Reaper (Final Fantasy XIV)

The Reaper is a melee DPS job in Final Fantasy XIV, introduced in the Endwalker expansion. Armed with a scythe as their weapon of choice, Reapers have the ability to channel and host Voidsent Avatars to aid them in combat. They have no base class and start at level 70.

Profile[]

The Garleans' forebears were once humble farmers who made their home among the sun-drenched fields of southern Ilsabard. That was, until they were driven from this paradise by invaders wielding arcane magicks. Forced north into the frigid mountains, the survivors sought a means to tap into the reservoir of aether otherwise closed to them. A daring few found their answer within the void, binding themselves to its creatures to gain verboten power─power fed by the souls of the slain. Once more they took up their scythes, this time to reap a crimson harvest.
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Reapers utilize weaponskills to absorb souls from their enemies. The absorbed souls are used to fuel their enhanced weaponskills, which then used to fuse the Reapers with their voidsent avatar to access the Enshrouded form, allowing access to even more devastating combos. In Endwalker, Zenos Galvus changes his job to Reaper.

The Reapers have an order known as the Lemures in Ul'dah led by Drusilla. Lemures means "spirits of the dead" in the Garlean tongue. They keep their identity as Garleans secret and serve as swords for hire for the people of Ul'dah, as well as hunting voidsent. They also protect Garlean refugees who have grown sick of the Empire's evil and fled to Eorzea, whom they refer to as their family. In the early days of the Empire, they originally served a role not too dissimilar from the Dark Knights of Ishgard as shadow assailants against corrupt individuals with power.

Story[]

History[]

The Garleans originally lived as humble farmers on the bountiful region of southern Ilsabard. The region is contested heavily between the Ilsabardian nations and eight hundred years ago, the Garleans were chased from their warm home into the frigid regions of northern Ilsabard. In this harsh region they lived in miserable conditions, forcing the farmers to take their gathering sickle as weapon and allying with voidsents to transcend their inability to use aether. Thus the Reapers were born.

After the magitek revolution led by Solus zos Galvus, the Reapers are conditioned into special unit that aims to assassinate the Empire's adversaries, be it from other nations or their own people, before conflict happens.

Endwalker[]

The Warrior of Light met with a member of the order Lemures in Ul'dah, where he explained that the Lemures are all turncoat Garleans that aim to live humbly amongst Eorzean populate. Arriving in the Lemure Headquarters in Steps of Nald, they met Drusilla, the leader of Lemures who asked them to help protecting their new life in Eorzea by becoming mercenary and hunting voidsents. The Warrior agreed and Drusilla gave them the Reaper soul crystal.

Drusilla, accompanied by her stepson Argysne, led the Warrior into Cutter's Cry to train them in the way of Reaper. After the Warrior culled a chimera there, Drusilla is satisfied of their prowess and they return to the headquarters.

Drusilla called the Warrior back to the headquarter to help hunting a voidsent that has been terrorizing the Black Shroud. The Warrior baited the voidsent in North Shroud, but it is not Drusilla's target and they're forced to return to Ul'dah.

Sometime later, the Lemures are surprised to learn that Argysne was killed by a voidsent. After informing his widow, Drusilla asked the Warrior to meet her in northern Thanalan where Drusilla explained that her true goal is to slay Orcus, the voidsent who killed her family and has been stalked her ever since. Suddenly Orcus manifested, and revealed that he is actually Drusilla's grandfather. Seeing the Warrior, he became interested in their soul and threaten to consume them after they're ripen as a Reaper before leaving.

Drusilla then explains that Orcus was formerly Rullus, the best soldier of Reaper unit of Garlemald. As Solus zos Galvus expanded the empire's territory aggressively, Rullus' order decided to assassinate the first emperor as they feared he will bring the downfall of Garlean Empire. But, Solus is not human and Rullus is defeated handily. A broken Rullus wanted more power, and in that moment of weakness, his voidsent Avatar consumed and transformed him into Orcus. He then slaughtered his own family and Drusilla is the only survivor, albeit at the cost of her own voidsent Avatar, that was consumed by Orcus.

The Warrior is then asked to ask the member of Lemures about Orcus' appearance as he has been hunting Drusilla's underlings. After saving a couple from Orcus' goon, the Warrior returned to headquarters where Orcus manifested yet again and kidnapped Drusilla to stoke the Warrior's wrath.

