Black Mage (FFXI)

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Job Description
Spells and Abilities

Job Abilities
Job Traits
Two-Hour Ability
Spells
Magic Skills
Weaponskills

Sub-job Combinations
Merits
Artifact, Relic, and Empyrean sets
Other Info

Job Description

Tarutaru Black Mage

Experts in offensive magic, Black Mages have long been considered the best spike damage dealers in the game. While other damage dealers have to get in close to inflict pain on the enemy, Black Mages have the abilities to nuke or enfeeble their foes from afar.

Since the release of Abyssea, Black Mages are in demand once again. By defeating an enemy with a spell in Abyssea, the black mage can induce an azure aura, which gives the chance of a chest granting a time extension of 10 minutes to the time that the alliance is allowed to stay in Abyssea.

Black Mage Job Forum

Spells and Abilities

Job Abilities

Job Abilities are activated abilities unique to a specific job that enhance job performance in some way. This can include, but is not limited to, increasing armor or damage for a short time, initiating a special attack or triggering a party buff.

Name	Level	Duration	Recast	Description
Elemental Seal	15	00:01:00	00:10:00	Increases the accuracy of the next spell cast.
Mana Wall	76	00:05:00	00:10:00	Allows you to take damage with MP.

Job Traits

Job Traits are passive abilities that are always active for your job. Job Traits often boost stats, increase mp regeneration, or add resistances to status effects.

Name	Level	Description
Magic Attack Bonus I	10	Improves power of magic spells
Clear Mind I	15	Base HMP becomes 15.
Conserve MP I	20	Occasionally decreases MP cost for spells.
Clear Mind II	30	Base HMP becomes 18.
Magic Attack Bonus II	30	Improves power of magic spells
Clear Mind III	45	Base HMP becomes 21.
Magic Burst Bonus I	45	Improves magic burst damage.
Magic Attack Bonus III	50	Improves power of magic spells
Elemental Celerity I	50	Quickens elemental magic spellcasting.
Magic Burst Bonus II	58	Improves magic burst damage.
Clear Mind IV	60	Base HMP becomes 24.
Magic Attack Bonus IV	70	Improves power of magic spells
Magic Burst Bonus III	71	Improves magic burst damage.
Clear Mind V	75	Base HMP becomes 27.
Magic Attack Bonus V	81	Improves power of magic spells
Magic Burst Bonus IV	84	Improves magic burst damage.
Occult Acumen	85	Grants bonus TP when dealing damage with elemental or dark magic.
Elemental Celerity II	90	Quickens elemental magic spellcasting.

Two-Hour Ability

Two-Hour Abilities are job-specific active abilities with a cool down timer of two hours. These are often incredibly powerful abilities, but often have adverse effects as well such as depleting an MP pool or dealing physical damage to the player.

Name	Level	Duration	Recast	Description
Manafont	1	60s	2hrs	Ability to cast spells at a cost of 0 MP. Prevents spell interruption from melee attacks.

Spells

Spells are magical effects cast by the player at the cost of MP or reagents with a multitude of results. Beneficial spells can be cast on party members to boost stats or restore health and damage dealing spells can be cast on mobs with devastating results. Black mages may want to check out The Elemental Map.

