FFXIV MACRO LIBRARY
Useful FFXIV macros
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Restores battle effects for yourself, party members, and players outside the party to full display. It is the counterpart to reduced raid settings and is useful for screenshots or everyday play.
/battleeffect self all
/battleeffect party all
/battleeffect other all
UI switchPerforms the bow emote from a hotbar. It is a convenient greeting for visits, a screenshot pose, or a role-play service gesture at community events.
/bow
Single commandOpens Final Fantasy XIV's Group Pose mode directly. A photography hotbar shortcut lets you move from a prepared emote or supported action into screenshot controls without menu navigation.
/grouppose
Single commandRegisters an audible alarm ten minutes before 20:00 in your device's local time. It is an editable example for community events, raid schedules, or screenshot gatherings.
/alarm "Meeting" lt 2000 10 se04
Single commandExpands `<pos>` into your current area and coordinates and sends it to party chat. It helps share a meeting point, FATE, hunt, or screenshot location with the same party.
/p Current location: <pos>
/echo Shared current location with the party.
CommunicationOpens the Portrait interface directly, avoiding menu navigation when adjusting gear-set portraits, framing, expressions, or lighting.
/portrait
Single commandSwitches to screenshot HUD layout 4, faces the camera, and cycles the idle pose as a compact portrait-photo preparation routine.
/hudlayout 4
/facecamera
/pose motion
/echo Portrait workspace ready.
ScreenshotPerforms the sit emote at your current position. It is useful for ground or supported-chair screenshots, resting poses, and taking a seat during community events.
/sit
Single commandKeeps all of your own battle effects, simplifies party-member effects, and hides effects from players outside the party. This preset reduces visual clutter in alliance raids and large hunts.
/battleeffect self all
/battleeffect party simple
/battleeffect other off
UI switchOpens the Emotes list directly, avoiding menu navigation while socializing, role-playing, or preparing screenshots and letting you choose from the full interface.
/emotelist
Single commandToggles only the visual display of the equipped head item without removing it or changing attributes. It is useful for comparing a glamour or showing hair and expressions in screenshots.
/displayhead
Single commandSwitches immediately to your saved HUD layout 1. It is useful when you keep separate layouts for combat, everyday play, or screenshots and want to recall one from a hotbar.
/hudlayout 1
Single commandStarts the idle camera with the selected character or supported target as its subject. Use it to watch automatically chosen shots or discover ideas for a later screenshot composition.
/target <t>
/idlingcamera <t>
/echo Started the idle camera.
ScreenshotSwitches to HUD layout 2 and hides hotbars 5 through 10, creating a lower-clutter screen for reading mechanics or taking screenshots while retaining the HUD elements you chose to keep.
/hudlayout 2
/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 Switched to minimal display.
UI switchCycles to the next available idle or weapon-ready pose for your character. It helps find a stance that suits a glamour or screenshot composition.
/pose
Single commandSwitches to screenshot HUD layout 4 and hides hotbars 1 through 4, combining common screen-cleanup steps before opening Group Pose or another capture tool.
/hudlayout 4
/hotbar display 1 off
/hotbar display 2 off
/hotbar display 3 off
/hotbar display 4 off
/echo Switched to the screenshot HUD.
UI switchToggles a supported moving part on the equipped headgear, such as a visor, goggles, mask, or costume mouth. It is useful when preparing a glamour or screenshot pose.
/visor
Single commandA manually sent party message to announce the next group's photo turn.
/p This group's photo turn is finished for now. Please say if you need to check a shot; once ready, we will swap to the next group.
CommunicationA manually sent party message to guide observers away from a group photo frame.
/p Could observers wait behind the camera? Please check the framing before moving so you can stay out of the shot.
CommunicationA manually sent party message to announce the next stop on a photo tour.
/p Next stop: [area and coordinates] / Meet at: [time and ET or LT] / Travel needs: [such as flight]. Please tell us before departure if you need help getting there.
CommunicationSuggest a simple arrangement to keep faces visible in a group photo.
/p For the group photo, could the front row sit or use a low pose and the back row stand? Please leave small gaps so faces stay visible.
CommunicationDiscuss how a photo may be shared, separately from agreeing to join the photo.
/p May I share this group photo on social media? Please let me know if you prefer not to appear or want your name hidden. I will wait for replies before sharing.
CommunicationHide player nameplates to reduce text appearing in screenshots.
/nameplatedisp all 4
ScreenshotEnter passive mode and hide sheathed weapons to show your outfit.
/battlemode off
/displayarms off
Screenshot