Black Mage

Introduction

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In days long past, there existed an occult and arcane art known as black magic—a potent magic of pure destructive force born forth by a sorceress of unparalleled power. Those who learned to wield this instrument of ruin came to be called black mages, out of both fear and respect for their gift. Yet great power served to corrupt the judgment of mortal man, and so he unknowingly set out upon the path of ruin. Adventurers who take the black will become agents of devastation, capable of annihilating those who oppose them through little more than the force of their will.

— FinalFantasyXIV.com Black Mage

Black Mage is a job unlockable at level 30 as an upgrade from the thaumaturge class and is one of three non-limited magical ranged DPS jobs.

General information

Guild

The Thaumaturges' Guild is in Ul'dah - Steps of Nald. Thaumaturges must specialize into black mage once they reach level 30, and complete the quests Sylph-management and Facing Your Demons. The job trainer is Lalai, who is normally located in Ul'dah - Steps of Thal (12.9, 13.5).

Equipment

The black mage is a disciple of magic and wears armor "of Casting." They use staves as weapons. The following crafting classes can create items that are useful to the black mage:

• Weaver — Casting armor.
• Goldsmith — Staves, scepters, earrings, bracelets, necklaces and rings.

Quests

Quest	Type	Level	Quest Giver	Unlocks	Rewards
Taking the Black		30	Yayake	Black Mage   Manafont	1   Soul of the Black Mage
You'll Never Go Back		35	Lalai	Blizzard III
International Relations		40	Lalai	Freeze
The Voidgate Breathes Gloomy		45	Kazagg Chah	Thunder III   Thunder Mastery
The Blood Must Flow		45	Kazagg Chah		1   Wizard's Petasos 1   Wizard's Gloves 1   Wizard's Tonban 1   Wizard's Crakows
Always Bet on Black		50	Kazagg Chah	Flare   Back in Black I	1   Wizard's Coat 1   Sorcerer's Attire Coffer (IL 90)
Black Books		50	Lalai
An Unexpected Journey		52	Lalai	Ley Lines
A Cunning Plan		54	Lalai	Sharpcast
Black Squawk Down		56	Lalai	Enochian
Destruction in the Name of Justice		58	Lalai	Blizzard IV
The Defiant Ones		60	Lalai	Fire IV   Back in Black II	1   Goetia Attire Coffer (IL 210)
Shades of Shatotto		60	Lalai
Golems Gone Wild		63	Lalai
When the Golems Get Tough		65	Lalai
Unnatural Selection		68	Lalai
One Golem to Rule Them All		70	Lalai	Foul   Enhanced Enochian   Back in Black III	1   Seventh Hell Attire Coffer (IL 290)
A Home for a Tome		80	Lalai	Back in Black IV	1   Heavens' Eye Materia VII 1   Savage Aim Materia VII 1   Savage Might Materia VII

