Thaumaturge

Introduction

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In the hands of a skilled practitioner, thaumaturgy can be a force of terrifying destruction. At the heart of this school of magic lies the ability to call forth and command the latent aether within oneself through deep introspection. To then mold that aether into sorcery, the thaumaturge makes use of a scepter or staff, within which is housed a medium—a natural stone imbued with magical properties. Thus armed, the thaumaturge is capable of wreaking considerable havoc via ruinous spells and curses.

— FinalFantasyXIV.com Thaumaturge

Thaumaturges are mages specialized in dark magic. Their affinity with dark arts allow them to cast strong spells to inflict damage either on an opponent or a group of enemies. Using destructive spells also drains their magical endurance, and to maintain stability they have to shift between fire and ice.

General information

Guild

The Thaumaturges' Guild is in Ul'dah - Steps of Nald. If you choose thaumaturge as your first class, you will start off in the city of Ul'dah. At level 30, thaumaturges must specialize into Black Mage.

Equipment

The thaumaturge is a disciple of magic and wears armor "of Casting." They use staves as weapons, with scepters and shields available up to level 50. The following crafting classes can create items that are useful to the thaumaturge:

• Carpenter — Shields.
• Weaver — Casting armor.
• Goldsmith — Staves, scepters, earrings, bracelets, necklaces and rings.

Hunting Log

See thaumaturge hunting log.

Quests

Quest	Type	Level	Quest Giver	Unlocks	Rewards
Way of the Thaumaturge		1	Yayake	Thaumaturge	1   Weathered Scepter 1   Square Maple Shield 5   Raisins 1   Square Maple Shield
My First Scepter		1	Cocobuki
The Threat of Intimacy		5	Cocobuki		1   Bone Staff 1   Custom-made Robe of Casting 1   Hempen Hat 1   Bone Ring 1   Copper Wristlets 5   Allagan Tin Piece
The Threat of Paucity		10	Cocobuki		1   Copper Scepter 1   Amateur's Dalmatica 1   Amateur's Hempen Coif 1   Hempen Dress Gloves 1   Amateur's Duckbills 2   Allagan Bronze Piece
The Threat of Superiority		15	Cocobuki	Scathe	1   Brass Cudgel 1   Square Ash Shield 1   Cotton Cowl 1   Hard Leather Ringbands 1   Cotton Tights 1   Hard Leather Boots 2   Allagan Bronze Piece
The Threat of Perplexity		20	Cocobuki		1   Staghorn Staff 1   Altered Cotton Dalmatica 1   Ash Mask (Lapis Lazuli) 1   Cotton Dress Gloves 1   Cotton Dress Shoes 5   Allagan Bronze Piece
The Hidden Chapter		25	Cocobuki		1   Toothed Staghorn Staff 1   Cotton Halfrobe 1   Goatskin Ringbands 1   Altered Goatskin Moccasins 1   Silver Spectacles 1   Allagan Silver Piece
Facing Your Demons		30	Cocobuki	Manaward	1   Silver Scepter 1   Velveteen Bliaud 1   Altered Velveteen Hose 1   Velveteen Gloves 1   Toadskin Boots 3   Allagan Silver Piece

Actions

PvE actions

Action	Acquired		Level	Type	MP	Casting	Recast	Description
Blizzard	THM		1	Spell	400	2.5s	2.5s	Deals ice damage with a potency of 180.
Fire	THM		2	Spell	800	2.5s	2.5s	Deals fire damage with a potency of 180.
Transpose	THM		4	Ability		Instant	5s	Swaps Astral Fire with a single Umbral Ice or Umbral Ice with a single Astral Fire.
Thunder	THM		6	Spell	200	2.5s	2.5s	Deals lightning damage with a potency of 30.
Blizzard II	THM		12	Spell	800	3s	2.5s	Deals ice damage with a potency of 100 to target and all enemies nearby it.
Scathe	THM	1	15	Spell	800	Instant	2.5s	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 100.
Fire II	THM		18	Spell	1,500	3s	2.5s	Deals fire damage with a potency of 100 to target and all enemies nearby it.
Thunder II	THM		26	Spell	400	2.5s	2.5s	Deals lightning damage with a potency of 50 to target and all enemies nearby it.
Manaward	THM	1	30	Ability		Instant	120s	Creates a barrier that nullifies damage totaling up to 30% of maximum HP.
Fire III	THM		35	Spell	2,000	3.5s	2.5s	Deals fire damage with a potency of 260.
Aetherial Manipulation	THM		50	Ability		Instant	10s	Rush to a target party member's side. Unable to cast if bound.

