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Summoner (SMN) Actions, Traits and Role Actions
The beast tribes of Eorzea worship and summon forth beings known as primals, among which are Ifrit, Garuda, and Titan. Yet what is a god to one man is a demon to another, for the city-states of Eorzea see these beings as a grave threat to their collective survival.
In times immemorial, there lived mages who had not only the power to summon the primals, but also the means to transmute the primals' essences, thus binding them to their will. Known simply as summoners, the existence of these men and women and their arcane art have been all but lost to the ages.
Summoner is a new job in FFXIV: A Realm Reborn and very little is known about it as of yet. It is known that Summoner will have miniature versions of the primals called Egis. Stay tuned for more details on abilities, traits, materia and equipment.
Summoner is a new job in FFXIV: A Realm Reborn and very little is known about it as of yet. It is known that Summoner will have miniature versions of the primals called Egis. Stay tuned for more details on abilities, traits, materia and equipment.
An Arcanist can become a Summoner by equipping the Soul of the Summoner item after completing the first quest. The details for this quest are below.
| Quest | NPC | Location | Conditions |
| Austerities of Flame | Thubyrgeim | Limsa Lominsa Upper Decks, Arcanists' Guild | ACN 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 Summoner
The Summoner is a classic magic damage dealing job making use of the power of primals to boost their damage. Damage over time skills are also highly important for the summoner as this is where a lot of their damage will come from.
Attributes
As a Summoner your main attribute is Intelligence (INT) as this increases magical damage. You should be focusing on equipment with this stat. For secondary stats you should be focusing on the likes of Spell Speed, Direct Hit Rate, Determination and Critical Hit Rate in addition to simply boosting INT.
Spell 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.
Summons
The summoner job is able to control various summons (egis) and you will have one out at all times. It is important to understand the differences between them. Currently only Ifrit, Titan, Garuda and Bahamut are available and they all serve different purposes as they belong to different roles.
Ifrit is a melee damage dealer and will be found up front in battle, he is best at single target fights.
Garuda is a caster and will keep her distance, she is best with multiple target fights.
Titan is a tank and you should almost never have him out in party play. He is there to absorb damage when you are soloing.
Bahamut is a powerful attacker that can be used under Dreadwyrm mode.
Actions
Actions are skills that the Summoner 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 Summoner actions are exclusive to that job.
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| Name | Level | Cast | Recast | MP | TP | Range | Radius | ||
 | Rock Buster | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3y | 0y | |
| Deals earth damage with a potency of 85. Additional Effect: Increased enmity |
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 | Mountain Buster | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0y | 5y | |
| Deals earth damage with a potency of 70 to all nearby enemies. Additional Effect: Increased enmity When Obey is active, will only execute upon command. |
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 | Wind Blade | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25y | 0y | |
| Deals wind damage with a potency of 110. | |||||||||
 | Shockwave | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 5y | 0y | |
| Deals wind damage with a potency of 90. Additional Effect: 15-yalm knockback When Obey is active, will only execute upon command. |
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 | Crimson Cyclone | 1 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 3y | 0y | |
| Deals fire damage with a potency of 110. Additional Effect: Stun Duration: 2s When Obey is active, will only execute upon command. |
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 | Burning Strike | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3y | 0y | |
| Deals fire damage with a potency of 135. | |||||||||
 | Earthen Ward | 20 | 0 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0y | 0y | |
| Decreases damage suffered by pet by 20%. Duration: 20s When Obey is active, will only execute upon command. |
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 | Aerial Slash | 20 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 25y | 5y | |
| Deals wind damage with a potency of 90 to target and all enemies nearby it. When Obey is active, will only execute upon command. |
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 | Radiant Shield | 20 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0y | 15y | |
| Delivers an attack with a potency of 50 every time damage is suffered. Duration: 20s Additional Effect: Increases target's physical damage taken by 2% Duration: 4s When Obey is active, will only execute upon command. |
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 | Energy Siphon | 35 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 25y | 5y | |
| Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 40 to target and all enemies nearby it. Additional Effect: Aetherflow II Shares a recast timer with Energy Drain. |
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 | Tri-bind | 40 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 25y | 5y | |
| Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 30 to target and all enemies nearby it. Additional Effect: Bind Duration: 20s Dreadwyrm Trance Effect: Removes Bind effect, increases potency by 40, and reduces MP cost |
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 | Outburst | 40 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 25y | 5y | |
| Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 90 to target and all enemies nearby it. | |||||||||
 | Landslide | 40 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 3y | 0y | |
