Blood Drain

 

Blood Drain

Acquired

 BLU (actions)

Level

1

Type

Spell

Index

17 (Page 2)

Rank

★

Damage Type

Magical

Aspect

None

MP Cost

100

Casting

2s

Recast

2.5s (GCD)

Range

25y

Radius

0y

Targeting

Enemy

Patch

4.5

“

Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 50.
Additional Effect: Restores MP

— In-game description

Blood Drain is an action unlocked at level 1. It is available for Blue Mage.

Flavor Text

Through the draining of blood, this spell saps a foe's aether, a portion of which is then absorbed by the caster. In nature, such habits first appeared in creatures such as bats and chigoes, who naturalists theorize developed the ability to absorb nutrients via blood over the course of centuries.

Acquisition

Locations

Enemy	Level	Location
Attic Bat	29	Haukke Manor
Barbastelle	50	Lower La Noscea
Black Bat	15-24	Sastasha
Bloodsucker Bat	11-18	Western La Noscea (27.6,24.7)
Cave Bat	4-7	Lower La Noscea (27,15.9)
Chigoe	5-35	Central Shroud (23.3,21.5)
Dusk Bat	15-19	Western La Noscea (21.5,22.5)
Sand Bat	38	Cutter's Cry
Sun Bat	10-14	Central Thanalan (22.6,20)

Open World

• Lower La Noscea - Cave Bat
• Central Thanalan - Sun Bat
• Western La Noscea - Dusk Bat
• East Shroud - Black Bat

B-Rank Elite Marks

• Lower La Noscea - Barbastelle

Duties

Dungeons

• Attic Bat from Level 28 Dungeon Haukke Manor
• Sand Bat from Level 38 Dungeon Cutter's Cry

FATEs

• Caving In - Cave Bat
• Absolutely, Positively - Dusk Bat

Levequests

• First to Reave - Bloodsucker Bat
• Beasts of Bourbon - Bloodsucker Bat
• Sucked Dry - Bloodsucker Bat
• Field Testing - Bloodsucker Bat

Quests

• Occupational Hazards - Chigoe

Tips

• Restores 500 MP, meaning it is a net gain of 400 MP.
  • This is not a lot of MP. To keep a steady control of MP, Blue Mages should consider using Blood Drain at about half MP, in conjunction with frequent usage of   Lucid Dreaming.
• If there are at least 3 targets,   Divination Rune (restores 200 MP per target hit) will restore an equal or greater amount of MP while also dealing more total damage.

Acquisition Tips

While not recommended, it can be obtained in the sidequest Occupational Hazards after interacting with the "Strange Shadow" during the quest to spawn the Chigoe.

History

• Patch 5.1 (2019-10-29): Potency has been increased from 20 to 50.
• Patch 4.5 (2019-01-08): Added.