Professions of Midgard: Mage — Sage — Scholar

17 May 2021

Scholars of Juno spend countless nights poring over ancient tomes in search of arcane knowledge. Their unrivaled expertise in all things magic grants them control over elements and the ability to reverse spells. Upon subjugating the spirits of nature itself, the most talented Scholars earn the title of Sorcerer.

Job tree

Mage - Sage - Scholar - Sorcerer

Getting the job

Once you reach job level 10 as a novice and have learned Basic Skills level 9 you can become a Mage. To do that you need to go to Geffen and contact the Mages Guild. To become a Sage, a mage must reach the professional level of 40 and pass an exam at the Castle of the Sages in Juno. To become a professor you need to reach level 99/50 and find the Book of Ymir in the Castle of Sages in Juno.

Skills

Learn more about novice skills here.

Mage Skills

Basic Skills

Increases the SP recovery rate. The amount recovered increases depending on the max SP.
Skill Level	1	2	3	4	5
Effect	Every 10 sec. SP +3	Every 10 sec. SP +6	Every 10 sec. SP +9	Every 10 sec. SP +12	Every 10 sec. SP +15
Skill Level	6	7	8	9	10
Effect	Every 10 sec. SP +18	Every 10 sec. SP +21	Every 10 sec. SP +24	Every 10 sec. SP +27	Every 10 sec. SP +30

Detects invisible enemies in the vicinity. Consumes 10 SP upon its use.

Uses ghost power to attack enemies from a distance.
Skill Level	1	2	3	4	5
Effect	Cost 9 SP. MATK 80%, Cooldown 1 sec.	Cost 9 SP. MATK 90%, Cooldown 1 sec.	Cost 9 SP. MATK 100%, Cooldown 1 sec.	Cost 12 SP. MATK 110%, Cooldown 0,9 sec.	Cost 12 SP. MATK 120%, Cooldown 0,9 sec.
Skill Level	6	7	8	9	10
Effect	Cost 12 SP. MATK 130%, Cooldown 0,8 sec.	Cost 15 SP. MATK 140%, Cooldown 0,8 sec.	Cost 15 SP. MATK 150%, Cooldown 0,7 sec.	Cost 15 SP. MATK 160%, Cooldown 0,6 sec.	Cost 18 SP. MATK 170%, Cooldown 0,5 sec.

Required: [Napalm Beat] (lv. 7), [Soul Strike] (lv. 5)
Creates a magic wall at the specified location, blocking a certain number of enemy attacks. The wall disappears after absorbing a certain number of attacks or after the duration expires. Blocks only melee physical attacks. Requires 1 Blue Gemstone to use.
Skill Level	1	2	3	4	5
Effect	Durability 300 Cost: 30 SP	Durability 600 Cost: 30 SP	Durability 900 Cost: 30 SP	Durability 1200 Cost: 35 SP	Durability 1500 Cost: 35 SP
Skill Level	6	7	8	9	10
Effect	Durability 1800 Cost: 35 SP	Durability 2100 Cost: 40 SP	Durability 2400 Cost: 40 SP	Durability 2700 Cost: 40 SP	Durability 3000 Cost: 40 SP

Required: [Napalm Beat] (lv. 4)
Summons holy ghosts that deal damage to the target. At level 10, deals 5 consecutive strikes.
Skill Level	1	2	3	4	5
Effect	Damage to Undead, SP Cost: 18	Damage to Undead, SP Cost: 14	Damage to Undead, SP Cost: 24	Damage to Undead, SP Cost: 20	Damage to Undead, SP Cost: 30
Skill Level	6	7	8	9	10
Effect	Damage to Undead, SP Cost: 26	Damage to Undead, SP Cost: 36	Damage to Undead, SP Cost: 32	Damage to Undead, SP Cost: 42	Damage to Undead, SP Cost: 38

Summons bolts of frigid ice to strike an enemy. Barring changes in damage due to elemental properties, each bolt inflicts an amount of damage equal to the caster's Matk.
Skill Level	1	2	3	4	5
Effect	1 Bolt, SP Cost: 12	2 Bolst, SP Cost: 14	3 Bolts, SP Cost: 16	4 Bolts, SP Cost: 18	5 Bolts, SP Cost: 20
Skill Level	6	7	8	9	10
Effect	6 Bolts, SP Cost: 22	7 Bolts, SP Cost: 24	8 Bolts, SP Cost: 26	9 Bolts, SP Cost: 28	10 Bolts, SP Cost: 30

