Fighting with your Adventuring Fellow

In Parties/Alliances

• It is possible to call an Adventuring Fellow in an alliance or a party.
• Adventuring Fellows count towards the maximum party limit, so a party cannot have more than 3 Adventuring Fellows present. However, this only applies to members in the same area, so a party of 6 can have an Adventuring Fellow in their party as long as one of the players is in a different area.
• Every new party member, including new Adventuring Fellows, added to a full, 6-member party will kick out one of the Adventuring Fellows, starting with the oldest.

Experience Point Reduction

• When you fight with your Adventuring Fellow you receive 30% fewer experience points. Other party members do not experience this reduction.

Situations that cause your fellow to vanish

• Your fellow disappears when you are knocked out, get on a Chocobo, become charmed, enter an area where fellows cannot be called, or level sync.
• Fellows come with you when you teleport or escape.
• If you log off while your adventuring fellow is still accompanying you, he/she will reappear the next time you log on. However, when you log back in, all of your fellow's status enhancements are wiped. This also happens when you change areas.
• If you enter a town with your fellow, he or she will disappear and will not reappear when you leave the town.

Spellcasting

• Your Adventuring Fellow casts level-appropriate spells if set to Healer, Soothing Healer, or Stalwart Shield, but only casts single-target spells on him/herself and you. Your fellow will not cast spells on other members of your party or alliance.
• Your fellow loses access to lower-level Protect and Shell spells as his/her level rises. For example, if Protect IV is available, your fellow will never cast Protect, Protect II, or Protect III at his or her current level, even if Protect is needed and your fellow has enough MP for a weaker Protect spell, but not for the highest tier known.
  • Your fellow does not lose access to lower tier Cure spells in this way.

Monster Aggression

• Fellows cannot be aggroed by monsters, but can cause them to link.

Targeting Your Fellow

• Your adventuring fellow can be cured and buffed by other players as if it were not a member of the party.
• Your Adventuring Fellow can be targeted for party-only buffs (such as Refresh) and is affected by multiple-target party buffs that you cast (such as Protectra), but not ones cast by other party members.
  • The macro pronouns <ft>, <stpc>, and <st> can be used to specifically target your fellow.
    • If there is a party member with the same name as your adventuring fellow, text commands will target the party member.
• Fellows seem to be treated the same as monsters in the sense of being cast on, so it is recommended to skill up Healing and Enhancing magic on your fellow as the spells being cast on them will have the same effect as if one were to hit a high-level monster with a low-skilled weapon. It is also possible to skill up on another player's fellow, so it is a good idea to skill up on the highest level NPC you can find.
• Your Adventuring Fellow can be used for Trick Attack to grant the damage received from striking behind a party or alliance member.
• Your adventuring fellow is not affected by Blood Pact: Wards.
• Your fellow is affected by Avatar's Favor effects.
• Shikikoyo can be used on your fellow. If in battle, /ja "Shikikoyo" <ft> is how you macro it.
• You can use Devotion and Martyr on your fellow.
• Corsair rolls will buff your fellow as long as they are within range.
• Your fellow is affected by enhancements you cast through Diffusion as a Blue Mage.

Experience Loss

• Your adventuring fellow does not lose experience points when knocked out.

Weapon Skills

• Your fellow uses Weapon Skills and can cause Skillchains.
• Weapon skill choice is more or less random, but fellows generally favor the higher-level weapon skills. For example, Sword-wielding fellows rarely use Fast Blade or Burning Blade, but prefer Red Lotus Blade or stronger.
  • That being said, your fellow may still use even Fast Blade at lower levels.
• If your TP is at least 50% when your fellow's TP hits 100%, he/she will wait for your TP to reach 100% to unleash a weapon skill, making it possible to skillchain. Attackers and Fierce Attackers time their weapon skills better. When your fellow's TP reaches 300%, he or she immediately uses a weapon skill regardless of your TP.
• Your adventuringfellow has an A+ rank skill and can use any weapon skill available at his/her level (except relic/mythic/empyrean/campaign weapon skills). Consuming homemade food prepared by your Fellow temporarily gives them access to all weapon skills regardless of level.
• By default, your fellow will not use area of effect weapon skills: Spinning Attack/Cyclone/Circle Blade/Shockwave/Spinning Scythe/Earth Crusher. However, these weapons skills can be enabled for your fellow by visiting a Rendezvous Point.

