Job Guide: Monk | FINAL FANTASY XIV

All descriptions are based on action attributes and bonuses attained by level 90.
For further details on changes to actions and traits, please refer to the patch notes.

Actions & Traits

Job Actions

Action Name	Acquired	Type	Cast	Recast	MP Cost	Range Radius	Effect


Bootshine	Lv. 1	Weaponskill	Instant	2s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 210. Leaden Fist Potency: 310 Opo-opo Form Bonus: Guarantees a critical hit Damage dealt is increased when under an effect that raises critical hit rate. Additional Effect: Changes form to raptor Duration: 30s


True Strike	Lv. 4	Weaponskill	Instant	2s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 300. Can only be executed when in raptor form. Additional Effect: Changes form to coeurl Duration: 30s


Snap Punch	Lv. 6	Weaponskill	Instant	2s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 250. 310 when executed from a target's flank. Can only be executed when in coeurl form. Additional Effect: Changes form to opo-opo Duration: 30s


Meditation Class Quest	Lv. 15	Ability	Instant	1s	-	0y 0y	Opens a chakra. Up to five chakra can be opened at once. Opens all five chakra when used outside of combat. Triggers the cooldown of weaponskills upon execution. Conversely, execution of weaponskills triggers the cooldown of this action. ※Action changes to The Forbidden Chakra when all five chakra are open.


Steel Peak	Lv. 15	Ability	Instant	1s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 180. Can only be executed while in combat and under the effect of the Fifth Chakra. The five chakra close upon execution. Shares a recast timer with Howling Fist. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.


Twin Snakes	Lv. 18	Weaponskill	Instant	2s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 280. Can only be executed when in raptor form. Additional Effect: Grants Disciplined Fist Disciplined Fist Effect: Increases damage dealt by 15% Duration: 15s Additional Effect: Changes form to coeurl Duration: 30s


Arm of the Destroyer	Lv. 26	Weaponskill	Instant	2s	-	0y 5y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100 to all nearby targets. Opo-opo Form Potency: 110 Additional Effect: Changes form to raptor Duration: 30s


Demolish Class Quest	Lv. 30	Weaponskill	Instant	2s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 70. 130 when executed from a target's rear. Can only be executed when in coeurl form. Additional Effect: Damage over time Potency: 70 Duration: 18s Additional Effect: Changes form to opo-opo Duration: 30s


Rockbreaker Job Quest	Lv. 30	Weaponskill	Instant	2s	-	0y 5y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 130 to all nearby enemies. Can only be executed when in coeurl form. Additional Effect: Changes form to opo-opo Duration: 30s


Thunderclap Job Quest	Lv. 35	Ability	Instant	30s	-	20y 0y	Rush to a targeted enemy's or party member's location. Maximum Charges: 3 Cannot be executed while bound.


Howling Fist Job Quest	Lv. 40	Ability	Instant	1s	-	10y 10y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100 to all enemies in a straight line before you. Can only be executed while in combat and under the effect of the Fifth Chakra. The five chakra close upon execution. Shares a recast timer with The Forbidden Chakra.


Mantra	Lv. 42	Ability	Instant	90s	-	0y 30y	Increases HP recovery via healing actions by 10% for self and nearby party members. Duration: 15s


Four-point Fury Job Quest	Lv. 45	Weaponskill	Instant	2s	-	0y 5y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 120 to all nearby enemies. Can only be executed when in raptor form. Additional Effect: Grants Disciplined Fist Disciplined Fist Effect: Increases damage dealt by 15% Duration: 15s Additional Effect: Changes form to coeurl Duration: 30s


Dragon Kick	Lv. 50	Weaponskill	Instant	2s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 320. Opo-opo Form Bonus: Grants Leaden Fist Duration: 30s Additional Effect: Changes form to raptor Duration: 30s


Perfect Balance Job Quest	Lv. 50	Ability	Instant	40s	-	0y 0y	Grants 3 stacks of Perfect Balance, each stack allowing the execution of a weaponskill that requires a certain form, without being in that form. Duration: 20s Additional Effect: Grants Opo-opo Chakra, Coeurl Chakra, or Raptor Chakra depending on the form required by actions executed Maximum Charges: 2 Can only be executed while in combat and when not under the effect of any Beast Chakra.


