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Introduction

In an age long past, when mankind flourished under the radiance of arcane mastery, the island of Vylbrand was home to a city-state called Nym. Though the history of that age tells of countless wars waged with earth-shattering incantations, it was the brilliant strategic maneuvering of Nym's scholars that allowed their mundane army of mariners to throw back would-be conquerers time and again. These learned men and women defended the freedom of their tiny nation with their unique command over spell-weaving faeries, utilizing the creatures' magicks to heal the wounded and bolster the strength of their allies.

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Scholar frame icon.png

Scholar (SCH) is a job unlockable at level 30 as an upgrade from the arcanist class and is one of four Healer jobs. It is considered a "barrier" healer, along with sage, specializing in reducing incoming damage using shields and mitigation abilities.

General information

Guild

The Scholar's unlock quest is accessed through Murie in the Arcanists' Guild, located in Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks (x4.5, y11.3). Arcanists must specialize into scholar (or summoner) once they reach level 30, and complete the quests Main Scenario QuestSylph-management and Feature QuestSinking Doesmaga.

Note: It's required to be an Arcanist frame icon.png Arcanist to receive the follow-up quest and unlock scholar, this means Soul of the summoner icon1.png  Soul of the Summoner must be unequipped.
Note 2: Being the only example of a split-class, Scholar frame icon.png Scholar and Summoner frame icon.png Summoner share a level since they are both based on Arcanist frame icon.png Arcanist.

The job trainer is Alka Zolka, who is normally located in Limsa Lominsa Upper Decks (11.1,6.2).

Equipment

The scholar is a disciple of magic and wears armor and accessories "of Healing." They use books as weapons. While some of their lower-level weapons are shared with Summoner, all of their weapons are exclusive to them past Lv. 50.

Weapon Armor Accessories
Scholar's Arms Head
Body
Hands
Legs
Feet
Bracelets
Earrings
Necklace
Ring

Quests

Quest Type Level Quest Giver Unlocks Rewards
Forgotten but Not Gone Job quest 30 Murie Scholar
Adloquium.png  Adloquium
Scholar (Simple) Adventurer Plate
Scholar (Simple) Adventurer Plate
1 Soul of the scholar icon1.png  Soul of the Scholar
A Faerie Tale Come True Feature quest 30 Thubyrgeim Egi Glamours
The Last Remnants Job quest 35 Alka Zolka Succor.png  Succor
The Consequences of Anger Job quest 40 Alka Zolka
In the Image of the Ancients Job quest 45 Alka Zolka 1 Scholars mortarboard icon1.png  Scholar's Mortarboard
1 Scholars gloves icon1.png  Scholar's Gloves
1 Scholars culottes icon1.png  Scholar's Culottes
1 Scholars boots icon1.png  Scholar's Boots
For Your Fellow Man Job quest 45 Alka Zolka Lustrate.png  Lustrate
The Beast Within Job quest 50 Alka Zolka Sacred Soil.png  Sacred Soil
Flying colors i icon1.png  Flying Colors I
Scholar - Part 1
Scholar - Part 1
1 Scholars gown icon1.png  Scholar's Gown
1 Argute attire coffer (il 90) icon1.png  Argute Attire Coffer (IL 90)
The Green Death Job quest 50 Alka Zolka
Quarantine Job quest 52 Surito Carito Indomitability.png  Indomitability
False Friends Job quest 54 Surito Carito Broil.png  Broil
Broil Mastery.png  Broil Mastery
Ooh Rah Job quest 56 Surito Carito Deployment Tactics.png  Deployment Tactics
Unseen Job quest 58 Surito Carito Emergency Tactics.png  Emergency Tactics
Forward, Royal Marines Job quest 60 Surito Carito Dissipation.png  Dissipation
Flying colors ii icon1.png  Flying Colors II
Scholar - Part 2
Scholar - Part 2
1 Savants attire coffer (il 210) icon1.png  Savant's Attire Coffer (IL 210)
The Vanishing Act Job quest 60 Alka Zolka
A Safe Place to Hide Job quest 63 Surito Carito
In Loving Memory Job quest 65 Alka Zolka
The Chase Job quest 68 Alka Zolka
Our Unsung Heroes Job quest 70 Alka Zolka Flying colors iii icon1.png  Flying Colors III
Aetherpact (scholar).png  Aetherpact
Scholar - Part 3
Scholar - Part 3
1 Orators attire coffer (il 290) icon1.png  Orator's Attire Coffer (IL 290)
True Beauty Sidequest 80 Alka Zolka Flying colors iv icon1.png  Flying Colors IV
Scholar - Part 4
Scholar - Part 4
1 Piety materia vii icon1.png  Piety Materia VII
1 Savage aim materia vii icon1.png  Savage Aim Materia VII
1 Savage might materia vii icon1.png  Savage Might Materia VII