Actions

PvE actions

Action	Acquired		Level	Type	MP	Casting	Recast	Description
Blizzard	THM		1	Spell	400	2.5s	2.5s	Deals ice damage with a potency of 180.
Fire	THM		2	Spell	800	2.5s	2.5s	Deals fire damage with a potency of 180.
Transpose	THM		4	Ability		Instant	5s	Swaps Astral Fire with a single Umbral Ice or Umbral Ice with a single Astral Fire.
Thunder	THM		6	Spell	200	2.5s	2.5s	Deals lightning damage with a potency of 30.
Blizzard II	THM		12	Spell	800	3s	2.5s	Deals ice damage with a potency of 100 to target and all enemies nearby it.
Scathe	THM	1	15	Spell	800	Instant	2.5s	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 100.
Fire II	THM		18	Spell	1,500	3s	2.5s	Deals fire damage with a potency of 100 to target and all enemies nearby it.
Thunder II	THM		26	Spell	400	2.5s	2.5s	Deals lightning damage with a potency of 50 to target and all enemies nearby it.
Manaward	THM	1	30	Ability		Instant	120s	Creates a barrier that nullifies damage totaling up to 30% of maximum HP.
Manafont	BLM	1	30	Ability		Instant	120s	Restore 30% of maximum MP.
Fire III	THM		35	Spell	2,000	3.5s	2.5s	Deals fire damage with a potency of 260.
Blizzard III	BLM	1	35	Spell	800	3.5s	2.5s	Deals ice damage with a potency of 260.
Freeze	BLM	1	40	Spell	1,000	2.8s	2.5s	Deals ice damage with a potency of 120 to target and all enemies nearby it.
Thunder III	BLM	1	45	Spell	400	2.5s	2.5s	Deals lightning damage with a potency of 50.
Aetherial Manipulation	THM		50	Ability		Instant	10s	Rush to a target party member's side. Unable to cast if bound.
Flare	BLM	1	50	Spell	10,000	4s	2.5s	Deals fire damage to a target and all enemies nearby it with a potency of 220 for the first enemy, and 40% less for all remaining enemies.
Ley Lines	BLM	1	52	Ability		Instant	120s	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%.
Sharpcast	BLM	1	54	Ability		Instant	30s	Ensures the next Scathe, Fire, Paradox, or Thunder spell cast will, for the first hit, trigger Scathe's additional effect, Firestarter, or Thundercloud.
Blizzard IV	BLM	1	58	Spell	800	2.5s	2.5s	Deals ice damage with a potency of 310.
Fire IV	BLM	1	60	Spell	800	2.8s	2.5s	Deals fire damage with a potency of 310.
Between the Lines	BLM		62	Ability		Instant	3s	Move instantly to Ley Lines drawn by you. Cannot be executed while bound.
Thunder IV	BLM		64	Spell	800	2.5s	2.5s	Deals lightning damage with a potency of 50 to target and all enemies nearby it.
Triplecast	BLM		66	Ability		Instant	60s	The next three spells will require no cast time.
Foul	BLM	1	70	Spell		Instant	2.5s	Deals unaspected damage to target and all enemies nearby it with a potency of 600 for the first enemy, and 60% less for all remaining enemies.
Despair	BLM		72	Spell	All	3s	2.5s	Deals fire damage with a potency of 340.
Umbral Soul	BLM		76	Spell		Instant	2.5s	Grants Umbral Ice and 1 Umbral Heart.
Xenoglossy	BLM		80	Spell		Instant	2.5s	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 880.
High Fire II	BLM		82	Spell	1,500	3s	2.5s	Deals fire damage with a potency of 140 to target and all enemies nearby it.
High Blizzard II	BLM		82	Spell	800	3s	2.5s	Deals ice damage with a potency of 140 to target and all enemies nearby it.
Amplifier	BLM		86	Ability		Instant	120s	Grants Polyglot.
Paradox	BLM		90	Spell	1,600	2.5s	2.5s	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 500.

PvP actions

Action	Acquired		Level	Type	MP	Casting	Recast	Description
Fire (PvP)	BLM		30	Spell		1.44s	2.4s	Deals fire damage with a potency of 4,000.
Blizzard (PvP)	BLM		30	Spell		1.44s	2.4s	Deals ice damage with a potency of 4,000.
Burst (PvP)	BLM		30	Spell		1.92s	20s	Deals lightning damage to all nearby enemies with a potency of 16,000.
Paradox (PvP)	BLM		30	Spell		Instant	15s	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 8,000.
Night Wing (PvP)	BLM		30	Ability		Instant	30s	Afflicts target and all enemies nearby it with Half-asleep.
Aetherial Manipulation (PvP)	BLM		30	Ability		Instant	10s	Rush to a targeted enemy's or party member's location.
Superflare (PvP)	BLM		30	Ability		Instant	15s	Deals damage to nearby enemies with a potency of 3,000 up to a maximum of 9,000 for every stack of Astral Warmth or Umbral Freeze they have accumulated.
Fire IV (PvP)	BLM		30	Spell		1.44s	2.4s	Deals fire damage with a potency of 6,000.
Flare (PvP)	BLM		30	Spell		1.44s	2.4s	Deals fire damage with a potency of 12,000 to target and all enemies nearby it.
Blizzard IV (PvP)	BLM		30	Spell		1.44s	2.4s	Deals ice damage with a potency of 6,000.
Freeze (PvP)	BLM		30	Spell		1.44s	2.4s	Deals ice damage with a potency of 12,000 to target and all enemies nearby it.
Foul (PvP)	BLM		30	Spell		Instant	2.4s	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 16,000 to target and all enemies nearby it.

