Machinist (Final Fantasy XIV)

Machinist is a job in Final Fantasy XIV, introduced in the game's first expansion pack, Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward. As with the other three Ishgard jobs, machinist has no base class and begins at level 30.

Profile[]

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.

Lodestone

The job is a mobile, ranged DPS class using guns as their main weapon. Machinists focus on dealing ranged damage using a combination of firearms enhanced with various attachments and can deploy mechanical turrets to help them on the battlefield.

Due to the machinist job being a recent invention in Eorzea, its soul crystal uniquely lacks memories for its user to draw from, with machinists' experiences and techniques being newly engraved into the stone.

Story[]

History[]

Through the centuries of lshgard's endless conflict with the Dravanians, the city-state's engineers have devised and improved upon myriad dragon-killing contrivances. This inspired the construction of the Skysteel Manufactory in the year 1483 of the Sixth Astral Era, where resident artisans to this day continue to invent weapons such as the ceruleum-propelled giant ballista, and the quad-barreled Bertha cannon. Many of these modern advances can be attributed to Stephanivien de Haillenarte, the manufactory's brilliant chief, who has welcomed the assistance of Garlond Ironworks with incorporating imperial magitek into traditional Ishgardian craftmanship.

Stephanivien's primary achievement has been the creation of the aetherotransformer- a device which converts the wearer's innate mana into the lightning-aspected energy suited for powering the chief's revolutionary inventions. In addition to instructing volunteers in the use of the transformer, Stephanivien has employed a master of marksmanship from Limsa Lominsa to train an ever-growing number of recruits. Armed with their signature firearms and a repertoire of technological marvels, these soldiers of a new age are known as machinists.

Heavensward[]

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Stormblood[]

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Equipment[]

FFXIV Stormblood Machinist — A roegadyn machinist with the Outsider and Gunner's artifact armor.

Machinists wield guns as their weapons. Their armor is primarily made up of "Aiming" gear, light armor with average defenses that they share with other ranged physical DPS classes.

The primary attribute for machinists is dexterity, which boosts their attack power, and should always be prioritized over other attributes. As a DPS discipline, they draw the most benefit from the critical hit, direct hit, skill speed, and determination secondary attributes, which all improve their damage dealing capabilities in some way.

Lists of machinist equipment
Machinist's Arms
Head Body Hands Waist Legs Feet	Earrings Necklaces Bracelets Rings Soul Crystal

Job Gauge[]

The Job Gauge was introduced to players in 4.0 Stormblood. Currently, the machinist uses the Heat Gauge and the Battery Gauge.

The Heat Gauge─indicating a firearm's temperature─is displayed upon execution weaponskills. Using Hypercharge allows the use of additional skills at the cost of the Heat Gauge, requiring no cooldown or cast down.

In Shadowbringers 5.0, the machinist was heavily reworked, removing the Overheat, Gauss Barrel and Ammunition mechanics entirely. The Split Shot combo becomes permanently heated after learning the corresponding traits. Now, the Battery Gauge fills up when completing the Split Shot combo and is used to summon the Rook and Bishop Autoturrets as well as the Automaton Queen learned at Level 80. They remain on the field until the gauge depletes.

Heat and Battery Gauge, alongside the Automaton Queen

Abilities[]

Job Actions[]

