"During the Crystal War, these military tacticians often served as high-ranking officers in allied forces across Vana'diel. Extensive knowledge of ancient martial theory granted Scholars the ability to wield dual schools of magic, between which they would alternate depending on the situation at hand."

—Official Description

See also: Scholar.

Scholar is a job introduced to Final Fantasy XI in the expansion Wings of the Goddess. Scholars, like Red Mages, can cast some White Magic, and some Black Magic. Scholars use the Grimoire when they go into battle to grant them access to additional spells. Scholars also enjoy having the exclusive ability to alter the weather around a player, giving them and their allies an advantage through their storm spells. Helix spells are another school of spells exclusive to the Scholar. Helix spells are generally damage over time spells, with effectiveness varying according to the weather and elemental staves equipped.

Contents 1 Becoming a Scholar 2 Job Abilities 3 Job traits 4 Stratagems 5 Spell list 6 Skills 6.1 Combat Skill Ratings 6.2 Base Magic Skill Ratings 6.3 Magic Skill Ratings With Light Arts 6.4 Magic Skill Ratings With Dark Arts 7 Scholars in Final Fantasy XI 7.1 Strengths 7.2 Weaknesses 8 Support Jobs 8.1 White Mage 8.2 Black Mage 8.3 Red Mage 9 Other appearances 9.1 Final Fantasy Trading Card Game 10 Gallery

Becoming a ScholarEdit

The quest to become a Scholar is undertaken at the Eldieme Necropolis during the Crystal War. The player must speak with Erline to begin the quest "A Little Knowledge." While signing up, they will asked to retrieve sheets of vellum paper. Upon returning with the fresh paper, they will be tasked with empowering their own Grimoire. Players must use the two-hour abilities Manafont, Chainspell, Astral Flow, or Azure Lore as part of a one-time activation. With their Grimoire, the player now has Scholar unlocked.

Job AbilitiesEdit Level  Name 1  Tabula Rasa 10  Light Arts  Dark Arts 35  Sublimation 65  Modus Veritas 75 Merit  Enlightenment 76  Libra

Job traitsEdit Level  Name 10  Resist Silence 20  Clear Mind 25  Conserve MP 30  Max MP Boost 35  Clear Mind II 40  Resist Silence II 50  Clear Mind III 65  Clear Mind IV 70  Resist Silence III 75 Merit  Stormsurge 78  Occult Acumen 79  Magic Burst Bonus

StratagemsEdit

Displays Grimoire abilities available when using Light Arts or Dark Arts.

• The abilities available within Stratagems correspond to the type of Arts the scholar currently has activated.
• No abilities will be displayed if neither Light Arts nor Dark Arts has been selected.
• Stratagems do not have a recast time.
  • However, the use of these abilities is restricted by the number of "charges" available, with each ability consuming one charge per use.
  • When using the "/recast" text command, it is necessary to nominate a specific Stratagem to which the scholar currently has access, such as "/recast Celerity".
    This command will display the amount of time remaining until a new charge is generated, as well as the current number of charges available.
• The number of charges available depends on the level of the scholar.
  • When set as main job, a scholar has one charge available at level 10, two at level 30, three at level 50, four at level 70, and a maximum of five at level 90.
  • When set as support job, a scholar has a maximum of two charges available.
• Each charge takes 4/n minute(s) to recharge, where n is the number of charges available. So:
  • 4 minutes from 10-29
  • 2 minutes from 30-49
  • 1 minute and 20 seconds from 50-69
  • 1 minute from 70-89
  • 48 seconds at level 90
• When the Stratagems Addendum: White or Addendum: Black are active, the Scholar gains access to additional white or dark magic spells respectively.
• Spells cast that are incompatible with an activated Strategem will have their normal effect. Active strategems will remain available for up to one minute or until a spell compatible with them is used; Exceptions are the Addendums, which modify your current arts effect and remain active as long as that Arts effect is active.

Level  White Grimoire 10  Penury  Addendum: White 25  Celerity 40  Accession 55  Rapture 75 Merit  Altruism  Tranquility 87  Perpetuance

Level  Black Grimoire 10  Parsimony 25  Alacrity 30  Addendum: Black 40  Manifestation 55  Ebullience 75 Merit  Focalization  Equanimity 87  Immanence

Spell listEdit

Level  Spell 4  Stone 5  Cure 8  Water 10  Poisona ♥  Protect 12  Aero  Paralyna ♥ 13  Aquaveil 15  Deodorize 16  Fire 17  Blindna ♥  Cure II 18  Regen 20  Blizzard  Shell  Sneak 21  Drain 22  Silena ♥ 24  Thunder 25  Invisible 29  Blink 30  Blaze Spikes  Cure III  Protect II  Sleep ♠  Stone II

Level  Spell 32  Cursna ♥  Dispel ♠ 34  Water II 35  Raise  Reraise ♥ 36  Aspir 37  Regen II 38  Aero II 39  Erase ♥ 40  Shell II 41  Sandstorm 42  Fire II 43  Rainstorm 44  Stoneskin 45  Windstorm 46  Blizzard II  Klimaform  Viruna ♥ 47  Firestorm 49  Hailstorm 50  Ice Spikes  Protect III  Stona ♥ 51  Thunder II  Thunderstorm 53  Voidstorm