Common actions (PvP)

Action	Acquired	Level	Type	MP	Casting	Recast	Description
Standard-issue Elixir (PvP)	ANY	30	Ability		4.5s	5s	Restores your HP and MP to maximum. Casting will be interrupted when damage is taken.
Recuperate (PvP)	ANY	30	Ability	2,500	Instant	1s	Restores own HP.
Purify	ANY	30	Ability		Instant	30s	Removes Stun, Heavy, Bind, Silence, Half-asleep, Sleep, and Deep Freeze.
Guard (PvP)	ANY	30	Ability		Instant	30s	Reduces damage taken by 90% and grants immunity to Stun, Heavy, Bind, Silence, Half-asleep, Sleep, Deep Freeze, and knockback and draw-in effects.
Sprint (PvP)	ANY	30	Ability		Instant	1.5s	Increases movement speed. Effect ends upon reuse or execution of another action.

Limit Break (PvP)

Action	Acquired	Level	Type	MP	Casting	Recast	Description
Soul Resonance (PvP)	BLM	30	Limit Break		Instant	10s	Grants 6 stacks of Soul Resonance, upgrading Fire to Flare and Blizzard to Freeze.

Magic Ranged DPS actions

Action	Acquired	Level	Type	MP	Casting	Recast	Description
Addle	Magical Ranged DPS	8	Ability		Instant	90s	Lowers target's physical damage dealt by 5% and magic damage dealt by 10%.
Sleep	Magical Ranged DPS	10	Spell	800	2.5s	2.5s	Puts target and all nearby enemies to sleep.
Lucid Dreaming	Magical Ranged DPS Healer	14	Ability		Instant	60s	Gradually restores own MP.
Swiftcast	Magical Ranged DPS Healer	18	Ability		Instant	60s	Next spell is cast immediately.
Surecast	Magical Ranged DPS Healer	44	Ability		Instant	120s	Spells can be cast without interruption.

Traits

PvE traits

Trait	Acquired		Level	Effect
Aspect Mastery	THM		1	Casting of certain fire and ice spells will grant a stack of Astral Fire and Umbral Ice respectively.
Maim and Mend	CNJ ACN RDM SGE AST THM		20	Increases base action damage and HP restoration by 10%.
Aspect Mastery II	THM		20	Allows the stacking of a second Astral Fire and Umbral Ice.
Thundercloud	THM		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.
Aspect Mastery III	THM		35	Allows the stacking of a third Astral Fire and Umbral Ice.
Maim and Mend II	CNJ ACN RDM SGE AST THM		40	Increases base action damage and HP restoration by 30%.
Firestarter	THM		42	Grants a 40% chance that after casting Fire, your next Fire III will require no MP and have no casting time.
Thunder Mastery	BLM	1	45	Upgrades Thunder to Thunder III.
Enochian	BLM	1	56	Increases damage dealt by 5% while under the effect of Astral Fire or Umbral Ice.
Enhanced Freeze	BLM		58	Grants 3 Umbral Hearts upon casting Freeze.
Thunder Mastery II	BLM		64	Upgrades Thunder II to Thunder IV.
Enhanced Enochian	BLM	1	70	Grants the effect of Polyglot upon maintaining Enochian for 30 seconds. Also improves Enochian's magic damage increase to 10%.
Enhanced Sharpcast	BLM		74	Reduces Sharpcast recast timer to 30 seconds.
Enhanced Enochian II	BLM		78	Improves Enochian's magic damage increase to 15%.
Enhanced Polyglot	BLM		80	Allows the stacking of a second Polyglot.
Enhanced Foul	BLM		80	Allows for the immediate casting of Foul.
Aspect Mastery IV	BLM		82	Upgrades Fire II and Blizzard II to High Fire II and High Blizzard II.
Enhanced Manafont	BLM		84	Reduces Manafont recast time to 120 seconds.
Enhanced Enochian III	BLM		86	Improves Enochian's magic damage increase to 23%.
Enhanced Sharpcast II	BLM		88	Allows the accumulation of charges for consecutive uses of Sharpcast.
Aspect Mastery V	BLM		90	Adds a Paradox marker to your Elemental Gauge.

