Augment Sage¶
The Augment Sage is the side-quest progression layer on top of the Augment Moogle. Talk to him in GM Home (right next to the Moogle) to pursue mastery ranks, register NM affinities, and check your boost status. The math he unlocks gets applied automatically the next time you trade catalysts to the Moogle — there's no separate "use this augment" workflow.
What the multipliers actually multiply
The "Mastery ×" and crit values on this page boost the stat numbers written onto your gear when you augment a piece at the Moogle — they fill an achievement boost of 0–31 per slot, e.g. an Attack line climbs from +2/slot fresh to +64/slot at rank-5 + affinity + crit. They have no effect on EXP gain, gil drops, or anything outside the augmentation trade itself. If you want faster leveling, see Subjob EXP Share or the EXP rates on What's Custom.
Summary
Two parallel tracks. Sage Mastery (5 ranks) raises the achievement boost + crit chance on every gear augment. NM Affinities (13 bits) add a per-category bonus on top. Stack both to max the 0–31 boost; do neither and every augment sits at its floor.
Where to find the Sage¶
Zone: GM Home
Coordinates: x = -1.50, y = 0.00, z = -25.00
Same row as: the Augment Moogle (talk to either to start a trade or pursue a rank).
How the boost is calculated¶
Every successful augment runs through this math at trade time. The three Sage ingredients combine into an achievement boost of 0–31 that is written onto every augment slot in the trade:
mastery = masteryMult[Augment_Mastery + 1] -- from Sage rank
affinity = hasAffinity(category) ? 1.5 : 1.0 -- from NM kills
crit_pct = critChance[Augment_Mastery + 1] -- chance per trade
crit = random() < crit_pct ? 2.0 : 1.0
totalMult = mastery * affinity * crit
progress = (totalMult - 1) / (6.0 - 1) -- 0.0 .. 1.0
boost = round(progress * 31) -- written per slot
per_slot = (base + boost) * multiplier -- the engine formula
Floor (rank 0, no affinity, no crit): boost = 0, so each slot lands at
base × multiplier — the augment's minimum value.
Cap (rank 5, affinity held, crit lands): 2.0 × 1.5 × 2.0 = 6.0 maxes the boost at 31, so each slot lands at (base + 31) × multiplier — the augment's ceiling. The catalog table lists every augment's Fresh (floor) and Max (cap) values per trade size.
Item examine window shows garbled values — use !augstats
Once Sage multipliers push your per-slot values up, the FFXI client's item examine window will start showing nonsense (commonly a large negative number). The stat is being applied correctly. Use !augstats in-game to see your true augment numbers. See the Known Display Limitation section on the Augment Moogle page for a full explanation.
Track 1 — Sage Mastery ranks¶
Promotion is a one-time trade per rank. The Sage shows your live progress on the in-game menu (e.g. Augs 12/10, Bronze 7/5, Behemoth Horn 1/1). When all three requirements are met, the >> Promote to {title} row becomes the actionable step — pick it to consume the seal + trophy and bump your rank.
| Rank | Title | Mastery × | Crit chance | Augments | Seals | NM Trophy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Unranked | 1.00x | 5% | — | — | — |
| 1 | Augment Initiate | 1.20x | 8% | 0 lifetime | 5 × Beastmens Medal (Bronze) | 1 × Behemoth Horn (drops from Behemoth) |
| 2 | Augment Adept | 1.40x | 11% | 20 lifetime | 10 × Kindreds Medal (Silver) | 1 × Handful of Nidhogg's Scales (drops from Nidhogg) |
| 3 | Augment Magus | 1.60x | 14% | 50 lifetime | 25 × Kindreds Medal (Silver) | 1 × Khimaira Horn (drops from Khimaira (Tiamat-tier dragon)) |
| 4 | Augment Sage | 1.80x | 17% | 120 lifetime | 50 × Demons Medal (Gold) | 1 × Fafnir's Scale (drops from Fafnir) |
| 5 | Augment Archon | 2.00x | 20% | 250 lifetime | 100 × Demons Medal (Gold) | 1 × Kirin's Mane (drops from Kirin (sky-god proxy for Absolute Virtue)) |
Augments-required counts the total lifetime successful augments the player has crafted at the Augment Moogle (tracked via Augment_Count charvar). Trophies + seals are consumed on promotion.