Actions

PvE actions

Action Acquired Quest requirement Level Type MP Casting Recast Range
Radius
Description
Ruin.png  Ruin Scholar frame icon.png SCH 1 Spell 300 1.5s 2.5s Range icon.png 25y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 0y
Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 150.
Bio.png  Bio Scholar frame icon.png SCH 2 Spell 300 Instant 2.5s Range icon.png 25y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 0y
Deals unaspected damage over time.
Potency: 20
Duration: 30s
Physick.png  Physick Scholar frame icon.png SCH 4 Spell 400 1.5s 2.5s Range icon.png 30y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 0y
Restores target's HP.
Cure Potency: 450
Summon Eos.png  Summon Eos Scholar frame icon.png SCH 4 Spell 200 2.5s 1.5s Range icon.png 0y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 0y
Summons the faerie Eos to fight at your side. When set to guard, automatically casts Embrace on party members who suffer damage.
Resurrection.png  Resurrection Arcanist frame icon.png ACN
Scholar frame icon.png SCH
12 Spell 2,400 8s 2.5s Range icon.png 30y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 0y
Resurrects target to a weakened state.
Whispering Dawn-sch.png  Whispering Dawn Scholar frame icon.png SCH 20 Ability Instant 60s Range icon.png 0y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 0y
Orders faerie to execute Whispering Dawn. If Seraph is summoned, orders her to execute Angel's Whisper.
Whispering Dawn/Angel's Whisper Effect: Gradually restores the HP of all nearby party members
Cure Potency: 80
Duration: 21s
Bio II.png  Bio II Scholar frame icon.png SCH 26 Spell 300 Instant 2.5s Range icon.png 25y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 0y
Deals unaspected damage over time.
Potency: 40
Duration: 30s
Adloquium.png  Adloquium Scholar frame icon.png SCH 1Quest: Forgotten but Not Gone 30 Spell 1,000 2s 2.5s Range icon.png 30y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 0y
Restores target's HP.
Cure Potency: 300
Additional Effect: Grants Galvanize to target, nullifying damage equaling 180% of the amount of HP restored. When critical HP is restored, also grants Catalyze, nullifying damage equaling 180% the amount of HP restored.
Duration: 30s
Effect cannot be stacked with certain sage barrier effects.
Succor.png  Succor Scholar frame icon.png SCH 1Quest: The Last Remnants 35 Spell 1,000 2s 2.5s Range icon.png 0y
Point Blank Circle around the user 15y
Restores own HP and the HP of all nearby party members.
Cure Potency: 200
Additional Effect: Erects a magicked barrier which nullifies damage equaling 160% of the amount of HP restored.
Duration: 30s
Effect cannot be stacked with certain sage barrier effects.
Ruin II.png  Ruin II Scholar frame icon.png SCH 38 Spell 400 Instant 2.5s Range icon.png 25y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 0y
Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 220.
Fey Illumination-sch.png  Fey Illumination Scholar frame icon.png SCH 40 Ability Instant 120s Range icon.png 0y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 0y
Orders faerie to execute Fey Illumination. If Seraph is summoned, orders her to execute Seraphic Illumination.
Fey Illumination/Seraphic Illumination Effect: Increases healing magic potency of all nearby party members by 10%, while reducing magic damage taken by all nearby party members by 5%
Duration: 20s
Effect cannot be stacked with Seraphic Illumination.
Aetherflow.png  Aetherflow Scholar frame icon.png SCH 45 Ability Instant 60s Range icon.png 0y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 0y
Restores 20% of maximum MP.
Additional Effect: Aetherflow III
Can only be executed while in combat.
Energy Drain.png  Energy Drain Scholar frame icon.png SCH 45 Ability Instant 1s Range icon.png 25y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 0y
Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 100.
Additional Effect: Absorbs a portion of damage dealt as HP
Additional Effect: Increases Faerie Gauge by 10
Aetherflow Gauge Cost: 1
Lustrate.png  Lustrate Scholar frame icon.png SCH 1Quest: For Your Fellow Man 45 Ability Instant 1s Range icon.png 30y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 0y
Restores target's HP.
Cure Potency: 600
Additional Effect: Increases Faerie Gauge by 10
Aetherflow Gauge Cost: 1
Art of War.png  Art of War Scholar frame icon.png SCH 46 Spell 400 Instant 2.5s Range icon.png 0y
Point Blank Circle around the user 5y
Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 165 to all nearby enemies.
Sacred Soil.png  Sacred Soil Scholar frame icon.png SCH 1Quest: The Beast Within 50 Ability Instant 30s Range icon.png 30y
Circle AoE around the ground target 15y
Creates a designated area in which party members will only suffer 90% of all damage inflicted.
Duration: 15s
Additional Effect: Regen
Potency: 100
Additional Effect: Increases Faerie Gauge by 10
Aetherflow Gauge Cost: 1
Indomitability.png  Indomitability Scholar frame icon.png SCH 1Quest: Quarantine 52 Ability Instant 30s Range icon.png 0y
Point Blank Circle around the user 15y
Restores own HP and the HP of all nearby party members.
Cure Potency: 400
Additional Effect: Increases Faerie Gauge by 10
Aetherflow Gauge Cost: 1
Broil.png  Broil Scholar frame icon.png SCH 1Quest: False Friends 54 Spell 400 1.5s 2.5s Range icon.png 25y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 0y
Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 220.
Deployment Tactics.png  Deployment Tactics Scholar frame icon.png SCH 1Quest: Ooh Rah 56 Ability Instant 90s Range icon.png 30y
