Where is Machinist?

[FluttershyFan121]

Where do I pick this job up? Am I missing something? My Bard is level 52 at this point and I've done up to the quest chain for King Moogle

[Gingermonkey]

You have to start Heavensward and enter Ishgard to be able to unlock it.

[FluttershyFan121]

Originally posted by RMS_Gingermonkey:

You have to start Heavensward and enter Ishgard to be able to unlock it.

Oh. It's an added class through expansion? I didn't know that. Honestly trying to figure out which jobs were introduced when. I saw I can't get Gunbreaker cause of a level requirement I can't access in free trial atm. Was wondering where Machinist was since I saw it was also an Aiming job (also saw Dancer was one, no idea where or if I can get that one yet)

[FluttershyFan121]

I thought it was base game cause of the Admiral, since she had a gun and I knew Machinist used that type of weapon XD

[¿¡Kloey!?²]

Dark Knight, Astrologian and Machinest for Heavensward, Red mage and samurai for stormblood, gunbreaker and dancer for Shadowbringers, sage and reaper for endwalker with viper and pictomancer for dawntrail. Basically these are all the classes introduced through expansions to give you an idea.

[FluttershyFan121]

Originally posted by ¿¡Kloey!?²:

Dark Knight, Astrologian and Machinest for Heavensward, Red mage and samurai for stormblood, gunbreaker and dancer for Shadowbringers, sage and reaper for endwalker with viper and pictomancer for dawntrail. Basically these are all the classes introduced through expansions to give you an idea.

Oh. So I can't access dancer yet for my Miqo'te. I gotcha. So Free Trial is up to Stormblood, since I saw I can pick up red mage and Samurai. Guessing Blue Mage was added to base game? Cause I saw an NPC with the starting quest for Blue Mage next to the main Aetherite in Limsa Lominsa, unless I'm mis-remembering. I only saw it at a passing glance while looking over the map for quests

[¿¡Kloey!?²]

I had to check, blue mage was added in stormblood in patch 4.5 and Ninja was added in 2.4 to the base game.

[FluttershyFan121]

Originally posted by ¿¡Kloey!?²:

I had to check, blue mage was added in stormblood in patch 4.5 and Ninja was added in 2.4 to the base game.

I gotcha. I knew about Ninja cause I picked up Rogue and Pugilist on my Miqo'te (and Samurai, but that started out high level)

[Scarsick]

Originally posted by FluttershyFan121:

I thought it was base game cause of the Admiral, since she had a gun and I knew Machinist used that type of weapon XD

She's a Musketeer. It was supposed to be the 1-30 base class to Machinist, but they scrapped the base class thing after ARR, probably because they realized it would be a pain in the ass start every expansion class at lvl 1.

[FluttershyFan121]

Originally posted by Scarsick:

She's a Musketeer. It was supposed to be the 1-30 base class to Machinist, but they scrapped the base class thing after ARR, probably because they realized it would be a pain in the ass start every expansion class at lvl 1.

Oh! So, she is basically a class/job not in the game, technically. Well, least I know when I can get Machinist. Since it was an Aiming class/job and I started Archer on my Miqo'te, now Bard obviously

[Vasya Pupkin]

A lot of early NPCs represent the classes either made up or never added, that trend would continue to the latest expac with some NPCs being remnants of scrapped stuff (like Alphinaud's summoner stuff we never got)

[FluttershyFan121]

Originally posted by Vasya Pupkin:

A lot of early NPCs represent the classes either made up or never added, that trend would continue to the latest expac with some NPCs being remnants of scrapped stuff (like Alphinaud's summoner stuff we never got)

ah. i see. I just figured some were certain classes. like Raubahn seems to be a gladiator of sorts, though he has two swords instead of a shield (unless i missed the shield)

[D-Black Catto]

Originally posted by ¿¡Kloey!?²:

Dark Knight, Astrologian and Machinest for Heavensward, Red mage and samurai for stormblood, gunbreaker and dancer for Shadowbringers, sage and reaper for endwalker with viper and pictomancer for dawntrail. Basically these are all the classes introduced through expansions to give you an idea.

yeah, but I was able to get red mage and samurai while still doing realm reborn main quest, I guess the only requirements are being level 50 and owning the game and not being in free trial

[Scarsick]

Originally posted by D-Black Catto:

Originally posted by ¿¡Kloey!?²:

Dark Knight, Astrologian and Machinest for Heavensward, Red mage and samurai for stormblood, gunbreaker and dancer for Shadowbringers, sage and reaper for endwalker with viper and pictomancer for dawntrail. Basically these are all the classes introduced through expansions to give you an idea.

yeah, but I was able to get red mage and samurai while still doing realm reborn main quest, I guess the only requirements are being level 50 and owning the game and not being in free trial

Red Mage and Samurai are from Stormblood, so free trial players can unlock that once they reach 50. Classes have no MSQ requirement, they are only locked under whatever expansion they came with.

[Hex: Agon]

Originally posted by FluttershyFan121:

Where do I pick this job up? Am I missing something? My Bard is level 52 at this point and I've done up to the quest chain for King Moogle

Guild
The Machinist's Guild is Skysteel Manufactory, located in Foundation (x8, y10.2). This job starts at level 30. The job trainer is Stephanivien.

Unlock
Prerequisite: The player must have completed all of the Seventh Astral Era Quests up to Main Scenario QuestBefore the Dawn in order to unlock the city of Ishgard.
Quest: Speak to an NPC in Foundation (x8,y10) to obtain the quest Feature QuestSo You Want to Be a Machinist.

Source: https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Machinist#Unlock