FFXIV Starting Racial Stats Guide

UPDATED WITH AU RA Racial Stats!! If you’re wondering what racial stats you have for your chosen race and sub race.

Hey guys! If you’re wondering about racial stats in FFXIV, you’ve come to the right place. Here is a chart of each FFXIV A Realm Reborn starter race, subrace and their corresponding stats. We also offer some insight on which race is best for your planned main class, and other tidbits of info to help you out regarding racial stats.

Race	Subrace	STR	DEX	VIT	INT	MND	PIE
Roegadyn	Sea Wolves	22	18	23	17	21	19
Roegadyn	Hellsguard	20	17	21	20	22	20
Hyur	Highlander	23	20	22	18	20	17
Hyur	Midlander	21	19	20	21	18	21
Elezen	Wildwood	19	23	18	22	17	21
Elezen	Duskwight	20	20	19	23	20	18
Mi'Qote	Seekers of the Sun	21	22	20	18	19	20
Mi'Qote	Keepers of the Moon	18	21	17	19	23	22
Lalafell	Plainsfolk	18	22	18	21	20	21
Lalafell	Dunesfolk	17	20	17	21	22	23
Au Ra	Xaela	23	20	21	20	17	19
Au Ra	Raen	17	21	18	20	22	22

Determining the “best” starting race for Physical and Magical classes.

If you’re somewhat unsure of what exact advanced job you want to be, but want to generally chase either the physical or magical stats, this chart can help you choose your race.

See also: FFXIV A Realm Reborn Stats & Attributes Guide (Opens in new Tab)

Here we can make a few assumptions.

Highest overall physical racial stats: Hyur Highlanders (65). Followed by Sea Wolves tied with Seekers (63). Most STR based physical DPS or Offensive Tanks will want either of these races.

Highest overall magical racial stats: Lalafell Dunefolk (66). Followed by Keepers (64), then Hellsguard and Plainsfolk (62) tied at third. Any person who wants to go down the magical DPS or Healer route, these are the most viable races.

The safest most versatile picks with the least variance (No stat with +3/-3) are Midlanders (60-60), Duskwights (59-61), followed by Plainsfolk and Hellsguard (58-62). These are the best choices if you feel you need a mix of both PHYS and MAG stats. If you’re not sure which class you will main, these make a good choice.

Wildwood is the safest Archer/Bard/Machinist pick (Dex+3), followed by Seekers and Plainsfolk (Dex+2)

Highest Single Stat (base racial stats)

If you’re chasing a single stat, here’s a small rundown of which race offers the HIGHEST of any given stat, and which classes would most benefit from it (main stat).

MAIN STAT WANTED: Race with highest stat (Suggested classes > and Jobs)

STR: Hyur Highlander (Lancer > Dragoon) (Pugilist > Monk) (Offensive Tanks)
DEX: Elezen Wildwood (Archer > Bard) (Rogue > Ninja) (Machinist)
VIT: Roegadyn Sea Wolves (Gladiator > Paladin) (Marauder > Warrior) (Dark Knight) (Defensive Tanks)
INT: Elezen Duskwight (Thaumaturge >Black Mage) (Summoner)
MND: Miqot’e Keeper of the Moon (Conjurer > White Mage) (Arcanists > Scholars)
PIE: Lalafell Dunefolk (Arcanists > Scholars) (Conjurer > White Mage)

Maximizing Two Stats

So if you’re dead set on a MAIN class, or a certain way you want to build your character, knowing which class gives the highest of two combined stats can be huge. Here’s a table, followed by some information to help you choose. ENTRIES AFTER INT+PIE COLUMN ARE PROBABLY IRRELEVANT.

	Str+Vit	Dex+Vit	Vit+Int	Vit+Mnd	Mnd+Pie	Int+Pie	Str+Dex	Str+Int	Str+Mnd	Str+Pie	Dex+Int	Dex+Mnd	Dex+Pie	Vit+Pie	Int+Mnd
Sea Wolves	45	41	40	44	40	36	40	39	43	41	35	39	37	42	38
Hellsguard	41	38	41	43	42	40	37	40	42	40	37	39	37	41	42
Highlander	45	42	40	42	37	35	43	41	43	40	38	40	37	39	38
Midlander	41	39	41	38	39	42	40	42	39	42	40	37	40	41	39
Wildwood	37	41	40	35	38	43	42	41	36	40	45	40	44	39	39
Duskwight	39	39	42	39	38	41	40	43	40	38	43	40	38	37	43
Seekers	41	42	38	39	39	38	43	39	40	41	40	41	42	40	37
Keepers	35	38	36	40	45	41	39	37	41	40	40	44	43	39	42
Plainsfolk	36	40	39	38	41	42	40	39	38	39	43	42	43	39	41
Dunefolk	34	37	38	39	45	44	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	40	43
Xaela	44	41	41	38	36	39	43	43	40	42	40	37	39	40	37
Raen	38	39	41	43	44	42	35	37	39	39	38	40	40	43	42

