Thief

Job Overview

Specializing in covert actions, Thieves (THF) aim for the perfect opportunity to attack the enemy. Using Sneak Attack and Trick Attack, thieves can inflict massive amounts of damage while 'tricking' the enemy into thinking it was someone else. Thieves also have the ability to steal amounts of enmity from players in their party with the abilities Accomplice and Collaborator. These abilities help to control the party's enmity levels, and trick enemies into thinking that the party's tank is the primary threat. Players starting the game as a Thief receive an Onion Knife. Thieves also have many tools at their disposal to get out of sticky situations in the game. Not only do they possess the highest Evasion rating in the game, but they also have abilities such as Flee and Hide, which allow them to escape most dangers unharmed. Additional abilities such as Steal, Mug, Gilfinder, and Treasure Hunter, as well as their unique ability to pick Treasure Chests and Treasure Coffers with their thief's tools, makes the Thief the optimal choice for acquiring gil and items. Table of Contents: Abilities • Traits • Merits • Combat Skills Artifact Equipment • Thief Guides

Job Abilities Level  Name 01  Perfect Dodge 05  Steal 15  Sneak Attack 25  Flee 30  Trick Attack 35  Mug 45  Hide 65  Accomplice 65  Collaborator 75 (Merit)  Assassin's Charge 75 (Merit)  Feint 77  Despoil 87  Conspirator 93  Bully

Job Traits Level  Name 05  Gilfinder 10  Evasion Bonus 15  Treasure Hunter 20  Resist Gravity 30  Evasion Bonus II 40  Resist Gravity II 45  Treasure Hunter II 50  Evasion Bonus III 55  Triple Attack 60  Assassin 60  Resist Gravity III 70  Evasion Bonus IV 75  Resist Gravity IV 75 (Merit)  Aura Steal 75 (Merit)  Ambush 76  Evasion Bonus V 78  Critical Attack Bonus 81  Resist Gravity V 83  Dual Wield 84  Critical Attack Bonus II 85  Gilfinder II 87  Dual Wield II 90  Treasure Hunter III 98  Dual Wield III

Group 1 Merits Level  Name Merit  Flee Recast Merit  Hide Recast Merit  Sneak Attack Recast Merit  Trick Attack Recast Merit  Triple Attack Rate

Combat Skill Ratings

Skill	Skill Ranking	Cap at Level 1	Cap at Level 49	Cap at Level 99
Dagger	A-	6	150	417
Sword	D	4	133	334
Club	E	4	121	300
Hand-to-Hand	E	4	121	300
Marksmanship	C+	5	139	378
Archery	C-	5	139	368
Throwing	D	4	133	334
Evasion	A+	6	150	424
Parrying	A-	6	150	417
Shield	F	4	114	265

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

Artifact Equipment

To see a side by side comparison of Artifact/Relic sets visit Thief Artifact/Relic Sets Comparison.

To see a side by side comparison of the Empyrean sets visit Raider's Sets Comparison.

Artifact Set Level Artifact 30  Rogue's Torque 40  Marauder's Knife 52  Rogue's Armlets 54  Rogue's Bonnet 56  Rogue's Culottes 58  Rogue's Vest 60  Rogue's Poulaines

Artifact Set +1 Level Artifact 74  Rogue's Armlets +1 74  Rogue's Bonnet +1 74  Rogue's Culottes +1 74  Rogue's Vest +1 74  Rogue's Poulaines +1

Relic Set Level Relic 70  Assassin's Cape 71  Assassin's Bonnet 72  Assassin's Vest 73  Assassin's Poulaines 74  Assassin's Culottes 75  Assassin's Armlets

Relic Set +1 Level Relic 75  Assassin's Bonnet +1 75  Assassin's Vest +1 75  Assassin's Poulaines +1 75  Assassin's Culottes +1 75  Assassin's Armlets +1 Relic Set +2 Level Relic 90  Assassin's Bonnet +2 90  Assassin's Vest +2 90  Assassin's Poulaines +2 90  Assassin's Culottes +2 90  Assassin's Armlets +2

Relic/Mythic/Empyrean Weapons Level Weapon 75  Mandau (Relic)  Vajra (Mythic) 80  Mandau (Relic)  Vajra (Mythic)  Twashtar (Empyrean) 85  Mandau (Relic)  Vajra (Mythic)  Twashtar (Empyrean) 90  Mandau (Relic)  Vajra (Mythic)  Twashtar (Empyrean) 95  Mandau (Relic)  Vajra (Mythic)  Twashtar (Empyrean)

