Scholar

Introduction

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In an age long past, when mankind flourished under the radiance of arcane mastery, the island of Vylbrand was home to a city-state called Nym. Though the history of that age tells of countless wars waged with earth-shattering incantations, it was the brilliant strategic maneuvering of Nym's scholars that allowed their mundane army of mariners to throw back would-be conquerers time and again. These learned men and women defended the freedom of their tiny nation with their unique command over spell-weaving faeries, utilizing the creatures' magicks to heal the wounded and bolster the strength of their allies.

— FinalFantasyXIV.com Scholar

Scholar is a job unlockable at level 30 as an upgrade from the arcanist class and is one of four Healer jobs. It is considered a "barrier" healer, along with sage, specializing in reducing incoming damage using shields and mitigation abilities.

General information

Guild

The Scholar's unlock quest is accessed through Murie in the Arcanists' Guild, located in Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks (x4.5, y11.3). Arcanists must specialize into scholar (or summoner) once they reach level 30, and complete the quests Sylph-management and Sinking Doesmaga.

Note: It's required to be an Arcanist to receive the follow-up quest and unlock scholar, this means   Soul of the Summoner must be unequipped.

Note 2: Being the only example of a split-class, Scholar and Summoner share a level since they are both based on Arcanist.

The job trainer is Alka Zolka, who is normally located in Limsa Lominsa Upper Decks (11.1,6.2).

Equipment

The scholar is a disciple of magic and wears armor "of Healing." They use books as weapons. The following crafting classes can create items that are useful to the scholar:

• Alchemist — Books.
• Weaver — Healing armor.
• Goldsmith — Earrings, bracelets, necklaces and rings.

Quests

Quest	Type	Level	Quest Giver	Unlocks	Rewards
Forgotten but Not Gone		30	Murie	Scholar   Adloquium	1   Soul of the Scholar
The Last Remnants		35	Alka Zolka	Succor
The Consequences of Anger		40	Alka Zolka
In the Image of the Ancients		45	Alka Zolka		1   Scholar's Mortarboard 1   Scholar's Gloves 1   Scholar's Culottes 1   Scholar's Boots
For Your Fellow Man		45	Alka Zolka	Lustrate
The Beast Within		50	Alka Zolka	Sacred Soil   Flying Colors I	1   Scholar's Gown 1   Argute Attire Coffer (IL 90)
The Green Death		50	Alka Zolka
Quarantine		52	Surito Carito	Indomitability
False Friends		54	Surito Carito	Broil   Broil Mastery
Ooh Rah		56	Surito Carito	Deployment Tactics
Unseen		58	Surito Carito	Emergency Tactics
Forward, Royal Marines		60	Surito Carito	Dissipation   Flying Colors II	1   Savant's Attire Coffer (IL 210)
The Vanishing Act		60	Alka Zolka
A Safe Place to Hide		63	Surito Carito
In Loving Memory		65	Alka Zolka
The Chase		68	Alka Zolka
Our Unsung Heroes		70	Alka Zolka	Flying Colors III   Aetherpact	1   Orator's Attire Coffer (IL 290)
True Beauty		80	Alka Zolka	Flying Colors IV	1   Piety Materia VII 1   Savage Aim Materia VII 1   Savage Might Materia VII

