Summoner

Job Overview

Available after completing the quest I Can Hear a Rainbow, these heretic mages have unlocked the secrets of the forbidden magic of Vana'diel by creating a pact with the Avatar known as Carbuncle. Through his suggestion, these mages have the choice to delve further into the craft and create pacts with up to 10 more of the Avatars of Vana'diel after defeating them in battle to prove their worth. If accepted, Summoners are able to fight alongside them in order to bring peace to Vana'diel. Table of Contents: Abilities • Traits • Merits • Summons • Blood Pacts Combat Skills • Magic Skills • Artifact Equipment • Summoner Guides

Job Abilities Level  Name 1  Astral Flow 50  Elemental Siphon 87  Mana Cede Group 1 Merits Level  Name (75)  Avatar Phys. Accuracy (75)  Avatar Physical Attack (75)  Avatar Mag. Accuracy (75)  Avatar Magical Attack (75)  Summoning Magic Cast Time

Job Traits Level  Name 10  Max MP Boost 15  Clear Mind 20  Resist Slow 25  Auto Refresh 30  Clear Mind II 30  Max MP Boost II 40  Resist Slow II 45  Clear Mind III 50  Max MP Boost III 60  Blood Boon 60  Clear Mind IV 60  Resist Slow III 70  Clear Mind V 70  Max MP Boost IV 75  Resist Slow IV 76  Max MP Boost V 85  Stout Servant 90  Auto Refresh II 95  Stout Servant II 96  Max MP Boost VI

Summons

Avatars can be obtained through various quests, such as obtaining the appropriate elemental tuning forks for the corresponding element or by acquiring a special Key Item (Moon Bauble and Vial of Dream Incense). Elemental Spirits can be obtained either through merchants or by defeating certain monsters that drop the scrolls (which can also be bought or sold on the Auction House). An initial MP cost is required to summon each Avatar/Elemental Spirit into this plane of existence, as well as a perpetuation cost to sustain it. The base MP costs are based on the Summoner's level (See Avatar Perpetuation Cost for details).

Important note: In Salvage all pets' 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. Additionally, any Atma affecting you also affect your pets.

Avatars Level  Avatar 1  Carbuncle 1  Fenrir 1  Ifrit 1  Titan 1  Leviathan 1  Garuda 1  Shiva 1  Ramuh 1  Diabolos 75  Alexander† 75  Odin† † Summoning Alexander or Odin requires Astral Flow to be in effect and to be level 75+.

Elementals Level  Elemental 1  Fire Spirit 1  Ice Spirit 1  Air Spirit 1  Earth Spirit 1  Thunder Spirit 1  Water Spirit 1  Light Spirit 1  Dark Spirit

Summons Commands Level  Command 1  Assault 1  Blood Pact: Rage 1  Blood Pact: Ward 1  Release 1  Retreat 55  Avatar's Favor

Blood Pacts

Level  Command  Type  Avatar 1  Searing Light*  Light  Carbuncle 1  Howling Moon*  Dark  Fenrir 1  Inferno*  Fire  Ifrit 1  Earthen Fury*  Earth  Titan 1  Tidal Wave*  Water  Leviathan 1  Aerial Blast*  Wind  Garuda 1  Diamond Dust*  Ice  Shiva 1  Judgment Bolt*  Lightning  Ramuh 1  Ruinous Omen*  Dark  Diabolos 1  Healing Ruby   --  Carbuncle 1  Punch    Ifrit 1  Rock Throw    Titan 1  Barracuda Dive    Leviathan 1  Claw    Garuda 1  Axe Kick    Shiva 1  Shock Strike    Ramuh 1  Camisado    Diabolos 5  Poison Nails    Carbuncle 5  Moonlit Charge    Fenrir 10  Crescent Fang    Fenrir 10  Fire II  Fire  Ifrit 10  Stone II  Earth  Titan 10  Water II  Water  Leviathan 10  Aero II  Wind  Garuda 10  Blizzard II  Ice  Shiva 10  Thunder II  Lightning  Ramuh 19  Thunderspark  Lightning  Ramuh 20  Somnolence  Dark  Diabolos 21  Lunar Cry  Dark  Fenrir 21  Rock Buster    Titan 23  Burning Strike    Ifrit 24  Shining Ruby   --  Carbuncle 25  Aerial Armor   --  Garuda 26  Tail Whip    Leviathan 28  Frost Armor   --  Shiva 29  Nightmare  Dark  Diabolos 30  Double Punch    Ifrit 31  Rolling Thunder   --  Ramuh 32  Lunar Roar  Dark  Fenrir 33  Slowga   --  Leviathan 35  Megalith Throw    Titan 36  Whispering Wind   --  Garuda 37  Ultimate Terror   --  Diabolos 38  Crimson Howl   --  Ifrit 39  Sleepga   --  Shiva 42  Lightning Armor   --  Ramuh