Action	Level	Type	Cast	Recast	MP Cost	Range	Radius
Split Shot	1	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	—	25y	—
Split Shot	Delivers an attack with a potency of 140. Additional Effect: Increases Heat Gauge by 5 Upgrades to Heated Split Shot.
Slug Shot	2	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	—	25y	—
Slug Shot	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Combo Action: Split Shot or Heated Split Shot Combo Potency: 210 Combo Bonus: Increases Heat Gauge by 5 Upgrades to Heated Slug Shot.
Hot Shot	4	Weaponskill	Instant	40s	—	25y	—
Hot Shot	Delivers an attack with a potency of 240. Additional Effect: Increases Battery Gauge by 20 This weaponskill does not share a recast timer with any other actions. Upgrades to Air Anchor.
Reassemble	10	Ability	Instant	55s	—	—	—
Reassemble	Guarantees that next weaponskill is a critical direct hit. Duration: 5s Increases damage dealt when under an effect that raises critical hit rate or direct hit rate. This action does not affect damage over time effects. Maximum Charges: 2
Gauss Round	15	Ability	Instant	30s	—	25y	—
Gauss Round	Delivers an attack with potency of 130. Maximum Charges: 2 ( 3) Double-barrel Mastery Upgrades to Double Check.
Spread Shot	18	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	—	12y	12y cone
Spread Shot	Deliver an attack with a potency of 140 to all enemies in a cone before you. Additional Effect: Increases Heat Gauge by 5 Upgrades to Scattergun.
Clean Shot	26	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	—	25y	—
Clean Shot	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Combo Action: Slug Shot or Heated Slug Shot Combo Potency: 270 Combo Bonus: Increases Heat Gauge by 5 Combo Bonus: Increases Battery Gauge by 10 Upgrades to Heated Clean Shot.
Hypercharge	30	Ability	Instant	10s	—	—	—
Hypercharge	Grants 5 stacks of Overheated, each stack allowing the execution of Heat Blast (Heat Blast Mastery Blazing Shot) or Auto Crossbow. Duration: 10s Overheated Effect: Increases the potency of single-target weaponskills by 20 Heat Gauge Cost: 50 Overheated effect only applicable to machinist job actions. No Heat Gauge cost when under the effect of Hypercharged.
Heat Blast	35	Weaponskill	Instant	1.5s	—	25y	—
Heat Blast	Delivers an attack with a potency of 200. Additional Effect: Reduces the recast time of both Gauss Round and Ricochet by 15s Can only be executed when firearm is Overheated. This weaponskill does not share a recast timer with any other actions. Upon execution, the recast timer for this action will be applied to all other weaponskills and magic actions. Heat Blast Mastery Upgrades to Blazing Shot.
Rook Autoturret	40	Ability	Instant	6s	—	—	—
Rook Autoturret	Deploys a single-target battle turret which attacks using Volley Fire, dealing damage with a potency of 35. Potency increases as Battery Gauge exceeds required cost at time of deployment, up to a maximum of 75. Battery Gauge Cost: 50 Duration: 9s Consumes Battery Gauge upon execution. Shuts down when time expires or upon execution of Rook Overdrive. Shares a recast timer with Rook Overdrive. Upgrades to Automaton Queen.
Rook Overdrive	40	Ability	Instant	15s	—	25y	—
Rook Overdrive	Orders the rook autoturret to use Rook Overload. Rook Overload Potency: 160 Potency increases as Battery Gauge exceeds required cost at time of deployment, up to a maximum of 320.. The rook autoturret shuts down after execution. If this action is not used manually while the rook autoturret is active, it will be triggered automatically immediately before shutting down. Shares a recast timer with Rook Autoturret. Upgrades to Queen Overdrive.
Rook Overload	40	Ability	Instant	—	—	40y	—
Rook Overload	Delivers an attack with a potency of 160. Potency increases as Battery Gauge exceeds required cost at time of deployment, up to a maximum of 320. The rook autoturret shuts down after execution. If this action is not used manually while the rook autoturret is active, it will be triggered automatically immediately before shutting down. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Wildfire	45	Ability	Instant	120s	—	25y	—
Wildfire	Covers target's body in a slow-burning pitch. Action is changed to Detonator for the duration of the effect. Deals damage when time expires or upon executing Detonator. Potency is increased by 100 ( 240) for each of your own weaponskills you land prior to the end of the effect. Can be stacked up to 6 times. Duration: 10s
Detonator	45	Ability	Instant	1s	—	25y	—