Required: [Cold Bolt] (Lv. 5)
Inflicts water damage and has a chance of freezing its target.
Skill Level	1	2	3	4	5
Effect	MATK 110%, Chance of freezing: 38%	MATK 120%, Chance of freezing: 41%	MATK 130%, Chance of freezing: 44%	MATK 140%, Chance of freezing: 47%	MATK 150%, Chance of freezing: 50%
Skill Level	6	7	8	9	10
Effect	MATK 160%, Chance of freezing: 53%	MATK 170%, Chance of freezing: 56%	MATK 180%, Chance of freezing: 59%	MATK 190%, Chance of freezing: 62%	MATK 200%, Chance of freezing: 65%

Turns enemies into stone. Requires 1 red gemstone to cast. Does not work on Boss monsters and undead.
Skill Level	1	2	3	4	5
Effect	Petrifaction Chance: 24%	Petrifaction Chance: 28%	Petrifaction Chance: 32%	Petrifaction Chance: 36%	Petrifaction Chance: 40%
Skill Level	6	7	8	9	10
Effect	Petrifaction Chance: 44%	Petrifaction Chance: 48%	Petrifaction Chance: 52%	Petrifaction Chance: 56%	Petrifaction Chance: 60%

Required: [Firebolt] (lv. 4)
Summon a storm of lightning on a targeted area to damage enemies within the Thunder Storm's range. Each strikes inflicts an amount of damage equal to 80% of the caster's Matk strength.
Skill Level	1	2	3	4	5
Effect	MATK 160%	MATK 180%	MATK 200%	MATK 220%	MATK 240%
Skill Level	6	7	8	9	10
Effect	MATK 260%	MATK 280%	MATK 300%	MATK 320%	MATK 340%

Required: [Sight] (lv. 1), [Fireball] (lv. 5)
Casts wall of fire, preventing an enemy from getting closer.

Summons bolts of pure flame to attack an enemy. Barring changes in damage due to elemental properties, each bolt inflicts an amount of damage equal to the caster's Matk.
Skill Level	1	2	3	4	5
Effect	1 Bolt, SP Cost: 12	2 Bolts, SP Cost: 14	3 Bolts, SP Cost: 16	4 Bolts, SP Cost: 18	5 Bolts, SP Cost: 20
Skill Level	6	7	8	9	10
Effect	6 Bolts, SP Cost: 22	7 Bolts, SP Cost: 24	8 Bolts, SP Cost: 26	9 Bolts, SP Cost: 28	10 Bolts, SP Cost: 30

Summons bolts of lightning to attack an enemy. Barring changes in damage due to elemental properties, each bolt inflicts an amount of damage equal to the caster's Matk.
Skill Level	1	2	3	4	5
Effect	1 Bolt, SP Cost: 12	2 Bolts, SP Cost: 14	3 Bolts, SP Cost: 16	4 Bolts, SP Cost: 18	5 Bolts, SP Cost: 20
Skill Level	6	7	8	9	10
Effect	6 Bolts, SP Cost: 22	7 Bolts, SP Cost: 24	8 Bolts, SP Cost: 26	9 Bolts, SP Cost: 28	10 Bolts, SP Cost: 30

Required: [Lightning Bolt] (lv. 4)
Summon a storm of lightning on a targeted area to damage enemies within the Thunder Storm's range. Each strikes inflicts an amount of damage equal to 80% of the caster's Matk strength.
Skill Level	1	2	3	4	5
Effect	Attack 1 time, SP Cost: 29	Attack 2 times, SP Cost: 34	Attack 3 times, SP Cost: 39	Attack4 times, SP Cost: 44	Attack 5 times, SP Cost: 49
Skill Level	6	7	8	9	10
Effect	Attack 6 times, SP Cost: 54	Attack 7 times, SP Cost: 59	Attack 8 times, SP Cost: 64	Attack 9 times, SP Cost: 69	Attack 10 times, SP Cost: 74