Level  Command  Type  Avatar 43  Ecliptic Growl   --  Fenrir 44  Glittering Ruby   --  Carbuncle 46  Earthen Ward   --  Titan 47  Spring Water   --  Leviathan 48  Hastega   --  Garuda 49  Noctoshield   --  Diabolos 50  Double Slap    Shiva 54  Ecliptic Howl   --  Fenrir 55  Meteorite  Light  Carbuncle 56  Dream Shroud   --  Diabolos 60  Fire IV  Fire  Ifrit 60  Stone IV  Earth  Titan 60  Water IV  Water  Leviathan 60  Aero IV  Wind  Garuda 60  Blizzard IV  Ice  Shiva 60  Thunder IV  Lightning  Ramuh 65  Healing Ruby II   --  Carbuncle 65  Eclipse Bite    Fenrir 65  Nether Blast  Dark  Diabolos 70  Flaming Crush    Ifrit 70  Mountain Buster    Titan 70  Spinning Dive    Leviathan 70  Predator Claws    Garuda 70  Rush    Shiva 70  Chaotic Strike    Ramuh 75 (Merit)  Meteor Strike  Fire  Ifrit 75 (Merit)  Heavenly Strike  Ice  Shiva 75 (Merit)  Wind Blade  Wind  Garuda 75 (Merit)  Geocrush  Earth  Titan 75 (Merit)  Thunderstorm  Lightning  Ramuh 75 (Merit)  Grand Fall  Water  Leviathan 75  Perfect Defense*  --  Alexander 75  Zantetsuken*  Dark  Odin 76  Holy Mist  Light  Carbuncle 78  Lunar Bay  Dark  Fenrir 80  Night Terror  Dark  Diabolos 82  Earthen Armor  --  Titan 84  Tidal Roar  --  Leviathan 86  Fleet Wind  --  Garuda 88  Inferno Howl  --  Ifrit 90  Diamond Storm  --  Shiva 92  Shock Squall  --  Ramuh 94  Soothing Ruby  --  Carbuncle 96  Heavenward Howl  --  Fenrir 98  Pavor Nocturnus  --  Diabolos

*These commands are only available when Astral Flow is active.

Combat Skill Ratings  Skill Skill Ranking Cap at Level 1 Cap at Level 49 Cap at Level 99  Staff B 5 144 398  Club C+ 5 139 378  Dagger E 4 124 300  Evasion E 4 124 300

Magic Skill Ratings  Skill Skill Ranking Cap at Level 1 Cap at Level 49 Cap at Level 99  Summoning A- 6 150 417

See Summoner Skill Caps for a by-level breakdown of Weapon Skill limits.

Artifact Equipment

To see a side by side comparison of Artifact/Relic sets visit Summoner Artifact/Relic Sets Comparison.

To see a side by side comparison of Empyrean sets visit Caller's Sets Comparison.

Artifact Set Level Artifact 30  Evoker's Torque 41 Kukulcan's Staff 52 Evoker's Spats 54 Evoker's Bracers 56 Evoker's Pigaches 58 Evoker's Doublet 60 Evoker's Horn

Artifact Set +1 Level Artifact 74 Evoker's Spats +1 74 Evoker's Bracers +1 74 Evoker's Pigaches +1 74 Evoker's Doublet +1 74 Evoker's Horn +1

Relic Set Level Relic 70 Summoner's Cape 71 Summoner's Spats 72 Summoner's Bracers 73 Summoner's Pigaches 74 Summoner's Doublet 75 Summoner's Horn

Relic Set +1 Level Relic 75 Summoner's Spats +1 75 Sum. Bracers +1 75 Sum. Pigaches +1 75 Sum. Doublet +1 75 Summoner's Horn +1 Relic Set +2 Level Relic 90 Summoner's Spats +2 90 Sum. Bracers +2 90 Sum. Pigaches +2 90 Sum. Doublet +2 90 Summoner's Horn +2

Relic/Mythic/Empyrean Weapons Level Weapon 75 Claustrum (Relic) 75 Nirvana (Mythic) 80  Hvergelmir (Empyrean)

