A Guide to Glamour in FFXIV (2024)

Most of the time, when I get a request from Patrons, I’m asked to put together a new glamour, but returning player and Patron Helena wanted to see a breakdown of how glamour works in the game now. It’s changed a lot since it was first added duringA Realm Reborn,after all, and it can be tricky to find information on the changes and how everything works in tandem now.With that in mind, here’s theFashion Ninjutsuguide to glamour (current as of 5.1).

FFXIV‘s glamour system, which allows the player to have a different item’s appearance display over the appearance of another item, started out fairly complex, with around 40 “catalyst” items, each one tied to a different material type and item level. The action to glamour couldn’t be unlocked until level 50, either, making it more of an “endgame” activity than one that was core to the game. Since the glamour system’s introduction in Patch 2.2, it’s been adjusted to make things much simpler and cement it as one of the game’s core features.

You unlock the ability to glamour your gear by completing the level 15 quest “If I Had A Glamour” from the NPC Swyrgeim (X 12.7, Y 14.3). Swyrgeim has two other important quests as well: “Color Your World” (which will allow you to dye items) and “Absolutely Glamourous” (which will allow level 15+ Disciples of the Hand to create Glamour Prisms), so I’d recommend taking care of all three of them at the same time!

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Once you complete “If I Had A Glamour,” you’ll receive the general action Cast Glamour and a handful of Glamour Prisms, which are required to cast glamours on your other items.

If you’re coming back to the game after a long absence, Glamour Prisms are now all-purpose! They work for gear of all levels and item levels, and they no longer need to be matched to the type of gear you’re glamouring! If you have any of the old “specialized” glamour prisms, like a Grade 2 Glamour Prism (Clothcraft), you can exchange them (and any Graded Clear Prisms) with Tataroga in Mor Dhona (X 22.2, Y 6.8) for the newer all-purpose Glamour Prisms and Clear Prisms.

With that out of the way, you’re all set! Applying a glamour is fairly straightforward. You can either use the Cast Glamour action directly (such as by placing it on a hotbar), which will open the Cast Glamour menu, or you can open the subcommand menu on an item and selecting Cast Glamour there, which will do the same. Once you’re in the menu, you can select the base item you want to change on the left, and the item that has the appearance you want on the right. As with many things, you’ll get a confirmation window after that, and once you confirm, the base item will take on the appearance of your selected item (and you’ll expend one Glamour Prism).

There are a few things to keep in mind while you’re glamouring:

  • Your base item has to be of equal or higher level than the item whose appearance you want to glamour, meaning that you can’t glamour the appearance of a level 50 piece of gear onto a level 1 piece of gear. Note that this does not apply toitem level, though: you can glamour an item level 350 piece of gear onto an item level 300 piece of gear, since they would both be level 70. That’s generally not going to be important, but it might matter sometimes if you’re glamouring gear to equip on your retainers.
  • A glamoured appearance will only display when worn by a class or job that can normally wear the item. You can’t glamour Paladin’s Valor Surcoat to wear while you’re playing Dark Knight—the base item’s appearance will be displayed instead. If you swap to Paladin, the Valor Surcoat’s appearance will display, though. While this used to be a major snag for glamouring job-specific gear while playing multiple jobs of the same role (which often share gear), we have a little more freedom now thanks to the new Glamour Dresser and Glamour Plates, which we’ll get to soon enough.
  • If you try to glamour the appearance of an item that is already “holding” a glamour, you’ll get an error message. You’ll have to remove the glamour using a Glamour Dispeller (which you do in the Cast Glamour menu by selecting “Remove” in the right column instead of an item) before you can copy the original item’s appearance over using a Glamour Prism.
  • Whenever you cast a glamour, any dye already applied to the item that has the appearance you’re copying is carried over, including expensive dyes like Pure White and Jet Black. You can use this feature to “store” expensive dyes on items you frequently use for glamour without having to spend another dye, which is a major cost-saving measure!

That’s all you need to do to unlock the basics of the glamour system, and you can get by without ever using any of the more advanced options. If you’re looking for more flexibility, though, you’ll want to check out the Glamour Dresser, which doubles as extra glamour storage and a way to save full glamour sets for later.

