FINAL FANTASY XIV Job Guide: Red Mage

All descriptions are based on action attributes and bonuses attained by level 80.
For further details on changes to actions, please refer to the patch notes.

Actions & Traits

Job Actions

Action Name	Acquired	Type	Cast	Recast	MP Cost	Range Radius	Effect


Riposte	Lv. 1	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 130. Action upgraded to Enchanted Riposte if both Black Mana and White Mana are at 30 or more.


Jolt	Lv. 2	Spell	2s	2.5s	200 MP	25y 0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 180. Additional Effect: Increases both Black Mana and White Mana by 3


Verthunder	Lv. 4	Spell	5s	2.5s	300 MP	25y 0y	Deals lightning damage with a potency of 350. Additional Effect: Increases Black Mana by 11 Additional Effect: 50% chance of becoming Verfire Ready Duration: 30s


Corps-a-corps	Lv. 6	Ability	Instant	40s	-	25y 0y	Rushes target and delivers an attack with a potency of 130. Cannot be executed while bound.


Veraero	Lv. 10	Spell	5s	2.5s	300 MP	25y 0y	Deals wind damage with a potency of 350. Additional Effect: Increases White Mana by 11 Additional Effect: 50% chance of becoming Verstone Ready Duration: 30s


Scatter	Lv. 15	Spell	5s	2.5s	400 MP	25y 5y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 120 to target and all enemies nearby it. Additional Effect: Increases both Black Mana and White Mana by 3


Verthunder II	Lv. 18	Spell	2s	2.5s	400 MP	25y 5y	Deals lightning damage with a potency of 120 to target and all enemies nearby it. Additional Effect: Increases Black Mana by 7


Veraero II	Lv. 22	Spell	2s	2.5s	400 MP	25y 5y	Deals wind damage with a potency of 120 to target and all enemies nearby it. Additional Effect: Increases White Mana by 7


Verfire	Lv. 26	Spell	2s	2.5s	200 MP	25y 0y	Deals fire damage with a potency of 300. Additional Effect: Increases Black Mana by 9 Can only be executed while Verfire Ready is active.


Verstone	Lv. 30	Spell	2s	2.5s	200 MP	25y 0y	Deals earth damage with a potency of 300. Additional Effect: Increases White Mana by 9 Can only be executed while Verstone Ready is active.


Zwerchhau	Lv. 35	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Combo Action: Riposte or Enchanted Riposte Combo Potency: 150 Action upgraded to Enchanted Zwerchhau if both Black Mana and White Mana are at 25 or more.


Displacement	Lv. 40	Ability	Instant	35s	-	5y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 200. Additional Effect: 15-yalm backstep Cannot be executed while bound. Shares a recast timer with Engagement.


Fleche	Lv. 45	Ability	Instant	25s	-	25y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 420.


Redoublement	Lv. 50	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Combo Action: Zwerchhau or Enchanted Zwerchhau Combo Potency: 230 Action upgraded to Enchanted Redoublement if both Black Mana and White Mana are at 25 or more.


Acceleration	Lv. 50	Ability	Instant	55s	-	0y 0y	Ensures the next three casts of Verthunder/Verflare or Veraero/Verholy will, for their first hits, trigger Verfire Ready or Verstone Ready respectively. Duration: 20s


Moulinet	Lv. 52	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	8y 8y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 60 to all enemies in a cone before you. Action upgraded to Enchanted Moulinet if both Black Mana and White Mana are at 20 or more.


Vercure	Lv. 54	Spell	2s	2.5s	500 MP	30y 0y	Restores target's HP. Cure Potency: 350


Contre Sixte	Lv. 56	Ability	Instant	35s	-	25y 6y	Delivers an attack to target and all enemies nearby it with a potency of 380 for the first enemy, and 50% less for all remaining enemies.


Embolden	Lv. 58	Ability	Instant	120s	-	0y 15y	Increases own magic damage dealt by 10% and physical damage dealt by nearby party members by 10%. Both effects are reduced by 20% every 4s. Duration: 20s


Manafication Job Quest	Lv. 60	Ability	Instant	110s	-	0y 0y	Doubles current Black Mana and White Mana levels. Additional Effect: Resets Corps-a-corps, Displacement, and Engagement recast timers Additional Effect: Increases magic damage dealt by 5% Duration: 10s All combos are canceled upon execution of Manafication.