Circle AoE around the action target 30y
Extends Galvanize effect cast on self or target to nearby party members.
Duration: The time remaining on the original target's effects
No effect when target is not under the effect of Galvanize.
Emergency Tactics.png  Emergency Tactics Scholar frame icon.png SCH 1Quest: Unseen 58 Ability Instant 20s Range icon.png 0y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 0y
Transforms the next Galvanize and Catalyze statuses into HP recovery equaling the amount of damage reduction intended for the barrier.
Duration: 15s
Dissipation.png  Dissipation Scholar frame icon.png SCH 1Quest: Forward, the Royal Marines 60 Ability Instant 180s Range icon.png 0y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 0y
Orders your faerie away while granting you a full Aetherflow stack. Also increases healing magic potency by 20%.
Duration: 30s
Current faerie will return once the effect expires. Summon Eos cannot be executed while under the effect of Dissipation.
Can only be executed while in combat.
Excogitation.png  Excogitation Scholar frame icon.png SCH 62 Ability Instant 45s Range icon.png 30y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 0y
Grants self or target party member the effect of Excogitation, restoring HP when member's HP falls below 50% or upon effect duration expiration.
Cure Potency: 800
Duration: 45s
Additional Effect: Increases Faerie Gauge by 10
Aetherflow Gauge Cost: 1
Broil II.png  Broil II Scholar frame icon.png SCH 64 Spell 400 1.5s 2.5s Range icon.png 25y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 0y
Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 240.
Chain Strategem.png  Chain Strategem Scholar frame icon.png SCH 66 Ability Instant 120s Range icon.png 25y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 0y
Increases rate at which target takes critical hits by 10%.
Duration: 15s
Aetherpact (scholar).png  Aetherpact Scholar frame icon.png SCH 1Quest: Our Unsung Heroes 70 Ability Instant 3s Range icon.png 30y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 0y
Orders faerie to execute Fey Union with target party member. Effect ends upon reuse.
Faerie Gauge Cost: 10
The Faerie Gauge increases when a faerie or Seraph is summoned and an Aetherflow action is successfully executed while in combat.
Dissolve Union.png  Dissolve Union Scholar frame icon.png SCH 70 Ability Instant 1s Range icon.png 0y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 0y
Dissolves current Fey Union.
Biolysis.png  Biolysis Scholar frame icon.png SCH 72 Spell 400 Instant 2.5s Range icon.png 25y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 0y
Deals unaspected damage over time.
Potency: 70
Duration: 30s
Broil III.png  Broil III Scholar frame icon.png SCH 72 Spell 400 1.5s 2.5s Range icon.png 25y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 0y
Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 255.
Recitation.png  Recitation Scholar frame icon.png SCH 74 Ability Instant 90s Range icon.png 0y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 0y
Allows the execution of Adloquium, Succor, Indomitability, or Excogitation without consuming resources while also ensuring critical HP is restored.
Duration: 15s
Fey Blessing.png  Fey Blessing Scholar frame icon.png SCH 76 Ability Instant 60s Range icon.png 0y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 0y
Orders faerie to execute Fey Blessing.
Fey Blessing Effect: Restores the HP of all nearby party members
Cure Potency: 320
Summon Seraph.png  Summon Seraph Scholar frame icon.png SCH 80 Ability Instant 120s Range icon.png 0y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 0y
Summons Seraph to fight at your side. When set to guard, automatically casts Seraphic Veil on party members who suffer damage.
Cannot summon Seraph unless a pet is already summoned. Current pet will leave the battlefield while Seraph is present, and return once gone.
Duration: 22s
※Action changes to Consolation upon execution.
Consolation.png  Consolation Scholar frame icon.png SCH 80 Ability Instant 20s Range icon.png 0y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 0y
Orders Seraph to execute Consolation.
Consolation Effect: Restores the HP of all nearby party members
Cure Potency: 250
Additional Effect: Erects a magicked barrier which nullifies damage equaling the amount of HP restored
Duration: 30s
Maximum Charges: 2
Broil IV.png  Broil IV Scholar frame icon.png SCH 82 Spell 400 Instant 2.5s Range icon.png 25y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 0y
Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 295.
Art of War II.png  Art of War II Scholar frame icon.png SCH 82 Spell 400 Instant 2.5s Range icon.png 0y
Point Blank Circle around the user 5y
Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 180 to all nearby enemies.
Protraction.png  Protraction Scholar frame icon.png SCH 86 Ability Instant 60s Range icon.png 30y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 0y
Increases maximum HP of a party member or self by 10% and restores the amount increased.
Additional Effect: Increases HP recovery via healing actions by 10%
Duration: 10s
Expedient.png  Expedient Scholar frame icon.png SCH 90 Ability Instant 120s Range icon.png 0y
Point Blank Circle around the user 30y
Grants Expedience and Desperate Measures to all nearby party members.
Expedience Effect: Increases movement speed
Duration: 10s
Desperate Measures Effect: Reduces damage taken by 10%
Duration: 20s

