Ninja

Introduction

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Hailing from the war-torn lands of the Far East, the secret arts of the ninja were born of necessity, and have since given rise to a unique breed of highly-trained combatants.

Able to manipulate the vital energies of the land, the air, and living beings, they manifest their power through the weaving of signs, unleashing a wide array of attacks against their foes. Master the arts of the ninja and learn to bend the tide of battle to your will.

— FinalFantasyXIV.com Ninja

Ninjas further develop the art of assassination inherent to rogues. Even deadlier, ninjas learn the secret arts of ninjutsu to turn the tide of the fight when their prey less expects.

General information

Guild

The Rogue's Guild is in Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks. Rogues may specialize into ninja once they reach level 30, and complete the quests Sylph-management and Cloying Victory.

Equipment

The ninja is a disciple of war and wears leather armor. They use daggers. The following crafting classes can create items that are useful to the ninja:

• Blacksmith — Daggers.
• Leatherworker — Leather armor.
• Goldsmith — Earrings, bracelets, necklaces and rings.

Quests

Quest	Type	Level	Quest Giver	Unlocks
Peasants by Day, Ninjas by Night		30	Jacke	Ten
My First Mudra		30	Oboro
Killer Combinations		35	Tsubame	Chi
Once Upon a Time in Doma		35	Oboro
Pirates versus Ninjas		40	Oboro	Shukuchi
Ninja Bathin'		40	Oboro
Tough Guys		45	Oboro	Jin
The Crow Knows		45	Oboro
Master and Student		50	Oboro	Kassatsu Against the Ninja I
Strangers in a Strange Land		50	Oboro
The Impossible Girl		52	Oboro	Hakke Mujinsatsu
Ninja Assassin		54	Oboro	Armor Crush
Medieval Espionage		56	Oboro	Dream Within a Dream
Staying Alive		58	Oboro
In Her Defense		60	Oboro	Assassinate Against the Ninja II
Search for the Stolen Scroll		60	Oboro
Ninja Bathin' Redux		63	Yomei
A Game of Life and Death		65	Oboro
True Enlightenment		68	Jacke
When Clans Collide		70	Oboro	Ten Chi Jin Against the Ninja III
Oboro's Big Idea		80	Oboro	Against the Ninja IV

Actions

PvE actions

Action	Acquired		Level	Type	MP	Casting	Recast	Description
Spinning Edge	ROG		1	Weaponskill		Instant	2.5s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 230.
Shade Shift	ROG		2	Ability		Instant	120s	Create shadows that nullify damage up to 20% of maximum HP.
Gust Slash	ROG		4	Weaponskill		Instant	2.5s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100.
Hide	ROG		10	Ability		Instant	20s	Blend in with your surroundings, making it impossible for most enemies to detect you, but reducing movement speed by 50%. Has no effect on enemies 10 levels higher than your own, or certain enemies with special sight.
Throwing Dagger	ROG	1	15	Weaponskill		Instant	2.5s	Delivers a ranged attack with a potency of 120.
Mug	ROG	1	15	Ability		Instant	120s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 150.
Trick Attack	ROG		18	Ability		Instant	60s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 350. 500 when executed from a target's rear.
Aeolian Edge	ROG		26	Weaponskill		Instant	2.5s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. 160 when executed from a target's rear.
Shadow Fang	ROG	1	30	Weaponskill		Instant	70s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 200.
Ten	NIN	1	30	Ability		Instant	20s	Make the ritual mudra hand gesture for "heaven".
Ninjutsu	NIN		30	Ability		Instant	1.5s	Executes a specific ninjutsu action coinciding with the combination of mudra made immediately beforehand.
Chi	NIN	1	35	Ability		Instant	20s	Make the ritual mudra hand gesture for "earth".
Death Blossom	ROG		38	Weaponskill		Instant	2.5s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 120 to all nearby enemies.
Shukuchi	NIN	1	40	Ability		Instant	60s	Move quickly to the specified location.
Jin	NIN	1	45	Ability		Instant	20s	Make the ritual mudra hand gesture for "man".
Kassatsu	NIN	1	50	Ability		Instant	60s	Allows the execution of a single ninjutsu without consumption of mudra charges.
Hakke Mujinsatsu	NIN	1	52	Weaponskill		Instant	2.5s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100 to all nearby enemies.
Armor Crush	NIN	1	54	Weaponskill		Instant	2.5s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. 160 when executed from a target's flank.
Dream Within a Dream	NIN	1	56	Ability		Instant	60s	Delivers a threefold attack, each hit with a potency of 200.
Assassinate	NIN	1	60	Ability		Instant	1s	Delivers a critical direct hit with a potency of 200.
Hellfrog Medium	NIN		62	Ability		Instant	1s	Deals fire damage to target and all enemies nearby it with a potency of 200 to target and all enemies nearby it.
Bhavacakra	NIN		68	Ability		Instant	1s	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 300.
Ten Chi Jin	NIN	1	70	Ability		Instant	120s	Temporarily converts each of the three mudra into a ninjutsu action. Executing one of these actions will convert the remaining mudra into different ninjutsu actions until all three have been executed or the Ten Chi Jin effect expires.
Meisui	NIN		72	Ability		Instant	120s	Dispel Suiton, increasing the Ninki Gauge by 50.
Bunshin	NIN		80	Ability		Instant	90s	Grants 5 stacks of Bunshin, each stack allowing your shadow to attack enemies each time you execute a weaponskill. Shadow attack potency varies based on the attack executed, but is not affected by combo bonuses.

