Red Mage

Red Mage
Abbreviation:	RDM
Expansion Pack:	Final Fantasy XI
How to Unlock:	Starter Job
Page Contents:	Abilities Spells List Skills Merits Equipment Guides

Red Mages (RDM) are called the Jack of All Trades by many for their abilities to cast White Magic, Black Magic, and fight with swords and daggers. Though their healing, nuking, and fighting skills aren't as good as those of the specialists - White Mages, Black Mages, and Warriors - they are still competent. Their real strengths lie in their mastery of enhancing and enfeebling skills when within a party, and leveraging their many "trades" against their enemies when outside of one. Players starting the game as a Red Mage receive an Onion Sword and have the spell Dia available to cast.

Horizon Changes

• Starts the game with an Onion Sword instead of an Onion Dagger.
• Minor changes to Artifact Armor and significant changes to Fencing Degen.
• Major changes to the relic weapon Mandau including the new Adaptive Effect.
• 30% reduction in enmity gained from casting enfeebling magic while on Red Mage as your main job.
• Fast Cast has had its recast reduction halved (cast time reduction is unaffected).
• +1 to base MP recovery rate for a total of +5, gained upon obtaining level 75.
• Convert has had its recast increased from 10 to 13 minutes.
• The group 1 merit Convert Recast Reduction now only reduces the recast by 12 seconds as opposed to 20.
• Some Elemental magic scrolls bought from vendors have reduced prices. The amount needs further investigation but appears to be around 40%. Scrolls with reduced prices can be found to be marked as such on the wiki.
• The cost of Refresh has been increased from 40 to 50 MP and it's recast time has been decreased from 18 to 16 seconds. - Version 1.1
• Poison's DoT effect has been increased from 1 a tick to 4 a tick.

Job Abilities

Level	Name
1	Chainspell
40	Convert

Job Traits

Level	Name
10	Resist Petrify I
15	Fast Cast
20	Magic Attack Bonus
25	Magic Defense Bonus
30	Resist Petrify II
31	Clear Mind I
35	Fast Cast II
40	Magic Attack Bonus II
45	Magic Defense Bonus II
50	Resist Petrify III
53	Clear Mind II
55	Fast Cast III
60	Magic Attack Bonus III
70	Resist Petrify IV
75	Clear Mind III

Spell List

Level	Name	Spell Type
01	Dia	Enfeebling
03	Cure	Healing
04	Stone	Elemental
05	Barstone	Enhancing
05	Poison	Enfeebling
06	Paralyze	Enfeebling
07	Barsleep	Enhancing
07	Protect	Enhancing
08	Blind	Enfeebling
09	Barwater	Enhancing
09	Water	Elemental
10	Barpoison	Enhancing
10	Bio	Dark
11	Bind	Enfeebling
12	Aquaveil	Enhancing
12	Barparalyze	Enhancing
13	Baraero	Enhancing
13	Slow	Enfeebling
14	Aero	Elemental
14	Cure II	Healing
15	Deodorize	Enhancing
15	Diaga	Enfeebling
16	Enthunder	Enhancing
17	Barfire	Enhancing
17	Shell	Enhancing
18	Barblind	Enhancing
18	Enstone	Enhancing

Level	Name	Spell Type
18	Silence	Enfeebling
19	Fire	Elemental
20	Blaze Spikes	Enhancing
20	Enaero	Enhancing
20	Sneak	Enhancing
21	Barblizzard	Enhancing
21	Gravity	Enfeebling
21	Regen	Enhancing
22	Enblizzard	Enhancing
23	Barsilence	Enhancing
23	Blink	Enhancing
24	Blizzard	Elemental
24	Enfire	Enhancing
25	Barthunder	Enhancing
25	Invisible	Enhancing
25	Sleep	Enfeebling
26	Cure III	Healing
27	Enwater	Enhancing
27	Protect II	Enhancing
29	Thunder	Elemental
31	Dia II	Enfeebling
32	Dispel	Enfeebling
33	Phalanx	Enhancing
34	Stoneskin	Enhancing
35	Stone II	Elemental
36	Bio II	Dark

Level	Name	Spell Type
37	Shell II	Enhancing
38	Raise	Healing
39	Barvirus	Enhancing
40	Ice Spikes	Enhancing
40	Water II	Elemental
41	Refresh	Enhancing
43	Barpetrify	Enhancing
45	Aero II	Elemental
46	Poison II	Enfeebling
46	Sleep II	Enfeebling
47	Protect III	Enhancing
48	Cure IV	Healing
48	Haste	Enhancing
50	Fire II	Elemental
55	Blizzard II	Elemental
57	Shell III	Enhancing
60	Shock Spikes	Enhancing
60	Thunder II	Elemental
63	Protect IV	Enhancing
65	Stone III	Elemental
67	Water III	Elemental
68	Shell IV	Enhancing
69	Aero III	Elemental
71	Fire III	Elemental
73	Blizzard III	Elemental
75	Thunder III	Elemental

Melee Skills

Skill	Rank	37	75
Dagger	B	109	250
Sword	B	109	250
Club	D	101	210

Ranged Skills

Skill	Rank	37	75
Archery	D	101	210
Throwing	F	86	189

Defensive Skills

Skill	Rank	37	75
Evasion	D	101	210
Parrying	E	94	200
Shield	F	86	189

Magic Skills

Skill	Rank	37	75
Enfeebling	A+	114	276
Enhancing	B+	109	256
Elemental	C+	105	230
Healing	C-	105	220
Dark	E	94	200
Divine	E	94	200

Group 1 Merits

Name	Description
Convert Recast	-12 seconds per upgrade.
Fire Magic Accuracy	+3 Magic Accuracy per upgrade.
Ice Magic Accuracy	+3 Magic Accuracy per upgrade.
Wind Magic Accuracy	+3 Magic Accuracy per upgrade.
Earth Magic Accuracy	+3 Magic Accuracy per upgrade.
Lightning Magic Accuracy	+3 Magic Accuracy per upgrade.
Water Magic Accuracy	+3 Magic Accuracy per upgrade.

