Quest	NPC	Location	Conditions
Eye of the Dragon	Ywain	Gridania, Lancers' Guild	LNC 30

For each quest you complete, you will be rewarded with a new ability, while the latter quests will also reward you with artifact (AF) armour that is shown in the screenshot above.

Introduction to Dragoon

Dragoon is a melee damage dealing job which branches from the Lancer class. The job will deal damage using powerful abilities designed to be comboed with one another to increase their effectiveness.

Attributes

As a Dragoon your main attribute is Strength (STR) as this increases physical attack damage. You should be focusing on equipment with this stat. For secondary stats you should be focusing on the likes of Direct Hit Rate, Determination, Critical Hit Rate and Skill Speed in addition to simply boosting STR. However you'll find Skill Speed is generally not worth it.

Skill Speed and Critical Hit Rate are self explantory in what they do. For the other two, Determination is used to boost the damage dealt by all attacks and the amount of HP recovered when healed while Direct Hit Rate is Stormblood's replacement for Accuracy. Instead of a simple hit or miss effect that Accuracy could give, having low Direct Hit Rate for a fight will reduce damage dealt so it is important to improve this stat.

Actions

Actions are skills that the Dragoon can equip to their bar and select to use at any time as long as their timer is available. Actions used in a combo will generate additional damage and effects. All Dragoon actions are exclusive to that job.


AST  BRD  BLM  DRK  DRG  MCH  MNK  NIN  
PLD  RDM  SAM  SCH  SMN  WAR  WHM

	Name	Level	Cast	Recast	MP	TP	Range	Radius
	Jump	30	0	30	0	0	20y	0y
	Delivers a jumping attack with a potency of 310. Returns you to your original position after the attack is made. Additional Effect: Grants Dive Ready Duration: 15s Cannot be executed while bound.
	Doom Spike	40	0	2.5	0	0	10y	10y
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 170 to all enemies in a straight line before you.
	Dragonfire Dive	50	0	120	0	0	20y	5y
	Delivers a jumping fire-based attack with a potency of 380 to target and all enemies nearby it. Cannot be executed while bound.
	Battle Litany	52	0	180	0	0	0y	15y
	Increases critical hit rate of self and nearby party members by 10%. Duration: 20s
	Blood of the Dragon	54	0	25	0	0	0y	0y
	Increases potency of High Jump and Spineshatter Dive by 30%. Duration: Additional Effect: Grants Sharper Fang and Claw upon successfully executing Full Thrust, or Enhanced Wheeling Thrust upon successfully executing Chaos Thrust Duration: 10s Effects end upon use or upon using a weaponskill other than Fang and Claw or Wheeling Thrust. Cannot be executed while under the effect of Life of the Dragon.
	Fang and Claw	56	0	2.5	0	0	0y	0y
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 320. 360 when executed from a target's flank. Can only be executed while under the effects of both Blood of the Dragon and Sharper Fang and Claw. Additional Effect: Extends Blood of the Dragon duration by 10s to a maximum of 30s
	Wheeling Thrust	58	0	2.5	0	0	0y	0y
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 320. 360 when executed from a target's rear. Can only be executed while under the effects of both Blood of the Dragon and Enhanced Wheeling Thrust. Additional Effect: Extends Blood of the Dragon duration by 10s to a maximum of 30s
	Geirskogul	60	0	30	0	0	15y	15y
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 300 to all enemies in a straight line before you. Can only be executed while under the effect of Blood of the Dragon. Additional Effect: Changes Blood of the Dragon to Life of the Dragon while under the full gaze of the first brood ※Action changes to Nastrond while under the effect of Life of the Dragon.
	Sonic Thrust	62	0	2.5	0	0	10y	10y
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100 to all enemies in a straight line before you. Combo Action: Doom Spike Combo Potency: 200 Combo Bonus: Extends Blood of the Dragon duration by 10s to a maximum of 30s
	Dragon Sight	66	0	120	0	0	12y	0y
	Grants Right Eye to self, increasing damage dealt by 10%. Also grants target party member Left Eye, increasing damage dealt by 5% as long as target remains within 12 yalms. Duration: 20s
	Mirage Dive	68	0	1	0	0	20y	0y
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 300. Additional Effect: Strengthens the gaze of your Dragon Gauge by 1 if under the effect of Blood of the Dragon or Life of the Dragon Can only be executed when Dive Ready.
	Nastrond	70	0	10	0	0	15y	15y
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 330 to all enemies in a straight line before you. Can only be executed while under the effect of Life of the Dragon. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
	Coerthan Torment	72	0	2.5	0	0	10y	10y
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100 to all enemies in a straight line before you. Combo Action: Sonic Thrust Combo Potency: 230 Combo Bonus: Extends Blood of the Dragon duration by 10s to a maximum of 30s
	High Jump	74	0	30	0	0	20y	0y
	Delivers a jumping attack with a potency of 400. Returns you to your original position after the attack is made. Additional Effect: Grants Dive Ready Duration: 15s Cannot be executed while bound.
	Stardiver	80	0	30	0	0	20y	5y
	Delivers a jumping fire-based attack to target and all enemies nearby it with a potency of 600 for the first enemy, and 30% less for all remaining enemies. Can only be executed while under the effect of Life of the Dragon. Cannot be executed while bound.

