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*1. Using the job skill ranks table, identify the rank for your job and weapon/magic combination
  
*1. Using the job skill ranks table, identify the rank for your job and weapon/magic combination
 
*2. Note your current skill level, and follow the appropriate rows in the skill caps tables for your rank, moving up in levels until you reach the level where the skill cap exceeds your current skill level
  
*2. Note your current skill level, and follow the appropriate rows in the skill caps tables for your rank, moving up in levels until you reach the level where the skill cap exceeds your current skill level
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*3. That level is the minimum level required of mobs for you to gain any skill ups with that particular job and particular weapon or magic</p>
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*3. That level is the minimum level required of mobs for you to gain any skill ups with that particular job and particular skill</p>
 
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Revision as of 04:08, 20 December 2009


Skill Rankings | Skill Caps | Skill Caps by Job | See Also


Combat Skills and Magic Skills are stats that are natural to a character's job—they both go hand-in-hand as they are all used to battle mobs in one way or another.

There is a cap to each skill depending on the class and their proficiency with said skill. As your job level goes up, the cap rises as well.

Certain jobs excel at some skills, while other jobs excel at others. Make sure you know what skills your job excels at and raise them to reach the maximum potential of your character.

The amount of attack and accuracy you gain by equipping a weapon using a particular skill is directly proportional to the Combat Skill level.

Job Skill Ranks

Weapon Skills BRD BST BLM BLU COR DNC DRK DRG MNK NIN PLD PUP RNG RDM SAM SCH SMN THF WAR WHM
Axe   A-         B-           B-           A-  
Great Axe             B-                       A+  
Club D D C+ B-     C- E C+ E A- D E D E C+ C+ E B- B+
Dagger B- C+ D   B+ B+ C E   C+ C- C- B- B E D E A- B-  
Hand-to-Hand           D     A+ E   C           E D  
Katana                   A-                    
Great Katana                   C-         A+          
Polearm               A+     E       B-       B-  
Scythe   B- E       A+                       B+  
Staff C+   B-         B- B   A-         C+ B   B C+
Sword C- E   A- B- D B- C-   C A+   D B C+     D B  
Great Sword             A-       B               B+  
Ranged Weapon Skills BRD BST BLM BLU COR DNC DRK DRG MNK NIN PLD PUP RNG RDM SAM SCH SMN THF WAR WHM
Archery                   E     A- D C+     C- D  
Marksmanship         B   E     C     A-         C+ D  
Throwing E   D   C+ C+     E A-   C+ C- F C+ D   D D E
Defensive Skills BRD BST BLM BLU COR DNC DRK DRG MNK NIN PLD PUP RNG RDM SAM SCH SMN THF WAR WHM
Evasion D C E C- D B+ C C- B+ A- C B E D B+ E E A+ C E
Guarding                 A-     B-                
Parrying E C   D A- B E C E A- C D   E A- E   A- C-  
Shield   E                 A+     F       F C+ D
Magic/Music Skills BRD BST BLM BLU COR DNC DRK DRG MNK NIN PLD PUP RNG RDM SAM SCH SMN THF WAR WHM
Blue       A+                                
Dark     A-       A-             E   D

◙

       
Divine                     B+     E   D

○

      A-
Elemental     A+       B+             C+   D

◙

       
Enfeebling     C+       C             A+   D

◙○

      C
Enhancing     E               D     B+   D

○

      C+
Healing                     C     C-   D

○

      A+
Summoning                                 A-      
Ninjutsu                   A-                    
Singing C                                      
String C                                      
Wind C                                      

Scholar: ◙B+ when using Dark Arts. ○B+ when using Light Arts.

Skill Caps

Skill Rank /
  Job Level 		1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
A+, A- 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30 33 36 39 42 45 48 51 54 57 60 63
B+, B, B- 5 7 10 13 16 19 22 25 28 31 34 36 39 42 45 48 51 54 57 60
C+, C, C- 5 7 10 13 16 19 21 24 27 30 33 35 38 41 44 47 49 52 55 58
D 4 6 9 12 14 17 20 22 25 28 31 33 36 39 41 44 47 49 52 55
E 4 6 9 11 14 16 19 21 24 26 29 31 34 36 39 41 44 46 49 51
F 4 6 8 10 13 15 17 20 22 24 27 29 31 33 36 38 40 43 45 47


Skill Rank /
  Job Level 		21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
A+, A- 66 69 72 75 78 81 84 87 90 93 96 99 102 105 108 111 114 117 120 123
B+, B, B- 63 65 68 71 74 77 80 83 86 89 92 94 97 100 103 106 109 112 115 118
C+, C, C- 61 63 66 69 72 75 77 80 83 86 89 91 94 97 100 103 105 108 111 114
D 58 60 63 66 68 71 74 76 79 82 85 87 90 93 95 98 101 103 106 109
E 54 56 59 61 64 66 69 71 74 76 79 81 84 86 89 91 94 96 99 101
F 50 52 54 56 59 61 63 66 68 70 73 75 77 79 82 84 86 89 91 93