Blessed Radiance

• Your fellow gains an ability called "Blessed Radiance" after completing Mirror Images. The ability will be used when both you and your fellow are in red (<25%) HP. This ability does a significant amount of damage and grants him/her Invincible status. It can be used once per call. After your fellow uses it, you can dismiss him/her and summon your fellow again using a Tactics Pearl to make Blessed Radiance available.

Chat Filters

• To see the damage your fellow deals, make sure the chat filter "Damage taken by foes" is turned off.
• To see the damage your fellow takes, make sure the chat filter "Attacks by foes" is turned off.

Provoke

• Fellows set to Shield or Stalwart Shield use Provoke to maintain enmity.
• Attackers, Healers, Fierce Attackers, and Soothing Healers still use Provoke if your HP drops into the red.

Super Kupowers

• Adventuring fellows are affected by the Swift Shoes and Blood of the Vampyr Super Kupowers.

New Signal Pearls

• If you have recently received a new signal pearl (because you threw it away) and lose it again, you will not be able to receive another one until after Japanese midnight.

Sambas

• Like pets, your fellow will not benefit from the Samba effects used on monsters.

Adventuring Fellow Bond

Adventuring Fellow Combat Styles

After your Adventuring Fellow Bond increases to 5, you can set your Adventuring Fellow to be one of three types at a Rendezvous Point.

• Healer - attacks and casts White Magic; has Auto Regen.
• Shield - attacks and provokes; has Undead Killer.
• Attacker - concentrates on attacking; has Double Attack and Counter.

After completing the Chameleon Capers quest, you have the opportunity to teach your fellow additional combat styles via three Tactics Manuals. In order to teach your adventuring fellow all the available combat styles, the manuals can be traded or borrowed from other players. These new combat styles have the same features as the basic styles while expanding your fellow's repertoire.

• Soothing Healer - Heals and remedies ailments more frequently. Uses enfeebling magic more intelligently.
  • This style requires the T.M. Endurance item.
  • Healer and Soothing Healer place their partners before themselves for curing and removing ailments, but not necessarily enhancements.

• Stalwart Shield - Same as normal "Shield", but now Cures self when under 80% HP. Has Auto Refresh.
  • This style requires the T.M. Fortitude item.
  • Stalwart Shield acts as a Paladin with a Warrior support job. Your fellow uses spells according to a Paladin's level. Also, at level 50 Stalwart Shields acquire Double Attack. Stalwart and normal Shield NPCs will also prioritize you when using Provoke.

• Fierce Attacker - Uses additional Weapon Skills, notifies you when at 90% TP, and Double Attacks more frequently.
  • This style requires the T.M. Might item.
  • Attacker and Fierce Attacker act as Warriors with a Monk support job. At level 20, your NPC gains Counter. At level 25, he or she gains Double Attack. When fighting Hand-to-Hand, they have a chance to Guard.
  • No longer uses weaker versions of existing weapon skills (examples: always uses Full Swing rather than Heavy Swing; never uses Starburst but instead uses Sunburst).

• To use the manual, talk to your NPC at the Rendezvous Point with it in your inventory. When you check the Rendezvous Point again, the new job is available to be selected from the job style menu. Manuals do not work if they are in your bazaar.
• Tactics Manuals are not consumed upon use.
• Tactics Manuals are only Rare items and can be traded to other players or sold through Bazaar.
• Your NPC may use the manuals before you defeat the NM, even before you start the quest, provided you have sufficient bond and the manual in your inventory upon visiting a rendezvous point.
• If your bond decreases to less than 5 (by throwing away your Signal Pearl), you will not have the option to change combat styles until your Bond reaches 5 again.

Regardless of class, your NPC uses Provoke when your HP is red.

Adventuring Fellow Level Caps

Your Adventuring Fellow starts at level 30 and cannot exceed level 50 until meeting certain requirements. As your bond and the level of your fellow grow, you will gain access to the following Adventuring Fellow level cap quests.

