Elements

Elements

Every skill, monster, and some equipment pieces have an elemental affinity. Hitting an enemy’s weakness is one of the most impactful things you can do in combat.

Elemental Relationships

All six elements and how they interact:

Element		Beats	Weak To
Fire		Wind	Water
Water		Fire	Earth
Earth		Water	Wind
Wind		Earth	Fire
Shadow		Holy	Holy
Holy		Shadow	Shadow
None		—	—

The four nature elements form a cycle: Fire → Wind → Earth → Water → Fire. Each beats the next and loses to the previous. Shadow and Holy are mutually weak against each other. None has no strengths or weaknesses.

Damage Multipliers

Matchup	Multiplier	Example
Advantage (hitting weakness)	×1.5	Fire skill vs Wind enemy
Same element	×0.5	Fire skill vs Fire enemy
Neutral (no relationship)	×1.0	Fire skill vs Shadow enemy
Holy vs Shadow	×1.5	Holy skill vs Shadow enemy
Shadow vs Holy	×1.5	Shadow skill vs Holy enemy

Full Matchup Chart

The attacker’s element is on the left, the defender’s element is across the top.

	Fire	Water	Earth	Wind	Shadow	Holy	None
Fire	0.5	1.0	1.0	1.5	1.0	1.0	1.0
Water	1.5	0.5	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Earth	1.0	1.5	0.5	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Wind	1.0	1.0	1.5	0.5	1.0	1.0	1.0
Shadow	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.5	1.5	1.0
Holy	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.5	0.5	1.0
None	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

Practical Tips

• Check a monster’s element in the Bestiary before hunting in a new zone
• Switch jobs to access skills of the right element — sub-skills retain 70% power, which still beats a neutral-element skill at full power when you factor in the 1.5x multiplier
• Zone 4 (Emberveil Caldera) has many Fire monsters — Water skills dominate here
• Zone 5 (The Riftmaw) and Zone 6 (Endless Rift) feature Shadow bosses — Paladin’s Holy skills shine
• Equipment with elemental damage (e.g., fire_damage affix) adds that element to your basic attacks, letting any job exploit weaknesses