Scholar Job Guide — Endwalker 6.4
Scholar is a healing job in Final Fantasy XIV that conjures faeries to aid them in battle as they support and heal their allies, aided by their books and the spells they manifest. This job can only be played after reaching Level 30 and receiving the job stone as an Arcanist.
What is Scholar's Playstyle?
Scholar is a healing job that coordinates its own resources and actions with those of its fairy pet. Scholar's healing kit is known for its flexibility, with a wide array of healing options from which to choose.
As a barrier healer, Scholar has access to a wide range of mitigation abilities on top of its pure heals. The fairy acts as the origin point for her actions, allowing the Scholar to heal remotely when necessary, while the Scholar themselves has access to powerful Aetherflow abilities and some of the strongest shields in the game. Skilled Scholars are able to effectively balance their resources to provide both the required healing and a high amount of party DPS for a healer.
Scholar Strengths and Weaknesses
Access to some of the strongest mitigative actions in the game.
On-demand instant cast damage spell allows free movement at a ~25% DPS cost.
Generally provides the highest raid DPS of any Healer in a fully optimized party.
Can heal remotely via the fairy.
Loses DPS when using Aetherflow stacks on healing.
Limited access to instant cast spells that don't cost DPS.
Parts of the kit conflict with each other.
How to Unlock Scholar
To unlock Scholar, you need to first reach level 30 on Arcanist and complete the level 30 class quest "Sinking Doesmaga." You also need to complete the level 20 main story quest "Sylph-Management." Once you have done both, talk to Murie at the Arcanist's Guild in Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks (x4.5, y11.2) to pick up the quest "Forgotten but Not Gone." This quest unlocks Scholar.
Scholar Gauges
Scholar has two job gauges which fuel several of its abilities.

The Aetherflow Gauge holds up to three stacks of Aetherflow. It is fully filled
upon the execution of either Aetherflow or
Dissipation.
This gauge is tied to some of Scholar's most powerful healing actions, as well
as a single DPS ability. Smart usage of Aetherflow stacks is a major point of
Scholar's gameplay - an effective healing plan will use Aetherflow heals and free
oGCD heals in place of GCD heals, and a great healing plan will even allow the
Scholar to use most of its Aetherflow stacks on DPS.

The Faerie Gauge can hold up to 100 Fae Aether. Using any Aetherflow action
in combat while the fairy is summoned will generate 10 Fae Aether, regardless
of whether the Scholar expended an Aetherflow stack or Recitation
for it. Fae Aether can be used to cast Fey Union (
Aetherpact), a channeled
fairy ability that heals the target every three seconds, consuming 10 Fae Aether each time.

While Seraph is summoned via Summon Seraph, the Faerie Gauge
will also display how much longer Seraph will remain on the field.
Scholar Video Resources
If you would prefer to watch a video that provides an overview of Scholar, 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.
Scholar Actions
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MP Cost: 300.0 Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 150. |
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MP Cost: 300.0 Deals unaspected damage over time. Potency: 20 Duration: 30s |
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Orders Carbuncle to execute Radiant Aegis. Radiant Aegis Effect: Creates a barrier around self that absorbs damage totaling 20% of your maximum HP Duration: 30s Maximum Charges: 2 Can only be executed while Carbuncle is summoned. |
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MP Cost: 400.0 Summons Carbuncle to your side. |
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MP Cost: 400.0 Restores target's HP. Cure Potency: 450 |
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MP Cost: 200.0 Summons the faerie Eos to fight at your side. When set to guard, automatically casts Embrace on party members who suffer damage. |
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Grants Aethercharge, increasing the potency of Ruin, Ruin II, and Ruin III by 50, and Outburst by 20. Duration: 15s Additional Effect: Grants Ruby Arcanum, Topaz Arcanum, and Emerald Arcanum Can only be executed in combat and while Carbuncle is summoned. |
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Channel the energies of your active elemental attunement to attack your enemy. Fire Attunement Effect: Deal fire damage to a single target Earth Attunement Effect: Deal earth damage to a single target Wind Attunement Effect: Deal wind damage to a single target |
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Summons Ruby Carbuncle, and orders it to execute Glittering Ruby. Glittering Ruby Effect: Rushes target and deals fire damage with a potency of 400 Additional Effect: Grants 2 stacks of Fire Attunement Fire Attunement Effect: Gemshine and Precious Brilliance become fire-aspected Duration: 30s Can only be executed while under the effect of Ruby Arcanum and Carbuncle is summoned. Current pet will leave the battlefield while Ruby Carbuncle is present, and return once gone. |
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Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 340. Aetherflow Gauge Cost: 1 |