• Picture Perfect - Increases NPC Level Cap to 55
• Regaining Trust - Increases NPC Level Cap to 60
• Mixed Signals - Increases NPC Level Cap to 65
• Clash of the Comrades - Increases NPC Level Cap to 70
• A Trial in Tandem - Increases NPC Level Cap to 75
• A Trial in Tandem, Redux - Increases NPC Level Cap to 80
• Yet Another Trial in Tandem - Increases NPC Level Cap to 85
• A Quaternary Trial in Tandem - Increases NPC Level Cap to 90
• A Trial in Tandem Revisited - Increases NPC Level Cap to 95

Obtaining the Tactics Pearl

You must first have completed Chains of Promathia mission 1-1 The Rites of Life and hold or have held the Mysterious Amulet before your NPC will offer this quest.

1. Upon obtaining sufficient Adventuring Fellow Bond (35+ Fellow Bond), summon your fellow at a Rendezvous Point and select "Let's talk about quests" to receive an Emptiness Investigation Note.

• Your fellow will only mention the Emptiness once per week, but will not mention it again until you have completed the quest.
• You cannot call your fellow in Promyvion unless you have 33 points of bond, despite the fact that your NPC may mention this quest before you have 33 points of bond. The maximum bond is 30 until you finish the Past Reflections quest.

2. Enter Promyvion - Dem, Promyvion - Holla, or Promyvion - Mea. There is a Rendezvous Point close to the entrance. Check it, and after a brief cutscene, your fellow will appear.

• It is not necessary to have the Signal Pearl with you to start or complete this quest.

3. You have 45 minutes with your NPC to find a "???." There are a total of 5 ??? for this quest.

• When you kill monsters in Promyvion, your NPC gets credit towards a quota of 30 monsters needed for the maximum EXP bonus of 1,200 EXP. Note that even Strays and monsters that are too weak count towards your NPC's kill quota. They're an easy way to get 30 kills.
• After that, an additional bonus will be determined by which floor(s) you examine the ??? on.
  • If you check 1 ??? and then conclude the investigation, your NPC will receive a maximum of 1,500 exp.
  • If you check 2 ??? and then conclude the investigation, your NPC will receive a maximum of 2,400 exp.
  • If you check 3 ??? and then conclude the investigation, your NPC will receive a maximum of 3,300 exp.
  • If you check 4 ??? and then conclude the investigation, your NPC will receive a maximum of 4,800 exp.
  • If you travel to both possible third islands and check all 5 ???, your NPC will receive a maximum of 5,700 exp.
• To maximize experience points you must examine the ??? on each island and answer "Not yet.".

• Calling your fellow inside Promyvion and the experience bonus gained upon ending the investigation do not add any Fellow Points with Ajahkeem.
• Your fellow cannot level up as a result of the EXP bonus gained upon completion of this quest.
  • However, experience you get from killing monsters during the climb does count toward fellow points, and your fellow can level up while killing monsters during the quest.

4. When you find the ??? and check it, you will get the option to end or continue the investigation. If you choose to end it, you will also have the option to warp back to the entrance of the Promyvion. After that, your Fellow will get the experience points for the monsters you've killed, with a bonus added depending on the number of ??? you examined for the quest.

5. Return to a Rendezvous Point in any city and call your fellow to receive a Tactics Pearl, which allows you to summon your fellow every 10 minutes. If you investigated to at least the second island, your fellow will also give you a food item based on his/her personality, as in the Mixed Signals quest (must have quest completed to receive food item).

Obtaining a new Tactics Pearl

• You can only obtain one Tactics Pearl per Conquest Tally.
• You must drop your old Tactics Pearl before you can get a new one. Dropping your Tactics Pearl does not lower your NPC affection.
• You must speak to your fellow about quests to receive another Emptiness Investigation Note.
• You must repeat the Promyvion miniquest.
• If you fail the quest, it can be repeated after Japanese Midnight.
• If Japanese Midnight passes after you've called your NPC at the Rendezvous Point in Promyvion and you were unable to finish, you must exit Promyvion and come back before calling your NPC at the Rendezvous Point again.
• If you lose your connection you fail the quest; your fellow will be gone when you log back in.
• If you enter the Spire of Dem/Holla/Mea on the final island, you fail the quest.

