Machinist (Final Fantasy XIV)

Machinist
機工士 (Kikō-shi?)
Classification
Type	Discipline of War/Extra Job
Role	Physical Ranged DPS
Guild city	Ishgard
Job master(s)	Stephanivien de Haillenarte
Abilities
Primary attribute	Dexterity
Arms	Gun

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.

See also: Machinist (job)

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.

Story

Heavensward

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Stormblood

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Equipment

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. The Machinist uses the Ammunition Guage and the Heat Gauge.

Ammunition Gauge

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

Heat Gauge

The Heat Gauge─indicating a firearm's temperature─is displayed upon execution of the action Gauss Barrel. When the gauge reaches 100, the firearm becomes overheated. While overheated, a firearm will deal additional damage, but will soon become too hot to use. At this time, the Gauss Barrel is automatically removed and cannot be reattached until it cools.

Upon learning the trait Shot Mastery at level 64, maintaining a high firearm temperature will render the actions Split Shot, Slug Shot, and Clean Shot heated, increasing their damage.

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. The Heat Gauge itself is reworked into a new gauge that fills up when using weaponskills, but no longer overheats. Using the new Hypercharge allows the use of additional skills at the cost of the Heat Gauge, requiring no cooldown or cast down.

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.

Abilities

Ability	Level	Type	Cast	Recast	MP Cost	Range	Radius
Split Shot	1	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s (Base value; the higher the character's Skill Speed stat, the lower the recast time will be)	—	25y	—
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 180. Additional Effect: Increases Heat Gauge by 5
Slug Shot	2	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s (Base value; the higher the character's Skill Speed stat, the lower the recast time will be)	—	25y	—
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Combo Action: Split Shot or Heated Split Shot Combo Potency: 260 Additional Effect: Increases Heat Gauge by 5
Hot Shot	4	Weaponskill	Instant	40s (Base value; the higher the character's Skill Speed stat, the lower the recast time will be)	—	25y	—
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 300. Additional Effect: Increases Battery Gauge by 20 This weaponskill does not share a recast timer with any other actions.
Reassemble	10	Ability	Instant	55s	—	—	—
	Guarantees that next weaponskill is a critical direct hit. Duration: 5s This action does not affect damage over time effects.
Gauss Round	15	Ability	Instant	30s	—	25y	—
	Delivers an attack with potency of 150. Maximum Charges: 3
Spread Shot	18	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s (Base value; the higher the character's Skill Speed stat, the lower the recast time will be)	—	12y	12y cone
	Deliver an attack with a potency of 180 to all enemies in a cone before you. Additional Effect: Increases Heat Gauge by 5
Clean Shot	26	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s (Base value; the higher the character's Skill Speed stat, the lower the recast time will be)	—	25y	—
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Combo Action: Slug Shot or Heated Slug Shot Combo Potency: 340 Combo Bonus: Increases Heat Gauge by 5 Combo Bonus: Increases Battery Gauge by 10
Hypercharge	30 (Complete the quest "Master of Markmanship")	Ability	Instant	10s	—	—	—
	Releases the energy building in your firearm, causing it to become Overheated, increasing the potency of single-target weaponskills by 20. Duration: 8s Heat Gauge Cost: 50 Overheated effect only applicable to machinist job actions.
Heat Blast	35 (Complete the quest "Always the Last Place You Look")	Weaponskill	Instant	1.5s	—	25y	—
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 220. Additional Effect: Reduces the recast time of both Gauss Round and Ricochet by 15s Can only be executed when firearm is Overheated. Recast timer cannot be affected by status effects or gear attributes.
Rook Autoturret	40 (Complete the quest "Rook Before You Reap")	Ability	Instant	6s	—	—	—
	Deploys a single-target battle turret which attacks using Volley Fire, dealing damage with a potency of 80. Battery Gauge Cost: 50 Duration increases as Battery Gauge exceeds required cost at time of deployment, up to a maximum of 15 seconds. Consumes Battery Gauge upon execution. Shuts down when time expires or upon execution of Rook Overdrive. Shares a recast timer with Rook Overdrive.
Rook Overdrive	40	Ability	Instant	15s	—	25y	—
	Orders the rook autoturret to use Rook Overload. Rook Overload Potency: 400 Potency increases as Battery Gauge exceeds required cost at time of deployment. 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.