Empyrean Set/+1/+2 Level Item 80  Caller's Sash 81  Caller's Pigaches / +1 / +2 83  Caller's Spats / +1 / +2 84  Caller's Pendant 85  Caller's Horn / +1 / +2 87  Caller's Bracers / +1 / +2 89  Caller's Doublet / +1 / +2 90  Caller's Earring

Skill Caps

Skill Rank /   Job Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
A+, A-	6	9	12	15	18	21	24	27	30	33	36	39	42	45	48	51	54	57	60	63
B+, B, B-	5	7	10	13	16	19	22	25	28	31	34	36	39	42	45	48	51	54	57	60
C+, C, C-	5	7	10	13	16	19	21	24	27	30	33	35	38	41	44	47	49	52	55	58
D	4	6	9	12	14	17	20	22	25	28	31	33	36	39	41	44	47	49	52	55
E	4	6	9	11	14	16	19	21	24	26	29	31	34	36	39	41	44	46	49	51
F	4	6	8	10	13	15	17	20	22	24	27	29	31	33	36	38	40	43	45	47

Skill Rank /   Job Level	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40
A+, A-	66	69	72	75	78	81	84	87	90	93	96	99	102	105	108	111	114	117	120	123
B+, B, B-	63	65	68	71	74	77	80	83	86	89	92	94	97	100	103	106	109	112	115	118
C+, C, C-	61	63	66	69	72	75	77	80	83	86	89	91	94	97	100	103	105	108	111	114
D	58	60	63	66	68	71	74	76	79	82	85	87	90	93	95	98	101	103	106	109
E	54	56	59	61	64	66	69	71	74	76	79	81	84	86	89	91	94	96	99	101
F	50	52	54	56	59	61	63	66	68	70	73	75	77	79	82	84	86	89	91	93

Skill Rank /   Job Level	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60
A+, A-	126	129	132	135	138	141	144	147	150	153	158	163	168	173	178	183	188	193	198	203
B+, B, B-	121	123	126	129	132	135	138	141	144	147	151	156	161	166	171	176	181	186	191	196
C+, C, C-	117	119	122	125	128	131	133	136	139	142	146	151	156	161	166	170	175	180	185	190
D	112	114	117	120	122	125	128	130	133	136	140	145	150	154	159	164	168	173	178	183
E	104	106	109	111	114	116	119	121	124	126	130	135	139	144	148	153	157	162	166	171
F	96	98	100	102	105	107	109	112	114	116	120	124	128	133	137	141	146	150	154	159

Skill Rank /   Job Level	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80
A+	207	212	217	222	227	232	236	241	246	251	256	261	266	271	276	281	286	291	296	301
A-	207	211	215	219	223	227	231	235	239	244	249	254	259	264	269	274	279	284	289	294
B+	199	203	207	210	214	218	221	225	229	233	237	241	246	251	256	261	266	271	276	281
B	199	202	205	208	212	215	218	221	225	228	232	236	240	245	250	255	260	265	270	275
B-	198	201	204	206	209	212	214	217	220	223	226	229	232	236	240	245	250	255	260	265
C+	192	195	197	200	202	205	207	210	212	215	218	221	224	227	230	235	240	245	250	255
C	192	194	196	199	201	203	205	208	210	212	214	217	219	222	225	230	235	240	245	250
C-	192	194	196	198	200	202	204	206	208	210	212	214	216	218	220	225	230	235	240	245
D	184	186	188	190	192	194	195	197	199	201	203	205	207	208	210	214	218	222	226	230
E	172	174	176	178	180	182	184	186	188	190	192	194	196	198	200	203	206	209	212	215
F	161	163	165	167	169	171	173	175	177	179	181	183	185	187	189	191	193	195	197	199

Skill Rank /   Job Level	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99
A+	307	313	319	325	331	337	343	349	355	361	368	375	382	389	396	403	410	417	424
A-	300	306	312	318	324	330	336	342	348	354	361	368	375	382	389	396	403	410	417
B+	287	293	299	305	311	317	323	329	335	341	348	355	362	369	376	383	390	397	404
B	281	287	293	299	305	311	317	323	329	335	342	349	356	363	370	377	384	391	398
B-	271	277	283	289	295	301	307	313	319	325	332	339	346	353	360	367	374	381	388
C+	261	267	273	279	285	291	297	303	309	315	322	329	336	343	350	357	364	371	378
C	256	262	268	274	280	286	292	298	304	310	317	324	331	338	345	352	359	366	373
C-	251	257	263	269	275	281	287	293	299	305	312	319	326	333	340	347	354	361	368
D	235	240	245	250	255	260	265	270	275	280	286	292	298	304	310	316	322	328	334
E	219	223	227	231	235	239	243	247	251	255	260	265	270	275	280	285	290	295	300
F	202	205	208	211	214	217	220	223	226	229	233	237	241	245	249	253	257	261	265

Skilling Up

Combat and magic skills are raised by using them on mobs of the appropriate level to your skill.

