Jobs & skills
Scholar
A book-bearing support caster who heals companions, protects the party and slows foes.
- Role
- Healing & protection
- Weapon
- Spellbook
Playing a Scholar
Use Arcane Bolt between support casts. Frost Lance slows a pursuer and gives the group time to reposition.
Intellect improves magic attack and healing power. Spirit increases your SP pool and magic defense; Vitality helps you survive pressure.
Your job grid
Open The Living Codex from your character sheet to improve attributes and learn later abilities. Click connected nodes to plan your training; click a ranked node again to add another rank. Train the connected prerequisite ranks, then choose Apply to spend the points and learn your choices. Leveling alone does not learn these later skills.
Skills
| Skill | Learned through | SP | Cooldown | Cast | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arcane Bolt | Starting ability | 0 | 0.9 s | 0.26 s | Release an arcane bolt at a distant foe. |
| Mending Light | Starting ability | 16 | 8 s | 0.8 s | Restore HP to yourself and nearby party members. Healing grows with magic attack. |
| Frost Lance | Job grid · 2 points | 10 | 4 s | 0.55 s | Strike a distant foe with ice and slow its movement for 3 seconds. |
| Protective Ward | Job grid · 3 points | 14 | 10 s | 0.65 s | Reduce incoming enemy damage to yourself and nearby party members by 30% for 8 seconds. |
In a party
Keep companions close for Mending Light and Protective Ward. Cast Ward before a dangerous attack, then heal the party after it lands.