The next day, a letter written with Drusilla's blood arrive in the headquarters. Orcus has challenged the Warrior into a duel in the Stone Vigil. Grabbing Drusilla's scythe, they departed. The duel between the Warrior of Light and Orcus soon occurs and they pressured him handily until Orcus empowered himself. While he was gloating, the Warrior threw Drusilla's scythe back to her and they fight Orcus together. He is defeated and Drusilla finally kills him.

Back at Lemures headquarters, Drusilla and the order finally accepted the Warrior as their own family member.

Equipment[]

Reapers wield scythes as their weapons. Their armor is primarily made up of "Maiming" gear like Dragoons, while they use "Slaying" accessories like all melee DPS classes.

Their primary attribute is strength, which boosts their physical attack potency, and should always be prioritized over other attributes. As DPS disciplines, 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.

Relic Weapon and Artifact Armor[]

The Demon Slicer Relic Weapon and Harvester's Artifact Armor set could be brought from Grenoldt in The Tempest after finishing the Physical DPS Role Quest, "Courage Born from Fear" and achieving level 80.

The Death Sickle and Reaper's Armor set could be brought from Varshahn at Old Sharlayan after finishing the Main Scenario Quest "A Bold Decision". They are wearable at level 89.

Job Gauge[]

The Reapers use Soul Gauge and Shroud Gauge.

The Soul Gauge indicates the number of Souls the Reaper has accumulated. Souls are accumulated upon executing certain weaponskills and by defeating enemies who fall under the effects of Death's Design from the action Shadow of Death. Souls can be used to execute Blood Stalk, Grim Swathe (acquired at level 55), and Gluttony (acquired at level 76).

The Shroud Gauge indicates the number of Shrouds the Reaper has accumulated. Shrouds are acquired by executing certain weaponskills, and can be used to execute Enshroud (acquired at level 80).

When the Reaper executes Enshroud, they will become the medium for their voidsent avatar. The duration of Enshroud and the stacks of Lemure Shroud are then displayed on the Shroud Gauge. Lemure Shroud stacks can be used to execute several actions, such as Void Reaping and Communio (acquired at level 90).

Upon learning the trait Enhanced Shroud on level 86, Void Shroud will be gained when stacks of Lemure Shroud are used. These can be used to execute several actions, such as Lemure's Slice and Lemure's Scythe.

Actions[]

Job actions[]