Magic Ranged DPS actions

Action	Acquired	Level	Type	MP	Casting	Recast	Description
Addle	Magical Ranged DPS	8	Ability		Instant	90s	Lowers target's physical damage dealt by 5% and magic damage dealt by 10%.
Sleep	Magical Ranged DPS	10	Spell	800	2.5s	2.5s	Puts target and all nearby enemies to sleep.
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.

Traits

PvE traits

Trait	Acquired		Level	Effect
Magick and Mend	THM		20	Increases base action damage and HP restoration by 10% and allows for the stacking of a second Astral Fire or Umbral Ice.
Thundercloud	THM		28	Grants a 10% chance that after each damage over time tick inflicted by Thunder or Thunder III (3% for Thunder II or Thunder IV), the next Thunder, Thunder II, Thunder III, or Thunder IV will add its full damage over time amount to its initial damage, have no cast time, and cost no MP.
Magick and Mend II	THM		40	Increases base action damage and HP restoration by 30% and allows for the stacking of a third Astral Fire or Umbral Ice which reduces cast times for spells of the opposite element by half.
Firestarter	THM		42	Grants a 40% chance that after casting Fire, your next Fire III will require no MP and have no casting time.

Jobs

The thaumaturge must specialize into BLM, a DPS job.

Core mechanics

The thaumaturge can cast fire and ice spells to inflict damage. In order to maintain MP cost at a bearable level they cycle between fire and ice.

•   Fire - Deals fire damage with a potency of 180.
•   Transpose - Swaps Astral Fire with a single Umbral Ice or Umbral Ice with a single Astral Fire.
•   Manaward - Creates a barrier that nullifies damage totaling up to 30% of maximum HP.

Thaumaturges have Astral Fire and Umbral Ice – specific effects attained upon using fire and ice spells, respectively. Each charge of Astral Fire increases MP cost for the next fire spell, while Umbral Ice increases MP regeneration. In order to maintain a low MP cost to use fire spells thaumaturges are required to use spells from the opposite element; using fire spells remove Umbral Ice stacks if there are any, or build Astral Fire if there's no effect active, using ice spells work the other way around. Transpose is a key ability to balance between both elements.

Achievements

This class is associated with the following achievements:

Name	Points	Task	Reward	Patch
Bring Out Your Dead I	5	Achieve thaumaturge level 10.	-	2.0
Bring Out Your Dead II	5	Achieve thaumaturge level 20.	-	2.0
Bring Out Your Dead III	5	Achieve thaumaturge level 30.	-	2.0
Bring Out Your Dead IV	5	Achieve thaumaturge level 40.	-	2.0
Bring Out Your Dead V	5	Achieve thaumaturge level 50.	-	2.0
Bring Out Your Dead VI	5	Achieve thaumaturge level 60.	-	3.0
Bring Out Your Dead VII	5	Achieve thaumaturge level 70.	-	4.0
Bring Out Your Dead VIII	5	Achieve thaumaturge level 80.	-	5.0
Bring Out Your Dead IX	5	Achieve thaumaturge level 90.	-	6.0

Gallery

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  Thaumaturge casting a dark spell.

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  Thaumaturge Render

External links

• Thaumaturge on the official website.

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