Puppetmaster

Job Overview

Available after completing the No Strings Attached quest, these wandering performers entertain crowds and confound their enemies with a customizable puppet known as an "automaton." This puppet uses different frames, maneuvers and attachments to do a variety of different tasks. Puppetmasters (PUP) can also fall back on Hand-to-Hand fighting skills that utilize the flexible movements of their art. Table of Contents: Abilities • Traits • Merits • The Automaton • Combat Skills Artifact Equipment • Puppetmaster Guides

Job Abilities Level  Name 01  Overdrive 01  Activate 15  Repair 75 (Merit)  Role Reversal 75 (Merit)  Ventriloquy

Job Traits Level  Name 10  Resist Slow 20  Evasion Bonus 25  Martial Arts 40  Evasion Bonus II 50  Martial Arts II 50  Resist Slow II 60  Evasion Bonus III 70  Resist Slow III 75  Martial Arts III 75 (Merit)  Fine-Tuning 75 (Merit)  Optimization

Group 1 Merits Level  Name 75 (Merit)  Automaton Magic Skill 75 (Merit)  Automaton Melee Skill 75 (Merit)  Automaton Ranged Skill 75 (Merit)  Activate Recast 75 (Merit)  Repair Recast

The Automaton

Pet Commands Level  Command 01  Deploy 01  Deactivate 10  Retrieve Pet Emotes /bow /hurray /point /goodbye /shocked /joy /panic /blush /surprised /cheer /clap /salute /wave /dance /dance1 /dance2 /dance3 /dance4 See Automaton/Emotes for video demonstrations.

Pet Maneuvers Level  Command 01  Dark Maneuver 01  Earth Maneuver 01  Fire Maneuver 01  Ice Maneuver 01  Light Maneuver 01  Thunder Maneuver 01  Water Maneuver 01  Wind Maneuver See Maneuvers for more detail.

Other Notes Each time you gain a level on Puppetmaster, ensure you Deactivate and Activate your automaton so its new level stats will take effect. If you Deactivate your automaton while it has full HP the Activate timer is reset and you can reactivate right away. This will also refill the automaton's MP. Your automaton will be automatically deactivated when entering an area or battlefield with an imposed Level Restriction or Confrontation status, at the beginning of a Besieged battle, when renting a Chocobo or, when you join a Level Sync party if it is not already at or below the Sync level. Be sure to Deactivate your automaton beforehand. The Activate timer will not reset if your automaton is at full health but is forced to Deactivate. Your automaton will not Deactivate if you re-sync to the same level that you were in (because the level sync should have already adjusted the automaton's level, and the automaton will remain synced to this level until re-activated). If you drop your starting Animator, Iruki-Waraki will sell you a new one for 10,000 gil. Animator must be equipped to perform Maneuvers. Before being able to use an attachment, you must first trade the attachment to Tateeya in Aht Urhgan Whitegate to have it placed in the Automaton's inventory. Automaton attachments must be equipped on your automaton to receive the effects of the attachments when using elemental maneuvers. However, if no attachments are equipped, the automaton will still receive a small stat boost corresponding to the number and type of maneuvers used. Automatons with the Soulsoother Head have the ability to cast cures, regens and status removal spells on all members of the Puppetmaster's party. (The automaton and master will always have priority over other members.) In Salvage all pet's stats are locked with the master's. This means if your HP is locked, for example, your pet's HP is locked as well. Using a cell to remove a lock also removes the lock from the pet. This includes all cells- For PUP, the automaton will not be able to cast spells if your magic is locked. (However, the automaton needs no equipment to shoot and a ranged cell is not needed for ranged attacks.) If you log-off with your automaton activated, it will appear next to you the next time you log-in.

