Red Mage Guide — Endwalker 6.3

Red Mage is a magical DPS that primarily does damage by casting spells to build up its Black and White Mana gauges to 50|50, and then spends that mana to use an enchanted melee combo with powerful finisher spells. Compared to other DPS jobs, Red Mage stands out for its excellent utility which includes unique party buffs and clutch recovery spells.

In its casting phase, Red Mage takes advantage of its trait Dualcast, which makes every other spell an instant cast and grants Red Mage unique mobility in between casts. Upon building enough Black and White Mana, Red Mage will spend these resources doing a melee combo comprised of three melee abilities followed by three strong instant-cast finisher spells. The core of Red Mage gameplay is maximizing the number of melee combos you do in a fight while properly utilizing these combos for their mobility and more damage under raid buffs.

Red Mage has access to Embolden, a strong raidwide party damage buff. In addition to this, Red Mage also has plenty of non-damage utility capabilities, such as Magick Barrier, its raidwide party mitigation and healing buff. It can also use Verraise to assist healers with raises in relevant situations, in addition to Vercure, which Red Mage can use during downtime or in progression scenarios to help keep itself and its party alive.

Red Mage is an intuitive job that is easy to learn and great for beginners, but it also has a high level of optimization available for people who enjoy a higher skill ceiling.

Red Mage can be unlocked once you have reached level 50 with a Disciple of War or Magic job and have access to the Stormblood expansion. Once you meet these requirements, the quest to unlock the job, "Taking the Red," can be found in Ul'dah in the Steps of Thal (x:14,2, y:11,8). Completing this quest will reward you with the Red Mage job stone, and you will begin as a level 50 Red Mage.

The Balance Gauge displays your current levels of Black Mana and White Mana.

During your casting phase, you generate Black Mana by casting Verthunder III, Verfire, or Verthunder II. White Mana is generated by casting Veraero III, Verstone, or Veraero II. Casting Jolt II or Impact will generate both Black and White Mana. While casting these spells, you must keep the amount of Black Mana and White Mana within 30 of each other, signified by the red crystal at the top of the gauge. If your mana becomes unbalanced, the crystal will change color, and you will begin to generate the lower mana at half of the normal rate.

Once you have accumulated 50 Black Mana and 50 White Mana, you can begin your melee combo. Your melee combo begins with three weaponskills: Enchanted Riposte, Enchanted Zwerchhau, and Enchanted Redoublement. Each of these weaponskills consume Black and White Mana and give you a Mana Stack, shown at the bottom of the job gauge. Once you have three Mana Stacks, you can use your finishers: Verflare or Verholy, Scorch, and Resolution. Casting Verflare generates Black Mana, and casting Verholy generates White Mana. Casting Scorch and Resolution generates both Black and White Mana.

If you would prefer to watch a video that provides an overview of Red Mage, feel free to give the video below a watch. The video was provided by Julia Care, a member of the community on The Balance Discord server.