Jolt II	Lv. 62	Spell	2s	2.5s	200 MP	25y 0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 280. Additional Effect: Increases both Black Mana and White Mana by 3


Verraise	Lv. 64	Spell	10s	2.5s	2400 MP	30y 0y	Resurrects target to a weakened state.


Impact	Lv. 66	Spell	5s	2.5s	400 MP	25y 5y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 220 to target and all enemies nearby it. Additional Effect: Increases both Black Mana and White Mana by 3


Verflare	Lv. 68	Spell	Instant	2.5s	400 MP	25y 0y	Deals fire damage with a potency of 600. Combo Action: Enchanted Redoublement Additional Effect: Increases Black Mana by 21 Additional Effect: 20% chance of becoming Verfire Ready Duration: 30s Chance to become Verfire Ready increases to 100% if White Mana is higher than Black Mana at time of execution. Verthunder is changed to Verflare upon landing Enchanted Redoublement as a combo action. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.


Verholy Job Quest	Lv. 70	Spell	Instant	2.5s	400 MP	25y 0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 600. Combo Action: Enchanted Redoublement Additional Effect: Increases White Mana by 21 Additional Effect: 20% chance of becoming Verstone Ready Duration: 30s Chance to become Verstone Ready increases to 100% if Black Mana is higher than White Mana at time of execution. Veraero is changed to Verholy upon landing Enchanted Redoublement as a combo action. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.


Engagement	Lv. 72	Ability	Instant	35s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 150. Shares a recast timer with Displacement.


Reprise	Lv. 76	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Action upgraded to Enchanted Reprise if both Black Mana and White Mana are at 5 or more.


Scorch	Lv. 80	Spell	Instant	2.5s	400 MP	25y 0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 700. Combo Action: Verflare or Verholy Additional Effect: Increases both Black Mana and White Mana by 7 Jolt II is changed to Scorch upon landing Verflare or Verholy as a combo action. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.


Enchanted Riposte	Lv. 1	Weaponskill	Instant	1.5s	-	3y 0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 210. Balance Gauge Cost: 30 Black Mana Balance Gauge Cost: 30 White Mana ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.


Enchanted Zwerchhau	Lv. 35	Weaponskill	Instant	1.5s	-	3y 0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 100. Combo Action: Riposte or Enchanted Riposte Combo Potency: 290 Balance Gauge Cost: 25 Black Mana Balance Gauge Cost: 25 White Mana ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.


Enchanted Redoublement	Lv. 50	Weaponskill	Instant	2.2s	-	3y 0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 100. Combo Action: Enchanted Zwerchhau Combo Potency: 470 Balance Gauge Cost: 25 Black Mana Balance Gauge Cost: 25 White Mana ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.


Enchanted Moulinet	Lv. 52	Weaponskill	Instant	1.5s	-	8y 8y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 200 to all enemies in a cone before you. Balance Gauge Cost: 20 Black Mana Balance Gauge Cost: 20 White Mana ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.


Enchanted Reprise	Lv. 76	Weaponskill	Instant	2.2s	-	25y 0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 300. Balance Gauge Cost: 5 Black Mana Balance Gauge Cost: 5 White Mana ※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


Addle	Lv. 8	Ability	Instant	90s	-	25y 0y	Lowers target's intelligence and mind by 10%. Duration: 10s


Swiftcast	Lv. 18	Ability	Instant	60s	-	0y 0y	Next spell is cast immediately. Duration: 10s


Lucid Dreaming	Lv. 24	Ability	Instant	60s	-	0y 0y	Gradually restores own MP. Potency: 50 Duration: 21s


Surecast	Lv. 44	Ability	Instant	120s	-	0y 0y	Spells can be cast without interruption. Additional Effect: Nullifies most knockback and draw-in effects Duration: 6s

Trait

Traits	Acquired	Effect


Dualcast	Lv. 1	Grants the effect of Dualcast upon casting any spell with a cast time. While under the effect of Dualcast, your next spell will require no time to cast. Effect is canceled upon execution of any action other than an ability. Auto-attacks do not cancel effect.


Maim and Mend	Lv. 20	Increases base action damage and HP restoration by 10%.


Maim and Mend II	Lv. 40	Increases base action damage and HP restoration by 30%.


Enhanced Jolt	Lv. 62	Upgrades Jolt to Jolt II. Also increases the potency of Verthunder and Veraero to 350, and the potency of Verfire and Verstone to 300.


