Gunbreaker (GNB) Actions, Traits and PvP Actions

The Hrothgar of northern Ilsabard have passed the art of the gunblade from one generation to the next. The weapon itself combines a sword with a firing mechanism, emitting a range of magical effects by utilizing aetherially imbued cartridges.

Originally employed by Queen Gunnhildr’s personal guard, they were once known as “Gunnhildr’s Blades” and differ greatly from the similarly named weapons used in the Garlean Empire.

Gunbreaker was added at the start of the Shadowbringers expansion and begins at level 60. The job also has no corresponding class so all abilities earned are on the job itself. In order to become a Gunbreaker you must complete the following quest.

Quest	NPC	Location	Conditions
The Makings of a Gunbreaker	Gods’ Quiver Bown	New Gridania (X:11, Y:11)

For each quest you complete, you will be rewarded with a new ability, while the latter quests will also reward you with artifact (AF) armour that is shown in the screenshot above.

Introduction to Gunbreaker

Gunbreaker is a tank job which uses defensive tactics to hold enmity. It is still capable of dealing decent damage however this should not be your main priority – you should always focus on defense before offense.

Gunbreaker Attributes

As a Gunbreaker your main stat is Vitality (VIT) as this increases your HP and allows you to survive big attacks from bosses. You should be focusing on equipment with this stat. It is also worth looking at equipment with Strength (STR) to increase your damage and the percentage of damage mitigated by block and parry as this will be useful in boss fights.

For secondary stats you should be focusing on the likes of Direct Hit Rate, Determination, Critical Hit Rate and Skill Speed in addition to simply boosting VIT. However you’ll find Skill Speed is generally not worth it.

Skill Speed and Critical Hit Rate are self-explanatory in what they do. For the other two, Determination is used to boost the damage dealt by all attacks and the amount of HP recovered when healed while Direct Hit Rate is Stormblood’s replacement for Accuracy. Instead of a simple hit or miss effect that Accuracy could give, having a low Direct Hit Rate for a fight will reduce damage dealt so it is important to improve this stat.

Gunbreaker Actions

Actions are skills that the Gunbreaker can equip to their bar and select to use at any time as long as their timer is available. Actions used in a combo will generate additional damage and effects. All Gunbreaker actions are exclusive to that job.


AST  BRD  BLM  DNC  DRK  DRG  GNB  MCH  
MNK  NIN  PLD  PCT  RPR  RDM  SGE  SAM  SCH  SMN  VPR  WAR  WHM

Gunbreaker Traits

Traits are not actions and can not be equipped to your bar. They are earned as you level up and are always active. As a result they require 0 cast time and have a 0 MP and TP cost. They are also all exclusive to the Gunbreaker job.

Gunbreaker PvP Actions

From the Stormblood expansion PvP was revamped significantly and you can no longer use PvE actions during PvP battles. That means all of the actions above you can no longer use in PvP. Action Points (AP) were also removed.

While some of the dedicated PvP actions do have the same name, they will have different potencies or effects. Below are the PvP actions that are unique to the Gunbreaker. There exists even more PvP actions and even traits but these are not unique to the Gunbreaker. You can find these further down the page.

Gunbreaker Shared PvP Actions

The following is a list of PvP actions which are shared across all classes and jobs. These can only be used in PvP areas and you are limited to selecting two of them.

Gunbreaker Shared PvP Traits

The following is a list of PvP traits which are shared across all classes and jobs. These can only be used in PvP areas and you are limited to selecting three of them.