• With weapons, attacking or performing physical weapon skills
• With defensive combat skills, performing the defensive action, eg. blocking or parrying UPDATE: As of the July 2012 Update a player no longer needs to use defensive skills to gain skill ups. A player can still gain skill points in Evasion, Parrying, and Shield without actually evading, parrying, or blocking an attack.
• With offensive magic skills, casting it on the enemy
• With supportive/healing magic skills, casting it on yourself or other players (target level doesn't matter)
  • Healing magic can also be cast upon undead for skill ups, similar to offensive magic
• With summoning skill, summoning an avatar, or using Blood Pact: Rage and Blood Pact: Ward
• Some magic skills include both offensive and supportive/healing magics and thus can be skilled up in multiple ways

To work out the minimum level mobs required for skill ups, follow these steps:

• 1. Using the job skill ranks table, identify the rank of the skill for your job
• 2. Note your current skill level, and follow the appropriate rows in the skill caps tables for your rank, moving up in levels until you reach the level where the skill cap exceeds your current skill level
• 3. That level is the minimum level required of mobs for you to gain any skill ups with that particular job and particular skill

Example 1:
Lv 70 RDM skilling up dagger, dagger skill is currently at 150

• Using the job skill ranks table, RDM's dagger rank is "B"
• Since the rank is B, we'll look at the B+/B/B- rows for Lv 1-60, and the B row for Lv 61-80 in the skill caps tables
• Moving along the B+/B/B- rows, skill level 150 is first exceeded at Lv 51 (which has a skill cap of 151)
• So a Lv 51 mob would give the RDM skill ups on dagger, but only until 151 skill, mobs higher than Lv 51 are needed to continue skill ups
• In order to cap off dagger skill at Lv 70 (which would be 228 for the Lv 70 RDM), he'll need to fight Lv 70 mobs or higher

Example 2:
Lv 70 BLM skilling up dagger, dagger skill is currently at 150

• Using the job skill ranks table, BLM's dagger rank is "D"
• Moving along the D rows, skill level 150 is first exceeded at Lv 54 (which has a skill cap of 154)
• So at minimum, a Lv 54 mob is needed for the BLM to skill up dagger
  • Note the same Lv 54 mob would allow the Lv 70 RDM to skill up dagger until 166, since RDM's dagger rank is B
• In order to cap off dagger skill at Lv 70 (which would be 201 for the Lv 70 BLM), he'll also need to fight Lv 70 mobs or higher

Note that:

• By fighting Decent Challenge or higher mobs, you can always cap any combat/magic skill
• Similarly, in order to cap any skill, you must fight Decent Challenge or higher mobs eventually (after lower level mobs stop giving skill ups)
• The maximum skill obtainable on a certain level mob differs between jobs and between skills, as it is determined by the rank of the particular skill for the particular job, as per the job skill ranks table.
• Similarly, the level of mobs needed to attain a certain skill level also differs between jobs and between skills

Special Consideration:

• Several jobs are capable of equipping weapons (or shields) while also not having access to that combat skill.
• Jobs that do not innately possess a skill are considered to have a 0 in that skill, even if they have that skill leveled on another job.

Summoner Guides

Job Guides  How-To Guide: Summoner  Summoner: Guide to Races and Subjob Selection  Blood Pact  Guide to Dispelling Effects  Summoner's Bag of Tricks  Carbuncle Pulling: Guide by Kajiwht  Shattering Stars/Summoner  Kweh's guide to playing summoner and gear selection  Carbuncle and Bomb Tosses: A SMN Guide

Experience Guides  Summoner's First Twenty-One Levels  Summoner Solo Guide By Redchaos  Summoner Solo Guide by Keepongo  Summoner Solo Guide by Urielnosushi  Astral Flow Party

Gear Guides  Job Specific Equipment/Summoner  Summoner Empyrean equipment guide by Kraftlos   Summoner Equipment Guide  Summoner Equip lvl 20+ Guide by Lycena

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