How to Unlock Facewear
With Final Fantasy XIV Patch 7.0 and the introduction of the Dawntrail expansion comes a new slot in the Character menu: Facewear. With it, you can wear select head accessories and Fashion Accessories, such as glasses, on top of your regular headgear without limitations. Here's how to unlock Facewear in FFXIV and how to get more Facewear.
How to Unlock Facewear in FFXIV
To unlock the Facewear slot in FFXIV, you must first obtain a piece of Facewear—the option will remain grayed out in both the main and Character menus until you do.
There are two ways of obtaining Facewear in Final Fantasy XIV: buying it at the Gold Saucer or exchanging Fashion Accessories at a Calamity Salvager. The latter depends on whether you owned any Fashion Accessory headgear prior to Patch 7.0.
How to Buy Facewear in FFXIV
To buy Facewear at the Gold Saucer in FFXIV, follow the steps below:
- Teleport to the Gold Saucer.
- Go to the Entrance & Card Squares.
- Speak to the Gold Saucer Attendant (Prize Claim) at the desk in the center of the room (x:5.1,y:6.7).
- Select "Prize Exchange III."
- You'll find Facewear here as "The Faces We Wear."
- Select the Facewear you'd like to buy and spend the required Manderville Gold Saucer Points (MGP).
The following Facewear is available to purchase at the Gold Saucer:
- The Faces We Wear - Thick-rimmed Glasses: 30,000 MGP.
- The Faces We Wear - Contemporary Pince-nez: 40,000 MGP.
- The Faces We Wear - Rimless Glasses: 70,000 MGP.
- The Faces We Wear - Minstrel's Spectacles: 90,000 MGP.
- The Faces We Wear - Oval Spectacles: 100,000 MGP.
How to Convert Fashion Accessories into Facewear in FFXIV
If you owned any Fashion Accessory headgear prior to FFXIV Patch 7.0, you'll no longer find it in the Fashion Accessories menu. Instead, you must convert it to Facewear by visiting a Calamity Salvager, which you'll find in the following locations:
- Limsa Lominsa Upper Decks (x:11.3,y:14.5)
- Old Gridania (x:10.0,y:8.5)
- Ul'dah - Steps of Thal (x:12.7,y:13.0)
Speak to a Calamity Salvager, select the "Spectacles Exchange" option, then the "Exchange spectacles (convert to facewear)" option to convert any applicable Fashion Accessory items to Facewear.
How to Use Facewear in Final Fantasy XIV
Once you have Facewear unlocked in Final Fantasy XIV, you can use it by going to the Facewear section of the main menu/ or clicking into the new Facewear slot under the Feet slot in the Character menu.
Clicking on either option will bring up the Facewear menu and display any unlocked Facewear you own. To equip Facewear, click on it in the Style section, right-click on a color in the Color section, and select "Equip." Depending on the Facewear, you can choose from up to 12 colors.