Final Fantasy XIV Job Guide: Dark Knight

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 200.


Syphon Strike	Lv. 2	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Combo Action: Hard Slash Combo Potency: 300 Combo Bonus: Restores MP


Unleash	Lv. 6	Spell	Instant	2.5s	-	0y 5y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 150 to all nearby enemies.


Grit	Lv. 10	Ability	Instant	10s	-	0y 0y	Significantly increases enmity generation. Effect ends upon reuse.


Unmend	Lv. 15	Spell	Instant	2.5s	-	15y 0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 150. Additional Effect: Increased enmity


Souleater	Lv. 26	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Combo Action: Syphon Strike Combo Potency: 400 Combo Bonus: Restores own HP Cure Potency: 300 Combo Bonus: Increases Blood Gauge by 20


Flood of Darkness Job Quest	Lv. 30	Ability	Instant	2s	3000 MP	10y 10y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 250 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	Increases Blood Gauge by 10 and restores MP upon landing weaponskills or spells. Effect does not stack when hitting multiple targets with a single attack. Duration: 10s


Shadow Wall	Lv. 38	Ability	Instant	120s	-	0y 0y	Reduces damage taken by 30%. Duration: 15s


Edge of Darkness Job Quest	Lv. 40	Ability	Instant	2s	3000 MP	3y 0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 350. 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 magic vulnerability 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 While under the effect of Walking Dead, most attacks will not lower your HP below 1. If, before the Walking Dead timer runs out, HP is 100% restored, the effect will fade. If 100% is not restored, you will be KO'd. Walking Dead Duration: 10s


Salted Earth Job Quest	Lv. 52	Ability	Instant	90s	-	15y 5y	Creates a patch of salted earth, dealing unaspected damage with a potency of 60 to any enemies who enter. Duration: 15s


Plunge Job Quest	Lv. 54	Ability	Instant	30s	-	15y 0y	Delivers a jumping attack with a potency of 200. Maximum Charges: 2 Cannot be executed while bound.


Abyssal Drain Job Quest	Lv. 56	Ability	Instant	60s	-	15y 5y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 200 to target and all enemies nearby it. Additional Effect: Restores own HP Cure Potency: 200


Carve and Spit Job Quest	Lv. 60	Ability	Instant	60s	-	3y 0y	Delivers a threefold attack with a potency of 450. Additional Effect: Restores MP


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 210 to all nearby enemies. Blood Gauge Cost: 50


Delirium	Lv. 68	Ability	Instant	90s	-	0y 0y	Allows the execution of Quietus and Bloodspiller without cost, restoring MP when landing either weaponskill. Duration: 10s


The Blackest Night Job Quest	Lv. 70	Ability	Instant	15s	3000 MP	30y 0y	Creates a barrier around target 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


Stalwart Soul	Lv. 72	Spell	Instant	2.5s	-	0y 5y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 100 to all nearby enemies. Combo Action: Unleash Combo Potency: 160 Combo Bonus: Restores MP Combo Bonus: Increases Blood Gauge by 20


Flood of Shadow	Lv. 74	Ability	Instant	2s	3000 MP	10y 10y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 300 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	2s	3000 MP	3y 0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 500. 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.


Dark Missionary	Lv. 76	Ability	Instant	90s	-	0y 15y	Reduces magic damage taken by self and nearby party members by 10%. Duration: 15s


Living Shadow	Lv. 80	Ability	Instant	120s	-	0y 0y	Conjure a simulacrum of your darkside to fight alongside you. Simulacrum Attack Potency: 300 Duration: 24s Blood Gauge Cost: 50

Action Name	Acquired	Type	Cast	Recast	MP Cost	Range Radius	Effect


Rampart	Lv. 8	Ability	Instant	90s	-	0y 0y	Reduces damage taken by 20%. 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: 10s


Arm's Length	Lv. 32	Ability	Instant	120s	-	0y 0y	Creates a barrier nullifying most knockback and draw-in effects. Duration: 6s Additional Effect: Slow +20% when barrier is struck Duration: 15s


Shirk	Lv. 48	Ability	Instant	120s	-	25y 0y	Diverts 25% of enmity to target party member.

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.


Darkside Mastery	Lv. 74	Upgrades Flood of Darkness and Edge of Darkness to Flood of Shadow and Edge of Shadow respectively.


Enhanced Plunge	Lv. 78	Allows the accumulation of charges for consecutive uses of Plunge. Maximum Charges: 2

Blood Gauge
Grit (Active)
Darkside Gauge
Darkside	Dark Arts	Living Shadow

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 1,000. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.


Syphon Strike	Weaponskill	Instant	2.4s	-	5y 0y	Delivers an attack to target. Combo Action: Hard Slash Combo Potency: 1,200 Combo Bonus: Restores 500 MP ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. Revisions MP recovery has been reduced from 1,000 to 500.


Souleater	Weaponskill	Instant	2.4s	-	5y 0y	Delivers an attack to target. Combo Action: Syphon Strike Combo Potency: 1,400 Combo Bonus: Absorbs 100% of damage dealt as HP Combo Bonus: Increases Blood Gauge by 25 ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. Revisions Potency has been increased from 1,200 to 1,400.


