On the northernmost edge of Ablathia’s Spine, nestled between ageless spires of lime and granite can be found a small Hellsguard village, all but forgotten by time. However, it was not long ago that this isolated hamlet gendered countless fighters, trained to harness their inner-beasts and translate that power to unbridled savagery on the battlefield.
This art was known as the Way of the Warrior, and those who followed its teachings were eagerly sought by mercenary troupes, who, in turn, were sought by the warring city-states of the era.
Impressed by the warriors’ prowess in combat, city-state armies soon began incorporating the ancient Hellsguard art in their training regimens, thus accelerating the proliferation of the fighting style throughout the whole of the realm.
Unfortunately, as the keepers of the art passed away or were slain in battle, so too did the Way of the Warrior fade, descending once more into the shadows of obscurity, where it remains to this day.
Patch 1.21 saw the introduction of jobs to FFXIV, which allows you to become one of the traditional jobs from the FF series after completing a quest. A Marauder can become a Warrior by equipping the Soul of the Warrior item after completing the first quest. The details for this quest are below.
| Quest | NPC | Location | Conditions |
| Pride and Duty (Will Take You from the Mountain) | Wyrnzoen | Limsa Lominsa Upper Decks, Marauders’ Guild | MRD 30 |
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 Warrior
Warrior is a tank job capable of holding enmity through high damage output. While it can function as a damage dealing job its primary role in battle will be to tank so that you are not forced to bring a Paladin to every party. The job branches off the Marauder class.
Warrior Attributes
As a Warrior 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 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 low Direct Hit Rate for a fight will reduce damage dealt so it is important to improve this stat.