Updates to Magical Ranged DPS in Endwalker

Published: December 3, 2021 in Games News by 1news.info.

In preparation for Endwalker, the official FFXIV job guide has been updated to reflect all upcoming changes to the game’s combat classes! In this post, we’ll be taking a look at all of the new and updated abilities magical ranged DPS will receive…

In preparation for Endwalker, the official FFXIV job guide has been updated to reflect all upcoming changes to the game's combat classes! In this post, we’ll be taking a look at all of the new and updated abilities magical ranged DPS will receive in 6.0.

Please note that revised actions are denoted with an "updated" mark, and new actions are denoted with a "new" mark. You can refer to the official FFXIV job guide for details on each specific action revision.

Black Mage Job Actions

Action Name	Acquired	Type	Cast	Recast	MP Cost	Range Radius	Effect
Blizzard	Lv. 1	Spell	2.5s	2.5s	400 MP	25y 0y	Deals ice damage with a potency of 180. Additional Effect: Grants Umbral Ice or removes Astral Fire Duration: 15s

Fire	Lv. 2	Spell	2.5s	2.5s	800 MP	25y 0y	Deals fire damage with a potency of 180. Additional Effect: Grants Astral Fire or removes Umbral Ice Duration: 15s Additional Effect: 40% chance next Fire III will cost no MP and have no cast time Duration: 30s
Transpose	Lv. 4	Ability	Instant	5s	-	0y 0y	Swaps Astral Fire with a single Umbral Ice, or Umbral Ice with a single Astral Fire.

Thunder	Lv. 6	Spell	2.5s	2.5s	200 MP	25y 0y	Deals lightning damage with a potency of 30. Additional Effect: Lightning damage over time Potency: 35 Duration: 21s Additional Effect: 10% chance after each tick that the next Thunder spell of any grade will add its full damage over time amount to its initial damage, have no cast time, and cost no MP Duration: 40s Only one Thunder spell-induced damage over time effect per caster can be inflicted upon a single target.

Blizzard II	Lv. 12	Spell	3s	2.5s	800 MP	25y 5y	Deals ice damage with a potency of 100 to target and all enemies nearby it. Additional Effect: Grants Umbral Ice III and removes Astral Fire Duration: 15s
Scathe Class Quest	Lv. 15	Spell	Instant	2.5s	800 MP	25y 0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 100. Additional Effect: 20% chance potency will double

Fire II	Lv. 18	Spell	3s	2.5s	1500 MP	25y 5y	Deals fire damage with a potency of 100 to target and all enemies nearby it. Additional Effect: Grants Astral Fire III or removes Umbral Ice Duration: 15s Astral Fire Bonus: Grants Enhanced Flare Effect is canceled if Astral Fire ends.

Thunder II	Lv. 26	Spell	2.5s	2.5s	400 MP	25y 5y	Deals lightning damage with a potency of 50 to target and all enemies nearby it. Additional Effect: Lightning damage over time Potency: 15 Duration: 18s Additional Effect: 3% chance after each tick that the next Thunder spell of any grade will add its full damage over time amount to its initial damage, have no cast time, and cost no MP Duration: 40s Only one Thunder spell-induced damage over time effect per caster can be inflicted upon a single target.
Manaward Class Quest	Lv. 30	Ability	Instant	120s	-	0y 0y	Creates a barrier that nullifies damage totaling up to 30% of maximum HP. Duration: 20s

Manafont Job Quest	Lv. 30	Ability	Instant	120s	-	0y 0y	Restores 30% of maximum MP.

Fire III	Lv. 35	Spell	3.5s	2.5s	2000 MP	25y 0y	Deals fire damage with a potency of 240. Additional Effect: Grants Astral Fire III and removes Umbral Ice Duration: 15s

Blizzard III Job Quest	Lv. 35	Spell	3.5s	2.5s	800 MP	25y 0y	Deals ice damage with a potency of 240. Additional Effect: Grants Umbral Ice III and removes Astral Fire Duration: 15s

Freeze Job Quest	Lv. 40	Spell	2.8s	2.5s	1000 MP	25y 5y	Deals ice damage with a potency of 120 to target and all enemies nearby it. Additional Effect: Grants 3 Umbral Hearts Umbral Heart Bonus: Nullifies Astral Fire's MP cost increase for Fire spells and reduces MP cost for Flare by one-third Can only be executed while under the effect of Umbral Ice.

