Final Fantasy 15 / FFXV - Elemancy Guide [Final Fantasy 15/ FFXV]

This page contains a guide on Elemancy or crafting spells in Final Fantasy XV, including spell tiers, types, stats, ingredients, added effects, strategies and tips and tricks in the game.

Elemancy Guide

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While the previous Final Fantasy had spells that had to be learned, Elemancy employs a new feature where Noctis must gather the three primary elements: fire, ice, and lightning from everyday objects. The idea of elemancy involves Noctis crafting spells with at least one unit each of Fire, Ice, and Lightning. These three basic elements are at the foundation of elemancy which allows a variety of spells to be cast. In order to use the spells, these must be equipped on the primary weapon slot.

Crafting Spells

When it comes to crafting spells, make sure you have at least all three elemental units (Fire, Lightning, and Ice). After obtaining the elements, open the quest menu to look for Elemancy. From there, you can craft different kinds of spells with different degrees of damage.

Catalysts

Catalysts are items that Noctis can use to add effects to his spells. Different items turn into different effects which can prove to be useful later on in battle. When the effect is added, the spell is said to be “transmuted”.

Based on the number of items used in junction for the elemancy, the effect improves the more you load into the spell. Each increment is determined by a value known as effect level, which is multiplied to the number of copies in the catalyst.

Magic Flasks

Magic Flasks are the media you use to mix and match spells. Different flasks mean different levels of spells. But the ratio is not 1:1. The fact is – you can keep up to 99 units of the same spell within a single flask. This means this has less weight on your inventory. And, you can enter battle with a single flask but having 99 units of Thundaga which is useful in taking out hordes of creatures. This is only talking about elemental damage; when the flasks for the junctioned spells become available, you can even duplicate the spells and smash enemies with it.

Elements

There are three elements: fire, ice, and lightning. The three elements are the most basic and the most farm-able in the lands of Eos. While roaming the Open World of Eos, Noctis can draw out these elements from common household items. Each item contains at least 33 units of the specific item.

• Fire – often found in Havens and sometimes Dungeons. They can also be found in the open field. Look for either gas tanks and crystals.
• Ice – often found in caverns and dungeons. They usually take the form of crystals.
• Lightning – found mostly in more mechanical places and sometimes on the open field. These take the form of crystals or any form of computer.

There are other ways to gain elemental units such as using weapons like the Engine Blade, the Valiant, and etc. By doing so, you’ll be able to draw elemental units from incoming enemies. However, the enemies have a low chance of dropping them. For example, Voretooth’s only ave a 30% chance of dropping at the most 2 units of Fire. However, enhancing the Elemental Magnetism in the Ascension grid.

Important Tips for Crafting Spells

1. Keep in mind that when you mix spells that there’s a special rule based on proportion. For example, if you use 18 units of Fire and 10 units of Lightning, your spell would have a higher propensity to cast Fire instead of Thunder.
2. However should there be no majority, the spell you create is Unicast which Noct chooses a random element to cast.
3. If you want a single type spell, make sure the spell has Absolute Majority before crafting the spell.
4. If there is no majority, there’s a simple tiebreaker to this: fire > ice > lightning.
5. The more added effect catalysts you use = the greater the power of the added effect. This also applies to the duplicate catalyst.
6. Primary factor for potency: amount of units used. [See Table “Spell Tiers” below]
7. Use catalysts to increase the power of your spells. [Example: 99x Ice Energy + 3 Garula Sirloins (power at 4) = 99 + (4×3). This is equal to 112 and within the 100-199 range thus, a Blizzara spell.
8. Powercraft Line in Ascension helps power up your spells. So, save your AP.
9. Some spells can be launched a variety of times: dual (2x), tri (3x), quad (4x), quint (5x). But the damage is dependent on the tier.
10. When using a multi-element spell, the predominant element always goes first. Normally, the first element to be cast is fire. Refer to rule#4.

Spell Tiers

Added Effects List

Single Element

Fire Only

Ice Only