36 FFXIV Tips Every Beginner MUST Know!

How about blue quests that unlock no shit? Like only those that give you items worth only to be sold?

Great video

wth I never knew about the materia extraction button, that's a game changer as a crafter/gatherer!

Wow yes. Sending this to every new player I come across. There’s so much to explain to ppl in this game.

This really doesn't feel like a true "beginners'" to me. Can anyone point me in the direction of a beginners' beginners' guide. I mean, a beginners' guide should start with the initial load screen and walk you through realm selection, character creation, and how to navigate the game world and interact with other players and NPC's.

well thank you sir ! it's definitely gonna help me once I start playing the game , I've been waiting for years for it to be on Xbox and I can hardly wait for the 21 st of February (official date of the release of the beta on xbox) :D

Great video! Ty!! 😁

Bruh I had no clue I could turn off my parties attack animations. I’ve been wondering how anybody can tell what the hell is going on lol.

I've been playing ffxiv for two years. 188 days of playtime. I was like, there's no way there's anything in here I don't already know. And the first tip was immediately new to me LOL. Good vid!

Coming to this 9months after it’s made for teleporting alternatively you can just type /teleport for that menu if you don’t want to put it on your action bar

So bad. Please change the title to "A bunch of my personal preferences that literally no beginner must know."

😊

The bigger Music tip is: Turn Mount music off. The amount of times i heard the chocobo music until i found this out and got annoyed because it killed the zone music was too high.

Wtf is extracting...

What's the point of them giving you a mount at 20, that isn't any faster than run speed? I understand you can do stuff and each zone to unlock mount speed. But at level 20 you're not gonna do that. There's no point you're not going back to those zones for a long time.

Love your voice it's good for this kind of content

See my issue is I skipped the main story…. And now at lvl 72 I have to go back cuz my story is at lvl25

I use the same keybinds in all MMOs (technically just WoW Classic and FF14): QERFCZ, with Shift, Ctrl, and Alt to access those 6 keys in four modes and either 1234 or four side buttons on my mouse. I'm fairly new (lvl 62 WHM) but it works flawlessly across all the classes I've trained on alts too (incl. CNJ, THM, ARC, ACN, SCH, PUG, and DoH/DoL classes).

E and R are for the most used actions (Cure/Stone2 and Cure2/Regen/Aero2). Q is for second most used (Medica2), F is for special actions (Cure3/Esuna/Repose), C and Z are for rarely used or emergency actions (Rescue and Raise/Benediction).

My current setup for WHM, in order of QERFCZ:
Basic class actions (Medica, Cure, Cure2, Cure3, Rescue, Raise) are the base mode, situational class actions (Medica2, [No E], Regen, Esuna, [No C], Benediction) are under the Shift mode, combat specific actions ([No Q], Stone2, Aero2, Holy, Repose) are under the Ctrl mode, and Alt mode has yet to be used yet but I'm planning on putting my lilies there once I unlock them (I'm still stuck in ARR lmao). My cooldown skills go on my side buttons on my mouse (Lucid Dreaming, Swiftcast, Presence of Mind, Surecast) and I use Ctrl mode + the same buttons for the next four (currently empty), with the last four slots in my 3rd hotbar being unbound click slots for Timers, Sprint, Return, and Teleport respectively.

This setup lets me use any ability I need to with minimum reach and it only takes a little bit of memorization to use without looking. I do occasionally trigger CAPSLOCK but it's never been a problem lol. It's basically nothing to M5 into Z for an insta-Raise or to take a break from spamming Holy on Ctrl + F to reup Medica2 with Shift + Q or Regen with Shift + R. On ARC and THM, I put my DOTs on Ctrl, CC on Shift, and single-target damage on the base mode.

For bonus points I angle my keyboard inwards a few degrees to minimize strain on my wrist (your wrist shouldn't be bent if you'll be using a keyboard for extended periods of time) and use a mousepad with ergonomic support. I can play for 10+ hours (with breaks, of course) with next to no strain on my hands. My mom taught me about this type of thing because she worked as an insurance clerk full time when I was a kid and used an ergonomic keyboard and I think I've offset arthritis/carpal tunnel by years by adopting her tactics for extended computer use.

I always run my newbie friends through unsynced early duns for quick gear boost

Dude, the glowing weapons macro. THANK YOU! 😅

As an experienced player I knew most of these, I just look at this type of videos out of curiosity, but I was glad you reminded me of how much gatherer exp I can get from my grand company. Thanks!

Stop with the click bait. These are nice to know, not MUST know.

I have over 700 hours in FF14 and never claimed any achievement rewards. 😂 Didn't even know this exists.

I still forget to extract lol, thanks for reminding me!

Wow great help for beginners. Just QOL alone was helpful. I used so much of this info, and saved it on my playlist for later (I'm sure I'll forget some things). Thank you, so much!

Why you gotta make your character so cute tho, Bubby? Seriously though, thank you for the tips!

Sooo you just earned yourself another sub! Thanks so much for the info!

This is gonna serve me well. A friend got me into FFxiv online back at the start of September of this year(2023), and it's been a bit of a puzzle to learn. So you may see me adding quite the few views as I try to learn some of the tricks you share in this one. Thanks for the info.

Gotta correct you, damage is NOT applied the moment you hit the button. Plugins like noclippy wouldn't work if that was the case. Damage is applied the moment the animation hits the target as that's when the packet is sent. It's all about timing. You don't have to wait for the animation to finish, that's true, but it is NOT as soon as you hit the button.

How do you change your class?

Glad to see you have made it to that 5k subscribers. Have another!

Been playing since alpha... NEVER klnew about the garden plot trick.... i lost so many thavnarian onions and minions due to patch updates xD

glowing weapons doesnt work anymore

Thanks for this. It's incredibly helpful.

I just started the game yesterday and stumbled onto your video, thank you for taking the time to make it.

A small tip about auto-run.

If you hard lock-on to a teammate while you all are running, youll just follow them.

Unless you guys go through a portal or door or jumppad.



(Auto-run + hard lock-on)

Over 1100 hours in the game and I didn't realize the explore mode was an option 😭

the garden one and the limited levelling roulette is actually a game changer...been playing this game for 3 years and just now learning about it

Thank you for this helpful video. I have shared the link with my friends. The glowing weapon on your back tip still works in 2023. :D

English isn't my mother tongue, but i speak it well. But your voice is hard to understand. At the end of your sentences you lower you voice and then you sound like a toad. Like in "roulette" i hear "ulä". So a better, clearer speaking would be very helpful. Otherwise i don't get what you want from me. Thx.

When it comes to roulettes, that's only the first time you use them each day, right? There's no benefits outside of the 'role needed' bonus beyond the first of a day?

THanks for the tips! Just started a while back, and some of these made my in game comfort a lot better!

got like almost 2k hours and didnt realize that was an aggro meter -.-

that saving your house plants is pretty cool, lol

Appreciate the video, just started playing FFXIV a couple days ago after taking a long break from MMO's. This game is a breath of fresh air and I really appreciate tips being so new to the game.

Something that I feel like the game expects you to know but is never taught: Damage and healing over time effects tick every 3 seconds. So if you're trying to figure out the total potency of such an ability, divide the duration by 3, then multiply by the potency.

Damage over time effects aren't as prevalent as they once were, but I still feel this is worth knowing.