#1 FFXIV Controller Guide for Xbox and PS5 for 2024 (UPDATED)
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:27 IMPORTANT QoL Settings
03:55 FFXIV Controller Settings
08:08 FFXIV Controller UI Setup
10:06 How to put Abilities on Top Cross hotbar
12:08 IMPORTANT Controller Tips
14:14 IMPORTANT outro - Ігри
*pulls out notepad and pen*
Hit me with that knowledge!
This was unbelievably helpful, thank you! I have been researching alternative hotbar inputs on controller and this one hit exactly the way I wanted. It made my game way easier to navigate. Even the targeting options was something I didn't even know I could edit, unreal QoL change. Subbed/liked and bookmarked this video.
Hey BunBoss, found your channel through the controller guides and have stayed for various videos since. So glad to see a refresh is coming.
I’d like to see a part of the video focus on the actual location of each skill, and eg. How the rotation would flow in button presses, eg. LX, LY, LLY, LA, would make more sense than LL, RX, LLU… where the first L is trigger, and XYAB and UDLR are the buttons.
Love it. Very detailed and organized. Thank you very much
This guide has been such an amazing help thx
This is a great video, learnt some new tips for my controller use in the game, tank you and peace to you
Thank you for making this! Been playing the beta on xbox and loving it so far,, been looking for a good guide for crossbar ui :)
Glad I could help!
Thank you for making this. Was struggling.
I literally started playing again and immediately used all your guides for my jobs and MAN you're a lifesaver dude. It makes all my jobs so much easier to play and understand with the setups of the gcd's for easy rotations.
💯🙌💜
I just got ff for console and my god is it overwhelmning to start on a controller with only level 90s. Your channel is a godsend
Just recently started on steam deck and the tips you’ve laid out here are incredible. Thank you very much!
New Xbox player here. This video changed everything for me. Thank you for making it. Much ❤!!
Of course!
Good video, I’m new to this on Xbox and this was very helpful. Thanks.
Thanks for the video, it's really helpful!
Dude thx so much for this. Haven't played in ages and going back I was saying I need more hotbars for controller. So nice one for vid. Got me back up to speed and more.
I will always love your controller videos, truly has been a lifesaver and a wonderful starting point when I'm picking up a new job in XIV. I'm looking hella forward to seeing your updated guides come Dawntrail and what hotbars you'll come up with when Pictomancer and Viper drop. And for my personal way of doing things ( at 13:30 ) as a healer main and since I tend to use claw grip when I use a controller I usually end up having my middle or ring finger on L2/LT, my thumb on the stick, and choosing what spell with my pointer. (To be fair though, I do use DUALSHOCK 4 for XIV, hahaha)
Ok I've watched the older vid and now this one and finally 100% understand how to move things on these cross hotbars😂. Thanks for the good info!
Something that I learnt through various guides is that you can put macros 98 and 99 on your right and left joysticks. So I have created a macro which has sprint, peloton and mount roulette (not PvP sprint coz I prefer to use it manually) and put it on my right joystick. It was a massive upgrade coz I could remove 3 buttons from my shared Hotbars and put something more needed like chocobo commands and aether currents compass (need it as a new player) on their slots. Definitely a must have setting for controller players.
As for the mount error that pops on the screen due to the macro, if you put the commands in the order I mentioned, then the errors are drastically reduced. The downside is that you might need to hit the joystick button 3x times at worst as a class with Peloton. Been considering moving mount roulette to my left joystick as I rarely have need for sheathe/unsheathe action.
pro tip! using both triggers (or bumpers depending on preference) will sheathe or unsheathe your weapons!
Adding to this tip, you can use /merror off (or /macroerror off) to disable the macro error messages entirely.
Here's my left-stick macro #98:
/micon "Sprint" action
/merror off
/levelsync
/ridepillion
/ridepillion
/ridepillion
/ridepillion
/ridepillion
/ridepillion
/ridepillion
/ac "Mount Roulette"
/ac "Peloton"
/ac "Sprint"
This will auto-mount any multi-seat mount that a party member has already summoned, and it will use the first available seat that is unoccupied. If it's a 2 seater and someone is already in the second seat, or if there isn't a multi-seat mount available, that's why it's followed immediately by mount roulette so you just call your own mount instead.
Level sync so you can quickly join FATEs. If you're already mounted the mount roulette action will dismount you instead. You can use "/levelsync on" (or off) to be sure it's on even if you accidentally hit the macro again. But I like to keep it as a toggle, comes in handy during group hunts if someone goes down, I can quickly unsync and change to a healer to raise them, then change back to whatever job I was using, sync back and continue with the battle.
