DQ9 Encyclopedia

Priest Prêtre

How to get it
basic vocation: always offered
Coup de grâce
Choir of Angels (base chance after each action: 1%, details)
Vocation book
“Priest's Primer”
Revocation medal
Lifesaving medal
Quests that require this vocation
93 “Eggclesiastics”, 94 “Nurtural Selection”

The essentials

  • Strengths at level 99: Max MP (rank 3), Mag. mending (rank 1)
  • Weaknesses: Max HP (rank 11), Strength (rank 10), Resilience (rank 10)
  • Skill lines: Spear Skill, Wand Skill, Staff Skill, Shield Skill, Faith
  • 17 spells, from Heal (level 1) to Omniheal (level 65).

Rank among the 12 vocations, base stats without equipment (“The 12 vocations at level 99” table).

Skill lines

Spear Skill

Also for: Warrior, Paladin

PointsEffect
3learns Mercurial Thrust
7Attack +10 with this weapon type
13learns Cattle Prod
22learns Pressure Pointer
35more critical hits with this weapon type
42Attack +20 with this weapon type
58learns Thunder Thrust
76Attack +30 with this weapon type
88learns Multithrust
100mastery: this weapon type can be equipped in any vocation
book“Clear Spear Theory” (in the pocket) : Lightning Storm

Wand Skill

Also for: Mage, Armamentalist, Paladin, Sage

PointsEffect
3Max. MP +10
7learns Antimagic
13MP absorbed +2% of damage dealt (added to the weapon's absorption)
21learns Beelzefreeze
31Max. MP +30
44learns Caduceus
57MP absorbed +4% of damage dealt (added to the weapon's absorption)
70Max. MP +60
84with a wand in hand: at the end of each turn, 1 MP plus a number rolled between 0 and level ÷ 10 (rounded down)
100mastery: this weapon type can be equipped in any vocation
book“Wands and Beyond” (in the pocket) : Zing Stick

Staff Skill

Also for: Martial Artist

PointsEffect
3Attack +10 with this weapon type
7learns Trip of a Deathtime
13more critical hits with this weapon type
22learns Deliverance
35Attack +20 with this weapon type
42learns Party Pooper
58evasion +4% with this weapon type
76learns Crushed Ice
88Attack +30 with this weapon type
100mastery: this weapon type can be equipped in any vocation
book“Staff Studies” (in the pocket) : Counter Wait

Shield Skill

Also for: Warrior, Mage, Minstrel, Armamentalist, Paladin, Sage, Luminary

PointsEffect
6learns Blockenspiel
12shield block chance +2%
18learns Defending Champion
25shield block chance +2%
32learns Immense Defence
40learns Magic Mirror
52shield block chance +2%
66learns Holy Impregnable
82learns Back Atcha
100mastery: this weapon type can be equipped in any vocation
book“Secrets of the Shield” (in the pocket) : with a shield, always (100%) blocks monsters' critical hits and desperate attacks

Faith

PointsEffect
8learns Divination
16Magical Mending +20
28learns Benediction
40Max. MP +10
48learns Rotstopper
56Magical Mending +60
70learns Alma Mater
80Max. MP +20
90learns Care Prayer
100Magical Mending +100
book“Priest's Primer” (in the pocket) : Wave of Relief

Spells learnt by levelling up

LevelSpell
1Heal
3Squelch
6Snooze
8Buff
11Cock-a-doodle-doo
14Insulate
16Midheal
18Zing
20Whack
22Tingle
31Moreheal
34Thwack
38Multiheal
43Insulatle
47Fullheal
55Kathwack
65Omniheal

Stats by level

Without equipment, skills or seeds. EXP = total experience to reach the level; skill points = total earned since level 1.

Lv.EXPMax HPMax MPStrengthAgilityResilienceDeftnessCharmMag. mendingMag. mightSkill pts
1019149149971800
5117352617261717123403
101,2785642274127271953012
156,6547657365737372673026
2021,8789772467247473492038
2555,036117885687575741112052
30116,66413810366102676748131072
35219,67615811976117777855151090
40378,946179134851338788621700108
45610,691199149951489798691900126
50931,867219165105163107108762090134
551,312,989240180115178117118832280140
601,694,111260195125193126128912480148
652,075,233281211134209136138982670154
702,456,3553012261442241461481052870160
752,837,4773222411542391561581123060168
803,218,5993422571642541661681193260174
853,599,7213632721742691761781263450180
903,980,8433832871832851861881333650188
954,361,9654043031933001961981403840194
994,666,8624203152013122042061464000200

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