As well as these the Dragoon can also equip Lancer actions.

Combos

The Dragoon job has the following combos which can be executed. These will give extra damage and effects.

True Thrust > Vorpal Thrust
Vorpal Thrust > Full Thrust
Impulse Drive > Disembowel
Heavy Thrust > Ring of Thorns
Disembowel > Chaos Thrust

True Thrust > Vorpal Thrust > Full Thrust
Impulse Drive > Disembowel > Chaos Thrust

Role Actions

Since the Stormblood expansion for FFXIV, cross class actions were removed and replaced with the concept of "role" actions. Role actions are more generic as they don't belong to specific classes, but instead to roles such as melee DPS, magic DPS, healer or tank. The Dragoon can equip up to 5 of these.

Name

Level

Cast

Recast

MP

TP

Range

Radius

PvP Actions

From the Stormblood expansion PvP was revamped significantly and you can no longer use PvE actions during PvP battles. That means all of the actions above you can no longer use in PvP. Action Points (AP) were also removed. While some of the dedicated PvP actions do have the same name, they will have different potencies or effects. Below are the PvP actions that are unique to the Dragoon. There exists even more PvP actions and even traits but these are not unique to the Dragoon. You can find these further down the page.

	Name	Cast	Recast	MP	TP	Range	Radius
	Skewer	0	60	0	0	0y	0y
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 1,000. F201F8F201F9Additional Effect:0101 Reduces target's damage dealt and healing potency by 10% F201F8F201F9Duration:0101 10s

Shared PvP Actions

The following is a list of PvP actions which are shared across all classes and jobs. These can only be used in PvP areas and you are limited to selecting two of them.

	Name	Cast	Recast	MP	TP	Range	Radius
	Aetheric Siphon	0	6	0	0	25y	0y
	Activates the instrument.
	Anti-gravity Gimbal	0	5	0	0	0y	0y
	Simulates the spell Levitate using Nero tol Scaeva's odd contraption.
	Bolt	0	45	0	0	0y	0y
	Movement speed is increased. Duration: 10s
	Chimatsuri	4.5	45	0	0	8y	0y
	Concentrate	0	45	0	0	0y	0y
	Creates a barrier preventing Stun, Sleep, Bind, Heavy, Slow, Silence, and knockback effects. Duration: 10s
	Deflect	0	2	0	0	0y	4y
	Scatters potentially harmful aether.
	Doom Of The Living	4.5	45	0	0	8y	0y
	Dragonsong Dive	4.5	45	0	0	8y	0y
	Enliven	0	90	0	0	0y	0y
	Restores 50% of maximum TP.
	Final Heaven	4.5	45	0	0	8y	0y
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 9,000.
	Muse	0	90	0	0	0y	0y
	Restores 25% of maximum MP.
	Purify	0	45	0	0	0y	0y
	Removes Stun, Sleep, Bind, Heavy, Slow, and Silence from target. Can be used regardless of own status affliction.
	Recuperate	0	45	0	0	0y	0y
	Restores 25% of maximum HP.
	Safeguard	0	90	0	0	0y	0y
	Reduces damage taken by 25%. Duration: 10s
	Smoke Screen	0	2.5	0	0	0y	20y
	Throw an incendiary device that creates a blanket of smoke temporarily granting you the Stealth status.
	Ungarmax	3	30	0	0	14y	20y
	Vril	0	3	0	0	0y	0y
	Use the aetheric residue lingering on your body to temporarily disguise yourself as one of Lakshmi's loyal dreamers.

Shared PvP Traits

The following is a list of PvP traits which are shared across all classes and jobs. These can only be used in PvP areas and you are limited to selecting three of them.

	Name	Description
	Decreased Damage Taken	Decreases damage taken by 3%.
	Decreased Recast Time	Decreases recast time of additional actions by 20%.
	Increased Action Speed	Decreases weaponskill and spell cast and recast times by 3%.
	Increased Damage Dealt	Increases damage dealt by 3%.
	Increased Healing Potency	Increases spell-based HP restoration by 5%.
	Increased HP	Increases maximum HP by 5%.
	Increased MP Regeneration	Increases MP regeneration rate by 25%.
	Increased Resistance Duration	Increases duration of resistances by 50%.
	Increased TP Regeneration	Increases TP regeneration rate by 40%.

Dragoon Equipment

The best equipment for your Dragoon constantly changes depending on what was added in the latest patch so it is important to do your own research on top of this guide. We have broken the equipment down into tiers in order to give some indication of what you can use before you get up to that item level tier.

