Some Questions From A Newb

[Niwashi]

1. There is a level 15 sidequest called If I Had a Glamour that unlocks a feature letting you make one piece of gear look like another. That will allow you to choose your equipped gear according to its stats but make you look like you're wearing the gear you find more attractive. Oh, and there's also another quest nearby that unlocks the ability to dye your gear different colors: Color Your World.

Those quests are in Western Thanalan, though, so if you started in Limsa Lominsa and haven't gotten there yet, you'll need to wait until you can reach the other two major cities of Eorzea before you can reach it. Following the main scenario up to The Lominsan Envoy will get you to the city of Ul'dah, and Western Thanalan is just outside its westernmost gate.

2. Yes. Once you join one of the three Grand Companies of Eorzea (which will happen in the level 20 main scenario quest The Company You Keep) you'll be able to do the sidequest My Little Chocobo to get your chocobo mount. Once you have it, you can use the "Companion" window from the main menu to select its barding and, once you level it up, assign its skills.

3. If you're in the region where your quest destination is, and its one of the five listed in your quest tracker, the destination should show up on your map as either a quest icon (if it's a specific spot, like where you need to talk to a particular NPC) or as a reddish circle if you need to find several of something within a certain area. If you're in an adjacent region, there will be a quest icon on the path leading to the region where your quest is.

There's a few reasons why it might not show up: (a) If you have more than five active quests, so not all of them fit on your quest tracker, only the ones that do will show up on the map. (b) If your quest destination is neither in your current region, nor an adjacent region, there won't be a map marker for it. (c) And there are a few quest objectives that don't have a specific location (e.g. get a certain widely available item, which could be bought from an NPC, or crafted, or bought off the marketboard, or maybe a friend would give you one, etc.) Since there isn't a particular spot you need to go to complete an objective like that, there's no map marker for it.

(In the case of (a) or (b) above, you can go to the quest in your Quest Journal and click the "map" link, and it will show you where to go.)

4. You'll need to reach level 50, as well as I believe it's second lieutenant in your Grand Company, before you'll be able to buy a personal house or apartment. For houses, it will also depend on one being available, which isn't guaranteed. (Big crowded servers still have a major issue with shortages, particularly for the larger housing plots. Most of the less crowded servers, however, have reached the point where houses are more readily available. I don't know where Zodiark fits in that, though.) The cost is in the millions, but that'll seem far more reasonable once you reach the necessary level than it does now.

[Ceridwenae]

4. You'll need to reach level 50, as well as I believe it's second lieutenant in your Grand Company, before you'll be able to buy a personal house or apartment. For houses, it will also depend on one being available, which isn't guaranteed. (Big crowded servers still have a major issue with shortages, particularly for the larger housing plots. Most of the less crowded servers, however, have reached the point where houses are more readily available. I don't know where Zodiark fits in that, though.) The cost is in the millions, but that'll seem far more reasonable once you reach the necessary level than it does now.

Haven't checked in depth, but certainly in my ward in Mist there's reasonably priced small housing available off and on. I imagine it's the same in other housing areas too.

Hey, OP! Welcome to the game and to Zodiark!