Silence

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Spell Information
Description:	Silences an enemy.
Type:	White Magic	Skill:	Enfeebling Magic
Target:	Enemy	Element:
Casting Time:	3 seconds	Recast Time:	10 seconds
Cost:	16 MP	Duration:	120 seconds
Range:	21'
Cumulative Enmity:	1	Volatile Enmity:
Command:	/ma "Silence" <t>
Scroll:
Scroll Flags:	Obtainable from Goblin Box, Usable inside Mog Garden, Can Use, CanSendPOL, NPC tradable
AH Listing:	➞ Scrolls ➞ White Magic
Spell/Job Level Information
Job	Level	Condition
White Mage	15	N/A
Red Mage	18	N/A

Dropped from...
Monster Name	Level	Zone	Rate	Notes
Garnet Quadav		Rolanberry Fields		12.7%
Goblin Leecher		Maze of Shakhrami		8.3%
Goblin Leecher		Ordelle's Caves		7.7%
Yagudo Priest		Giddeus		7.3%
Yagudo Priest		Meriphataud Mountains		6.8%
Goblin Leecher		King Ranperre's Tomb		6.8%
Goblin Leecher		Inner Horutoto Ruins		6.5%
Goblin Leecher		Ranguemont Pass		6.0%
Yagudo Priest		Castle Oztroja		5.9%
Yagudo Priest		Sauromugue Champaign		5.7%
Goblin Leecher		Lower Delkfutt's Tower		5.5%
Goblin Leecher		The Sanctuary of Zi'Tah		4.6%
Goblin Leecher		Pashhow Marshlands		3.4%
Goblin Leecher		Batallia Downs		3.3%
Goblin Leecher		Buburimu Peninsula		3.0%
Goblin Leecher		Rolanberry Fields		2.9%
Goblin Leecher		Meriphataud Mountains		2.9%
Goblin Leecher		Sauromugue Champaign		2.9%
Goblin Leecher		Valkurm Dunes		2.7%
Goblin Leecher		Jugner Forest		2.5%
Goblin Leecher		North Gustaberg		1.4%

Note: All drop data from FFXIDB

Notes

• May be used by Automatons as early as Puppetmaster level 19.
• On at least some Notorious Monsters, Silence's duration is shortened by the casts that were resisted before it landed. Each resist adds one point to a hidden counter, and the cast that lands loses roughly 3.5% of its duration per point. The reduction is a subtraction rather than a multiplication, so a high enough count drives the duration to zero. The counter drains continuously at about one point per 70 seconds - not in one-resist steps - so the loss disappears entirely if casting stops for long enough. The counter is tracked per spell: resisted Sleeps do not shorten Silence. Tested over 35 measurements from 27 recorded fights (mean error 0.4%); see References.

References

• Silence Duration Testing (CDF, BG)
• Silence Duration Update
• Silence Duration Decay Testing (Jinko)
• Silence Duration Decay Discussion (FFXIAH)
• Silence Duration Decay - 35 measurements (Jinko)