Merit

Info on Merit Points etc.

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Not just for Boy Scouts | History | Using Merit Points

Not just for Boy Scouts

Upon attaining level 75, a player can go to the Nomad Moogle in Ru'Lude Gardens hovering next to Maat. The moogle will bestow the player with the key item Limit breaker which will allow the player to accumulate limit points in place of experience points after battles. A new menu button will appear under the Status section of the menu (when the player's current job is 75). Here, the player may see limit and merit point totals by selecting the Merit Points button.

Once 10,000 limit points are obtained, the player is rewarded with 1 Merit Point. These points are used to semi-permanently enhance a player through increasing skills, adding abilities or traits, or raising attributes such as STR.

June 2004 [Update Details]: 'Moogle Merit Management' System introduced.
September 2004 [Update Details]: Categories are expanded to include Combat skills, Magic Skills, and Other skills.
February 2005 [Update Details]: Categories are expanded to include Job-Specific Upgrades. These are known as Group I or Tier I merits.
December 2005 [Update Details]: Increase in maximum number of upgrades per item and per category.
July 2006 [Update Details]: New Job-specific abilities and traits, new spells, songs and bloodpacts are added. These are known as Group II or Tier II merits. Also, Group I merit categories for Blue Mages, Corsairs, and Puppetmasters are added.
March 2007 [Update Details]: The ability to switch between experience and merit points mode outside your Mog House is added, as long as a level restriction is not in place (this includes Besieged). Additionally, an animation visible to other players happens when you attain a merit point..
June 2007 [Update Details]: Increase in maximum number of upgrades in the categories "Combat Skills" and "Magic Skills." Total combat skills went from 12 -> 20; total magic skills increased from 8 -> 16. Group II merit categories introduced for Blue Mages, Corsairs, and Puppetmasters.

Inside the Mog House (or Rent-a-Room), a player is able to spend and cancel merit points by accessing the merit point menu.
In this menu, all the categories available for upgrade are highlighted. Only skills available on the current 75 job can be accessed (e.g., you can't raise your Great Katana skill for your Samurai while browsing the menu as a Corsair).