Though the Fifth Astral Era is most famously associated with the War of the Magi, a wealth of lesser-known legends were forged in that bygone age. Among them is the tale of Archon Relm, an itinerant artist and mage who relinquished her traditional staff for a magicked brush. With it, she would render abstract images to life, establishing an entirely new school of magic in so doing.
Masters of this arcane discipline follow in the Archon’s footsteps, wielding vibrant hues of aether to invoke all manner of fantastical beasts, weapons, and landscapes from their mind’s eye─for the source of a pictomancer’s power lies not in their artistic skill, but the richness of their imagination, with which they strive to paint a brighter future.
With brush in hand, a pictomancer weaves the aether of their imagination into the fabric of reality, allowing them to manifest their myriad motifs into living muses. Yet every work of art takes time to perfect, and thus their palettes are ever prepared with a colorful arsenal of instant-cast abilities and spells.
The Pictomancer job was introduced in the Dawntrail expansion.
| Quest | NPC | Location | Conditions |
| The Joy of Pictomancy | Cheerless Hearer | Old Gridania (X:8.0 Y:10.3) | Disciples of War or Magic Lv. 80 |
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 Pictomancer
Pictomancer is a ranged damage dealing job with no associated class.
Pictomancer Attributes
As a Pictomancer your main attribute is Intelligence (INT) as this increases magical damage. You should be focusing on equipment with this stat. For secondary stats you should be focusing on the likes of Spell Speed, Direct Hit Rate, Determination and Critical Hit Rate in addition to simply boosting INT.
Pictomancer Actions
Actions are skills that the Pictomancer 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 Pictomancer actions are exclusive to that job.MNK NIN PLD PCT RPR RDM SGE SAM SCH SMN VPR WAR WHM
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Pictomancer 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 Pictomancer job.| Name | Level |
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Duration: 15s
Duration: 15s
Duration: 15s
Duration: 15s
Duration: 15s
Duration: 15s
Pictomancer 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 Pictomancer. There exists even more PvP actions and even traits but these are not unique to the Pictomancer. You can find these further down the page.
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| Death Warrant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100y | 0y | |||
| Hollow Nozuchi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100y | 5y | |||
| All enemies standing in the corrupted earth of Doton take additional earth damage with a potency of 3,000. Requires the execution of a weaponskill, Hyosho Ranryu, or Goka Mekkyaku. Additional Effect: Heavy +75% Duration: 3s ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar. |
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| Holy Sheltron | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0y | 5y | |||
| Honing Dance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100y | 5y | |||
| Wildfire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100y | 5y | |||
Pictomancer 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.| Name | Cast | Recast | MP | TP | Range | Radius | |||
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Aetheric Siphon | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25y | 0y | ||
| Activates the instrument. | |||||||||
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Anti-gravity Gimbal | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0y | 0y | ||
| Simulates the spell Levitate using Nero tol Scaeva’s odd contraption. | |||||||||
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Bolt | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0y | 0y | ||
| Movement speed is increased. Duration: 10s |
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| Chimatsuri | 4.5 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 8y | 0y | |||
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Concentrate | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0y | 0y | ||
| Creates a barrier preventing Stun, Sleep, Bind, Heavy, Slow, Silence, and knockback effects. Duration: 10s |
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Deflect | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0y | 4y | ||
| Scatters potentially harmful aether. | |||||||||
| Doom Of The Living | 4.5 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 8y | 0y | |||
| Dragonsong Dive | 4.5 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 8y | 0y | |||
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Enliven | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0y | 0y | ||
| Restores 50% of maximum TP. | |||||||||
| Final Heaven | 4.5 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 8y | 0y | |||
| Delivers an attack with a potency of 9,000. | |||||||||
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Muse | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0y | 0y | ||
| Restores 25% of maximum MP. | |||||||||
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Purify | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0y | 0y | ||
| Removes Stun, Sleep, Bind, Heavy, Slow, and Silence from target. Can be used regardless of own status affliction. | |||||||||
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Recuperate | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0y | 0y | ||
| Restores 25% of maximum HP. | |||||||||
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Safeguard | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0y | 0y | ||
| Reduces damage taken by 25%. Duration: 10s |
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Smoke Screen | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0y | 20y | ||
| Throw an incendiary device that creates a blanket of smoke temporarily granting you the Stealth status. | |||||||||
| Ungarmax | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 14y | 20y | |||
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Vril | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0y | 0y | ||
| Use the aetheric residue lingering on your body to temporarily disguise yourself as one of Lakshmi’s loyal dreamers. | |||||||||
Pictomancer 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.| Name | Description | |
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Decreased Damage Taken | Decreases damage taken by 3%. |
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Decreased Recast Time | Decreases recast time of additional actions by 20%. |
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Increased Action Speed | Decreases weaponskill and spell cast and recast times by 3%. |
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Increased Damage Dealt | Increases damage dealt by 3%. |
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Increased Healing Potency | Increases spell-based HP restoration by 5%. |
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Increased HP | Increases maximum HP by 5%. |
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Increased MP Regeneration | Increases MP regeneration rate by 25%. |
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Increased Resistance Duration | Increases duration of resistances by 50%. |
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Increased TP Regeneration | Increases TP regeneration rate by 40%. |