Adventuring Fellow Points

• To gain access to fellow points, speak to Luto Mewrilah in Upper Jeuno (G-8) for a cutscene. You must have your Signal Pearl equipped for this cutscene. She directs you to find a man in Ru'Lude Gardens. Go to G-9 in Ru'Lude Gardens, next to the Rendezvous Point, and speak with Ajahkeem for a second cutscene. This may not trigger until some level of bond between zero and the amount required for Past Reflections is obtained.
• Adventuring Fellow Points are not lost when restarting with a new Adventuring Fellow. You can leave your current points, restart to get a new Fellow, and Ajahkeem will retain your points from your previous Fellow. Any previous purchases (such as extended time on the battlefield) will also be retained; however, you will be unable to make purchases for certain items (such as Tactics Manuals) until you have reached their respective quest completion requirements.
• See the Discussion Page regarding calculation of fellow points.

Items and categories available to purchase with fellow points:

• Miratete's Memoirs: Instantly grants your fellow 750-1500 experience points.
• Glamorize equipment: Changes selected armor slot to the next armor type of current line.
• Deglamorize Equipment: Changes selected armor slot to the previous armor type of current line.
• Change Equipment style: Changes selected armor slot to a different (selected) line of armor, keeping the current level in the new equipment line.
• Increase maximum active time: Increases the maximum amount of time your fellow will stay with you by 10 minutes.
  • Three Increase maximum active time upgrades are available.
• Increase fashion advice limit: Increases the armor lock options to all four slots. Does not alter headgear options.
• Opaline Dress Set/Argent Attire: Gives your fellow the Body, Legs, and Feet of the Opaline/Argent Set. When this is set, you no longer have the option for "Fashionable Equipment" at Rendezvous Points. To restore previous gear, talk to Ajahkeem, choose "Items for my fellow" > "Equipment Sets" > "Restore Default Gear". This option appears when your fellow bond reaches the maximum level.

Adventuring Fellow Weapons

• As your Bond with your fellow increases, Luto Mewrilah will offer to take weapons from you and pass them along to your fellow. What type of weapon you trade to Luto determines:
  • Which weapon skills your fellow can perform.
  • How often he/she hits and for what amount of damage.
  • How your fellow looks.
    • So, if you trade a dagger to Luto, your fellow performs dagger weapon skills, attacks quickly for minor damage, and wields a dagger. Likewise, if you trade a scythe to Luto, your fellow performs scythe weapon skills, swings slowly for greater damage, and holds a scythe.
• Your fellow has an 'A+' or 'A-' rating for all weapons and can therefore use all weapon skills of the equipped weapon available at his/her level.
• The specific weapon's level and damage rating do not affect the damage dealt by your fellow.
• If you trade a one-handed weapon to Luto, you can also trade a shield.
• You are not required to have traded a lower level weapon to receive a request from Luto for a higher tier, but you do need to trade a weapon from the first tier in order to make any other trades.
• Hand-to-Hand Weapons attack twice per round if your fellow is an "Attacker" or "Fierce Attacker". Other styles can only attack once per round.
• The weapon your fellow wields does not always look like the weapon you traded.

Luto's chat messages for each level:

• Level 1: PC, I have a question for you. How do you go about choosing a weapon?
• Level 2: NPC told me he was thinking about upgrading his weapon.
• Level 3: About NPC's weapon...I think your pal is looking for a new one again.
• Level 4: I thought a new weapon or shield would make a nice gift in thanks for all the hard work your frrriend has done for me.
• Level 5: PC, the weapon that NPC is using is not the one that I gave him/her...
• Level 6: I saw NPC going into a weapon store carrying one of our gifts...
• Level 7: There was a moogle wandering along carrying some weapons.....Oh, that reminds me, if you want to give me something for NPC, I'll be happy to do the honors.