I just make sure if I don't want to mount up (ie: I need to un/resync to a FATE) then I just need to be moving when I execute the macro so it cancels the mount roulette action.
And finally when in town or an instanced dungeon/alliance, if you have a class with Peloton it will fire that off, otherwise it will use Sprint as the last command available.
@@furlyghost This also dismounts if you're on a mount.
@@8BitCerberusyou’re a god
This was so helpful thank you very much
Thank you so much!
Played FFXIV on and off since launch, and am just about to come back from a 2.5 year break and have forgotten everything. Gonna be playing on PC with controller and can already tell I’m gonna be using your guides to get set up, purely from how informative this vid is. Nice work mate!
I just wanna say I love you 🤣🤣🤣 I needed this and simplified like this
Love you too
As someone that is returning to the game since the launch of Endwalker this was very helpful. I forgot literally how to do everything and having this guide to help set up my controller again was awesome!
You blessed it with this guide made me love the game even more, definitely limit broke that like button 😂
Thanks this is very helpful
The video we DID know we needed!
You've helped my husband and I so much you're guides amazing! Truly thank you for making these for console players 💜
Thanks for the guide Xbox guy here almost gave up on the game due to control configuration. Big help 🤙🏼
Any time!
Thank you so much for this guide.
Im one of the new xbox players and I've run out of room a while ago
Best crossbar setup, youre the man
Good video. Something I can link for new users.
Awesome video! I look forward to getting into FFXIV and I think these settings will help a lot. However, I used the link in the description to order what I thought was a keyboard and mouse combo, but it was only the keyboard by itself. I found the combo and it is only $10 more on Amazon. The good news is that I tried the keyboard and it is compatible with the Xbox Series X.
if i main astro on controller today 🎮 is cuz of you, ur the best
Thanks for this! Got to level 30 and started to panic with all the new abilities!
I have been playing Gunbreaker on controller without the double hotbar and I thought it was literally impossible. But this has made it 1,000% easier. Thank you so much.
Great video. My biggest takeaway was actually that you can adjust the UI elements size like health bar. I wanted to do that before but i thought it was not possible. Thanks a lot!
As a PC gamer my entire life and having finally bought the Steam Deck from last summer's sale, I'm looking forward to becoming more flexible to switch between platforms.
thank you this was very helpful as a series x player
Tip for d-pad usage while moving with a larger controller like the Steam Deck where the d-pad is not close to your right thumb at all: While on the FFXIV game screen, or even in-game, open Steam's controller configuration editor and set the right touchpad as a d-pad, and each cardinal direction top, left, right, bottom, as the d-pad up, left, right, down, respectively. Make sure it's a 4-way with no overlap, to avoid accidental diagonal inputs that might trigger a different direction than the one you intend.
My personal configuration on Steam Deck, I have the right touchpad normally set as a mouse, and clicking the pad is a left-click. This way I can quickly do commendations, roll on loot while running, access my collapsible hotbars on the side of the screen where I keep things like commonly used emotes, mounts, minions, job changes, etc. But when I hold either trigger, the right touchpad changes into a d-pad. Let go of the trigger and the right touchpad goes back to being a mouse again.
This can work for other handheld PCs that don't have touchpads, but it requires some more complex configuration. I would probably recommend something like when you are holding a trigger, the right stick turns into a d-pad, and when you release the trigger the right stick goes back to being a right stick. You could also do something like making the face buttons either face buttons or a d-pad depending on if you just press them quickly, or if you hold them for ~1 second or so, or quickly double-press them, etc. This one might be ok in normal content but the harder content with tighter windows for timing of abilities, it might be a hindrance.
huge QOL.
now i feel the rhythm!
I’ve watched a lot of ffxiv since I started playing near Xbox release. This gave some great advice for controllers. Gj.
The best way to play this game :) Thank you for this video :) The new players will see how easy it is to play with controller :))
I’m back baby! Except now on Xbox lol. Appreciate the run down on how to use the controller crossbar!
Hello, thank you for the guide to the cross hotbar. That was really helpful.
I have a question regarding the D-pad on controller (or in my case on the RoG Ally). Is there a way to use the up, down, left, right buttons as a shortcut for stuff like inventory, character screen, armoury chest, etc? So far the only use for the D-pad is in combination with the shoulder trigger buttons. In the in-game options I can't even customize the D-pad for any kind of action.
This is awesome
great job i do most of the things you do with the hot bars all players on controller should use the extra cross hotbars its a game changer :)
Yeah as a noob I can't believe how much you can do with a controller. I realised I could walk around but I couldn't do basically anything then someone told me about controller mode and cross hotbars. Super cool system
Thank you, like the new gamepad viewer.