Skill Rank /
  Job Level 		41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
A+, A- 126 129 132 135 138 141 144 147 150 153 158 163 168 173 178 183 188 193 198 203
B+, B, B- 121 123 126 129 132 135 138 141 144 147 151 156 161 166 171 176 181 186 191 196
C+, C, C- 117 119 122 125 128 131 133 136 139 142 146 151 156 161 166 170 175 180 185 190
D 112 114 117 120 122 125 128 130 133 136 140 145 150 154 159 164 168 173 178 183
E 104 106 109 111 114 116 119 121 124 126 130 135 139 144 148 153 157 162 166 171
F 96 98 100 102 105 107 109 112 114 116 120 124 128 133 137 141 146 150 154 159


Skill Rank /
  Job Level 		61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75
A+ 207 212 217 222 227 232 236 241 246 251 256 261 266 271 276
A- 207 211 215 219 223 227 231 235 239 244 249 254 259 264 269
B+ 199 203 207 210 214 218 221 225 229 233 237 241 246 251 256
B 199 202 205 208 212 215 218 221 225 228 232 236 240 245 250
B- 198 201 204 206 209 212 214 217 220 223 226 229 232 236 240
C+ 192 195 197 200 202 205 207 210 212 215 218 221 224 227 230
C 192 194 196 199 201 203 205 208 210 212 214 217 219 222 225
C- 192 194 196 198 200 202 204 206 208 210 212 214 216 218 220
D 184 186 188 190 192 194 195 197 199 201 203 205 207 208 210
E 172 174 176 178 180 182 184 186 188 190 192 194 196 198 200
F 161 163 165 167 169 171 173 175 177 179 181 183 185 187 189

There are 2 further skill ranks, although their existence is mostly trivial and can only be found on automatons.
G : caps 171 @ 75.
H : caps 0 @ 75.
For instance, Valoredge Frame has a rank H Automaton Magic Skill. Soulsoother Head adds 2 ranks to Automaton Magic Skill, thus H > G > F. Stormwaker Head only adds one rank, thus H > G. (Note that Stormwaker Head also adds 1 Automaton Melee Skill rank.) For players the H and G ranks have little meaning, since there is no equipment or trait that increases ranks. Not having a skill is equal to rank H, and no player skill has rank G. Merits can be used to increase the actual skill level, but not the skill rank.

Skilling Up

Combat and magic skills are raised by using them on mobs of the appropriate level to your skill.

  • With weapons, attacking or performing physical weapon skills
  • With defensive combat skills, performing the defensive action, eg. blocking or parrying
  • With offensive magic skills, casting it on the enemy
  • With supportive/healing magic skills, casting it on yourself or other players (target level doesn't matter)
    • Healing magic can also be cast upon undead for skill ups, similar to offensive magic
  • With summoning skill, summoning an avatar, or using Blood Pact: Rage and Blood Pact: Ward
  • Some magic skills include both offensive and supportive/healing magics and thus can be skilled up in multiple ways


To work out the minimum level mobs required for skill ups, follow these steps:

  • 1. Using the job skill ranks table, identify the rank for your job and weapon/magic combination
  • 2. Note your current skill level, and follow the appropriate rows in the skill caps tables for your rank, moving up in levels until you reach the level where the skill cap exceeds your current skill level
  • 3. That level is the minimum level required of mobs for you to gain any skill ups with that particular job and particular skill


Example 1:
Lv 70 RDM skilling up dagger, dagger skill is currently at 150

  • Using the job skill ranks table, RDM's dagger rank is "B"
  • Since the rank is B, we'll look at the B+/B/B- rows for Lv 1-60, and the B row for Lv61-75 in the skill caps tables
  • Moving along the B+/B/B- rows, we see that 150 skill is first exceeded at Lv 51 (which has a skill cap of 151)
  • So a Lv 51 mob would give the RDM skill ups on dagger, but only until 151 skill, mobs higher than Lv 51 are needed to continue skill ups
  • In order to cap off dagger skill at Lv 70 (which would be 228 for the Lv 70 RDM), he'll need to fight Lv 70 mobs or higher


Example 2:
Lv 70 BLM skilling up dagger, dagger skill is currently at 150

  • Using the job skill ranks table, BLM's dagger rank is "D"
  • Moving along the D rows, we see that 150 skill is first exceeded at Lv 54 (which has a skill cap of 154)
  • So at minimum, a Lv 54 mob is needed for the BLM to skill up dagger
    • Note the same Lv 54 mob would allow the Lv 70 RDM to skill up dagger until 166, since RDM's dagger rank is B
  • In order to cap off dagger skill at Lv 70 (which would be 201 for the Lv 70 BLM), he'll also need to fight Lv 70 mobs or higher


With the above examples, we note that:

  • By fighting Even Match or higher mobs, you can always cap any combat/magic skill
  • Similarly, in order to cap any skill, you must fight Even Match or higher mobs eventually (after lower level mobs stop giving skill ups)
  • The maximum skill obtainable on a certain level mob differs between jobs and between skills, as it is determined by the rank of the particular skill for the particular job, as per the job skill ranks table.
  • Similarly, the level of mobs needed to attain a certain skill level also differs between jobs and between skills


Skill Caps by Job

See Also

FFXI Skill Cap charts

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