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

• Minor changes to Artifact Armor and significant changes to Fencing Degen.
• Starts the game with an Onion Sword instead of an Onion DaggerOnion Dagger
• Major changes to the relic weapon Mandau, including the new Adaptive Effect.
• 30% reduction in enmity gained from casting Enfeebling Magic while your main job is Red Mage.
• Fast Cast has had its recast reduction halved (cast time reduction is unaffected).
• +1 to base MP recovery rate, for a total of +5, upon reaching 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, down from 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 its recast time has been decreased from 18 to 16 seconds. - Version 1.1
• Poison's DoT effect has been increased from 1 per tick to 4 per tick.

Job Abilities

Level	Name
1	Chainspell
40	Convert

Job Traits

Level	Trait
10	Resist Petrify
15	Fast Cast
20	Magic Attack Bonus
25	Magic Defense Bonus
30	Resist Petrify II
31	Clear Mind
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

Spell List for Red Mage (Level, Name)

1

Dia

3

Cure

4

Stone

5

Barstone

5

Poison 

6

Paralyze

7

Barsleep

7

Protect

8

Blind

9

Barwater

9

Water

10

Barpoison

10

Bio

11

Bind

12

Aquaveil

12

Barparalyze

13

Baraero

13

Slow

14

Aero

14

Cure II

15

Deodorize

15

Diaga

16

Enthunder

17

Barfire

17

Shell

18

Barblind

18

Enstone

18

Silence

19

Fire

20

Blaze Spikes

20

Enaero

20

Sneak

21

Barblizzard

21

Gravity

21

Regen

22

Enblizzard

23

Barsilence

23

Blink

24

Blizzard

24

Enfire

25

Barthunder

25

Invisible

25

Sleep

26

Cure III

27

Enwater

27

Protect II

29

Thunder

31

Dia II

32

Dispel

33

Phalanx

34

Stoneskin

35

Stone II

36

Bio II

37

Shell II

38

Raise

39

Barvirus

40

Ice Spikes

40

Water II

41

Refresh 

43

Barpetrify

45

Aero II

46

Poison II

46

Sleep II

47

Protect III

48

Cure IV

48

Haste 

50

Fire II

55

Blizzard II

57

Shell III

60

Shock Spikes

60

Thunder II

63

Protect IV

65

Stone III

67

Water III

68

Shell IV

69

Aero III

71

Fire III

73

Blizzard III

75

Thunder III

Skills

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
Shield	F	86	189
Parrying	E	94	200