Thunder III Job Quest	Lv. 45	Spell	2.5s	2.5s	400 MP	25y 0y	Deals lightning damage with a potency of 50. Additional Effect: Lightning damage over time Potency: 35 Duration: 30s Additional Effect: 10% chance after each tick that the next Thunder spell of any grade will add its full damage over time amount to its initial damage, have no cast time, and cost no MP Duration: 40s Only one Thunder spell-induced damage over time effect per caster can be inflicted upon a single target.
Aetherial Manipulation	Lv. 50	Ability	Instant	10s	-	25y 0y	Rush to a target party member's side. Unable to cast if bound.

Flare Job Quest	Lv. 50	Spell	4s	2.5s	All MP	25y 5y	Deals fire damage to target and all enemies nearby it with a potency of 220 for the first enemy, and 40% less for all remaining enemies. Enhanced Flare Potency: 280 Additional Effect: Grants Astral Fire III Duration: 15s Can only be executed while under the effect of Astral Fire.

Ley Lines Job Quest	Lv. 52	Ability	Instant	120s	-	0y 3y	Connects naturally occurring ley lines to create a circle of power which, while standing within it, reduces spell cast time and recast time, and auto-attack delay by 15%. Duration: 30s

Sharpcast Job Quest	Lv. 54	Ability	Instant	30s	-	0y 0y	Ensures the next Scathe, Fire, Paradox, or Thunder spell cast will, for the first hit, trigger Scathe's additional effect, Firestarter, or Thundercloud. Duration: 30s Maximum Charges: 2

Blizzard IV Job Quest	Lv. 58	Spell	2.5s	2.5s	800 MP	25y 0y	Deals ice damage with a potency of 300. Additional Effect: Grants 3 Umbral Hearts Umbral Heart Bonus: Nullifies Astral Fire's MP cost increase for Fire spells and reduces MP cost for Flare by one-third Can only be executed while under the effect of Umbral Ice.

Fire IV Job Quest	Lv. 60	Spell	2.8s	2.5s	800 MP	25y 0y	Deals fire damage with a potency of 300. Can only be executed while under the effect of Astral Fire.
Between the Lines	Lv. 62	Ability	Instant	3s	-	25y 0y	Move instantly to Ley Lines drawn by you. Cannot be executed while bound.

Thunder IV	Lv. 64	Spell	2.5s	2.5s	400 MP	25y 5y	Deals lightning damage with a potency of 50 to target and all enemies nearby it. Additional Effect: Lightning damage over time Potency: 20 Duration: 18s Additional Effect: 3% chance after each tick that the next Thunder spell of any grade will add its full damage over time amount to its initial damage, have no cast time, and cost no MP Duration: 40s Only one Thunder spell-induced damage over time effect per caster can be inflicted upon a single target.

Triplecast	Lv. 66	Ability	Instant	60s	-	0y 0y	The next three spells will require no cast time. Duration: 15s Maximum Charges: 2

Foul Job Quest	Lv. 70	Spell	Instant	2.5s	-	25y 5y	Deals unaspected damage to target and all enemies nearby it with a potency of 560 for the first enemy, and 60% less for all remaining enemies. Polyglot Cost: 1

Despair	Lv. 72	Spell	3s	2.5s	All MP	25y 0y	Deals fire damage with a potency of 340. Additional Effect: Grants Astral Fire III Duration: 15s Can only be executed while under the effect of Astral Fire.

Umbral Soul	Lv. 76	Spell	Instant	2.5s	-	0y 0y	Grants Umbral Ice and 1 Umbral Heart. Umbral Heart Bonus: Nullifies Astral Fire's MP cost increase for Fire spells and reduces MP cost for Flare by one-third Can only be executed while under the effect of Umbral Ice.

Xenoglossy	Lv. 80	Spell	Instant	2.5s	-	25y 0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 660. Polyglot Cost: 1

High Fire II	Lv. 82	Spell	3s	2.5s	1500 MP	25y 5y	Deals fire damage with a potency of 140 to target and all enemies nearby it. Additional Effect: Grants Astral Fire III and removes Umbral Ice Duration: 15s Astral Fire Bonus: Grants Enhanced Flare Effect is canceled if Astral Fire ends.

High Blizzard II	Lv. 82	Spell	3s	2.5s	800 MP	25y 5y	Deals ice damage with a potency of 140 to target and all enemies nearby it. Additional Effect: Grants Umbral Ice III and removes Astral Fire Duration: 15s

Amplifier	Lv. 86	Ability	Instant	120s	-	0y 0y	Grants Polyglot. Can only be executed while under the effect of Astral Fire or Umbral Ice.