Limit Breaks (PvE)

See also: Limit Break
Action Acquired Level Type MP Casting Recast Range
Radius
Description
Limit break icon1.png  Healing Wind Healer role.png Healer 1 Limit Break Level 1 2s Instant Range icon.png 0y
Point Blank Circle around the user 30y
Restores 25% of HP of all nearby party members.
Limit break icon1.png  Breath of the Earth Healer role.png Healer 1 Limit Break Level 2 2s Instant Range icon.png 0y
Point Blank Circle around the user 30y
Restores 60% of HP of all nearby party members.
Limit break icon1.png  Angel Feathers Scholar frame icon.png SCH 1 Limit Break Level 3 2s Instant Range icon.png 0y
Point Blank Circle around the user 50y
Restores 100% of HP of all nearby party members, even if they are currently dead. If resurrected this way, party members also revive with 100% MP and are not given Weakness or Brink of Death debuffs.

Healer role actions (PvE)

See also: Role actions
Action Acquired Level Type MP Casting Recast Range
Radius
Description
Repose.png  Repose Healer role.png Healer 8 Spell 600 2.5s 2.5s Range icon.png 30y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 0y
Inflicts target with Sleep.
Duration: 30s
Cancels auto-attack upon execution.
Esuna.png  Esuna Healer role.png Healer 10 Spell 400 1s 2.5s Range icon.png 30y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 0y
Removes a single detrimental effect from target.
Lucid Dreaming.png  Lucid Dreaming Magic Ranged DPS role.png Magical Ranged DPS
Healer role.png Healer
14 Ability Instant 60s Range icon.png 0y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 0y
Gradually restores own MP.
Potency: 55
Duration: 21s
Swiftcast.png  Swiftcast Magic Ranged DPS role.png Magical Ranged DPS
Healer role.png Healer
18 Ability Instant 60s Range icon.png 0y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 0y
Next spell is cast immediately.
Duration: 10s
Surecast.png  Surecast Magic Ranged DPS role.png Magical Ranged DPS
Healer role.png Healer
44 Ability Instant 120s Range icon.png 0y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 0y
Spells can be cast without interruption.
Additional Effect: Nullifies most knockback and draw-in effects
Duration: 6s
Rescue.png  Rescue Healer role.png Healer 48 Ability Instant 120s Range icon.png 30y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 0y
Instantly draw target party member to your side. Cannot be used outside of combat or when target is suffering from certain enfeeblements.