Detonator	Ends the effect of Wildfire, dealing damage to the target. Can only be executed while under the effect of Wildfire. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. ※Wildfire changes to Detonator when requirements for execution are met.
Ricochet	50	Ability	Instant	30s	—	25y	5y radius
Ricochet	Deals damage to all nearby enemies with a potency of 130 for the first enemy, and 50% less for all remaining enemies. Maximum Charges: 2 ( 3) Double-barrel Mastery Upgrades to Checkmate.
Auto Crossbow	52	Weaponskill	Instant	1.5s	—	12y	12y cone
Auto Crossbow	Delivers an attack with a potency of 140 (Marksman's Mastery II 160) to all enemies in a cone before you. Can only be executed when firearm is Overheated. This weaponskill does not share a recast timer with any other actions. Upon execution, the recast timer for this action will be applied to all other weaponskills and magic actions.
Heated Split Shot	54	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	—	25y	—
Heated Split Shot	Delivers an attack with a potency of 180 ( 200, Marksman's Mastery II 220). Additional Effect: Increases Heat Gauge by 5
Tactician	56	Ability	Instant	120s ( 90s)	—	—	30y radius
Tactician	Reduces damage taken by self and nearby party members by 10% (Enhanced Tactician II 15%). Duration: 15s Effect cannot be stacked with bard's Troubadour or dancer's Shield Samba.
Drill	58	Weaponskill	Instant	20s	—	25y	—
Drill	Delivers an attack with a potency of 600. Enhanced Multiweapon Maximum Charges: 2 Shares a recast timer with Bioblaster.
Heated Slug Shot	60	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	—	25y	—
Heated Slug Shot	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100 ( 120, Marksman's Mastery II 140). Combo Action: Heated Split Shot Combo Potency: 260 ( 300, Marksman's Mastery II 320) Combo Bonus: Increases Heat Gauge by 5
Dismantle	62	Ability	Instant	120s	—	25y	—
Dismantle	Lowers target's damage dealt by 10%. Duration: 10s
Heated Clean Shot	64	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	—	25y	—
Heated Clean Shot	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100 ( 120, Marksman's Mastery II 160). Combo Action: Heated Slug Shot Combo Potency: 350 ( 380, Marksman's Mastery II 420) Combo Bonus: Increases Heat Gauge by 5 Combo Bonus: Increases Battery Gauge by 10
Barrel Stabilizer	66	Ability	Instant	120s	—	—	—
Barrel Stabilizer	Grants Hypercharged. Duration: 30s Enhanced Barrel Stabilizer Additional Effect: Grants Full Metal Machinist Enhanced Barrel Stabilizer Duration: 30s Can only be executed while in combat. Enhanced Barrel Stabilizer Action optionally changes to Full Metal Field upon execution.
Blazing Shot File:Blazing Shot from Final Fantasy XIV icon.png	68	Weaponskill	Instant	1.5s	—	25y	—
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 220 (Marksman's Mastery II 240). Additional Effect: Reduces the recast time of both Gauss Round and Ricochet (Double-barrel Mastery Double Check and Checkmate) by 15s Can only be executed when firearm is Overheated. This weaponskill does not share a recast timer with any other actions. Upon execution, the recast timer for this action will be applied to all other weaponskills and magic actions.
Flamethrower	70	Ability	Instant	60s	—	—	12y cone
Flamethrower	Delivers damage over time to all enemies in a cone before you. Potency: 100 Duration: 10s Effect ends upon using another action or moving (including facing a different direction). Cancels auto-attack upon execution. Triggers the cooldown of weaponskills upon execution. Cannot be executed during the cooldown of weaponskills. Unlike other damage over time effects, Flamethrower deals damage every second (compared to once every three seconds), but ceases instantly should the player do anything else.
Bioblaster	72	Weaponskill	Instant	20s	—	12y	12y cone
Bioblaster	Delivers an attack with a potency of 50 to all enemies in a cone before you. Additional Effect: Damage over time Potency: 50 Duration: 15s Enhanced Multiweapon Maximum Charges: 2 Shares a recast timer with Drill.
Air Anchor	76	Weaponskill	Instant	40s	—	25y	—
Air Anchor	Delivers an attack with a potency of 600. Additional Effect: Increases Battery Gauge by 20 This action does not share a recast timer with any other actions.
Automaton Queen	80	Ability	Instant	6s	—	—	—
