Final Fantasy XI | FF11 White Mage Class

White Mage

The White Mage is the backbone of all parties and what most consider what they build a party around, that and a Red Mage. But a White Mage job is never done and always in need. As a holy mage of faith and selfless devotion to their call, the White Mage is blessed with a massive list of divine spells that serve to protect and aid their allies and other people. The White Mage's most important job is healing above all else, without HP the tank will fall and so will the party shortly after.

The White Mage is a careful job and a balancing act that must be watched and played carefully because monster hate to see their prey regaining their health and will see to it that it stops if it becomes too great annoyance to them. There are a lot of factors to keep in mind and tactics to use in parties as a White Mage.

Attribute	Hume	Elvaan	Tarutaru	Mithra	Galka
HP	27	29	23	27	32
MP	22	20	228	22	16
Strength	6	7	5	6	7
Dexterity	5	5	5	7	5
Vitality	6	7	6	6	8
Agility	6	5	7	7	6
Intelligence	6	5	8	6	6
Mind	8	9	8	8	8
Charisma	7	7	7	6	6

Job Abilities

Ability	Level	Wait to Recast	Duration	Target	Description
Benediction	1	2 hours	N/A	Party	Members get full HP Cure in AoE
Divine Seal	15	15 Min	N/A	Self	Next Cure Spell is Doubled

Job Traits

Trait	Level	Description
Magic Defense Bonus	10	Increases Magic Defense
Clear Mind	20	Increases MP recovered during Healing
Auto Regen	25	Gains Regen Affect (1 HP)
Magic Defense Bonus	30	Increases Magic Defense
Clear Mind	35	Increases MP recovered during Healing
Magic Defense Bonus	50	Increases Magic Defense
Clear Mind	50	Increases MP recovered during Healing
Clear Mind	65	Increases MP recovered during Healing
Magic Defense Bonus	70	Increases Magic Defense

Magic Spells

Spell Name	Level	Magic Skill	MP	Cast Time (sec)	Wait to Recast (sec)	Description
Cure	1	Healing	8	2	5	Restores ~30 HP
Dia	3	Enfeebling	7	1	5	Deals light damage, lowers defense and slowly takes HP
Paralyze	4	Enfeebling	6	3	10	Paralyzes target
Banish	5	Divine	18	4	20	Deals light damage to enemy
Barstona	5	Enhancing	12	.5	10	Strengthens party against earth
Poisona	6	Healing	8	1	5	Removes Poison
Protect	7	Enhancing	9	1	5	Increases Defense
Protectra	7	Enhancing	9	3	15	Protect cast on party
Barsleepra	7	Enhancing	14	5	10	Strengthens party against sleep
Paralyna	9	Healing	12	1	5	Removes Paralyze
Barwatera	9	Enhancing	12	.5	10	Strengthens party against water
Aquaveil	10	Enhancing	12	5	10	Reduces chances of spell interruption
Barpoisona	10	Enhancing	18	5	10	Strengthens party against poison
Cure II	11	Healing	24	2.25	5.5	Restores ~90 HP
Barparalyzra	12	Enhancing	22		10	Strengthens party against paralyze
Slow	13	Enfeebling	15	2	20	Slows attack speed of enemy
Baraera	13	Enhancing	12	.5	10	Strengthens party against wind
Blindna	14	Healing	16	3	10	Removes Blind
Banishga	15	Divine	115	5	30	Deals light damage to area
Silence	15	Enfeebling	16	3	10	Prevents enemy from casting
Deodorize	15	Enhancing	10	2	8	Enemys detecting from smell will not agro
Curaga	16	Healing	60	4.5	10	Restores HP of party
Shell	17	Enhancing	18	1	5	Increases Magic Defense
Shellra	17	Enhancing	18	3	15	Shell cast on party
Barfira	17	Enhancing	12	.5	10	Strengthens party against fire
Diaga	18	Enfeebling	12	1.5	6	Dia cast on area
Barblindra	18	Enhancing	26	5	10	Strengthens party against blind
Silena	19	Healing	24	1	5	Removes Silence
Blink	19	Enhancing	20	6	10	Creates shadows that take damage for you
Sneak	20	Enhancing	12	3	10	Enemies detecting by sound will not agro you
Cure III	21	Healing	46	2.5	6	Restores ~180 HP
Barblizzara	21	Enhancing	12	.5	10	Strengthens party against ice
Regen	21	Enhancing	15	4	12	Slowly regain HP (5 HP per)
Barsilencera	23	Enhancing	30	5	10	Strengthens party against silence
Raise	25	Healing	150	15	60	Revives character and returns 25% of lost exp
Barthundra	25	Enhancing	12	.5	10	Strengthens party against lightning
Invisible	25	Enhancing	15	3	10	Enemies detecting by sight will not agro you
Protect II	27	Enhancing	28	1.25	5.25	Increases defense
Protectra II	27	Enhancing	28	3.75	16	Protect II on party members
Stoneskin	28	Enhancing	29	7	30	Reduces the damage taken
Cursna	29	Healing	30	3	10	Removes Curse
Banish II	30	Divine	74	4.25	21	Deals light damage
Curaga II	30	Healing	120	4.75	10.25	Restores 180 HP to party
Erase	31	Enhancing	18	2.5	15	Removes one status ailment
Reraise	32	Healing	150	8	60	Automatic Raise upon death
Viruna	33	Healing	48	1	5	Removes Virus
Dia II	34	Enfeebling	59	1.5	6	Deals light damage, weakens defense and slowly takes HP
Teleport-Holla	36	Enhancing	75	20	10	Takes party to the Crag of Holla
Teleport-Dem	36	Enhancing	75	20	10	Takes party to the Crag of Dem
Teleport-Mea	36	Enhancing	75	20	10	Takes party to the Crag of Mea
Shell II	37	Enhancing	37	1.25	5.25	Increases magic defense
Shellra II	37	Enhancing	37	3.75	16	Shell II on party members
Teleport-Yhoat	38	Enhancing	100	20	10	Takes party to Yhoat Telepoint
Teleport-Altep	38	Enhancing	100	20	10	Takes party to the Altep Telepoint
Stona	39	Enhancing	40	1	5	Removes Petrify
Barvira	39	Enhancing	50	5	10	Strengthens party against Virus
Banishga II	40	Divine	243	5.25	31	Banish II on area
Haste	40	Enhancing	40	3	20	Increases attack speed
Cure IV	41	Healing	88	2.5	8	Restores ~380-400 HP
Teleport-Vahzl	42	Enhancing	100	20	10	Takes party to Vahzl telepoint
Barpetra	43	Enhancing	40	5	10	Strengthens party against Petrification
Regen II	44	Enhancing	36	4.5	16	Slowly restores HP (10 HP per)
Flash	45	Divine	25	.5	45	Blinds and creates lots of enmity
Protect III	47	Enhancing	46	1.5	5.5	Increases defense
Protectra III	47	Enhancing	46	4.5	17	Protect III on party
Holy	50	Divine	100	.75	60	Deals light damage
Curaga III	51	Healing	180	5	10.5	Restores ~360 HP to party
Diaga II	52	Enfeebling	60	1.75	6.25	Dia II to area
Raise II	56	Healing	200	20	60	Revives character and returns 50% of lost exp
Shell III	57	Enhancing	56	1.5	5.5	Increases magic defense
Shellra III	57	Enhancing	56	4.5	17	Shell III on party
Reraise II	60	Healing	175	8	60	Automatic Raise II upon death
Cure V	61	Healing	135	2.5	10	Restores ~700 HP
Protect IV	63	Enhancing	65	1.75	5.75	Increases defense
Protectra IV	63	Enhancing	65	5.25	18	Protect IV on party
Regen III	66	Enhancing	64	5	20	Restores HP slowly
Shell IV	68	Enhancing	75	1.75	5.75	Increases magic defense
Shellra IV	68	Enhancing	75	5.25	18	Shell IV on party
Dia III	69	Enfeebling	112	2	7	Deals light damage, lowers defense and slowly takes HP
Raise III	70	Healing	250	20	60	Revives character and returns 99% of lost exp
Curaga IV	71	Healing	260	5.25	10.75	Restores a lot of HP to party
Reraise III	75	Healing	200	8	60	Automatic Raise III upon death