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MP Cost: 2400.0 Resurrects target to a weakened state. |
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Summons Topaz Carbuncle, and orders it to execute Glittering Topaz. Glittering Topaz Effect: Rushes target and deals earth damage with a potency of 400 Additional Effect: Grants 4 stacks of Earth Attunement Earth Attunement Effect: Gemshine and Precious Brilliance become earth-aspected Duration: 30s Can only be executed while under the effect of Topaz Arcanum and Carbuncle is summoned. Current pet will leave the battlefield while Topaz Carbuncle is present, and return once gone. |
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Orders faerie to execute Whispering Dawn. If Seraph is summoned, orders her to execute Angel's Whisper. Whispering Dawn/Angel's Whisper Effect: Gradually restores the HP of all nearby party members Cure Potency: 80 Duration: 21s |
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Summons Emerald Carbuncle, and orders it to execute Glittering Emerald. Glittering Emerald Effect: Deals wind damage with a potency of 400 Additional Effect: Grants 4 stacks of Wind Attunement Wind Attunement Effect: Gemshine and Precious Brilliance become wind-aspected Duration: 30s Can only be executed while under the effect of Emerald Arcanum and Carbuncle is summoned. Current pet will leave the battlefield while Emerald Carbuncle is present, and return once gone. |
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MP Cost: 300.0 Deals unaspected damage over time. Potency: 40 Duration: 30s |
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MP Cost: 300.0 Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 100 to target and all enemies nearby it. |
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Channel the energies of your active elemental attunement to attack multiple enemies. Fire Attunement Effect: Deal fire damage to a target and all enemies nearby it Earth Attunement Effect: Deal earth damage to a target and all enemies nearby it Wind Attunement Effect: Deal wind damage to a target and all enemies nearby it |
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MP Cost: 1000.0 Restores target's HP. Cure Potency: 300 Additional Effect: Grants Galvanize to target, nullifying damage equaling 180% of the amount of HP restored. When critical HP is restored, also grants Catalyze, nullifying damage equaling 180% the amount of HP restored. Duration: 30s Effect cannot be stacked with certain sage barrier effects. |
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MP Cost: 1000.0 Restores own HP and the HP of all nearby party members. Cure Potency: 200 Additional Effect: Erects a magicked barrier which nullifies damage equaling 160% of the amount of HP restored Duration: 30s Effect cannot be stacked with certain sage barrier effects. |
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MP Cost: 400.0 Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 220. |
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Orders faerie to execute Fey Illumination. If Seraph is summoned, orders her to execute Seraphic Illumination. Fey Illumination/Seraphic Illumination Effect: Increases healing magic potency of all nearby party members by 10%, while reducing magic damage taken by all nearby party members by 5% Duration: 20s Effect cannot be stacked with Seraphic Illumination. |
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Restores 20% of maximum MP. Additional Effect: Aetherflow III Can only be executed while in combat. |
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Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 100. Additional Effect: Absorbs a portion of damage dealt as HP Additional Effect: Increases Faerie Gauge by 10 Aetherflow Gauge Cost: 1 |
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Restores target's HP. Cure Potency: 600 Additional Effect: Increases Faerie Gauge by 10 Aetherflow Gauge Cost: 1 |
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MP Cost: 400.0 Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 165 to all nearby enemies. |
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Creates a designated area in which party members will only suffer 90% of all damage inflicted. Duration: 15s Additional Effect: Regen Cure Potency: 100 Additional Effect: Increases Faerie Gauge by 10 Aetherflow Gauge Cost: 1 |
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Restores own HP and the HP of all nearby party members. Cure Potency: 400 Additional Effect: Increases Faerie Gauge by 10 Aetherflow Gauge Cost: 1 |
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MP Cost: 400.0 Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 220. |
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Extends Galvanize effect cast on self or target party member to other nearby party members. Duration: Time remaining on original effect No effect when target is not under the effect of Galvanize. |
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Transforms the next Galvanize and Catalyze statuses into HP recovery equaling the amount of damage reduction intended for the barrier. Duration: 15s |
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Orders your faerie away while granting you a full Aetherflow stack. Also increases healing magic potency by 20%. Duration: 30s Current faerie will return once the effect expires. Summon Eos cannot be executed while under the effect of Dissipation. Can only be executed while in combat. |
