Tank

The pious Ishgardian clergy guide the flock, and the devout knights protect the weak. Yet even the holiest of men succumb to the darkest of temptations.

None dare to administer justice to these sacrosanct elite residing outside the reach of the law. Who, then, defends the feeble from the transgressions of those meant to guide and protect them?

A valiant few take up arms to defend the downtrodden, and not even the holy priests and knights can escape their judgment. Pariahs in their own land, they are known by many as “dark knights.”

These sentinels bear no shields declaring their allegiance. Instead, their greatswords act as beacons to guide the meek through darkness.

Starting Job Quest

Last Update: 05/27/2025

All descriptions are based on action attributes and bonuses attained by level 100.
For further details on changes to actions and traits in Patch 7.2, please refer to the patch notes.

Actions & Traits

Job Actions

Action Name	Acquired	Type	Cast	Recast	MP Cost	Range Radius	Effect
Hard Slash	Lv. 1	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 300.
Syphon Strike	Lv. 2	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 240. Combo Action: Hard Slash Combo Potency: 380 Combo Bonus: Restores MP
Unleash	Lv. 6	Spell	Instant	2.5s	-	0y 5y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 120 to all nearby enemies. Additional Effect: Increased enmity
Grit	Lv. 10	Ability	Instant	2s	-	0y 0y	Significantly increases enmity generation. Effect ends upon reuse.
Release Grit	Lv. 10	Ability	Instant	1s	-	0y 0y	Cancels the effect of Grit.
Unmend	Lv. 15	Spell	Instant	2.5s	-	20y 0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 150. Additional Effect: Increased enmity Additional Effect: Reduces the recast time of Shadowstride by 5 seconds
Souleater	Lv. 26	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 260. Combo Action: Syphon Strike Combo Potency: 480 Combo Bonus: Restores own HP Cure Potency: 300 Combo Bonus: Increases Blood Gauge by 20
Flood of Darkness Job Quest	Lv. 30	Ability	Instant	1s	3000 MP	10y 10y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 100 to all enemies in a straight line before you. Additional Effect: Grants Darkside, increasing damage dealt by 10% Duration: 30s Extends Darkside duration by 30s to a maximum of 60s. Shares a recast timer with Edge of Darkness.
Blood Weapon Job Quest	Lv. 35	Ability	Instant	60s	-	0y 0y	Grants 3 stacks of Blood Weapon, each stack increasing Blood Gauge by 10 and restoring MP upon landing weaponskills or spells. Duration: 15s Effect does not stack when hitting multiple targets with a single attack.
Shadow Wall	Lv. 38	Ability	Instant	120s	-	0y 0y	Reduces damage taken by 30%. Duration: 15s
Stalwart Soul	Lv. 40	Spell	Instant	2.5s	-	0y 5y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 120 to all nearby enemies. Additional Effect: Increased enmity Combo Action: Unleash Combo Potency: 160 Combo Bonus: Restores MP Combo Bonus: Increases Blood Gauge by 20
Edge of Darkness Job Quest	Lv. 40	Ability	Instant	1s	3000 MP	3y 0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 300. Additional Effect: Grants Darkside, increasing damage dealt by 10% Duration: 30s Extends Darkside duration by 30s to a maximum of 60s. Shares a recast timer with Flood of Darkness.
Dark Mind	Lv. 45	Ability	Instant	60s	-	0y 0y	Reduces physical damage taken by 10% and magic damage taken by 20%. Duration: 10s
