When it comes to playing any MMORPG one of the few things you have to understand first is that you’re never going to learn everything you need to know, ever.
This is why some players who are rolling in cash money have an extra monitor or two to keep track of information that is useful as they go about playing the game.
Now for big titles like FFXIV, having numerous resources is to be expected as the game itself is still being supported by both the local community and the devs themselves! The only problem is you not knowing where to go due to the choices available.
Lucky for you we’ve arranged a comprehensive list of places you can check out to make understanding the game less painful.
List of Useful & Must-Know Websites for FFXIV
The chosen sites listed below will cover everything between collection and combat, so if you’re crazy enough to be a completionist then start skimming through everything you see below to know what you need to work on!
Activities
FFXIV Timers [www.xenoveritas.org]: Event / Reset Timers
XIV ToDo [xivtodo.com]: Provides useful dashboards, tailored checklists, and customizable daily and weekly checklists as well as automated completion trackers of encounters and questlines.
Armoury
Etro [etro.gg]: This is a tool for building, sharing, and optimizing Final Fantasy XIV gearsets.
Ariyala’s Toolkit [ffxiv.ariyala.com]: Has a built-in BiS solver based on recent stat weights. You can also lock in specific gear items and see what else you need to hit accuracy caps and other parameters.
Hotbar
Fr4nsson’s FFXIV Config [www.nexusmods.com]: A complete config for FFXIV with a clean informational HUD layout. All jobs have their spells already assigned to hot bars. all the files have been modified by the game.
FFXIV WXHB [xivbars.bejezus.com]: Cross Hotbar Planner is a simulator that can be used to simulate and export hot bars for a keyboard or joystick.
FFXIV Rotations [ffxivrotations.com]: It’s a tool to help transcribe, and share sequences of skills.
Jobs
The Balance [www.thebalanceffxiv.com]: Job Guides & Resources
Levequests
xivLeves [xivleve.org]: The easiest to buy items from the market board to maximize profit by doing levequests.
Crafting
FFXIV Crafting [ffxivcrafting.com]: This gives you exactly what you need to craft the items that you selected earlier.
Gathering
FFXIV Clock [www.ffxivclock.com]: FFXIVClock for tracking available node locations.
FFXIV Gathering [www.ffxiv-gathering.com]: Gathering Clock for tracking available node locations.
Garland Bell [www.garlandtools.org]: Gathering timers, collectible resources, hunt windows.
Fishing
FFX|V Fish Tracker [ff14fish.carbuncleplushy.com]: This application tracks big fish, making it easy to spot hard-to-catch fish as they become available.
Garland Fisher [www.garlandtools.org]: Daily fishing windows, bait paths, catch checklist.
FF14 Angler [en.ff14angler.com]: All about fishing.
Zeke’s Guidebook [docs.google.com]: Ocean Fishing Guidebook
Ocean Fishing [ffxiv.pf-n.co]: Schedule upcoming ocean fishing voyages with information on blue fish, achievements, and more.
Macros
Crafting Macros [ashe10.home.blog]: Crafting Macros by Ashe10
FFXIV Macros [ffxivmacro.com]: Share your best Final Fantasy XIV macros
Collector
FFXIV Collect [ffxivcollect.com]: Website for tracking your Final Fantasy XIV collections.
Lalachievements [lalachievements.com]: Keep track of your progress collecting everything that can be collected in FFXIV.
Records
Field Records [ffxivcollect.com]: Website for tracking Field Records
Survey Records [ffxivcollect.com]: Website for tracking Survey Records
Maps
Heavenswhere [heavenswhere.com]: It’s an interactive map where you can see: aether currents, sightseeing vistas, treasure maps, and other things in the zones.
Skywatcher[ffxiv.pf-n.co]: Schedule for weather in Eorzea and forecast for upcoming weather patterns.
Fashion
EorzeaCollection [ffxiv.eorzeacollection.com]: A place to share your personal glamours and browse through an extensive collection of looks for your Final Fantasy XIV character.
FFXIV – Hairstyles [ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com]: List of all in-game obtainable hairstyles, with male and female screenshots.
FFXIV Web Model Viewer [ffxiv.dlunch.net]: View 3D models of equipment, mounts, and minions.
Kaiyoko Star: Fashion Report Weekly
Housing
FFXIV Housing [en.ff14housing.com]: Information site specializing in housing. It summarizes screenshots and videos of furnishings and garden equipment.
Housing Glitches [forum.square-enix.com]: Here are some tricky tips we’ve gathered over the years abusing the tools given to place stuff in places not intended.