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Grants self or target party member the effect of Excogitation, restoring HP when member's HP falls below 50% or upon effect duration expiration. Cure Potency: 800 Duration: 45s Additional Effect: Increases Faerie Gauge by 10 Aetherflow Gauge Cost: 1 |
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MP Cost: 400.0 Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 240. |
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Increases rate at which target takes critical hits by 10%. Duration: 15s |
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Orders faerie to execute Fey Union with target party member. Effect ends upon reuse. Faerie Gauge Cost: 10 Fey Union Effect: Gradually restores HP of party member with which faerie has a Fey Union. Cure Potency: 300 Faerie Gauge is depleted by 10 periodically while HP is restored. Fey Union effect fades upon execution of other faerie actions or when party member moves from within 30 yalms of the faerie. The Faerie Gauge increases when a faerie or Seraph is summoned and an Aetherflow action is successfully executed while in combat. |
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Dissolves current Fey Union. |
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MP Cost: 400.0 Deals unaspected damage over time. Potency: 70 Duration: 30s |
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MP Cost: 400.0 Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 255. |
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Allows the execution of Adloquium, Succor, Indomitability, or Excogitation without consuming resources while also ensuring critical HP is restored. Duration: 15s |
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Orders faerie to execute Fey Blessing. Fey Blessing Effect: Restores the HP of all nearby party members Cure Potency: 320 |
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Orders Seraph to execute Consolation. Consolation Effect: Restores the HP of all nearby party members Cure Potency: 250 Additional Effect: Erects a magicked barrier which nullifies damage equaling the amount of HP restored Duration: 30s Maximum Charges: 2 ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. |
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Summons Seraph to fight at your side. When set to guard, automatically casts Seraphic Veil on party members who suffer damage. Cannot summon Seraph unless a pet is already summoned. Current pet will leave the battlefield while Seraph is present, and return once gone. Duration: 22s ※Action changes to Consolation upon execution. |
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MP Cost: 400.0 Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 180 to all nearby enemies. |
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MP Cost: 400.0 Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 295. |
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Increases maximum HP of a party member or self by 10% and restores the amount increased. Additional Effect: Increases HP recovery via healing actions by 10% Duration: 10s |
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Grants Expedience and Desperate Measures to all nearby party members. Expedience Effect: Increases movement speed Duration: 10s Desperate Measures Effect: Reduces damage taken by 10% Duration: 20s |
Role Actions
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Restores target's HP. Cure Potency: 180 ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. |
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MP Cost: 600.0 Afflicts target with Sleep. Duration: 30s Cancels auto-attack upon execution. |
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MP Cost: 400.0 Removes a single detrimental effect from target. |
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Gradually restores own MP. Potency: 55 Duration: 21s |
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Next spell is cast immediately. Duration: 10s |
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Gradually restores the HP of all nearby party members. Cure Potency: 80 Duration: 21s ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. |
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Increases healing magic potency of all nearby party members by 10%, while reducing magic damage taken by all nearby party members by 5%. Duration: 20s Effect cannot be stacked with Seraphic Illumination. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. |
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Spells can be cast without interruption. Additional Effect: Nullifies most knockback and draw-in effects Duration: 6s |
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Instantly draws target party member to your side. Cannot be used outside of combat or when target is suffering from certain enfeeblements. |
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Gradually restores HP of party member with which faerie has a Fey Union. Cure Potency: 300 Faerie Gauge is depleted by 10 periodically while HP is restored. Fey Union effect fades upon execution of other faerie actions or when party member moves from within 30 yalms of the faerie. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. |
