Machinist

Introduction

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The war with Dravania rages on, brutal and unrelenting. With no end in sight, the Holy See grows desperate. As her dragoons lay down their lives in defense of their home, Ishgard turns to technology to protect her sons and daughters. Great cannons and ballistas now line the city walls, plucking dragons from the sky.
Following the example of Cid Garlond, who has demonstrated the potency of magitek, the Skysteel Manufactory works tirelessly on the development of advanced armaments. As new and devastating weapons are brought to the fray, a new class of champion arises to wield them―the machinist.

— FinalFantasyXIV.com Machinist

Machinists are mechanicians specialized into building all sorts of mechanical equipment to use in battle. Their prowess excelled in such a way that they're ranked amongst the defense bodies of Ishgard, and join the fray along knights to defend their homeland with their turrets, cannons, and many other deadly inventions.

General information

Guild

The Machinist's Guild is in Skysteel Manufactory, located in Foundation (x8, y10.2). This job starts at level 30.

Unlock

Machinist is a heavensward job introduced in 2014 Fan Fest in Tokyo, featuring a turret-deploying mechanician who wields a firearm. It has a few requirements in order to be unlocked:

Prerequisite: The player must have purchased the Heavensward expansion, and must have completed all of the Seventh Astral Era Quests up to Before the Dawn in order to unlock the city of Ishgard.
Quest: Speak to an NPC in Foundation (x8,y10) to obtain the quest Savior of Skysteel.

Equipment

The machinist is a disciple of war and wears armor "of Aiming." They use firearms as weapons. The following crafting classes can create items that are useful to the machinist:

Blacksmith — Firearms.
Leatherworker — Aiming armor.
Goldsmith — Earrings, bracelets, necklaces and rings.

Quests

Quest	Level	Quest Giver	Unlocks	Rewards
Savior of Skysteel	50	Stephanivien	Machinist	1 Soul of the Machinist 1 Steel-barreled Carbine 1 Toadskin Jacket 1 Toadskin Brais
Master of Marksmanship	30	Rostnsthal	Hypercharge
Always the Last Place You Look	35	Stephanivien	Heat Blast
Rook Before You Reap	40	Stephanivien	Rook Autoturret
Securing the Locks	40	Stephanivien
A Suppressive Strategy	45	Stephanivien
Blood on the Sands	45	Stephanivien
Rage against the Machinists	50	Stephanivien
The Power of a Tourney	50	Stephanivien	Ricochet I'm a Machinist, Not a Man I	1 Junior Machinist's Armor Coffer
A Joye-less Celebration	50	Stephanivien
Pushing the Brume	52	Stephanivien	Auto Crossbow
A Joye-ful Reunion	54	Stephanivien	Heated Split Shot Split Shot Mastery
Wheels of Justice	56	Stephanivien	Tactician
Taking the Fall	58	Stephanivien	Drill
Rusted Steel	58	Stephanivien
Rise of the Machinists	60	Stephanivien	Heated Slug Shot Slug Shot Mastery I'm a Machinist, Not a Man II	1 Machinist's Armor Coffer
The Machinists' Choice	60	Stephanivien
The Hrunting Heist	63	Hilda
Release the Hounds	65	Hilda
Snouts Down, Tails Up	68	Hilda
The Mongrel and the Knight	70	Hilda	Flamethrower I'm a Machinist, Not a Man III	1 Gunner's Armor Coffer
Machinists for the Morrow	80	Stephanivien	I'm a Machinist, Not a Man IV	1 Heavens' Eye Materia VII 1 Savage Aim Materia VII 1 Savage Might Materia VII