Rook Overload	40	Ability	Instant	—	—	40y	—
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 400. Potency increases as Battery Gauge exceeds required cost at time of deployment. 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	—
	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 200 for each of your own weaponskills you land prior to the end of the effect. Duration: 10s
Detonator 48px	45	Ability	Instant	1s	—	25y	—
	Ends the effect of Wildfire, dealing damage to the target. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Ricochet	50 (Complete the quest "The Power of a Tourney")	Ability	Instant	30s	—	25y	5y circle
	Deals damage to all nearby enemies with a potency of 150 for the first enemy, and 50% less for all remaining enemies. Maximum Charges: 3
Auto Crossbow 48px	52 (Complete the quest "Pushing the Brume")	Weaponskill	Instant	1.5s	—	12y	12y cone
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 180 to all enemies in a cone before you. Can only be executed when firearm is Overheated. Recast timer cannot be affected by status effects or gear attributes.
Heated Split Shot	54 (Complete the quest "A Joye-ful Reunion")	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s (Base value; the higher the character's Skill Speed stat, the lower the recast time will be)	—	25y	—
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 220. Additional Effect: Increases Heat Gauge by 5
Tactician 48px	56 (Complete the quest "Wheels of Justice")	Ability	Instant	120s	—	—	20y circle
	Reduces damage taken by self and nearby party members by 10%. Duration: 15s Effect cannot be stacked with bard's Troubadour or dancer's Shield Samba.
Drill 48px	58 (Complete the quest "Taking the Fall")	Weaponskill	Instant	20s (Base value; the higher the character's Skill Speed stat, the lower the recast time will be)	—	25y	—
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 700. Shares a recast timer with Bioblaster.
Heated Slug Shot	60 (Complete the quest "Rise of the Machinists")	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s (Base value; the higher the character's Skill Speed stat, the lower the recast time will be)	—	25y	—
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Combo Action: Heated Split Shot Combo Potency: 330 Combo Bonus: Increases Heat Gauge by 5
Heated Clean Shot	64	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s (Base value; the higher the character's Skill Speed stat, the lower the recast time will be)	—	25y	—
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Combo Action: Heated Slug Shot Combo Potency: 440 Combo Bonus: Increases Heat Gauge by 5 Combo Bonus: Increases Battery Gauge by 10
Barrel Stabilizer	66	Ability	Instant	120s	—	—	—
	Increases Heat Gauge by 50. Can only be executed while in combat.
Flamethrower	70 (Complete the quest "The Mongrel and the Knight")	Ability	Instant	60s	—	—	8y cone
	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.
Bioblaster 48px	72	Weaponskill	Instant	20s (Base value; the higher the character's Skill Speed stat, the lower the recast time will be)	—	12y	12y cone
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 60 to all enemies in a cone before you. Additional Effect: Damage over time Potency: 60 Duration: 15s Shares a recast timer with Drill.
Air Anchor 48px	76	Weaponskill	Instant	40s (Base value; the higher the character's Skill Speed stat, the lower the recast time will be)	—	25y	—
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 700. Additional Effect: Increases Battery Gauge by 20 This action does not share a recast timer with any other actions.
Automaton Queen 48px	80	Ability	Instant	6s	—	—	—
	Deploys an Automaton Queen to fight at your side. Battery Gauge Cost: 50 Duration increases as Battery Gauge exceeds required cost at time of deployment, up to a maximum of 20 seconds. 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 48px	80	Ability	Instant	15s	—	—	—
	Orders the Automaton Queen to use Pile Bunker. Pile Bunker Potency: 800 Potency increases as Battery Gauge exceeds required cost at time of deployment. 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 48px	80	Weaponskill	Instant	1.5s (Base value; the higher the character's Skill Speed stat, the lower the recast time will be)	—	3y	—
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 150. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Roller Dash 48px	80	Weaponskill	Instant	3s (Base value; the higher the character's Skill Speed stat, the lower the recast time will be)	—	30y	—
	Rushes target and delivers an attack with a potency of 300. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Pile Bunker 48px	80	Ability	Instant	—	—	3y	—
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 800. Potency increases as Battery Gauge exceeds required cost at time of deployment. 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.