VIT is arguably the most important secondary stats for most classes. Each class has a main stat which improves their potency. VIT increases our defense which can be very important for raiding. Only very few classes can benefit from a third stat. Third stat usefulness is very rare and is mainly seen in healers (MND, PIE, VIT). Black Mages PIE (which is VERY SPECIFIC, and not all races need the adjustment). And lastly Tank DEX (Small but existent bonus).

See also: FFXIV A Realm Reborn Stats & Attributes Guide. (Opens in new Tab)

Do racial stats even matter in FFXIV?

Very little. Some people will blatantly tell you “NO, THEY DON’T MATTER AT ALL!”, while I understand the sentiment, the truth still remains that there IS a difference no matter how TINY it is. These stats matter very little in the end-game but will not stop min-maxers or hardcore raiders. If you consider yourself part of this pile then here’s a few pointers:

Tank and Melee DPS Clear cut cases:
STR+VIT: Highlander tied with Sea Wolves. Good for any melee DPS or tank.
DEX+VIT: Highlander tied with Seeker. Good for Bards, Machinist and Ninja.

Caster Special cases:
INT+VIT: Duskwight. HOWEVER with low PIE which makes for poor BLM’s! Best for SMN’s! Also, caster Magic Resist negates the need for much VIT.
Black Mage: Dunefolk (BLACK MAGES HAVE A “MINIMUM PIETY”, watch out for low piety races!)
Summoner: Duskwight

Healer Special cases:
Healers (MND > Pie or Vit): Ah, a strange case. First of all caster Magic Resist negates the need for much VIT… so…
Good healer choices: Au Ra Raen make great balanced healers! Followed by…
—–> Dunefolk, Seeker, Hellsguard, Midlander…. Elezen make terrible healers…

MND+PIE: Keepers tied with Dunefolk. Overall good choice for healers. But these classes have the worst VIT of ALL RACES. However, caster Magic Resist negates the need for much VIT.

What do these stats do?

All information currently known about stats can be found here: FFXIV A Realm Reborn Stats & Attributes Guide. (Opens in new Tab)
Still in Character creation? See also: FFXIV A Realm Reborn Gods guide. (Opens in new Tab)
About to get out into the world? See: FFXIV General Leveling Guide. (Opens in new Tab)

Key points to remember:

The total stats of each race and subrace is equal at 120.
Character customization can pretty erase all cosmetic distinction between subraces. Choose whatever you want!
All races have a subrace which is more suited towards “Physical” classes, and a subrace more suited towards “Magical” classes.
Ultimately, as long as you chose appropriately and build properly, the small differences in starting stats accounts for much less than a 0.5% difference end-game.

It’s highly likely you checked this page out to help you on what class you’re going to choose. For your convenience we’re going to link those for you.
Physical: Archer (Bard) | Gladiator (Paladin) | Lancer (Dragoon) | Marauder (Warrior) | Pugilist (Monk)
Magical: Arcanist (Scholars) (Summoners) | Conjurer (White Mage) | Thaumaturge (Black Mage)

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FFXIV A Realm Reborn Stats and Attributes

All our research on stats, and the effects on each class. Stay ahead of the game. We will update this regularly!

Here, we will be discussing all the known stats and attributes found in FFXIV A Realm Reborn.

ARR Primary Stats

Strength (STR) – Melee Physical Damage. Block & Parry AMOUNT.
Dexterity (DEX) – Ranged Physical damage. Block & Parry CHANCE.
Vitality (VIT) – HP Pool.
Intelligence (INT) – Attack Magic Potency.
Mind (MND) – Healing Magic Potency.
Piety (PIE) – MP Pool

In FFXIV ARR, stat points are obtained passively as you level up (which meld to what current class you’re using). You also gain 30 stat attribute points to spend at level 50.

Still, the main source of stat points will be gear.

Secondary Stats

Your primary stats have a direct effect on many of your secondary stats. I can see that some of these secondary stats can only be modified by gear or skills. For example, the Marauder skill Storms Eye reduces the targets resistance to slashing damage.

