Thief

Thief
Abbreviation:	THF
Expansion Pack:	Final Fantasy XI
How to Unlock:	Starter Job
Page Contents:	Abilities Skills Merits Equipment Guides

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The masters of the covert and guile, a Thief (THF) will always look to find the perfect opportunity to attack the enemy. With the use of Sneak Attack and Trick Attack, thieves can inflict massive amounts of damage while 'tricking' the enemy into thinking it was someone else. These abilities are the pefect way to direct an enemy's attention towards a party's tank, keeping the other members safe from harm. Thieves are the most proficient class in using daggers and players starting the game will start their adventure with an Onion Knife. Additionally they make good use of ranged attacks, which is a great way to gain the attention of enemies.

Thieves have many other skills at their disposal too. Possessing the highest Evasion rating in the game and having the ability to Flee or Hide, they're more than capable to escape the most sticky of situations! Combined with other abilities such as Steal, Mug, Gilfinder and Treasure Hunter, it makes them the perfect adventuring companion to bolster not only their own gil purses but their accomplices's too! With access to the unique ability to pick Treasure Chests and Treasure Coffers with their very own thief's tools, you'd be hard pressed to find loot that is out of their reach.

At present, Treasure Hunter maxes out at TH4 (Level 15, Level 45, Nanaa's Lucky Charm, Assassin's Armlets).

Horizon Changes

• Minor changes to Artifact Armor.
• Major changes to the relic weapon MandauError creating thumbnail: File missing, including the new Adaptive Effect.
• Treasure Hunter has been removed from Thief's Knife and has moved to the custom item Nanaa's Charm[[File:|366px|Nanaa's Charm]].
• The player's Accuracy and Ranged Accuracy when using Perfect Dodge are increased by 999.
• Many elemental type weapon skills have been changed to the "hybrid" type and will now stack with Sneak Attack.
• Triple Attack is unlocked at level 30 instead of 55.
• Assassin is unlocked at level 50 instead of 60.
• Accomplice was not available in the current era, can now be used on an alliance (it was party only on retail), has had its level reduced from 65 to 45 and no longer shares a recast timer with Collaborator.
• Collaborator was not available in the current era, can now be used on an alliance (it was party only on retail), has had its level reduced from 65 to 45 and its recast time increased from 1 to 5 minutes. It no longer shares a recast timer with Accomplice and it now redirects 50% of the Thief's enmity to their chosen target. Note that the chat log will state that you stole the target's enmity per its retail effect, but its intended effect of redirecting enmity to the target is performed.
• Bully was not available in the current era, has had its level reduced from 93 to 40, its recast has been lowered from 3 to 1 minute. The ability has been completely reworked, now giving a guaranteed status bolt additional effect proc on monsters within 15 levels of the Thief. On Notorious Monsters, the chance of landing a status effect bolt has been increased but not guaranteed. The omni-directional sneak attack portion has been removed.
• Mug grants a critical hit rate bonus of 5% on the target monster for 30 seconds. Recast time reduced from 15 minutes to 10 minutes. This activates as a bewildered daze regardless of success of mug; its in-game message reads the "<target>'s Bewildered Daze effect wears off." after 30 seconds.

Job Abilities

Level	Name
01	Perfect Dodge
05	Steal
15	Sneak Attack
25	Flee
30	Trick Attack
35	Mug
40	Bully
45	Hide
45	Accomplice
45	Collaborator

Job Traits

Level	Trait
05	Gilfinder
10	Evasion Bonus
15	Treasure Hunter
20	Resist Gravity
30	Evasion Bonus II
30	Triple Attack
40	Resist Gravity II
45	Treasure Hunter II
50	Evasion Bonus III
50	Assassin
60	Resist Gravity III
70	Evasion Bonus IV
75	Resist Gravity IV

Skills

Melee Skills

Skill	Rank	37	75
Hand-to-Hand	{{#replace:E|-|−}}	94	200
Dagger	{{#replace:A-|-|−}}	114	269
Sword	{{#replace:D|-|−}}	101	210
Club	{{#replace:E|-|−}}	94	200

Ranged Skills

Skill	Rank	37	75
Archery	{{#replace:C-|-|−}}	105	220
Marksmanship	{{#replace:C+|-|−}}	105	230
Throwing	{{#replace:D|-|−}}	101	210

Defensive Skills

Skill	Rank	37	75
Evasion	{{#replace:A+|-|−}}	114	276
Shield	{{#replace:F|-|−}}	86	189
Parrying	{{#replace:A-|-|−}}	114	269

Group 1 Merits

Name	Description
Flee Recast	-10 seconds per upgrade Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Hide Recast	-10 seconds per upgrade Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Sneak Attack Recast	-2 seconds per upgrade Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Trick Attack Recast	-2 seconds per upgrade Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Triple Attack Rate	+1% increase per upgrade Error creating thumbnail: File missing

Group 2 Merits

• Currently unavailable on Horizon.

