Visions Of Mana: Every Class And How To Unlock Them (2024)

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Every Elemental Plot For Each Character

Each Elemental Vessel And What It Does

The Mana series has experimented with a great many different styles, and Visions of Mana is back to try its hand at larger environments and more action-oriented combat. On top of the gorgeous variety of colours and whimsical locales, the combat is genuinely a thrill to plan around.

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The good, the bad, and the Morley.

The many classes you can acquire play a large part in that. Every character has a class based on each element alongside an accompanying weapon. This gives you a frankly absurd degree of freedom in builds, though it may take a while to get them all. Read on to learn everything there is to know about the game's many classes.

Each Class For Every Character

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There are eight elements in the game, as well as an accompanying class for each. This is on top of the default class that every character has, though these have no associated Elemental Vessel nor are they upgradeable. Across five characters, that gives us a staggering 45 classes. Without further ado, let's discover them all!

When Each Class Is Discovered

Thankfully, you do not have to unlock each class individually per character. Instead, they are tied to the discovery of the Elemental Vessels, unlocking the corresponding elemental class for each character at this point.

Here's a list of each Elemental Vessel and when they unlock:

Elemental Vessel	When It Is Acquired
Sylphid Boomerang	Arrival in Longren in Chapter One.
Luna Globe	Meet Morley in Etaern in Chapter One.
Undine Flash	After Palamena joins the party in Chapter Two
Salamando Candle	After you leave the Free City of Tsaata in Chapter Four.
Gnome Shovel	When you first visit Gudju in Chapter Four.
Dryad Sprig	After Julei joins the party in Chapter Four.
Lumina Lantern	After defeating Garethe in Chapter Five.
Shade Sight	After repairing the collapsing building in Log'grattzo in Chapter Five.

Val

The majority of Val's classes are built around buffing and defending his party, drawing aggro to himself and bulking his defence.

Class	Weapon	Elemental Vessel
Guard	Small Sword	None
Rune Knight	Greatsword	Sylphid Boomerang
Aegis	Lance	Luna Globe
Duelist	Greatsword	Undine Flash
Liege	Lance	Salamando Candle
Weapon Master	Small Sword	Gnome Shovel
Edelfrei	Small Sword	Dryad Sprig
Paladin	Lance	Lumina Lantern
Berserker	Great Sword	Shade Sight

Careena

Careena is an all-rounder, able to shift between a focus on physical or magical attacks, depending on the scenario. She comes with plenty of debuffs for enemies that simultaneously buff her.

Class	Weapon	Elemental Vessel
Oracle	Spear	None
Shaman	Fans	Sylphid Boomerang
Moon Charterer	Fans	Luna Globe
Dragon Master	Spear	Undine Flash
Divine Fist	Fists	Salamando Candle
Warrior Monk	Fists	Gnome Shovel
Sage	Fans	Dryad Sprig
Starlancer	Spear	Lumina Lantern
Maverick	Fists	Shade Sight

Morley

Morley is all about speed, with all of his weapons attacking quickly. Many of his classes rely on luck, capitalising on exploiting weaknesses and getting critical hits.

Class	Weapon	Elemental Vessel
Ranger	Katana	None
Nomad	Daggers	Sylphid Boomerang
Nightblade	Daggers	Luna Globe
Ascetic	Cane	Undine Flash
Rogue	Katana	Salamando Candle
NinjaMaster	Daggers	Gnome Shovel
Samurai	Katana	Dryad Sprig
Sovereign	Cane	Lumina Lantern
Soothsayer	Cane	Shade Sight

Palamena

Palamena is the definition of a glass cannon. Her physical damage and defence are exceedingly limited, though the magical damage she can unleash is devastating. Many of her classes focus on self-sufficiency, restoring her MP as she attacks and defeats enemies

Class	Weapon	Elemental Vessel
Monarch	Flail	None
Rune Seer	Boots	Sylphid Boomerang
Majesty	Boots	Luna Globe
Grand Diviner	Scythe	Undine Flash
Masquer	Boots	Salamando Candle
Magus	Flail	Gnome Shovel
Beastleader	Flail	Dryad Sprig
Archmage	Scythe	Lumina Lantern
Reaper	Scythe	Shade Sight

Julei

Julei fits the role of the typical mage and healer. They have many abilities to heal the party while also being able to summon plenty of monsters to assist the party in combat. Due to their limited defences, they need to be played at a distance.

