Glamours

See also: Glamour Dressers, Glamour Sets and Dye (action)

Glamour is Final Fantasy XIV's vanity system first introduced in patch 2.2. It allows the player to transform the appearance of their gear into that of other gear. The transformation only affect the appearance of that piece of gear and does not affect its stats. It allows the player to take on various appearances, regardless of the gear they are wearing.

The glamour system can be used on all gear the same or lower equipment level than your current gear. After using a glamour prism, the gear being copied can be entrusted to your retainer. As long as the base gear and the gear being copied occupy the same number of gear slots, you can copy the appearance of any gear equippable by your current class or job. Glamour Dressers were added in Patch 4.2, allowing for 800 items to be stored at the cost of 1 Glamour Prism (each) and their appearance can be reused over and over. Dressers are found in Inn Rooms.

Most visible gear including weapons, shields, armor, and accessories can be altered. However, the Facewear slot is not considered as "gear" that can be glamoured; that slot is considered part of the Fashion Accessories system.

Unlock

From patch 4.1 onward, players only need to be level 15 instead of 50 to unlock Glamours. Old unlock quests A Self-improving Man and Submission Impossible in Revenant's Toll can now be done at level 15. Requirements for the recipe books and recipes are also reduced to level 15.

Additionally, due to Mor Dhona being a high-leveled area, new alternative unlock quests have been added in Vesper Bay in Western Thanalan:

If I Had a Glamour

• Level requirement: 15
• NPC: Swyrgeim in Western Thanalan (X:12.6 Y:14.3)
• Unlock:   Cast Glamour,   Glamour Plate

Absolutely Glamourous

• Level requirement: 15 Disciple of the Hand
• NPC: Swyrgeim in Western Thanalan (X:12.6 Y:14.3)
• Requirement: Completion of If I Had a Glamour
• Unlock:   Glamour Prism Master Recipe Tomes

A second vendor for Glamour items has also been added to Vesper Bay: Goberin (X:12.1, Y:15.0).

Usage

Requirements and Restrictions

Glamours may be cast with any items that meet the following conditions:

1. The base and projected items are of the same type.
2. The equipment level of the projected item is equal to or lower than the base item. (Note that this is not the item level, it's the minimum character level that can use the item)
3. The base item and projected item can be equipped by the same class or job.
4. The base item and projected item can be equipped by the same gender or race.

For gear occupying more than one gear slot:

• The base item and projected item must occupy the same gear slot.
  • Multi-slot gear considers one of their slots to be their "base slot". For example,   Herklaedi considers the body slot to be its base slot. This is the slot that must match between the base item and projected item.
• If multi-slot gear is projected, then it will override the appearance all gear slots that the "real" item would normally remove.
  • For example, a projected Herklaedi will override the appearance of hands, legs, and feet slots.
• If projecting onto multi-slot gear, then only the base slot's appearance can be customized. Any slots that the multi-slot gear removes will display as empty.
  • For example: Herklaedi will only accept projections of a body piece. If this is done, the character will appear to wear the projected body piece, but their arms, legs, and feet slots will all display as if they were empty.
  • This effectively means that multi-slot gear "locks out" customization on all slots except the base slot. For example: if equipping a   Vermilion Cloak of Casting, then it is not possible to project the appearance of any head slot item.

Additional notes:

• The equipment requirements of a glamoured item are identical to the base item.
  • For example: suppose the projected item is level 1 gear, and the base item is level 50 gear. The glamoured item will use the base item's requirements, so it requires being level 50 to equip.
• The appearance of the base item will be used in the event your current class cannot equip the projected item.
  • For example: Suppose a   Magus's Jacket (Blue Mage only) is projected onto an   Augmented Shire Philosopher's Coat (gear for casters), but then a Red Mage equips the glamoured item. The projected item (Magus's Jacket) cannot be equipped by Red Mage, so the item will default to its base appearance (Augmented Shire Philosopher's Coat).

Application

Cast Glamour

1. A piece of equipment can be manually cast as a glamour onto another piece of equipment if you are carrying both of them in your inventory or armoury chest.
2. It costs one glamour prism to cast a glamour.
3. Right click or open the subcommand menu of the item you want to keep the stats of, but change the appearance of.
4. Choose "Cast Glamour"
5. On the left, a list of equipment you own will be displayed. This list displays which items will keep their stats but change their appearance.
6. On the right, a list of equipment you own will be displayed. This is the list of items you can apply the appearance of onto the equipment chosen on the left list.
7. Choose the item on the right list you want to make the item on the left look like. If you cannot cast a glamour due to a level or class restriction it will be greyed out.
8. A window will open with two entries: the base item will preserve its stats, but take on the appearance of the appearance item. It will cost one glamour prism. Choose "cast" to confirm.
9. Both items will be bound to you if they are not already bound. The base item will keep its stats, but look like the appearance item when equipped.