Life as a White Mage

White Mage is a job that is mostly a career and a sub job, since it is a mage job other jobs will look to use it as an addition to their own jobs. The amounts of MP and having healing ability are well sought for sub jobs. But as anyone knows in past FF games, a party needs a healer or you die. The case of no healer is brought out even stronger here where six people are required to do battle with monsters because they are so powerful. A white mages job has never been so demanding as it will be now. The life and career of a White Mage is not a simple task all the time, you are charged with keeping everyone alive and at best performance.

As a career white mage buying spells will give expensive and equipment even more pricey as you increase in levels. It is best to have a job like a thief or warrior that can farm to supplement your monetary needs of the white mage. It is a not a cheap job, though it is only an one time buy, you will often find yourself out of money if you do not farm. Also items that increase your mind and MP will be of great importance, some of these items can get very expensive.

With White Mage as a sub job, things are not too different, remember that if you are a Black Mage, intelligence is the stat that is important so your white mage equip will not be useful and your Black Mage equip will not be useful to your white mage will leveling.

When picking on a sub job for your white mage, most will be pick Black Mage, because either they are just starting and only have that available or just want the nuking power, and escaping ability that comes with a Black Mage. However, these are not tasks that should be handled by the White Mage, in my opinion. High level White Mages will be benefits of the Black Mage, with Escape, but that is the only real benefit. Subbing Summoner with the White Mage gives a huge boost to a White Mage's MP reserves, much more than a Black Mage, which is far more important to a White Mage when healing is on the line. Plus at the upper levels, you gain the MP Boost Traits, MP Regen Trait, which added to Refresh will be 4 MP per and even more important the avatars. The avatars, though diminished in power, will have some of their abilities, one of great importance is Garuda's Blinkga spell.

Things to remember as a White Mage is that healing creates enmity with the monster. They really hate seeing their prey restored to health, so large cures should be taken at ones own risk. Higher levels will not see this as much of a problem, unless you do a Cure V and then a Cure IV and a Cure III all in a row. Curaga will invoke even more hate than a regular Cure because you are curing 6 people, and Benediction the White Mage killer. This is full HP to all party members in the area, and unless your tank is do extremely well you will be seeing that monster soon. Advice on Curaga and Benediction are wait until absolutely needed, Curaga before Benediction, and if possible just Curaga after the battle is over. In my times with White Mages and I have been the tank, only once did I have so much hate that Benediction did not pull off the monster. Also, remember your Protects and Shells, have macros and cast it at regular intervals, tanks really hate to watch their defense drop by 40 points in the battle. Last thing is to learn the skills of the monsters and find out what status ailments are incurred from them, so that you can remove them. Otherwise you will probably get annoyed at your tank for constant reminders to remove their poison.