Overview

In the hands of a Puppetmaster an automation proves to be a powerful weapon and ally. Customizable to any situation an automaton can be a fearsome fighter battling alongside its master or dealing devastating ranged damage from afar. After a quick change the automaton brings its enemies to their knees with powerful enfeebling and elemental magic while healing its master's wounds, as well as its own. Another change and it becomes a powerful healer, curing and removing status effects from the Puppetmaster's entire party.

Table of Contents:

Heads and Frames, Attachments, Spell List, Combat Skill Ratings

Automaton Names, See Also

Heads and Frames

An automaton is made up of two interchangeable parts, the head which controls the behaviour of the automaton, and the frame which determines your automaton's stats, weapon skills and damage type. Both the head and the frame contribute to the total number of elemental slots the final automaton will have; thus determining which attachments can be equipped. There are a total of four frames and six heads that can be acquired. See Puppetmaster: Upgrading Your Automaton to find out how to get them all.

Harlequin Head/Frame

The Harlequin automaton is the first available to the Puppetmaster. This automaton will engage the target in melee while casting enfeebling and healing magic. The frame fights bare handed, dealing blunt damage to the enemy.

Sharpshot Head/Frame

The Sharpshot automaton is available after reaching level 10. This automaton specializes in ranged damage and will only melee when in range. The head will cast magic similar to the Harlequin head, but the Sharpshot body has no MP, being designed to deal physical damage only.

Stormwaker Head/Frame

The Stormwaker automaton is available after reaching level 10. This automaton excels at casting all types of magic and will only melee when in range. The Stormwaker frame also fights bare handed and has the same weapon skills as the Harlequin frame.

Valoredge Head/Frame

The Valoredge automaton is available after reaching level 10. This head will cause your automaton to engage with the target while casting Cures on itself and its master. Its frame, while having no MP, does come equipped with a slashing arm and a shield and will use Shield Bash against its foes.

Soulsoother Head

The Soulsoother head is available after reaching level 40. When equipped with either the Harlequin or Stormwaker frames, this automaton will cast enfeebling and healing magic and will only melee when in range. In giving up the ability to cast elemental magic this head can cast Cure and remove status effects from the entire party!

Spiritreaver Head

The Spiritreaver head is available after reaching level 40. When equipped with either the Harlequin or Stormwaker frames this automaton will cast enfeebling and elemental magic. While losing the ability to cure the automaton is able to cast Absorb-INT, Drain, and Aspir.

Attachments

Automatons have their very own gear called Attachments. An automaton carries all of its attachments in its own inventory and can equip up to twelve different attachments. In order to use an attachment it must first be traded to Tateeya in Aht Urhgan Whitegate (I-7) where she will add it to your automaton's inventory. Once traded attachments cannot be removed from the automaton's inventory.

Automatons are limited to what attachments they can equip by their elemental capacity. An automaton's elemental capacity can be seen in its equipment menu. Each dot and the # / # beside it is your Automaton's elemental capacity. The first number is the elemental capacity being used by the equiped Attachments of that element, and the second is the total capacity that can be equipped at once. Different Automaton Attachments have different charges; lower ones can be equipped in greater numbers, and those with higher charges only a few. Your Frame and Head determine not only your Automaton's HP/MP, skillcaps, and stats, but also its available elemental capacity.

While most attachments are used to enhance an automaton's stats (such as Accuracy, Attack, Magic Defense etc.) others will give them job traits like Double Attack or Conserve MP and some will give them job abilities like Provoke or spell-like abilities like Stoneskin without using MP but requiring Maneuvers. Others are unique to automatons and help them perform better. See Category:Automaton Attachments for a complete list.

All attachments are either enhanced or activated by the use of corresponding Maneuvers. The more maneuvers of one element active the more powerful the corresponding attachments will be. For instance with both Tension Spring and Tension Spring II equipped the automaton will receive a total of 15% attack (5% fromTension Spring and 10% from Tension Spring II) with no Fire Maneuvers active. With 3 Fire Maneuvers active the automatons attack will go up by 45%.

Abilities

Ability	Attachment	Maneuver
Provoke	Strobe	Fire
Blaze Spikes	Reactive Shield	Fire
Blink	Replicator	Wind
Stoneskin	Shock Absorber	Earth
Erase	Eraser	Light
Flash	Flashbulb	Light
Convert*	Mana Converter	Dark
MP Restoration	Economizer	Dark
Shield Bash^†	None	None

* Unlike the Red Mage's convert, the MP is gained over a short time instead of instantly, and only 50% of the automaton's HP is converted. (It is one-way and cannot be used to gain HP like convert)

† Useable only by the Valoredge frame. Unlike other automaton abilities, Shield Bash cannot be triggered by a maneuver but can be enhanced by attaching a Hammermill. The automaton will automatically use shield bash if it is ready to attempt to intterupt enemy spell casts or TP move charge-ups.