Form Shift Job Quest	Lv. 52	Weaponskill	Instant	2s	-	0y 0y	Grants Formless Fist to self, allowing the execution of a weaponskill that requires a certain form, without being in that form. Duration: 30s Any additional effects associated with the executed action will also be applied.


The Forbidden Chakra Job Quest	Lv. 54	Ability	Instant	1s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 340. Can only be executed while in combat and under the effect of the Fifth Chakra. The five chakra close upon execution. Shares a recast timer with Enlightenment. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.


Masterful Blitz Job Quest	Lv. 60	Weaponskill	Instant	2s	-	0y 0y	Strike the enemy with a technique fueled by the power of your Beast Chakra. The technique used is determined by the number of different types of Beast Chakra opened. 1 Beast Chakra Type: Elixir Field 2 Beast Chakra Types: Celestial Revolution 3 Beast Chakra Types: Rising Phoenix 3 Beast Chakra and Both Nadi: Phantom Rush


Elixir Field	Lv. 60	Weaponskill	Instant	2s	-	0y 5y	Delivers an attack to all nearby enemies with a potency of 600 for the first enemy, and 70% less for all remaining enemies. Additional Effect: Opens the Lunar Nadi Additional Effect: Grants Formless Fist, allowing the execution of a weaponskill that requires a certain form, without being in that form Duration: 30s Any additional effects associated with the executed action will also be applied. Can only be executed while under the effect of three of the same Beast Chakra. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.


Flint Strike	Lv. 60	Weaponskill	Instant	2s	-	0y 5y	Delivers an attack to all nearby enemies with a potency of 600 for the first enemy, and 70% less for all remaining enemies. Additional Effect: Opens the Solar Nadi Additional Effect: Grants Formless Fist, allowing the execution of a weaponskill that requires a certain form, without being in that form Duration: 30s Any additional effects associated with the executed action will also be applied. Can only be executed while under the effect of three distinct Beast Chakra. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.


Celestial Revolution	Lv. 60	Weaponskill	Instant	2s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 450. Additional Effect: Opens the Lunar Nadi If the Lunar Nadi is already open, opens the Solar Nadi instead. Additional Effect: Grants Formless Fist, allowing the execution of a weaponskill that requires a certain form, without being in that form Duration: 30s Any additional effects associated with the executed action will also be applied. Can only be executed while under the effect of three Beast Chakra. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.


Tornado Kick	Lv. 60	Weaponskill	Instant	2s	-	3y 5y	Delivers an attack to target and all enemies nearby it with a potency of 850 for the first enemy, and 50% less for all remaining enemies. Additional Effect: Grants Formless Fist, allowing the execution of a weaponskill that requires a certain form, without being in that form Duration: 30s Any additional effects associated with the executed action will also be applied. Can only be executed while under the effect of Lunar Nadi and Solar Nadi, as well as three Beast Chakra. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.


Riddle of Earth	Lv. 64	Ability	Instant	120s	-	0y 0y	Reduces damage taken by 20%. Duration: 10s Additional Effect: Grants Earth's Reply upon taking damage Earth's Reply Effect: Gradually restores HP Cure Potency: 100 Duration: 15s


Riddle of Fire	Lv. 68	Ability	Instant	60s	-	0y 0y	Increases damage dealt by 15%. Duration: 20s


Brotherhood Job Quest	Lv. 70	Ability	Instant	120s	-	0y 30y	Grants Brotherhood and Meditative Brotherhood to self and all nearby party members. Brotherhood Effect: Increases damage dealt by 5% Meditative Brotherhood Effect: 20% chance you open a chakra when party members under this effect successfully land a weaponskill or cast a spell Chance is 100% when you successfully land a weaponskill or cast a spell while under the effect of Meditative Brotherhood. Duration: 15s


Riddle of Wind	Lv. 72	Ability	Instant	90s	-	0y 0y	Reduces auto-attack delay by 50%. Duration: 15s


Enlightenment	Lv. 74	Ability	Instant	1s	-	10y 10y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 170 to all enemies in a straight line before you. Can only be executed while in combat and under the effect of the Fifth Chakra. The five chakra close upon execution. Shares a recast timer with The Forbidden Chakra.