Unleash	Spell	Instant	2.4s	-	0y 5y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 600 to all nearby enemies. Additional Effect: Restores 250 MP for each enemy hit ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.


Stalwart Soul	Spell	Instant	2.4s	-	0y 5y	Deals unaspected damage to all nearby enemies. Combo Action: Unleash Combo Potency: 800 Combo Bonus: Absorbs 100% of damage dealt as HP Combo Bonus: Increases Blood Gauge by 25 ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.


Unmend	Spell	Instant	2.4s	-	15y 0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 800. Additional Effect: Increases Blood Gauge by 10 Revisions Potency has been increased from 400 to 800. The additional effect "10-yalm draw-in" has been removed. The additional effect "Increases Blood Gauge by 10" has been added. Recast time has been reduced from 30 to 2.4 seconds.


Bloodspiller	Weaponskill	Instant	2.4s	-	5y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 1,800. Additional Effect: Restores 500 MP Blood Gauge Cost: 50 Revisions Potency has been increased from 1,500 to 1,800. MP recovery has been reduced from 1,000 to 500.


Quietus	Weaponskill	Instant	2.4s	-	0y 5y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 1,000 to all nearby enemies. Additional Effect: Restores 250 MP for each enemy hit Blood Gauge Cost: 50 Revisions MP recovery has been reduced from 500 to 250.


Edge of Shadow	Ability	Instant	1s	2500 MP	5y 0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 1,000. Additional Effect: Grants Darkside, increasing damage dealt by 10% Duration: 15s Additional Effect: Reduces target's HP recovered by healing actions by 20% Duration: 10s Extends Darkside duration by 15s, to a maximum of 60s. Revisions Potency has been reduced from 1,200 to 1,000. MP cost has been reduced from 5,000 to 2,500. Maximum duration of Darkside reduced from 60 to 30 seconds. Reduction to target HP recovery no longer requires Darkside. Darkside effect now increases damage dealt by 10%.


Flood of Shadow	Ability	Instant	1s	2500 MP	10y 10y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 600 to all enemies in a straight line. Additional Effect: Grants Darkside, increasing damage dealt by 10% Duration: 15s Additional Effect: Reduces target's HP recovered by healing actions by 10% Duration: 10s Extends Darkside duration by 15s, to a maximum of 30s.


Plunge	Ability	Instant	30s	-	15y 0y	Rushes target and delivers an attack with a potency of 600. Recast time is reset if Plunge records a KO or an assist. Cannot be executed while bound. Revisions The additional effect "Stun" has been removed.


Delirium	Ability	Instant	45s	-	0y 0y	Allows the execution of Quietus and Bloodspiller without cost. Duration: 6s


The Blackest Night	Ability	Instant	15s	2500 MP	30y 0y	Creates a barrier around self or target party member that absorbs damage equivalent to a heal of 3,000 potency. Duration: 6s 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 Revisions Barrier strength has been changed from 20% of maximum HP to the equivalent of a heal of 3,000 potency. Dark Arts effect now also applies to Flood of Shadow.


Dark Missionary	Ability	Instant	60s	-	0y 15y	Reduces damage taken by self and nearby party members by 10%, while increasing HP recovered via healing actions by 10%. Duration: 10s

* The following actions were removed with the release of patch 5.1: Sole Survivor.

Job Actions

Role Actions

Trait

Combos

Job Gauge

Job Actions

Common Actions

Additional PvP Actions

Adrenaline Rush

Job Gauge

Tank

Actions & Traits

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Role Actions

Trait

Combos

Combo Sequence

Effect

Job Gauge

Blood Gauge

Darkside Gauge

Simple Mode

Actions

Job Actions

Common Actions

Additional PvP Actions

Adrenaline Rush

Job Gauge

Blood Gauge

Darkside Gauge

Simple Mode

Action Name	Type	Cast	Recast	MP Cost	Range Radius	Effect


Full Swing	Ability	Instant	30s	-	5y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 1,000. Additional Effect: 15-yalm knockback Revisions Potency has been increased from 600 to 1,000. Recast time has been reduced from 60 to 30 seconds. The additional effect "Increases target's damage taken by 10%" has been removed. The additional effect "15-yalm knockback" has been added.


Weapon Throw	Ability	Instant	30s	-	15y 0y	Delivers a ranged attack with a potency of 400. Additional Effect: 10-yalm draw-in


Reprisal	Ability	Instant	60s	-	0y 5y	Reduces damage dealt by nearby enemies by 10%. Duration: 10s Revisions Effect duration has been increased from 6 to 10 seconds. Area of effect has been changed from a single target to all nearby enemies. Effect potency has been reduced from 20% to 10%.


Rampart	Ability	Instant	60s	-	0y 0y	Reduces damage taken by 20%. Duration: 10s Revisions Effect potency has been reduced from 25% to 20%.


Retaliation	Ability	Instant	60s	-	0y 0y	Counters all incoming attacks. Counter Potency: 800 Duration: 10s

Action Name	Cast	Recast	MP Cost	Range Radius	Effect


Aegis Boon	Instant	-	-	0y 30y	Reduces damage taken by self and nearby party members by 25%. Duration: 10s Can only be executed while the Adrenaline Gauge is full.