Actions

PvE actions

Action	Acquired		Level	Type	MP	Casting	Recast	Description
Ruin	SCH		1	Spell	300	1.5s	2.5s	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 150.
Bio	SCH		2	Spell	300	Instant	2.5s	Deals unaspected damage over time.
Physick	SCH		4	Spell	400	1.5s	2.5s	Restores target's HP.
Summon Eos	SCH		4	Spell	200	2.5s	1.5s	Summons the faerie Eos to fight at your side. When set to guard, automatically casts Embrace on party members who suffer damage.
Resurrection	ACN		12	Spell	2,400	8s	2.5s	Resurrects target to a weakened state.
Whispering Dawn	SCH		20	Ability		Instant	60s	Orders faerie to execute Whispering Dawn. If Seraph is summoned, orders her to execute Angel's Whisper.
Bio II	SCH		26	Spell	300	Instant	2.5s	Deals unaspected damage over time.
Adloquium	SCH	1	30	Spell	1,000	2s	2.5s	Restores target's HP.
Succor	SCH	1	35	Spell	1,000	2s	2.5s	Restores own HP and the HP of all nearby party members.
Ruin II	SCH		38	Spell	400	Instant	2.5s	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 220.
Fey Illumination	SCH		40	Ability		Instant	120s	Orders faerie to execute Fey Illumination. If Seraph is summoned, orders her to execute Seraphic Illumination.
Aetherflow	SCH		45	Ability		Instant	60s	Restores 20% of maximum MP.
Energy Drain	SCH		45	Ability		Instant	1s	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 100.
Lustrate	SCH	1	45	Ability		Instant	1s	Restores target's HP.
Art of War	SCH		46	Spell	400	Instant	2.5s	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 165 to all nearby enemies.
Sacred Soil	SCH	1	50	Ability		Instant	30s	Creates a designated area in which party members will only suffer 90% of all damage inflicted.
Indomitability	SCH	1	52	Ability		Instant	30s	Restores own HP and the HP of all nearby party members.
Broil	SCH	1	54	Spell	400	1.5s	2.5s	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 220.
Deployment Tactics	SCH	1	56	Ability		Instant	90s	Extends Galvanize effect cast on self or target to nearby party members.
Emergency Tactics	SCH	1	58	Ability		Instant	20s	Transforms the next Galvanize and Catalyze statuses into HP recovery equaling the amount of damage reduction intended for the barrier.
Dissipation	SCH	1	60	Ability		Instant	180s	Orders your faerie away while granting you a full Aetherflow stack. Also increases healing magic potency by 20%.
Excogitation	SCH		62	Ability		Instant	45s	Grants self or target party member the effect of Excogitation, restoring HP when member's HP falls below 50% or upon effect duration expiration.
Broil II	SCH		64	Spell	400	1.5s	2.5s	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 240.
Chain Strategem	SCH		66	Ability		Instant	120s	Increases rate at which target takes critical hits by 10%.
Aetherpact	SCH	1	70	Ability		Instant	3s	Orders faerie to execute Fey Union with target party member. Effect ends upon reuse.
Dissolve Union	SCH		70	Ability		Instant	1s	Dissolves current Fey Union.
Biolysis	SCH		72	Spell	400	Instant	2.5s	Deals unaspected damage over time.
Broil III	SCH		72	Spell	400	1.5s	2.5s	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 255.
Recitation	SCH		74	Ability		Instant	90s	Allows the execution of Adloquium, Succor, Indomitability, or Excogitation without consuming resources while also ensuring critical HP is restored.
Fey Blessing	SCH		76	Ability		Instant	60s	Orders faerie to execute Fey Blessing.
Summon Seraph	SCH		80	Ability		Instant	120s	Summons Seraph to fight at your side. When set to guard, automatically casts Seraphic Veil on party members who suffer damage.
Consolation	SCH		80	Ability		Instant	20s	Orders Seraph to execute Consolation.
Broil IV	SCH		82	Spell	400	Instant	2.5s	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 295.
Art of War II	SCH		82	Spell	400	Instant	2.5s	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 180 to all nearby enemies.
Protraction	SCH		86	Ability		Instant	60s	Increases maximum HP of a party member or self by 10% and restores the amount increased.
Expedient	SCH		90	Ability		Instant	120s	Grants Expedience and Desperate Measures to all nearby party members.

