Can someone explain

[Poppa]

I have always wondered about umbral and astral magic. What elements are they and if I were to raise those element points up (either all umbral or astral) would those spells get a bonus for being umbral or astral? Sorry for sounding like a noob but I have never understood this.

[Zenaku]

Astral are the light element and umbral are the dark element of the game.

so pretty much

Umbral = Earth, Ice and Water
Astral = Fire, Thunder and Wind

In ffxi we had light and dark in FFXIV it become Umbral and astral.

[Synapse]

yup, remember the MagicBurst for Light Skillchain is Fire,Wind and Thunder, while Dark Skillchain is Ice, Earth and Water.

[Poppa]

So the game has nothing to do with umbral or astral, just classifying the elements under each?

I wish I had remembered, I havent played XI in over 5 years lol.

[Zenaku]

So the game has nothing to do with umbral or astral, just classifying the elements under each?

I wish I had remembered, I havent played XI in over 5 years lol.

It have a big impact in the game for craft and your element spells

Each month is Umbral or a Astral month each day is a element also each hour is also a element so if it's
Umbral = Earth, Ice and Water
Astral = Fire, Thunder and Wind

Right now on FFXIV it's Day element: fire hour: element:Earth and it's the 5th astral

Which mean if you crafting with fire on that hour you have better luck but also the astral month help you out. But let's say the day element is Water and hour is fire and you are using fire to craft you may have low luck. This is why sometimes you can make a item 500 times with 100% luck but the next day you try it you have 10-30% that you break some.

So in FFXIV the day,hour and month have a big impact in the game. Right now there no way to tell if pointing a way would help out your crafting in FFXIV like FFXI. But if you see in the night sky you do see each element star maybe it does maybe it does not.

[Poppa]

If that is all true, it is to bad they do not have an area to find all this out, such as day hour and month.

[Zenaku]

If that is all true, it is to bad they do not have an area to find all this out, such as day hour and month.

lol they do it's called the Conjurer guild this is where all the information are gain from Gridania at least about the element which is where most of this is born from the conjurer storyline. it just you have to read it all and many players are to lazy to go and read it all.

[HunkaMunka]

This information is actually available in each of the three starter cities, not just the con guild in Gridania.

[Catapult]

If you're in Ul'dah, there is the same tome on the reception of the Thaumaturge's guild.

Of course, it's all written from an Eorzean's perspective. It does take some reading between the lines to work out how it applies to game mechanics.

[Poppa]

wow thanks guys, i had no idea those were even there lol