Strength

Abbreviation: STR

A base stat that is compared with an enemy's vitality as part of physical combat damage calculations in Final Fantasy XI.

Strength also has a direct impact on a character's attack and Ranged Attack. The table below breaks it down by weapon type. As of the December 2018 Version Update:

Weapon Type	Attack Increase per point of STR
Two Handed	1.0
Main Hand	1.0
Off Hand	0.5
Hand-to-Hand	0.75
Ranged	1.0 (Ranged Attack)

Strength is aligned with the element of Fire. Many fire-based items add STR to a character's Stats. Example: Ifrit's Blade

Effects of Player Race

Based off Warrior Strength score

Race	Lv.1	Lv.75	Lv.80	Lv.85	Lv.90	Lv.95	Lv.99
Elvaan	9	69	72	76	80	84	87
Galka	9	67	70	74	78	82	85
Hume	8	64	67	71	75	79	82
Mithra	8	61	64	68	72	76	79
Tarutaru	7	58	61	65	69	73	76

Level 1 stats taken from FFXI official strategy guide, spring 2004 version.
Stats up to 99 taken from FFXI Stat Calculator and do not include subjobs. [1]

Effects of Job

Different Jobs (Main or Support) provide varying amounts of STR to the player character. In order of impact:

1. (Tied) Dark Knight, Warrior
2. (Tied) Dragoon, Paladin, Rune Fencer
3. (Tied) Monk, Ninja, Samurai
4. (Tied) Bard, Beastmaster, Dancer, Red Mage, Thief, White Mage, Blue Mage^‡
5. (Tied) Corsair, Puppetmaster, Ranger
6. (Tied) Black Mage, Scholar
7. Summoner

^‡Set Blue Magic spells also have an impact on player STR, this ranking is based on a Blue Mage with zero spells set.