Class	Weapon	Elemental Vessel
Custodian	Flower Wand	None
Piper	Parasol	Sylphid Boomerang
Occultist	Flower Wand	Luna Globe
Scholar	Flower Wand	Undine Flash
Gatekeeper	Hammer	Salamando Candle
Hunter	Hammer	Gnome Shovel
Sage	Parasol	Dryad Sprig
High Cleric	Hammer	Lumina Lantern
Necromancer	Parasol	Shade Sight

Every Elemental Plot For Each Character

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With each of these classes comes a whole bevvy of upgrades for you to invest your Elemental points into. Elemental Points are primarily acquired from absorbing the mana from Elementite, the glowing stones found throughout the world. You can only absorb the mana from Elementite you have the respective elemental vessel of, however.

Gold Clovers can also be converted into Elemental Points in a pinch, though these are only converted into points for the chosen character, while points from Elementite are shared across everyone.

Each character has their own Elemental Plot to upgrade each of their classes, though you will need to discover various items across the world to unlock the full extent of their Elemental Plots.

Val

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Many of Val's upgrades are focused on buffing his allies with elemental attacks and defences, as well as boosting their overall defence and keeping him the centre of enemies' aggression.

Class	Abilities
Class	Free	5 EP	10 EP	15 EP	20 EP	40 EP	60 EP	70 EP	80 EP	100 EP	100 EP
Rune Knight	Horizontal Slice	Thunder Saber	Elemental Blade	Flame Saber	Wind Elemental Break	Holy Saber	Defensive Array	Moon Saber	Elemental Blade +	Ripple Rune	Tempestuous Runes
Aegis	Energize	Ice Shield	Bastion	Howl Mark	Moon Elemental Break	Dark Shield	Blessed Guard	Moon Shield	Bastion +	Lunar Guidance	Lunarian Glow
Duelist	Charge Slash	Spirit Circle	Pulverize	Ice Saber	Water Elemental Break	Frigid Talon	Frostscale	Ice Saber +	Frostscale +	Dragon Fervor	Frigid Inferno
Liege	Fireball	Flame Shield	Stone Shield	Art Of War	Fire Elemental Break	Flame Shield +	Riposte	Flame Counter	Art Of War +	Impenetrable	Blazing Boon
Weapon Master	Spinning Slice	Stone Saber	Throwing Knife	Trounce	Earth Elemental Break	Protection	Hawk Sight	Stone Saber +	Hawk Sight +	Incursion	Battle-hardened
Edelfrei	Jump Cut	Acuity	Nature Aura	Zeal	Wood Elemental Break	Falling Blade	Savin Strike	Leaf Saber	Acuity +	En Garde	Warlord's Tutelage
Paladin	Rush Attack	Lucent Shield	Thunder Shield	Scintillating Shield	Light Elemental Break	Leaf Shield	Supernal Surge	Lucid Barrier	Scintiallating Shield +	Light Of Hope	Sanctum
Berserker	Upwards Slash	Dark Saber	Strengthen	Enraged	Darkness Elemental Break	Frenzy	Furious Bellow	Dark Saber +	Enraged +	Dominating Darkness	Soul Parry

Careena

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Careena is a fast character, intended to mainly be a physical attacker, though using her magic to debuff enemies. Some of her abilities even grant additional buffs to the entire party when only a single member is buffed.

Class	Abilities
Class	Free	5 EP	10 EP	15 EP	20 EP	40 EP	60 EP	70 EP	80 EP	100 EP	100 EP
Dancer	Spectacle	Cyclone	Shaman's Song	Defenseless	Wind Elemental Break	Shaman's Dance	Still Waters	Defenseless +	Mistral Prayer	Shaman's Dance +	Muse's Benediction
Moon Charterer	Fan Dance	Moon Energy	Plenilune	Ineffable	Moon Elemental Break	Moon Saber	Equinox	Phantasmoon	Plenilune +	Radiant Grail	Everlasting Moonlight
Dragon Master	Jumping Flourish	Spear Sweep	Dragonslayer	Weaken	Water Elemental Break	Draconic Formation	Breath Of The Dragon	Weaken +	Breath Of The Dragon +	Royal Anger	Dragon Wings
Divine Fist	Uppercut	Blaze Focus	Fighting Spirit	Strengthen	Fire Elemental Break	Morale Boost	Incinerate	Strengthen +	Fighting Spirit +	Soul SMite	Phoenix
Warrior Monk	Barrage	Pressure Point	Chakra	Protection	Earth Elemental Break	Superpower	Diamond Shield	Protection +	Chakra +	Dauntless	Divine Ingression
Conjurer	Dance Of Beasts	Summon Goblin	Ying And Yang	Stealth Fundamentals	Wood Elemental Break	Summon Demon	Seal of Banishment	Summon Gardlegrog	Yin and Yang +	Cosmic Scour	Clairvoyance
Starlancer	Double Trouble	Healing Light	Meteor	Mental Boost	Light Elemental Break	Orbit	Asterism	Mental Boost +	Meteor +	Starry Way	Supernova
Maverick	Arrow Rain	Hurlbat	Hermetic	Enfeeble	Darkness Elemental Break	Soul Stealer	Mark of Blood	Enfeeble +	Mark of Blood +	NetherGate	Siphoning Formation

