UI Guide | FINAL FANTASY XIV, The Lodestone

The user interface, or UI for short, refers to the various on-screen elements and menus through which a player interacts with the game. The UI in FFXIV can be adjusted in myriad ways to ensure an enjoyable gaming experience.

Use the default settings…
Or try something creative!
The possibilities are endless!

Use the default settings…
Or try something creative!
The possibilities are endless!

This guide will explain how to adjust the UI, and offer tips to help you navigate the game.

Start small and work your way up to bigger changes.

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Frequently Asked Questions [NEW] [Updated]
Control Settings [NEW] [Updated]
How do I change to mouse and keyboard? [NEW] [Updated]
How do I change to gamepad mode? [NEW] [Updated]
Peripheral Devices [NEW] [Updated]
Can I use a mouse and keyboard on the PlayStation®4? [NEW] [Updated]
Can I change the gamepad button icons that appear in menus? [NEW] [Updated]
Is it possible for a gamepad to function as a mouse? [NEW] [Updated]
Is it possible for a PlayStation®4 controller to function as a mouse? [NEW] [Updated]
Mounts [NEW] [Updated]
How can I get a mount? [NEW] [Updated]
Can I change my chocobo companion's appearance? [NEW] [Updated]
Can I use my chocobo in combat? [NEW] [Updated]
Teaching Your Chocobo New Skills [NEW] [Updated]
Making Your Chocobo Stronger [NEW] [Updated]
Increasing Chocobo Rank [NEW] [Updated]
Increasing Chocobo Rank to 11 or above [NEW] [Updated]
How can I ride pillion? [NEW] [Updated]
Miscellaneous [NEW] [Updated]
Why did I suddenly switch to walking? [NEW] [Updated]
How can I skip cutscenes I've already seen? [NEW] [Updated]
How can I rewatch cutscenes I've already seen? [NEW] [Updated]
Can I stop error messages from appearing when I repeatedly press action buttons? [NEW] [Updated]
How can I click on NPCs and summoning bells when lots of players are in the way? [NEW] [Updated]
How can I view more inventory items at once? [NEW] [Updated]
How do I adjust the graphical effects displayed in battle? [NEW] [Updated]
How do I use auto-run? [NEW] [Updated]
Mastering the UI [NEW] [Updated]
HUD Overview [NEW] [Updated]
Parts of the HUD [NEW] [Updated]
Modifying the HUD Layout, Step by Step [NEW] [Updated]
Navigating the Game Screen [NEW] [Updated]
How do I tell what's what on the screen? [NEW] [Updated]
Why are some quest icons different than others? [NEW] [Updated]
Status Ailments Cured by Esuna [NEW] [Updated]
Checking Whether an Item Can Be Stored in an Armoire [NEW] [Updated]
Player Actions [NEW] [Updated]
Using Player Actions, Step by Step [NEW] [Updated]
Hotbars [NEW] [Updated]
Additional Methods for Registering Actions [NEW] [Updated]
Virtual Mouse Mode [NEW] [Updated]
Additional Icon Information [NEW] [Updated]
Keybind Settings [NEW] [Updated]
Hiding Empty Hotbar Slots [NEW] [Updated]
Cross Hotbar [NEW] [Updated]
Using the Cross Hotbar, Step by Step [NEW] [Updated]
Changing Cross Hotbar Sets [NEW] [Updated]
Expanded Hold Controls [NEW] [Updated]
Gear and Inventory [NEW] [Updated]
Character [NEW] [Updated]
Hiding Headgear and Weapons [NEW] [Updated]
Armoury Chest [NEW] [Updated]
Gear Placed in the Armoury Chest [NEW] [Updated]
Accessing the Armoury Chest [NEW] [Updated]
Equipping Weapons and Armor [NEW] [Updated]
Repair [NEW] [Updated]
Gear Durability [NEW] [Updated]
When Durability Reaches Zero [NEW] [Updated]
Repairing Your Own Equipment [NEW] [Updated]
Recommended Gear [NEW] [Updated]
Equipping Your Best Gear [NEW] [Updated]
Gear Sets [NEW] [Updated]
Saving Current Gear Set [NEW] [Updated]
Item Comparison [NEW] [Updated]
Comparing Gear Side-by-side [NEW] [Updated]
Item Level (IL) [NEW] [Updated]
Overview [NEW] [Updated]
Average Item Level [NEW] [Updated]
Raising Average Item Level [NEW] [Updated]
Customizing Outfits [NEW] [Updated]
Trying on Gear [NEW] [Updated]
Using the Try On Feature [NEW] [Updated]
Dyeing Gear [NEW] [Updated]
Changing the Color of Equipment [NEW] [Updated]
Guide to Dyes [NEW] [Updated]
Applying Dyes [NEW] [Updated]
Removing Dye [NEW] [Updated]
Glamours [NEW] [Updated]
Changing the Appearance of Gear [NEW] [Updated]
Glamour Prisms [NEW] [Updated]
Casting Glamours [NEW] [Updated]
Dispelling Glamours [NEW] [Updated]
Making an Item Invisible [NEW] [Updated]
Keeping Your Inventory Clear [NEW] [Updated]
Items That Can Be Stored in the Armoire [NEW] [Updated]
Glamour Dresser [NEW] [Updated]
Glamour Plates [NEW] [Updated]
Accessing the Glamour Dresser [NEW] [Updated]
Using the Glamour Dresser [NEW] [Updated]
Changing Your Whole Outfit at Once [NEW] [Updated]
Glamour Plate Availability [NEW] [Updated]
Buying and Selling Items [NEW] [Updated]
Market Board [NEW] [Updated]
Accessing the Market Board [NEW] [Updated]
Browsing the Market Board [NEW] [Updated]