Automaton Queen	Deploys an Automaton Queen to fight at your side. Potency of Automaton Queen actions increases as Battery Gauge exceeds required cost at time of deployment. Battery Gauge Cost: 50 Duration: 20s Consumes Battery Gauge upon execution. Shuts down when time expires or upon execution of Queen Overdrive. Shares a recast timer with Queen Overdrive.
Queen Overdrive	80	Ability	Instant	15s	—	30y	—
Queen Overdrive	Orders the Automaton Queen to use Pile Bunker. Pile Bunker Potency: 340 Potency increases as Battery Gauge exceeds required cost at time of deployment, up to a maximum of 680. The Automaton Queen shuts down after execution. If this action is not used manually while the Automaton Queen is active, it will be triggered automatically immediately before shutting down. Shares a recast timer with Automaton Queen.
Arm Punch	80	Weaponskill	Instant	1.5s	—	3y	—
Arm Punch	Delivers an attack with a potency of 120. Potency increases as Battery Gauge exceeds required cost at time of deployment, up to a maximum of 240. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Roller Dash	80	Weaponskill	Instant	3s	—	30y	—
Roller Dash	Rushes target and delivers an attack with a potency of 240. Potency increases as Battery Gauge exceeds required cost at time of deployment, up to a maximum of 480. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Pile Bunker	80	Ability	Instant	—	—	3y	—
Pile Bunker	Delivers an attack with a potency of 340. Potency increases as Battery Gauge exceeds required cost at time of deployment, up to a maximum of 680. The Automaton Queen shuts down after execution. If this action is not used manually while the Automaton Queen is active, it will be triggered automatically immediately before shutting down. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Scattergun	82	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	—	12y	12y cone
Scattergun	Delivers an attack with a potency of 150 (Marksman's Mastery II 160) to all enemies in a cone before you. Additional Effect: Increases Heat Gauge by 10
Crowned Collider	86	Ability	Instant	—	—	3y	—
Crowned Collider	Delivers an attack with a potency of 390. Potency increases as Battery Gauge exceeds required cost at time of deployment, up to a maximum of 780. The Automaton Queen shuts down after execution. If this action is not used manually while the Automaton Queen is active, it will be triggered automatically immediately before shutting down. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Chain Saw	90	Weaponskill	Instant	60s	—	25y	25y line
Chain Saw	Delivers an attack to all enemies in a straight line before you with a potency of 600 for the first enemy, and 65% less for all remaining enemies. Additional Effect: Increases Battery Gauge by 20 Enhanced Multiweapon II Additional Effect: Grants Excavator Ready Enhanced Multiweapon II Duration: 30s This weaponskill does not share a recast timer with any other actions. Enhanced Multiweapon II Action changes to Excavator upon execution.
Double Check File:Double Check from Final Fantasy XIV icon.png	92	Ability	Instant	30s	—	25y	5y radius
	Delivers an attack to target and all enemies nearby it with a potency of 170 for the first enemy, and 50% less for all remaining enemies. Maximum Charges: 3
Checkmate File:Checkmate from Final Fantasy XIV icon.png	92	Ability	Instant	30s	—	25y	5y radius
Checkmate File:Checkmate from Final Fantasy XIV icon.png	Delivers an attack to target and all enemies nearby it with a potency of 170 for the first enemy, and 50% less for all remaining enemies. Maximum Charges: 3
Excavator File:Excavator from Final Fantasy XIV icon.png	96	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	—	25y	5y radius
Excavator File:Excavator from Final Fantasy XIV icon.png	Delivers an attack to target and all enemies nearby it with a potency of 600 for the first enemy, and 65% less for all remaining enemies. Additional Effect: Increases Battery Gauge by 20 Can only be executed while under the effect of Excavator Ready. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. ※Chain Saw changes to Excavator when requirements for execution are met.
Full Metal Field File:Full Metal Field from Final Fantasy XIV icon.png	100	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	—	25y	5y radius
	Delivers a critical direct hit to target and all enemies nearby it with a potency of 900 for the first enemy, and 50% less for all remaining enemies. Damage dealt is increased when under an effect that raises critical hit rate or direct hit rate. This action is not affected by Reassemble. Can only be executed while under the effect of Full Metal Machinist.