The Augment_Count charvar is bumped by +1 every time you confirm an augmentation at the Augment Moogle. Cancelled trades and failed trades do not count.
Track 2 — NM Affinities¶
Each augment in the catalog has a thematic cat (1–13). Defeating the signature NM for that category and trading its trophy at the Sage's Register NM Affinity menu permanently sets the matching bit in your Augment_Affinities charvar. From that point on, any augment whose category matches one of your held affinities gets the bonus multiplier.
You can register affinities in any order, at any rank. The trophy is single-use per affinity — once the bit is yours, the same NM's drops behave normally again (no double-registering).
Holding an affinity multiplies augments in that category by 1.5×. Affinities stack with Sage Mastery and crit. Register an affinity by trading the corresponding NM drop to the Augment Sage's Register NM Affinity menu — the trophy is consumed and the bit is yours forever.
| Cat | Category | NM | Trophy | Catalysts available |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strength / Attack | Behemoth | Giant Femur | 36 |
| 2 | Dexterity / Accuracy | King Arthro | Emperor Arthro's Shell | 29 |
| 3 | Vitality / Defense | Adamantoise | Adamantoise Shell | 14 |
| 4 | Agility / Evasion / Haste | Roc | Giant Bird Plume | 45 |
| 5 | Intelligence / Magic offense | Ouryu (Guivre-tier wyrm) | Guivre's Skull | 29 |
| 6 | Mind / Healing / Cure | Phoenix | Phoenix Feather | 8 |
| 7 | Charisma / Charm / Enmity | Lady Lilith (Khimaira-tier charmer) | Khimaira Mane | 12 |
| 8 | HP / Regen | Fafnir | Wyvern Skin | 6 |
| 9 | MP / Refresh | Vrtra | Vial of Dragon Blood | 3 |
| 10 | Pet | King Vinegarroon | Sand Bat Fang | 11 |
| 11 | Elemental resistance | Khimaira | Khimaira Horn | 71 |
| 12 | Skill+ | Maat (proxy: a king-tier predator) | Gargantuan Black Tiger Fang | 31 |
| 13 | Weaponskill DMG+ | Tiamat | High-Quality Scorpion Shell | 6 |
Charvars used¶
| Name | Range | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
Augment_Mastery |
0–5 | Highest Sage rank cleared. Drives the global multiplier + crit chance. |
Augment_Affinities |
13-bit field | One bit per registered NM affinity. Drives the per-category bonus. |
Augment_Count |
0–N | Lifetime successful augments. Drives rank-up eligibility. |
These three charvars are independent — nothing else on the server reads or writes them. You can inspect a player's progress with !charvar Augment_Mastery etc. from a GM account.
FAQ¶
Do I need to register affinities to use the Augment Moogle?
No. With every charvar at default 0, the boost is 0 and each augment lands at its floor — base × multiplier per slot. The Sage system is purely additive.
Does the crit affect just one augment in the trade, or all of them?
All of them. The crit is rolled once per trade, before the catalysts are processed. If it lands, the achievement boost jumps sharply for every selection in that trade (a crit is one of the three ingredients of a maxed augment). If it doesn't, none of them get it. The Moogle prints ** Critical augment! ** so you know before you confirm.
What if I trade 5 catalysts from different categories? Each catalyst's augment is calculated independently for affinity (so only the categories you have affinity for get the 1.5× boost), but the mastery multiplier and crit apply to all of them.
Can I rank down or unregister an affinity? No. Mastery and affinities are one-way. They're permanent rewards for completing the content.
Are the trophy items consumed? Yes — both the Sage rank trophy and the affinity registration trophy are removed from inventory on success. You'll need to farm the NM again to do anything else with those items.
Last updated: 2026-06-28 10:21 UTC