Enjoy it
How is healing on the Xbox? Or just controller in general? Tx.
Very helpful video btw.
Since you can tell the game to automatically switch to a specific hotbar when you sheathe weapons, there's no need to waste the expanded hotbar (two trigers at once) for shared actions you'll never use in combat! I use mine for tank AoEs and range attacks, for DPS Peloton, AoEs and DoTs, and for spellcaster instant attacks. Anything without a cooldown that I'm likely to use while running during a multiplayer duty goes there.
You can also customize which hotbars tapping R1 will cycle through when your weapon is drawn, so I made mine toggle between two hotbars only. I use this for my Black Mage: the two hotbars are nearly identical, but with some single-target spells (fire3, fire4, ice3, thunder) replaced by AoE spells (fire2, flare, ice2, thunder2). That way I can just tap R1 when we get to a boss, and tap R1 again when we're back to dealing with crowds, and my muscle memory is shared between the two!
Ah I haven't played since stormblood when I had to get rid of my ps4. Definitely what I needed as a returner I don't remember all my settings from back then so this was crazy useful. Thanks!
I imagine you'll be making updated controller setups for Dawntrail? I used your guides for all my classes and they work great.
Yes!
I think the only thing that sucks as a controller player is when you get stick drift because as far as I know rn you are not able to adjust controller stick deadzones like you could on the PS4 version of FF14. If someone knows where it's at or how to access it on the PS5 version it'd be a great help.
Hey there.
There are few controllers out with magnetic sticks. No drift ever.
Or on ps5 the edge pro controller, 5000h and i have any weardown on any button or trigger. Even the fine texture on Rt/Lt and on sticks is like brand new.
After dozens of controllers on 5 systems i can fairly say the edge pro takes the cake, nothing compares
worth noting, Dpad + buttons vs Dpad + Dpad really comes down to whether or not the visual of the Dpad on the right side when you hold R trigger, or buttons being on the left side when you hold L trigger is difficult for you to wrap your brain around. Dpad + Dpad changes it so that Dpad inputs are ALWAYS on the left side and Button inputs are ALWAYS on the right side which is less visually confusing to some but requires you to rememeber which trigger accesses which group of abilities.
I've tried both and concluded that it really comes down to muscle memory regardless, but truthfully when i'm learning a new rotation on an unfamilier job Dpad + Dpad is probably easier when i'm stll scanning the hotbar for the ability i'm looking for and then visually linking it up to the right face button or Dpad to press.
good stuff
As a returning player who’s forgotten all of this, this was very helpful.
Thanks for the video.
As for d-pad skills, I would buy the vader 3 pro, it's like 30-50$ on aliexpress, it has 4 back buttons and 2 extra face buttons. I like it far more than my xbox elite 2.
On PC you can use steam input (only for elite 2 wired or with dongle) or reWASD (vader 3 pro) to set really nice controller profiles,
e.g. you can map a short press to a back button for it to trigger a d-pad keystroke AND you can also add a hold function to the same button, so if you hold that button it gets a different action without triggering the d-pad keystroke.
It opens a lot of possibilities. e.g. holding that one back button changes my whole controller, Y, A, B, X etc get completely new functions without triggering their normal ones.
Consoles are more limited but still, mapping d-pad to back buttons is possible, not sure if you can use the vader 3 pro on consoles.
In general, get a controller with extra buttons, huge QoL.
Thanks bun, this helped me a lot, super clean setup now on console and looking forward to Dra-gooning all over my enemies.
This is actually an insanely good guide for Xbox players lol
This video is GOATED
For people who have trouble using expanded controls, you can set both of the displayed cross hotbars to the same one so that you gain access to 1 hotbar whenever you hold both triggers down. That way, it doesn't matter if you're holding R2/RT or L2/LT first, either combo brings up the same hotbar. You lose a hotbar but it streamlines the triggers and helps with flow
I am a returning player at lvl 70 and overwhelmed at how much I have to relearn…. This video is amazing, thank you so much!!!
Amazing video i used to play ff14 but took along break ,, please can you explain how to have a back up for everything , like how to make a copy of my setting just in case ,
Personally I have cross hotbars 1, 2, and 3 as unshared cross hotbars. I use cross hotbar 2 as my wxhb and cross hotbar 3 left as L2 > R2. I use a shared hotbar (8) for R2> L2 though. I keep some things like role actions or tank stance or stuff like Swiftcast/surecast/raise/thin air etc on L2> R2. Can also put items there like food or Ethers/potions/ cordials etc. It gives me 8 more job specific buttons to mess with. On R2> L2 are things you want for every job like teleport, sprint, mount, limit break, etc. I have cross hotbar 4 shared and use it for chocobo actions / commands as well as gysahl greens and chocobo food (I like mimett gourd for healing potency). I like to have both cross hotbars visible to see cooldowns.
