Ice II Duration: 30s Effect cannot be stacked with Astral Fire. ※Action changes to Blizzard IV while under the effect of Umbral Ice II.


Burst	Spell	1.92s	20s	-	0y 5y	Deals lightning damage to all nearby enemies with a potency of 16,000. Additional Effect: Creates a barrier around self that absorbs damage equivalent to a heal of 16,000 potency Duration: 10s This action does not share a recast timer with any other actions.


Paradox	Spell	Instant	15s	-	25y 0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 8,000. Additional Effect: Increases target's stacks of Astral Warmth or Umbral Freeze to maximum Duration: 15s This action does not share a recast timer with any other actions.


Night Wing	Ability	Instant	30s	-	25y 5y	Afflicts target and all enemies nearby it with Half-asleep. Duration: 3s Half-asleep Effect: Targets succumb to Sleep when effect expires Duration: 3s Targets struck while under the effect of Sleep will take additional damage with a potency of 8,000, and effect will dissipate.


Aetherial Manipulation	Ability	Instant	10s	-	25y 0y	Rush to a targeted enemy's or party member's location. Additional Effect: Grants Swiftcast Swiftcast Effect: Next spell can be cast immediately Duration: 10s Maximum Charges: 2 Cannot be executed while bound.


Superflare	Ability	Instant	15s	-	0y 30y	Deals damage to nearby enemies with a potency of 3,000 up to a maximum of 9,000 for every stack of Astral Warmth or Umbral Freeze they have accumulated. Additional Effect: Enemies under the effect of Astral Warmth are afflicted with Burns, dealing fire damage over time Potency: 3,000 Duration: 6s Duration increases by 3s for each additional stack of Astral Warmth, up to a maximum of 12s. Additional Effect: Enemies under the effect of Umbral Freeze are afflicted with a status ailment commensurate with the number of stacks accumulated 1 Stack: Heavy 2 Stacks: Bind 3 Stacks: Deep Freeze Duration: 2s Maximum Charges: 2


Fire IV	Spell	1.44s	2.4s	-	25y 0y	Deals fire damage with a potency of 6,000. Additional Effect: Afflicts target with a stack of Astral Warmth, up to a maximum of 3 Duration: 15s Effect cannot be stacked with Umbral Freeze. Additional Effect: Grants Astral Fire III Duration: 30s Effect cannot be stacked with Umbral Ice. Can only be executed while under the effect of Astral Fire II. ※Action changes to Flare while under the effect of Astral Fire III. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.


Flare	Spell	1.44s	2.4s	-	25y 5y	Deals fire damage with a potency of 12,000 to target and 8,000 to all enemies nearby it. Additional Effect: Afflicts target with a stack of Astral Warmth, up to a maximum of 3 Duration: 15s Effect cannot be stacked with Umbral Freeze. Can only be executed while under the effect of Astral Fire III. Astral Fire III effect expires upon execution. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.


Blizzard IV	Spell	1.44s	2.4s	-	25y 0y	Deals ice damage with a potency of 6,000. Additional Effect: Afflicts target with a stack of Umbral Freeze, up to a maximum of 3 Duration: 15s Effect cannot be stacked with Astral Warmth. Additional Effect: Grants Umbral Ice III Duration: 30s Effect cannot be stacked with Astral Fire. Can only be executed while under the effect of Umbral Ice II. ※Action changes to Freeze while under the effect of Umbral Ice III. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.


Freeze	Spell	1.44s	2.4s	-	25y 5y	Deals ice damage with a potency of 12,000 to target and 8,000 to all enemies nearby it. Additional Effect: Afflicts target with a stack of Umbral Freeze, up to a maximum of 3 Duration: 15s Effect cannot be stacked with Astral Warmth. Can only be executed while under the effect of Umbral Ice III. Umbral Ice III effect expires upon execution. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.


Foul	Spell	Instant	2.4s	-	25y 5y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 16,000 to target and all enemies nearby it. Can only be executed while under the effect of Polyglot. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

Job Actions

Role Actions

Trait

Job Gauge

Job Actions

Limit Break

Common Actions

Magical Ranged DPS

Actions & Traits

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Trait

Job Gauge

Elemental Gauge

Simple Mode

Actions

Job Actions

Limit Break

Common Actions

Action Name	Cast	Recast	MP Cost	Range Radius	Effect


Soul Resonance	Instant	10s	-	0y 0y	Grants 6 stacks of Soul Resonance, upgrading Fire to Flare and Blizzard to Freeze. Duration: 30s Additional Effect: Grants Polyglot and Apocatastasis Polyglot Effect: Action changes to Foul Duration: 60s Apocatastasis Effect: Reduces damage taken by 10% Duration: 15s Additional Effect: Reduces the recast time of Superflare by 15 seconds Can only be executed when the limit gauge is full. Gauge Charge Time: 60s

Action Name	Type	Cast	Recast	MP Cost	Range Radius	Effect


Standard-issue Elixir	Ability	4.5s	5s	-	0y 0y	Restores your HP and MP to maximum. Casting will be interrupted when damage is taken.


Recuperate	Ability	Instant	1s	2500 MP	0y 0y	Restores own HP. Cure Potency: 15,000


Purify	Ability	Instant	30s	-	0y 0y	Removes Stun, Heavy, Bind, Silence, Half-asleep, Sleep, and Deep Freeze. Grants Resilience upon successfully removing one of the aforementioned effects. Resilience Effect: Nullifies status afflictions that can be removed by Purify Duration: 5s Can be used even when under the effect of certain status afflictions.


Guard	Ability	Instant	30s	-	0y 0y	Reduces damage taken by 90% and grants immunity to Stun, Heavy, Bind, Silence, Half-asleep, Sleep, Deep Freeze, and knockback and draw-in effects. Duration: 5s Movement speed is reduced by 50% for the duration of this effect. Effect ends upon reuse, using another action, or when the effect duration expires.


Sprint	Ability	Instant	1.5s	-	0y 0y	Increases movement speed by 50%. Effect ends upon reuse or execution of another action.