Search Filters [NEW] [Updated]
Transaction History [NEW] [Updated]
Checking Prices [NEW] [Updated]
Wish List [NEW] [Updated]
Using the Wish List [NEW] [Updated]
Allagan Tomestones [NEW] [Updated]
Allagan Tomestones [NEW] [Updated]
Allagan Tomestones Overview [NEW] [Updated]
Exchanging Tomestones [NEW] [Updated]
Tomestones Held [NEW] [Updated]
Weekly Limits [NEW] [Updated]
Communication [NEW] [Updated]
Chat [NEW] [Updated]
Chat Modes [NEW] [Updated]
Using Chat [NEW] [Updated]
Direct Chat Mode [NEW] [Updated]
Chatting to Players in Your Vicinity [NEW] [Updated]
One-on-one Communication [NEW] [Updated]
Chatting to Party Members [NEW] [Updated]
Chatting to Free Company Members [NEW] [Updated]
Chatting to Linkshell Members [NEW] [Updated]
Chatting to Alliance Members [NEW] [Updated]
Communicating with PvP Team Members [NEW] [Updated]
Changing Log Window Font Size [NEW] [Updated]
Changing Linkshell Text Color [NEW] [Updated]
Can I set sound notifications for chat channels? [NEW] [Updated]
How do I enable time stamps in the log window? [NEW] [Updated]
Can I share item information via chat? [NEW] [Updated]
Can I share a map location via chat? [NEW] [Updated]
Can I share my location via chat? [NEW] [Updated]
Sending Messages to the Right Chat Group [NEW] [Updated]
Hiding the Chat Log [NEW] [Updated]
Clearing the Chat Log [NEW] [Updated]
Creating Your Own Custom Chat Log Tabs [NEW] [Updated]
Resizing the Log Window [NEW] [Updated]
Splitting the Log Windows [NEW] [Updated]
Displaying Less Messages in the Log Window [NEW] [Updated]
Display Names [NEW] [Updated]
How do I tell the difference between players and NPCs? [NEW] [Updated]
Why do certain players' display names appear in different colors? [NEW] [Updated]
How can I change the color of character display names? [NEW] [Updated]
Novice Network [NEW] [Updated]
What is the Novice Channel? [NEW] [Updated]
How can I join the Novice Channel? [NEW] [Updated]
Viewing Novice Network Participants [NEW] [Updated]
Changing the Novice Network's Text Color [NEW] [Updated]
Group Pose [NEW] [Updated]
Screenshots [NEW] [Updated]
How do I take screenshots? [NEW] [Updated]
Can I hide the UI when taking screenshots? [NEW] [Updated]
Where are screenshots saved? [NEW] [Updated]
What is the file format for screenshots? [NEW] [Updated]
Group Pose [NEW] [Updated]
What is Group Pose? [NEW] [Updated]
How to Take Screenshots with Characters Using Emotes [NEW] [Updated]
How to Take Screenshots with Friends Using Emotes in Sync [NEW] [Updated]
Making the Screen Brighter [NEW] [Updated]
Casting Light on Character [NEW] [Updated]
Adding Vibrant tones to a Screenshot [NEW] [Updated]
Using Face Camera [NEW] [Updated]
Adding a Frame to a Screenshot [NEW] [Updated]
Sticker Mode [NEW] [Updated]
Taking Screenshots with a Blurred Background [NEW] [Updated]
Adjusting Lightings to Reduce Brightness [NEW] [Updated]
Changing the Color of Lighting [NEW] [Updated]
Changing the Focus of the Camera [NEW] [Updated]
Can I Save or Load Camera or Lighting Settings? [NEW] [Updated]
Can I Save or Load Sticker Sets and Frames? [NEW] [Updated]
Combat [NEW] [Updated]
Targeting [NEW] [Updated]
Can you change how a target's HP is displayed? [NEW] [Updated]
How do I change the color of the enemy target ring? [NEW] [Updated]
Ground Targets [NEW] [Updated]
Moving the Ground Target with a Gamepad [NEW] [Updated]
Waymarks [NEW] [Updated]
Using Waymarks [NEW] [Updated]
Saving Waymark Placement [NEW] [Updated]
Signs [NEW] [Updated]
Using Signs [NEW] [Updated]
Enemy Display Names [NEW] [Updated]
Why do enemy display names change color? [NEW] [Updated]
Why do certain enemies have different icons next to their names? [NEW] [Updated]
Can I abbreviate party members' names? [NEW] [Updated]
Camera [NEW] [Updated]
How can I rotate the camera faster? [NEW] [Updated]
Can I adjust the camera angle? [NEW] [Updated]
Party [NEW] [Updated]
Party [NEW] [Updated]
Training for Party Combat [NEW] [Updated]
Inviting Players to Party [NEW] [Updated]
Disbanding Party [NEW] [Updated]
Sorting Party List [NEW] [Updated]
Leaving a Duty [NEW] [Updated]
Returning to the Starting Point of a Duty [NEW] [Updated]
How to Initiate a Ready Check [NEW] [Updated]
UI Guide Overview [NEW] [Updated]
Preface [NEW] [Updated]
For Beginners [NEW] [Updated]
Getting Started [NEW] [Updated]
The Configuration Menus [NEW] [Updated]
Accessing the Menus [NEW] [Updated]
Menu Contents [NEW] [Updated]

Frequently Asked Questions [NEW] [Updated]

Mastering the UI [NEW] [Updated]

Gear and Inventory [NEW] [Updated]

Customizing Outfits [NEW] [Updated]

Buying and Selling Items [NEW] [Updated]

Allagan Tomestones [NEW] [Updated]

Communication [NEW] [Updated]

Group Pose [NEW] [Updated]

Combat [NEW] [Updated]

Party [NEW] [Updated]

UI Guide Overview [NEW] [Updated]