Action Name	Cast Recast	Range Radius	Effect
Enchanted Riposte Lv. 1	Instant 1.5s	↔ 3y 0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 280. Additional Effect: Grants a Mana Stack Balance Gauge Cost: 20 Black Mana Balance Gauge Cost: 20 White Mana ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Riposte Lv. 1	Instant 2.5s	↔ 3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 130. Action upgraded to Enchanted Riposte if both Black Mana and White Mana are at 20 or more.
Jolt Lv. 2	2.0s 2.5s	↔ 25y 0y	MP Cost: 200.0 Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 170. Additional Effect: Increases both Black Mana and White Mana by 2
Verthunder Lv. 4	5.0s 2.5s	↔ 25y 0y	MP Cost: 300.0 Deals lightning damage with a potency of 360. Additional Effect: Increases Black Mana by 6 Additional Effect: 50% chance of becoming Verfire Ready Duration: 30s
Corps-a-corps Lv. 6	Instant 35.0s	↔ 25y 0y	Rushes target and delivers an attack with a potency of 130. Maximum Charges: 2 Cannot be executed while bound.
Veraero Lv. 10	5.0s 2.5s	↔ 25y 0y	MP Cost: 300.0 Deals wind damage with a potency of 360. Additional Effect: Increases White Mana by 6 Additional Effect: 50% chance of becoming Verstone Ready Duration: 30s
Scatter Lv. 15	5.0s 2.5s	↔ 25y 5y	MP Cost: 400.0 Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 120 to target and all enemies nearby it. Acceleration Potency: 170 Additional Effect: Increases both Black Mana and White Mana by 3
Verthunder II Lv. 18	2.0s 2.5s	↔ 25y 5y	MP Cost: 400.0 Deals lightning damage with a potency of 140 to target and all enemies nearby it. Additional Effect: Increases Black Mana by 7
Veraero II Lv. 22	2.0s 2.5s	↔ 25y 5y	MP Cost: 400.0 Deals wind damage with a potency of 140 to target and all enemies nearby it. Additional Effect: Increases White Mana by 7
Verfire Lv. 26	2.0s 2.5s	↔ 25y 0y	MP Cost: 200.0 Deals fire damage with a potency of 330. Additional Effect: Increases Black Mana by 5 Can only be executed while Verfire Ready is active.
Verstone Lv. 30	2.0s 2.5s	↔ 25y 0y	MP Cost: 200.0 Deals earth damage with a potency of 330. Additional Effect: Increases White Mana by 5 Can only be executed while Verstone Ready is active.
Enchanted Zwerchhau Lv. 35	Instant 1.5s	↔ 3y 0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 150. Combo Action: Riposte or Enchanted Riposte Combo Potency: 340 Additional Effect: Grants a Mana Stack Balance Gauge Cost: 15 Black Mana Balance Gauge Cost: 15 White Mana ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Zwerchhau Lv. 35	Instant 2.5s	↔ 3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Combo Action: Riposte or Enchanted Riposte Combo Potency: 150 Action upgraded to Enchanted Zwerchhau if both Black Mana and White Mana are at 15 or more.
Displacement Lv. 40	Instant 35.0s	↔ 5y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 180. Additional Effect: 15-yalm backstep Maximum Charges: 2 Cannot be executed while bound. Shares a recast timer with Engagement.
Engagement Lv. 40	Instant 35.0s	↔ 3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 180. Maximum Charges: 2 Shares a recast timer with Displacement.
Fleche Lv. 45	Instant 25.0s	↔ 25y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 460.
Acceleration Lv. 50	Instant 55.0s	↔ 0y 0y	Ensures the next Verthunder III, Veraero III, or Impact can be cast immediately. Duration: 20s Additional Effect: Increases the potency of Impact by 50 Additional Effect: Ensures Verthunder III and Veraero III trigger Verfire Ready or Verstone Ready respectively Maximum Charges: 2
Enchanted Redoublement Lv. 50	Instant 2.2s	↔ 3y 0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 130. Combo Action: Enchanted Zwerchhau Combo Potency: 500 Additional Effect: Grants a Mana Stack Balance Gauge Cost: 15 Black Mana Balance Gauge Cost: 15 White Mana ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Redoublement Lv. 50	Instant 2.5s	↔ 3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Combo Action: Zwerchhau or Enchanted Zwerchhau Combo Potency: 230 Action upgraded to Enchanted Redoublement if both Black Mana and White Mana are at 15 or more.
