Thaumaturge

Introduction

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In the hands of a skilled practitioner, thaumaturgy can be a force of terrifying destruction. At the heart of this school of magic lies the ability to call forth and command the latent aether within oneself through deep introspection. To then mold that aether into sorcery, the thaumaturge makes use of a scepter or staff, within which is housed a medium—a natural stone imbued with magical properties. Thus armed, the thaumaturge is capable of wreaking considerable havoc via ruinous spells and curses.

— FinalFantasyXIV.com Thaumaturge

Thaumaturge (THM) is one of six starting DPS classes and one of two starting magical ranged DPS. It upgrades to black mage at level 30.

General information

Guild

The Thaumaturges' Guild is in Ul'dah - Steps of Nald. If you choose thaumaturge as your first class, you will start off in the city of Ul'dah. At level 30, thaumaturges must specialize into Black Mage.

Equipment

The thaumaturge is a disciple of magic and wears armor "of Casting." They use staves as weapons, with scepters and shields available up to level 50. The following crafting classes can create items that are useful to the thaumaturge:

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

Hunting Log

See thaumaturge hunting log.

Quests

Quest	Type	Level	Quest Giver	Unlocks	Rewards
Way of the Thaumaturge		1	Yayake	Thaumaturge	1   Weathered Scepter 1   Square Maple Shield 5   Raisins 1   Square Maple Shield
My First Scepter		1	Cocobuki
The Threat of Intimacy		5	Cocobuki		1   Bone Staff Options: 1   Custom-made Robe of Casting 1   Hempen Hat 1   Bone Ring 1   Copper Wristlets 5   Allagan Tin Piece
The Threat of Paucity		10	Cocobuki		1   Copper Scepter Options: 1   Amateur's Dalmatica 1   Amateur's Hempen Coif 1   Hempen Dress Gloves 1   Amateur's Duckbills 2   Allagan Bronze Piece
The Threat of Superiority		15	Cocobuki	Scathe	1   Brass Cudgel 1   Square Ash Shield Options: 1   Cotton Cowl 1   Hard Leather Ringbands 1   Cotton Tights 1   Hard Leather Boots 2   Allagan Bronze Piece
The Threat of Perplexity		20	Cocobuki		1   Staghorn Staff Options: 1   Altered Cotton Dalmatica 1   Ash Mask (Lapis Lazuli) 1   Cotton Dress Gloves 1   Cotton Dress Shoes 5   Allagan Bronze Piece
The Hidden Chapter		25	Cocobuki		1   Toothed Staghorn Staff Options: 1   Cotton Halfrobe 1   Goatskin Ringbands 1   Altered Goatskin Moccasins 1   Silver Spectacles 1   Allagan Silver Piece
Facing Your Demons		30	Cocobuki	Manaward Thaumaturge (New Game+) Thaumaturge Adventurer Plate	1   Silver Scepter Options: 1   Velveteen Bliaud 1   Altered Velveteen Hose 1   Velveteen Gloves 1   Toadskin Boots 3   Allagan Silver Piece

Actions

PvE actions

Action	Acquired		Level	Type	MP	Casting	Recast	Range Radius	Description
Blizzard	THM		1	Spell	400	2.5s	2.5s	25y 0y	Deals ice damage with a potency of 180. Additional Effect: Grants Umbral Ice or removes Astral Fire Duration: 15s
Fire	THM		2	Spell	800	2.5s	2.5s	25y 0y	Deals fire damage with a potency of 180. Additional Effect: Grants Astral Fire or removes Umbral Ice Duration: 15s Additional Effect: 40% chance next Fire III will cost no MP and have no casting time Duration: 30s
Transpose	THM		4	Ability		Instant	5s	0y 0y	Swaps Astral Fire with a single Umbral Ice or Umbral Ice with a single Astral Fire.
Thunder	THM		6	Spell		Instant	2.5s	25y 0y	Deals lightning damage with a potency of 100. Additional Effect: Lightning damage over time Potency: 45 Duration: 24s Additional Effect: Can only be cast while under the effect of Thunderhead, granted when gaining Astral Fire or Umbral Ice from an unaspected state, or changing between their influences. Thunderhead Duration: 30s Only one Thunder spell-induced damage over time effect per caster can be inflicted upon a single target.
Blizzard II	THM		12	Spell	800	3s	2.5s	25y 5y	Deals ice damage with a potency of 80 to target and all enemies nearby it. Additional Effect: Grants Umbral Ice or removes Astral Fire Duration: 15s
Scathe	THM	1	15	Spell	800	Instant	2.5s	25y 0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 100. Additional Effect: 20% chance potency will double
Fire II	THM		18	Spell	1,500	3s	2.5s	25y 5y	Deals fire damage with a potency of 100 to target and all enemies nearby it. Additional Effect: Grants Astral Fire or removes Umbral Ice Duration: 15s
Thunder II	THM		26	Spell		Instant	2.5s	25y 5y	Deals lightning damage with a potency of 60 to target and all enemies nearby it. Additional Effect: Lightning damage over time Potency: 30 Duration: 18s Additional Effect: Can only be cast while under the effect of Thunderhead, granted when gaining Astral Fire or Umbral Ice from an unaspected state, or changing between their influences. Thunderhead Duration: 30s Only one Thunder spell-induced damage over time effect per caster can be inflicted upon a single target.
Manaward	THM	1	30	Ability		Instant	120s	0y 0y	Creates a barrier that nullifies damage totaling up to 30% of maximum HP. Duration: 20s
Fire III	THM		35	Spell	2,000	3.5s	2.5s	25y 0y	Deals fire damage with a potency of 280. Additional Effect: Grants Astral Fire III and removes Umbral Ice Duration: 15s
Aetherial Manipulation	THM		50	Ability		Instant	10s	25y 0y	Rush to a target party member's side. Unable to cast if bound.