WhileFFXIVstill doesn’t have a glamour log of some kind (likeWorld of Warcrafthas for transmogrification), it does now have something of a band-aid fix in the form of the new Glamour Dresser. Once you’ve unlocked the ability to cast glamours, all you need to do to use the Glamour Dresser is go to an inn room in one of the major city states or the Grand Company Squadron Barracks, where you’ll find it waiting for you.

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The Glamour Dresser serves two main functions, as I mentioned above. Firstly, you can use it to store up to 400 pieces of gear, sorted by their equipment slot. Storing an item in the Glamour Dresser requires expending a single Glamour Prism and preserves dyes (so that you can save those expensive Pure Whites and Jet Blacks!). This “converts” the item into a glamour, which is a holdover from the Dresser’s original implementation where the actual item was permanently lost once stored inside. Happily, you can now add and remove items from the Glamour Dresser as much as you like, provided you’ve got the necessary Glamour Prisms.

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But storage isn’t really the main draw of the Glamour Dresser, glamour is! On a basic level, you can use the dropdown menu on any item in your Dresser to apply it to your currently equipped gear in that slot. The real function of the Dresser, though, is the creation of Glamour Plates from the items you’ve stored within. While browsing your Dresser, you can go to Edit Glamour Plates, which will open up a window a bit like the character equipment window, showing all of your gear slots and your character model. By clicking on a slot, you’ll see your Glamour Dresser inventory tab to that equipment type, and from there, you can assign any appropriate item you’ve got in your Glamour Dresser to the Plate. You can also apply items from the Armoire to a Glamour Plate with the Open Armoire button. Once you’ve created a full set, you can Save the Glamour Plate at the bottom of the window.

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You can then apply that Glamour Plate directly from the Glamour Dresser, or you can use the Glamour Plates option from your Character menu to do the same (though you can only apply Glamour Plates in residential areas, city-states, and hubs like Idyllshire or Rhalgr’s Reach). Doing so doesnotconsume any Glamour Prisms, since you already spent them when you stored the items in the Glamour Dressers. You can store up to 15 Glamour Plates in this way, allowing you to save staple glamours that you’ll reapply often, saving both time and Prisms. You can edit any Glamour Plates in much the same way as your created them in the first place, allowing you to keep them easily updated as you change your glamours.

That’s not all, though! You can also link Glamour Plates to your gear sets (from the dropdown menus in your list of gear sets), so that they’ll be automatically applied whenever you switch to that set. You can use this to apply different glamours to jobs that are sharing the same gear, like your Paladin and Dark Knight gear sets. This allows you to get around the problem of glamouring job-specific gear onto shared gear, too. Simply set up two plates: one with the job-specific glamour for your Paladin (or whatever job) and one with another glamour for your Dark Knight. Then link those two Plates to the appropriate gear sets, and you’re good to go!

Linking Glamour Plates to your gear sets also makes reapplying them when you get new gear very easy. Once you’ve updated the gear set to include your new gear, if you’ve already linked a Glamour Plate to the set, that Plate will be applied automatically the next time you equip the set. That’s especially handy if you’re leveling a job and want to maintain a look the whole way, since you’ll frequently be updating your gear.

Recent updates also allow you to apply glamours from your Glamour Dresser (and the Armoire) to members of your Grand Company Squadron, too. You can’t currently use Glamour Plates for members of your Squadron, but being able to pull directly from the Dresser is still a nice quality of life addition (and I wouldn’t be surprised if they add the ability to use Plates for them eventually, too).

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That should cover everything you need to know! I’ll be trying to keep this guide updated as new changes come in from Patches and hotfixes. In the mean time, if you’ve got any questions (or if I’ve forgotten something!), feel free to drop me a line on Twitter (@alahrav), and I’ll do what I can to help!

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A Guide to Glamour in FFXIV (2024)

FAQs

A Guide to Glamour in FFXIV? ›

To unlock the ability to glamour, you need to be at least level 15 and be far enough in the main scenario quests to access Western Thanalan. In Vesper Bay, you'll find a female NPC with an eccentrically colored outfit named Swyrgeim, who will give you the quest “If I Had a Glamour.”