See Also Automaton Puppetmaster: Upgrading Your Automaton Automaton Attachments Automaton Names Automaton Magic Skill Automaton Weapon Skills Pup Solo Skillchain Harlequin Head / Harlequin Frame Sharpshot Head / Sharpshot Frame Stormwaker Head / Stormwaker Frame Valoredge Head / Valoredge Frame Soulsoother Head Spiritreaver Head

Combat Skill Ratings

Puppetmaster

Skill	Skill Ranking	Cap at Level 1	Cap at Level 37	Cap at Level 75
Hand-to-Hand	B+	5	109	256
Dagger	C-	5	105	220
Club	D	4	101	210
Throwing	C+	5	105	230
Evasion	B	5	109	250
Guard	B-	5	109	240
Parrying	D	4	101	210

See Puppetmaster Skill Caps for a by-level breakdown of Weapon Skill limits.

Automaton 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. Harlequin Automaton  Skill Frame Skill Head Modifier Total Skill Ranking Cap at Level 1 Cap at Level 37 Cap at Level 75  Melee B- 0 B- 5 109 240  Magic B- 0 B- 5 109 240  Ranged B- 0 B- 5 109 240 Valoredge Automaton  Skill Frame Skill Head Modifier Total Skill Ranking Cap at Level 1 Cap at Level 37 Cap at Level 75  Melee B+ +1 A- 6 114 269  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 37 Cap at Level 75  Melee C+ 0 C+ 5 105 230  Magic 0 0 0 0 0 0  Ranged B+ +1 A- 6 114 269 Stormwaker Automaton  Skill Frame Skill Head Modifier Total Skill Ranking Cap at Level 1 Cap at Level 37 Cap at Level 75  Melee C +1 C+ 5 105 230  Magic B+ +1 A- 6 114 269  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+. Note: Automaton skills can be raised even when Puppetmaster is selected as a subjob, but will be limited to the level of the subjob as with other sub-skills. Artifact Equipment To see a side by side comparison of Artifact/Relic sets visit Puppetmaster Artifact/Relic Sets Comparison. Artifact Set Level Artifact 40  Turbo Animator 52  Puppetry Churidars 54  Puppetry Babouches 56  Puppetry Dastanas 58  Puppetry Tobe 60  Puppetry Taj Artifact Set +1 Level Artifact 74  Puppetry Taj +1 74  Puppetry Tobe +1 74  Puppetry Dastanas +1 74  Puppetry Churidars +1 74  Pup. Babouches +1 Relic Set Level Relic 70  Pantin Cape 71  Pantin Churidars 72  Pantin Babouches 73  Pantin Dastanas 74  Pantin Tobe 75  Pantin Taj Relic Set +1 Level Relic 75  Pantin Taj +1 75  Pantin Tobe +1 75  Pantin Dastanas +1 75  Pantin Churidars +1 75  Pantin Babouches +1 Relic/Mythic Weapons Level Weapon 75  Kenkonken (Mythic) Puppetmaster Guides Job Specific Equipment/Puppetmaster Puppetmasters Guide to Vanadiel Puppetmaster: A History Puppetmaster guide by Zathone Puppetmaster: Support Jobs Puppetmaster: Macros Ideas Puppetmaster: Equipment Puppetmaster: Stormwaker Frame Puppetmaster: Guide by Egomzez PUP Solo Skillchains Puppetmaster: Guide by Guwhenivar for Solo Players Puppetmaster: Guide by Poof Puppetmaster: Guide by Scoda Puppetmaster: Guide by Zhecks - ON A BUDGET Puppetmaster: Understanding PUP Puppetmaster: EZ Automaton Guide How-to_Guide:_Puppetmaster How to keep Sharpshot frame skilled solo: Guide by Inouethebard Ultimate Equipment Goals: Puppetmaster (Under construction) Advanced PUP Guides Resheph's Golden Salvage Guide for Puppetmasters Puppetmaster: Numbers Behind The Job by Auraeon Achieving True Power Limit Break 5 Achieving True Power Guide by Elras Achieving True Power: Guide by Cordareo Soloing With Your Spiritreaver Frame