Limit Breaks

See also: Limit Break

Action	Acquired	Level	Type	MP	Casting	Recast	Range Radius	Description
Skyshard	Magical Ranged DPS	1	Limit Break Level 1		2s	Instant	25y 5y	Deals 60% the damage of Braver to all enemies in a circular area.
Starstorm	Magical Ranged DPS	1	Limit Break Level 2		3s	Instant	25y 10y	Deals 130% the damage of Braver to all enemies in a circular area.
Meteor	THM	1	Limit Break Level 3		4.5s	Instant	25y 15y	Deals 210% the damage of Braver to all enemies in a circular area.

Magical Ranged DPS actions

See also: Role actions

Action	Acquired	Level	Type	MP	Casting	Recast	Range Radius	Description
Addle	Magical Ranged DPS	8	Ability		Instant	90s	25y 0y	Lowers target's physical damage dealt by 5% and magic damage dealt by 10%. Duration: 15s
Sleep	Magical Ranged DPS	10	Spell	800	2.5s	2.5s	30y 5y	Puts target and all nearby enemies to sleep. Duration: 30s Cancels auto-attack upon execution.
Lucid Dreaming	Magical Ranged DPS Healer	14	Ability		Instant	60s	0y 0y	Gradually restores own MP. Potency: 55 Duration: 21s
Swiftcast	Magical Ranged DPS Healer	18	Ability		Instant	40s	0y 0y	Next spell is cast immediately. Duration: 10s
Surecast	Magical Ranged DPS Healer	44	Ability		Instant	120s	0y 0y	Spells can be cast without interruption. Additional Effect: Nullifies most knockback and draw-in effects Duration: 6s

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. Maximum Stacks: 1 Duration: 15s While under the effect of Astral Fire, the cost of casting Fire spells is doubled, MP recovery is reduced to 0, and the potency of Ice spells is reduced by 10%. While under the effect of Umbral Ice, the cost of casting Ice spells is reduced to 0, 2,500 MP is recovered upon landing an Ice spell, and the potency of Fire spells is reduced by 10%.
Magick and Mend	THM		20	Increases base action damage and HP restoration by 10% and allows for the stacking of a second Astral Fire or Umbral Ice.
Aspect Mastery II	THM		20	Allows the stacking of a second Astral Fire and Umbral Ice. While under the effect of Astral Fire, the potency of Fire spells is increased by 60% and the potency of Ice spells is reduced by 20%. While under the effect of Umbral Ice, 5,000 MP is recovered upon landing an Ice spell and the potency of Fire spells is reduced by 20%.
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. Duration: 40s
Aspect Mastery III	THM		35	Allows the stacking of a third Astral Fire and Umbral Ice. Casting Fire II or Blizzard II grants maximum stacks of Astral Fire or Umbral Ice respectively. While under the effect of Astral Fire III, the potency of Fire spells is increased by 80%, and the cast time of Ice spells is halved and potency lowered by 30%. While under the effect of Umbral Ice III, 10,000 MP is recovered upon landing an Ice spell, and the cast time of Fire spells is halved and potency lowered by 30%.
Magick and Mend II	THM		40	Increases base action damage and HP restoration by 30% and allows for the stacking of a third Astral Fire or Umbral Ice which reduces cast times for spells of the opposite element by half.
Firestarter	THM		42	Grants a 40% chance that after casting Fire, your next Fire III will require no MP and have no casting time. Duration: 30s

Jobs

The thaumaturge must specialize into BLM, a DPS job.

Core mechanics

The thaumaturge can cast fire and ice spells to inflict damage. In order to maintain MP cost at a bearable level they cycle between fire and ice.

•   Fire - Deals fire damage with a potency of 180.
•   Transpose - Swaps Astral Fire with a single Umbral Ice or Umbral Ice with a single Astral Fire.
•   Manaward - Creates a barrier that nullifies damage totaling up to 30% of maximum HP.

Thaumaturges have Astral Fire and Umbral Ice – specific effects attained upon using fire and ice spells, respectively. Each charge of Astral Fire increases MP cost for the next fire spell, while Umbral Ice increases MP regeneration. In order to maintain a low MP cost to use fire spells thaumaturges are required to use spells from the opposite element; using fire spells remove Umbral Ice stacks if there are any, or build Astral Fire if there's no effect active, using ice spells work the other way around. Transpose is a key ability to balance between both elements.

Achievements

This class is associated with the following achievements:

Name	Points	Task	Reward	Patch
Bring Out Your Dead I	5	Achieve thaumaturge level 10.	-	2.0
Bring Out Your Dead II	5	Achieve thaumaturge level 20.	-	2.0
Bring Out Your Dead III	5	Achieve thaumaturge level 30.	-	2.0
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
Bring Out Your Dead X	5	Achieve thaumaturge level 100.	-	7.0

Gallery

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  Thaumaturge casting a dark spell.

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  Thaumaturge Render

External links

• Thaumaturge on the official website.

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