Enchanted Moulinet Lv. 52	Instant 1.5s	↔ 8y 8y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 130 to all enemies in a cone before you. Additional Effect: Grants a Mana Stack Balance Gauge Cost: 20 Black Mana Balance Gauge Cost: 20 White Mana ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Moulinet Lv. 52	Instant 2.5s	↔ 8y 8y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 60 to all enemies in a cone before you. Action upgraded to Enchanted Moulinet if both Black Mana and White Mana are at 20 or more.
Vercure Lv. 54	2.0s 2.5s	↔ 30y 0y	MP Cost: 500.0 Restores target's HP. Cure Potency: 350
Contre Sixte Lv. 56	Instant 45.0s	↔ 25y 6y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 360 to target and all enemies nearby it.
Embolden Lv. 58	Instant 120.0s	↔ 0y 30y	Increases own magic damage dealt by 5% and damage dealt by nearby party members by 5%. Duration: 20s
Manafication Lv. 60	Instant 120.0s	↔ 0y 0y	Increases both Black Mana and White Mana by 50. Additional Effect: Grants 6 stacks of Manafication Manafication Effect: Increases magic damage dealt by 5% Duration: 15s All combos are canceled upon execution of Manafication. Can only be executed while in combat.
Jolt II Lv. 62	2.0s 2.5s	↔ 25y 0y	MP Cost: 200.0 Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 310. Additional Effect: Increases both Black Mana and White Mana by 2
Verraise Lv. 64	10.0s 2.5s	↔ 30y 0y	MP Cost: 2400.0 Resurrects target to a weakened state.
Impact Lv. 66	5.0s 2.5s	↔ 25y 5y	MP Cost: 400.0 Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 210 to target and all enemies nearby it. Acceleration Potency: 260 Additional Effect: Increases both Black Mana and White Mana by 3
Verflare Lv. 68	Instant 2.5s	↔ 25y 5y	Deals fire damage to target and all enemies nearby it with a potency of 580 for the first enemy, and 60% less for all remaining enemies. Additional Effect: Increases Black Mana by 11 Additional Effect: 20% chance of becoming Verfire Ready Duration: 30s Chance to become Verfire Ready increases to 100% if White Mana is higher than Black Mana at time of execution. Mana Stack Cost: 3 ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Verholy Lv. 70	Instant 2.5s	↔ 25y 5y	Deals unaspected damage to target and all enemies nearby it with a potency of 580 for the first enemy, and 60% less for all remaining enemies. Additional Effect: Increases White Mana by 11 Additional Effect: 20% chance of becoming Verstone Ready Duration: 30s Chance to become Verstone Ready increases to 100% if Black Mana is higher than White Mana at time of execution. Mana Stack Cost: 3 ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Enchanted Reprise Lv. 76	Instant 2.5s	↔ 25y 0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 330. Balance Gauge Cost: 5 Black Mana Balance Gauge Cost: 5 White Mana ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Reprise Lv. 76	Instant 2.5s	↔ 3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Action upgraded to Enchanted Reprise if both Black Mana and White Mana are at 5 or more.
Scorch Lv. 80	Instant 2.5s	↔ 25y 5y	MP Cost: 400.0 Deals unaspected damage to target and all enemies nearby it with a potency of 680 for the first enemy, and 60% less for all remaining enemies. Combo Action: Verflare or Verholy Additional Effect: Increases both Black Mana and White Mana by 4 Jolt II and Impact are changed to Scorch upon landing Verflare or Verholy as a combo action. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Veraero III Lv. 82	5.0s 2.5s	↔ 25y 0y	MP Cost: 300.0 Deals wind damage with a potency of 380. Additional Effect: Increases White Mana by 6 Additional Effect: 50% chance of becoming Verstone Ready Duration: 30s
Verthunder III Lv. 82	5.0s 2.5s	↔ 25y 0y	MP Cost: 300.0 Deals lightning damage with a potency of 380. Additional Effect: Increases Black Mana by 6 Additional Effect: 50% chance of becoming Verfire Ready Duration: 30s
Magick Barrier Lv. 86	Instant 120.0s	↔ 0y 30y	Reduces magic damage taken by self and nearby party members by 10%, while increasing HP recovered by healing actions by 5%. Duration: 10s
Resolution Lv. 90	Instant 2.5s	↔ 25y 25y	MP Cost: 400.0 Deals unaspected damage to all enemies in a straight line before you with a potency of 750 for the first enemy, and 60% less for all remaining enemies. Combo Action: Scorch Additional Effect: Increases both Black Mana and White Mana by 4 Scorch is changed to Resolution upon landing Scorch as a combo action. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