Name	Level	MP Cost	Skill	Element	Cast Time (s)	Recast (s)	Description
Stone	1	9	Elemental	E	1.5	6.5	Deals minor earth damage to target.
Poison	3	5	Enfeebling	Wa	1	5	Causes minor poison damage over time to target.
Blind	4	5	Enfeebling	D	2	10	Blinds the target, reducing his attack hit percentage.
Water	5	13	Elemental	Wa	2	8	Deals minor water damage to target.
Bind	7	8	Enfeebling	I	2	40	Roots the target in place so he can't move.
Aero	9	18	Elemental	E	2	9	Deals minor wind damage to target.
Blaze Spikes	10	8	Enhancing	F	3	10	Attacking the user will cause minor fire damage to the melee attacker.
Bio	10	15	Dark	D	1.5	5	Does minor damage over time and decreases target's attack.
Drain	12	21	Dark	D	3	60	Steals HP from the enemy. Cannot be used against the undead. Can be used at full HP.
Fire	13	24	Elemental	F	2	10	Deals minor fire damage to target.
Stonega	15	37	Elemental	E	2.5	11	Deals minor earth damage to targets in vicinity.
Shock	16	25	Elemental	L	2.5	10	Causes thunder DoT and decreases target's mind stat.
Warp	17	100	Enhancing	D	4	10	Transports caster to home point.
Blizzard	17	30	Elemental	I	2.5	11.5	Deals minor ice damage to target.
Rasp	18	25	Elemental	E	2.5	10	Causes earth DoT and decreases the target's dexterity.
Waterga	19	47	Elemental	Wa	3	12	Deals minor water attack to targets in vicinity.
Ice Spikes	20	16	Enhancing	I	3	10	Covers you with ice spikes. Enemies that hit you take magical ice damage and can become paralyzed.
Sleep	20	19	Enfeebling	D	2.5	30	Puts the target to sleep for 60s if unresisted.
Choke	20	25	Elemental	Wi	2.5	10	Causes wind DoT and decreases target's vitality.
Thunder	21	37	Elemental	L	3	13	Deals minor lightning damage to target.
Frost	22	25	Elemental	I	2.5	10	Causes ice DoT and reduces the target's agility.
Aeroga	23	47	Elemental	Wi	3	13.5	Deals wind damage to targets in vicinity.
Poisonga	24	44	Enfeebling	Wa	2	10	Causes poison DoT to targets in vicinity.
Burn	24	25	Elemental	F	2.5	10	Causes fire DoT and decreases the target's intelligence.
Aspir	25	10	Dark	D	3	60	Absorbs mana points from the target and adds them to casters'.
Tractor	25	26	Dark	D	3	10	Teleports a corpse to the caster's location.
Stone II	26	43	Elemental	E	3	14.5	Deals earth damage to target.
Drown	27	25	Elemental	Wa	2.5	10	Causes water DoT and reduces the target's strength.
Firaga	28	71	Elemental	F	3.5	15	Deals fire damage to targets in vicinity.
Escape	29	125	Dark	D	15	60	Transports party members within area of effect out of a dungeon.
Water II	30	51	Elemental	Wa	3.5	16	Water Attack.
Shock Spikes	30	24	Enhancing	L	3	10	Covers you with spikes. Enemies that hit you take magical thunder damage and can become stunned.
Sleepga	31	38	Enfeebling	D	3	30	Area sleep spell, will last for 60 seconds if unresisted.
Blizzaga	32	82	Elemental	I	4	16.5	Deals ice damage to targets in vicinity.
Aero II	34	59	Elemental	Wi	4	17	Deals wind damage to target.
Bio II	35	66	Dark	D	1.5	5	DoT spell which lowers targets attack, and slowly reduces HP. Overwrites Dia.
Thundaga	36	95	Elemental	L	4	18	Deals lightning damage to targets in vicinity.
Fire II	38	68	Elemental	F	4	28.5	Deals fire damage to target.
Stonega II	40	109	Elemental	E	4.5	19	Deals earth damage to targets in vicinity.
Warp II	40	150	Enhancing	D	5	10	Transports target party member to their home point.
Sleep II	41	29	Enfeebling	D	3	30	Puts target to sleep for 90 seconds if unresisted. Overwrites sleep I.
Blizzard II	42	77	Elemental	I	4.5	20	Deals ice damage to target.
Poison II	43	38	Enfeebling	Wa	1	5	Causes poison damage over time.
Waterga II	44	123	Elemental	Wa	4.5	20.5	Deals water damage to targets in vicinity.
Stun	45	25	Dark	L	0.5	45	Temporarily stops target.
Thunder II	46	86	Elemental	L	5	21	Deals thunder damage to target.
Aeroga II	48	138	Elemental	Wi	5	22	Deals wind attack to targets in vicinity.
Freeze	50	307	Elemental	I	18	41	Powerful ice attack, lowers targets resistance to fire.
Stone III	51	92	Elemental	E	5	22.5	Deals earth damage to target.
