Zodiac

Zodiac
Portrait 1 Portrait 2 Portrait 3 Portrait 4 [[File:Portrait {{{tab_game1_abbr}}} zodiac 01.png]] [[File:Portrait {{{tab_game1_abbr}}} zodiac 02.png]] [[File:Portrait {{{tab_game1_abbr}}} zodiac 03.png]] [[File:Portrait {{{tab_game1_abbr}}} zodiac 04.png]] Scientific magicians who manipulate the etheric energy of the stars. Highly valuable in battle.
First appearance	Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City
Weapons	Staves

The Zodiac (Japanese: ゾディアック Zodiac) is a class first appearing in Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City.

Etrian Odyssey Nexus

Skills

Main article: Zodiac/Skills/Etrian Odyssey Nexus

Force skills (Lv. 1)

Name	Description	★	Prereq. skill(s)	Body part	Stat(s)
Astrological Axis	Force Boost For three turns, the power of the Zodiac's attack skills is increased, and they will recover half of the TP cost after use.	1	{{{4}}}, lv. {{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Astral Sign	Force Break Deals ranged Fire/Ice/Volt damage to all enemies. For one turn, the TP cost of all allies' skills will be reduced to 0.	3	Head, lv. INT	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}

Novice skills (Lv. 1)

Name	Description	★	Prereq. skill(s)	Body part	Stat(s)
Etheric Gleam	Buff Skill Increases elemental attack for one ally line for a number of turns.	8	Head, lv. {{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Fire Star	Astral Skill Deals ranged Fire damage to one enemy, with splash damage to other enemies on the same line.	10	Etheric Gleam, lv. 1	Head	INT
Ice Star	Astral Skill Deals ranged Ice damage to one enemy, with piercing damage to one enemy on the rear line.	10	Etheric Gleam, lv. 1	Head	INT
Volt Star	Astral Skill Deals ranged Volt damage to one enemy line.	10	Etheric Gleam, lv. 1	Head	INT
Singularity	Passive Skill Increases damage dealt if the user strikes an enemy's weakness.	8	{{{4}}}, lv. {{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Etheric Charge	Charge Skill On the next turn, Zodiac attack skills will target only one enemy, but deal increased damage.	6	Singularity, lv. 3	Head	{{{7}}}
Etheric Return	Passive Skill Restores TP to the user when they defeat an enemy. Total TP recovered is equal to the skill's base TP recovery, plus a percentage of the user's max TP.	4	Singularity, lv. 3	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Horoscope	Field Skill Reduces the enemy encounter rate for a number of steps.	6	{{{4}}}, lv. {{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Mine	Field Skill Allows the party to find more items at Mine points.	1	{{{4}}}, lv. {{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}

Veteran skills (Lv. 20)

Name	Description	★	Prereq. skill(s)	Body part	Stat(s)
Ether Mastery	Mastery Skill Increases damage dealt by Zodiac attack skills.	8	{{{4}}}, lv. {{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
TP Up	Stat Up Increases the user's maximum TP.	8	{{{4}}}, lv. {{{5}}}	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Binary Fire	Astral Skill Deals ranged Fire damage to all enemies.	10	Fire Star, lv. 3	Head	INT
Binary Ice	Astral Skill Deals ranged Ice damage to all enemies.	10	Ice Star, lv. 3	Head	INT
Binary Volt	Astral Skill Deals ranged Volt damage to all enemies.	10	Volt Star, lv. 3	Head	INT
Etheric Restore	Passive Skill Increases the user's damage based on the TP they spent in the previous turn. Damage increase is equal to (α × level multiplier)%, where α = TP × √TP ÷ 100. Does not activate if the formula resolves to less than 1%.	6	Etheric Charge, lv. 2	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Anti-Ether	Passive Skill Gives a chance to negate elemental attacks against the user's line.	6	Etheric Restore, lv. 2	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Dark Ether	Support Skill Reduces TP costs for one ally line for one turn.	6	Etheric Return, lv. 2	Head	{{{7}}}
Etheric Shot	Attack Skill: Zodiac Deals ranged damage to one enemy; the attack's element is determined by the user's equipped weapon.	8	Dark Ether, lv. 2	Arms	INT

Master skills (Lv. 40)

Name	Description	★	Prereq. skill(s)	Body part	Stat(s)
Fire Prophecy	Charge Skill Blocks Fire attacks from one enemy for one turn. If a Fire attack is successfully blocked, increases the user's attack until the end of the next turn; affects all forms of damage.	4	Binary Fire, lv. 2	Head	{{{7}}}
Ice Prophecy	Charge Skill Blocks Ice attacks from one enemy for one turn. If an Ice attack is successfully blocked, increases the user's attack until the end of the next turn; affects all forms of damage.	4	Binary Ice, lv. 2	Head	{{{7}}}
Volt Prophecy	Charge Skill Blocks Volt attacks from one enemy for one turn. If a Volt attack is successfully blocked, increases the user's attack until the end of the next turn; affects all forms of damage.	4	Binary Fire, lv. 2	Head	{{{7}}}
TP Cut	Passive Skill Gives a chance to reduce the TP cost of any skill used by the user to 0.	6	Fire Prophecy, lv. 1 Ice Prophecy, lv. 1 Volt Prophecy, lv. 1	{{{6}}}	{{{7}}}
Multi-Stage Ether	Charge Skill Reduces the damage dealt by Zodiac attack skills, but causes them to attack 2-5 random targets; Meteor will instead attack 6-15 random targets.	6	Anti-Ether, lv. 2	Head	{{{7}}}
Meteor	Astral Skill Deals ranged Bash damage to 2-5 random targets.	10	Etheric Shot, lv. 2 Horoscope, lv. 3	Head	INT

See also

• Alchemist, a class originating in Etrian Odyssey serving a similar purpose
• Runemaster, a class in Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan serving a similar purpose
• Warlock, a class in Etrian Odyssey V: Beyond the Myth serving a similar purpose