Group 2 Merits

• Currently unavailable on Horizon.

Job Specific Equipment

Artifact Weapons

Name	Level	Damage	Delay	DPS	Jobs	Stats	Horizon Changes
Fencing Degen	40	22	224	5.89	RDM	MP +10 INT +3 MND +3 Enfeebling Magic Skill +3	Can be equipped at Lv. 40 instead of Lv. 42 INT +3 MND +3 Enfeebling Magic Skill +3

Artifact Armor

Name	Level	Slot	Jobs	Stats	Horizon Changes
Warlock's Boots	52	Feet	RDM	DEF: 13 MP +11 MND +1 INT +1 +10 Shield skill +10	MND +1 INT +1 instead of AGI +3
Warlock's Gloves	54	Hands	RDM	DEF: 16 MP +12 DEX +4 +10 Parrying skill +10	none
Warlock's Tights	56	Legs	RDM	DEF: 33 MP +13 MND +3 Healing Magic Skill +10 Enhancing magic skill +15	none
Warlock's Tabard	58	Body	RDM	DEF: 44 MP +14 CHR +5 Spell interruption rate down 10% Enfeebling Magic Skill +15	none
Warlock's Chapeau	60	Head	RDM	DEF: 23 MP +20 INT +3 Elemental Magic Skill +10 Enhances "Fast Cast" effect	none

Artifact Armor +1

Name	Level	Slot	Jobs	Stats	Horizon Changes
Warlock's Boots +1 Warlock's Boots +1	74	Feet	RDM	DEF: 15 MP +16 AGI +3 INT +3 MND +3 Shield skill +10	???
Warlock's Chapeau +1	74	Head	RDM	DEF: 24 MP +25 INT +5 Elemental Magic skill +10 Enhances "Fast Cast" effect	none
Warlock's Gloves +1 Warlock's Gloves +1	74	Hands	RDM	DEF: 17 MP +17 DEX +6 INT +2 MND +2 Parrying skill +15	???
Warlock's Tabard +1 Warlock's Tabard +1	74	Body	RDM	DEF: 44 MP +34 Spell interruption rate down 12% Enfeebling Magic skill +15 MP recovered while healing +5	???
Warlock's Tights +1 Warlock's Tights +1	74	Legs	RDM	DEF: 33 MP +18 MND +5 Healing Magic skill +10 Enhancing Magic skill +15	???

Relic Armor

Name	Level	Slot	Jobs	Stats	Horizon Changes
Duelist's Belt	70	Waist	RDM	DEF: 4 INT +4 MND +4 HP recovered while healing +4 MP recovered while healing +4
Duelist's Boots	71	Feet	RDM	DEF: 15 MP +15 MND +4 Evasion skill +5 "Magic Atk. Bonus" +4	none
Duelist's Gloves	72	Hands	RDM	DEF: 17 MP +18 INT +4 Enhancing Magic skill +15 "Magic Def. Bonus" +2	none
Duelist's Tights	73	Legs	RDM	DEF: 33 MP +16 DEX +5 Elemental Magic skill +10 Enhances effect of "Spikes" spells	none
Duelist's Tabard	74	Body	RDM	DEF: 45 MP +24 AGI +4 Healing Magic skill +10 Enhances "Fast Cast" effect	None
Duelist's Chapeau	75	Head	RDM	DEF: 24 MP +14 +10 Enfeebling Magic skill +15 Adds "Refresh" effect	none Can be stored with a Porter Moogle using Storage Slip 06.

Relic Armor +1

Name	Level	Slot	Jobs	Stats	Horizon Changes
Duelist's Boots +1	75	Feet	RDM	DEF: 16 MP +15 MND +5 Evasion skill +5 "Magic Atk. Bonus" +5
Duelist's Chapeau +1	75	Head	RDM	DEF: 25 HP +14 MP +14 MND +3 Enfeebling Magic skill +15 Adds "Refresh" effect
Duelist's Gloves +1	75	Hands	RDM	DEF: 18 MP +23 INT +5 Enhancing Magic skill +15 "Magic Def. Bonus" +2	None
Duelist's Tabard +1	75	Body	RDM	DEF: 46 MP +30 AGI +4 Healing Magic skill +12 Enhances "Fast Cast" effect	None
Duelist's Tights +1	75	Legs	RDM	DEF: 34 MP +16 DEX +6 Elemental Magic Skill +12 Enhances effect of "Spikes" spells	none

Relic Weapons

Name	Level	Damage	Delay	DPS	Jobs	Stats	Horizon Changes
Excalibur	75	49	233	12.62	RDM / PLD	Attack +20 Additional effect: Damage proportionate to current HP "Knights of Round"
Mandau	75	39	176	13.3	RDM / THF / BRD	Attack +20 "Adaptive" "Mercy Stroke" Additional effect: Gravity	Added "Adaptive" trait Additional effect: Gravity instead of Additional effect: Poison

Guides

AF3 (Peace for the Spirit)