Ability	Level	Type	Cast	Recast	MP Cost	Range	Area
Slice	1	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	–	3y	–
Slice	Delivers an attack with a potency of 260 ( 300). Additional Effect: Increases Soul Gauge by 10
Waxing Slice	5	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	–	3y	–
Waxing Slice	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100 ( 140). Combo Action: Slice Combo Potency: 340 ( 380) Combo Bonus: Increases Soul Gauge by 10
Shadow of Death	10	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	–	3y	–
Shadow of Death	Delivers an attack with a potency of 240 ( 300). Additional Effect: Afflicts target with Death's Design, increasing damage you deal target by 10% Duration: 30s Extends duration of Death's Design by 30s to a maximum of 60s. Additional Effect: Increases Soul Gauge by 10 if target is KO'd before effect expires
Harpe	15	Spell	1.3s	2.5s	–	25y	–
Harpe	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 200 ( 300).
Hell's Ingress	20	Ability	Instant	20s	–	–	–
Hell's Ingress	Quickly dash 15 yalms forward. Additional Effect: Allows next Harpe to be cast immediately Duration: 15s Additional Effect: Leaves behind a Hellsgate at point of origin, and grants Threshold to self Duration: 10s Cannot be executed while bound. Shares a recast timer with Hell's Egress. Action changes to Regress after execution of Hell's Egress.
Hell's Egress	20	Ability	Instant	20s	–	–	–
Hell's Egress	Quickly dash 15 yalms backwards. Additional Effect: Allows next Harpe to be cast immediately Duration: 15s Additional Effect: Leaves behind a Hellsgate at point of origin, and grants Threshold to self Duration: 10s Cannot be executed while bound. Shares a recast timer with Hell's Ingress. Action changes to Regress after execution of Hell's Ingress.
Spinning Scythe	25	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	–	–	5y radius
Spinning Scythe	Delivers an attack with a potency of 120 ( 140) to all nearby enemies. Additional Effect: Increases Soul Gauge by 10
Infernal Slice	30	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	–	3y	–
Infernal Slice	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100 ( 140). Combo Action: Waxing Slice Combo Potency: 420 ( 460) Combo Bonus: Increases Soul Gauge by 10
Whorl of Death	35	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	–	–	5y radius
Whorl of Death	Delivers an attack with a potency of 80 ( 100) to all nearby enemies. Additional Effect: Afflicts target with Death's Design, increasing damage you deal target by 10% Duration: 30s Extends duration of Death's Design by 30s to a maximum of 60s. Additional Effect: Increases Soul Gauge by 10 if target is KO'd before effect expires
Arcane Crest	40	Ability	Instant	30s	–	–	–
Arcane Crest	Grants Crest of Time Borrowed to self, creating a barrier that nullifies damage totaling up to 10% of maximum HP. Duration: 5s Grants Crest of Time Returned to self and nearby party members within a radius of 15 yalms when barrier is completely absorbed. Crest of Time Returned Effect: Gradually restores HP Cure Potency: 100 Duration: 15s
Nightmare Scythe	45	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	–	–	5y radius
Nightmare Scythe	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100 ( 120) to all nearby enemies. Combo Action: Spinning Scythe Combo Potency: 160 ( 180) Combo Bonus: Increases Soul Gauge by 10
Blood Stalk	50	Ability	Instant	1s	–	3y	–
Blood Stalk	Summons your avatar to deliver an attack with a potency of 340. Additional Effect: Grants Soul Reaver Duration: 30s Stack count will be reduced to 1 when already under the effect of Soul Reaver. Soul Gauge Cost: 50 Shares a recast timer with all avatar attacks except Gluttony. ※Action changes to Lemure's Slice while under the effect of Enshrouded. Action changes to Unveiled Gibbet under the effect of Enhanced Gibbet. Action changes to Unveiled Gallows under the effect of Enhanced Gallows.
Grim Swathe	55	Ability	Instant	1s	–	8y	8y cone
Grim Swathe	Summons your avatar to deliver an attack with a potency of 140 to all enemies in a cone before you. Additional Effect: Grants Soul Reaver Duration: 30s Stack count will be reduced to 1 when already under the effect of Soul Reaver. Soul Gauge Cost: 50 Shares a recast timer with all avatar attacks except Gluttony. ※Action changes to Lemure's Scythe while under the effect of Enshrouded.
Soul Slice	60	Weaponskill	Instant	30s	–	3y	–
Soul Slice	Delivers an attack with a potency of 460. Additional Effect: Increases Soul Gauge by 50 Maximum Charges: 2 Shares a recast timer with Soul Scythe.
Soul Scythe	65	Weaponskill	Instant	30s	–	–	5y radius
Soul Scythe	Delivers an attack with a potency of 180 to all nearby enemies. Additional Effect: Increases Soul Gauge by 50 Maximum Charges: 2 Shares a recast timer with Soul Slice.
Gibbet	70	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	–	3y	–
Gibbet	Delivers an attack with a potency of 400. 460 when executed from a target's flank. Enhanced Gibbet Potency: 460 Flank Enhanced Potency: 520 Additional Effect: Grants Enhanced Gallows Duration: 60s The action Blood Stalk changes to Unveiled Gallows while under the effect of Enhanced Gallows. Additional Effect: Increases Shroud Gauge by 10 Can only be executed while under the effect of Soul Reaver. ※Action changes to Void Reaping while under the effect of Enshrouded.
Gallows	70	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	–	3y	–
Gallows	Delivers an attack with a potency of 400. 460 when executed from a target's rear. Enhanced Gallows Potency: 460 Flank Enhanced Potency: 520 Additional Effect: Grants Enhanced Gibbet Duration: 60s The action Blood Stalk changes to Unveiled Gibbet while under the effect of Enhanced Gibbet. Additional Effect: Increases Shroud Gauge by 10 Can only be executed while under the effect of Soul Reaver. ※Action changes to Cross Reaping while under the effect of Enshrouded.