PvP Actions

Action Acquired Quest requirement Level Type MP Casting Recast Range
Radius
Description
Broil IV (PvP).png  Broil IV (PvP) Scholar frame icon.png SCH 30 Spell 1.44s 2.4s Range icon.png 25y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 0y
Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 5,000.
Adloquium pvp.png  Adloquium (PvP) Scholar frame icon.png SCH 30 Spell Instant 15s Range icon.png 30y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 0y
Restores target's HP.
Cure Potency: 3,000
Additional Effect: Grants Galvanize and Catalyze to target.
Galvanize Effect: Absorbs damage equivalent to a heal of 6,000 potency.
Duration: 15s
Barrier potency is increased by 50% when target is under the effect of Recitation.
Catalyze Effect: Increases damage dealt by 8%.
Duration: 15s
Maximum Charges: 2
This action does not share a recast timer with any other actions.
Biolysis pvp.png  Biolysis (PvP) Scholar frame icon.png SCH 30 Spell Instant 15s Range icon.png 25y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 0y
Afflicts target with Biolysis and Biolytic.
Biolysis Effect: Damage over time.
Potency: 3,000
Duration: 15s
Potency is increased by 50% if you are under the effect of Recitation.
Biolytic Effect: Reduces target's damage dealt by 10%.
Duration: 15s
This action does not share a recast timer with any other actions.
Deployment Tactics (PvP).png  Deployment Tactics (PvP) Scholar frame icon.png SCH 30 Ability Instant 15s Range icon.png 30y
Circle AoE around the action target 15y
Extends Galvanize and Catalyze effects cast on self or target to nearby party members.
When targeting an enemy, extends Biolysis and Biolytic effects to other nearby enemies.
Duration: Time remaining on original effects
No effect when target is not under effects applied by you.
Maximum Charges: 2
Mummification (PvP).png  Mummification (PvP) Scholar frame icon.png SCH 30 Ability Instant 20s Range icon.png 8y
Conal AoE in front of the user 8y
Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 6,000 to all enemies in a cone before you.
Additional Effect: Reduces target's HP recovered by healing actions by 25%.
Duration: 10s
Expedient (PvP).png  Expedient (PvP) Scholar frame icon.png SCH 30 Ability Instant 30s Range icon.png 0y
Point Blank Circle around the user 15y
Grants Expedience and Desperate Measures to self and all nearby party members.
Expedience Effect: Increases movement speed
Duration: 10s
Desperate Measures Effect: Reduces damage taken by 10%.
Duration: 10s
Additional Effect: Grants Recitation.
Recitation Effect: Increases the potency of Galvanize, Catalyze, Biolysis, and Biolytic effects.
Duration: 15s
Consolation (PvP).png  Consolation (PvP) Scholar frame icon.png SCH 30 Ability Instant 20s Range icon.png 0y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 0y
Orders Seraph to execute Consolation.
Consolation Effect: Restores HP of all nearby party members.
Cure Potency: 4000
Additional Effect: Erects a magicked barrier which nullifies damage equivalent to a heal of 4,000 potency.
Duration: 10s
Can only be executed while Seraph is summoned.
※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Seraphic Veil (PvP).png  Seraphic Veil (PvP) Scholar frame icon.png SCH 30 Spell Instant 2.5s Range icon.png 30y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 0y
Restores target's HP.
Additional Effect: Erects a magicked barrier which nullifies damage equivalent to a heal of 4,000 potency.
Duration: 10s
※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Consolation (Seraph) (PvP).png  Consolation (PvP) Scholar frame icon.png SCH 30 Ability Instant 1s Range icon.png 0y
Point Blank Circle around the user 20y
Restores the HP of all nearby party members.
Cure Potency: 4,000
Additional Effect: Erects a magicked barrier which nullifies damage equivalent to a heal of 4,000 potency.
Duration: 10s
※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

Limit Breaks (PvP)

Action Acquired Level Type MP Casting Recast Range
Radius
Description
Summon Seraph (PvP).png  Summon Seraph (PvP) Scholar frame icon.png SCH 30 Limit Break Instant 10s Range icon.png 30y
Circle AoE around the ground target 10y
Summons Seraph to fight at a designated location.
Summons Seraph to fight at a designated location.
Automatically casts Seraphic Veil on party members who suffer damage.
Additional Effect: Grants Recitation
Recitation Effect: Increases the potency of Galvanize, Catalyze, Biolysis, and Biolytic effects
Duration: 15s
Can only be executed when the limit gauge is full.
※Action changes to Consolation upon execution.
Seraph Flight (PvP).png  Seraph Flight (PvP) Scholar frame icon.png SCH 30 Limit Break Instant 1s Range icon.png 0y
Point Blank Circle around the user 10y
Grants Seraph Flight and Excogitation to all nearby party members.
Seraph Flight Effect: Nullifies the next status affliction that can be removed by Purify
Duration: 20s
Excogitation Effect: Restores HP when HP falls below 50% or upon effect duration expiration
Cure Potency: 8,000
Duration: 20s
※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

Common actions (PvP)

Action Acquired Level Type MP Casting Recast Range
Radius
Description
Standard-issue Elixir (PvP).png  Standard-issue Elixir (PvP) Any class frame icon.png ANY 30 Ability 4.5s 5s Range icon.png 0y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 0y
Restores your HP and MP to maximum. Casting will be interrupted when damage is taken.
Recuperate (PvP).png  Recuperate (PvP) Any class frame icon.png ANY 30 Ability 2,500 Instant 1s Range icon.png 0y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 0y
Restores own HP.
Cure Potency: 15,000
Purify (PvP).png  Purify Any class frame icon.png ANY 30 Ability Instant 30s Range icon.png 0y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 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 (PvP).png  Guard (PvP) Any class frame icon.png ANY 30 Ability Instant 30s Range icon.png 0y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 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 (PvP).png  Sprint (PvP) Any class frame icon.png ANY 30 Ability Instant 1.5s Range icon.png 0y
Single Target or AoE not yet specified 0y
Increases movement speed. Effect ends upon reuse or execution of another action.

Pet Actions (PvE only)

Shared actions

The following are shared actions used to control a pet behavior.

Action Description
Away.png  Away Order pet to leave the battlefield.
Heel.png  Heel Order pet to follow behind you.
Place.png  Place Order pet to move to a specific location.
Stay.png  Stay Order pet to remain where it is.
Guard.png  Guard Order pet to refrain from attacking until you attack or are attacked.
Steady.png  Steady Order pet to refrain from attacking until ordered to do so.

