Scholar

Introduction

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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.

— FinalFantasyXIV.com Scholar

Scholars manifest their spells through earth and air, but their unique maneuver and experise allow them to conjure forth faeries to help in battle. Only the scholars may command their conjured faeries to cast healing abilities and restore their fellows in battle.

General information

Guild

The Scholar's advancement quest is accessed through Murie in the Arcanist's Guild, located in Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks (x4.5, y11.3). Arcanists may specialize into scholar once they reach level 30, and complete the quests Sylph-management and Sinking Doesmaga.

Note: It's required to be an arcanist to receive the follow-up quest and unlock scholar, this means any Soul Crystal equipped must be unequipped.

Equipment

The scholar is a disciple of magic and wears cloth armor. They use books as weapons. The following crafting classes can create items that are useful to the scholar:

• Alchemist — Books.
• Weaver — Cloth armor.
• Goldsmith — Earrings, bracelets, necklaces and rings.

Quests

Quest	Type	Level	Quest giver	Unlocks
Forgotten but Not Gone
The Last Remnants
The Consequences of Anger
In the Image of the Ancients
For Your Fellow Man
The Beast Within
The Green Death		50	Alka Zolka
Quarantine		52	Surito Carito	Indomitability
False Friends		54	Surito Carito	Broil    Broil Mastery
Ooh Rah		56	Surito Carito	Deployment Tactics
Unseen		58	Surito Carito	Emergency Tactics
Forward, Royal Marines		60	Surito Carito	Dissipation
The Vanishing Act		60	Alka Zolka
A Safe Place to Hide		63	Surito Carito
In Loving Memory		65	Alka Zolka
The Chase		68	Alka Zolka
Our Unsung Heroes		70	Alka Zolka	Aetherpact

Actions

PvE actions

Action	Acquired		Level	Type	MP	TP	Casting	Recast	Description
Ruin	ACN		1	Spell	250		2.5s	2.5s	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 100.
Bio	ACN		2	Spell	480		Instant	2.5s	Deals unaspected damage over time.
Physick	ACN		4	Spell	600		2s	2.5s	Restores target's HP.
Summon	ACN		4	Spell	2,400		3s	2.5s	Summons a caster-type pet to fight at your side.
Aetherflow	ACN		6	Ability			Instant	60s	Restores 10% of maximum MP.
Energy Drain	ACN		6	Ability			Instant	3s	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 150.
Miasma	ACN		10	Spell	600		2.5s	2.5s	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 20.
Summon II	ACN	1	15	Spell	1,200		3s	2.5s	Summons a tank-type pet to fight at your side.
Sustain	ACN		18	Spell	600		1s	2.5s	Continuously restores 8% of pet's HP.
Resurrection	ACN		18	Spell	3,600		8s	2.5s	Resurrects target to a weakened state.
Bio II	ACN		26	Spell	720		Instant	2.5s	Deals unaspected damage over time.
Bane	ACN	1	30	Ability			Instant	10s	Spreads a target's Bio and Miasma effects to nearby enemies.
Adloquium	SCH	1	30	Spell	1,560		2s	2.5s	Restores target's HP.
Succor	SCH	1	35	Spell	2,040		2.5s	2.5s	Restores own HP and the HP of all nearby party members.
Ruin II	ACN		38	Spell	480		Instant	2.5s	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 100.
Rouse	ACN		42	Ability			Instant	60s	Increases healing magic potency and damage dealt by pet by 40%. While roused, pet will be immune to Stun, Sleep, Bind, and Heavy.
Sacred Soil	SCH	1	45	Ability			Instant	30s	Creates a designated area in which party members will only suffer 90% of all damage inflicted.
Miasma II	SCH		50	Spell	1,680		Instant	60s	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 100 to all nearby enemies.
Shadow Flare	ACN		50	Ability			Instant	60s	Envelops a designated area in a veil of magicked shadows, dealing damage with a potency of 50 to any enemies who enter.
Lustrate	SCH	1	50	Ability			Instant	1s	Restores target's HP.
Indomitability	SCH	1	52	Ability			Instant	30s	Restores own HP and the HP of all nearby party members.
Broil	SCH	1	54	Spell	720		2.5s	2.5s	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 190.
Deployment Tactics	SCH	1	56	Ability			Instant	120s	Extends Eye for an Eye and Galvanize effects cast by you to party members nearby the target.
Emergency Tactics	SCH	1	58	Ability			Instant	20s	Transforms the next Galvanize status into HP recovery equaling the amount of damage reduction intended for the barrier.
Dissipation	SCH	1	60	Ability			Instant	180s	Orders your pet away while granting you a full Aetherflow stack. Also increases healing magic potency by 20%.
Excogitation	SCH		62	Ability			Instant	45s	Grants target party member other than self the effect of Excogitation, restoring HP when member's HP falls below 50% or upon effect duration expiration.
Broil II	SCH		64	Spell	720		2.5s	2.5s	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 230.
Chain Strategem	SCH		66	Ability			Instant	120s	Increases rate at which target takes critical hits by 15%.
Aetherpact	SCH	1	70	Ability			Instant	3s	Orders faerie to execute Fey Union with target party member. Effect ends upon reuse.
Fey Union	SCH		70	Ability			Instant	Instant	Gradually restores HP of party member with which faerie has a Fey Union. Effect ends upon reuse.
Dissolve Union	SCH		70	Ability			Instant	1s	Dissolves current Fey Union.

