Useful FFXIV macros

Essential Dignity on mouseover

Heal a hovered ally without changing your selected enemy.

/micon "Essential Dignity" action
/ac "Essential Dignity" <mo>

Place Earthly Star at your target

Place a healing field at a selected target rather than aiming manually.

/micon "Earthly Star" action
/ac "Earthly Star" <t>

Use Synastry on your focus target

Keep Synastry assigned to a chosen party member.

/micon "Synastry" action
/ac "Synastry" <f>

Switch to gear set 1 and battle HUD

A practical multiline macro that combines official text commands to switch to gear set 1 and battle hud.

/gearset change 1
/hudlayout 1
/micon 1 gearset
/echo Switched to gear set 1.

Aetherial Manipulation to a focused ally

Move to a preselected party member.

/micon "Aetherial Manipulation" action
/ac "Aetherial Manipulation" <f>

The Warden's Paean on mouseover

Help a hovered party member with a removable detrimental effect.

/micon "The Warden's Paean" action
/ac "The Warden's Paean" <mo>

Prepare a clean photo layout and camera gaze

A practical multiline macro that combines official text commands to prepare a clean photo layout and camera gaze.

/hudlayout 4
/hotbar display 1 off
/hotbar display 2 off
/facecamera
/echo Switched to the photo display.

Hide hotbars 4 through 10 for a clean screen

A practical multiline macro that combines official text commands to hide hotbars 4 through 10 for a clean screen.

/hotbar display 4 off
/hotbar display 5 off
/hotbar display 6 off
/hotbar display 7 off
/hotbar display 8 off
/hotbar display 9 off
/hotbar display 10 off
/echo Display cleared.

Lower BGM for a player concert

Reduce background music and adjust performance volume.

/bgm 0
/performsounds 80

Use The Blackest Night on your co-tank

Applies The Blackest Night to the co-tank in party-list slot 2.

/micon "The Blackest Night" action
/ac "The Blackest Night" <2>

Use Heart of Corundum on your co-tank

Applies Heart of Corundum to the co-tank in party-list slot 2.

/micon "Heart of Corundum" action
/ac "Heart of Corundum" <2>

Use Nascent Flash on your co-tank

Applies Nascent Flash to the co-tank in party-list slot 2.

/micon "Nascent Flash" action
/ac "Nascent Flash" <2>

Finish a 40-durability material with quality steps

A full sequence for suitable normal intermediate-material recipes.

Numeric conditions not recorded — see requirements

/ac "Reflect" <wait.3>
/ac "Manipulation" <wait.2>
/ac "Waste Not II" <wait.2>
/ac "Delicate Synthesis" <wait.3>
/ac "Basic Touch" <wait.3>
/ac "Refined Touch" <wait.3>
/ac "Innovation" <wait.2>
/ac "Basic Touch" <wait.3>
/ac "Refined Touch" <wait.3>
/ac "Great Strides" <wait.2>
/ac "Byregot's Blessing" <wait.3>
/ac "Veneration" <wait.2>
/ac "Groundwork" <wait.3>
/ac "Careful Synthesis" <wait.3>
/ac "Careful Synthesis" <wait.3>

Finish an 80-durability delivery recipe

Build quality before completing a suitable normal recipe.

Numeric conditions not recorded — see requirements

/ac "Reflect" <wait.3>
/ac "Manipulation" <wait.2>
/ac "Waste Not II" <wait.2>
/ac "Preparatory Touch" <wait.3>
/ac "Innovation" <wait.2>
/ac "Preparatory Touch" <wait.3>
/ac "Preparatory Touch" <wait.3>
/ac "Great Strides" <wait.2>
/ac "Byregot's Blessing" <wait.3>
/ac "Veneration" <wait.2>
/ac "Groundwork" <wait.3>
/ac "Groundwork" <wait.3>
/ac "Groundwork" <wait.3>
/ac "Groundwork" <wait.3>
/ac "Careful Synthesis" <wait.3>

Switch to gear set 4 and crafting HUD

A practical multiline macro that combines official text commands to switch to gear set 4 and crafting hud.

/gearset change 4
/hudlayout 4
/micon 4 gearset
/craftinglog

Finish level 100 items that do not need quality

Maintains durability while performing four Groundwork steps for level-100 durability-80 recipes where quality is irrelevant.

Numeric conditions not recorded — see requirements

/micon "Muscle Memory" action
/ac "Muscle Memory" <wait.3>
/ac "Manipulation" <wait.2>
/ac "Waste Not II" <wait.2>
/ac "Veneration" <wait.2>
/ac "Groundwork" <wait.3>
/ac "Groundwork" <wait.3>
/ac "Groundwork" <wait.3>
/ac "Groundwork" <wait.3>
/echo Check whether synthesis is complete. <se.10>

Finish level 91–98 items that do not need quality

For durability-80 recipes where quality is irrelevant, such as furnishings, orchestrion rolls, and barding.

Numeric conditions not recorded — see requirements

/micon "Muscle Memory" action
/ac "Muscle Memory" <wait.3>
/ac "Veneration" <wait.2>
/ac "Groundwork" <wait.3>
/ac "Groundwork" <wait.3>
/ac "Groundwork" <wait.3>
/echo Check whether synthesis is complete. <se.10>

Quickly finish a recipe at least 19 levels lower

Maximizes quality with Trained Eye, then completes an old recipe with one Veneration-boosted Groundwork.

Numeric conditions not recorded — see requirements

/micon "Trained Eye" action
/ac "Trained Eye" <wait.3>
/ac "Veneration" <wait.2>
/ac "Groundwork" <wait.3>
/echo Check whether synthesis is complete. <se.8>

Copy crafting hotbars from CRP to BSM

Reuse two crafting hotbar layouts on another class.

/hotbar copy CRP 1 BSM 1
/hotbar copy CRP 2 BSM 2

Open the crafting HUD and hotbars

A practical multiline macro that combines official text commands to open the crafting hud and hotbars.

/hudlayout 4
/hotbar display 7 on
/hotbar display 8 on
/craftinglog
/echo Crafting workspace ready.

Copy crafting cross hotbars between classes

Reuse CRP cross hotbar sets on BSM.

/crosshotbar copy CRP 1 BSM 1
/crosshotbar copy CRP 2 BSM 2

Assign Closed Position to a focused partner

Select a dance partner without changing your main target.

/micon "Closed Position" action
/ac "Closed Position" <f>

Announce a Living Dead attempt

Tell the party when you intend to use Living Dead.

/micon "Living Dead" action
/ac "Living Dead" <me>
/p Attempting Living Dead. Please check my status effects.

Listen to field ambience

Lower BGM, adjust ambience, and turn off mount music.

/bgm 0
/ambientsounds 60
/mountbgm off