Living Dead Job Quest	Lv. 50	Ability	Instant	300s	-	0y 0y	Grants the effect of Living Dead. When HP is reduced to 0 while under the effect of Living Dead, instead of becoming KO'd, your status will change to Walking Dead. Living Dead Duration: 10s Additional Effect: Restores HP with each weaponskill successfully delivered or spell cast Cure Potency: 1500 While under the effect of Walking Dead, most attacks will not lower your HP below 1. If, before the Walking Dead timer runs out, an amount of HP totaling your maximum HP is restored, the effect will change to Undead Rebirth. If this amount is not restored, you will be KO'd. Walking Dead Duration: 10s While under the effect of Undead Rebirth, most attacks will not lower your HP below 1. Undead Rebirth Duration: Time remaining on Walking Dead
Salted Earth Job Quest	Lv. 52	Ability	Instant	90s	-	0y 5y	Creates a patch of salted earth at your feet, dealing unaspected damage with a potency of 50 to any enemies who enter. Duration: 15s
Shadowstride Job Quest	Lv. 54	Ability	Instant	30s	-	20y 0y	Rush to a targeted enemy's location. Additional Effect: Increased enmity Maximum Charges: 2 Cannot be executed while bound.
Abyssal Drain Job Quest	Lv. 56	Ability	Instant	60s	-	20y 5y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 240 to target and all enemies nearby it. Additional Effect: Restores own HP Cure Potency: 500 Additional Effect: Restores MP Shares a recast timer with Carve and Spit.
Carve and Spit Job Quest	Lv. 60	Ability	Instant	60s	-	3y 0y	Delivers a threefold attack with a potency of 540. Additional Effect: Restores own HP Cure Potency: 500 Additional Effect: Restores MP Shares a recast timer with Abyssal Drain.
Bloodspiller	Lv. 62	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 600. Blood Gauge Cost: 50
Quietus	Lv. 64	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	0y 5y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 240 to all nearby enemies. Blood Gauge Cost: 50
Dark Missionary	Lv. 66	Ability	Instant	90s	-	0y 30y	Reduces physical damage taken by 5% and magic damage taken by 10% for self and nearby party members. Duration: 15s
Delirium	Lv. 68	Ability	Instant	60s	-	0y 0y	Grants 3 stacks of Delirium and Blood Weapon. Delirium Effect: Changes Bloodspiller to Scarlet Delirium and Quietus to Impalement Duration: 15s Blood Weapon Effect: Each stack increases Blood Gauge by 10 and restores MP upon landing weaponskills or spells Duration: 15s Effect does not stack when hitting multiple targets with a single attack.
The Blackest Night Job Quest	Lv. 70	Ability	Instant	15s	3000 MP	30y 0y	Creates a barrier around self or target party member that absorbs damage totaling 25% of target's maximum HP. Duration: 7s Grants Dark Arts when barrier is completely absorbed. Dark Arts Effect: Consume Dark Arts instead of MP to execute Edge of Shadow or Flood of Shadow
Flood of Shadow	Lv. 74	Ability	Instant	1s	3000 MP	10y 10y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 160 to all enemies in a straight line before you. Additional Effect: Grants Darkside, increasing damage dealt by 10% Duration: 30s Extends Darkside duration by 30s to a maximum of 60s. Shares a recast timer with Edge of Shadow.
Edge of Shadow	Lv. 74	Ability	Instant	1s	3000 MP	3y 0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 460. Additional Effect: Grants Darkside, increasing damage dealt by 10% Duration: 30s Extends Darkside duration by 30s to a maximum of 60s. Shares a recast timer with Flood of Shadow.
Living Shadow	Lv. 80	Ability	Instant	120s	-	0y 0y	Conjure a simulacrum of your darkside to fight alongside you. Duration: 20s Additional Effect: Grants Scorn Duration: 30s Simulacrum Attack Potency: 420 Additional Effect: Simulacrum is able to execute Shadowbringer and Disesteem Shadowbringer Potency: 570 for the first enemy, and 25% less for all remaining enemies Disesteem Potency: 620 for the first enemy, and 25% less for all remaining enemies
Oblation	Lv. 82	Ability	Instant	60s	-	30y 0y	Reduces damage taken by target party member or self by 10%. Duration: 10s Maximum Charges: 2