Anatman	Lv. 78	Ability	Instant	60s	-	0y 0y	Extends the duration of Disciplined Fist and your present form to maximum and halts their expiration. Duration: 30s Cancels auto-attack upon execution. Effect ends upon using another action or moving (including facing a different direction). Triggers the cooldown of weaponskills upon execution. Cannot be executed during the cooldown of weaponskills.


Six-sided Star	Lv. 80	Weaponskill	Instant	4s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 550. Additional Effect: Increases movement speed Duration: 5s This weaponskill does not share a recast timer with any other actions. Upon execution, the recast timer for this action will be applied to all other weaponskills and magic actions.


Shadow of the Destroyer	Lv. 82	Weaponskill	Instant	2s	-	0y 5y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 110 to all nearby enemies. Opo-opo Form Bonus: Guarantees a critical hit Damage dealt is increased when under an effect that raises critical hit rate. Additional Effect: Changes form to raptor Duration: 30s


Rising Phoenix	Lv. 86	Weaponskill	Instant	2s	-	0y 5y	Deals physical fire damage to all nearby enemies with a potency of 700 for the first enemy, and 70% less for all remaining enemies. Additional Effect: Opens the Solar Nadi Additional Effect: Grants Formless Fist, allowing the execution of a weaponskill that requires a certain form, without being in that form Duration: 30s Any additional effects associated with the executed action will also be applied. Can only be executed while under the effect of three distinct Beast Chakra. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.


Phantom Rush	Lv. 90	Weaponskill	Instant	2s	-	3y 5y	Delivers an attack to target and all enemies nearby it with a potency of 1,150 for the first enemy, and 50% less for all remaining enemies. Additional Effect: Grants Formless Fist, allowing the execution of a weaponskill that requires a certain form, without being in that form Duration: 30s Any additional effects associated with the executed action will also be applied. Can only be executed while under the effect of Lunar Nadi and Solar Nadi, as well as three Beast Chakra. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

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


Second Wind	Lv. 8	Ability	Instant	120s	-	0y 0y	Instantly restores own HP. Cure Potency: 500


Leg Sweep	Lv. 10	Ability	Instant	40s	-	3y 0y	Stuns target. Duration: 3s


Bloodbath	Lv. 12	Ability	Instant	90s	-	0y 0y	Converts a portion of physical damage dealt into HP. Duration: 20s


Feint	Lv. 22	Ability	Instant	90s	-	10y 0y	Lowers target's physical damage dealt by 10% and magic damage dealt by 5%. 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


True North	Lv. 50	Ability	Instant	45s	-	0y 0y	Nullifies all action direction requirements. Duration: 10s Maximum Charges: 2

Trait

Traits	Acquired	Effect


Greased Lightning	Lv. 1	Reduces weaponskill cast time and recast time, spell cast time and recast time, and auto-attack delay by 5%.


Enhanced Greased Lightning	Lv. 20	Reduces weaponskill cast time and recast time, spell cast time and recast time, and auto-attack delay by 10%.


Deep Meditation	Lv. 38	Grants an 80% chance that a chakra will open upon dealing critical damage with a weaponskill.


Enhanced Greased Lightning II	Lv. 40	Reduces weaponskill cast time and recast time, spell cast time and recast time, and auto-attack delay by 15%.


Steel Peak Mastery Job Quest	Lv. 54	Upgrades Steel Peak to The Forbidden Chakra.


Enhanced Perfect Balance Job Quest	Lv. 60	When under the effect of Perfect Balance, grants Beast Chakra in accordance with the form normally required to execute weaponskills. Weaponskills requiring opo-opo form grant Opo-opo Chakra. Weaponskills requiring coeurl form grant Coeurl Chakra. Weaponskills requiring raptor form grant Raptor Chakra.


Deep Meditation II	Lv. 74	Guarantees that a chakra will open upon dealing critical damage with a weaponskill.


Howling Fist Mastery	Lv. 74	Upgrades Howling Fist to Enlightenment.