Morley

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Morley is all about physical damage. While he has a limited amount of magical attacks, he should always be leaning towards increasing his luck to get a higher chance of critical hits. Thankfully, some of his classes even let him boost the crit rate of the entire party.

Class	Abilities
Class	Free	5 EP	10 EP	15 EP	20 EP	40 EP	60 EP	70 EP	80 EP	100 EP	100 EP
Nomad	Swirling Slash	Arrow Rain	Chivalry	Entrap	Wind Elemental Break	Spikes	Swindler	Dark Barrier	Chivalry +	Decoy	Poetic Justice
Nightblade	Cross Slice	Reaping Rave	Feint	Moon Energy	Moon Elemental Break	Moon Slice	Incandescence	Half Eclipse	Deprivation	Feint +	Retribution
Ascetic	Ballistic Thrust	Wide Wire	Solitary	Ward Off	Water Elemental Break	Geyser	Guiding Light	Heaven and Earth	Solitary +	Somniferous Melody	Murmurs of Dark
Rogue	Leaping Cleave	Lode Axe	Trap Master's Toolkit	Pillage	Fire Elemental Break	Eruption	Toxic Trap	Inflation	Trap Master Toolkit +	Toxic	Plunder
Ninja Master	Shuriken	Dirt Diversion	Fire Diversion	Focus	Earth Elemental Break	Water Diversion	Way of the Ninja	Thunder Technique	Malicious Mark	Covert Cross	Teachings of the Ninja
Samurai	Wild Slice	Space Cutter	Blindside	Bushido	Wood Elemental Break	Crystalline	Quick-draw	Petal Rage	Blindside +	Unparalleled	Demolish
Sovereign	Melody	Silver Dart	Gentleman	Cane-sational	Light Elemental Break	Throwing Knife	Ratiocination	Bartit*u	Gentleman +	Sleuth	Noblesse Oblige
Soothsayer	Royal Flush	Phantom Blade	Wheel of Fate	Dark Saber	Darkness Elemental Break	Hurlbat	Celestial Cycle	Augury	Wheel of Fate +	Fate's Command	Destined Path

Palamena

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While Palamena is a mage in every regard, she is also in many ways meant to be played as a leader. Many of her classes allow her to keep her MP replenished just by battling. Her Magus class especially gets even stronger the lower her HP is and the fewer party members are still standing.

Class	Abilities
Class	Free	5 EP	10 EP	15 EP	20 EP	40 EP	60 EP	70 EP	80 EP	100 EP	100 EP
Rune Seer	Brutal Boot	Cyclone	Reconnaissance	Thunderbolt	Wind Elemental Break	Thunderstorm	Flutter Fly	Bind Rune	Scale Scatter	Gliding Grace	Ribbed Runes
Majesty	Shattering Stomp	Moon Slice	Overpower	Moon Rend	Moon Elemental Break	Austerity	New Moon	Luminescence	Moon's Mystique	Moonbow	Moonlight Mandate
Grand Diviner	Raging Rive	Ice Smash	Fluid Flourish	Spike Freeze	Water Elemental Break	Cold Blaze	Shield Charm	Doppelganger	Quick Cast	Powder Prison	Ephemeral Encore
Masquer	Flutterfeet	Spectral Sprint	Fireball	Explode	Fire Elemental Break	Flicker	Blaze Wall	Adelante	Behemoth Basher	Resounding Risk	Masqueraid
Magus	Punishing Pound	Rock Crush	Crystallise	Diamond Shards	Earth Elemental Break	Earthquake	Reactionary	Ancient Curse	Spirit Stealer	Gaia's Wrath	Rumbling Rock
Beastleader	Charging Chain	Summon Rabite	Allyship	Summon Howler	Wood Elemental Break	Feral Favor	Summon Needlebeak	Summon Axe Beak	Kindred Spirits	Survival Sense	Harmonized Harm
Archmage	Scythe Sling	Holy Bolt	Esoterica	Lucent Beam	Light Elemental Break	Celestial Burst	Splendor	Glitter Dust	Mystic Mastery	Elementary	Shimmering Shroud
Reaper	Heartless Hew	Evil Gate	Demonic Disposal	Dark Force	Darkness Elemental Break	Life Leecher	Dark Rain	Annihilate	Sinister Scent	Encroaching Darkness	Infernal Invitation