Salt and Darkness Prerequisite Quest	Lv. 86	Ability	Instant	20s	-	0y 0y	All enemies standing in the corrupted patch of Salted Earth take additional unaspected damage with a potency of 500 for the first enemy, and 25% less for all remaining enemies.

Shadowbringer	Lv. 90	Ability	Instant	60s	-	10y 10y	Deals unaspected damage to all enemies in a straight line before you with a potency of 600 for the first enemy, and 25% less for all remaining enemies. Maximum Charges: 2 Can only be executed while under the effect of Darkside.
Shadowed Vigil	Lv. 92	Ability	Instant	120s	-	0y 0y	Reduces damage taken by 40%. Duration: 15s Additional Effect: Grants Vigilant Duration: 20s Vigilant Effect: Restores HP when HP falls below 50% or upon effect duration expiration Cure Potency: 1,200
Scarlet Delirium	Lv. 96	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 620. Additional Effect: Restores MP Can only be executed while under the effect of Delirium. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. ※Bloodspiller changes to Scarlet Delirium while under the effect of Delirium.
Comeuppance	Lv. 96	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 720. Combo Action: Scarlet Delirium Additional Effect: Restores MP Can only be executed while under the effect of Delirium. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. ※Scarlet Delirium changes to Comeuppance when requirements for execution are met.
Torcleaver	Lv. 96	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 820. Combo Action: Comeuppance Additional Effect: Restores MP Can only be executed while under the effect of Delirium. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. ※Comeuppance changes to Torcleaver when requirements for execution are met.

Impalement	Lv. 96	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	0y 5y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 300 to all nearby enemies. Additional Effect: Restores MP Can only be executed while under the effect of Delirium. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. ※Quietus changes to Impalement when requirements for execution are met.

Disesteem	Lv. 100	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	10y 10y	Deals physical damage to all enemies in a straight line before you with a potency of 1,000 for the first enemy, and 25% less for all remaining enemies. Can only be executed while Scorn is active.

Role Actions

Role actions are abilities common to classes and jobs with the same role.

Action Name	Acquired	Type	Cast	Recast	MP Cost	Range Radius	Effect
Rampart	Lv. 8	Ability	Instant	90s	-	0y 0y	Reduces damage taken by 20%. Additional Effect: Increases HP recovery via healing actions on self by 15% Duration: 20s
Low Blow	Lv. 12	Ability	Instant	25s	-	3y 0y	Stuns target. Duration: 5s
Provoke	Lv. 15	Ability	Instant	30s	-	25y 0y	Gesture threateningly, placing yourself at the top of a target's enmity list while gaining additional enmity.
Interject	Lv. 18	Ability	Instant	30s	-	3y 0y	Interrupts the use of a target's action.
Reprisal	Lv. 22	Ability	Instant	60s	-	0y 5y	Reduces damage dealt by nearby enemies by 10%. Duration: 15s
Arm's Length	Lv. 32	Ability	Instant	120s	-	0y 0y	Nullifies most knockback and draw-in effects. Duration: 6s Additional Effect: When you are struck by a physical attack, the striker will be afflicted with Slow +20% Duration: 15s
Shirk	Lv. 48	Ability	Instant	120s	-	25y 0y	Diverts 25% of enmity to target party member.

Trait

Traits	Acquired	Effect
Tank Mastery	Lv. 1	Reduces damage taken by 20%. Furthermore, grants a bonus to maximum HP based on your vitality attribute, and a bonus to damage dealt based on your strength attribute.
Blackblood	Lv. 62	Allows for Blood Gauge accumulation upon the landing of certain actions.
Enhanced Blackblood	Lv. 66	Allows for Blood Gauge accumulation upon the landing of any weaponskill or spell while under the effect of Blood Weapon.
Blood Weapon Mastery	Lv. 68	Upgrades Blood Weapon to Delirium.
Darkside Mastery	Lv. 74	Upgrades Flood of Darkness and Edge of Darkness to Flood of Shadow and Edge of Shadow respectively.
Enhanced Unmend	Lv. 84	Reduces recast time of Shadowstride by 5 seconds when executing Unmend on most targets.
Melee Mastery	Lv. 84	Increases the potency of Hard Slash to 180, Syphon Strike to 120, and Souleater to 140.
Enhanced Living Shadow	Lv. 88	Increases the potency of attacks dealt by your simulacrum to 420.
Enhanced Living Shadow II	Lv. 90	Upgrades Flood of Shadow executed by your simulacrum to Shadowbringer, which delivers an attack to all enemies in a straight line before it with a potency of 570 for the first enemy, and 25% less for all remaining enemies.
Shadow Wall Mastery	Lv. 92	Upgrades Shadow Wall to Shadowed Vigil.
Melee Mastery II	Lv. 94	Increases the potency of Hard Slash to 300, Syphon Strike to 240, Souleater to 260, Stalwart Soul to 120, Carve and Spit to 540, Bloodspiller to 600, and Quietus to 240.
Enhanced Delirium	Lv. 96	Upgrades Bloodspiller and Quietus to Scarlet Delirium and Impalement respectively.
Enhanced Living Shadow III	Lv. 100	Grants the effect of Scorn after executing Living Shadow. Duration: 30s Additionally upgrades Carve and Spit executed by your simulacrum to Disesteem, which delivers an attack to all enemies in a straight line before it with a potency of 620 for the first enemy, and 25% less for all remaining enemies.