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Restores the HP of all nearby party members. Cure Potency: 320 ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. |
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Restores the HP of all nearby party members. Cure Potency: 250 Additional Effect: Erects a magicked barrier which nullifies damage equaling the amount of HP restored Duration: 30s ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. |
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Restores target's HP. Cure Potency: 180 Additional Effect: Erects a magicked barrier which nullifies damage equaling the amount of HP restored Duration: 30s ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. |
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Gradually restores the HP of all nearby party members. Cure Potency: 80 Duration: 21s ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. |
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Increases healing magic potency of nearby party members by 10%, while reducing magic damage taken by nearby party members by 5%. Duration: 20s Effect cannot be stacked with Fey Illumination. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. |
Scholar Traits
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Lv. 15 |
Grants Ruby Arcanum and Topaz Arcanum upon executing Aethercharge. |
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Increases base action damage and HP restoration by 10%. Also increases base damage and HP restoration of your pet by 10%. |
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Lv. 22 |
Grants Ruby Arcanum, Topaz Arcanum, and Emerald Arcanum upon executing Aethercharge. |
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Lv. 26 |
Upgrades Bio to Bio II. |
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Lv. 30 |
Upgrades Ruin to Ruin II. |
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Lv. 40 |
Increases base action damage and HP restoration by 30%. Also increases base damage and HP restoration of your pet by 30%. |
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Upgrades Ruin to Broil and increases the potency of Ruin II to 160, and Art of War to 165. |
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Upgrades Broil to Broil II and increases the potency of Ruin II to 180. |
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Lv. 72 |
Upgrades Bio II to Biolysis. |
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Lv. 72 |
Upgrades Broil II to Broil III and increases the potency of Ruin II to 200. |
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Adds an additional effect to Sacred Soil that grants healing over time. |
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Lv. 82 |
Upgrades Broil III to Broil IV and increases the potency of Ruin II to 220. |
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Lv. 82 |
Upgrades Art of War to Art of War II. |
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Increases the healing potency of Physick to 450, Embrace to 180, and Seraphic Veil to 180. Increases the barrier potency of Adloquium to 180% the amount healed and Succor to 160% the amount healed. |
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Reduces Deployment Tactics recast time to 90 seconds. |
Scholar Lore
In an age long past, when mankind flourished under the radiance of arcane mastery, the island of Vylbrand was home to a city-state called Nym. Though the history of that age tells of countless wars waged with earth-shattering incantations, it was the brilliant strategic maneuvering of Nym's scholars that allowed their mundane army of mariners to throw back would-be conquerors time and again. These learned men and women defended the freedom of their tiny nation with their unique command over spell-weaving faeries, utilizing the creatures' magicks to heal the wounded and bolster the strength of their allies.
Changelog
- 30 May 2023 (healing page): Updated for Patch 6.4.
- 30 May 2023 (DPS rotation page): Updated for Patch 6.4.
- 30 May 2023 (Leveling page): Updated for Patch 6.4.
- 30 May 2023 (gear page): Updated for Patch 6.4.
- 30 May 2023 (melding page): Updated for Patch 6.4.
- 30 May 2023 (this page): Updated for Patch 6.4.
- 17 Jan. 2023 (Abyssos page): Updated for Patch 6.3
- 17 Jan. 2023 (healing page): Updated for Patch 6.3
- 17 Jan. 2023 (DPS rotation page): Updated for Patch 6.3.
- 17 Jan. 2023 (Leveling page): Updated for Patch 6.3
- 17 Jan. 2023 (gear page): Updated for Patch 6.3
- 17 Jan. 2023 (melding page): Updated for Patch 6.3
- 17 Jan. 2023 (this page): Updated for Patch 6.3
- 31 Dec. 2022 (Abyssos page): Guide added.
- 24 Sep. 2022 (gear page): Updated for Patch 6.2
- 20 Apr. 2022 (Asphodelos page): Updated for Patch 6.1
- 20 Apr. 2022 (healing page): Updated for Patch 6.1
- 20 Apr. 2022 (DPS rotation page): Updated for Patch 6.1.
- 20 Apr. 2022 (gear page): Updated for Patch 6.1
- 20 Apr. 2022 (melding page): Updated for Patch 6.1
- 20 Apr. 2022 (this page): Updated for Patch 6.1
- 31 Mar. 2022 (Asphodelos page): Guide added.
- 31 Mar. 2022 (Leveling page): Guide added.
- 23 Feb. 2022 (healing page): Guide added.
- 23 Feb. 2022 (DPS rotation page): Guide added.
- 15 Feb. 2022 (gear page): Guide added.
- 15 Feb. 2022 (melding page): Guide added.
- 15 Feb. 2022 (this page): Guide added.
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