Role Actions[]

Action	Level	Type	Cast	Recast	MP Cost	Range	Area
Leg Graze	6	Ability	Instant	30s	—	25y	—
Leg Graze	Inflicts target with Heavy +40%. Duration: 10s
Second Wind	8	Ability	Instant	120s	—	—	—
Second Wind	Instantly restores own HP. Cure Potency: 500 (Enhanced Second Wind 800)
Foot Graze	10	Ability	Instant	30s	—	25y	—
Foot Graze	Binds target. Duration: 10s Cancels auto-attack upon execution. Target unbound if damage taken.
Peloton	20	Ability	Instant	5s	—	—	30y radius
Peloton	Increases movement speed of self and nearby party members as long as they remain within distance. Duration: 30s Effect ends when enmity is generated. Cannot be used in battle.
Head Graze	24	Ability	Instant	30s	—	25y	—
Head Graze	Interrupts the use of a target's action.
Arm's Length	32	Ability	Instant	120s	—	–	–
Arm's Length	Creates a barrier nullifying most knockback and draw-in effects. Duration: 6s Additional Effect: Slow +20% when barrier is struck Duration: 15s

Traits[]

Name	Level	Description
Increased Action Damage	20	Increases base action damage and autoturret damage by 10%.
Increased Action Damage II	40	Increases base action damage and autoturret damage by 20%.
Split Shot Mastery	54	Upgrades Split Shot to Heated Split Shot.
Slug Shot Mastery	60	Upgrades Slug Shot to Heated Slug Shot.
Clean Shot Mastery	64	Upgrades Clean Shot to Heated Clean Shot.
Heat Blast Mastery File:Heat Blast Mastery from Final Fantasy XIV icon.png	68	Upgrades Heat Blast to Blazing Shot.
Charged Action Mastery	74	Allows a third charge of Gauss Round and Ricochet.
Hot Shot Mastery	76	Upgrades Hot Shot to Air Anchor.
Enhanced Wildfire	78	Improves Wildfire's potency increase for landing weaponskills to 220.
Promotion	80	Upgrades Rook Autoturret and Rook Overdrive to Automaton Queen and Queen Overdrive respectively.
Spread Shot Mastery	82	Upgrades Spread Shot to Scattergun.
Enhanced Reassemble	84	Allows the accumulation of charges for consecutive uses of Reassemble. Maximum Charges: 2
Marksman's Mastery	84	Increases the potency of Heated Split Shot to 200, Heated Slug Shot to 120, and Heated Clean Shot to 120.
Queen's Gambit	86	After executing Pile Bunker, the Automaton Queen will also execute Crowned Collider.
Enhanced Tactician	88	Reduces Tactician recast time to 90 seconds.
Double-barrel Mastery File:Double-barrel Mastery from Final Fantasy XIV icon.png	92	Upgrades Gauss Round to Double Check and Ricochet to Checkmate.
Enhanced Multiweapon File:Enhanced Multiweapon from Final Fantasy XIV icon.png	94	Allows the accumulation of charges for consecutive uses of Drill and Bioblaster. Maximum Charges: 2
Marksman's Mastery II File:Marksman's Mastery II from Final Fantasy XIV icon.png	94	Increases the potency of Auto Crossbow to 160, Heated Split Shot to 220, Heated Slug Shot to 140, Heated Clean Shot to 160, Blazing Shot to 240, and Scattergun to 160.
Enhanced Multiweapon II File:Enhanced Multiweapon II from Final Fantasy XIV icon.png	96	Grants Excavator Ready upon executing Chain Saw. Duration: 30s Chain Saw changes to Excavator while under the effect of Excavator Ready.
Enhanced Tactician II File:Enhanced Tactician II from Final Fantasy XIV icon.png	98	Improves Tactician's damage reduction effect to 15%.
Enhanced Barrel Stabilizer File:Enhanced Barrel Stabilizer from Final Fantasy XIV icon.png	100	Grants Full Metal Machinist upon executing Barrel Stabilizer. Duration: 30s

Role Traits[]

Name	Level	Description
Enhanced Second Wind File:Enhanced Second Wind from Final Fantasy XIV icon.png	94	Increases the healing potency of Second Wind to 800.

PvP Actions[]