Glamour Creation

1. Note the Requirements and Restrictions above — the glamour will only work if is it equal to or below the level of the item you apply it to. Note that it's the "level" (as in the minimum level the character has to be) NOT the "item level" which affects whether the glamour will work.
2. Ensure that you have a Glamour Prism.
3. Ensure that you're in possession of an item which you want to use the appearance of but which you're happy to store temporarily.
4. Ensure that the item you're going to turn into a glamour is not equipped.
5. Go to your Glamour Dresser, there's one in your Inn room and in the Grand Company squadron room, and use it.
6. Two windows will open. On the right is the Glamour Creation window.
7. If it's in your inventory, rather than your armoury, you'll be able to find the item in the list right now.
8. If it's in your armoury click on "Location" and then the relevant section. At this point you should be able to find the item.
9. Either way, once you've found it, click on it.
10. Make sure you've selected the right item before you take "Yes" from the dialog, because once you've done that the item you've chosen will be temporarily stored in the Glamour Dresser and it will become a glamour (and a Glamour Prism will be used up).
11. You can retrieve an item placed in the glamour dresser using the Restore Item subcommand. It will be placed in your inventory or armoury chest, and bound to you.

Glamour Plate Creation

Once you have one or more glamours you can apply them either individually or in groups to a Glamour Plate.

1. Go to your Glamour Dresser, there's one in your Inn room, and use it.
2. Two windows will open. On the left is the Glamour Dresser window.
3. Click on "Edit Glamour Plates"
4. The Glamour Plate Creation window opens.
5. Click on the plate you want to set up, one of the numbered buttons at the top. A plate is a term for an outfit, although it won't necessarily overwrite the entire outfit, i.e. you don't have to fill all the slots to use it.
6. To either side of the image of you are the slots.
7. Click one of the ones for which you've created a glamour.
8. Click the glamour in the Gear Selection window.
9. Repeat the above two steps until you have the outfit you'll want to apply.
10. Click Save.

Glamour Plate Application

1. Put on the items you want to change the appearance of.
2. Either
   1. Go to your Glamour Dresser, there's one in your Inn room, and use it.
   2. Two windows will open. On the left is the Glamour Dresser window.
   3. Click on "Edit Glamour Plates"
   4. OR
   5. (While within a city) Open your Character window and click on the Glamour Plate button
3. The Glamour Plate Creation window or the Plate Selection window opens (respectively).
4. Click on the plate you want apply to the items you're wearing, one of the numbered buttons at the top.
5. Click "Apply"

If the items you're wearing fulfil the Requirements and don't conflict with the Restrictions then all the items you're wearing that are in slots that are in the Plate should change their appearance.

Removing Glamours

When in possession of a glamour dispeller, the Remove option will be available in the Cast Glamour interface.

• The glamour dispeller will be consumed upon use.
•   Glamour Dispellers may be purchased from the following vendors:

Vendor	Location / Coordinates	Section	Cost	Unlock req.
Amalj'aa Vendor	Southern Thanalan (23.3, 14.1)	Purchase Items	500	A Real Bad Ash
Amalj'aa Vendor	Southern Thanalan (23.3, 14.1)	Steel Amalj'ok Exchange	1	You Bet Your Ash I
Apartment Merchant	Kobai Goten Apartment Lobby (6.1, 6)	Purchase Items	500	—
Apartment Merchant	Lily Hills Apartment Lobby (6.1, 6)	Purchase Items	500	—
Apartment Merchant	Sultana's Breath Apartment Lobby (6.1, 6)	Purchase Items	500	—
Apartment Merchant	Topmast Apartment Lobby (6.1, 6)	Purchase Items	500	—
Bango Zango	Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks (9.9, 11.4)	Purchase Items	500	—
Flame Quartermaster	Ul'dah - Steps of Nald (8.3, 9)	Flame Sergeant	200 Flame Seals	Chief Flame Sergeant
Goberin	Western Thanalan (12.1, 15)	Purchase Glamouring Items	500	Absolutely Glamourous or Submission Impossible
Goushs Ooan	The Tempest (33.2, 18)	Trade Gemstones	6	—
Halden	Amh Araeng (10.6, 17.1)	Trade Gemstones	6	—
Horrendous Hoarder	Unnamed Island (12.6, 28.3)	Islander's Cowries	150	—
Independent Merchant	Rhalgr's Reach (12.6, 11)	Purchase Items	500	—
Ixali Vendor	North Shroud (24.9, 22.7)	Purchase Items	500	That's Ixal, Folks
Junkmonger	Ingleside Apartment Lobby (6.1, 5.9)	Purchase Items	500	—
Kobold Vendor	Outer La Noscea (21.6, 17.8)	Purchase Items	500	Kobold as Brass
Kobold Vendor	Outer La Noscea (21.6, 17.8)	Titan Cobaltpiece Exchange	1	Kobold as Brass
Maisenta	New Gridania (11.5, 11.2)	Purchase Items	500	—
Nacille	The Rak'tika Greatwood (27.9, 18.2)	Trade Gemstones	6	—
Roarich	Ul'dah - Steps of Nald (10.6, 9.5)	Purchase Items	500	—
Sahagin Vendor	Western La Noscea (16, 22)	Purchase Items	500	Licensed to Gill
Sahagin Vendor	Western La Noscea (16, 22)	Rainbowtide Psashp Exchange	1	Licensed to Gill
Scrap Salvager	Idyllshire (5.9, 7.3)	Purchase Items I	500	—
Serpent Quartermaster	New Gridania (9.8, 11)	Serpent Sergeant	200 Serpent Seals	Chief Serpent Sergeant
Siulmet	Lakeland (35.5, 20.6)	Trade Gemstones	6	—
Storm Quartermaster	Limsa Lominsa Upper Decks (13.2, 12.8)	Storm Sergeant	200 Storm Seals	Chief Storm Sergeant
Sul Lad	Il Mheg (16.2, 30.6)	Trade Gemstones	6	—
Sylphic Vendor	East Shroud (22.3, 26.3)	Purchase Items	500	Sylph-assured
Sylphic Vendor	East Shroud (22.3, 26.3)	Sylphic Goldleaf Exchange	1	Sylph-assured
Tataroga	Mor Dhona (22, 6.7)	Purchase Glamouring Items	500	Absolutely Glamourous or Submission Impossible
Tokohana	Kugane (12.9, 12.2)	General	500	—
Zumutt	Kholusia (11.8, 8.9)	Trade Gemstones	6	—

Glamour Prism

Players need to have a   Glamour Prism in their inventory to use   Cast Glamour.

Obtaining Glamour Prism

Aside from crafting, Glamour Prisms can also be bought from one of the Grand Company Quartermasters for  200 Company Seals, in Shadowbringers zones with Bicolor Gemstones, with Wolf Marks, or on a player's Island Sanctuary with Islander's Cowries.

Crafting Prisms

Each crafting class may create a generic Glamour Prism when the recipe is learned. The generic prism works for all armor types.

After completing the quest Submission Impossible or Absolutely Glamourous, players will be able to purchase the Master Recipes: Glamours Set, as well as the clear prisms needed to craft glamour prisms.

  Clear Prisms can purchased from the following vendors:

Vendor	Location / Coordinates	Cost
Bango Zango	Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks (9.9, 11.4)	200
Maisenta	New Gridania (11.5, 11.2)	200
Roarich	Ul'dah - Steps of Nald (10.6, 9.5)	200
Goberin	Western Thanalan (12.1, 15)	200
Tataroga	Mor Dhona (22, 6.7)	200
Apartment Merchant	Apartment Building Lobbies (6.1, 6)	200
Scrap Salvager	Idyllshire (5.9, 7.3)	200
Independent Merchant	Rhalgr's Reach (12.6, 11)	200
Tokohana	Kugane (12.9, 12.2)	200

Historical

Prior to the introduction of Glamour Dressers in patch 4.2 during Stormblood, there were different glamour prisms for each crafter class (except CUL), for a total of 7 kinds. Each piece of gear required prisms from a specific class. Before patch 3.4 of Heavensward, the individual class Glamour Prisms and also the Clear Prisms came in grades 1 through 5 for different level ranges, much like how Dark Matter still does. This meant there were 40 different prism items at the time.

Outfit Glamours

See also: Outfit Glamours

Introduced in Patch 7.1, An outfit glamour condenses a set combination of items into a single slot and stores it in the glamour dresser.

Egi Glamours

Main article: Egi Glamours

Adventurer Squadron Member Glamours

Main article: Adventurer Squadrons#Squadron Member Glamours

Glamour Dressers

Main article: Glamour Dressers

Custom Delivery NPC Glamours

Main article: Custom Deliveries

Upon reaching maximum rank with most custom delivery NPCs, players can change their outfit using   Glamour Prisms.

Trust NPC Glamours

Main article: Trust

Upon leveling Trust Avatar NPCs to certain levels, players will unlock new outfits for them. However, they cannot freely customize their appearance.

Island Sanctuary Glamours

Main article: Island Sanctuary

Players may change the appearance of structures in their Island Sanctuary Hideaway by using an   Island Prism.