Final Fantasy 14: How to Farm FATEs Fast with Blue Mage (2024)

FAQs

How to farm fates as a Blue Mage? ›

In order to farm FATEs as fast as possible, Blue Mages will need to first obtain a couple of key spells. Blue Mages work differently than other mages, however, with spells having a chance to be learned by defeating an enemy as a Blue Mage after it has used the spell you want to obtain.

The leveling process for Blue Mage is dramatically different from the rest of the jobs. Since Blue Mage gets massively increased experience from enemies in the open world (10x) and is unable to queue for roulettes using the Duty Finder, the most effective way to level up is just by killing enemies in the open world!

Blue mage functions independently of other classes and jobs, starting at level 1 with a maximum level of 80.

Blue Mage is a Limited job that falls under the caster DPS role. Blue Mage has a very unique design compared to other jobs in FFXIV. Rather than learning new spells while leveling up, Blue Mage learns new spells from defeating specific monsters.

In-game the Blue Mage is considered a "Limited Job". This means Blue Mages can't queue for content like other jobs can, they can't access competitive PvP modes, they can't go higher than level 80, and they can't progress the Main Story Quest.

In the balance, the Tempest cave area seems to be the smoothest and fastest option for Blue power leveling. If you can't access any zones past Stormblood, you can level fairly quickly in the caves in the far northwest of the Lochs, or by whacking frogs, sprites, and pugils in the area near the Ala Mhigan Quarter.

You do NOT have to get hit by the ability to learn the spell! You just have to see it cast. If you are partied with other Blues trying to learn spells, either all Blues get it or none do.

Blue Mages. Uniquely, they do no carry any bonus attributes apart from materia slots, and their base attributes never increase, making blue mages less reliant on their weapons than other disciplines.

Blue Mage, as a Limited Job, cannot use LB.

Is Blue Mage useful? ›

Blue Mages often have a wide range of usefulness due to the varied spells they gain. Blue Mages usually learn Blue Magic by having enemies (or occasionally, another Blue Mage ally) use it on them, but some games have other methods to learn their magic.

Blue Mages cannot learn abilities from Morphers or allied Blue Mages; they must be learned from either the original monster or an opponent Blue Mage. Blue Mages are best used as a support job, especially due to the wide range of healing and support magic they can learn.

Blue Mage cannot complete Main Scenario Quests. You can party up and group with other people (who aren't necessarily BLUs themselves), but to go into exact detail about what BLUs can and cannot do would require discussing many game features.

Bicolor gems aren't dropped. They're rewards from fates in Shadowbringers and Endwalker. The only way to get the most of them is to get a gold on those fates and this gets you 12. Note that they are only given in Shadowbringers and Endwalker fates.

Blue Mages in FFXIV are making Yo-Kai Watch event FATEs extremely painful, frustrating many players trying to earn medals. Blue Mages are extremely powerful due to their wide range of abilities, causing them to dominate FATEs and make it challenging for others to participate.

FATEs scale in difficulty based on the amount of players that had participated in them during their previous spawn. As more players participate, the requirements for completion will increase, bosses will gain more HP, more enemies will spawn, and so on.