Level  Spell 54  Stone III 55  Aurorastorm  Cure IV 57  Water III 60  Aero III  Shell III 61  Geohelix 63  Hydrohelix  Fire III 65  Anemohelix  Sleep II ♠ 66  Blizzard III  Protect IV 67  Pyrohelix 69  Cryohelix  Thunder III 70  Raise II ♥  Reraise II ♥  Shock Spikes  Stone IV ♠ 71  Ionohelix  Water IV ♠  Shell IV 72  Aero IV ♠ 73  Fire IV ♠  Noctohelix

Level  Spell 74  Blizzard IV ♠ 75  Luminohelix  Thunder IV ♠ 79  Stone V ♠ 80  Protect V 83  Regen III  Water V ♠ 85  Animus Augeo  Animus Minuo 87  Aero V ♠ 88  Adloquium 90  Break ♠  Shell V

♥ - Available while under the effects of Addendum: White or Enlightenment.

♠ - Available while under the effects of Addendum: Black or Enlightenment.

SkillsEdit

Combat Skill RatingsEdit  Skill Rank Caps by Level 1 37 45 75 90  Club C+ 5 105 128 230 315  Staff C+ 5 105 128 230 315  Dagger D 4 101 122 210 280  Throwing D 4 101 122 210 280  Evasion E 4 94 114 200 255  Parry E 4 94 114 200 255

Base Magic Skill RatingsEdit  Magic Rank Caps by Level 1 37 45 75 90  Dark D 4 101 122 210 280  Divine D 4 101 122 210 280  Elemental D 4 101 122 210 280  Enfeebling D 4 101 122 210 280  Enhancing D 4 101 122 210 280  Healing D 4 101 122 210 280

Magic Skill Ratings With Light ArtsEdit  Magic Rank Caps by Level 1 37 45 75 90  Dark D 4 101 122 210 280  Divine B+ 5 109 132 256 341  Elemental D 4 101 122 210 280  Enfeebling B+ 5 109 132 256 341  Enhancing B+ 5 109 132 256 341  Healing B+ 5 109 132 256 341

Magic Skill Ratings With Dark ArtsEdit  Magic Rank Caps by Level 1 37 45 75 90  Dark B+ 5 109 132 256 341  Divine D 4 101 122 210 280  Elemental B+ 5 109 132 256 341  Enfeebling B+ 5 109 132 256 341  Enhancing D 4 101 122 210 280  Healing D 4 101 122 210 280

Scholars in Final Fantasy XIEdit

StrengthsEdit

• Tremendous versatility, able to switch between healing and offensive magic on the fly.
• Grimoire allows use of Stratagems, which can enhance spells in various ways.
• Storm spells can simulate weather bonuses for party members.
• Exclusive access to Helices, which inflict heavy elemental damage over time.
• At high levels, they can cast Adloquium to increase TP for party members, and use animus spells to adjust party members' enmity gain rates.

WeaknessesEdit

• Low defenses and combat skills, meaning the Scholar won't survive long in close range combat.
• The Scholar does not have a native Magic Attack Bonus trait, and must rely on a support job for it.
• At higher levels, their ability to function as a healer falls behind due to lack of high-end Cure spells.

Support JobsEdit

White MageEdit

This support job enables the Scholar to take on a supporting role. It provides use of barspells, teleportation magic, and haste, and allows them to use Divine Seal.

Black MageEdit

This support job enables the Scholar to take on a more offensive role. However, its effectiveness is somewhat diminished as many of the benefits are also covered by Red Mage. That being said, this support job provides increased INT and enables use of Warp, Escape, and Stun spells in the event of a problem, and enables use of Elemental Seal.

Red MageEdit

The most popular choice of support jobs for Scholar, the Red Mage compliments the Scholar's versatility by filling in many of the gaps in the Scholar's spellbook. This enables some special party capabilities as the Scholar can use Accession to apply Phalanx and Enspells on the entire party. It also enables use Gravity, Refresh, and Convert. Further, it provides Fast Cast, along with up to two tiers of Magic Attack Boost and Magic Defense Boost traits.

Other appearancesEdit

Final Fantasy Trading Card GameEdit

Scholar appears in Final Fantasy Trading Card Game.

GalleryEdit

v · e · dFinal Fantasy XI Jobs
Basic Jobs
Warrior - Monk - White Mage - Black Mage - Red Mage - Thief
Original Advanced Jobs
Paladin - Dark Knight - Beastmaster - Bard - Ranger - Summoner
Rise of the Zilart Jobs
Samurai - Ninja - Dragoon
Treasures of Aht Urhgan Jobs
Blue Mage - Corsair - Puppetmaster
Wings of the Goddess Jobs
Dancer - Scholar
Seekers of Adoulin Jobs
Geomancer - Rune Fencer