Traits

Trait	Attachment	Element
Attack Bonus*	Tension Spring, Tension Spring II	Fire
Store TP	Inhibitor	Fire
Magic Attack Bonus*	Loudspeaker, Loudspeaker II	Ice
Evasion Bonus*	Accelerator, Accelerator II	Wind
Defense Bonus*	Armor Plate, Armor Plate II	Earth
Accuracy Bonus*	Stabilizer, Stabilizer II	Thunder
Additional Effect: Lightning Damage	Volt Gun	Thunder
Double Attack	Coiler	Thunder
Magic Defense Bonus*	Mana Jammer, Mana Jammer II	Water
Auto Regen*^†	Auto-Repair Kit, Auto-Repair Kit II	Light
Auto Refresh*^†	Mana Tank, Mana Tank II	Dark
Conserve MP	Mana Conserver	Dark

* The effect of appropriate Tier I and II attachments does "stack" when both are equipped.

† Requires appropriate maneuver for the trait to be active.

Unless noted, traits are always active with the relevant attachments equipped. The strength of traits can be enhanced by having 1-3 maneuvers of the related element active. See attachment pages for specific details.

Elemental Capacities

	Harlequin Head	Valoredge Head	Sharpshot Head	Stormwaker Head	Soulsoother Head	Spiritreaver Head
Harlequin Frame	5x 5x 5x 3x 5x 5x 5x 3x	6x 5x 5x 5x 3x 6x 3x 3x	6x 6x 5x 5x 3x 3x 5x 3x	3x 5x 3x 3x 6x 5x 6x 5x	3x 5x 3x 6x 6x 5x 6x 3x	3x 5x 3x 3x 6x 5x 6x 6x
Valoredge Frame	6x 5x 5x 3x 4x 6x 5x 2x	7x 5x 5x 5x 2x 7x 3x 2x	7x 6x 5x 5x 2x 4x 5x 2x	4x 5x 3x 3x 5x 6x 6x 4x	4x 5x 3x 6x 5x 6x 6x 2x	4x 5x 3x 3x 5x 6x 6x 5x
Sharpshot Frame	5x 6x 6x 3x 4x 5x 5x 2x	6x 6x 6x 5x 2x 6x 3x 2x	6x 7x 6x 5x 2x 3x 5x 2x	3x 6x 4x 3x 5x 5x 6x 4x	3x 6x 4x 6x 5x 5x 6x 2x	3x 6x 4x 3x 5x 5x 6x 5x
Stormwaker Frame	4x 4x 5x 3x 6x 5x 5x 4x	5x 4x 5x 5x 4x 6x 3x 4x	5x 5x 5x 5x 4x 3x 5x 4x	2x 4x 3x 3x 7x 5x 6x 6x	2x 4x 3x 6x 7x 5x 6x 4x	2x 4x 3x 3x 7x 5x 6x 7x

Spell List

Different head/frame combinations are able to use spells at different job levels but learn them at the same skill level.
Automatons will only be able to cast magic when using the Harlequin Frame or Stormwaker Frame.
The level needed to cast the -na line of spells when using the Soulsoother Head and Absorb-INT, Drain and Aspir when using the Spiritreaver Head are estimates only.
The Soulsoother Head will cast its healing magic on party members.
Automatons learn spells automatically, you do not have to buy scrolls.
See Automaton Magic Skill for a more detailed listing.

Harlequin Head/Sharpshot Head = H, Stormwaker Head = Sw, Valoredge Head = V, Soulsoother Head = Ss, Spiritreaver Head = Sr

Skill Level	Spell	Head
01	Dia	H, Sw, Ss, Sr
12	Cure	H, Sw, V, Ss
15	Stone	Sw, Sr
18	Poison	H, Sw, Ss, Sr
21	Paralyze	H, Sw, Ss, Sr
27	Blind	H, Sw, Ss, Sr
27	Poisona	Ss
30	Water	Sw, Sr
33	Bio	H, Sw, Ss, Sr
36	Paralyna	Ss
42	Slow	H, Sw, Ss, Sr
45	Aero	Sw, Sr
45	Blindna	Ss
45	Cure II	H, Sw, V, Ss
45	Drain	Sr
57	Silence	H, Sw, Ss, Sr
60	Fire	Sw, Sr

Skill Level	Spell	Head
60	Silena	Ss
66?	Regen	Ss
75	Blizzard	Sw, Sr
81	Cure III	H, Sw, V, Ss
??	Aspir	Sr
90?	Cursna	Ss
90	Thunder	Sw, Sr
96	Dia II	H, Sw, Ss, Sr
105?	Viruna	Ss
108	Stone II	Sw, Sr
111	Bio II	H, Sw, Ss, Sr
120	Absorb-INT	Sr
120	Stona	Ss
123	Water II	Sw, Sr
135	Regen II	Ss
138	Aero II	Sw, Sr
147	Cure IV	H, Sw, V, Ss