PvP Actions

Action	Acquired		Level	Type	MP	Casting	Recast	Description
Broil IV (PvP)	SCH		30	Spell		1.44s	2.4s	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 5,000.
Adloquium (PvP)	SCH		30	Spell		Instant	15s	Restores target's HP.
Biolysis (PvP)	SCH		30	Spell		Instant	15s	Afflicts target with Biolysis and Biolytic.
Deployment Tactics (PvP)	SCH		30	Ability		Instant	15s	Extends Galvanize and Catalyze effects cast on self or target to nearby party members.
Mummification (PvP)	SCH		30	Ability		Instant	20s	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 6,000 to all enemies in a cone before you.
Expedient (PvP)	SCH		30	Ability		Instant	30s	Grants Expedience and Desperate Measures to self and all nearby party members.
Consolation (PvP)	SCH		30	Ability		Instant	20s	Orders Seraph to execute Consolation.
Seraphic Veil (PvP)	SCH		30	Spell		Instant	2.5s	Restores target's HP.
Consolation (PvP)	SCH		30	Ability		Instant	1s	Restores the HP of all nearby party members.

Common actions (PvP)

Action	Acquired	Level	Type	MP	Casting	Recast	Description
Standard-issue Elixir (PvP)	ANY	30	Ability		4.5s	5s	Restores your HP and MP to maximum. Casting will be interrupted when damage is taken.
Recuperate (PvP)	ANY	30	Ability	2,500	Instant	1s	Restores own HP.
Purify	ANY	30	Ability		Instant	30s	Removes Stun, Heavy, Bind, Silence, Half-asleep, Sleep, and Deep Freeze.
Guard (PvP)	ANY	30	Ability		Instant	30s	Reduces damage taken by 90% and grants immunity to Stun, Heavy, Bind, Silence, Half-asleep, Sleep, Deep Freeze, and knockback and draw-in effects.
Sprint (PvP)	ANY	30	Ability		Instant	1.5s	Increases movement speed. Effect ends upon reuse or execution of another action.

Limit Break (PvP)

Action	Acquired	Level	Type	MP	Casting	Recast	Description
Summon Seraph (PvP)	SCH	30	Limit Break		Instant	10s	Summons Seraph to fight at a designated location.
Seraph Flight (PvP)	SCH	30	Limit Break		Instant	1s	Grants Seraph Flight and Excogitation to all nearby party members.

Healer actions

Action	Acquired	Level	Type	MP	Casting	Recast	Description
Repose	Healer	8	Spell	600	2.5s	2.5s	Inflicts target with Sleep.
Esuna	Healer	10	Spell	400	1s	2.5s	Removes a single detrimental effect from target.
Lucid Dreaming	Magical Ranged DPS Healer	14	Ability		Instant	60s	Gradually restores own MP.
Swiftcast	Magical Ranged DPS Healer	18	Ability		Instant	60s	Next spell is cast immediately.
Surecast	Magical Ranged DPS Healer	44	Ability		Instant	120s	Spells can be cast without interruption.
Rescue	Healer	48	Ability		Instant	120s	Instantly draw target party member to your side. Cannot be used outside of combat or when target is suffering from certain enfeeblements.

Pet Actions

Shared actions

The following are shared actions used to control a pet behavior.

Action	Description
Away	Order pet to leave the battlefield.
Heel	Order pet to follow behind you.
Place	Order pet to move to a specific location.
Stay	Order pet to remain where it is.
Guard	Order pet to refrain from attacking until you attack or are attacked.
Steady	Order pet to refrain from attacking until ordered to do so.

Eos, Selene, and Seraph

As of patch 5.0 and the release of Shadowbringers, both Eos and Selene have the same actions.

Action	Acquired	Level	Type	Casting	Recast	Description
Embrace	Eos and Selene	1	Spell	Instant	3s	Restores target's HP.
Whispering Dawn	Eos and Selene	20	Ability	Instant	Instant	Gradually restores the HP of all nearby party members.
Fey Illumination	Eos and Selene	40	Ability	Instant	Instant	Increases healing magic potency of all nearby party members by 10%, while reducing magic damage taken by all nearby party members by 5%.
Fey Union	Eos and Selene	70	Ability	Instant	Instant	Gradually restores HP of party member with which faerie has a Fey Union.
Fey Blessing	Eos and Selene	76	Ability	Instant	Instant	Restores the HP of all nearby party members.
Seraphic Veil	Seraph	80	Spell	Instant	3s	Restores target's HP.
Angel's Whisper	Seraph	80	Ability	Instant	Instant	Gradually restores the HP of all nearby party members.
Seraphic Illumination	Seraph	80	Ability	Instant	Instant	Increases healing magic potency of nearby party members by 10%, while reducing magic damage taken by nearby party members by 5%.
Consolation	Seraph	80	Ability	Instant	Instant	Restores the HP of all nearby party members.