Role Traits

Role traits are characteristics common to classes and jobs with the same role.

Traits	Acquired	Effect
Enhanced Rampart	Lv. 94	Adds an additional effect to Rampart that increases HP recovery via healing actions on self by 15%.
Enhanced Reprisal	Lv. 98	Extends the duration of Reprisal to 15 seconds.

Combos

Performing actions in a certain order increases potency and applies combo bonuses.

Combo Sequence

Effect

Hard Slash

Syphon Strike

Souleater

Recovers HP and MP while increasing the Blood Gauge.

Unleash

Stalwart Soul

Hits multiple enemies while also restoring MP and increasing the Blood Gauge.

Scarlet Delirium

Comeuppance

Torcleaver

A high-damage combo requiring stacks of Delirium that also restores MP.

Job Gauge

Blood Gauge

Upon learning the action Grit, a symbol will appear on the screen indicating when it is in effect. Grit increases enmity gained from using other actions.

Upon learning the trait Blackblood, the symbol which indicates the use of Grit will change to also display the Blood Gauge.

The Blood Gauge displays the amount of Blackblood a dark knight has accumulated, which can be used to execute several actions such as Bloodspiller (acquired at level 62) and Quietus (acquired at level 64).

Darkside Gauge

Upon learning the action Flood of Darkness, an additional gauge will be displayed, indicating the remaining duration of Darkside.

Darkside increases damage dealt, and its duration can be extended by using actions such as Flood of Darkness and Edge of Darkness (acquired at level 40).

Upon learning the action The Blackest Night, an icon indicating the effect of Dark Arts will be displayed on the Darkside Gauge. Dark Arts is granted when the barrier created by the Blackest Night is completely absorbed. It can then be used to execute Flood of Darkness or Edge of Darkness without MP cost.

Upon learning the action Living Shadow, you can conjure a simulacrum to fight alongside you. Its duration will be displayed alongside the Darkside Gauge.

Simple Mode

Blood Gauge
Grit (Active)
The gauge cannot be displayed in simple mode until learning the trait Blackblood at level 62.
Darkside Gauge
Darkside	Dark Arts	Living Shadow

All descriptions are based on action attributes and bonuses attained by level 100.
For further details on changes to actions and traits in Patch 7.2, please refer to the patch notes.

Last Update: 05/27/2025

For further details on changes to actions, please refer to the patch notes.

Actions

Job Actions

Action Name	Type	Cast	Recast	MP Cost	Range Radius	Effect

Hard Slash	Weaponskill	Instant	2.4s	-	5y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 5,000. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

Syphon Strike	Weaponskill	Instant	2.4s	-	5y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 6,000. Combo Action: Hard Slash ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

Souleater	Weaponskill	Instant	2.4s	-	5y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 7,000. Combo Action: Syphon Strike Additional Effect: Converts 100% of damage dealt into HP ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

Impalement	Weaponskill	Instant	16s	-	0y 6y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 6,000. Potency increases up to 12,000 as your HP decreases. Additional Effect: Absorbs 100% of damage dealt as HP This weaponskill does not share a recast timer with any other actions.

Shadowbringer	Ability	Instant	1s	-	10y 10y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 6,000 to all enemies in a straight line before you. Consumes 12,000 HP when executed. Additional Effect: Grants Blackblood Duration: 10s Can only be executed when current HP is above 12,000 or while under the effect of Dark Arts. ※Souleater Combo changes to Scarlet Delirium while under the effect of Blackblood. ※Souleater Combo changes to Comeuppance while under the effect of Comeuppance Ready. ※Souleater Combo changes to Torcleaver while under the effect of Torcleaver Ready.