Eos

As of patch 5.0 and the release of Shadowbringers, both Eos and Selene have the same actions. Selene was removed as an independent summon in patch 6.4 but made glamourable from Eos.

Action Acquired Level Type Casting Recast Description
Embrace.png  Embrace Summon Eos.png Eos 1 Spell Instant 3s Restores target's HP.
Cure Potency: 180
※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Whispering Dawn-pet.png  Whispering Dawn Summon Eos.png Eos 20 Ability Instant Instant Gradually restores the HP of all nearby party members.
Cure Potency: 80
Duration: 21s
※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Fey Illumination-pet.png  Fey Illumination Summon Eos.png Eos 40 Ability Instant Instant Increases healing magic potency of all nearby party members by 10%, while reducing magic damage taken by all nearby party members by 5%.
Duration: 20s
Effect cannot be stacked with Seraphic Illumination.
Fey Union-pet.png  Fey Union Summon Eos.png Eos 70 Ability Instant Instant Gradually restores HP of party member with which faerie has a Fey Union.
Potency: 300
Faerie Gauge is depleted by 10 periodically while HP is restored. Fey Union effect fades upon execution of other faerie actions or when party member moves from within 30 yalms of the faerie.
※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Fey Blessing-pet.png  Fey Blessing Summon Eos.png Eos 76 Ability Instant Instant Restores the HP of all nearby party members.
Potency: 320

Seraph

Action Acquired Level Type Casting Recast Description
Seraphic Veil-pet.png  Seraphic Veil Summon Seraph.png Seraph 80 Spell Instant 3s Restores target's HP.
Potency: 180
Additional Effect: Erects a magicked barrier which nullifies damage equaling the amount of HP restored
Duration: 30s
※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Angel's Whisper-pet.png  Angel's Whisper Summon Seraph.png Seraph 80 Ability Instant Instant Gradually restores the HP of all nearby party members.
Potency: 80
Duration: 21s
※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Seraphic Illumination-pet.png  Seraphic Illumination Summon Seraph.png Seraph 80 Ability Instant Instant Increases healing magic potency of nearby party members by 10%, while reducing magic damage taken by nearby party members by 5%.
Duration: 20s
Effect cannot be stacked with Fey Illumination.
Consolation-pet.png  Consolation Summon Seraph.png Seraph 80 Ability Instant Instant Restores the HP of all nearby party members.
Potency: 250
Additional Effect: Erects a magicked barrier which nullifies damage equaling the amount of HP restored
Duration: 30s
Maximum Charges: 2

Traits

PvE traits

Trait Acquired Quest requirement Level Effect
Maim and Mend.png  Maim and Mend Conjurer frame icon.png CNJ
Arcanist frame icon.png ACN
Red Mage frame icon.png RDM
Sage frame icon.png SGE
Astrologian frame icon.png AST
Thaumaturge frame icon.png THM
20 Increases base action damage and HP restoration by 10%.
Arcanist: Also increases base damage and HP restoration of your pet by 10%
Corruption Mastery.png  Corruption Mastery Scholar frame icon.png SCH 26 Upgrades Bio to Bio II.
Maim and Mend II.png  Maim and Mend II Conjurer frame icon.png CNJ
Arcanist frame icon.png ACN
Red Mage frame icon.png RDM
Sage frame icon.png SGE
Astrologian frame icon.png AST
Thaumaturge frame icon.png THM
40 Increases base action damage and HP restoration by 30%.
Arcanist: Also increases base damage and HP restoration of your pet by 30%
Broil Mastery.png  Broil Mastery Scholar frame icon.png SCH 1Quest: False Friends 54 Upgrades Ruin to Broil and increases the potency of Ruin II to 160, and Art of War to 165.
Broil Mastery II.png  Broil Mastery II Scholar frame icon.png SCH 64 Upgrades Broil to Broil II and increases the potency of Ruin II to 180.
Corruption Mastery II.png  Corruption Mastery II Scholar frame icon.png SCH 72 Upgrades Bio II to Biolysis.
Broil Mastery III.png  Broil Mastery III Scholar frame icon.png SCH 72 Upgrades Broil II to Broil III and the potency of Ruin II is increased to 200.
Enhanced Sacred Soil.png  Enhanced Sacred Soil Scholar frame icon.png SCH 78 Adds an additional effect to Sacred Soil that grants healing over time.
Broil Mastery IV.png  Broil Mastery IV Scholar frame icon.png SCH 82 Upgrades Broil III to Broil IV and increases the potency of Ruin II to 220.
Art of War Mastery.png  Art of War Mastery Scholar frame icon.png SCH 82 Upgrades Art of War to Art of War II.
Enhanced Healing Magic.png  Enhanced Healing Magic Scholar frame icon.png SCH 85 Increases the healing potency of Physick to 450, Embrace to 180, and Seraphic Veil to 180. Increases the barrier potency of Adloquium to 180% the amount healed and Succor to 160% the amount healed.
Enhanced Deployment Tactics.png  Enhanced Deployment Tactics Scholar frame icon.png SCH 88 Reduces Deployment Tactics recast time to 90 seconds.