Slot	Best	Next Tier	Third Tier
Main Hand	Edengrace Spear Ultimate Rhongomiant	Augmented Deepshadow Lance	Menis
Head	Augmented Deepshadow Helm of Maiming Edengrace Helm of Maiming	YoRHa Type-51 Headband of Maiming Deepshadow Helm of Maiming Augmented Facet Circlet of Maiming	Edengate Helm of Maiming Facet Circlet of Maiming
Body	Edengrace Mail of Maiming Augmented Deepshadow Cuirass of Maiming	YoRHa Type-51 Jacket of Maiming Deepshadow Cuirass of Maiming Augmented Suit of Facet Mail of Maiming	Edengate Mail of Maiming Ornate Facet Mail of Maiming Facet Mail of Maiming
Hands	Edengrace Gauntlets of Maiming Augmented Deepshadow Gauntlets of Maiming	YoRHa Type-51 Gloves of Maiming Deepshadow Gauntlets of Maiming Augmented Facet Gauntlets of Maiming	Edengate Gauntlets of Maiming Facet Gauntlets of Maiming
Legs	Augmented Deepshadow Breeches of Maiming Edengrace Trousers of Maiming	YoRHa Type-51 Halfslops of Maiming Deepshadow Breeches of Maiming Augmented Facet Bottoms of Maiming	Edengate Trousers of Maiming Facet Bottoms of Maiming
Feet	Augmented Deepshadow Sollerets of Maiming Edengrace Greaves of Maiming	YoRHa Type-51 Boots of Maiming Deepshadow Sollerets of Maiming Augmented Facet Sabatons of Maiming	Edengate Greaves of Maiming Facet Sabatons of Maiming
Waist	Augmented Deepshadow Tassets of Maiming Edengrace Tassets of Maiming	Deepshadow Tassets of Maiming Augmented Facet Plate Belt of Maiming	Edengate Tassets of Maiming Facet Plate Belt of Maiming
Neck	Edengrace Choker of Slaying Augmented Deepshadow Necklace of Slaying	Deepshadow Necklace of Slaying Augmented Facet Choker of Slaying	Immaculate Necklace of Slaying Edengate Choker of Slaying Facet Choker of Slaying
Ear	Augmented Deepshadow Earring of Slaying Edengrace Earring of Slaying	Deepshadow Earring of Slaying Augmented Facet Earrings of Slaying	Edengate Earring of Slaying Immaculate Ear Cuffs of Slaying Facet Earrings of Slaying
Rings	Augmented Deepshadow Ring of Slaying Edengrace Ring of Slaying	Deepshadow Ring of Slaying Augmented Facet Ring of Slaying	Edengate Ring of Slaying Immaculate Ring of Slaying Facet Ring of Slaying
Wrist	Edengrace Bracelet of Slaying Augmented Deepshadow Bracelet of Slaying	Deepshadow Bracelet of Slaying Augmented Facet Bracelet of Slaying	Immaculate Bracelets of Slaying Edengate Bracelet of Slaying Facet Bracelet of Slaying

AST  BRD  BLM  DRK  DRG  MCH  MNK  NIN  
PLD  RDM  SAM  SCH  SMN  WAR  WHM

The following comments are from our legacy commenting system.

hater [Anon]	Dec 14, 2013 - 14:14:27 | Location: Nowhere, In a Box
	fickt euch ihr kanonenfurze und lusas. ich bin der onid und töhte euch mit H, HaHa
Xenor	Sep 24, 2013 - 00:08:04 | Location: Durham, United Kingdom
	Thanks Jonathan, I've added this to the list of updates for the coming week.
Jonathan [Anon]	Sep 20, 2013 - 13:13:41 | Location: Nowhere, In a Box
	Just alittle thing ive seen Skull sunder and Bloodbath icons need to be swapped around.
Anonymous	Sep 11, 2013 - 23:33:37 | Location: Nowhere, In a Box
	Spineshatter dive has a 90 second cooldown now.
Alucard [Anon]	Aug 29, 2013 - 08:04:24 | Location: Nowhere, In a Box
	Would love to see the wyzern in realm reborn
Kit [Anon]	Aug 25, 2013 - 17:28:19 | Location: Nowhere, In a Box
	Just to inform that it should be MRD lv15 instead of PGL...
Anonymous [Anon]	Aug 04, 2013 - 00:48:14 | Location: Nowhere, In a Box
	You get PGL and MRD skills up to 42.
Anonymous	Aug 04, 2013 - 00:47:38 | Location: Nowhere, In a Box
	You get all the PGL and MRD skills up to 42 that matter.
Anonymous	Jul 14, 2013 - 18:46:57 | Location: Nowhere, In a Box
	So you need to have Pug to 15 to unlock Drg, but you get no Pug cross class abilities?
Anonymous	Jul 13, 2013 - 20:47:18 | Location: Nowhere, In a Box
	Skull sunder listed on this page is not AOE in ARR beta 3.

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