Enhanced Greased Lightning III	Lv. 76	Reduces weaponskill cast time and recast time, spell cast time and recast time, and auto-attack delay by 20%. Also improves Disciplined Fist's damage increase to 15%.


Arm of the Destroyer Mastery	Lv. 82	Upgrades Arm of the Destroyer to Shadow of the Destroyer.


Enhanced Thunderclap	Lv. 84	Allows a third charge of Thunderclap.


Melee Mastery	Lv. 84	Increases the potency of Bootshine to 210, True Strike to 300, Snap Punch to 250, Twin Snakes to 280, Demolish to 70, Dragon Kick to 320, The Forbidden Chakra to 340, and Six-sided Star to 550.


Flint Strike Mastery	Lv. 86	Upgrades Flint Strike to Rising Phoenix.


Enhanced Brotherhood	Lv. 88	Guarantees that a chakra will open when you are under the effect of Meditative Brotherhood and execute a weaponskill or cast a spell.


Tornado Kick Mastery	Lv. 90	Upgrades Tornado Kick to Phantom Rush.

Forms

Unlike other jobs, the actions available are determined by the monk's current form. Performing certain actions in opo-opo form grants increased potency and other additional effects.

Changing Form

Actions

Bootshine

Dragon Kick

Shadow of the Destroyer
(Arm of the Destroyer)
<AoE>

Additional Effects

The above actions change your form to raptor form.

They also gain the following bonuses when used in opo-opo form:

Dragon Kick grants the Leaden Fist effect.
Shadow of the Destroyer guarantees a critical hit.

Actions

True Strike

Twin Snakes

Four-point Fury <AoE>

Additional Effects

The above actions change your form to coeurl form.

Twin Snakes also increases damage dealt.
Four-point Fury also increases damage dealt.

Actions

Demolish <Rear>

Snap Punch <Flank>

Rockbreaker <AoE>

Additional Effects

The above actions change your form to opo-opo form.

Demolish also applies a damage over time effect to target.

* Parentheses show the action before acquiring the relevant trait.

Job Gauge

Chakra Gauge

When you learn the action Meditation, the Chakra Gauge will be displayed.
Accumulating the maximum amount of Chakra will allow you to execute several actions such as Steel Peak, Howling Fist (acquired at level 40), The Forbidden Chakra (acquired at level 54), and Enlightenment (acquired at level 74).

Master's Gauge

Upon learning the trait Enhanced Perfect Balance, you will unlock the Master's Gauge as well as Solar and Lunar Nadi. You can open Chakra by using a weaponskill while Perfect Balance is in effect. There are three types of Chakra: Coeurl Chakra, Raptor Chakra, and Opo-opo Chakra.
When three of the same type of Chakra have been opened, you can use the action Elixir Field.
When one of each type of Chakra has been opened, you can use the action Flint Strike.
Using Elixir Field will open the Lunar Nadi, while using Flint Strike will open the Solar Nadi. You can use Tornado Kick by opening three Chakra regardless of type.

Simple Mode

Chakra Gauge	Master's Gauge

All descriptions are based on action attributes and bonuses attained by level 90.
For further details on changes to actions and traits, please refer to the patch notes.

Job Actions

Role Actions

Trait

Forms

Job Gauge

Job Actions

Limit Break

Common Actions

Melee DPS

Actions & Traits

Job Actions

Role Actions

Trait

Forms

Changing Form

Actions

Actions

Actions

Job Gauge

Chakra Gauge

Master's Gauge

Simple Mode

Actions

Job Actions

Limit Break

Common Actions

Action Name	Cast	Recast	MP Cost	Range Radius	Effect


Meteodrive	Instant	10s	-	20y 0y	Rushes target and delivers an attack with a potency of 12,000. Additional Effect: Removes target's Guard Additional Effect: Afflicts target with Meteodrive, rendering them unable to move Duration: 3s If target does not have an active Guard effect, deals additional damage with a potency of 12,000. Effect cannot be applied to players riding machina or non-player combatants. Can only be executed when the limit gauge is full. Gauge Charge Time: 75s Cannot be executed while bound.

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. Additional Effect: Grants Resilience 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.