Actions

PvE actions

Action	Acquired		Level	Type	Casting	Recast	Description
Split Shot	MCH		1	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 140.
Slug Shot	MCH		2	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100.
Hot Shot	MCH		4	Weaponskill	Instant	40s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 240.
Reassemble	MCH		10	Ability	Instant	55s	Guarantees that next weaponskill is a critical direct hit.
Gauss Round	MCH		15	Ability	Instant	30s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 120.
Spread Shot	MCH		18	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 140 to all enemies in a cone before you.
Clean Shot	MCH		26	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100.
Hypercharge	MCH	1	30	Ability	Instant	10s	Releases the energy building in your firearm, causing it to become Overheated, increasing the potency of single-target weaponskills by 20.
Heat Blast	MCH	1	35	Weaponskill	Instant	1.5s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 180.
Rook Autoturret	MCH	1	40	Ability	Instant	6s	Deploys a single-target battle turret which attacks using Volley Fire, dealing damage with a potency of 70.
Rook Overdrive	MCH		40	Ability	Instant	15s	Orders the rook autoturret to use Rook Overload.
Rook Overload	MCH		40	Ability	Instant	Instant	Delivers an attack with a potency of 320.
Wildfire	MCH		45	Ability	Instant	120s	Covers target's body in a slow-burning pitch.
Detonator	MCH		45	Ability	Instant	1s	Ends the effect of Wildfire, dealing damage to the target.
Ricochet	MCH	1	50	Ability	Instant	30s	Deals damage to all nearby enemies with a potency of 120 for the first enemy, and 50% less for all remaining enemies.
Auto Crossbow	MCH	1	52	Weaponskill	Instant	1.5s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 140 to all enemies in a cone before you.
Heated Split Shot	MCH	1	54	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 200.
Tactician	MCH	1	56	Ability	Instant	90s	Reduces damage taken by self and nearby party members by 10%.
Drill	MCH	1	58	Weaponskill	Instant	20s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 580.
Heated Slug Shot	MCH	1	60	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 120.
Heated Clean Shot	MCH		64	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 110.
Barrel Stabilizer	MCH		66	Ability	Instant	120s	Increases Heat Gauge by 50.
Flamethrower	MCH	1	70	Ability	Instant	60s	Delivers damage over time to all enemies in a cone before you.
Bioblaster	MCH		72	Weaponskill	Instant	20s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 50 to all enemies in a cone before you.
Air Anchor	MCH		76	Weaponskill	Instant	40s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 580.
Automaton Queen	MCH		80	Ability	Instant	6s	Deploys an Automaton Queen to fight at your side.
Queen Overdrive	MCH		80	Ability	Instant	15s	Orders the Automaton Queen to use Pile Bunker.
Arm Punch	MCH		80	Weaponskill	Instant	1.5s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 120.
Roller Dash	MCH		80	Weaponskill	Instant	3s	Rushes target and delivers an attack with a potency of 240.
Pile Bunker	MCH		80	Ability	Instant	Instant	Delivers an attack with a potency of 680.
Scattergun	MCH		82	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 150 to all enemies in a cone before you.
Crowned Collider	MCH		86	Ability	Instant	Instant	Delivers an attack with a potency of 780.
Chain Saw	MCH		90	Weaponskill	Instant	60s	Delivers an attack to all enemies in a straight line before you with a potency of 580 for the first enemy, and 65% less for all remaining enemies.

PvP actions

Action	Acquired	Type	Casting	Recast	Description
Blast Charge (PvP)	MCH	Weaponskill	1.44s	2.4s	Delivers a ranged attack with a potency of 4000.
Scattergun (PvP)	MCH	Weaponskill	Instant	20s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 6,000. to all enemies in a cone before you. Strikes twice when hitting only a single target.
Drill (PvP)	MCH	Weaponskill	Instant	10s	Delivers a ranged attack with a potency of 10,000.
Wildfire (PvP)	MCH	Ability	Instant	20s	Covers target's body in a slow-burning pitch. Deals damage to target and all enemies nearby it when time expires.
Bishop Autoturret (PvP)	MCH	Ability	Instant	30s	Deploys an area of effect battle turret which will deliver auto-attacks to enemies within range with a potency of 4,000.
Analysis (PvP)	MCH	Ability	Instant	20s	Grants additional effects to Drill, Bioblaster, Air Anchor, and Chain Saw when these weaponskills are executed.
Heat Blast (PvP)	MCH	Weaponskill	Instant	1.5s	Delivers a ranged attack with a potency of 6,000.
Bioblaster (PvP)	MCH	Weaponskill	Instant	10s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 4000 to all enemies in a cone before you.
Air Anchor (PvP)	MCH	Weaponskill	Instant	310s	Delivers a ranged attack with a potency of 8000.
Chain Saw (PvP)	MCH	Weaponskill	Instant	10s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 12,000 to all enemies in a straight line before you.
Aether Mortar (PvP)	MCH	Ability	1s	1s	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 4,000 to all nearby enemies.