Action	Type	Cast	Recast	MP Cost	Range	Radius
Blast Charge	Weaponskill	1.44s	2.4s	—	25y	—
Blast Charge	Delivers a ranged attack with a potency of 6,000. Additional Effect: Grants a stack of Heat, up to a maximum of 5 Duration: 15s At maximum stacks, grants Overheated and increases movement speed by 25%. Duration: 5s Requires casting time to execute. However, it is possible to walk while casting. ※Action changes to Blazing Shot while under the effect of Overheated.
Scattergun	Weaponskill	Instant	16s	—	12y	12y cone
Scattergun	Delivers an attack with a potency of 6,000 to all enemies in a cone before you. Strikes twice when hitting only a single target. Additional Effect: 10-yalm knockback This weaponskill does not share a recast timer with any other actions.
Drill	Weaponskill	Instant	10s	—	25y	—
Drill	Delivers a ranged attack with a potency of 9,000. Potency is increased to 18,000 while under the effect of Analysis. Ignores the effects of Guard when dealing damage. Additional Effect: Grants Bioblaster Primed Maximum Charges: 2 Can only be executed while under the effect of Drill Primed. This weaponskill does not share a recast timer with any other actions. ※Action changes to Bioblaster while under the effect of Bioblaster Primed.
Full Metal Field File:Full Metal Field PvP from Final Fantasy XIV icon.png	Weaponskill	Instant	32s	—	25y	5y radius
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 8,000 to target and all enemies nearby it. Strikes the first target twice, but its potency will be halved for the second strike. Additional Effect: Grants Overheated Duration: 5s Overheated Effect: Increases movement speed by 25% Extends Overheated duration by 5s to a maximum of 10s. This weaponskill does not share a recast timer with any other actions. ※Blast Charge changes to Blazing Shot while under the effect of Overheated.
Wildfire	Ability	Instant	24s	—	25y	—
Wildfire	Covers target's body in a slow-burning pitch. Action is changed to Detonator for the duration of the effect. Deals damage to target and all enemies within 5 yalms when time expires or upon executing Detonator. Duration: 8s Potency is increased by 4,000 for each of your own attack actions you land prior to the end of the effect. Landing 4 attack actions will cause the slow-burning pitch to detonate immediately.
Bishop Autoturret	Ability	Instant	30s	—	25y	5y radius
Bishop Autoturret	Deploys an area of effect battle turret which will deliver auto-attacks to enemies within range with a potency of 6,000. Duration: 10s Additional Effect: Creates a barrier that absorbs damage equivalent to a heal of 6,000 potency Duration: 6s
Analysis	Ability	Instant	20s	—	—	—
Analysis	Grants additional effects to Drill, Bioblaster, Air Anchor, and Chain Saw when these weaponskills are executed. Duration: 10s Drill Additional Effect: Potency is increased to 200% Bioblaster Additional Effect: Attack potency and damage over time potency is increased by 50% Air Anchor Additional Effect: Potency is increased by 50% and the Bind effect becomes Stun Chain Saw Additional Effect: Increases target's damage taken Maximum Charges: 2
Blazing Shot File:Blazing Shot PvP from Final Fantasy XIV icon.png	Weaponskill	Instant	1.5s	—	25y	—
	Delivers a ranged attack with a potency of 8,000. Can only be executed when firearm is Overheated. This weaponskill does not share a recast timer with any other actions. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Bioblaster	Weaponskill	Instant	10s	—	12y	12y cone
Bioblaster	Delivers an attack with a potency of 4,000 to all enemies in a cone before you. Additional Effect: Damage over time Potency: 4,000 Duration: 9s Additional Effect: Increases attack potency and damage over time potency by 50% while under the effect of Analysis Additional Effect: Grants Air Anchor Primed Maximum Charges: 2 Can only be executed while under the effect of Bioblaster Primed. This weaponskill does not share a recast timer with any other actions. ※Action changes to Air Anchor while under the effect of Air Anchor Primed. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Air Anchor	Weaponskill	Instant	10s	—	25y	—
Air Anchor	Delivers a ranged attack with a potency of 8,000. Additional Effect: Bind Duration: 3s Additional Effect: Potency is increased by 50%, and the Bind effect becomes Stun while under the effect of Analysis Duration: 3s Additional Effect: Grants Chain Saw Primed Maximum Charges: 2 Can only be executed while under the effect of Air Anchor Primed. This weaponskill does not share a recast timer with any other actions. ※Action changes to Chain Saw while under the effect of Chain Saw Primed. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Chain Saw	Weaponskill	Instant	10s	—	25y	25y line
Chain Saw	Delivers an attack with a potency of 12,000 to all enemies in a straight line before you. Additional Effect: Increases target's damage taken by 20% while under the effect of Analysis Duration: 6s Additional Effect: Grants Drill Primed Maximum Charges: 2 Can only be executed while under the effect of Chain Saw Primed. This weaponskill does not share a recast timer with any other actions. ※Action changes to Drill while under the effect of Drill Primed. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Detonator File:Detonator PvP from Final Fantasy XIV icon.png	Ability	Instant	1s	—	—	—
	Ends the effect of Wildfire, dealing damage to the target. Can only be executed while under the effect of Wildfire. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Aether Mortar	Ability	1s	1s	—	—	5y radius
Aether Mortar	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 6,000 to all nearby enemies. Additional Effect: Creates a barrier that absorbs damage equivalent to a heal of 6,000 potency Duration: 6s ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Marksman's Spite	Limit Break	Instant	10s	—	50y	—
Marksman's Spite	Delivers a ranged attack with a potency of 36,000. Can only be executed when the limit gauge is full. Gauge Charge Time: 90s
Standard-issue Elixir	Ability	4.5s	5s	—	—	—
Standard-issue Elixir	Restores your HP and MP to maximum. Casting will be interrupted when damage is taken.
Recuperate	Ability	Instant	1s	2500 MP	—	—
Recuperate	Restores own HP. Cure Potency: 15,000
Purify	Ability	Instant	24s	—	—	—
Purify	Removes Stun, Heavy, Bind, Silence, Deep Freeze, and Miracle of Nature. Additional Effect: Grants Resilience Resilience Effect: Nullifies status afflictions that can be removed by Purify, as well as knockback and draw-in effects Duration: 3s Can be used even when under the effect of certain status afflictions.
Guard	Ability	Instant	30s	—	—	—
Guard	Reduces damage taken by 90% and grants immunity to Stun, Heavy, Bind, Silence, Half-asleep, Sleep, Deep Freeze, and knockback and draw-in effects. Duration: 5s Movement speed is reduced by 50% for the duration of this effect. Effect ends upon reuse, using another action, or when the effect duration expires.
Sprint	Ability	Instant	1.5s	—	—	—
Sprint	Increases movement speed. Effect ends upon reuse or execution of another action.

