Maat

Maat is an NPC character in Final Fantasy XI. He is a very spry old man who can be found in Ru'lude Gardens. His stance indicates that he is definitely ready for action as he dances about in typical boxer form.

In terms of what Maat does, he is the person players will want to talk to once they hit level 50. The natural level cap in the game is actually 50, but at that point if a player speaks with him, he will offer a quest that needs to be completed, thus allowing the player to level to 55. At 55, he will have to return for another quest, another at 60, and another at 65.

At level 70, players also have to talk with Maat; however, in this case he is actually going to challenge you to a fight. If you can defeat him, you gain the ability to level to level 70. For this fight, Maat will automatically take on your character's job. While that may be true, Maat will always use hand-to-hand abilities and weapon skills. Access to your subjob is restricted for this fight. While there are many different ways of actually winning, the most direct way is to reduce his hit points to near-zero. Some jobs have an alternate method of victory. White Mages, for instance, will win if they cure a certain amount of damage to themselves over time and Thieves can defeat Maat simply by successfully stealing something from him.

Maat's Cap
It is only necissary to complete each level cap quest, called Renkai which translates to Limit Break in Japanese, once. After doing this, a player may level all of his jobs to whatever level cap he has unlocked to a maximum of 75. Thus it is only really necissary to fight Maat once; however, there are benefits to fighting him 15 times.