Tornado	52	322	Elemental	Wi	18	42	Deals powerful wind damage, lowers targets' resistance to ice.
Firaga II	53	158	Elemental	F	5	23	Deals area fire attack.
Quake	54	337	Elemental	E	18	43	Deals powerful earth damage, lowers targets' resistance to wind.
Retrace	55	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Transports qualified target party member to their nation of allegiance in the past.
Water III	55	98	Elemental	Wa	5	24	Deals water damage to target.
Sleepga II	56	58	Enfeebling	E	3.5	45	Area sleep II spell, if unresisted will last 90 seconds.
Burst	56	352	Elemental	L	18	43	Powerful lightning damage, lowers targets' resistance to earth.
Blizzaga II	57	175	Elemental	I	5.5	24.5	Deals ice damage to targets in vicinity.
Flood	58	363	Elemental	Wa	19	43	Deals powerful water damage, lowers targets' resistance to lightning.
Aero III	59	106	Elemental	Wi	6	25	Deals wind damage to target.
Flare	60	383	Elemental	F	19	44	Deals powerful fire damage, lowers targets' resistance to water.
Thundaga II	61	193	Elemental	L	6	26	Deals thunder damage to targets in vicinity.
Fire III	62	113	Elemental	F	6	26.5	Deals fire damage to target.
Stonega III	63	211	Elemental	E	6	27	Deals powerful earth damage to targets in vicinity.
Blizzard III	64	120	Elemental	I	6.25	27.75	Deals ice damage to target.
Waterga III	65	231	Elemental	Wa	6.5	28.5	Deals powerful water damage to targets in vicinity.
Thunder III	88	128	Elemental	L	6.75	26.25	Deals lightning damage to target.
Aeroga III	67	252	Elemental	Wi	6.75	29.75	Deals powerful wind damage to targets in vicinity.
Stone IV	68	138	Elemental	E	7	30.75	Deals powerful earth damage to target.
Firaga III	69	277	Elemental	F	7.25	31.5	Deals powerful fire damage to targets in vicinity.
Water IV	70	144	Elemental	Wa	7.25	36	Deals powerful water damage to target.
Blizzaga III	71	299	Elemental	I	7.5	32.75	Deals powerful ice damage to targets in vicinity.
Aero IV	72	150	Elemental	Wi	7.5	33.25	Deals powerful wind damage to target.
Fire IV	73	157	Elemental	F	8	34.75	Deals powerful fire damage to target.
Thundaga III	73	233	Elemental	L	7.75	34	Deals powerful lightning damage to targets in vicinity.
Blizzard IV	74	164	Elemental	I	8.25	36	Deals powerful ice damage to target.
Thunder IV	75	171	Elemental	L	8.5	37.25	Deals powerful lightning damage to target.
Burst II (merit)	75	287	Elemental	L	10	90	Deals very powerful lightning damage to target, lowers resistance to earth.
Flare II (merit)	75	287	Elemental	F	10	90	Deals very powerful fire damage to target, lowers resistance to water.
Flood II (merit)	75	287	Elemental	Wa	10	90	Deals very powerful water damage to target, lowers resistance to lightning.
Freeze II (merit)	75	287	Elemental	I	10	90	Deals very powerful ice damage to target, lowers resistance to fire.
Tornado II (merit)	75	287	Elemental	Wi	10	90	Deals very powerful wind damage to target, lowers resistance to ice.
Quake II (merit)	75	287	Elemental	E	10	90	Deals very powerful earth damage to target, lowers resistance to wind.
Stone V	77	222	Elemental	E	10	37	Deals earth damage to an enemy.
Water V	80	239	Elemental	Wa	10	39	Deals water damage to an enemy.
Stoneja	81	299	Elemental	E	10	45	Deals earth damage to enemies within area of effect. Successive use enhances spell potency.
Aero V	83	255	Elemental	Wi	10	37	Deals wind damage to an enemy.
Aspir II	83	5	Dark	D	8	75	Steals an enemy's MP. Ineffective against undead.
Waterja	84	322	Elemental	Wa	10	45	Deals water damage to enemies within area of effect. Successive use enhances spell potency.
Break	85	39	Enfeebling	E	4	30	Petrifies an enemy, preventing it from acting.
Fire V	86	270	Elemental	F	9.75	42.75	Deals fire damage to an enemy.
Aeroja	87	344	Elemental	Wi	7.5	47.5	Deals wind damage to enemies within area of effect. Successive use enhances spell potency.
Blizzard V	89	282	Elemental	I	10	44	Deals ice damage to an enemy.
Firaja	90	364	Elemental	F	7.75	48.75	Deals wind damage to enemies within area of effect. Successive use enhances spell potency.

