Elemancy System and How to Use Spells

This is a guide for Elemancy in Final Fantasy XV. Read on to learn more about Elemancy and how to use the spells crafted through it!

Crafting Spells Through Elemancy

Crafting Spells and Potency

The Elemancy system lets you craft spells using the elemental energy that you absorb from elemental deposits or from enemies defeated with element-absorbing weapons.

The power of the crafted spell depends on its potency and its potency depends on the amount of elemental energy that you invested on the spell.

The element of the spell depends on what element is dominant on the spell.

For example: 10 fire + 4 ice will produce Fire and 99 fire + 1 ice + 1 lightning will produce Fira. There are certain Ascension abilities that will boost the spell crafting power, which makes crafting higher tier spells possible using fewer elemental energy.

Potency	Fire element	Ice element	Lightning element
0 - 99	Fire	Blizzard	Thunder
100 - 199	Fira	Blizzara	Thundara
200+	Firaga	Blizzaga	Thundaga

Crafting Unicast Spells

However, if you use all three elements but not one of them makes up the majority of the spell, it will turn into Unicast.

For example: 50 fire + 30 ice + 30 lightning will produce Unicast II because even though you used more fire element than the other elements, you did not use more fire than ice and lightning combined.

Unicast will randomly cast any of the three elemental spell with the same tier.

Additional Effects Using Catalysts

A fourth item can be added in crafting spells as a catalyst. Items that can be used as catalysts give different additional effects with can be triggered after casting the spell.

Dualcast

Cast a spell up to two times

Dualcast Catalysts
Anak Antlers	Fine Tail Feathers	Scaled Skin
Basilisk Plumage	Garula Tusk	Sharp Bone
Bullet Carapace	Hairy Horn	Shattered Timepiece
Caem Pinkshrimp	Hard Whiskers	Sheep Milk
Chrome Bit	Havocfang Hide	Strong Bone
Cleigne Darkshell	Magnificent Tail Feathers	Superior Restorative
Cleigne Mollusk	Metal Scrap	Supple Tail
Cockatrice Tail Feathers	Remedy	Tiny Feather
Crab Carapace	Rough Scales	Tough Shell
Ether	Sahagin Scale	Voretooth Bristles

Tricast

Cast a spell up to three times

Tricast Catalysts
Beautiful Plummage	Crooked Helixhorn	Dragon Scales
Elixir	Garula Fur	Giant Feather
Giant Hairy Horn	Glass Gemstone	Great Garula Tusk
Hard Scale	Heavy Scale	Hi Elixir
Kujata Marrow	Mesmenir Horn	Phoenix Down
Rough Shell	Sahagin Liver	Schier Tumeric
Shield Spike	Smoking Wood	Spiked Armor
Sturdy Helixhorn	-	-

Quadcast

Cast a spell up to four times

Quadcast Catalysts
Allural Shallot	Beautiful Hide	Beetle Shell
Behemoth Horn	Catoblepas Fang	Curved Hollowhorn
Downy Feathers	Earth Gemstone	Giant Curlhorn
Gorgeous Plummage	Great Anak Antlers	Greatsnake Crest
Gralean Medal of Distinction	Hulldagh Nutmeg	Kettier Ginger
Mega Phoenix	Monster Claw	Mythril Shaft
Sharp Tail Feathers	Tenebraen Oak	Thunderoc Feather

Quintcast

Cast a spell up to five times

Quintcast Catalysts
Colorful Griffon Claw	Dragon Horn
Griffon Claw	Hydraulic Cylinder
Imperial Medal of Honor	Large Hollowhorn
Megalixir	Magitek Core
Magnetron	Malboro Eye
Mandrake Flower	Reflex Enhancer
Scarlet Splinterbone	-

Venomcast

Cast a spell with a chance to inflict Poison status, which deals damage over time

Venomcast Catalysts
Antidote
Barbed Poison Needle
Deadly Stinger
Enormous Stinger
Funguar
Insect Stinger
Magitek Booster
Maiden's Kiss
Scorpion Barb
Sharp Bristles

Cursecast

Cast a spell with a chance to inflict Enervated status, which lowers all attributes

Curecast Catalysts
Alstroom	Anak Fetlock
Arba Spur	Translucent Skin
Centipede Feet	Centipede Jaw
Centipede Legs	Centipede Teeth
Crimson Tongue	Fearsome Hoof
Fine Slimy Oil	Smelling Salts
Worn Incisor	-

Stopcast

Cast a spell with a chance to inflict Stop status, which freezes the afflicted unit in time

Stopcast Catalysts
Ammonite Fossil
Ancient Dragon Tooth
Broken Harmonica
Fossil Shell
Fossil Wood
Starshell
Vesproom

Killcast

Cast a spell with a chance to inflict Instant Death status, which kills the afflicted unit immediately

Killcast Catalysts
Big Scorpion Stinger
Coeurl Whiskers
Gold Needle
Malboro Vine
Malmashroom
Scorpion Stinger
Strong Whiskers

Failcast

Either cast a spell with improved damage or cast nothing at all

Failcast Catalysts
Iron Shavings
Rusted Bit
Sky Gemstone

Freecast

Cast a spell with a chance of not consuming it

Freecast Catalysts
Beautiful Bottle
Cactuar Needle
Jumbo Needle
Mythril Ingot
Platinum Ingot

Blastcast

Cast a spell that deals damage on both the target and the caster

Blastcast Catalysts
Giant Crab Pincers
Prawn Antennae
Strong Pinchers

Expericast

Cast a spell and obtain EXP for the whole party

Expericast Catalysts
Arapaima Roe
Cockatrice Crest
Debased Banknote
Debased Coin
Debased Silverpiece
Fine Crest
Magnificent Crest
Old Book
Rare Coin

Powercast

Cast a spell with improved damage but in first tier

Powercast Catalysts
Small Beak

Healcast

Cast a spell and heal the caster which can also restore max HP

Healcast Catalysts
Aegir Root	Cleigne Wheat
Cup Noodles	Saxham Rice
Fine Cleigne Wheat	Hi-Potion
Wild Onion	Killer Tomato
Leiden Potato	Leiden Sweet Potato
Lucian Tomato	Mega-Potion
Potion	Treant Trunk
Ulwaat Berries	-

Maxicast / Limit Break Spells

Cast the spell's highest tier (Flare, Freeze, Electon, Maxicast) which can break the damage limit

Maxicast / Limit Break Catalysts
Adamantite
Dragon Claw
Hardened Hide
Hunter's Medal
Rotten Splinterbone
Wind-up Lord Vexxos
Zu Beak

Using Spells in Battle

After you craft a spell, go to the Gear menu and equip the spell to one of your weapon slots. If you want to equip it on the other members, use their secondary weapon slot.

When using Noctis in battle, select the spell to wield it. You can now then lock in to an enemy using R1 then cast the spell using ◯ to cast in on the target.

You can also hold ◯ and move the Left stick to cast the spell on a specific location.

Casting a spell, whether by Noctis or the other members, will put all of the party's spells in cooldown.

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