Available after completing the No Strings Attached quest, these wandering performers entertain crowds and confound their enemies with a customizable puppet known as an "automaton." This puppet uses different frames, maneuvers and attachments to do a variety of different tasks. Puppetmasters (PUP) can also fall back on Hand-to-Hand fighting skills that utilize the flexible movements of their art.

Job Abilities

Job Traits

Group 1 Merits

Pet Commands

Pet Emotes

See Automaton/Emotes for video demonstrations.

Pet Maneuvers

See Maneuvers for more detail.

Other Notes

• Each time you level up Puppetmaster, ensure you Deactivate and Activate your Automaton so its new level stats will take effect.
• If you Deactivate your Automaton while it has full HP, you can Activate your Automaton without waiting. It is useful when you are using a mage-type Automaton and it is running out of MP. This only applies if your timer is already up and you deactive, your timer will reset.
• Each time when you enter an area or battlefield with an imposed Level Restriction or Confrontation status, ensure that you Deactivate before you proceed. Otherwise your Automaton will be forced to Deactivate on its own and will not reset the Activation timer even if your Automaton has full HP.
• Similarly, your Automaton will be forced to Deactivate at the beginning of a Besieged battle, so be sure to Deactivate beforehand.
• Your Automaton will also be forced to Deactivate when you join a Level Sync party if it is not already at or below the Sync level, so be sure to Deactivate beforehand.
• Your Automaton will not Deactivate if you re- Level Sync to the same level that you were in.
• If you toss your starting Animator, Iruki-Waraki will sell you a new one for 10,000 gil.
• You must have Automaton Attachments equipped for your Automaton to receive the effects of the attachments when using elemental maneuvers corresponding to the elements of the attachments. However, you still receive slight temporary stat increases for a particular stat of the elemental maneuver if no corresponding attachment is equipped.
• Automatons with the Soulsoother Head have the ability to cast beneficial spells on all members of the Puppetmaster's party. (The automaton and master will always have priority over other members.)
• In Salvage all pet's stats are locked with the master's. This means if your HP is locked, for example, your pet's HP is locked as well. Using a cell to remove a lock also removes the lock from the pet. This includes all cells- For PUP, the Automaton will not be able to cast spells if your magic is locked. (However, the Automaton needs no equipment to shoot and a ranged cell is not needed for ranged attacks.)
• If you log-off with your Automaton activated, it will appear next to you the next time you log-in.
• Each time you buy an Automaton attachment, you must bring the attachment to Tateeya in Aht Urhgan Whitegate before you can equip it to your Automaton.

See Also

• Automaton
• Puppetmaster: Upgrading Your Automaton
• Automaton Attachments
• Automaton Names
• Automaton Magic Skill
• Automaton Weapon Skills
• Harlequin Head / Harlequin Frame
• Sharpshot Head / Sharpshot Frame
• Stormwaker Head / Stormwaker Frame
• Valoredge Head / Valoredge Frame
• Soulsoother Head
• Spiritreaver Head

Harlequin Frame

Valoredge Frame

Sharpshot Frame

Stormwaker Frame

• Puppetmasters Guide to Vanadiel
• Puppetmaster: A History
• Puppetmaster guide by Zathone
• Puppetmaster: Support Jobs
• Puppetmaster: Macros Ideas
• Puppetmaster: Equipment
• Puppetmaster: Stormawalker Frame

• Puppetmaster: Guide by Egomzez
• Puppetmaster: Guide by Guwhenivar for Solo Players
• Puppetmaster: Guide by Poof
• Puppetmaster: Guide by Scoda
• Puppetmaster: Guide by Zhecks - ON A BUDGET
• Puppetmaster: Understanding PUP
• Puppetmaster: EZ Automaton Guide

• Resheph's Golden Salvage Guide for Puppetmasters
• Puppetmaster: Numbers Behind The Job by Auraeon
• Achieving True Power Limit Break 5

• Achieving True Power Guide by Elras
• Achieving True Power: Guide by Cordareo