Paradox	Lv. 90	Spell	2.5s	2.5s	1600 MP	25y 0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 500. Astral Fire Bonus: Refreshes the duration of Astral Fire and 40% chance to grant Firestarter Duration: 15s Firestarter Effect: Next Fire III will require no time to cast and cost no MP Duration: 30s Umbral Ice Bonus: Spell is cast immediately, requires no MP to cast, and refreshes the duration of Umbral Ice Duration: 15s Can only be executed while under the effect of Paradox. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

* Deleted Sleep and Enochian in Patch 6.0.

Black Mage Traits

Traits	Acquired	Effect

Aspect Mastery	Lv. 1	Casting of certain fire and ice spells will grant a stack of Astral Fire and Umbral Ice respectively. Maximum Stacks: 1 Duration: 15s While under the effect of either Astral Fire or Umbral Ice, casting a spell of the opposite element will consume no MP. Effect does not apply to Flare.

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

Aspect Mastery II	Lv. 20	Allows the stacking of a second Astral Fire and Umbral Ice.

Thundercloud	Lv. 28	Grants a 10% chance that after each damage over time tick inflicted by Thunder or Thunder III (3% for Thunder II or Thunder IV), the next Thunder, Thunder II, Thunder III, or Thunder IV will add its full damage over time amount to its initial damage, have no cast time, and cost no MP. Duration: 40s

Aspect Mastery III	Lv. 35	Allows the stacking of a third Astral Fire and Umbral Ice. Casting Fire II or Blizzard II grants maximum stacks of Astral Fire or Umbral Ice respectively.

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

Firestarter	Lv. 42	Grants a 40% chance that after casting Fire, your next Fire III will require no MP and have no cast time. Duration: 30s
Thunder Mastery Job Quest	Lv. 45	Upgrades Thunder to Thunder III.

Enochian Job Quest	Lv. 56	Increases damage dealt by 5% while under the effect of Astral Fire or Umbral Ice. Upon successfully landing Fire II while under the effect of Astral Fire, grants Enhanced Flare. Enhanced Flare effect ends if Astral Fire is lost.

Enhanced Freeze	Lv. 58	Grants 3 Umbral Hearts upon casting Freeze.
Thunder Mastery II	Lv. 64	Upgrades Thunder II to Thunder IV.
Enhanced Enochian Job Quest	Lv. 70	Grants the effect of Polyglot upon maintaining Enochian for 30 seconds. Also improves Enochian's magic damage increase to 10%.
Enhanced Sharpcast	Lv. 74	Reduces Sharpcast recast timer to 30 seconds.
Enhanced Enochian II	Lv. 78	Improves Enochian's magic damage increase to 15%.
Enhanced Polyglot	Lv. 80	Allows the stacking of a second Polyglot.

Enhanced Foul	Lv. 80	Allows for the immediate casting of Foul.

Aspect Mastery IV	Lv. 82	Upgrades Fire II and Blizzard II to High Fire II and High Blizzard II.

Enhanced Manafont	Lv. 84	Reduces Manafont recast time to 120 seconds.

Enhanced Enochian III	Lv. 86	Improves Enochian's magic damage increase to 20%.

Enhanced Sharpcast II	Lv. 88	Allows the accumulation of charges for consecutive uses of Sharpcast. Maximum Charges: 2

Aspect Mastery V	Lv. 90	Adds a Paradox marker to your Elemental Gauge. The marker is made active after reaching Astral Fire III then swapping to the opposite element. Conversely, the marker can also be made active after reaching Umbral Ice III and gaining 3 Umbral Hearts then swapping to the opposite element. Blizzard and Fire become Paradox when the Paradox marker is made active.

* Deleted Enhanced Umbral Heart in Patch 6.0.

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For a complete list of revisions, please visit the official FFXIV Black Mage job guide.

Summoner Job Actions

Action Name	Acquired	Type	Cast	Recast	MP Cost	Range Radius	Effect

Ruin	Lv. 1	Spell	1.5s	2.5s	300 MP	25y 0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 240.

Summon Carbuncle	Lv. 2	Spell	1.5s	2.5s	400 MP	0y 0y	Summons Carbuncle to your side.

Radiant Aegis	Lv. 2	Ability	Instant	60s	-	0y 0y	Orders Carbuncle to execute Radiant Aegis. Radiant Aegis Effect: Creates a barrier around self that absorbs damage totaling 20% of your maximum HP Duration: 30s Maximum Charges: 2 Can only be executed while Carbuncle is summoned.
Physick	Lv. 4	Spell	1.5s	2.5s	400 MP	30y 0y	Restores target's HP. Cure Potency: 400

Aethercharge	Lv. 6	Spell	Instant	60s	-	0y 0y	Grants Aethercharge, increasing the potency of Ruin, Ruin II, and Ruin III by 50, and Outburst by 20. Duration: 15s Additional Effect: Grants Ruby Arcanum, Topaz Arcanum, and Emerald Arcanum Can only be executed in combat and while Carbuncle is summoned.

