Mouse and Keyboard Controller

Welcome to the UI Guide

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.

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

Customize your layout!

  • Use the default settings…

  • Or try something creative!

  • The possibilities are endless!

  • Use the default settings…

  • Or try something creative!

  • The possibilities are endless!

For Beginners

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  • 3. Try out what you've learned!

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  • 2. Find a topic and review its contents.

  • 3. Try out what you've learned!

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Communication / Chat

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Chat Modes

The various chat modes allow you to communicate with other players based on groups you belong to and distance from each other. Text commands can be used to send messages via specific chat modes without switching between them.

Chat Mode

Say

Yell

Shout

Tell

Party

Alliance

Free company

Linkshell
(*2)

Crossworld
Linkshell

Novice Network

PvP Team

Player Type

Those in close proximity

Those within a wide area

Those in the same area

Selected player only
(*1)

Party members

Alliance members

Members of your free company

Members of your linkshell

Members of your crossworld linkshell

Members of the Novice Network
(*3)

PvP Team Members

Message Range

Close

Wide

Current area

Any location

Any location

Any location

Any location

Any location

Any location

Any location

Any location

Text Command

/say Greetings!
/s Greetings!

/yell Greetings!
/y Greetings!

/shout Greetings!
/sh Greetings!

/tell player name@world name Greetings!
/t player name@world name Greetings!

/party Greetings!
/p Greetings!

/alliance Greetings!
/a Greetings!

/freecompany Greetings!
/fc Greetings!

/linkshell1 Greetings!
/l1 Greetings!
* Insert linkshell number in place of 1

/cwlinkshell Greetings!
/cwl Greetings!

/novice Greetings!
/n Greetings!

/pvpteam Greetings!
/pt Greetings!

Chat and the World Visit System

*1. To send a tell to a player in another World, you must be friends with them beforehand. Tells can only be sent to players whose status is "online."
*2. Linkshell chat can only be used when you are on your Home World.
*3. As each World has its own Novice Network, players using the World Visit System will be connected to the Novice Network of the World they are visiting.

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