Julei

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While Julei is by no means a frontline fighter, they come with many benefits just from being on the battlefield. Many of their classes passively boost your allies' recovery and weaken your enemies, and some classes even revive all defeated allies when Julei himself falls.

Class	Abilities
Class	Free	5 EP	10 EP	15 EP	20 EP	40 EP	60 EP	70 EP	80 EP	100 EP	100 EP
Piper	Blitz Flight	Summon Rabite	Cacophony	Ambient	Wind Elemental Break	Summon Chobin Hood	Hard Thrash	Summon Fullmetal Hugger	Cacophony +	Symphony	Harmonies Of Harvest
Occultist	Bud Bullet	Petal Pistol	Moon Slice	Gandr	Moon Elemental Break	Moon Rend	Magic Whack	Moon Spiral	Alakazam	Security	Witching Hour
Scholar	Flower Shower	Cure Water	Wade	Ingenuity	Water Elemental Break	Remedy	Apothecary	Cure Water +	Apothecary +	Transcedent	Spring of Divinity
Gatekeeper	Upward Swing	Giant Swing	Tireless	Photosynthesis	Fire Elemental Break	Summon Copper Knght	Fire of Cleansing	Lava Wave	Fire of Cleansing +	Heavenly Beacon	Arbor's Grace
Hunter	Power Bomb	Arrow Rain	Iron-armed	Shock Wave	Earth Elemental Break	Javelin	Illusory Chaser	Hyper Cannon	Iron-armed +	Tenacious Drive	Barbed Crown
Sage	Rising Parasol	Poison Bubble	Soothe	Resusicate	Wood Elemental Break	Revivifier	Sunlight Canopy	Wall	Soothe +	Miracle	Primordial Blossom
High Cleric	Holy Bolt	Healing Light	Lampbloom Healing	Aromatic Mint	Light Elemental Break	Twinkle Rain	Undead Away	Healing Light +	Strong Roots	Earnest Devotion	Glowing Grace
Necromancer	Falling Parasol	Summon Ghost	Cherry Bomb Essence	Cold Sweat	Darkness Elemental Break	Summon Bumpkin	Dispel Magic	Dark Curse	Malediction	Burnt Offering	Soul Drain

As you can see, there are quite a few options to choose from with the classes, so don't be afraid to find the combinations and upgrades that best suit your playstyle.

Respeccing is only unlocked late into the game, and the items that allow it are limited in supply, so be mindful with your upgrade choices.

Each Elemental Vessel And What It Does

While each Elemental Vessel unlocks new classes and field skills for the party, each of them also comes with a unique gameplay function of its own. Here's the whole host of them:

Elemental Vessel	What It Does
Slyphid Boomerang	Creates gusts of wind that pull enemies into the air.
Luna Globe	Creates an area that slows enemies and speeds you up.
Undine Flask	Fires a torrent of water that traps enemies in bubbles and pushes them away.
Salamando Candle	Summons a candle and dashes at the enemy like a rocket, burning them.
Gnome Shovel	Creates a shield around where it is used, protection allies within.
Dryad Sprig	Creates a tree that heals allies in its vicinity.
Lumina Lantern	Toss at enemies to link them together, damaging all when one is attacked.
Shade Sight	Use to drag enemies near you, or you to larger enemies.

Once upgraded in the Elemental Plot, each vessel also gains an Elemental Break, which is typically a superpowered version of the vessels' ability that covers the entire battlefield.

Elemental Breaks are not intrinsic to the Elemental Vessel, and must be unlocked by each character respectively.

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