Final Fantasy 14: Complete Guide To Playing Black Mage
Want to know how to play the Black Mage job in Final Fantasy 14? You're in the right place, pull up a chair, and let us demystify the dark arts for you.
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The Black Mage is a magical ranged DPS job and is often compared to a stationary cannon. It's your job to get in position and continually blast enemies with high damage-dealing spells. You're the one bringing the pain to the party, as you have great area-of-effect (AoE) damage, and have excellent amounts of continuous big single target damage.
There are two ways of becoming a Black Mage. One is to create a new character and select the Thaumaturge class, as this is the only class that can specialize as a Black Mage at level 30.
On your existing characters, you can go to Ul'dah in the Steps of Nald - you can speak to Yayake to start the "Way of the Thaumaturge" and begin leveling this class to level 30.
To become a Black Mage, you have to have completed the level 30 Thaumaturge class quest - "Facing Your Demons" and complete the "Sylph Management" step of the Main Scenario Quest. This will then unlock the "Taking the Black" quest, which allows you to specialize as a Black Mage upon completion.
There are a bunch of quests for the Black Mage which unlock various rewards and important abilities. The table below shows the level you get the quests, and what you get from completing them.
While veterans of Final Fantasy 14 will already know this - if you're new to the game, it's always a good idea to complete the job quests for whatever job you're leveling. It gives you a good amount of experience points, decent gear, and most importantly, unlocks some core abilities a job needs to work properly.
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