Viper

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Introduction

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This close-range fighting style passed down by Turali hunters uses two one-handed blades that can be combined into a single two-handed weapon.
As such, the viper alternates between pressuring enemies with swift strikes by their twin blades, and dealing mighty blows with their joined weapon.
By calling on the memories of ancient hunters contained within their soul crystal, the viper can imbue their body with additional power for a brief time.

— 2023 European Fanfest Keynote Speech Slides

Viper (VPR) is a job introduced with the Dawntrail expansion and unlockable at level 80. It will be one of six melee DPS jobs and does not have a base class.

FINAL FANTASY XIV: DAWNTRAIL - New Job: Viper

General information

Guild

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Unlock

• Prerequisite: The player must have purchased the Dawntrail expansion and be a level 80 or higher Disciple of War or Magic.
• Quest: Speak to ??? in Ul'dah (x?, y?) to obtain the quest ???.

Equipment

The Viper is a disciple of war and wears armor "of Scouting" (shared with Ninja) and accessories "of Aiming" (shared with Ninja and the Physical Ranged DPS role). They use twin blades for weapons.

Weapon	Armor	Accessories
Viper's Arms	Head Body Hands Legs Feet	Bracelets Earrings Necklace Ring

Stats

Similar to Ninja, Viper uses Dexterity as its main stat instead of Strength.

Quests

Viper Job Quests

List of viper quests

Physical DPS Role Quests (Shadowbringers)

Quest	Type	Level	Quest Giver	Unlocks	Rewards
No Greater Sport		70	Lue-Reeq
Vengeance in Defeat		72	Lue-Reeq
Freedom from Privilege		74	Lue-Reeq
The Hunter's Legacy		76	Lue-Reeq
Fellowship Restored		78	Olvara		1   Risotto al Nero
Courage Born of Fear		80	Lue-Reeq	Speaker for the Brave Physical DPS Role Quests (Shadowbringers)	1   Heavens' Eye Materia VII 1   Savage Aim Materia VII 1   Savage Might Materia VII

Melee DPS Role Quests (Endwalker)

Quest	Type	Level	Quest Giver	Unlocks	Rewards
Storm Clouds Brewing		85	Lominsan Delegate
The Crushing Tide		86	Maelstrom Secretariat
Old Heroes Never Die		87	Maelstrom Secretariat
A Mother's Suffering		88	Maelstrom Secretariat
Out of the Shadows		89	Maelstrom Secretariat		1   Coconut Cod Chowder
To Calmer Seas		90	Maelstrom Secretariat	More than Loss Melee DPS Role Quests (Endwalker)	2   Savage Aim Materia IX 2   Savage Might Materia IX 2   Heavens' Eye Materia IX

Actions

List of viper actions

Traits

List of viper traits

Job mechanics

Viper uses twin blades to deal swift attacks against enemies. Their weapons can be joined to a single double-edged weapon for stronger attacks, which will also change their idle stance. Their rotation will include numerous off-global cooldown (oGCD) abilities. Viper's core rotation revolves around maintaining damage and haste-granting buffs on the user along with debuffs on the enemy, while using a sequence of weaponskills that define subsequent ones to use. Similar to samurai, viper does not appear to have any party damage buffs, making it a "selfish DPS".

Their job gauge contains a 0-100 meter (similar to many other jobs) that is increased by using their basic weaponskills, a dual blade gauge that is used to track their basic weaponskills, and a 0-3 red gem meter that is acquired from certain actions. At the cost of 50 job gauge, they can also temporarily empower themselves using Reawakening, visually indicated by a blue aura around them, gaining access to new actions to unleash a flurry of strikes for massive damage. The red gems are used on ranged attacks.

To limit button bloat, many of Viper's weaponskills are assigned to a single hotbar slot, and many of their oGCD attacks are condensed into a few buttons that change the available action depending on the context, similar to gunbreaker's   Continuation.

Achievements

This job is associated with the following achievements:

TBA

Notable Vipers

• Warrior of Light (Dawntrail showcase)

Gallery

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  Viper Artifact Armor in 7.0 Dawntrail.

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  Viper Artifact Armor in 7.0 Dawntrail.

References

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