Empyrean Set (+1, +2) Level Empyrean 80  Raider's Belt 81  Raider's Poulaines / +1 / +2 83  Raider's Culottes / +1 / +2 84  Raider's Boomerang 85  Raider's Bonnet / +1 / +2 87  Raider's Armlets / +1 / +2 89  Raider's Vest / +1 / +2 90  Raider's Earring

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	76	77	78	79	80
A+	207	212	217	222	227	232	236	241	246	251	256	261	266	271	276	281	286	291	296	301
A-	207	211	215	219	223	227	231	235	239	244	249	254	259	264	269	274	279	284	289	294
B+	199	203	207	210	214	218	221	225	229	233	237	241	246	251	256	261	266	271	276	281
B	199	202	205	208	212	215	218	221	225	228	232	236	240	245	250	255	260	265	270	275
B-	198	201	204	206	209	212	214	217	220	223	226	229	232	236	240	245	250	255	260	265
C+	192	195	197	200	202	205	207	210	212	215	218	221	224	227	230	235	240	245	250	255
C	192	194	196	199	201	203	205	208	210	212	214	217	219	222	225	230	235	240	245	250
C-	192	194	196	198	200	202	204	206	208	210	212	214	216	218	220	225	230	235	240	245
D	184	186	188	190	192	194	195	197	199	201	203	205	207	208	210	214	218	222	226	230
E	172	174	176	178	180	182	184	186	188	190	192	194	196	198	200	203	206	209	212	215
F	161	163	165	167	169	171	173	175	177	179	181	183	185	187	189	191	193	195	197	199

Skill Rank /   Job Level	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99
A+	307	313	319	325	331	337	343	349	355	361	368	375	382	389	396	403	410	417	424
A-	300	306	312	318	324	330	336	342	348	354	361	368	375	382	389	396	403	410	417
B+	287	293	299	305	311	317	323	329	335	341	348	355	362	369	376	383	390	397	404
B	281	287	293	299	305	311	317	323	329	335	342	349	356	363	370	377	384	391	398
B-	271	277	283	289	295	301	307	313	319	325	332	339	346	353	360	367	374	381	388
C+	261	267	273	279	285	291	297	303	309	315	322	329	336	343	350	357	364	371	378
C	256	262	268	274	280	286	292	298	304	310	317	324	331	338	345	352	359	366	373
C-	251	257	263	269	275	281	287	293	299	305	312	319	326	333	340	347	354	361	368
D	235	240	245	250	255	260	265	270	275	280	286	292	298	304	310	316	322	328	334
E	219	223	227	231	235	239	243	247	251	255	260	265	270	275	280	285	290	295	300
F	202	205	208	211	214	217	220	223	226	229	233	237	241	245	249	253	257	261	265

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 UPDATE: As of the July 2012 Update a player no longer needs to use defensive skills to gain skill ups. A player can still gain skill points in Evasion, Parrying, and Shield without actually evading, parrying, or blocking an attack.
• 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 of the skill for your job
• 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 Lv 61-80 in the skill caps tables
• Moving along the B+/B/B- rows, skill level 150 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, skill level 150 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

Note that:

• By fighting Decent Challenge or higher mobs, you can always cap any combat/magic skill
• Similarly, in order to cap any skill, you must fight Decent Challenge 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

Special Consideration:

• Several jobs are capable of equipping weapons (or shields) while also not having access to that combat skill.
• Jobs that do not innately possess a skill are considered to have a 0 in that skill, even if they have that skill leveled on another job.

Thief Guides

• Job Specific Equipment/Thief
• How-To Guide: Thief
• Thief: Guide to Playing the Job
• Thief: Guide to Weapons and Armor
• Equipment Guide
• Thief Empyrean equipment guide by Kraftlos
• Thief TP Build Equipment
• SATA: Using Sneak Attack and Trick Attack
• Thief Weapon Skill Damage Guide by Malizia
• Thief Solo Guide by Verbatim
• Guide to Dispelling Effects (Useful only if you decide to merit the lvl75 trait/ability Aura Steal )
• Picking your Coffers and Chests
• Shattering Stars/Thief
• Endgame Thief Guide by Malizia