Removed actions[]

The following actions are no longer usable. Removed actions will still appear on a hotbar, their icon greyed out icon with a red strikethrough. They will have no effect and must be removed by the player. The given statistics represent their last form before their removal.

Action	Level	Type	Cast	Recast	MP Cost	Range	Area
Reload	4	Ability	Instant	30s	—	—	—
Reload	Loads firearm with three rounds of special ammunition. One round of ammunition is used each time a weaponskill is executed, increasing that weaponskill's potency. Ammunition use may also increase the rate at which a weaponskill's additional effect is triggered as well as lower the accompanying Heat Gauge increase. No more than three rounds can be loaded at one time. Removed in patch 5.0.
Lead Shot	6	Ability	Instant	2.5s	—	25y	—
Lead Shot	Delivers an attack with a potency of 40. Places a DoT with a potency of 45 for 30s. Removed in patch 5.0.
Heartbreak	6	Ability	Instant	30s	—	25y	—
Heartbreak	Delivers an attack with a potency of 240. Can only be executed when target's HP is below 20%. Removed in patch 5.0.
Blank	15	Ability	Instant	30s	—	5y	—
Blank	Deals a 15-yalm knockback. Removed in patch 5.0.
Quick Reload	26	Ability	Instant	15s	—	—	—
Quick Reload	Replenishes your ammunition by 1. Removed in patch 5.0.
Rapid Fire	30	Ability	Instant	60s	—	—	—
Rapid Fire	Reduces weaponskill recast time to 1.5 seconds. Effect ends upon executing 3 weaponskills. Duration: 15s Removed in patch 5.0.
Turret Retrieval	40	Ability	Instant	5s	—	—	—
Turret Retrieval	Removes an autoturret from the battlefield. Removed in patch 5.0.
Promotion	42	Ability	Instant	5s	—	—	—
Promotion	Disables a turret's attack mode. Rooks will instead create a 20-yalm radius TP regeneration field. Bishops will create an MP regeneration field. Caster MP is slowly drained while autoturret is promoted. Hypercharge Effect: Regeneration potency is doubled. Attack mode is reactivated upon reuse. Removed in patch 5.0.
Suppressive Fire	45	Ability	Instant	25s	—	5y	—
Suppressive Fire	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Additional Effect: Stun Duration 2s. Shares a recast timer with Head Graze. Removed in patch 5.0.
Grenado Shot	46	Ability	Instant	2.5s	—	25y	5y
Grenado Shot	Delivers an attack with a potency of 120 to target and enemies near it. Removed in patch 5.0.
Bishop Autoturret	50	Ability	Instant	10s	—	25y	—
Bishop Autoturret	Deploys an area of effect battle turret which will deliver auto-attacks to enemies within range with a potency of 60 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. Hypercharge Potency: 90 Hypercharge Effect: Increases target's damage taken by 5% Duration: 10s Shares a recast timer with Rook Autoturret. Removed in patch 5.0.
Gauss Barrel	52	Ability	Instant	2s	—	—	—
Gauss Barrel	Equips your current firearm with a gauss barrel, increasing damage dealt by 5%. While barrel is equipped, your weapon's Heat Gauge will increase each time a weaponskill is executed. When the Heat Gauge reaches 100%, your weapon will become Overheated and damage dealt will be increased by 10%. Duration: 10s Gauss Barrel effect ends automatically once weapon is no longer Overheated and cannot be applied again for 10s. Removed in patch 5.0.
Rend Mind	56	Ability	Instant	60s	—	25y	—
Rend Mind	Lowers target's magic damage dealt by 5%. Duration: 10s Shares a recast timer with Dismantle. Removed in patch 5.0.