Magic Skills

Skill	Grade	Level 37	Level 60	Level 75
Enhancing	E	94	171	200
Enfeebling	C+	105	190	230
Elemental	A+	114	203	276
Dark	A-	114	203	269

Weaponskills

Weapon skills are abilities that become available when a player has gained 100+ TP while damaging a mob with their weapon. All weapons, with the exception of Thrown and Instruments have their own set of weaponskills. Weaponskill availability is dependent on a player's skill level with the weapon as well as the weapon itself.

Combat Skill	Skill Rating	Level 37	Level 60	Level 75
Staff	B-	109	196	240
Club	C+	105	190	230
Dagger	D	101	183	210
Throwing	D	101	183	210
Scythe	E	94	171	200

Sub-job Combinations

White Mage
Red Mage
Summoner

Merits

When you reach level 75 in any job you can begin to "Merit" that job along with attributes that will carry over to all your other jobs making it possible to make yourself even more versatile through new spells abilities and upgrades on other attributes, abilities, and spells

**Group 1**
Name	Description
Elemental Seal Recast	Reduces recast timer by 20 seconds per upgrade.
Fire Magic Potency	Adds 2 potency per upgrade.
Ice Magic Potency	Adds 2 potency per upgrade.
Wind Magic Potency	Adds 2 potency per upgrade.
Earth Magic Potency	Adds 2 potency per upgrade.
Lightning Magic Potency	Adds 2 potency per upgrade.
Water Magic Potency	Adds 2 potency per upgrade.

**Group 2**
Name	Description
Flare II	Deals Fire elemental damage and lowers resistance to Water. Additional merits add 5 Magic Accuracy and 3 Magic Burst damage per upgrade.
Freeze II	Deals Ice elemental damage and lowers resistance to Fire. Additional merits add 5 Magic Accuracy and 3 Magic Burst damage per upgrade.
Tornado II	Deals Wind elemental damage and lowers resistance to Ice. Additional merits add 5 Magic Accuracy and 3 Magic Burst damage per upgrade.
Burst II	Deals Lightning elemental damage and lowers resistance to Earth. Additional merits add 5 Magic Accuracy and 3 Magic Burst damage per upgrade.
Quake II	Deals Earth elemental damage and lowers resistance to Wind. Additional merits add 5 Magic Accuracy and 3 Magic Burst damage per upgrade.
Flood II	Deals Water elemental damage and lowers resistance to Lightning. Additional merits add 5 Magic Accuracy and 3 Magic Burst damage per upgrade.

Artifact, Relic, and Empyrean sets

Artifact	Artifact +1	Relic	Relic +1	Empyrean Set	Empyrean Set +1	Empyrean Set +2
Wizard's Petasos	Wizard's Petasos +1	Sorcerer's Petasos	Sorcerer's Petasos +1	Goetia Petasos	Goetia Petasos +1	Goetia Petasos +2
Wizard's Coat	Wizard's Coat +1	Sorcerer's Coat	Sorcerer's Coat +1	Goetia Coat	Goetia Coat +1	Goetia Coat +2
Wizard's Gloves	Wizard's Gloves +1	Sorcerer's Gloves	Sorcerer's Gloves +1	Goetia Gloves	Goetia Gloves +1	Goetia Gloves +2
Wizard's Tonban	Wizard's Tonban +1	Sorcerer's Tonban	Sorcerer's Tonban +1	Goetia Chausses	Goetia Chausses +1	Goetia Chausses +2
Wizard's Sabots	Wizard's Sabots +1	Sorcerer's Sabots	Sorcerer's Sabots +1	Goetia Sabots	Goetia Sabots +1	Goetia Sabots +2
Casting Wand		Sorcerer's Belt		Goetia Chain
				Goetia Mantle
				Goetia Earring

Other Info

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