| Deals earth damage with a potency of 70. Additional Effect: Stun Duration: 2s When Obey is active, will only execute upon command. |
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 | Contagion | 40 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 25y | 0y | |
| Increases target's magic damage taken by 10%. Duration: 15s When Obey is active, will only execute upon command. |
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 | Flaming Crush | 40 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0y | 5y | |
| Deals fire damage with a potency of 110 to all nearby enemies. When Obey is active, will only execute upon command. |
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 | Earthen Fury | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0y | 5y | |
| Deals earth damage with a potency of 200 to all nearby targets. Additional Effect: Razed Earth Potency: 20 Duration: 15s Executed when master uses Enkindle. |
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 | Aerial Blast | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25y | 5y | |
| Deals wind damage with a potency of 250 to target and all enemies nearby it. Executed when master uses Enkindle. |
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 | Inferno | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5y | 5y | |
| Deals fire damage with a potency of 200 to all enemies in a cone before it. Additional Effect: Fire damage over time Potency: 20 Duration: 15s Executed when master uses Enkindle. |
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 | Painflare | 52 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25y | 5y | |
| Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 130 to target and all enemies nearby it. Aetherflow Gauge Cost: 1 |
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 | Ruin III | 54 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 25y | 0y | |
| Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 200. | |||||||||
 | Tri-disaster | 56 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 25y | 0y | |
| Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 150. Additional Effect: Afflicts target with Bio III and Miasma III Duration: 30s |
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 | Dreadwyrm Trance | 58 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0y | 0y | |
| Reduces spell casting time by 2.5 seconds. Duration: 15s Additional Effect: Resets Tri-disaster recast timer Additional Effect: Shares a recast timer with Firebird Trance. |
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 | Deathflare | 60 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 25y | 5y | |
| Deals unaspected damage to target and all enemies nearby it with a potency of 400 for the first enemy, and 50% less for all remaining enemies. Can only be executed while in Dreadwyrm Trance. Dreadwyrm Trance fades upon execution. |
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 | Ruin IV | 62 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 25y | 0y | |
| Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 200. Can only be executed while under the effect of Further Ruin. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. |
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 | Devotion | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0y | 15y | |
| Increases damage dealt and reduces damage taken by all party members within a 15-yalm radius by 2%. Also increases healing magic potency of all party members by 5%. Duration: 15s ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. |
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 | Aetherpact | 64 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0y | 0y | |
| Orders pet to execute Devotion. Devotion Effect: Increases damage dealt by all party members within a 15-yalm radius by 5% Duration: 15s |
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 | Bio III | 66 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 25y | 0y | |
| Deals unaspected damage over time. Potency: 45 Duration: 30s |
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 | Miasma III | 66 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 25y | 0y | |
| Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 45. Additional Effect: Unaspected damage over time Potency: 45 Duration: 30s |
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 | Wyrmwave | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100y | 0y | |
| Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 150. Will only execute while Demi-Bahamut is summoned. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. |
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 | Akh Morn | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100y | 5y | |
| Deals unaspected damage to a target and all enemies nearby it with a potency of 680 for the first enemy, 10% less for the second, 20% less for the third, 30% less for the fourth, 40% less for the fifth, and 50% less for all remaining enemies. Can only be executed while Demi-Bahamut is summoned. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. |
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 | Summon Bahamut | 70 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0y | 0y | |
| Summons Demi-Bahamut to fight by your side. Each time you cast a spell on an enemy, Demi-Bahamut will execute Wyrmwave on the same target. Duration: 20s Dreadwyrm Aether Cost: 2 Cannot summon Demi-Bahamut unless a pet is already summoned. Current pet will leave the battlefield while Demi-Bahamut is present, and return once gone. Cannot use while under the effect of Dreadwyrm Trance. |
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 | Enkindle Bahamut | 70 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 25y | 0y | |
| Orders Demi-Bahamut to execute Akh Morn. Akh Morn Effect: Deals unaspected damage to target and all enemies nearby it with a potency of 650 for the first enemy, and 50% less for all remaining enemies Shares a recast timer with Enkindle Phoenix. |
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As well as these the Summoner can also equip Arcanist actions.