Island Sanctuary
Animal Tracker [lalachievements.com]: All animal spawning times and locations.
Gardening
FFXIV Gardening [ffxivgardening.com]: Collection of everything related to gardening. It was created to organize and visualize the results obtained from crossbreeding.
Chocobo
Chocobo Color [ffxiv.pf-n.co]: Use it to calculate what Chocobo feed you will need to get from your current color to your desired color.
Raid
MTQcapture: Simple and clear Raid Guide.
joonbob: Raid Guide with beautiful artwork.
THE PF STRAT [www.thepfstrat.com]: Learn Aether Party Finder starts the EASY way with this one simple trick.
POTD & HoH
Maygi’s POTD [docs.google.com]: The Palace of the Dead 1-200 Handbook (Solo/Party) Guide.
Maygi’s HoH [docs.google.com]: Heaven-on-High 1-100 Handbook (Solo/Party) Guide.
Eureka & Bozjan
Eureka Tracker [ffxiv-eureka.com]: Eureka enthusiasts track NM spawns.
Eureka Logos Actions [ffxiv-eureka.com]: Use this to find all Logos Actions in Eureka.
Bozjan Tracker [www.retahgaming.com]: Interactive map for Bozjan Southern Front & Zadnor.
Bozja Lost Actions [ffxiv.kmiwl.de]: Use this to find all Lost Actions in Bozja.
Hunts
Faloop! [faloop.app]: The Hunt in Final Fantasy XIV.
FFXIVHunt [ffxivhunt.com]: This website shall help people with their FFXIV experience and provide a few simple pieces of information and recoursed to make the game even more enjoyable!
Gold Saucer
Triple Triad [arrtripletriad.com]: This website lists all available Triple Triad cards and will help you find them: achievements, dungeons, NPC drops, and more.
Lord of Verminion [www.ffxiverminion.com]: Where to play, how to manage the Minions Hotbar. Terrain and structures overview. Learn more about Minions’ statistics and actions.
Chocobo Racing [ffxivchocoboracing.wordpress.com]: This is a blog that’s designed to be a comprehensive guide to Chocobo Racing.
Mini Cactpot Solver [ff14-cactpot.wotax.net]: Helps you to find the best Solve.
Sightseeing Log
ARR 2.0 Sightseeing Log [tylian.net]: Sightseeing Log Helper #1 to #80 with the tracker.
Sightseeing Log [ffxiv.gamerescape.com]: All Sightseeing Log List wiki.
Squadron
FFXIV Squadron [ffxivsquadron.com]: Easy squadron management.
Airship & Submersible
Airship [forum.square-enix.com]: Airship Guide.
Submersible [forum.square-enix.com]: Submersible Guide.
Loot and Builder [docs.google.com]: These loot tables provide a list of discovered loot from an airship and submersible voyages.
Database & Wiki
Garland Data [www.garlandtools.org]: Overall database with crafting lists, equipment calculators and etc.
Final Fantasy XIV Wiki [ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com]: Wiki, is the comprehensive reference written and maintained by the players.
Gamerescape [ffxiv.gamerescape.com]: This is a huge FFXIV wiki, where you can search for in-game content, browse recent game news, and much more.
ERIONES [en.eriones.com]: ERIONES is a database information site for FFXIV. The construction of a database with the goal and the easy-to-see easy-to-use main.
Discord
Ser Aymeric [seraymeric.com]: The multi-purpose Discord bot for communities big and small.
Lodestone [na.lodestonenews.com]: Automatic Lodestone updates for your Discord server!
Sites
AKHMORNING [www.akhmorning.com]
FFXIV News, Guides & Resources by the Community, for the Community.
SaltedXIV [saltedxiv.com]: SaltedXIV’s core principle is making community-created content, tools, and assets, freely and readily available for all Final Fantasy XIV players.
Icy Veins [www.icy-veins.com]: Guides and News for Final Fantasy XIV.
Eorzea World [eorzeaworld.com]: It aims to help you in your search for information on FFXIV You’ll find a bit of everything. The site already provides a number of sources of information that you would sometimes be hard-pressed to find elsewhere.
Statistics & Status
FFXIV CENSUS [ffxivcensus.com]: A project dedicated to gathering and interpreting ‘census’ data of Final Fantasy XIV.
XIVHOUSING [xivhousing.com]: Housing statistics
ARRStatus [arrstatus.com]: The server status and issue tracker.
Is FFXIV Up [is.xivup.com]: Server / IP / Ping Status.
We hope these sites are useful to you as they are to us!
ALSO READ: Bleak Faith: Forsaken – Will There Be Character Customization?