Healer actions

Action	Acquired	Level	Type	MP	TP	Casting	Recast	Description
Cleric Stance	Healer	8	Ability			Instant	90s	Increases attack magic potency by 5%.
Break	Healer Magic Ranged DPS	12	Spell			2.5s	2.5s	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 50.
Protect	Healer	16	Spell			3s	2.5s	Increases the physical and magic defense of target and all party members nearby target.
Esuna	Healer	20	Spell			1s	2.5s	Removes a single detrimental effect from target.
Lucid Dreaming	Magic Ranged DPS Healer	24	Ability			Instant	120s	Reduces enmity by half.
Swiftcast	Magic Ranged DPS Healer	32	Ability			Instant	60s	Next spell is cast immediately.
Eye for an Eye	Healer	36	Ability			Instant	180s	Erects a magicked barrier around a single party member or pet.
Largesse	Healer	40	Ability			Instant	90s	Increases healing magic potency by 20%.
Surecast	Magic Ranged DPS Healer	44	Ability			Instant	30s	Spells can be cast without interruption.
Rescue	Healer	48	Ability			Instant	150s	Instantly draw target party member to your side. Cannot be used outside of combat or when target is suffering from certain enfeeblements.

Shared actions

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

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

Eos

Action	Acquired	Level	Type	Casting	Recast	Description
Embrace	Eos	1	Spell	2s	3s	Restores target's HP.
Whispering Dawn	Eos	1	Ability	Instant	60s	Gradually restores own HP and the HP of all nearby party members.
Fey Covenant	Eos	20	Ability	Instant	120s	Increases magic defense of self and nearby party members by 20%.
Fey Illumination	Eos	40	Ability	Instant	120s	Increases healing magic potency of self and nearby party members by 10%.

Selene

Action	Acquired	Level	Type	Casting	Recast	Description
Embrace	Selene	1	Spell	2s	3s	Restores target's HP.
Silent Dusk	Selene	1	Ability	Instant	40s	Silences target.
Fey Caress	Selene	20	Ability	Instant	60s	Removes a single detrimental effect from all nearby party members.
Fey Wind	Selene	40	Ability	Instant	60s	Reduces weaponskill cast time and recast time, spell cast time and recast time, and auto-attack delay of self and nearby party members by 3%.

Traits

PvE traits

Trait	Acquired		Level	Effect
Aetherdam	ACN		6	Allows the stacking of one Aetherflow.
Maim and Mend	CNJ ACN RDM		20	Increases base action damage and HP restoration by 10%.
Enhanced Mind	CNJ SCH AST		20	Increases mind by 8.
Aetherdam II	ACN		20	Allows the stacking of up to two Aetherflows.
Enhanced Intelligence	THM ACN RDM		20	Increases intelligence by 8.
Corruption Mastery	ACN		26	Upgrades Bio to Bio II.
Enhanced Mind II	CNJ SCH AST		40	Increases mind by 16.
Maim and Mend II	CNJ ACN RDM		40	Increases base action damage and HP restoration by 30%.
Enhanced Intelligence II	THM ACN RDM		40	Increases intelligence by 16.
Aetherdam III	ACN		40	Allows the stacking of up to three Aetherflows.
Broil Mastery	SCH		54	Changes Ruin to Broil.
Enhanced Intelligence III	THM ACN RDM		60	Increases intelligence by 24.
Enhanced Mind III	CNJ SCH AST		60	Increases mind by 24.
Broil Mastery II	SCH	1	64	Upgrades Broil to Broil II.
Quickened Aetherflow	SCH		68	Reduces Aetherflow recast time by 5 seconds upon execution of an action that requires Aetherflow.

Job mechanics

Aetherflow & Faerie Gauge is Scholar's Job Gauge.

Aetherflow & Faerie Gauge in PvE

The Aetherflow Gauge displays the current strength of an arcanist's or scholar's aether. As the player increases in level, the amount of aether that can be stored at one time will increase to a maximum of 3 units. Aether is consumed when executing certain actions such as Energy Drain.

The Faerie Gauge displays the current amount of fae aether accumulated within a faerie. Fae aether is accumulated by using actions such as Energy Drain and Excogitation (acquired at level 62) which deplete the Aetherflow Gauge.

Maintaining an Aetherpact (acquired at level 70) slowly consumes fae aether.

Aetherflow & Faerie Gauge in PvP

The Aetherflow Gauge displays the current strength of an arcanist's or scholar's aether. As the player increases in level, the amount of aether that can be stored at one time will increase to a maximum of 3 units. By using the PvP action Summon, which drains the Faerie Gauge, players can call forth the faerie Eos. Your Faerie Gauge will continue to decrease at a set rate while Eos is summoned. Scholars can build up the Faerie Gauge by casting Physick, Adloquium, or Lustrate while their party is engaged in combat and is losing health.

Gallery

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  Scholars watching their faeries.

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  Scholar Eos and Selene faeries.

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  Hyur Scholar.

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  Arcanist, summoner and scholar pets.

See also

• Scholar Guide
• Scholar Endgame Rotations
• Scholar Macros

External links

• FinalFantasyXIV.com Scholar on the official website.

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