Summon Ruby	Lv. 6	Spell	Instant	2.5s	-	25y 0y	Summons Ruby Carbuncle, and orders it to execute Glittering Ruby. Glittering Ruby Effect: Rushes target and deals fire damage with a potency of 400 Additional Effect: Grants 2 stacks of Fire Attunement Fire Attunement Effect: Gemshine and Precious Brilliance become fire-aspected Duration: 30s Can only be executed while under the effect of Ruby Arcanum and Carbuncle is summoned.

Gemshine	Lv. 6	Spell	2.5s	2.5s	-	25y 0y	Channel the energies of your active elemental attunement to attack your enemy. Fire Attunement Effect: Deal fire damage to a single target Earth Attunement Effect: Deal earth damage to a single target Wind Attunement Effect: Deal wind damage to a single target

Ruby Ruin	Lv. 6	Spell	2.8s	2.5s	300 MP	25y 0y	Deals fire damage with a potency of 300. Fire Attunement Cost: 1 ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

Fester	Lv. 10	Ability	Instant	1s	-	25y 0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 300. Aetherflow Gauge Cost: 1

Energy Drain	Lv. 10	Ability	Instant	60s	-	25y 0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 200. Additional Effect: Aetherflow II Additional Effect: Grants Further Ruin Duration: 60s Shares a recast timer with Energy Siphon.
Resurrection	Lv. 12	Spell	8s	2.5s	2400 MP	30y 0y	Resurrects target to a weakened state.

Summon Topaz Class Quest	Lv. 15	Spell	Instant	2.5s	-	25y 0y	Summons Topaz Carbuncle, and orders it to execute Glittering Topaz. Glittering Topaz Effect: Rushes target and deals earth damage with a potency of 400 Additional Effect: Grants 4 stacks of Earth Attunement Earth Attunement Effect: Gemshine and Precious Brilliance become earth-aspected Duration: 30s Can only be executed while under the effect of Topaz Arcanum and Carbuncle is summoned.

Topaz Ruin	Lv. 15	Spell	Instant	2.5s	300 MP	25y 0y	Deals earth damage with a potency of 240. Earth Attunement Cost: 1 ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

Summon Emerald	Lv. 22	Spell	Instant	2.5s	-	25y 0y	Summons Emerald Carbuncle, and orders it to execute Glittering Emerald. Glittering Emerald Effect: Deals wind damage with a potency of 400 Additional Effect: Grants 4 stacks of Wind Attunement Wind Attunement Effect: Gemshine and Precious Brilliance become wind-aspected Duration: 30s Can only be executed while under the effect of Emerald Arcanum and Carbuncle is summoned.

Emerald Ruin	Lv. 22	Spell	Instant	1.5s	300 MP	25y 0y	Deals wind damage with a potency of 160. Wind Attunement Cost: 1 ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

Outburst	Lv. 26	Spell	1.5s	2.5s	300 MP	25y 5y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 100 to target and all enemies nearby it.

Precious Brilliance	Lv. 26	Spell	2.5s	2.5s	-	25y 5y	Channel the energies of your active elemental attunement to attack multiple enemies. Fire Attunement Effect: Deal fire damage to a target and all enemies nearby it Earth Attunement Effect: Deal earth damage to a target and all enemies nearby it Wind Attunement Effect: Deal wind damage to a target and all enemies nearby it

Ruby Outburst	Lv. 26	Spell	2.8s	2.5s	300 MP	25y 5y	Deals fire damage with a potency of 140 to target and all enemies nearby it. Fire Attunement Cost: 1 ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

Topaz Outburst	Lv. 26	Spell	Instant	2.5s	300 MP	25y 5y	Deals earth damage with a potency of 110 to target and all enemies nearby it. Earth Attunement Cost: 1 ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

Emerald Outburst	Lv. 26	Spell	Instant	1.5s	300 MP	25y 5y	Deals wind damage with a potency of 70 to target and all enemies nearby it. Wind Attunement Cost: 1 ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

Ruin II Class Quest	Lv. 30	Spell	1.5s	2.5s	300 MP	25y 0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 270.