Job mechanics

Official Lodestone Job Guide (Always up-to-date)

Aetherflow & Faerie Gauge is Scholar's Job Gauge.

Aetherflow Gauge

Upon learning the action Aetherflow, the Aetherflow Gauge will be displayed, indicating stacks of Aetherflow.

Aetherflow can be used to execute certain actions such as Lustrate (acquired at level 45) and Excogitation (acquired at level 62).

Aetherflow gauge scholar pve1.png

Simple Mode

Aetherflow gauge scholar pve simple mode1.png

Faerie Gauge

Upon learning the action Aetherpact, you'll be able to view the Faerie Gauge, which displays the amount of fae aether.

Fae aether is accumulated when you use Aetherflow to execute certain actions such as Lustrate or Excogitation during battle while a faerie is summoned. Accumulated fae aether can then be used to perform Aetherpact.

Faerie gauge pve1.png

Upon learning the action Summon Seraph, you can temporarily call Seraph to fight alongside you in place of Eos. The Faerie Gauge will indicate how much time remains before she must return.

Faerie gauge pve2.png

Simple Mode

Faerie gauge pve simple mode1.png Normal

Faerie gauge pve simple mode2.png Aetherpact Duration

Faerie gauge pve simple mode3.png Seraph Duration


Achievements

This job is associated with the following achievements:

Name Points Task Reward Patch
Through the gate iv icon1.png  Through the Gate IV 5 Achieve arcanist level 40. - 2.1
Through the gate v icon1.png  Through the Gate V 5 Achieve arcanist level 50. - 2.1
Through the gate vi icon1.png  Through the Gate VI 5 Achieve arcanist level 60. - 3.0
Through the gate vii icon1.png  Through the Gate VII 5 Achieve arcanist level 70. - 4.0
Through the gate viii icon1.png  Through the Gate VIII 5 Achieve arcanist level 80. - 5.0
Through the gate ix icon1.png  Through the Gate IX 5 Achieve arcanist level 90. - 6.0

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Lore

In an age long past, when mankind flourished under the radiance of arcane mastery, the island of Vylbrand was home to a city-state called Nym. Though the history of that age tells of countless wars waged with earth-shattering incantations, it was the brilliant strategic maneuvering of Nym’s scholars that allowed their mundane army of mariners to throw back would-be conquerors time and again.

History

The Fifth Astral Era was an age defined by remarkable advances in the arcane arts. In such an age, the nation of Nym, with its scant population of sorcerous adepts, found itself at a distinct disadvantage when pitted against the ruthless black mages of Mhach or the relentless white mages of Amdapor.

Thus, the Nymian military relegated its few precious sorcerers to a specialized support role within its standing army. Rather than serve as simple healers, however, these men and women were expected to take command of the battlefield, and weave spells that maximized the mariners’ effectiveness in combat.

In answer to the demands of their new position, Nymian mages learned to bind and control faeries that they might entrust the otherworldly creatures with a share of the restorative duties. This allowed these students of war to focus more fully upon strategy and tactics, a practice which earned them the title of “scholar.” But even the most brilliant tacticians could not outmaneuver the tragedy that was to come. As befell many wonders of the era, both the military wisdom of Nym and the disciples of its teaching were lost to the colossal floods of the Sixth Umbral Calamity.

Equipment

Scholar Attire

Raiment of the phrontist. The formal garb of the scholars of Nym betrays their military nature, and indeed, this shade of direwort dye is still called “brigade brown.” The Nymians believed in the unity of mind, magic, and martial ways and produced extraordinary thinkers such as Surito Carito, whose vest is the centerpiece of this attire.

The Omnilex

A repository of all military tactics known to man, compiled in that canny city called Nym. Copies of the Omnilex were once merely uncommon, but became almost impossible to acquire after the majority were irrevocably ruined by the waters of the great flood.

Savant's Attire

Recovered from the Floating City of Nym by an intrepid adventurer, this garb was identified as being of Nymian design, believed to have been invented in the latter part of the Fifth Astral Era. An experimental uniform issued exclusively to the scholar elite, the crystal tubes attached to the forearms could be infused with the wearer’s own aether. This allowed the scholar to later call upon ready reservoirs of mana to amplify the potency of her spells, although manipulation of energies stored in such a fashion is thought to have required a degree of control, possessed only by the most accomplished savants.

The Elements

Recovered from the Floating City of Nym by a fisherman to replace his damaged boat with a far larger vessel. Ambushed by Sahagin whilst casting his nets off the coast of western La Noscea, a fisherman stumbled across an ancient trove of stone receptacles after seeking refuge in a sheltered inlet cave. Hoping to claim some lost treasure that might pay for his battered boat, the fisherman was satisfied to discover a curious tome. A subsequent visit to a collector of antiquities revealed that the book was in fact an artifact of Nym—a grimoire containing the nascent magicks and techniques of the military scholar. The tome was placed on auction, and quickly snapped up by Rowena’s House of Splendors. The price fetched by the precious relic allowed the fisherman to replace his vessel.