I've been a keyboard girlie since launch, even now as I play on ps5. I want to figure controller out so bad so I can relax on my couch while I play 😂
Sprint and Mount on R3 or L3 with a Macro. Saves so much trigger tapping.
Only issue I’ve had for the year I’ve played now is selecting target. I tank and it’s a little cumbersome to single target an enemy to get enmity after you ran thru and grabbed a group and there’s a straggler you need to grab
Is there a way to hide the extended crossbar on all of the shared hotbars (so all except 1 and 2)? It woupd be nice to switch to a hotbar when im out of combat that doesnt have the extended one up and removes some screen clutter
Hey thankyou for your guide i am completley new to ff this is my very first game your guide was very useful, this is gonna be a bit of a dum question but in the hud layout how do i move the displays around coz im on controller and it only lets me resise them
Virtual mouse or you can use the d pad when you are on a display.
What changes at level 30? Can you make a video on that. I can't have anything change on me. I love this set up
Just your cross hot bar with new abilities, you can place it back to the way you have it but it just automatically resets
Hi you had a video with 4 hit bars up. How do I set the other hot bars for L1 l2 r1 r1
You definitely wanna be able to target friendly npcs if you're maining a healer in ultimates, healing horsefart in dsr is impossible otherwise. Not just for hard content but also leveling quests aswell, there's a lot of emphasis on npcs tanking mobs for you and you having to spot heal them. These situations are niche, but being unable to perform these tasks lead to very big bumps in the road if you're doing any of these things for obvious reasons.
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I apologize if it's been asked already, but how do I add skills to the lt+rt cross hotbar?
Ahhh I figured it out. This whole time I thought you had to hold lt+rt at the same time, not one then the other afterwards. 😂
Controller player since PS4 launch and now play on PS5. Never used double cross hotbar in raids. Tried it once doing MSQ and hated it. Its far easier in my mind to hit R1 plus the button i need than to double tap R2 and hold. This is a personal choice of course, but none of my jobs have more than three cross hotbar setups and my fourth is locked for all jobs for things like items, mounts, emotes, and chocobo controls. Thats all you need. I def agree you should lock atleast 1 cross hotbar. As i said its all about personal choice, and how your mind controls your hands. Go with whats easiest for you.
Great guide. I still cannot figure out what you're doing with the cross hotbars. I cannot seem to figure out what you're doing. My top hotbars are blank and I cannot seem to get anything in them. It appears you're saying those top ones are merely mirrors?
R1 to switch to the other cross hot bars. 10:05
The top cross hot bars are are just cross hot bar 2.
I wanted to try using controller because my tendonitis is getting worse as I get older, and I'd hoped this would solve the skill accessibility issues. Unfortunately, for reasons my friends and I can't work out, my experience with this setup is that it drops combos more often than not. They won't even proc from the first skill, meaning I have to attack several times with my base attack before I can even move on to the next step. Not sure if there's an option or something conflicting with the setup? Either way, thanks for sharing your tutorial. I wish it had worked for me.
That doesn’t sound like a controller issue at all. If you press the button and attack and it doesn’t proc the next gcd that sounds like a system issue.
How do I move my UI around if I don't have keyboard /mouse? I can change size, but not move the bars. For example. Moving tall 1 to right of my screen. It's in the middle.
Could someone tell me what’s an ideal Receiving/Sending values? Would really appreciate;)
My question is how do I move HUD things, such as job gauge. I'm a monkey who play war and me not able to figure it out
I started playing on xbox a couple days ago and my God the ui is confusing to navigate, this is extremely helpful though thank you
Still an order of magnitude better than fuckin Guild Wars 2...
Great video but on controller w the consoles very difficult to do in hud layout, following your steps about 10 mins in on console moving and re sizing things is utter pain
Unfortunately it’s just the nature of the beast with ffxiv. The only way around is to buy a cheap mouse keyboard to attach to your console. Good luck 🍀
So Question if i use a Controller Keyboard? Dose it work, for example could ein use hotbars with it and AT the Same time the Cross hotbar??
I guess technically but I’m not sure about the input process with it and if it would cause too much of a delay for console. Maybe for pc but it sounds like you are on console. It may not have enough processing power to catch multiple
Commands at the same time
@@BunBossFFXIV hmm okay ill give it a try and hope it wont cause to much delay
Ive set up my crossbars exactly like this but I can still press RB and it cycles through set 1, set 2 and also set 8 (with all red buttons on it). How do I turn this off as there’s no need to RB cycle any more?