Guillotine	70	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	–	8y	8y cone
Guillotine	Delivers an attack with a potency of 200 to all enemies in a cone before you. Additional Effect: Increases Shroud Gauge by 10 Can only be executed while under the effect of Soul Reaver. ※Action changes to Grim Reaping while under the effect of Enshrouded.
Unveiled Gibbet	70	Ability	Instant	1s	–	3y	–
Unveiled Gibbet	Summons your avatar to deliver an attack with a potency of 400. Additional Effect: Grants Soul Reaver Duration: 30s Stack count will be reduced to 1 when already under the effect of Soul Reaver. Soul Gauge Cost: 50 Can only be executed while under the effect of Enhanced Gibbet. Shares a recast timer with all avatar attacks except Gluttony. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Unveiled Gallows	70	Ability	Instant	1s	–	3y	–
Unveiled Gallows	Summons your avatar to deliver an attack with a potency of 400. Additional Effect: Grants Soul Reaver Duration: 30s Stack count will be reduced to 1 when already under the effect of Soul Reaver. Soul Gauge Cost: 50 Can only be executed while under the effect of Enhanced Gallows. Shares a recast timer with all avatar attacks except Gluttony. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Arcane Circle	72	Ability	Instant	120s	–	–	15y radius
Arcane Circle	Increases damage dealt by self and nearby party members by 3%. Duration: 20s Additional Effect: Grants Circle of Sacrifice to self and nearby party members Duration: 5s Additional Effect: Grants Bloodsown Circle to self Duration: 6s Circle of Sacrifice Effect: When you or party members under this effect successfully land a weaponskill or cast a spell, the reaper who applied it may be granted a stack of Immortal Sacrifice, up to a maximum of 8 Duration: 30s Bloodsown Circle Effect: Allows you to accumulate stacks of Immortal Sacrifice from party members under the effect of your Circle of Sacrifice
Regress	74	Ability	Instant	10s	–	30y	–
Regress	Move instantly to the Hellsgate left behind by you. Can only be executed while under the effect of Threshold. Cannot be executed while bound. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Gluttony	76	Ability	Instant	60s	–	25y	5y radius
Gluttony	Summons your avatar to deal unaspected damage to target and all enemies nearby it with a potency of 500 for the first enemy, and 25% less for all remaining enemies. Additional Effect: Grants 2 stacks of Soul Reaver Duration: 30s Soul Gauge Cost: 50
Enshroud	80	Ability	Instant	15s	–	–	–
Enshroud	Offers your flesh as a vessel to your avatar, gaining maximum stacks of Lemure Shroud. Duration: 30s Certain actions cannot be executed while playing host to your avatar. Shroud Gauge Cost: 50
Void Reaping	80	Weaponskill	Instant	1.5s	–	3y	–
Void Reaping	Delivers an attack with a potency of 460. Enhanced Void Reaping Potency: 520 Additional Effect: Grants Enhanced Cross Reaping Duration: 30s Additional Effect: Grants Void Shroud Can only be executed while under the effect of Enshrouded. Recast timer cannot be affected by status effects or gear attributes. Lemure Shroud Cost: 1 ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Cross Reaping	80	Weaponskill	Instant	1.5s	–	3y	–
Cross Reaping	Delivers an attack with a potency of 460. Enhanced Cross Reaping Potency: 520 Additional Effect: Grants Enhanced Void Reaping Duration: 30s Additional Effect: Grants Void Shroud Can only be executed while under the effect of Enshrouded. Recast timer cannot be affected by status effects or gear attributes. Lemure Shroud Cost: 1 ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Grim Reaping	80	Weaponskill	Instant	1.5s	–	8y	8y cone
Grim Reaping	Delivers an attack with a potency of 200 to all enemies in a cone before you. Additional Effect: Grants Void Shroud Can only be executed while under the effect of Enshrouded. Recast timer cannot be affected by status effects or gear attributes. Lemure Shroud Cost: 1 ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Soulsow	82	Spell	5s	2.5s	–	–	–
Soulsow	Grants Soulsow to self, changing the action to Harvest Moon. Cast time is instant when used outside of battle.
Harvest Moon	82	Spell	Instant	2.5s	–	25y	5y radius
Harvest Moon	Deals unaspected damage to target and all enemies nearby it with a potency of 600 for the first enemy, and 50% less for all remaining enemies. Can only be executed while under the effect of Soulsow. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Lemure's Slice	86	Ability	Instant	1s	–	3y	–
Lemure's Slice	Delivers an attack with a potency of 200. Void Shroud Cost: 2 Shares a recast timer with Lemure's Scythe. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Lemure's Scythe	86	Ability	Instant	1s	–	8y	8y cone
Lemure's Scythe	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100 to all enemies in a cone before you. Void Shroud Cost: 2 Shares a recast timer with Lemure's Slice. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Plentiful Harvest	88	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	–	15y	15y line
Plentiful Harvest	Delivers an attack to all enemies in a straight line before you with a potency of 520 for the first enemy, and 60% less for all remaining enemies. Immortal Sacrifice Cost: 1 stack Potency increases up to 800 as stacks of Immortal Sacrifice exceed minimum cost. Additional Effect: Increases Shroud Gauge by 50 Cannot be executed while under the effect of Bloodsown Circle. Consumes all stacks of Immortal Sacrifice upon execution.
Communio	90	Spell	1.3s	2.5s	–	25y	5y radius
Communio	Deals unaspected damage to target and all enemies nearby it with a potency of 1,000 for the first enemy, and 60% less for all remaining enemies. Enshrouded effect expires upon execution. Requires at least one stack of Lemure Shroud to execute.

