Mind

Abbreviation: MND

A stat that affects:

• White Magic
  • Banish and Holy damage
  • Cure and Curaga healing
  • Cure damage, when used on undead
  • Flash, Paralyze, and Slow accuracy, duration, and potency
  • Silence accuracy and duration
  • Stoneskin potency
• Magic Resistance
  • MND increases resistance to White Magic spells as well as reducing base damage taken from them.
  • Some people believe that MND increases resistance to all spells, not just White Magic, but there are no known published tests that show this conclusively. See Magical Resistance.
• Job Abilities
  • Monk's Chi Blast damage
  • Paladin's Chivalry MP gain and Cover duration
• Holy Bolts, and some Blue Mage spells such as Mind Blast and Magic Hammer

Associated with the element of Water. Many water-based items add MND to a character's Stats. Example: Leviathan's Rod

Breakdown of Level 1 and 75 Mind Stats by Race and Job Sorted Highest to Lowest

Based off White Mage Mind score

Elvaan: 9 ; 68

Galka: 8 ; 63

Hume: 8 ; 63

Mithra: 8 ; 60

Tarutaru: 8 ; 60

Level 1 stats taken from FFXI official strategy guide, spring 2004 version.
Level 75 stats gathered from Allakhazam.com and do not include stat bonuses from sub jobs

MND Rankings based on Job

1. White Mage
2. Summoner
3. Paladin, Red Mage
6. Bard, Blue Mage, Monk, Ranger, Scholar OOE
11. Beastmaster, Black Mage, Corsair OOE, Dragoon, Samurai
16. Dancer OOE, Puppetmaster OOE, Warrior
19. Dark Knight, Ninja, Thief