Magic Skills

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

Skill Caps

Level	Dagger	Sword	Club	Archery	Throwing	Evasion	Shield	Parrying	Divine	Healing	Enhancing	Enfeebling	Elemental	Dark
1	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	5	4
2	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	9	7	6
3	10	10	9	9	8	9	8	9	9	10	10	12	10	9
4	13	13	12	12	10	12	10	11	11	13	13	15	13	11
5	16	16	14	14	13	14	13	14	14	16	16	18	16	14
6	19	19	17	17	15	17	15	16	16	19	19	21	19	16
7	22	22	20	20	17	20	17	19	19	21	22	24	21	19
8	25	25	22	22	20	22	20	21	21	24	25	27	24	21
9	28	28	25	25	22	25	22	24	24	27	28	30	27	24
10	31	31	28	28	24	28	24	26	26	30	31	33	30	26
11	34	34	31	31	27	31	27	29	29	33	34	36	33	29
12	36	36	33	33	29	33	29	31	31	35	36	39	35	31
13	39	39	36	36	31	36	31	34	34	38	39	42	38	34
14	42	42	39	39	33	39	33	36	36	41	42	45	41	36
15	45	45	41	41	36	41	36	39	39	44	45	48	44	39
16	48	48	44	44	38	44	38	41	41	47	48	51	47	41
17	51	51	47	47	40	47	40	44	44	49	51	54	49	44
18	54	54	49	49	43	49	43	46	46	52	54	57	52	46
19	57	57	52	52	45	52	45	49	49	55	57	60	55	49
20	60	60	55	55	47	55	47	51	51	58	60	63	58	51
21	63	63	58	58	50	58	50	54	54	61	63	66	61	54
22	65	65	60	60	52	60	52	56	56	63	65	69	63	56
23	68	68	63	63	54	63	54	59	59	66	68	72	66	59
24	71	71	66	66	56	66	56	61	61	69	71	75	69	61
25	74	74	68	68	59	68	59	64	64	72	74	78	72	64
26	77	77	71	71	61	71	61	66	66	75	77	81	75	66
27	80	80	74	74	63	74	63	69	69	77	80	84	77	69
28	83	83	76	76	66	76	66	71	71	80	83	87	80	71
29	86	86	79	79	68	79	68	74	74	83	86	90	83	74
30	89	89	82	82	70	82	70	76	76	86	89	93	86	76
31	92	92	85	85	73	85	73	79	79	89	92	96	89	79
32	94	94	87	87	75	87	75	81	81	91	94	99	91	81
33	97	97	90	90	77	90	77	84	84	94	97	102	94	84
34	100	100	93	93	79	93	79	86	86	97	100	105	97	86
35	103	103	95	95	82	95	82	89	89	100	103	108	100	89
36	106	106	98	98	84	98	84	91	91	103	106	111	103	91
37	109	109	101	101	86	101	86	94	94	105	109	114	105	94
38	112	112	103	103	89	103	89	96	96	108	112	117	108	96
39	115	115	106	106	91	106	91	99	99	111	115	120	111	99
40	118	118	109	109	93	109	93	101	101	114	118	123	114	101
41	121	121	112	112	96	112	96	104	104	117	121	126	117	104
42	123	123	114	114	98	114	98	106	106	119	123	129	119	106
43	126	126	117	117	100	117	100	109	109	122	126	132	122	109
44	129	129	120	120	102	120	102	111	111	125	129	135	125	111
45	132	132	122	122	105	122	105	114	114	128	132	138	128	114
46	135	135	125	125	107	125	107	116	116	130	135	141	130	116
47	138	138	128	128	109	128	109	119	119	133	138	144	133	119
48	141	141	130	130	112	130	112	121	121	136	141	147	136	121
49	144	144	133	133	114	133	114	124	124	139	144	150	139	124
50	147	147	136	136	116	136	116	126	126	142	147	153	142	126
51	151	151	140	140	120	140	120	130	130	146	151	158	146	130
52	156	156	145	145	124	145	124	135	135	151	156	163	151	135
53	161	161	150	150	128	150	128	139	139	156	161	168	156	139
54	166	166	154	154	133	154	133	144	144	161	166	173	161	144
55	171	171	159	159	137	159	137	148	148	166	171	178	166	148
56	176	176	164	164	141	164	141	153	153	170	176	183	170	153
57	181	181	168	168	146	168	146	157	157	175	181	188	175	157
58	186	186	173	173	150	173	150	162	162	180	186	193	180	162
59	191	191	178	178	154	178	154	166	166	185	191	198	185	166
60	196	196	183	183	159	183	159	171	171	190	196	203	190	171
61	199	199	184	184	161	184	161	172	172	192	199	207	192	172
62	202	202	186	186	163	186	163	174	174	194	203	212	195	174
63	205	205	188	188	165	188	165	176	176	196	207	217	197	176
64	208	208	190	190	167	190	167	178	178	198	210	222	200	178
65	212	212	192	192	169	192	169	180	180	200	214	227	202	180
66	215	215	194	194	171	194	171	182	182	202	218	232	205	182
67	218	218	195	195	173	195	173	184	184	204	221	236	207	184
68	221	221	197	197	175	197	175	186	186	206	225	241	210	186
69	225	225	199	199	177	199	177	188	188	208	229	246	212	188
70	228	228	201	201	179	201	179	190	190	210	233	251	215	190
71	232	232	202	202	181	202	181	192	192	212	237	256	218	192
72	236	236	204	204	183	204	183	194	194	214	242	261	221	194
73	241	241	206	206	185	206	185	196	196	216	246	266	224	196
74	245	245	208	208	187	208	187	198	198	218	251	271	227	198
75	250	250	210	210	189	210	189	200	200	220	256	276	230	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	74	Feet	RDM	DEF: 15 MP +16 AGI +3 INT +3 MND +3 Shield skill +10	none
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	74	Hands	RDM	DEF: 17 MP +17 DEX +6 INT +2 MND +2 Parrying skill +15	none
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	none
Warlock's Tights +1	74	Legs	RDM	DEF: 33 MP +18 MND +5 Healing Magic skill +10 Enhancing Magic skill +15	none

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

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	none
Duelist's Chapeau +1	75	Head	RDM	DEF: 25 HP +14 MP +14 MND +3 Enfeebling Magic skill +15 Adds "Refresh" effect	none
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)