Adventuring Fellow Equipment

• The equipment that your Adventuring Fellow wears does not affect his or her statistics; it's only for looks.
• As your Bond with your Adventuring Fellow increases, you will be given the option to "lock in" certain equipment that your NPC is wearing. This option appears at a Rendezvous Point under the heading "Fashionable Equipment." When you select one of the equipment options under the Fashionable Equipment submenu, you will lock in that piece of equipment so that it will not change regardless of where you choose to level.

• Your NPC will initially ask you what he or she should keep. If you answer "none", your NPC will respond as if he or she is disappointed. This means that nothing is locked and all four pieces of armor could change. Once you choose a piece of armor to lock, then all other pieces that you did not select will still be changeable. As your bond increases, you will be able to lock more than one armor piece at a time because immediately following your choice of armor piece, your NPC will ask "What else?"; you will then be able to select from a list of the three still unlocked armor pieces to keep.
• There are four armor locks available, three gained as your Adventuring Fellow Bond increases, and one bought with Adventuring Fellow points.

• See Adventuring Fellow Equipment for information about changing your Adventuring Fellow's equipment.

Note: The Level 12 "Black Trader" gear looks exactly like the Trader's Saio Set except Black, and not Red.

Adventuring Fellow Headgear

As your Adventuring Fellow Bond grows stronger, you will be presented with the following headgear choices for your NPC to wear. These are for cosmetic purposes only; your NPC does not obtain the stats from these items. The headgear options are chosen at a Rendezvous Point. Which options you will get depend on the personality of your Adventuring Fellow:

Increasing your fellow's stats

• Your fellow's armor does not affect their stats and is only for visual purposes.
• The following weapons increase your fellow's stats when equipped by you. They only need to be equipped when calling your fellow, allowing you to change your weapon and keep the effect.
  • Shinai = STR+4, DEX+4
  • Ibushi Shinai +1 = HP+10, MP+10
    • These two weapon items are obtained from the Feast of Swords event.
    • The Shinai purchased with adventuring fellow points is equipped by your fellow, and does not give these stats.
• The following equipment (all level 70), when worn by you, increases your fellow's stats:
  • Hydra Cap = HP+10, MP+10, INT+2
  • Hydra Jupon = HP+20, MP+20, VIT+2
  • Hydra Bracers = HP+10, MP+10, DEX+2
  • Hydra Hose = HP+10, MP+10, STR+2
  • Hydra Boots = HP+10, MP+10, AGI+2
  • The full set gives your fellow a total of HP+60, MP+60, INT+2, DEX+2, VIT+2, STR+2 and AGI+2.
    • This equipment is dropped randomly by enemies in Dynamis - Tavnazia.

Fellow Access to 'Wings of the Goddess' Areas

To be able to call your fellow in the past, go to the present from the past using the Sauromugue Champaign (S) Cavernous Maw (K-9). Touch it for a cutscene with your fellow. You will appear in present-day Sauromugue Champaign and a message will alert you that you can now call your fellow in certain areas of the past. If you have already completed this with a different fellow, you do not need to repeat this process.

• To get to the Sauromugue Champaign (S) Cavernous Maw you must travel through Garlaige Citadel (S) and take the hidden second exit back out. You don't have to open any banishing gates and it is a completely safe walk.
• Note: If you are using the Maw in Sauromugue Champaign (S) for the first time, you will open the Maw for present-day use, but will not get the cutscene with your fellow. Head back to the past and use the Maw again for the cutscene.

Obtaining A New Adventuring Fellow

If you decide you want to change your fellow to another face type, race, sex, or size, you can restart after completing Mirror, Mirror.

Talk to Luto Mewrilah and choose "I want to quit this task" and verify you want to get rid of your current fellow. You will entirely lose your fellow and be able to complete the quests again, choosing a new fellow.

You will be required to return your Signal Pearl (and Tactics Pearl if you currently have one) to Luto to start over with a new fellow. If you have dropped your Signal Pearl you can get a new one by going to any Rendezvous Point and requesting a new one.

See Also

Quests

• Bait and Switch

Guides

• Fellow Leveling Guide
• Adventuring Fellow Guide/Adventuring Fellow Equipment
• Adventuring Fellow Personality