Job

Jobs are an extension of their base classes, and require a Soul Crystal to activate. A job is an upgrade to its class, which means there is no reason to keep using the class once the job is available.

Each job acquires additional role-specific actions based on the job's role in group content (Tank, DPS, or Healer). A job's role is very important, because most duties have role requirements:

• Dungeons (4-player) require 1 tank, 1 healer, and 2 DPS.
• Trials and raids (8-player) require 2 tanks, 2 healers, and 4 DPS. At casual difficulties, subroles don't matter, but at Savage level it is recommended to have at least one of each subrole: 1 pure healer, 1 barrier healer, 1 melee DPS, 1 physical ranged DPS, 1 magical ranged DPS.
• Alliance raids (24-player) require 1 tank, 2 healers, and 5 DPS for each of the 3 parties.

Originally, a secondary class was required to unlock each job. With the release of Stormblood, this is no longer required. Each class can advance to its corresponding job at level 30 regardless of the levels of your other classes. Advancing from a class to a job requires you to finish your level 30 class quests as well as the main story quest Sylph-management.

Jobs added with expansions do not have a base class and receive their Soul Crystal as soon as they are unlocked. They also start out at higher base levels.

Jobs are not mutually exclusive. Given enough time, you can level all classes and jobs on a single character.

Job Chart

This list includes all jobs with their base classes.

Base Class (Level 1-30)	Job (Level 30+)	Role	Starting Location	Prerequisites	Starting Level	Weapon
A Realm Reborn
Gladiator	Paladin	Tank	Ul'dah	None	1	Swords and Shields
Marauder	Warrior	Tank	Limsa Lominsa	None	1	Greataxes
Lancer	Dragoon	Melee DPS	Gridania	None	1	Polearms
Pugilist	Monk	Melee DPS	Ul'dah	None	1	Fist Weapons
Rogue	Ninja	Melee DPS	Limsa Lominsa	None [1]	1	Daggers
Archer	Bard	Physical Ranged DPS	Gridania	None	1	Bows
Thaumaturge	Black Mage	Magical Ranged DPS	Ul'dah	None	1	Scepters and Staves
Arcanist [2]	Summoner	Magical Ranged DPS	Limsa Lominsa	None	1	Books
Arcanist [2]	Scholar	Barrier Healer	Limsa Lominsa	None	1	Books
Conjurer	White Mage	Pure Healer	Gridania	None	1	Wands and Canes
None	Blue Mage	Limited Job Magical Ranged DPS	Limsa Lominsa	Level 50	1	One-Handed Canes
Heavensward
None	Dark Knight	Tank	Ishgard	Level 50 Main story [3]	30	Greatswords
None	Machinist	Physical Ranged DPS	Ishgard	Level 50 Main story [3]	30	Firearms
None	Astrologian	Pure Healer	Ishgard	Level 50 Main story [3]	30	Star Globes
Stormblood
None	Samurai	Melee DPS	Ul'dah	Level 50	50	Katanas
None	Red Mage	Magical Ranged DPS	Ul'dah	Level 50	50	Rapiers
Shadowbringers
None	Gunbreaker	Tank	Gridania	Level 60	60	Gunblades
None	Dancer	Physical Ranged DPS	Limsa Lominsa	Level 60	60	Throwing Weapons
Endwalker
None	Reaper	Melee DPS	Ul'dah	Level 70	70	Scythes
None	Sage	Barrier Healer	Limsa Lominsa	Level 70	70	Nouliths

1. Although Rogue/Ninja has no specific prerequisites, it is not available as a starting class (due to being added in patch 2.4), so you must first follow the same steps as acquiring any other class: unlock class-changing (level 10) and gain access to Limsa Lominsa (level 15, unless you started there).
2. Summoner and Scholar are both based on Arcanist. That means that Summoner and Scholar share levels with each other.
3. To unlock Heavensward jobs, you must progress the main story to the end of A Realm Reborn and unlock the city of Ishgard.

Although Blue Mage was released during Stormblood, it was made available to all players regardless of whether they owned expansions, hence its position in this table.

Overview

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn jobs.

Jobs have specialized abilities aimed to perform specific roles in a group setting. Jobs are at the same level as their corresponding classes and can be thought of as specialized modes of the base classes. There are ten jobs in A Realm Reborn (2.0): Warrior, Paladin, Monk, Ninja (2.4), Dragoon, Bard, White Mage, Black Mage, Summoner and Scholar. Heavensward (3.0) added three new jobs: Dark Knight, Astrologian and Machinist. Stormblood (4.0) further added two more jobs: Samurai and Red Mage. Shadowbringers (5.0), like Stormblood, added two new jobs: Gunbreaker and Dancer. Continuing the pattern, Endwalker added two more jobs: Reaper and Sage. Unlocking a job awards its Soul Crystal, which is required to change from the player's current class to a more specialized job. Each job has its own crystal which can be equipped via the Armoury Chest.

