Learning Spells

Learning Spells

Blue Mages learn spells by defeating enemies who cast the spell they’re trying to learn. Since most of our power actually comes from learning new spells, it’s important to understand how the mechanics for learning spells actually work!

Requirements for learning spells

• The enemy must cast the spell before it dies
• The enemy must actually die. If the enemy just disappears you will not learn the spell (e.g. you cannot learn Perpetual Ray from Onslaughter in A8)
• You are alive when the enemy dies

Things that affect learning rate

• Spell star rating (generally speaking, fewer stars = higher success rate)
• Level syncing (for dungeons/trials/raids, you are guaranteed to learn the spell when running synced)

Things that do not affect learning rate

• Number of times the enemy casts the spell
• Number of Blue Mages in the party
• Having non-Blue Mages in the party
• Party item level (minimum ilvl does nothing)
• Getting hit by the spell
• Silencing Echo

Special Cases

Spells for quests (Mind Blast, Glower) have a 100% learn rate regardless of level syncing status. Masked Carnivale has the unsynced learn rate for spells.

For a quick video detailing this process, click here. The video itself is quite old but the concepts are still the same.

Whalaqee Totems

Some spells cannot be learned from enemies at all and are instead obtained by trading Whalaqee Totems to Wayward Gaheel Ja in Ul’dah - Steps of Thal (x:13, y:13). Totems are awarded automatically for reaching certain milestones.

Spell	Milestone
Off-guard	Learn 5 spells
White Wind	Learn 10 spells
Mighty Guard	Learn 10 spells
Transfusion	Learn 20 spells
Revenge Blast	Learn 50 spells
Angel's Snack	Reach level 70
Dragon Force	Learn 100 spells
Matra Magic	Learn 100 spells
Breath of Magic	Reach level 80
Force Field	Learn 120 spells 1

Where do I learn all the spells?

Check out the full spell list to see all the spells and where to learn them!