Quest Skills

Reduces damage from enemy attacks, while spending a certain amount of SP. The more SP the character has, the better the defense and the SP is spent.
SP Amount	100 - 81%	80 - 61%	60 - 41%	40 - 21%	20 - 1%
Effect	Damage -30%, -3% SP per hit	Damage -24%, -2,5% SP per hit	Damage -18%, -2% SP per hit	Damage -12%, -1,5% SP per hit	Damage -6%, -1% SP per hit

Sage Skills

Basic Skills

Increases the power and speed of attacks when using books.
Skill Level	1	2	3	4	5
Effect	ATK +3 ATK Speed 0,5%	ATK +6 ATK Speed 1%	ATK +9 ATK Speed 1,5%	ATK +12 ATK Speed 2%	ATK +15 ATK Speed 2,5%
Skill Level	6	7	8	9	10
Effect	ATK +18 ATK Speed 3%	ATK +21 ATK Speed 3,5%	ATK +24 ATK Speed 4%	ATK +27 ATK Speed 4,5%	ATK +30 ATK Speed 5%

Required: [Study] (lv. 2)
Allows you to cancel the casting of a spell and start moving immediately. Can Only be used when casting a spell.
Skill Level	1	2	3	4	5
Effect	Cost 90% of the Spell SP	Cost 70% of the Spell SP	Cost 50% of the Spell SP	Cost 30% of the Spell SP	Cost 10% of the Spell SP

Required: [Study] (lv. 4)
Allows you to absorb the SP spent by the enemy to create spells. When successful, 20% of the SP spent by the enemy is absorbed. Consumes 2 SP regardless of the level.
Skill Level	1	2	3	4	5
Effect	Absorbs 20% of the enemy’s SP	Absorbs 40% of the enemy’s SP	Absorbs 60% of the enemy’s SP	Absorbs 80% of the enemy’s SP	Absorbs 100% of the enemy’s SP

Required: [Magic Rod] (lv. 1)
Allows you to cancel an enemy’s spell when being cast, and absorb part of the SP used to cast it. It also takes 2% of the enemy’s HP and lets you absorb half of it. This skill can interrupt skills from Boss and Guardian monsters, although the chance of success is reduced to 10%.

Required: [Cast Cancel] (lv. 1)
Allows you to move and attack while casting spells. Movement and Attack speed depend on skill level.
Skill Level	1	2	3	4	5
Effect	Movement Speed 30%, Attack Speed 55%	Movement Speed 35%, Attack Speed 60%	Movement Speed 40%, Attack Speed 65%	Movement Speed 45%, Attack Speed 70%	Movement Speed 50%, Attack Speed 75%
Skill Level	6	7	8	9	10
Effect	Movement Speed 55%, Attack Speed 80%	Movement Speed 60%, Attack Speed 85%	Movement Speed 65%, Attack Speed 90%	Movement Speed 70%, Attack Speed 95%	Movement Speed 75%, Attack Speed 100%

Required: [Free Cast] (lv. 4)
Auto cast certain magic spells with a certain chance while battling enemies with physical attacks. Spells that are auto cast through Hindsight consume only 2/3 of the required SP. Spells that are not learned by the caster can't be cast. The level of the skill cast by Hindsight is the half of Hindsight level, or lower, if learned autocasted skill's level is lower than half of Hidsight's level.
Skill Level	1	2	3	4	5
Effect	Chance of Autocast: 2%, Adds Fire/ Cold/ Lightning Bolt	Chance of Autocast: 4%	Chance of Autocast: 6%	Chance of Autocast: 8%, Adds Soul Strike/ Fireball	Chance of Autocast: 10%
Skill Level	6	7	8	9	10
Effect	Chance of Autocast: 12%	Chance of Autocast: 14%, Add Frost driver/ Earth Spike	Chance of Autocast: 16%	Chance of Autocast: 18%	Chance of Autocast: 20%, Adds Thunderstorm / Heaven's Drive

Required: [Firebolt] (lv. 1) [Study] (lv. 5)
Inflicts Fire property Ranged Physical Damage to all enemies in a set area around a single target. Each cast consumes 1 Scarlet point
Skill Level	1	2	3	4	5
Duration	10 min	15 min	20 min	25 min	30 min
Effect	Fire Damage +1%	Fire Damage +2%	Fire Damage +3%	Fire Damage +4%	Fire Damage +5%