Jobs have some unique features:

• Primary Class is the class that a job is tied to.
• To switch to a job, equip its Soul Crystal. Returning to a base class works similarly by leaving the crystal slot empty.
• Jobs possess all of the abilities and traits of the primary class and have a large number of additional abilities and traits on top of it. Classes typically only gain at most a couple of abilities after level 30, with the majority being vested in the job instead after that level. Both classes and jobs have access to the full set of role abilities (ex. Swiftcast), however.
• All traits acquired before level 30 are shared between the class and job. Traits acquired between level 30 and 50 may be shared between the class and job, or may be exclusive to the job, with numerous examples of both. All traits acquired after levels 50 are restricted entirely to the job and unavailable to the associated base class.
• While most abilities are acquired through gaining levels, some are instead rewarded by Class or Job Quests.
• Level is shared between job and primary class once that job is unlocked. For example, if you level a Summoner to 40, then swap over to its base class (Arcanist), the latter will also be at level 40. Both the primary class and its respective job(s will always be the same level, regardless of which you play as. A side effect of this is that the two jobs that stem from the Arcanist base class, Summoner and Scholar, also share level, so increases in level to either one are also reflected in the other.
• With one exception, there exists no content after level 30 oriented towards classes rather than jobs. There's just one level 30 quest that can only be accessed by the base class, not the job it transforms into (Unicorn Power is only available to Conjurers, not to White Mages, despite being a level 30 quest and only becoming accessible after the level 30 Conjurer quest), but nothing else after level 30.
• Hotbar configuration is not shared between classes and the jobs they transform into.
• Jobs released in Heavensward (3.0) – Dark Knight, Astrologian and Machinist – start at level 30 and do not require base classes. Instead, they begin with a full set of abilities of their own.
• Jobs released in Stormblood (4.0) – Samurai and Red Mage – start at level 50 and do not require base classes.
• Jobs released in Shadowbringers (5.0) – Gunbreaker and Dancer – start at level 60 and do not require base classes.
• Jobs released in Endwalker (6.0) – Sage and Reaper - start at level 70 and do not require base classes.

Jobs

Tanks

Paladin

Paladins are front-line specialists, sporting a veritable arsenal of defensive and supportive tools to protect both themselves and their allies. Paladin's also utilize MP to heal their comrades and to deal burst damage. Paladins possess a unique ranged spellcasting period in their rotation, and a strong cooldown that makes them completely immune to all damage for a period.

Warrior

Warriors are mighty front-liners wielding terrifying two-handed axes which are used to perform huge burst damage after filling their Beast Gauge. Unlike their tanking counterparts, Warriors forgo some mitigation abilities in exchange for a massive health-pool and strong self-healing abilities, as well as a strong cooldown that, rather than preventing damage, simply prevents them from dying for the duration.

Dark Knight

Dark Knights strive to occupy the proverbial middle-ground between Warrior and Paladin, providing the player with a balanced offering of mitigation and damage-dealing tools, complemented by their skill with two-handed greatswords. They use MP as a secondary resource for executing powerful magical attacks. Dark Knights possess powerful self-shielding abilities, and have a cooldown that lets them continue attacking even after having been "killed", potentially returning to life without interruption if healed sufficiently during the short period after their ostensible death.

Gunbreaker

Gunbreakers blend solid damage, mitigation, and utility into a straightforward playstyle. They possess consistent combos that generate Cartridges, which can be used to increase their damage further or to aim special abilities (such as shields or regen) at party-members. The possess a cooldown that, while it reduces them to only 1 HP, makes them immune to nearly all attacks and abilities for a duration thereafter.

Healers

White Mage

White Mage is a straightforward healing class that forgoes utility to provide immense healing output and regeneration effects to their allies. In times of need, they can also blast their enemies with devastating elemental attacks, including a powerful AoE stun.

Scholar

Scholars, accompanied by their faithful healing pets, pepper allies with powerful barriers whilst debilitating enemies with their devastating damage-over-time (DoT) effects. At great need, they can call more powerful versions of their pet to the battlefield to augment their allies' defenses.