Ninjutsu

Ninjutsu are abilities available upon executing a specific sequence of mudras. Failing to execute a valid mudra combination will result in Rabbit Medium.

Action	Acquired		Level	Type	MP	Casting	Recast	Description
Fuma Shuriken	NIN		30	Ability		Instant	1.5s	Delivers a ranged ninjutsu attack with a potency of 500.
Katon	NIN		35	Ability		Instant	1.5s	Delivers fire damage with a potency of 500 to target and all enemies nearby it.
Raiton	NIN		35	Ability		Instant	1.5s	Delivers lightning damage with a potency of 800.
Hyoton	NIN		45	Ability		Instant	1.5s	Delivers ice damage with a potency of 400.
Huton	NIN		45	Ability		Instant	1.5s	Reduces weaponskill recast time, and auto-attack delay by 15%.
Doton	NIN		45	Ability		Instant	1.5s	Creates a patch of corrupted earth, dealing damage with a potency of 100 to any enemies who enter.
Suiton	NIN		45	Ability		Instant	1.5s	Delivers water damage with a potency of 600.
Goka Mekkyaku	NIN		76	Ability		Instant	1.5s	Deals fire damage with a potency of 750 to target and all enemies nearby it.
Hyosho Ranryu	NIN		76	Ability		Instant	1.5s	Deals ice damage with a potency of 1200.

Ninjutsu activation

As stated above, Ninjutsu actions are activated by first using a sequence of one to three Mudras and then using

 

 Ninjutsu. For new Ninjas, memorizing the correct Mudra sequences is extremely important. If you find it difficult to remember the correct Mudra sequences, you could try using a mnemonic device to assist you. For example, thinking of the Mudras

 

 Ten,

 

 Chi and

 

 Jin as blue, red and yellow, or as one, two and three could be useful. It is generally discouraged to use macros to activate your Ninjutsu abilities because Mudras can be cast every 0.5 seconds, while the macro wait command only works in increments of 1.0 seconds. Eventually, using Mudra combinations will be second nature.

Fuma Shuriken	Ten	Chi	Jin	Delivers a ranged ninjutsu attack with a potency of 500.
Katon	Chi +    Ten	Jin +    Ten		Delivers fire damage with a potency of 500 to target and all enemies nearby it.
Raiton	Ten +    Chi	Jin +    Chi		Delivers lightning damage with a potency of 800.
Hyoton	Chi +    Jin	Ten +    Jin		Delivers ice damage with a potency of 400. Additional Effect: Bind
Huton	Chi +    Jin +    Ten	Jin +    Chi +    Ten		Reduces weaponskill recast time, and auto-attack delay by 15%.
Doton	Ten +    Jin +    Chi	Jin +    Ten +    Chi		Creates a patch of corrupted earth, dealing damage with a potency of 100 to any enemies who enter.
Suiton	Ten +    Chi +    Jin	Chi +    Ten +    Jin		Delivers water damage with a potency of 600. Additional effect: Grants Suiton

Removed actions

The information in this table does not apply to the current version of the game or the action is no longer available.

