ELI5: Please explain to me how Glamour works, I can't find anything conclusive onlin

[Hercub]

Hi, I'm a new player getting into Glamour.

Here is what I know:

1) I have done the first quest where Glamour is introduced. I can now add Glamour to my gear.

2) There is the follow up quest which I have not done because I do not know how to give the NPC Orange Juice a second time. I guess I can buy that from the market board.

Here is what I don't know.

1) Where do I get the clothes for Glamour? I'm getting into Weaving and Leatherworking because I assume I have to craft the clothes. But I'm only lvl 20 in both. Is there any other way I get the clothes? Someone suggested the market board but if they are there I cannot find them. Any links to NPC's that sell clothes?


Thanks to anyone who can help:

tl;dr

Where and how do I get the clothes for glamour. I see some pretty fancy stuff out there and it all looks cool. I kind of want to wander around in a t-shirt and denim. =)

Thanks.

[Krokov]

Different ways, as you said you can craft them, buy them from an NPC or MB, or have someone trade the items.

The gear will tell you if it's projectable (almost all gear is other then waist items which are not).

If you want a certain item examine the item or the player and it will to you what it is or ask the player, most will usually let you know. You can then search the MB for it or shout in town, chk the internet etc.

You will need Glamour Prisms of course to project the piece you want onto gear. The Prisms are craftable by by all crafts.

[Elamys]

You can buy orange juice from a wide variety of vendors, including one of the ones right there in Vesper Bay (the Merchant & Mender). https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...m/8a07ba64163/

You can glamour any piece of gear that your current job can wear. Not just crafted items - this includes dungeon drops. If you're wanting a t-shirt and jeans kind of look, I'd recommend one of the Hempen shirts (you can buy these from the same vendor that sells the starting gear) or Survival shirts (buy off the MB). Unfortunately the only item that truly looks like a pair of jeans are the pants that come with the 150 days subscribed reward. Though in the meantime, you can wear just about any pair of pants you like.

You will need Glamour Prisms of course to project the piece you want onto gear. The Prisms are craftable by Armorcraft and Goldsmithing and you can buy 1 part of the reagents from a NPC.

Prisms can be made by all crafts, not just ARM and GSM. They require 1 clear prism and 2 of a mid level component item from that craft, as well as 2 elemental crystals. You can also buy them off of the MB or exchange grand company seals for them at...some rank. You need 1 prism for each piece of gear you glamour.

[Krokov]

You can buy orange juice from a wide variety of vendors, including one of the ones right there in Vesper Bay (the Merchant & Mender). https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...m/8a07ba64163/

You can glamour any piece of gear that your current job can wear. Not just crafted items - this includes dungeon drops. If you're wanting a t-shirt and jeans kind of look, I'd recommend one of the Hempen shirts (you can buy these from the same vendor that sells the starting gear) or Survival shirts (buy off the MB). Unfortunately the only item that truly looks like a pair of jeans are the pants that come with the 150 days subscribed reward. Though in the meantime, you can wear just about any pair of pants you like.



Prisms can be made by all crafts, not just ARM and GSM. They require 1 clear prism and 2 of a mid level component item from that craft, as well as 2 elemental crystals. You can also buy them off of the MB or exchange grand company seals for them at...some rank. You need 1 prism for each piece of gear you glamour.

That was my 1st intention but some reason its only showing arm and gsm in game so I went with that. I corrected myself.

[Elamys]

All good! Clearly SE just wants armorers and goldsmiths to have all the credit.

[Gemina]

It's been a really long time since I've done that quest. And when I did it, there was a lv50 requirement to get the quest in your duty list. What I can tell you is that orange juice is easily obtained buying from NPC vendors, or you can easily craft it. You can gather the La Noscea Oranges with a low level botanist, and make them into the OJ with a low level culinarian. Also, in a recent patch, all items will have a shop selling price if there is an NPC vendor anywhere that sales it. Keep this in mind before making purchases off of the MB. Players will take advantage of player's like yourself who are unaware and can pay up to 400% of the vendor price!

I use this sight when looking up item data. It is very reliable: http://garlandtools.org/

Next, the glamour laws: There are restrictions to glamour so be very aware right now that you can glamour anything in this game that is projectable so long as you meet the requirements. As an example of a restriction: if you are level 20 and want to glamour an item that is only available at level 40+, you will not be able to do it. You can view whether or not an item is projectable/dyeable simply by looking at the item data when you select it from your armory/inventory. So long as you are the required level/item level/class/job/race there shouldn't be an issue.

So with that out of the way, where do you get the cloths for glamour? Well, everywhere really. The higher the level you are, and the more classes/jobs you have leveled, and the more MSQ you complete, more and more options become available to you. At your level, there isn't going to be much outside of leveling gear, and the level 1 (all classes) glamours typically available from the MB or mogstation. Some of these can be very expensive, but some are also quite cheap.

Hope this helps!

[Krokov]

No I found out the reason, I'd forgotten you need the Master Glamour book to learn the Glamour Prism, I only have that on my GSM and ARM. :-P

[Jojoya]

For the second quest, the orange juice is a special variety that's quest item only. There's a NPC in a nearby building that gives it to you on request (think it's the building south of the quest giver).

[Gralna]

Also if you see any gear that someone has on that isn't craftable but drops from a dungeon, the Eorzean Database is a great tool for finding out where to get it, it'll tell you specifically what dungeon it's from and what chest in the dungeon has a chance of rewarding it.

[Vahlnir]

You can either....

1. Save up the gil (gil is easy to make) and buy whatever you like provided the class can use it and that it's actually purchasable this way.

2. Craft them yourself at the cost of time and effort (and gil)

3. Purchase them through other means such as GC seals, tomes and hunts

4. Farm dungeons/raids/trials for what you want

5. Buy them from the Mogstation for real money. Some of them are pretty neat, I won't lie. However, what's on the Mogstation is exclusive to it, meaning you won't be able to get them without paying cash.

It has also been mentioned above that you will need glamour prisms, so I won't repeat those details.

Honestly, you probably aren't going to get everything you want just by doing only one of these options. Gear and glamours (they're basically one in the same with how fast they push out patches) are spread out across the game's content aside from what's available on the Mogstation. It's just a matter of whether you think it's worth the time/effort/gil/cash to do so.

There are also some exclusives that aren't obtainable anymore so you'll need to be prepared for that.

Having a lot of gil helps though regardless, so taking up a craft will certainly help in many ways. I personally don't craft aside from Beast Tribes when a new one arises and have no problem making gil. You just need to know what sells.