Plunge	Ability	Instant	12s	-	20y 0y	Rushes target and delivers an attack with a potency of 2,000. Additional Effect: Afflicts target with Sole Survivor Sole Survivor Effect: Reduces target's HP recovered by healing actions by 20% Duration: 12s If that target should be KO'd in battle before Sole Survivor expires, your HP and MP will be restored by 20%, and the recast time of Plunge will be reset. Cannot be executed while bound.
The Blackest Night	Ability	Instant	16s	-	30y 0y	Creates a barrier around self or target party member that absorbs damage equivalent to a heal of 8,000 potency. Duration: 8s Grants Dark Arts when barrier is completely absorbed. Duration: 15s Dark Arts Effect: Consume Dark Arts instead of HP to execute Shadowbringer Maximum Charges: 2
Salted Earth	Ability	Instant	28s	-	0y 10y	Instantly draws nearby enemies within 10 yalms to your side, and creates a patch of salted earth at your feet, dealing unaspected damage over time to enemies within a 5-yalm radius. Potency: 4,000 Duration: 10s Additional Effect: Gradually restores your HP and reduces damage taken by 20% while standing in the patch of salted earth Cure Potency: 4,000 ※Action changes to Salt and Darkness upon execution.

Scarlet Delirium	Weaponskill	Instant	2.4s	-	5y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 6,000. Potency increases up to 12,000 as your HP decreases. Additional Effect: Grants Comeuppance Ready Can only be executed while under the effect of Blackblood. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

Comeuppance	Weaponskill	Instant	2.4s	-	5y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 7,000. Potency increases up to 14,000 as your HP decreases. Additional Effect: Grants Torcleaver Ready Can only be executed while under the effect of Blackblood and Comeuppance Ready. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

Torcleaver	Weaponskill	Instant	2.4s	-	5y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 8,000. Potency increases up to 16,000 as your HP decreases. Can only be executed while under the effect of Blackblood and Torcleaver Ready. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Salt and Darkness	Ability	Instant	10s	-	0y 0y	All enemies standing in the corrupted patch of Salted Earth take additional unaspected damage with a potency of 4,000. Additional Effect: Bind Duration: 2s ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

Disesteem	Weaponskill	Instant	2.4s	-	10y 10y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 12,000 to all enemies in a straight line. Ignores the effects of Guard when dealing damage. Can only be executed while under the effect of Scorn. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

Limit Break

The limit break gauge can be filled through combating enemies and completing other objectives, dependent on the PvP duty. Your limit break will become available upon filling the gauge.

Action Name	Cast	Recast	MP Cost	Range Radius	Effect

Eventide	Instant	10s	-	0y 30y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 12,000 to all enemies in a straight line before and behind you. Potency increases up to 24,000 as HP nears maximum. HP is reduced to 1 upon execution. Additional Effect: Grants Undead Redemption Undead Redemption Effect: Most attacks cannot reduce your HP to less than 1, and you absorb 100% of weaponskill damage dealt as HP Duration: 10s Additional Effect: Grants Blackblood Duration: 10s Additional Effect: Grants Scorn Duration: 15s Can only be executed when the limit gauge is full. Gauge Charge Time: 105s ※Action changes to Disesteem while under the effect of Scorn. ※Souleater Combo changes to Scarlet Delerium while under the effect of Blackblood. ※Souleater Combo changes to Comeuppance while under the effect of Comeuppance Ready. ※Souleater Combo changes to Torcleaver while under the effect of Torcleaver Ready.

Common Actions

These actions are shared by all jobs.

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	24s	-	0y 0y	Removes Stun, Heavy, Bind, Silence, Deep Freeze, and Miracle of Nature. Additional Effect: Grants Resilience Resilience Effect: Nullifies status afflictions that can be removed by Purify, as well as knockback and draw-in effects Duration: 3s 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: 4s Movement speed is reduced by 33% 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.

PvP Role Actions

One PvP role action may be selected per role, and they are applicable only in large-scale PvP duties (Frontline and Rival Wings).

Action Name	Type	Cast	Recast	MP Cost	Range Radius	Effect

Rampage	Ability	Instant	45s	-	0y 10y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 8,000 to all nearby enemies. Additional Effect: Increases target's damage taken by 25% Duration: 10s

Rampart	Ability	Instant	60s	-	0y 0y	Reduces damage taken by 50% while increasing HP recovered by healing actions by 25%. Duration: 15s

Full Swing	Ability	Instant	30s	-	5y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 8,000. Additional Effect: 30-yalm knockback Removes Guard from enemies under its effect.

For further details on changes to actions, please refer to the patch notes.