All shared cross hotbars are going to be able to cycled through. My method wouldn't matter if it was shared or not because we don't use r1 ever in rotations
My left and right with cross hot bar only has 4 buttons each
Really helpful video but I am having trouble with 2nd cross bar not having..
X, square, triangle, circle ( L2 side )
D-pad left, up, right, down ( on R2 side )
Did I do something wrong ?
I’ve liked and subscribed to your channel also, thx
I had the same issue under Hotbar Settings under Enable WXHB with Simultaneous LT and RT double tap make sure Enable Directional and Action Buttons is selected
Has anyone had an issue with their controller double pressing a button on PC?
I’ll be in menus and they will auto close out or take me to the “are you sure you want to do this” menu because it’ll double tab the “B” button even though I’ve pressed it once.
Drivers up to date, and on two different Xbox Controllers. I’ve seen one other person post about it online, but no one responded to their thread lol 😭
Anyone else run into this??
Ok so on PlayStation that method doesn’t work for moving abilities to the top hot bar when ur in edit it won’t let you double tap to go to the second one
Sure does. It’s the same on every console. I play on ps4 as well. 10:05
You may just not understand the mechanics of it if you are new to the game.
@@BunBossFFXIV lol your right I figured it out I was trying r2 instead of r1 after I reminded a hundred times I finally figured out that I’m the morron 😂
Is this guide different from your original guide?
It’s an expanded and updated version. Since they have added new settings, and more detailed visual guide for double cross hot bar etc. it’s just to have an updated one for 2024 with better editing and keeping the information relevant and fresh for new players
How do i switch with R1/L1 with mycross hotbars? I cant find the option. Have to double click R2/L2
If I understand your question 10:05
I followed everything exactly but I still can't put any new abilities on the Two new crossbars.
Press r1
10:05
can you do it the same on ps5 controller I have tried and I can't put anything on the crossbars I'm new on this game
Yep, you just use r1 to switch between cross hot bars. Go to 10:05 to learn how to do it
It won’t let me edit to the top hotbar only button ones on Xbox can you help
10:05
@@BunBossFFXIV mine doesn’t say edit with rb select tho
@@BunBossFFXIV so any idea
No matter how meticulously i follow this ... still wont let me put ANYTHING in the upper crossbars .. nothing shifts over (on xbox)
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If you still have issues after that section just join the discord and ask in the controller help and show pictures can usually solve it pretty easy.
Hold rb and go to second cross bar BEFORE you add abilities.when you have the second cross bar where your first one was ,then go to add abilities. When your done hold rb again and go back to your first cross bar
I honestly put ALL the spell effects on "limited".
They're just too big and too flashy, and I hate it.
I don't want a glow-in-the-dark, tie-dye Picasso replica done by a kindergartner on cocaine...I want a well-lit Mona Lisa.
I'd go for "none" but you have to have some sort of visual indicator of the situation.
Buntastic video man!
Bun, is there any chance you could do controller layout guides for the DoH/DoL classes like you did for the DoW/DoM ones? There's literally nothing out there but people rambling on for 20+ mins. And your DoW/DoM controller layout guides have been amazing. Been sharing them with all the Xbox players when I see them in dungeons.
I just use one cross hotbar and swap between the 2-3 sets via the right bumper. Does anyone else play like this or do most controller players use the double-trigger tap style?
I do and personally it's far easier to have everything shown at once versus switching back and forth between hotbars
@@scrollingthru45 makes sense. I think it's just easier for me to tap the bumper to swap vs doing something like double tapping or holding one or both triggers
@@JustDekuYeah whatever feels best for you. I had a friend who played super disorganized but somehow still made it work
This becomes cumbersome at level 80 and above because youll have so many abilities you’ll need 3 sets of RB hot bars and won’t be able to see cool-downs or chain attacks easily.
@@Joeguard1990 probably, but I've personally been fine doing stuff with level 90 move sets. Becomes a muscle memory thing. Granted, it's the only way I've played for years lol
People will play with all effects turned on UNTIL they get to a Stormblood alliance raid and they cant see what's happening because of skills and spells. XD
New drinking game. Take a shot everytime he says hotbar.
I might be a bit thick, but I can not for the life of me understand the placing abilities on the 2 top hot bars, lol
10:06
Me either, all due respect to the vets idk if they just know how strange what they're saying is to sprouts. Im trying to do what he says and just said screw it. Its too frustrating
Nm figured it out, you have to hit Rb to switch the bottom hotbar to the top hotbar then change thwt hotbar like this. Idk why this system is so confusing