Ammunition and Heat Gauge[]

FFXIV MCH Ammunition Gauge — Ammunition Gauge

The Ammunition Gauge was introduced in Stormblood patch 4.0 and removed in Shadowbringers patch 5.0.

The Ammunition Gauge indicated the number of rounds of special ammunition currently loaded in a machinist's firearm. Special ammunition could be loaded to any firearm by executing the action Reload.

While the Heat Gauge remains in game after Shadowbringers patch 5.0, it has been heavily reworked from its previous incarnation. When the Heat Gauge reached 100, the firearm became overheated. While overheated, firearms would deal additional damage, but soon become too hot to use. At this time, the Gauss Barrel was automatically removed and could not until it cools.

Limit Break[]

Main article: Limit Break (Final Fantasy XIV)

Machinists' Limit Breaks focus on dealing powerful damage to enemies in a straight line in front of the player. They share the same Level 1 and Level 2 limit breaks as Bards and Dancers.

Action	Level	Description
Big Shot	1	Delivers an attack to all enemies in a line, dealing 0.54x the damage of Braver.
Desperado	2	Delivers an attack to all enemies in a line, dealing 1.17x the damage of Braver.
Satellite Beam	3	Delivers an attack to all enemies in a line, dealing 1.89x the damage of Braver.

Other appearances[]

Final Fantasy Record Keeper[]

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Final Fantasy Trading Card Game[]

Machinist appears in Final Fantasy Trading Card Game as Earth-elemental Backup cards.

Behind the scenes[]

FFXIV Machinist Pet — The machinist and PvE version of the Bishop Autoturret in the initial reveal trailer.

Like the other jobs released during the Heavensward expansion, the machinist was based on jobs that appeared in Final Fantasy Tactics, with its overall concept being based on Mustadio Bunansa's Machinist job, initially being designed as a debuffing support DPS. This inspiration is heavily alluded to in the job's original combat kit - Leg Graze and Arm Graze referencing the Leg Shot and Arm Shot abilities of Mustadio; and Rend Mind and Dismantle being based on the Knight job's Arts of War abilities, the attacks even sharing the same Japanese names. Several of the abilities were dropped at the launch of the Stormblood expansion, or were changed into shared role actions for ranged DPS.

The utilizing turrets also likely originates machinists of Tactics being able to control and repair ancient automata. The Rook/Bishop Autoturrets and the Automaton Queen, are also named after chess pieces, referencing the chess-inspired battles of Final Fantasy Tactics. Additionally, offensive and support roles of two turrets during Heavensward likely originates from the Puppetmaster's automations in Final Fantasy XI having similar functions. The Puppetmaster's Japanese name, Automation Master (からくり士, Karakurishi?), is the same as the recurring Gadgeteer/Tinker job from the Tactics Advance series of games. Like the recurring Machnist, the Tactics Advance jobs utilize machinery.

The machinist was revamped during the Shadowbringers expansion, with its inspiration changing from Mustadio to Edgar Roni Figaro from Final Fantasy VI, gaining access to several of his tools as job actions.

Machinists may be a re-imagining of the Musketeer class. Musketeer was a gun-wielding class planned in the early stages of the original game, but never made it past the alpha stage. Despite this, musketeers retain a presence in-game, particularly in Limsa Lominsa. The Musketeer's Guild shares its headquarters with the Yellowjackets and Marauder's Guild, and several gun using characters that are not strictly machinists appear throughout the game, using many of the same animations.