Offensive Properties
Accuracy – Your chance to successfully land attacks.
Critical Hit Rate – Your chance to critically hit.
Determination – Affects damage dealt by all attacks and HP recovered by spells.

Defensive Properties
Defense – Overall physical damage reduction. (Mainly gained through equipment)
Parry – Your chance to parry. Parrying reduces incoming damage by a certain percentage.
Magic Defense – Overall Magical damage reduction. (Mainly gained through equipment)

Physical Properties
Attack Power – Your overall physical damage capability.
Skill Speed – Reduces recast time of weapon skills.

Physical Resistances
Slashing – Resistance to slashing type damage. (Axes, Swords)
Piercing – Resistance to piercing damage. (Spears, Arrows)
Blunt – Resistance to blunt type damage. (Fists, Staves)

Mental Properties
Attack Magic Potency – Your overall magic damage capability.
Healing Magic Potency – Your overall healing capability.
Spell Speed – Reduces cast time of magical skills.

PvP Properties
Morale – ?

Crafting & Gathering Stats

Gathering Stats
GP – Increases GP, which allows you to cast gathering skills.
Gathering – Increases chance to successfully gather an Item
Perception – Increases chance to gather high quality items.

Crafting Stats
CP – Increases CP, which allows you to cast crafting skills.
Craftsmanship – Increases the amount gained to reach a successful synthesis.
Control – Increases the amount of quality gained when using “Basic Touch”.

Elemental Resists

Fire – Reduce amount of Fire elemental damage taken.
Ice – Reduce amount of Ice elemental damage taken.
Wind – Reduce amount of Wind elemental damage taken.
Earth – Reduce amount of Earth elemental damage taken.
Lightning – Reduce amount of Lightning elemental damage taken.
Water – Reduce amount of Water elemental damage taken.

Upon character creation, these stats are represented by “elemental attributes”. This was kind of misleading because people assumed you could increase elemental damage if you chose the right god. However, across all characters created the God stats only seem to affect resists.

If speculation is true, this only affects Conjurers, Thaumaturges and Arcanists. (And the Dragoon final skill: Dragonfire Dive).

Summary

Well, there’s still much to be learned, but we’re getting there. The better we understand these stats, the better recommendations for end-game character builds we can give. Needless to say, we’re working on it!

Useful links:
FFXIV A Realm Reborn Racial Stats guide. (Opens in New Tab)
FFXIV A Realm Reborn Gods guide. (Opens in New Tab)

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FFXIV A Realm Reborn Gods

A guide on the different gods in FFXIV a realm reborn and the stats they give – are they relevant?

Everything you need to know about the gods in ARR! The other choice given to us (without a table comparison) is god choice. Your choice of god will give you small bonus to Elemental Attributes.

God	Fire	Ice	Wind	Earth	Lightning	Water
Halone	50	54	53	52	52	52
Menphina	50	54	53	52	52	52
Thaliak	52	52	52	53	50	54
Nymeia	52	52	52	53	50	54
Llymlaen	53	50	54	52	52	52
Oschon	53	50	54	52	52	52
Byregot	52	52	52	50	54	53
Rhalgr	52	52	52	50	54	53
Azeyma	54	53	50	52	52	52
Nald'thal	54	53	50	52	52	52
Nophica	52	52	52	54	53	50
Althyk	52	52	52	54	53	50

See also: FFXIV A Realm Reborn Starting Racial Stats Guide. (Opens in new tab)
See also: FFXIV A Realm Reborn Stats & Attributes Guide. (Opens in new tab)

Key Points:

The total Elemental Attributes of each god is equal at 330.
Gods are “paired”, and don’t seem to have any distinction between their counterpart. (Example: Halone, Menphina)
Each god pair has one high stat of 54, one secondary stat of 53, three tertiary stats of 52 and one neutral stat of 50.
Even if we assume 1 point equals 1% damage, the difference between picking for a 54 versus a 50 is only 0.3%.

So what are decent choices?

For now, God choice doesn’t account for much. The resists you gain from choosing whatever god are ultimately inconsequential. Choose whatever you want!

If these really do represent added elemental damage (which we doubt), Thaumaturges, Conjurers and eventually Arcanists might want to choose accordingly:
Conjurer: Nopica or Althyk (Earth and Wind)
Thaumaturge: Azeyma or Nald’thal (Fire and Ice)

If anything changes regarding gods, you’ll find that on this page. If these “attributes” are more than just resists, we will definitely find out. Make sure you subscribe to us so you wont miss out!