Action Name	Cast Recast	Range Radius	Effect
Addle Lv. 8	Instant 90.0s	↔ 25y 0y	Lowers target's physical damage dealt by 5% and magic damage dealt by 10%. Duration: 10s
Sleep Lv. 10	2.5s 2.5s	↔ 30y 5y	MP Cost: 800.0 Puts target and all nearby enemies to sleep. Duration: 30s Cancels auto-attack upon execution.
Lucid Dreaming Lv. 14	Instant 60.0s	↔ 0y 0y	Gradually restores own MP. Potency: 55 Duration: 21s
Swiftcast Lv. 18	Instant 60.0s	↔ 0y 0y	Next spell is cast immediately. Duration: 10s
Surecast Lv. 44	Instant 120.0s	↔ 0y 0y	Spells can be cast without interruption. Additional Effect: Nullifies most knockback and draw-in effects Duration: 6s

Action Name	Acquired	Effect
Dualcast	Lv. 1	Grants the effect of Dualcast upon casting any spell with a cast time. While under the effect of Dualcast, your next spell will require no time to cast. Effect is canceled upon execution of any action other than an ability. Auto-attacks do not cancel effect. Duration: 15s
Maim and Mend	Lv. 20	Increases base action damage and HP restoration by 10%.
Maim and Mend II	Lv. 40	Increases base action damage and HP restoration by 30%.
Enhanced Jolt	Lv. 62	Upgrades Jolt to Jolt II. Also increases the potency of Verthunder and Veraero to 360, and the potency of Verfire and Verstone to 300.
Scatter Mastery	Lv. 66	Upgrades Scatter to Impact.
Mana Stack	Lv. 68	Adds a Mana Stack to your Balance Gauge upon landing Enchanted Riposte, Enchanted Zwerchhau, Enchanted Redoublement, or Enchanted Moulinet, up to a maximum of 3. Upon gaining 3 Mana Stacks, Verthunder and Verthunder II are upgraded to Verflare. Upon learning Verholy, gaining 3 Mana Stacks also upgrades Veraero and Veraero II to Verholy.
Enhanced Displacement	Lv. 72	Increases Displacement and Engagement potency to 180.
Red Magic Mastery	Lv. 74	Reduces Contre Sixte recast timer to 35 seconds and increases the potency of both Verthunder II and Veraero II to 120.
Enhanced Manafication	Lv. 78	Reduces Manafication recast timer to 110 seconds and adds an additional effect that increases magic damage dealt by 5%.
Red Magic Mastery II	Lv. 82	Upgrades Verthunder to Verthunder III and Veraero to Veraero III. Upon gaining 3 Mana Stacks, Verthunder III is upgraded to Verflare and Veraero III is upgraded to Verholy.
Red Magic Mastery III	Lv. 84	Increases the potency of Enchanted Riposte to 280, Verthunder II to 140, Veraero II to 140, Verfire to 330, Verstone to 330, Enchanted Zwerchhau to 150, Enchanted Redoublement to 130, Jolt II to 310, Impact to 210, and Enchanted Reprise to 330.
Enhanced Acceleration	Lv. 88	Allows the accumulation of charges for consecutive uses of Acceleration. Maximum Charges: 2
Enhanced Manafication II	Lv. 90	Increases maximum stacks of Manafication to 6.

On the eastern edge of Abalathia's Spine lies the mountainous region of Gyr Abania.

It is in these elevated lands that people took shelter, when a burning star guided them away from the Sixth Umbral Calamity's treacherous floodwaters. The survivors gathered from near and far, and amongst them were refugees of the sorcerous cities of Mhach and Amdapor.

These sworn enemies buried their history for the sake of the future, and cast aside their vestments of black and white. Upon the remnants of their arts a new discipline was built, and the first red mages stepped forward with rapiers in hand to fight back against the rising tides of destruction.