Job Specific Equipment

Horizon Specific Equipment

Name	Level	Slot	Jobs	Stats	Horizon Changes
Nanaa's Lucky Charm	70	Neck	{{#replace:{{#replace:{{#replace:THF| | }}| | }}|]]/|]]/}}	{{#replace:{{#replace:Accuracy +3 "Treasure Hunter"+1| | }}| | }}	This is a HorizonXI custom item.

Artifact Weapons

Name	Level	Damage	Delay	DPS	Jobs	Stats	Horizon Changes
Marauder's Knife Error creating thumbnail: File missing	40	15	195	4.62	{{#replace:{{#replace:THF| | }}| | }}	{{#replace:{{#replace:DEX +2 AGI +2| | }}| | }}	none

Artifact Armor

Name	Level	Slot	Jobs	Stats	Horizon Changes
Rogue's Armlets Error creating thumbnail: File missing	52	Hands	{{#replace:{{#replace:{{#replace:THF| | }}| | }}|]]/|]]/}}	{{#replace:{{#replace:DEF: 15 HP +10 DEX +3  +10 "Steal" +1| | }}| | }}	none
Rogue's Bonnet Error creating thumbnail: File missing	54	Head	{{#replace:{{#replace:{{#replace:THF| | }}| | }}|]]/|]]/}}	{{#replace:{{#replace:DEF: 23 HP +13 INT +5 DEX +2 Parrying Skill +10 "Steal" +1| | }}| | }}	DEX +2
Rogue's Culottes Error creating thumbnail: File missing	56	Legs	{{#replace:{{#replace:{{#replace:THF| | }}| | }}|]]/|]]/}}	{{#replace:{{#replace:DEF: 32 HP +15 AGI +4 Shield Skill +10 "Steal" +1| | }}| | }}	none
Rogue's Vest Error creating thumbnail: File missing	58	Body	{{#replace:{{#replace:{{#replace:THF| | }}| | }}|]]/|]]/}}	{{#replace:{{#replace:DEF: 44 HP +20 STR +3 Accuracy +3  +10 Increases "Hide" duration| | }}| | }}	Accuracy +3
Rogue's Poulaines Error creating thumbnail: File missing	60	Feet	{{#replace:{{#replace:{{#replace:THF| | }}| | }}|]]/|]]/}}	{{#replace:{{#replace:DEF: 13 HP +12 DEX +3 Increases "Flee" duration "Steal" +2| | }}| | }}	???

Artifact Armor +1

Name	Level	Slot	Jobs	Stats	Horizon Changes
Rogue's Armlets +1 Error creating thumbnail: File missing	74	Hands	{{#replace:{{#replace:{{#replace:THF| | }}| | }}|]]/|]]/}}	{{#replace:{{#replace:DEF: 16 HP +10 DEX +3 "Steal" +1 Increases "Trick Attack" damage| | }}| | }}	none
Rogue's Bonnet +1 Error creating thumbnail: File missing	74	Head	{{#replace:{{#replace:{{#replace:THF| | }}| | }}|]]/|]]/}}	{{#replace:{{#replace:DEF: 24 HP +13 INT +5 DEX +3 Ranged Accuracy +8 Evasion +10 "Steal" +1| | }}| | }}	added INT +5 added "Steal" +1
Rogue's Culottes +1 Rogue's Culottes +1	74	Legs	{{#replace:{{#replace:{{#replace:THF| | }}| | }}|]]/|]]/}}	{{#replace:{{#replace:DEF: 34 HP +15 DEX +2 AGI +4 "Steal" +1| | }}| | }}	none
Rogue's Poulaines +1 Rogue's Poulaines +1	74	Feet	{{#replace:{{#replace:{{#replace:THF| | }}| | }}|]]/|]]/}}	{{#replace:{{#replace:DEF: 15 DEX +3 Ranged Accuracy +5 Extends duration of "Flee" ""Steal" +2| | }}| | }}	none
Rogue's Vest +1 Rogue's Vest +1	74	Body	{{#replace:{{#replace:{{#replace:THF| | }}| | }}|]]/|]]/}}	{{#replace:{{#replace:DEF: 45 HP +20 STR +6 Accuracy +10 Extends duration of "Hide"| | }}| | }}	none