Scatter Mastery	Lv. 66	Upgrades Scatter to Impact.


Enhanced Displacement	Lv. 72	Increases Displacement potency to 200.


Enhanced Manafication	Lv. 74	Reduces Manafication recast timer to 110 seconds and adds an additional effect that increases magic damage dealt by 5%.


Enhanced Contre Sixte	Lv. 78	Reduces Contre Sixte recast timer to 35 seconds and increases potency of both Verthunder II and Veraero II to 120.

Combos

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

Combo Sequence

Effect

Riposte
(Enchanted Riposte)

Zwerchhau
(Enchanted Zwerchhau)

Redoublement
(Enchanted Redoublement)

Change to more potent versions according to the amount of black and white mana you have accumulated.

Job Gauge

Balance Gauge

The Balance Gauge displays the current amount of black mana and white mana you have accumulated. Black mana is accumulated by casting spells associated with black magic, such as Fire or Thunder. White mana is accumulated by casting spells associated with white magic such as Aero. There are also certain spells and actions that affect both.

When both black and white mana reach a certain amount, weaponskills such as Riposte become enchanted and will deal additional damage.

If the gap between black and white mana accumulation grows too large, the crystal at the top of the gauge will change color, and it will become more difficult to accumulate the lesser of the two.

Simple Mode

Balance Gauge
Balanced
Favoring White Mana	Favoring Black Mana

All descriptions are based on action attributes and bonuses attained by level 80.
For further details on changes to actions, please refer to the patch notes.

Job Actions

Role Actions

Trait

Combos

Job Gauge

Job Actions

Common Actions

Additional PvP Actions

Adrenaline Rush

Job Gauge

Magic Ranged DPS

Actions & Traits

Job Actions

Role Actions

Trait

Combos

Combo Sequence

Effect

Job Gauge

Balance Gauge

Simple Mode

Actions

Job Actions

Common Actions

Additional PvP Actions

Adrenaline Rush

Job Gauge

Balance Gauge

Simple Mode

Action Name	Type	Cast	Recast	MP Cost	Range Radius	Effect


Phantom Dart	Ability	Instant	30s	-	25y 0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 1,000. Additional Effect: Increases target's damage taken by 20% Duration: 6s Revisions No longer categorized as an Additional Action, but remains shared between all caster jobs. Recast time has been reduced from 60 to 30 seconds. The additional effect "Increases damage you deal to target by 10%" has been changed to "Increases target's damage taken by 20%." Effect duration has been reduced from 10 to 6 seconds.


Bolt	Ability	Instant	30s	-	0y 0y	Movement speed is increased. Duration: 10s


Medical Kit	Ability	Instant	15s	-	0y 0y	Restores own HP. Cure Potency: 2,000 Potency increases up to 6,000 as HP decreases. Maximum Charges: 3

Action Name	Type	Cast	Recast	MP Cost	Range Radius	Effect


Drain	Ability	Instant	45s	-	25y 0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 400. Potency increases up to 2,000 as your HP decreases. Additional Effect: Absorbs 200% of damage dealt as HP Revisions Potency has been reduced from 500 to 400.


Addle	Ability	Instant	30s	-	25y 0y	Reduces the potency of target's attacks by 20%. Duration: 6s Revisions Recast time has been reduced from 60 to 30 seconds.


Aetheric Burst	Ability	Instant	60s	-	0y 5y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 600 to all nearby enemies. Additional Effect: Lengthens weaponskill cast time and recast time as well as spell cast time and recast time by 10% Duration: 10s


Swiftcast	Ability	Instant	30s	-	0y 0y	Next spell is cast immediately. Duration: 5s


Manaward	Ability	Instant	45s	-	0y 0y	Creates a barrier around self that absorbs damage equivalent to a heal of 2,500 potency. Duration: 10s Additional Effect: Restores 2,500 MP when barrier is completely absorbed Revisions Barrier strength has been changed from 25% of maximum HP to the equivalent of a heal of 2,500 potency. Effect duration has been increased from 6 to 10 seconds.

Action Name	Cast	Recast	MP Cost	Range Radius	Effect


Cometeor	2s	-	-	25y 8y	Deals magic damage to enemies near point of impact with a potency of 4,000. Additional Effect: Increases target's damage taken by 25% Duration: 10s Damage dealt is not affected by increased or decreased damage effects applied by players. Can only be executed while the Adrenaline Gauge is full.