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 (PvP)	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
Marksman's Spite (PvP)	MCH	30	Limit Break		Instant	10s	Delivers a ranged attack with a potency of 36,000.

Physical Ranged DPS actions

Action	Acquired	Level	Type	Casting	Recast	Description
Leg Graze	Physical Ranged DPS	6	Ability	Instant	30s	Inflicts target with Heavy +40%.
Second Wind	Melee DPS Physical Ranged DPS	8	Ability	Instant	120s	Instantly restores own HP.
Foot Graze	Physical Ranged DPS	10	Ability	Instant	30s	Binds target.
Peloton	Physical Ranged DPS	20	Ability	Instant	5s	Increases movement speed of self and nearby party members as long as they remain within distance.
Head Graze	Physical Ranged DPS	24	Ability	Instant	30s	Interrupts the use of a target's action.
Arm's Length	Melee DPS Physical Ranged DPS Tank	32	Ability	Instant	120s	Creates a barrier nullifying most knockback and draw-in effects.

Traits

PvE traits

Trait	Acquired		Level	Effect
Increased Action Damage	MCH		20	Increases base action damage and autoturret damage by 10%.
Increased Action Damage II	MCH		40	Increases base action damage and autoturret damage by 20%.
Split Shot Mastery	MCH	1	54	Upgrades Split Shot to Heated Split Shot.
Slug Shot Mastery	MCH	1	60	Upgrades Slug Shot to Heated Slug Shot.
Clean Shot Mastery	MCH		64	Upgrades Clean Shot to Heated Clean Shot.
Charged Action Mastery	MCH		74	Allows a third charge of Gauss Round and Ricochet.
Hot Shot Mastery	MCH		76	Upgrades Hot Shot to Air Anchor.
Enhanced Wildfire	MCH		78	Improves Wildfire's potency increase for landing weaponskills to 150.
Promotion	MCH		80	Upgrades Rook Autoturret and Rook Overdrive to Automaton Queen and Queen Overdrive respectively.
Spread Shot Mastery	MCH		82	Upgrades Spread Shot to Scattergun.
Enhanced Reassemble	MCH		84	Allows the accumulation of charges for consecutive uses of Reassemble.
Marksman's Mastery	MCH		84	Increases the potency of Heated Split Shot to 200, Heated Slug Shot to 120, and Heated Clean Shot to 110.
Queen's Gambit	MCH		86	After executing Pile Bunker, the Automaton Queen will also execute Crowned Collider.
Enhanced Tactician	MCH		88	Reduces Tactician recast time to 90 seconds.

Combos

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

=> => = Increases the Heat Gauge and Battery Gauge.

Job mechanics

Heat Gauge is Machinist's Job Gauge.

Heat Gauge in PvE

Upon learning the action Hypercharge, the Heat Gauge will be displayed.

Using certain weaponskills will generate heat. When you have generated enough, Hypercharge can be activated, overheating your firearm. This allows the execution of certain weaponskills such as Heat Blast (acquired at level 35) and Auto Crossbow (acquired at level 52).

Upon learning the action Rook Autoturret, the Battery Gauge will be displayed.

The Battery Gauge accumulates when certain actions are performed and allows the placement of a Rook Autoturret, which will attack your target. It also allows the deployment of an Automaton Queen (acquired at level 80) to fight alongside you.

Simple Mode

Heat Gauge in PvP

Performing certain weaponskills will increase the Heat Gauge, and once it is high enough, the action Hypercharge (PvP) will become available. Using Hypercharge overheats your weapon and allows the use of Heat Blast (PvP) and Auto Crossbow (PvP).