Graphical user interface

Navigating the Game Screen

Heads Up Display

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1. Party List

The party list displays the vital stats of all current party members, with your character's information always appearing at the top. Individual party members can be targeted by clicking on their names.

• Hiding the Party List

If you wish to hide the party list when you are not in a party, access the Party List tab under UI Settings in the Character Configuration menu and select "Hide party list when solo."

• This option is set to ON by default.

2. Log Window

Quest dialogue, system messages, conversations with other players, and more are displayed in the log window. You begin the game with three fully customizable main logs—General, Battle, and Event—but can create more as you see fit.

General	Includes the chat log, and most non-battle player actions. FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn can be played using this tab alone.
Battle	Includes all battle-related messages. On-screen cues known as "fly text" remove the need to rely on the Battle log while in combat. However, this log is helpful when conducting post-battle analysis of your party's strategies. alone.
Event	Includes all NPC dialogue, including quest cutscenes.

• The submenu can be displayed by right clicking another player's name in the log window, or selecting their name and pressing X on the gamepad.

• Using the Log Filter

Filters for text that appears in each tab of the log window can be customized, allowing players to hide or display information as they see fit. To access log filters, select the tab you wish to edit under the General tab of Log Window Settings in the Character Configuration menu.

3. Hotbar

Player actions, emotes, items, macros, and target markers can be set to these slots so that they can be accessed by selecting the icon. The number indicated in the bottom left corner of the icon is the amount of TP (Tactical Points), MP (Magic Points), CP (Crafting Points), or GP (Gathering Points) required to execute the command.

CP (Crafting Points): CP is used by Disciples of the Hand during synthesis.

GP (Gathering Points): GP is used by Disciples of the Land during gathering.

Lockbar

	New commands can be added to the hotbar at any time by dragging and dropping them into the desired slot. Clicking on the padlock locks the actions to the bar, preventing the accidental movement or discarding of an icon. Hotbar icon position is saved for each class, regardless of whether or not the Lock Bar feature is activated.

• The lock setting for hotbars is independent of cross hotbar settings.

4. Parameter Bar

The parameter bar displays your current HP, MP/CP/GP, TP, and level progress.

Rested Bonus

	Upon entering a sanctuary, such as an inn room or aetheryte camp, this icon will appear beneath your experience bar, indicating that you are currently accruing a rested bonus.

Rested bonus accrued.

Rested bonus accrued beyond current level.

5. Minimap

Displays the current location of your character, as well as the location of nearby landmarks such as shops, aetherytes, and quest destinations. It also displays the location of enemies (red dots) and allies (blue dots). Additionally, the sun icon bordering the minimap moves to represent the time of day.

• To view the map when using a mouse and keyboard, click the minimap at the top right of the screen. When using a gamepad, press X.

6. Duty List

Displays active quest titles and objectives. Clicking on the quest title opens the journal, while clicking on the objectives displays the location of those objectives on your map.

7. Gear and Inventory Grid

The set of dots on the left represent your character's gear slots. The set of dots on the right, your inventory. Clicking on the sets opens the respective menus.

8. Main Menu

• Some features cannot be accessed until they are unlocked, and therefore may not be available at the game's onset.

Character
Stance	Sheathe/unsheathe your main arm.
Actions & Traits	View and manage the actions and traits available to your character, as well as set them to your hotbars.
Currency List	Displays information on all currencies in possession.
Character	Displays detailed information on your character, including attributes, gear, class levels, background data, and more.
Armoury Chest	Display gear stored in your Armoury Chest. All gear obtained is automatically moved to the chest and sorted by type. From here it can be equipped, repaired, or returned to your inventory.
Inventory	Displays a list of all crystals and items in your inventory. From this list, items can be equipped, used, discarded, or sorted.
Companions	Displays information on your summonable companions, including level, class, and available actions. This feature is unlocked after progressing to a certain point.
Mount Guide	Displays detailed information on the mounts you have acquired.
Minion Guide	Displays detailed information on the minions you have collected.
PvP Profile	View PvP information for your character such as rank and performance records, as well as register PvP actions to your hotbar. This feature is unlocked after progressing to a certain point.
The Gold Saucer	Displays various information pertaining to the Gold Saucer, including MGP in possession, Cactpot draw times, Triple Triad tournament results, personal deck makeup, Lord of Verminion hotbar settings, and race chocobo status. This feature is unlocked after progressing to a certain point.
Achievements	Displays a list of in-game achievements, as well as the conditions for obtaining them.

Duty
Recommendations	Displays a list of nearby quests and duties currently available. This feature is unlocked after progressing to a certain point.
Key Items	Displays a list of items used only in specific quests. If a quest is abandoned, all key items associated with it will be discarded.
Journal	Displays a list of all current and completed quests, levequests, and company missions. From this list, objectives and locations can be confirmed, and duty can be abandoned.
Duty Finder	Discover and join solo and party-based duties such as instanced raids and guildhests without having to gather a party yourself. This feature is unlocked after progressing to a certain point.
Raid Finder	Challenge the latest high-level raids. Adjustable search settings allow for solo players or parties under the minimum member requirements to be matched with players with the same goals. This feature is unlocked after progressing to a certain point.
Hall of the Novice	Grants entrance to the Hall of the Novice and access to their regimen of training exercises designed to teach new Disciples of War and Magic the basics of combat for tank, healer, and DPS roles.
Timers	Displays time remaining for various duties such as beast tribe dailies and levequest allowance allotment.