Pet Actions
The Summoner has access to a unique set of actions for controlling their pets. These are listed below.
| Name | Level | Cast | Recast | Range | Radius | Pet Name |
Role Actions
Since the A Realm Reborn 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 Summoner 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 Summoner. There exists even more PvP actions and even traits but these are not unique to the Summoner. You can find these further down the page.
| Name | Cast | Recast | MP | TP | Range | Radius | |||
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Akh Morn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100y | 5y | ||
| Deals unaspected damage to a target and all enemies nearby it with a potency of 2,000 for the first enemy, 25% less for the second, 50% less for the third, and 75% less for all remaining enemies. Can only be executed while Demi-Bahamut is summoned. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. |
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Tri-bind | 2.3 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 25y | 5y | ||
| Deals unaspected damage to a target and all enemies nearby it with a potency of 750 for the first enemy, 25% less for the second, 50% less for the third, and 75% less for all remaining enemies. Additional Effect: Bind Duration: 3s |
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Wyrmwave | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100y | 0y | ||
| Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 500. Will only execute while Demi-Bahamut is summoned. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. |
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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. | |||||||||
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%. |
Summoner Equipment
The best equipment for your Summoner 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.
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Comments
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Xenor
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Jul 07, 2015 - 23:56:33 | Location: Durham, United Kingdom |
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Thanks for pointing this out, I thought I'd fixed that with the 3.0 changes. I'll get it fixed when I add the 3.01 changes tomorrow. |
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Summoner [Anon]
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Jun 30, 2015 - 08:38:46 | Location: Nowhere, In a Box |
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You have Tri-Disaster listed as Tri-Bind. The level 56 Spell should be listed as Tri-Disaster. |
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| Anonymous
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Mar 28, 2014 - 13:32:49 | Location: Nowhere, In a Box |
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The quest is "Austerities of Flame" the NPC is Thubyrgeim |
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| Anonymous
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Feb 13, 2014 - 08:20:38 | Location: Nowhere, In a Box |
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as of 2.1 ACN no longer gets thunder they took it out and replaced it with Blizard 2 |
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| Mislte [Anon]
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Jan 26, 2014 - 21:49:49 | Location: Nowhere, In a Box |
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this needs an update, as of 2.1 thunder is no longer a cross-skill |
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| Anonymous
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Jan 10, 2014 - 19:26:38 | Location: Nowhere, In a Box |
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May i add from latest patch thunder is no longer shared and instead the black mage skill blizzard II is now the skill that is shared across magic roles. |
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| Irminsul [Anon]
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Oct 17, 2013 - 07:02:32 | Location: Nowhere, In a Box |
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Besides needing to be a level 30 Arcanist and level 15 Thaumaturge, you also have to complete the level 30 Arcanist class quest before the summoner quest will become available. |
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| SomeWolf [Anon]
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Sep 09, 2013 - 21:29:19 | Location: Nowhere, In a Box |
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Shouldn't the Summoner, Arcanist, and Scholar have the abilities of their summons listed as well? I have not found them anywhere else on the page. I found some of them on the Final Fanasy Wiki, but it took quite a bit of digging. |
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| Xenor
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Aug 29, 2013 - 21:36:49 | Location: Durham, United Kingdom |
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Thanks, I've fixed that. |
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| Anonymous
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Aug 25, 2013 - 22:42:04 | Location: Nowhere, In a Box |
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Summoner borrows from Thaumaturge and Archer (like black mage) |
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| Anonymous
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Jun 25, 2013 - 02:58:05 | Location: Nowhere, In a Box |
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For hominis |
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