New Player Guide  

I'm creating this guide for new players. This guide will help new players understand what to do and where to go. There will be "Most asked questions" section. Also, I will be adding information that newer players have asked about on the forums. If you're looking at this and you'd like to add something, Go For It! Let's try to give them everything they need to get started and love FFXI as much as we do.

If you are a new player.. and don't see what you need here, feel free to post on the Allakhzam main Final Fantasy Forum. Allakhazam Main Final Fantasy Forum

If your question deals more with a certain job, go to the job forums, and select the right forum for that job. Allakhazam Final Fantasy Job Forums

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The first few minutes

  • There are many job choices in Final Fantasy XI. You will pick your very first job in character creation. This is where you pick your Race, Gender, Starting Nation, and Job.
A word of advice: During character creation make sure you really like your race and gender. You can not change these unless you make a new character. You can change nations and jobs, so it's not as important. I realized I hated my character model around level 60 on my first character. I played her for 3 1/2 years. Choose carefully, and you won't have that problem.

  • After you pick your nation, you will receive and opening movie for the nation you picked. Once that is over, you will actually be able to function as a player. You will "Spawn". (Cheers!!). If you're wondering why you are unable to do anything.. Or why these weird people are talking to you, it's because they are NPCs(Non player characters). Click the enter button on your keyboard or the X button on your PS2 controller. This is the A key on your Xbox controller. Read what they say, and answer the questions they ask you. Once you have scrolled through all the text, you'll be able to actually start the game. Basically, this is just and introduction to your Nation.
Note: Do not try to speak to these people. They will not answer back, as they are not real. All characters with green names are NPCs.

  • How to move: Weirdly enough this is actually confusing for the new player. If you are playing with a controller for xbox or ps2, you will be using the joy stick to move. On the PC you will use the number pad. 8 is up. 2 is down. 4 is left. 6 is right. If you are using a lap top, it's a little different, and takes some setting up.
Laptop- press your FN button. Usually it's a button with blue letters. FN stands for function. Press that button and hold it in while you press the blue - button. It is usually on the normal key ; or :. Once you have done that, your menu should open. Scroll down to Config>>>Misc. 2. From here you can enable the compact keyboard settings, which will enable WASD to move your character and the arrow keys and IJKL to move the camera. Specifically under the movement menu, you can set a custom key assignment. On my laptop I have it set with 8KUO as up down left right. This is useful for me, but you can do whatever you like. Next go back one menu and click compact keyboard. Again, this isn't the way you have to do it, but it's what I find easiest.

Twadd's Journey (The journey of a new player)- I recommend reading these posts before proceeding further as a new player. Honestly, there is some reason helpful information in these posts. I'll try my best to add a lot of it to this guide directly, but some of it is best left in context.

The excitement

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Day 6

Day 7

Day 8

Day 9

Day 9

Day 10

Day 11

What do I do now?

Well, there are a few ideas on what is best to do. I recommend going outside the town and beginning leveling. Some people say you can learn the ropes of the city by spending time there, and doing quests. There are a lot of things to learn in the cities, so it may be a good idea to check that stuff out first. Have fun!

Random Info

  • You do not need a World Pass to play FFXI. Currently you may pick your server from a list during Character Creation.

  • DO NOT DROP BEASTMAN SEALS

  • Many items in your inventory can be sorted. This is good news because you will find your inventory filling up very fast. To sort inventory it's very easy. Open your menu by pressing the – button on your keyboard(for pc). Scroll down and select "items". Press the + button on your number pad. Select "Auto">>click enter>>>and select "Yes". Your inventory is now sorted.

  • /heal and ctrl-h allow you to heal yourself after battle. Be careful when doing this though. Make sure you are out of range of any mobs that are aggressive. (Aggro is the term used to when a mob is aggressive toward a player. "I got aggro" is what you would.) Sometimes even if a mob is too weak to be worth while, it can aggro you. If you are healing using /heal or ctrl-h this will happen if it is normally an aggressive mob.

  • At level Ten, people begin to party. This is Final Fantasy XI's main way of leveling. There are some jobs capable of soloing, but most of the time you will spend your time leveling in groups. The most common party spot from level 10-20 is Valkurm Dunes.

  • PT stands for party. A lot of times people will send you a /tell that just says "PT?". That means they want you to come party with them. When asking you to party you may also receive /tells that say "(Team up?}" Or "(Party}?" Those also mean they want you to come party with them.

  • What are those green and red () around some words when people are talking to me? Final Fantasy XI has an auto-translate function. Many of the players are from all around the world. FFXI is equipped with a Japanese/Germain/French/English translating system. So if you type "Hello"...then press the Tab key on your keyboard, it will show up the autotranslated version. Then if you send it to people who only speak Japanese/French/German they will understand what you are trying to say. There are many many words in the Auto-translate dictionary.

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