FFXI offers a variety of text commands players can use to interact with the game world, other players, and employ in macros. These are all preceded by a "/" and are typed into the text box like dialogue. The various different type of text commands can be broken down into a few categories. A list of commands and their uses can be listed using the unique command /?
Emotes[]
An emote is a command used by the player to express emotion and add a little flavor to his/her dialogue. There are two types of emotes.
- Built-in emote commands, such as smile or salute.
- Typing in a built-in emote with the word "motion" after it will perform the emote without putting text into the chat log.
- Typing a built-in emote with the word "text" after it will display the text in the chat log without performing the motion.
- Typing /em followed by text will do a custom emote without animation.
Example: /em points at a large bird in the sky.
You would see this: <Name> points at a large bird in the sky.
Job-Specific Emotes[]
Job-specific emotes were made available with the December 06, 2010 update. These are executed by using
/jobemote [job]
The February 19th, 2015 Version Update removed the requirement to complete job-specific Trial of the Magians quests to unlock these. For standard jobs, all players receive the corresponding Job Gesture key items automatically. For unlockable jobs, the Job Gesture and corresponding emote are unlocked alongside that job.
The "motion" keyword does not work with /jobemote. Typing in /jobemote with the word "motion" after it will still perform the emote, but unlike with the other "/emote motion" commands, it will still display the normal chat log text associated with that emote.
Emote Examples[]
Party and Linkshell Commands[]
Party commands are used to create and manage parties, Alliances and Linkshells.
/alliancecmd | /autogroup | /breaklinkshell | /decline | /invite | /join |
/linkshell | /lsmes | /makelinkshell | /party | /partycmd | /partyinfo showtp |
/ls2mes |
Gameplay Commands[]
Gameplay commands are used for a variety of gameplay related activities.
Fighting and Movement Commands[]
A subset of the gameplay commands used for fighting and moving around Vana'diel.
Conflict Commands[]
A subset of the gameplay commands used for only during Ballista and/or Brenner.
Storage and Map Commands[]
A subset of the gameplay commands used to view your storage options and Vana'diel maps.
/bank | /besiegemap | /deliverybox | /item | /itemsearch | /keyitem | /layout |
/locker | /mailbox | /map | /mission | /quest | /regionmap | /campaignmap |
/storage | /satchel | /sack | /case | /colonizationmap | /sendpost |
Hobby Commands[]
A subset of the gameplay commands used for various hobbies such as chocobo digging and fishing.
Player Interaction Commands[]
Player Interaction commands are used to find, talk or otherwise interact with other players.
/anon | /away | /blacklist | /befriend | /chatmode | /check | /checkparam | /echo | /friendlist | /hide | /mentor |
/nominate | /online | /propose | /say | /seacom | /seacomup | /search | /shout | /tell | /vote | |
/yell |
System Commands[]
System commands are used to check system status, obtain help, exit the game, etc.
/? | /clock | /emote | /helpdesk | /localsettings | /logout | /names | |
/macro | /playtime | /servmes | /shutdown | /supportdesk | /translate | /timestamp | /ver |
/displayhead | /lockstyle | /itemsearch | /bstpet | /hidetrust | /retr all |
Unknown Commands[]
These are commands which need to be categorized.
This command has been removed from game.
- /targetbnpc
See Also[]
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