Role Actions

Action	Level	Type	Cast	Recast	Range	Radius	Role Affinity
Leg Graze	6	Ability	Instant	30s	25y	—
	Inflicts target with Heavy +40%. Duration: 10s
Second Wind	8	Ability	Instant	120s	—	—
	Instantly restores own HP. Cure Potency: 500
Foot Graze	10	Ability	Instant	30s	25y	—
	Binds target. Duration: 10s Cancels auto-attack upon execution. Target unbound if damage taken.
Peloton	20	Ability	Instant	5s	—	20y circle
	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	—
	Interrupts the use of a target's action.
Arm's Length	32	Ability	Instant	120s	–	–
	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 48px	54 (Complete the quest "A Joye-ful Reunion")	Upgrades Split Shot to Heated Split Shot.
Slug Shot Mastery 48px	60 (Complete the quest "Rise of the Machinists")	Upgrades Slug Shot to Heated Slug Shot.
Clean Shot Mastery 48px	64	Upgrades Clean Shot to Heated Clean Shot.
Charged Action Mastery 48px	74	Allows a third charge of Gauss Round and Ricochet.
Hot Shot Mastery 48px	76	Upgrades Hot Shot to Air Anchor.
Enhanced Wildfire	78	Improves Wildfire's potency increase for landing weaponskills to 200.
Promotion 48px	80	Upgrades Rook Autoturret and Rook Overdrive to Automaton Queen and Queen Overdrive respectively.

PvP Actions

Ability	Type	Cast	Recast	MP Cost	Range	Radius
Heated Split Shot	Weaponskill	Instant	2.4s	—	25y	—
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 1,000. Additional Effect: Increases Heat Gauge by 10 ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Heated Slug Shot	Weaponskill	Instant	2.4s	—	25y	—
	Delivers an attack to target. Combo Action: Heated Split Shot Combo Potency: 1,200 Additional Effect: Increases Heat Gauge by 10 ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Heated Clean Shot	Weaponskill	Instant	2.4s	—	25y	—
	Delivers an attack to target. Combo Action: Heated Slug Shot Combo Potency: 1,400 Additional Effect: Increases Heat Gauge by 10 ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Spread Shot 48px	Weaponskill	Instant	2.4s	—	12y	12y cone
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 800 to all enemies in a cone before you. Additional Effect: Increases Heat Gauge by 5 for each enemy hit ※Action changes to Auto Crossbow when firearm is Overheated.
Drill 48px	Weaponskill	Instant	15s	—	25y	—
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 2,000. This action does not share a recast timer with any other actions.
Air Anchor 48px	Weaponskill	Instant	30s	—	25y	—
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 2,000. Additional Effect: Increases Heat Gauge by 20 This action does not share a recast timer with any other actions.
Bioblaster 48px	Weaponskill	Instant	45s	—	12y	12y cone
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 1,600 to all enemies in a cone before you. Additional Effect: Increases target's damage taken by 10% Duration: 10s This action does not share a recast timer with any other actions.
Gauss Round 48px	Ability	Instant	15s	—	25y	—
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 1,000. Maximum Charges: 3
Ricochet 48px	Ability	Instant	15s	—	25y	5y circle
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 800 to target and all enemies nearby it. Maximum Charges: 3
Wildfire	Ability	Instant	30s	—	25y	—
	Covers target's body in a slow-burning pitch. For the next 6 seconds, 33% of most damage you inflict upon the target is compiled, then dealt at the end of the effect's duration.
Blank	Ability	Instant	30s	—	5y	—
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 800. Additional Effect: If target is suffering from a Wildfire effect inflicted by you, Blank potency is tripled Additional Effect: 15-yalm knockback
Hypercharge 48px	Ability	Instant	1s	—	—	—
	Release the energy building in your firearm, causing it to Overheat. Duration: 5s Extends Overheat duration by 5s to a maximum of 10s. Heat Gauge Cost: 50
Tactician 48px	Ability	Instant	45s	—	—	20y circle
	Reduces damage taken by self and nearby party members by 10%. Duration: 15s
Heat Blast 48px	Weaponskill	Instant	1.5s	—	25y	—
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 1,200. Additional Effect: Reduces the recast time of both Gauss Round and Ricochet by 7.5s Can only be executed when firearm is Overheated. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Auto Crossbow 48px	Weaponskill	Instant	1.5s	—	12y	12y cone
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 1,600 to all enemies in a cone before you. Can only be executed when firearm is Overheated. This action does not share a recast timer with any other actions.