Relic Armor

Name	Level	Slot	Jobs	Stats	Horizon Changes
Assassin's Cape Error creating thumbnail: File missing	70	Back	{{#replace:{{#replace:{{#replace:THF| | }}| | }}|]]/|]]/}}	{{#replace:{{#replace:DEF: 7 DEX +4 AGI +4 Enmity +5| | }}| | }}	none
Assassin's Bonnet Error creating thumbnail: File missing	71	Head	{{#replace:{{#replace:{{#replace:THF| | }}| | }}|]]/|]]/}}	{{#replace:{{#replace:DEF: 24 HP +16 DEX +5 Enmity +2 Enhances "Mug" effect| | }}| | }}	none
Assassin's Vest	72	Body	{{#replace:{{#replace:{{#replace:THF| | }}| | }}|]]/|]]/}}	{{#replace:{{#replace:DEF: 45 HP +22 AGI +4 Enmity +3 Increases rate of critical hits| | }}| | }}	none
Assassin's Poulaines Error creating thumbnail: File missing	73	Feet	{{#replace:{{#replace:{{#replace:THF| | }}| | }}|]]/|]]/}}	{{#replace:{{#replace:DEF: 15 HP +15 CHR +5 "Triple Attack" +1% Enmity +2| | }}| | }}	none
Assassin's Culottes	74	Legs	{{#replace:{{#replace:{{#replace:THF| | }}| | }}|]]/|]]/}}	{{#replace:{{#replace:DEF: 34 HP +19 Enmity +4 "Steal" +5 Enhances "Gilfinder" effect| | }}| | }}	none
Assassin's Armlets Error creating thumbnail: File missing	75	Hands	{{#replace:{{#replace:{{#replace:THF| | }}| | }}|]]/|]]/}}	{{#replace:{{#replace:DEF: 16 HP +7 CHR +5 Enmity +3 "Treasure Hunter" +1| | }}| | }}

Relic Armor +1

Name	Level	Slot	Jobs	Stats	Horizon Changes
Assassin's Armlets +1 Error creating thumbnail: File missing	75	Hands	{{#replace:{{#replace:{{#replace:THF| | }}| | }}|]]/|]]/}}	{{#replace:{{#replace:DEF: 17 HP +26 CHR +5 Enmity +4 "Treasure Hunter" +1| | }}| | }}	none
Assassin's Bonnet +1 Error creating thumbnail: File missing	75	Head	{{#replace:{{#replace:{{#replace:THF| | }}| | }}|]]/|]]/}}	{{#replace:{{#replace:DEF: 25 HP +16 DEX +6 Enmity +3 Enhances "Mug" effect| | }}| | }}	none
Assassin's Culottes +1 Error creating thumbnail: File missing	75	Legs	{{#replace:{{#replace:{{#replace:THF| | }}| | }}|]]/|]]/}}	{{#replace:{{#replace:DEF: 35 HP +25 Enmity +3 "Steal" +5 Enhances "Gilfinder" effect| | }}| | }}	none
Assassin's Poulaines +1 Error creating thumbnail: File missing	75	Feet	{{#replace:{{#replace:{{#replace:THF| | }}| | }}|]]/|]]/}}	{{#replace:{{#replace:DEF: 16 HP +15 CHR +6 "Triple Attack" +1% Enmity +3| | }}| | }}	none
Assassin's Vest +1 Error creating thumbnail: File missing	75	Body	{{#replace:{{#replace:{{#replace:THF| | }}| | }}|]]/|]]/}}	{{#replace:{{#replace:DEF: 46 HP +22 AGI +5 Enmity +5 Increases rate of critical hits| | }}| | }}	none

Relic Weapon

Name	Level	Damage	Delay	DPS	Jobs	Stats	Horizon Changes
Mandau Error creating thumbnail: File missing	75	39	176	13.3	{{#replace:{{#replace:RDM / THF / BRD| | }}| | }}	{{#replace:{{#replace:Attack +20 "Adaptive" "Mercy Stroke" Additional effect: Gravity| | }}| | }}	Added "Adaptive" trait Additional effect: Gravity instead of Additional effect: Poison

Guides

• Thief Endgame Gear Guide
• EXP Party Guide - Thief
• Terminalbloom's THF gear guide