Summon Ifrit Job Quest	Lv. 30	Spell	Instant	2.5s	-	25y 0y	Summons Ifrit-Egi and orders it to execute Inferno. Inferno Effect: Rushes forward and deals fire damage to all enemies in a 5-yalm cone before it with a potency of 600 for the first enemy, and 60% less for all remaining enemies Additional Effect: Grants 2 stacks of Fire Attunement Fire Attunement Effect: Gemshine and Precious Brilliance become fire-aspected Duration: 30s Additional Effect: Grants Ifrit's Favor Effect of Ifrit's Favor ends upon execution of certain summoner actions. Can only be executed while under the effect of Ruby Arcanum and Carbuncle is summoned.

Ruby Ruin II	Lv. 30	Spell	2.8s	2.5s	300 MP	25y 0y	Deals fire damage with a potency of 340. Fire Attunement Cost: 1 ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

Topaz Ruin II	Lv. 30	Spell	Instant	2.5s	300 MP	25y 0y	Deals earth damage with a potency of 270. Earth Attunement Cost: 1 ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

Emerald Ruin II	Lv. 30	Spell	Instant	1.5s	300 MP	25y 0y	Deals wind damage with a potency of 170. Wind Attunement Cost: 1 ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

Summon Titan Job Quest	Lv. 35	Spell	Instant	2.5s	-	25y 0y	Summons Titan-Egi and orders it to execute Earthen Fury. Earthen Fury Effect: Rushes forward and deals earth damage to all enemies within 5 yalms with a potency of 600 for the first enemy, and 60% less for all remaining enemies Additional Effect: Grants 4 stacks of Earth Attunement Earth Attunement Effect: Gemshine and Precious Brilliance become earth-aspected Duration: 30s Can only be executed while under the effect of Topaz Arcanum and Carbuncle is summoned.

Painflare Job Quest	Lv. 40	Ability	Instant	1s	-	25y 5y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 150 to target and all enemies nearby it. Aetherflow Gauge Cost: 1

Summon Garuda Job Quest	Lv. 45	Spell	Instant	2.5s	-	25y 0y	Summons Garuda-Egi and orders it to execute Aerial Blast. Aerial Blast Effect: Deals wind damage to target and all enemies within 5 yalms with a potency of 600 for the first enemy, and 60% less for all remaining enemies Additional Effect: Grants 4 stacks of Wind Attunement Wind Attunement Effect: Gemshine and Precious Brilliance become wind-aspected Duration: 30s Additional Effect: Grants Garuda's Favor Effect of Garuda's Favor ends upon execution of certain summoner actions. Can only be executed while under the effect of Emerald Arcanum and Carbuncle is summoned.

Energy Siphon Job Quest	Lv. 52	Ability	Instant	60s	-	25y 5y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 100 to target and all enemies nearby it. Additional Effect: Aetherflow II Additional Effect: Grants Further Ruin Duration: 60s Shares a recast timer with Energy Drain.

Ruin III Job Quest	Lv. 54	Spell	1.5s	2.5s	300 MP	25y 0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 310.

Ruby Ruin III	Lv. 54	Spell	2.8s	2.5s	300 MP	25y 0y	Deals fire damage with a potency of 360. Fire Attunement Cost: 1 ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

Topaz Ruin III	Lv. 54	Spell	Instant	2.5s	300 MP	25y 0y	Deals earth damage with a potency of 300. Earth Attunement Cost: 1 ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

Emerald Ruin III	Lv. 54	Spell	Instant	1.5s	300 MP	25y 0y	Deals wind damage with a potency of 180. Wind Attunement Cost: 1 ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

Dreadwyrm Trance Job Quest	Lv. 58	Spell	Instant	60s	-	0y 0y	Enters Dreadwyrm Trance. Duration: 15s Additional Effect: Changes Ruin III to Astral Impulse and Outburst to Astral Flare Additional Effect: Grants Ruby Arcanum, Topaz Arcanum, and Emerald Arcanum Can only be executed in combat and while Carbuncle is summoned.

Astral Impulse	Lv. 58	Spell	Instant	2.5s	300 MP	25y 0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 430. Can only be executed while in Dreadwyrm Trance. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

Astral Flare	Lv. 58	Spell	Instant	2.5s	300 MP	25y 5y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 180 to target and all enemies nearby it. Can only be executed while in Dreadwyrm Trance. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

Astral Flow Job Quest	Lv. 60	Spell	Instant	2.5s	-	0y 0y	Channel the energies of your active trance or elemental favor to perform one of several actions. Dreadwyrm Trance Effect: Action changes to Deathflare Firebird Trance Effect: Action changes to Rekindle Ifrit's Favor Effect: Action changes to Crimson Cyclone Titan's Favor Effect: Action changes to Mountain Buster Garuda's Favor Effect: Action changes to Slipstream

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