Skill Level	Spell	Head
153	Fire II	Sw, Sr
178	Blizzard II	Sw, Sr
203	Thunder II	Sw, Sr
207	Cure V	Ss
227	Stone III	Sw, Sr
232	Regen III	Ss
236	Water III	Sw, Sr
246	Aero III	Sw, Sr
251	Fire III	Sw, Sr
256	Blizzard III	Sw, Sr
261	Thunder III	Sw, Sr
266	Stone IV	Sr
271	Water IV	Sr
276	Aero IV	Sr
281	Fire IV	Sr
286	Blizzard IV	Sr
291	Thunder IV	Sr
296	Stone V	Sr	312	Water V	}

Combat Skill Ratings

When combining heads and frames the combat skill is calculated by adding the head's skill rank modifier to the frames skill rank. Each skill rank modifier point increases the skill cap to the next skill bracket i.e. an E would become a D but a B- would become a B. For instance, combining the Valoredge Head with the Sharpshot Frame would increase the frames C+ skill rank by 1 resulting in a B- melee skill.
A frame with a 0 skill level (or H skill level) when combined with a head that has a skill modifier will give the automaton a G or F skill level. Such as equipping the Soulsoother Head to the Valoredge Frame will give it a F skill in magic, but despite having the skill the automaton will still be unable to cast magic.

Harlequin Automaton

Skill	Frame Skill	Total Skill Ranking	Cap at Level 1	Cap at Level 40	Cap at Level 80
Melee	B-	B-	5	118	265
Magic	B-	B-	5	118	265
Ranged	B-	B-	5	118	265

Valoredge Automaton

Skill	Frame Skill	Head Modifier	Total Skill Ranking	Cap at Level 1	Cap at Level 40	Cap at Level 80
Melee	B+	+1	A-	6	123	294
Magic	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ranged	0	0	0	0	0	0

Sharpshot Automaton

Skill	Frame Skill	Head Modifier	Total Skill Ranking	Cap at Level 1	Cap at Level 40	Cap at Level 80
Melee	C+	0	C+	5	114	255
Magic	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ranged	B+	+1	A-	6	123	294

Stormwaker Automaton

Skill	Frame Skill	Head Modifier	Total Skill Ranking	Cap at Level 1	Cap at Level 40	Cap at Level 80
Melee	C	+1	C+	5	114	255
Magic	B+	+1	A-	6	123	294
Ranged	0	0	0	0	0	0

Soulsoother Head/Spiritreaver Head

The Soulsoother and Spiritreaver Head have a skill rank modifier of +2 magic skill, which when equipped with the Stormwaker Frame increases its skill cap to A+. Similarly when equipped to the Harlequin Frame the magic cap is raised from B- to B+.

Automaton Names

When you first name your Automaton, you're only given the first list of names to choose from. After you finish the quest, switch your job to Puppetmaster and speak to Abda-Lurabda in the automaton shop. For 9800 gil he will allow you to change the name and give you access to the other lists.

List 1	List 2	List 3	List 4	List 5	List 6
Luron Drille Tournefoux Chafouin Plaisantin Loustic Histrion Bobeche Bougrion Rouleteau Allouette Serenade Ficelette Tocadie Caprice Foucade Capillotte Quenotte Pacotille Comedie Kagekiyo Toraoh Genta Kintoki Koumei Pamama Lobo Tsukushi Oniwaka Kenbishi Hannya Mashira	Nadeshiko E100 Koume X-32 Poppo Asuka Sakura Tao Mao Gadget Marion Widget Quirk Sprocket Cogette Lecter Coppelia Sparky Clank Calcobrena Crackle Ricochet Josette Fritz Skippy Pino Mandarin Jackstraw Guignol Moppet Nutcracker Erwin	Otto Gustav Muffin Xaver Toni Ina Gerda Petra Verena Rosi Schatzi Warashi Klingel Clochette Campanello Kaiserin Principessa Butler Graf Caro Cara Mademoiselle Herzog Tramp V-1000 Hikozaemon Nine Acht Quattro Zero Dreizehn Seize	Fukusuke Mataemon Kansuke Polichinelle Tobisuke Sasuke Shijimi Chobi Aurelie Magalie Aurore Caroline Andrea Machinette Clarine Armelle Reinette Dorlote Turlupin Klaxon Bambino Potiron Fustige Amidon Machin Bidulon Tandem Prestidige Purute-Porute Bito-Rabito Cocoa Totomo	Centurion A7V Scipio Sentinel Pioneer Seneschal Ginjin Amagatsu Dolly Fantoccini Joe Kikizaru Whippet Punchinello Charlie Midge Petrouchka Schneider Ushabti Noel Yajirobe Hina Nora Shoki Kobina Kokeshi Mame Bishop Marvin Dora Data Robin	Robby Porlo-Moperlo Paroko-Puronko Pipima Gagaja Mobil Donzel Archer Shooter Stephen Mk.IV Conjurer Footman Tokotoko Sancho Sarumaro Picket Mushroom

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