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.

Where do I learn all the spells?

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