Embolden
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Embolden
Increases own magic damage dealt by 10% and damage dealt by nearby party members by 5%.
Duration: 20s
Additional Effect: Grants Thorned Flourish
Duration: 30s— In-game description
Embolden is an action unlocked at level 58. It is available for Red Mage.
Related traits
- Enhanced Embolden (Lv. 92) - Grants Thorned Flourish upon executing Embolden.
Related actions
Notes
- Embolden grants two different, but identically named buffs: Embolden with a
Sword icon is granted to the party (including other red mages), but not to the red mage who executed the action themselves. Instead, they receive Embolden with a 
Staff icon, which only increases magic damage (marked with a 
purple staff); red mage has several actions that do not deal magical damage, but 
physical damage instead, and are thus not affected by Embolden:
- Fleche, Contre Sixte
- Non-enchanted versions of melee actions ( Riposte, Zwerchhau, Redoublement, Moulinet, Reprise)
- Corps-a-corps, Engagement, Displacement
- It is impossible to fit two entire enchanted melee combos within the duration of Embolden at level 90, as each combo, without spellspeed, takes exactly 12.7 seconds to execute. Red Mages may otherwise fit two entire melee combos when below level 89.
- To fit two uses of Resolution, alongside the rest of the actions in the enchanted melee combo, within Embolden, red mages may execute Embolden after Enchanted Redoublement. If the player's ping allows for very comfortable weaving in between 1.5 second windows, they may even execute Embolden after Enchanted Zwerchhau instead, to also fit two executions of Enchanted Redoublement within Embolden.
History
Patch 7.4 (2025-12-16): Increase to own magic damage changed from 5% to 10%.- Patch 7.0 (2024-07-02): The additional effect "Grants Thorned Flourish" has been added with a duration of 30 seconds.
Patch 6.4 (2023-05-23): Effect radius has been increased from 15 to 30 yalms.- Patch 6.0 (2021-12-07):
- Deleted "The effect potency decreases by 20% every 4s".
- Damage increase has been reduced from 10% to 5%.
- Now increases all damage dealt by nearby party members, not just physical damage.
Patch 4.0 (2017-06-20): Added with the original description "Increases own magic damage dealt by 10% and physical damage dealt by nearby party members by 10%. Both effects are reduced by 20% every 4s."