The war with Dravania rages on, brutal and unrelenting. With no end in sight, the Holy See grows desperate. As her dragoons lay down their lives in defense of their home, Ishgard turns to technology to protect her sons and daughters.
Great cannons and ballistae now line the city walls, plucking dragons from the sky.Following the example of Cid Garlond, who has demonstrated the potency of magitek, the Skysteel Manufactory works tirelessly on the development of advanced armaments. As new and devastating weapons are brought to the fray, a new class of champion arises to wield them – the machinist.
Machinist was added at the start of the Stormblood expansion and begins at level 50. The job also has no corresponding class so all abilities earned are on the job itself. In order to become a Machinist you must complete the following quest.
| Quest | NPC | Location | Conditions |
| Savior of Skysteel | Stephanivien | Ishgard, Foundation (X:8 Y:10) | Quest: Before the Dawn |
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 Machinist
Machinist is a melee damage dealing job with no associated class.
Machinist Attributes
As a Machinist your main stat is Dexterity (DEX) as this increases ranged attack power. 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 DEX. However you’ll find Skill Speed is generally not worth it.
Skill Speed and Critical Hit Rate are self explanatory 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.
Machinist 2 Actions
Actions are skills that the Machinist 2 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 Machinist 2 actions are exclusive to that job.MNK NIN PLD PCT RPR RDM SGE SAM SCH SMN VPR WAR WHM
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Machinist 2 Traits
Traits are not actions and can not be equipped to your bar. They are earned as you level up and are always active. As a result they require 0 cast time and have a 0 MP and TP cost. They are also all exclusive to the Machinist 2 job.| Name | Level |
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Duration: 15s
Duration: 15s
Duration: 15s
Duration: 15s
Duration: 15s
Duration: 15s
Machinist 2 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 Machinist 2. There exists even more PvP actions and even traits but these are not unique to the Machinist 2. You can find these further down the page.
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| Death Warrant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100y | 0y | |||
| Hollow Nozuchi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100y | 5y | |||
| All enemies standing in the corrupted earth of Doton take additional earth damage with a potency of 3,000. Requires the execution of a weaponskill, Hyosho Ranryu, or Goka Mekkyaku. Additional Effect: Heavy +75% Duration: 3s ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. |
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| Holy Sheltron | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0y | 5y | |||
| Honing Dance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100y | 5y | |||
| Wildfire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100y | 5y | |||
Machinist 2 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 | |||
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Aetheric Siphon | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25y | 0y | ||
| Activates the instrument. | |||||||||
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Anti-gravity Gimbal | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0y | 0y | ||
| Simulates the spell Levitate using Nero tol Scaeva’s odd contraption. | |||||||||
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Bolt | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0y | 0y | ||
| Movement speed is increased. Duration: 10s |
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| Chimatsuri | 4.5 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 8y | 0y | |||
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Concentrate | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0y | 0y | ||
| Creates a barrier preventing Stun, Sleep, Bind, Heavy, Slow, Silence, and knockback effects. Duration: 10s |
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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 | |||
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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. | |||||||||
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Muse | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0y | 0y | ||
| Restores 25% of maximum MP. | |||||||||
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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. | |||||||||
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Recuperate | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0y | 0y | ||
| Restores 25% of maximum HP. | |||||||||
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Safeguard | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0y | 0y | ||
| Reduces damage taken by 25%. Duration: 10s |
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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 | |||
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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. | |||||||||
Machinist 2 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 | |
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Decreased Damage Taken | Decreases damage taken by 3%. |
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Decreased Recast Time | Decreases recast time of additional actions by 20%. |
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Increased Action Speed | Decreases weaponskill and spell cast and recast times by 3%. |
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Increased Damage Dealt | Increases damage dealt by 3%. |
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Increased Healing Potency | Increases spell-based HP restoration by 5%. |
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Increased HP | Increases maximum HP by 5%. |
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Increased MP Regeneration | Increases MP regeneration rate by 25%. |
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Increased Resistance Duration | Increases duration of resistances by 50%. |
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Increased TP Regeneration | Increases TP regeneration rate by 40%. |