Required: [Cold bolt] (lv. 1) [Study] (lv. 5)
Attempts to endow a single target's weapon with the Water property temporarily. Each cast consumes 1 Indigo point
Skill Level	1	2	3	4	5
Duration	10 min	15 min	20 min	25 min	30 min
Effect	Water Damage +1%	Water Damage +2%	Water Damage +3%	Water Damage +4%	Water Damage +5%

Required: [Lightning bolt] (lv. 1) [Study] (lv. 5)
Attempts to endow a single target's weapon with the Wind property temporarily. Each cast consumes 1 Yellow wish point
Skill Level	1	2	3	4	5
Duration	10 min	15 min	20 min	25 min	30 min
Effect	Wind Damage +1%	Wind Damage +2%	Wind Damage +3%	Wind Damage +4%	Wind Damage +5%

Required: [Stone Curse] (lv. 1) [Study] (lv. 5)
Attempts to endow a single target's weapon with the Earth property temporarily. Each cast consumes 1 Lime green point
Skill Level	1	2	3	4	5
Duration	10 min	15 min	20 min	25 min	30 min
Effect	Earth Damage +1%	Earth Damage +2%	Earth Damage +3%	Earth Damage +4%	Earth Damage +5%

Required: [Study] (lv. 9)
By studying dragons, enhances all damage and resistance against Dragon race monsters. Also enhances INT.
Skill Level	1	2	3	4	5
Effect	Attack / defense + 4%, MATK + 2%, INT +1	Attack / defense + 8%, MATK + 4%, INT +1	Attack / defense + 12%, MATK + 6%, INT +2	Attack / defense + 16%, MATK + 8%, INT +2	Attack / defense + 20%, MATK + 10%, INT +3

Required: [Flame Launcher] (lv. 9)
Summons an elemental field (7x7), in the area of effect in which the characters increase their attack and fire attack power. You cannot place [Wall of Ice] in the area of effect of [Volcano]. Consumes 1 blue gemstone. This skill cannot be cast on a cell currently affected by any floor skill or ground targeted skill. The duration is (skill level)minutes. Casting this skill, Deluge or Whirlwind while the buff is active will not incur a Gemstone cost.
Skill Level	1	2	3	4	5
Effect	Fire damage + 10%, ATK / MATK +10	Fire damage + 14%, ATK / MATK +15	Fire damage + 17%, ATK / MATK +20	Fire damage + 19%, ATK / MATK +25	Fire damage + 20%, ATK / MATK +30

Required: [Frost Weapon] (lv. 2)
Summons an elemental field (7x7), in the area of effect of which the characters increase the maximum amount of HP and water damage. Also, the skills [Waterball] and [Aqua Benedicta] become available here. Consumes 1 blue gemstone. This skill cannot be cast on a cell currently affected by any floor skill or ground targeted skill. The duration is (skill level) minutes. Casting this skill, [Deluge] or [Whirlwind] while the buff is active will not incur a Gemstone cost.
Skill Level	1	2	3	4	5
Effect	Water damage + 10%, MaxHP +5%	Water damage + 14%, MaxHP +9%	Water damage + 17%, MaxHP +12%	Water damage + 19%, MaxHP +14%	Water damage + 20%, MaxHP +15%

Required: [Lightning Loader] (lv. 2)
Summons an elemental field (7x7), in the area of effect of which the characters increase the evasion and damage from the wind. The duration of the skill [Wall of Fire] is increased by 1.5 times. Consumes 1 blue gemstone. This skill cannot be cast on a cell currently affected by any floor skill or ground targeted skill. The duration is (skill level)minutes. Casting this skill, Deluge or Whirlwind while the buff is active will not incur a Gemstone cost.
Skill Level	1	2	3	4	5
Effect	Wind damage + 10%, FLEE +3	Wind damage + 14%, FLEE +6	Wind damage + 17%, FLEE +9	Wind damage + 19%, FLEE +12	Wind damage + 20%, FLEE +15