Tricks of the Trade

  • Angel Feathers: The faerie spread her angelic wings, and a shimmering light exploded over the battlefield. As it washed over me, I felt my pain subside, and where I had thought myself fatally broken, I was whole again.

Anonymous adventurer describing the healing power of a scholar’s faerie companion

  • Adloquium: The scholar’s standard-issue healing spell. As well as closing wounds, Adloquium was designed to grant a secondary effect: a temporary arcane shield that helped protect frontline marines from further injury.
  • Leeches: This spell cleanses the recipient of deleterious effects. According to the histories of Nym, it was devised to counter the insidious, debilitating magicks favored by the black mages of Mhach.
  • Deployment Tactics: This technique developed as a logical extension of military scholar philosophy. The mage eliminates the need for lengthy incantations by using a previously cast spell as an axis, along which the existing boon can be extended to nearby allies.

Alka Zolka

Born to parents employed by the Mealvaan’s Gate customs house, Alka Zolka grew into a youth with a refined appreciation for reading. Surrounded by the unlettered children of fishermen and sailors, however, his love for books was often mocked as the pointless pastime of a weakling landlubber. Fueled by indignation and determined to prove that strategy trumps brute force, Alka presented himself as an aspirant to the Marauders’ Guild upon his sixteenth nameday. Though his peers within the guild held his intellectual pursuits in equally low regard, he weathered their jeering insults with unyielding stoicism. Alka had learned of the military tactics of Nym from an ancient tablet, and knew that if he could but recreate their wisdom, he would wield a weapon greater than any reaver’s axe.

Surito Carito

  • Race (Clan): Lalafell (Plainsfolk)
  • Gender: Male Age: 1605
  • Epithet: Surito Carito the Strategist

A scholar of the Nymian Royal Marines, Surito Carito devoted himself to concocting a cure for an eldritch plague that gradually transformed the afflicted into hideous, stunted monsters. The blight had found its way into Nym on the decks of a trading vessel near the end of the Fifth Astral Era, and Surito himself eventually succumbed to the contagion before his budding treatment could be perfected. But his misfortune, and that of the other victims, was not to end there. The people were so terrified of the disease that they began calling its sufferers “tonberries,” equating their existence with the fearful creatures of myth, and the entire temple into which the malformed Nymians had been herded was sunk into the nearby lake. Submerged under water and bound behind powerful warding magicks, Surito would slumber for more than fifteen centuries before the arcane seals upon the temple were sundered by the advent of the Seventh Umbral Calamity.

Faeries

With soul crystals providing an anchor for their existence, these otherworldly servants are made manifest through the accumulated aether of past Nymian mages. Faeries are known to adopt at least two different forms: Eos, whose domain is sunlight and restoration; and Selene, whose domain is moonlight and invigoration.

Lily

Lily is the name of Surito Carito’s faerie, an actherial entity summoned into the present day when an adventurer inadvertently came into possession of Surito’s lost Soul of the Scholar. Though Lily is incapable of speech, occasional acts taken independent of her master’s commands evince the existence of a distinct personality and will. [1]

Scholar’s Panoply

Orator’s Mortarboard

Written records indicate that the scholar’s mortarboard was once such a powerful symbol that the mere sight of one on the front lines could give heart to an entire battalion of Royal Marines.

Orator's Coat

This robe meets all of the needs common to Disciples of Magic, but the belt from which to hang scrolls and writing implements is specially made for scholars.

Orator's Shoes

The orator’s shoes were made to last through many campaigns. Scholars would typically pair them with tightly fastened gaiters to protect their shins in combat and ensure adequate blood circulation during more academic endeavors.

Form & Function

Because Nymian scholars were part of the Royal Marines, often operating in tandem with marauders, their gear was designed with battle tactics in mind. The scholar’s above-ankle hemline and comfortable shoes allow him to strategically reposition himself on the battlefield at will.

Also of note is the mortarboard, by far the most recognizable scholarly accoutrement. It was originally worn upon graduation from an educational institution as a symbol of academic achievement, but later came to be known as the mark of one who has devoted himself to the scholar’s art. It is said that Nymian scholars took such pride in their caps that those who were afflicted with the Green Death continued to don their mortarboards long after their bodies became twisted and unrecognizable. As a point of interest, nearly as common amongst scholars were correctional lenses—apparently, their profession required such intense study that many developed vision problems from spending so much time poring over tomes. [2]

See also

External links

References

  1. Encyclopaedia Eorzea: Volume I, page 236-237
  2. Encyclopaedia Eorzea: Volume II, page 238