Overview
Sage (SGE) is a Disciple of Magic job introduced in Endwalker (6.0) expansion and unlockable at level 70 with sufficient progression in the Main Scenario Quests. The job starts at level 70 once unlocked. It is a Healer job and does not have a base class. Sages use aether to manipulate nouliths in combat, and are able to temporarily augment their own magic abilities. It is considered a "barrier" healer, along with Scholar, specializing in reducing incoming damage using shields and mitigation abilities.
Unlock and Guild Information
- Unlock: Prerequisite: The player must have purchased the Endwalker expansion and be level 70 or higher Disciple of War or Magic
- Unlock: Quest: Speak to Sharlayan Maiden in Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks (x9.4,y12.9) to obtain the quest Sage's Path.
Equipment
The Sage is a disciple of magic and wears armor and accessories "of Healing." They use Nouliths as weapons.
History and Lore
Origins in Sharlayan
The Sage tradition is a product of Sharlayan's relentless pursuit of knowledge and efficiency. For generations, Sharlayan scholars researched methods to optimize aetherial manipulation in combat medicine. They sought to transcend the traditional dichotomy between healing and harming, believing that a truly masterful practitioner should be able to perform both from a single, unified discipline. This research culminated in the development of the noulith.
Nouliths are intricate devices crafted from specialized alloys and crystals, capable of being programmed with complex aetherial formulae. They function as external foci, orbiting the user and executing spells independently, which allows the Sage to maintain multiple magical processes simultaneously. The most groundbreaking application was the Kardia technique, a sustained aetheric link that converts a portion of the Sage's offensive spellwork into restorative energy for a bonded ally.
This methodology was not merely a technical achievement but a philosophical one. It reflected the Sharlayan ideal of elegant efficiency: minimizing wasted motion and aether by making every action serve a dual purpose. The Sage's art was thus reserved for the most gifted scholars, those who could maintain precise control over their nouliths while managing the intricate balance of attack and defense in the chaos of battle.
Adoption by Alphinaud
The Sage discipline gained prominence in the modern era through Alphinaud Leveilleur. Throughout his adventures, Alphinaud had always sought to protect others, but primarily through diplomacy, strategy, and the conjury of his former job, the Academician. Facing the existential threats of the Endwalker narrative, he recognized the need for a more direct and potent means of safeguarding his comrades.
Returning to his homeland in Old Sharlayan, Alphinaud immersed himself in the archived teachings of the Sages. He mastered the nouliths, finding in them a perfect expression of his evolved resolve: to be a bulwark for his friends, actively shielding them not from the sidelines, but from the forefront of battle. His adoption of the job symbolized a key character evolution—from a talker about protection to an active, empowered defender. As a Sage, Alphinaud could literally turn his efforts to strike down foes into the energy that sustained his allies, embodying the principle that the best way to ensure another's safety is to eliminate the threat.
Current Mechanics
- Job Gauge: Eukrasia Gauge
- Job Gauge: Addersgall Gauge
- Job Gauge: Eukrasia Gauge and Addersgall Gauge are Job Gauges for Sage
Trivia
- The Sage is the second healer job introduced since A Realm Reborn's launch, following the Astrologian in Heavensward.
- The word "noulith" appears to be a portmanteau of the Greek "nous" (mind, intellect) and "lithos" (stone), fitting the Sharlayan theme of intellectual mastery over crystalline tools.
- Alphinaud is the first major Scion of the Seventh Dawn to fully adopt a new combat job in the storyline, visually and mechanically changing his role in the party.
- The Sage's job gear, the Idealized set, features a distinct, sleek technological aesthetic reminiscent of Sharlayan architecture and machinery.
- In early concept stages, the nouliths were explored in various numbers and formations before settling on the iconic set of four.