Role Actions[]

Ability	Level	Type	Cast	Recast	MP Cost	Range	Area
Second Wind	8	Ability	Instant	120s	—	—	—
Second Wind	Instantly restores own HP. Cure Potency: 500
Leg Sweep	10	Ability	Instant	40s	—	3y	–
Leg Sweep	Stuns target. Duration: 3s
Bloodbath	12	Ability	Instant	90s	—	—	—
Bloodbath	Converts a portion of physical damage dealt into HP. Duration: 20s
Feint	22	Ability	Instant	90s	—	10y	—
Feint	Lowers target's physical damage dealt by 10% and magic damage dealt by 5%. Duration: 10s
Arm's Length	32	Ability	Instant	120s	—	–	–
Arm's Length	Creates a barrier nullifying most knockback and draw-in effects. Duration: 6s Additional Effect: Slow +20% when barrier is struck Duration: 15s
True North	50	Ability	Instant	45s	—	—	—
True North	Nullifies all action direction requirements. Duration: 10s Maximum Charges: 2

Traits[]

Name	Level	Description
Soul Gauge	50	Allows for Soul Gauge accumulation upon the landing of certain actions, or defeating enemies under the effect of Death's Design.
Death Scythe Mastery	60	Increases the potency of Slice to 300, Waxing Slice to 140, Shadow of Death to 300, Harpe to 300, Spinning Scythe to 140, Infernal Slice to 140, Whorl of Death to 100, and Nightmare Scythe to 120.
Enhanced Avatar	70	Grants the effect of Soul Reaver upon successfully landing Blood Stalk or Grim Swathe. Duration: 30s Effect ends upon execution of any weaponskill or magic attack.
Hellsgate	74	Upon executing Hell's Ingress or Hell's Egress, leave behind a Hellsgate and grant Threshold to self. Duration: 10s Hell's Ingress changes to Regress after executing Hell's Egress, and vice versa.
Tempered Soul	78	Allows the accumulation of charges for consecutive uses of Soul Slice and Soul Scythe. Maximum Charges: 2
Shroud Gauge	80	Allows for Shroud Gauge accumulation upon the landing of Gibbet, Gallows, or Guillotine.
Enhanced Arcane Crest	84	Grants Crest of Time Returned to self and nearby party members, gradually restoring HP over time. This effect is only granted when the Crest of Time Borrowed barrier is completely absorbed. Cure Potency: 50 Duration: 15s
Enhanced Shroud	86	Grants Void Shroud upon landing Void Reaping, Cross Reaping, or Grim Reaping.
Enhanced Arcane Circle	88	Grants Circle of Sacrifice to you and nearby party members upon executing Arcane Circle. Duration: 5s When you or party members under this effect successfully land a weaponskill or cast a spell, you may gain a stack of Immortal Sacrifice, up to a maximum of 8. Duration: 30s Also grants Bloodsown Circle to self, allowing you to receive stacks of Immortal Sacrifice from party members under the effect of your Circle of Sacrifice. Duration: 6s

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Etymology[]

[view · edit · purge]The concept of death as a sentient entity has existed in many societies since the beginning of history. In English, Death is often given the name Grim Reaper and, from the 15th century onwards, came to be shown as a skeletal figure carrying a large scythe and clothed in a black cloak with a hood. In Japanese culture, the equivalent of the Grim Reaper is often the Shinigami, literally meaning "Death God".

Specifically, the Reaper's Armor set appears to be based on the Ankoù from breton and various other celtic lores, albeit without the signature reverse scythe.