Astrologian

Astrologians are masters of fate that provide healing and regeneration to their allies. They have a unique Card system that allows them to provide damage buffs to fellow party members through use of their Star Globe, and a large number of cooldowns to provide all manner of utility or damage as the fight demands.

Sage

The Sage is a job that provides healing, damage, and sometimes both at once. Using their Nouliths, they can enhance their skills to provide their party with potent barriers.

Melee DPS

Dragoon

Dragoons are famous for launching themselves across battlefields and decimating their foes using lance-based weapons, often bombarding enemies with vicious leaping attacks and positional combos. They draw upon the Blood of the Dragon to augment their abilities, occasionally being even further empowered for short periods by Life of the Dragon.

Reaper

Reapers fight using both the scythe they wield and the void avatar they command. They must first harvest their victims to build up the Soul gauge, which is used to feed their avatar to deliver powerful attacks. The avatar builds up the Shroud gauge, which turns you Enshrouded, empowering your own attacks even further. Reapers can combine their spirit with the avatar for an even more powerful, temporary boost in power.

Monk

Monks are very agile combatants that deal impressive sustained single-target damage, darting across the battlefield to annihilate foes with lightning speed using their fist-based weapons and martial techniques. Unique amongst the melee, nearly every single one of the Monk single target abilities gains additional damage or functionality by attacking from a certain angle relative to the target. They also have a Chakra system that allows them to build to powerful attacks as combat progresses.

Samurai

The Samurai uses a two-handed katana to deal out tremendous single-target damage. Their attacks are slow, methodical, and deliberate, yet extremely potent, able to carve even the most stalwart opponent into mere ribbons. Samurai seek to generate Sen, symbols of their mastery of the blade, which they can then leverage to unleash one of several powerful finishers.

Ninja

Ninjas are agile and elusive fighters that utilize ninjutsu and dual-daggers, slicing unsuspecting foes from the shadows in the blink of an eye. By using the right combination of mudras, they can also blast enemies with a variety of elemental attacks. Their ace-in-the-hole, Trick Attack, also increases the damage a target takes from all sources.

Physical Ranged DPS

Bard

Bards are bow-wielding ranged damage dealers sporting mobility, utility, and a proc-based combat style that debilitates enemies through damage-over-time effects wrought by their skillful bow shots. Through the power of song, they can also provide party-wide buffs and inspire their allies to greater feats of damage, whilst their own attacks cycle through 3 different distinct periods based on the song they are currently playing.

Machinist

Machinists are gun-toting tinkerers that specialize in blasting foes in rapid succession, building up their Heat gauge, which is used to fuel their abilities further. They can also deploy an automaton to assist the player in combat temporarily.

Dancer

The Dancer is a highly-mobile job providing damage, utility, and support capabilities to those around them while slicing their enemies with throws of their vicious bladed chakrams. Dancers can also choose a party member as their Dance Partner, further empowering that party member by echoing the effects of several of the Dancer's abilities on that player. Their combat style relies heavily on random procs, with several layers of procs feeding into further (potential) procs. They possess a unique ability to rapidly dash around the battlefield.

Magical Ranged DPS

Black Mage

Black Mages resemble the classical elemental mage, trading defense and mobility for unmatched spells damage, both against single targets and in area damage. Their unique mechanics revolve around balancing Astral Fire and Umbral Ice, consuming their MP with powerful but costly spells during Astral Fire, and then rapidly regenerating it during Umbral Ice, all the while weaving in deadly lightning magicks.

Summoner

Summoners conjure one of three battle-pets into the fray to delivery a variety of attacks based on what they have summoned, cycling between fire, earth, and wind aspects throughout the fight. As a result, Summoners are surprisingly versatile and mobile for a Magic job. By attuning the elements, Summoners are ultimately able to manifest powerful echoes of the primals Bahamut and Phoenix to devastate their foes. Summoner, like Red Mage, is also one of the few DPS jobs that can resurrect fallen allies in combat.

Red Mage

The Red Mage is a versatile class capable of using both magic and weapon skills effectively. The class focuses on building and balancing white and black mana by casting magic, then expending them on their melee rapier skills to deal a finishing blow. In addition to dealing damage, Red Mages can draw upon strong healing magic and even raise fallen party members, as well as augmenting the damage of their allies for a short period of time. The combat style of Red Mages revolves around a unique pattern of casting a quick spell followed by a powerful spell made instant-cast due to their Dualcast trait.

Blue Mage (Limited)

Blue Mages learn skills by copying the abilities of their defeated enemies. They have access to a wide variety of spells, which make them more and more versatile and powerful as they learn. However, their status as a Limited Job restricts their access to content.

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