Job mechanics

The Elemental Gauge indicates whether you are under the effect of Astral Fire or Umbral Ice, and the duration of their effects. Casting Fire spells grants Astral Fire, which increases the power of Fire spells in exchange for their increased MP cost. Casting Ice spells grants Umbral Ice, which decreases the MP cost of Ice spells and greatly increases the speed with which MP is recovered. While in either Astral Fire or Umbral Ice, there will be no MP cost for spells of the opposite element.

When you learn the trait Enochian, the lower-right corner of the Elemental Gauge will display its status. Enochian will be granted when you are under the effects of either Astral Fire or Umbral Ice, and it will increase the amount of magic damage you deal. The effect will disappear when Astral Fire/Umbral Ice has finished.

Casting Blizzard IV grants three Umbral Hearts which are represented by arrows in the Elemental Gauge's lower-left corner. An Umbral Heart is consumed each time a Fire spell is cast, nullifying the MP cost increase applied by Astral Fire.

Foul or Xenoglossy can be used every 30 seconds while Enochian is active. The duration of Enochian can be confirmed in the lower-right corner of the Elemental Gauge. When Foul or Xenoglossy are available, the Crystal Polyglot at the bottom of the gauge will light up.

Upon learning the trait Enhanced Polyglot, you will be able to stack a second Polyglot.

Upon learning the trait [[Aspect Mastery V, the paradox Gauge will be displayed. If your element switches to the opposite element when under the effects of either Astral Fire or Umbral Ice an in possession of the maximum number of Umbral Hearts, the left side of the Paradox Gauge will light up. You will then be able to use Paradox

Simple Mode

Umbral Ice

Enochian

Umbral Hearts

Polyglot

Paradox

Achievements

This job is associated with the following achievements:

Name	Points	Task	Reward	Patch
Bring Out Your Dead IV	5	Achieve thaumaturge level 40.	-	2.0
Bring Out Your Dead V	5	Achieve thaumaturge level 50.	-	2.0
Bring Out Your Dead VI	5	Achieve thaumaturge level 60.	-	3.0
Bring Out Your Dead VII	5	Achieve thaumaturge level 70.	-	4.0
Bring Out Your Dead VIII	5	Achieve thaumaturge level 80.	-	5.0
Bring Out Your Dead IX	5	Achieve thaumaturge level 90.	-	6.0

Gallery

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  Black Mage Artifact Armor in 2.0 A Realm Reborn.

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  Black Mage Artifact Armor in 3.0 Heavensward.

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  Black Mage Artifact Armor in 4.0 Stormblood.

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  Black Mage Artifact Armor in 5.0 Shadowbringers.

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  Black Mage Artifact Armor in 6.0 Endwalker.

Relic Weapons

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  2.0 Relic Weapon: Lilith Rod Zeta

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  3.0 Relic Weapon: Kaladanda Lux

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  4.0 Relic Weapon: Paikea Eureka

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  5.0 Resistance Relic Weapon: Blade's Fury

See also

• Black Mage Macros

External links

• FinalFantasyXIV.com Black Mage on the official website.
• Comprehensive Job Guide provided by The Balance.

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