Action	Acquired		Level	Type	MP	Casting	Recast	Description
Kiss of the Wasp	ROG		6	Ability		Instant	5s	Apply wasp venom to your weapon, increasing physical damage dealt by 5%. Shares a recast timer with Kiss of the Viper and cannot be used simultaneously with any other weapon poisons. Effect ends upon reuse.
Mutilate	ROG		8	Weaponskill		Instant	2.5s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 60.
Sneak Attack	ROG		22	Weaponskill		Instant	60s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. 300 when executed in front of target. Can only be executed when under the effect of Hide, and shares a recast timer with Trick Attack.
Kiss of the Viper	ROG		30	Ability		Instant	5s	Apply snake venom to your weapon, increasing physical damage dealt by 10%. Shares a recast timer with Kiss of the Wasp, and cannot be used simultaneously with any other weapon poisons. Effect ends upon reuse.
Dancing Edge	ROG		38	Weaponskill		Instant	2.5s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Cannot be stacked with the Storm's Eye status.
Jugulate	ROG		30	Ability		Instant	30s	Delivers an attack with a potency of 80.
Smoke Screen	NIN		52	Ability		Instant	180s	Creates a wall of smoke, reducing enmity generation of a single party member.
Shadewalker	NIN		56	Ability		Instant	120s	Grants target party member the effect of Silhouette, diverting to target 80% of all enmity generated by caster. No effect when target is under the effect of Shadewalker.
Duality	NIN		58	Ability		Instant	90s	Doubles the number of strikes for a single-target weaponskill. Combo bonuses and additional effects will only be applied once.

Melee DPS actions

Action	Acquired	Level	Type	MP	TP	Casting	Recast	Description
Second Wind	Melee DPS Physical Ranged DPS	8	Ability			Instant	120s	Instantly restores own HP.
Leg Sweep	Melee DPS	10	Ability			Instant	40s	Stuns target.
Bloodbath	Melee DPS	12	Ability			Instant	90s	Converts a portion of physical damage dealt into HP.
Feint	Melee DPS	22	Ability			Instant	90s	Lowers target's strength and dexterity by 10%.
Arm's Length	Melee DPS Physical Ranged DPS Tank	32	Ability			Instant	120s	Creates a barrier nullifying most knockback and draw-in effects.
True North	Melee DPS	50	Ability			Instant	45s	Nullifies all action direction requirements.

Traits

PvE traits

Trait	Acquired		Level	Effect
All Fours	ROG		14	Reduces damage taken when falling.
Fleet of Foot	ROG		20	Increases movement speed.
Shukiho	NIN		62	Increases Ninki Gauge by 6 upon landing weaponskills or successfully completing combos.
Enhanced Shukuchi	NIN		64	Resets the recast timer for Shukuchi upon executing Katon, Raiton, or Hyoton on most targets.
Enhanced Mug	NIN		66	Increases Ninki Gauge by 40 upon successfully landing Mug.
Enhanced Shukuchi II	NIN		74	Allows the accumulation of charges for consecutive uses of Shukuchi.
Enhanced Kassatsu	NIN		76	Upgrades Katon and Hyoton to Goka Mekkyaku and Hyosho Ranryu while under the effect of Kassatsu.
Shukiho II	NIN		78	Increases Ninki Gauge by 8 upon landing weaponskills or successfully completing combos.

Job mechanics

Huton & Ninki Gauge is Ninja's Job Gauge.

Huton Gauge in PvE

The Huton Gauge will be displayed upon learning the ninjutsu Huton, indicating its remaining duration.

Simple Mode

Ninki Gauge in PvE

Upon learning the trait Shukiho, the Ninki Gauge will be displayed, indicating the amount of Ninki you have accumulated.

Ninki is accumulated upon executing weaponskills and can be used to execute special ninjutsu such as Hellfrog Medium (acquired at level 62) or Bhavacakra (acquired at level 68).

Huton (Active)

Simple Mode

Normal

Ninki Gauge Actions Available

Ninki Gauge in PvP

The Ninki Gauge displays the current amount of Ninki a ninja has accumulated. Ninki slowly builds inside the body when using certain weaponskills, and can be used to execute Bhavacakra.

Simple Mode

Normal

Bhavacakra Ready

Gallery

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  Ninja Artifact Armor

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  Ninja Artifact Armor in 3.0 Heavensward.

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  Ninja Artifact Armor in 4.0 Stormblood

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  Ninja Artifact Armor in 5.0 Shadowbringer

See also

• Ninja Guide
• Ninja Endgame Rotations
• Ninja Macros

External links

• FinalFantasyXIV.com Ninja on the official website.

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