Traits

PvE traits

Trait	Acquired		Level	Effect
Maim and Mend	CNJ ACN RDM SGE AST THM		20	Increases base action damage and HP restoration by 10%.
Corruption Mastery	SCH		26	Upgrades Bio to Bio II.
Maim and Mend II	CNJ ACN RDM SGE AST THM		40	Increases base action damage and HP restoration by 30%.
Broil Mastery	SCH	1	54	Upgrades Ruin to Broil and increases the potency of Ruin II to 160, and Art of War to 165.
Broil Mastery II	SCH		64	Upgrades Broil to Broil II and increases the potency of Ruin II to 180.
Corruption Mastery II	SCH		72	Upgrades Bio II to Biolysis.
Broil Mastery III	SCH		72	Upgrades Broil II to Broil III and the potency of Ruin II is increased to 200.
Enhanced Sacred Soil	SCH		78	Adds an additional effect to Sacred Soil that grants healing over time.
Broil Mastery IV	SCH		82	Upgrades Broil III to Broil IV and increases the potency of Ruin II to 220.
Art of War Mastery	SCH		82	Upgrades Art of War to Art of War II.
Enhanced Healing Magic	SCH		85	Increases the healing potency of Physick to 450, Embrace to 180, and Seraphic Veil to 180. Increases the barrier potency of Adloquium to 180% the amount healed and Succor to 160% the amount healed.
Enhanced Deployment Tactics	SCH		88	Reduces Deployment Tactics recast time to 90 seconds.

Job mechanics

Aetherflow & Faerie Gauge is Scholar's Job Gauge.

Aetherflow Gauge

Upon learning the action Aetherflow, the Aetherflow Gauge will be displayed, indicating stacks of Aetherflow.

Aetherflow can be used to execute certain actions such as Lustrate (acquired at level 45) and Excogitation (acquired at level 62).

Simple Mode

Faerie Gauge

Upon learning the action Aetherpact, you'll be able to view the Faerie Gauge, which displays the amount of fae aether.

Fae aether is accumulated when you use Aetherflow to execute certain actions such as Lustrate or Excogitation during battle while a faerie is summoned. Accumulated fae aether can then be used to perform Aetherpact.

Upon learning the action Summon Seraph, you can temporarily call Seraph to fight alongside you in place of Eos or Selene. The Faerie Gauge will indicate how much time remains before she must return.

Simple Mode

Normal

Aetherpact Duration

Seraph Duration

Achievements

This job is associated with the following achievements:

Name	Points	Task	Reward	Patch
Through the Gate IV	5	Achieve arcanist level 40.	-	2.1
Through the Gate V	5	Achieve arcanist level 50.	-	2.1
Through the Gate VI	5	Achieve arcanist level 60.	-	3.0
Through the Gate VII	5	Achieve arcanist level 70.	-	4.0
Through the Gate VIII	5	Achieve arcanist level 80.	-	5.0
Through the Gate IX	5	Achieve arcanist level 90.	-	6.0

Gallery

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  Scholar Eos and Selene faeries.

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  Arcanist, summoner and scholar pets.

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  Scholar Artifact Armor in 2.0 A Realm Reborn.

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  Scholar Artifact Armor in 3.0 Heavensward.

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  Scholar Artifact Armor in 4.0 Stormblood.

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  Scholar Artifact Armor in 5.0 Shadowbringers.

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  Scholar Artifact Armor in 6.0 Endwalker.

See also

• Scholar Macros

External links

• FinalFantasyXIV.com Scholar on the official website.
• Comprehensive Job Guide provided by The Balance.

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