Required: [Volcano] (lv.3), [Deluge] (lv.3), [Whirlwind] (lv.3)
Places a set area on the targeted location that nullifies and blocks some ground targeting skills. Each cast consumes 1 Blue Gemstone and 1 Yellow Gemstone. Sages can cancel each other's instances of this skill. This skill cannot be cast on a cell currently affected by any floor skill or ground targeted skill.
Skill Level	1	2	3	4	5
Duration	2:00 min	2:45 min	3:30 min	4:15 min	5:00 min
Effect	Range 7x7	Range 7x7	Range 9x9	Range 9x9	Range 11x11

Required: [Spell Breaker] (lv. 3)
With some chance, removes all spell effects on the target. Requires 1 Yellow Gemstone.
Skill Level	1	2	3	4	5
Effect	Success Rate 60%	Success Rate 70%	Success Rate 80%	Success Rate 90%	Success Rate 100%

Requirement: [Seismic Weapon] (lv.1)
Raises a pillar of earth under the feet of the target and inflicts up to 200% magic earth damage on it. The number of hits increases with the skill level.
Skill Level	1	2	3	4	5
Effect	1 Hit	2 Hits	3 Hits	4 Hits	5 Hits

Requirement: [Earth Spike] (lv. 1)
Summons an earthquake, damaging all enemies in the area of effect.
Skill Level	1	2	3	4	5
Effect	MATK 125%	MATK 250%	MATK 375%	MATK 500%	MATK 625%

Shows complete information about the monster to the character and members of his group. Consumes 10 SP on use.

Required: [Auto Spell] (lv. 5), [Dispell] (lv. 1), [Land Protector] (lv.1)
Casts a random skill among character, monster, and a few exclusive skills. Each cast consumes two Yellow Gemstones and SP 50. Skill Level affects the variety of skills that can be cast, and the level of the randomly selected skill if applicable. Even if there is an effect of nullifying the gemstone consumption, at least one Yellow Gemstone is consumed.

Quest Skills

Allows you to create elemental scrolls. There are 4 types of them: fire, earth, wind and water.
Fire Scroll	Earth Scroll	Water Scroll	Wind Scroll
3 scorpion tails, 1 blank scroll	3 horns, 1 blank scroll	3 Snail's Shell, 1 blank scroll	3 Rainbow Shell, 1 blank scroll

Elemental Change

Water
Consumes an elemental scroll (water) to attempt to change a monster's element to water. Requires elemental scrolls of the desired element. The attempt may fail.

Earth
Consumes an elemental scroll (earth) to attempt to change a monster's element to earth. Requires elemental scrolls of the desired element. The attempt may fail.

Wind
Consumes an elemental scroll (wind) to attempt to change a monster's element to wind. Requires elemental scrolls of the desired element. The attempt may fail.

Fire
Consumes an elemental scroll (fire) to attempt to change a monster's element to fire. Requires elemental scrolls of the desired element. The attempt may fail.

Scholar Skills

Requirement: [Hindsight] (lv. 1)
Gives a chance to automatically use any skill of the charge class again.
Skill Level	1	2	3	4	5
Effect	Chance 40%	Chance 50%	Chance 60%	Chance 70%	Chance 80%

Requirement: [Improved SP Recovery] (lv.3), [Soul Siphon] (lv.2)
Induces mental turmoil in an enemy that will reduce its Magic Defense, but will also increase its Magic Attack Power. This skill's level affects its rate of success.
Skill Level	1	2	3	4	5
Effect	MDEF -12%, MATK +20%	MDEF -24%, MATK +40%	MDEF -36%, MATK +60%	MDEF -48%, MATK +80%	MDEF -60%, MATK +100%

Requirement: [Study] (lv. 5), [Free Cast] (lv. 5), [Hindsight] (lv. 1)
Reduces cast time for a skill by half for 5 casts. This skill is canceled when the caster dies, but otherwise it has no duration. Foresight's cast time, which is unaffected by DEX, is 5 seconds.

Requirement: [Whirlwind] (lv. 2), [Deluge] (lv. 2)

Creates a wall of fog in an area of 5 * 3 cells, causing blindness on enemies.

This increases the chance of missing all ranged and magical attacks, and also decreases the damage they cause. In normal zones, the skill only affects monsters, and in PvP zones, it affects other characters.