Common Actions

Common Actions have no cost

Action	Type	Cast	Recast	Range	Radius
Head Graze 48px	Ability	Instant	30s	25y	—
	Silences target. Duration: 2s
Bolt 48px	Ability	Instant	30s	—	—
	Movement speed is increased. Duration: 10s
Medical Kit 48px	Ability	Instant	15s	—	—
	Restores own HP. Cure Potency: 3,000 Potency increases up to 6,000 as HP decreases. Maximum Charges: 3

Additional PvP Actions

Players are restricted to equipping two Additional PvP Actions at once. These actions have no cost.

Action	Type	Cast	Recast	Range	Radius
Leg Graze	Ability	Instant	30s	25y	—
	Afflicts target with Heavy +50%. Duration: 5s
Foot Graze 48px	Ability	Instant	30s	25y	—
	Binds target. Duration: 3s
Concentrate 48px	Ability	Instant	15s	—	—
	Increases potency of next weaponskill by 50%. Duration: 5s
Recuperate 48px	Ability	Instant	45s	—	—
	Restores own HP. Cure Potency: 3,000 Additional Effect: Removes Heavy, Bind, and Holmgang effects
Peloton 48px	Ability	Instant	60s	—	20y circle
	Increases movement speed of self and nearby party members. Duration: 10s

Limit Break

Main article: Limit Break (Final Fantasy XIV)

Machinists' Limit Breaks focus dealing powerful damage to enemies in a straight line in front of the player. Machinist shares the same Level 1 and Level 2 limit breaks as Bard.

Ability	Level	Description	Image
Big Shot	1	Deals damage in a line to enemies in front of player.
Desperado	2	Deals damage in a line to enemies in front of player.
Satellite Beam	3	Deals damage in a line to enemies in front of player.

Other appearances

Final Fantasy Record Keeper

Gauss Round.

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Final Fantasy Trading Card Game

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

Behind the scenes

Musketeer's Guild icon from 1.0.

Machinists may be a reimagining 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. It's possible that had the Musketeer class made it into the game that it would served as the base class to the Machinist job like the other original classes serve as bases to their respective jobs.

Gallery

Machinist render for Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward.

Machinist Soul Crystal.

In-game render.

Machinist in the benchmark video.

Machinist in the benchmark video.

Machinist Sprite.

Victory pose.

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Arms and Gear sets

Artifact equipment from Shadowbringers.

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Actions

Split Shot.

Reassemble.

Spread Shot.

Clean Shot.

Heat Blast.

Wildfire.

Detonator.

Ricochet.

Auto Crossbow.

Heated Split Shot.

Drill.

Heated Slug Shot.

Heated Clean Shot.

Barrel Stabilizer.

Flamethrower.

Bioblaster.

Air Anchor.

Automaton Queen.

Arm Punch.

Roller Dash.

Pile Bunker.

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Role Actions

Refresh.

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Removed Actions

Reload.

Quick Reload.

Gauss Barrel.

Bishop Autoturret.

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Trivia

• Due to the Machinist profession being a recent invention in Eorzea, its Soul Crystal uniquely lacks memories for the Warrior of Light to draw from. Hence, the Warrior of Light is taught how to use a firearm and given several gadgets, and his experience and discoveries define the job from thereon.