How do I start glamour? ›

To unlock the ability to glamour, you need to be at least level 15 and be far enough in the main scenario quests to access Western Thanalan. In Vesper Bay, you'll find a female NPC with an eccentrically colored outfit named Swyrgeim, who will give you the quest “If I Had a Glamour.”

When to use glamour prism? ›

Use a glamour prism to convert the item

When you are ready to convert the item, select "Yes." * One glamour prism will be consumed per item. Converting an item to a glamour will remove materia and most aetherial bonuses, spiritbond will be reset to 0%. Dyes will not be removed.

How to save glamour in FF14? ›

Save your outfit to a glamour plate and apply the whole thing at once!
  1. Access the glamour dresser. Interact with the glamour dresser and select "Edit Glamour Plates."
  2. Select the items you wish to include. Select a category (head, body, etc.) ...
  3. Select "Save" to keep your changes. ...
  4. Select "Apply" to cast the glamours. ...
  5. Finished!

How to become glamour? ›

Keep your body clean and tidy.
  1. Take regular showers to keep your body clean and smelling fresh. Avoid overly scented soaps, as these may clash with perfume you use. ...
  2. Use deodorant and anti-antiperspirant. ...
  3. Keep hair and nails appropriately trimmed and maintained.
  4. Don't forget to brush your teeth after every meal too!

What job makes Glamour prisms? ›

If you want to craft your own Glamour Prisms and Glamour Dispellers, you can easily do this once you level any Disciple of Hand job up to 15 and speak to Swyrgeim in Vesper Bay in Western Thanalan and take the quest "Absolutely Glamorous".

How to unlock glamor plates? ›

The glamour system unlocks once you hit level 15 and reach Vesper Bay, where the Scions' headquarters at the Waking Sands is. Speak with Swyrgeim to start the If I Had a Glamour quest. You'll find her at coordinates X: 12.6 Y: 14.3 in Western Thanalan.

Where do I learn to craft Glamour prisms? ›

Glamour prism crafting recipes can be obtained from Goberin in western Thanalan (X:12.1 Y:15.0) or Tataroga in Mor Dhona (X:22.1 Y:6.7) after completing the sidequest Absolutely Glamourous. A glamour prism projects the image of one item onto another. Make sure you have enough glamour prisms before you begin.

Can I glamour relic weapons? ›

You can't put the actual weapons into your glamour dresser, so you will need to buy replicas if you want to use them in glamour plates.

Where to store glamour FFXIV? ›

The armoire and glamour dresser can ease this problem. Certain items such as seasonal event costumes can be placed in the armoire, with no upper limit on the number of items that can be stored. For items that cannot be kept in the armoire, there is the glamour dresser. Dyed items can be placed in glamour dressers.

How do you use glam in Ffxiv? ›

To cast a glamour, use Cast Glamour from Actions & Traits or highlight an item, press X (□ on PS5™/PS4™, X on Xbox Series X|S) to open its subcommands, then select Cast Glamour. Alternatively, you can access a glamour dresser in an inn room.

What does the armoire do in FFXIV? ›

The Armoires can hold unique Event equipment and Job-specific equipment only, so please be aware that you cannot use it for general storage.

How to get glamour dispeller? ›

Glamour dispellers are available from the market board or vendors.

How to start glamour modeling? ›

To get started, study fashion photography trends and modelling techniques. This will help you understand the basics of what is involved in the glamour modeling industry. Many steps must be taken to succeed, so don't be discouraged. Be persistent – don't give up on your dream until you've achieved it!

How do you become a glamour model? ›

To jumpstart your career as a glamour model, you need to ooze confidence and have a professional portfolio that showcases your body of work. Although you may freelance, working with a modeling agency can help you set boundaries and book jobs. Join Backstage to access jobs you can apply to right now!

How do I get access to glamour dresser? ›

You can find the glamour dresser in inn rooms in places such as Limsa Lominsa, Gridania, and Ul'dah. * You must have unlocked the "Cast Glamour" action to access the glamour dresser.

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