Requirement: [Dragonology] (lv. 4)
Releases 1 web, entangling and paralyzing the enemy and reducing their evasion by 2 times. No more than 3 webs can be released at a time. Web duration: 8 sec. When receiving fire damage, the target takes double damage, but the web disappears.

Requirement: [Improved SP Recovery] (lv. 1) [Magic Rod] (lv. 1)
Consume an amount of HP equal to 10% of Max HP to restore an SP amount determined by the skill's level.
Skill Level	1	2	3	4	5
Effect	SP + 10% of HP spent	SP + 20% of HP spent	SP + 30% of HP spent	SP + 40% of HP spent	SP + 50% of HP spent

Requirement: [Magic Rod] (lv. 3) [Spell Breaker] (lv. 2)
Exchange caster's remaining SP with target's remaining SP. The SP that the caster receives cannot exceed the caster's Max SP limit.

Requirement: [Cast Cancel] (lv. 5) [Magic Rod] (lv. 3) [Dispell] (lv. 3)
Casts a spell that has the chance of draining the target's SP. At level 5, this skill will also inflict an amount of damage equal to double of the caster's remaining SP. However, if this skill fails, this damage will be received by the caster. Soul Siphon is only enabled in WoE (Guild War) battles and PvP.
Skill Level	1	2	3	4	5
Effect	40% Success chance	50% Success chance	60% Success chance	70% Success chance	70% Success chance

Changes in Renewal

Mage Skills

Fire Bolt/ Cold Bolt/ Lightning Bolt

The fixed cast time for the skill at level 10 was increased from 0.88 sec to 1.2 sec.
The variable cast time for the skill at level 10 was reduced from 3.52 sec to 3.2 sec.
The skill cooldown was significantly reduced.

Thunderstorm

The fixed cast time for the skill at level 10 was reduced from 1.6 sec to 1.5 sec.
The variable cast time for the skill at level 10 was reduced from 6.4 sec to 4.5 sec.

Fireball

The fixed and variable cast time for the skill at level 1-5 was changed and now it is the same as the cast times for the skill at the level 6-10 (0.2 sec. for fixed cast time and 0.8 sec. for variable cast time).
The skill cooldown was reduced to 0.7 sec. regardless of the level

Soul Strike

Now the skill cooldown is the same for all levels - 1.4 sec. (it was reduced at level 10 from 2.5 sec. to 1.4 sec)

Frost Driver

The skill Cooldown was reduced from 1.5 sec. to 0.5 sec.

Sage Skills

Volcano / Deluge / Whirlwind

Now in order to activate the skill a blue gem is needed instead of a yellow one.
The Skill Volcano now not only increase ATK but also MATK

Endow Blaze / Endow Tsunami / Endow Tornado / Endow Quake

The fixed cast time was reduced from 3 sec. to 1 sec.
A variable cast time of 1 Sec. was added.
Now you need a blue/yellow/green/red gemstone to activate the skills respectively.
MATK of the corresponding element is increased
Now the skill has 100% of activation chance
The skill duration for the level 1-4 was changed.

Hindsight

Now the level of the activated skill is twice as low as the level of Hindsight and is no longer selected randomly (Unless the learned skill level is even lower).
The activation chance of Hindsight was changed
The odds of casting a certain skill is double the Skill Level
Spells of different skill levels were changes
- levels 1-3: Fire Bolt/ Cold Bolt/ Lightning Bolt
- levels 4-6: Soul Strike/ Fireball
- levels 7-9: Earth Spike/ Frost Driver
- level 10: Thunderstorm/ Heaven’s Drive

Earth Spike

The fixed cast time for the skill at level 5 was increased from 0.56 sec. to 1.2 sec.
The variable cast time of the skill at level 5 was increased from 2.24 sec. to 3.2 sec.
The skill cooldown of the skill at level 5 was reduced from 1.8 sec. to 1.4 sec
Damage per hit was increased from 100% to 200%

Heaven’s Drive

The fixed cast time for the skill at level 5 was increased from 0.64 sec. to 0.8 sec.
The variable cast time for the skill at level 5 was reduced from 3.2 sec. to 1.9 sec.
The skill cooldown at level 5 was reduced from 1 sec. to 0.5 sec.

ps: This document seeks only to inform about the mechanics of this version of the game. All information included here may change after the release of the game.