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Final Fantasy XI · Beastmaster

Charm and Send In

Charms a monster and orders it to attack your target. Charm breaks without warning, so having the re-charm and the attack order on one macro matters.

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/ja "Charm" <stnpc>
/wait 2
/pet "Fight" <t>

Where to paste this

  1. Open the macro menu and pick a book, then a Ctrl or Alt slot.
  2. Name the macro — the name is what shows on the palette, so keep it short.
  3. Write up to six lines: /ma "Cure IV" <stpc> for a spell, /ja "Provoke" <t> for an ability.
  4. Add /wait between actions that need to resolve before the next one starts.
  5. Switch books with /macro book, and switch the Ctrl or Alt set with /macro set.

More FFXI macros

Beastmaster macros first, then the rest of the FFXI library.

  • Assist and Engage

    General

    /assist <p0>
/wait 1
/attack <t>

    Picks up whatever your party leader is fighting and attacks it. Keeps the whole party on one target without anyone calling it out loud.

  • Benediction with Call-Out

    White Mage

    /p Benediction now!
/ja "Benediction" <me>

    The two-hour ability that full-heals the party. Telling everyone the moment it goes off stops other healers from dumping their mana into an already-healed party.

  • Berserk Opener

    Warrior

    /ja "Berserk" <me>
/wait 1
/ja "Aggressor" <me>
/wait 1
/ja "Warcry" <me>

    Stacks your offensive abilities with waits between them, because job abilities share a short cooldown and firing them on the same tick loses one.

  • Blood Pact with Recast Check

    Summoner

    /recast "Blood Pact: Rage"
/pet "Flaming Crush" <t>

    Checks the blood pact timer, then fires. Blood pacts have long individual timers and firing one that is not ready simply wastes the press.

  • Call It Out to the Party

    General

    /p Pulling now, hold your hate
/ja "Provoke" <t>

    Announces an action to the party. FFXI has no combat log overlay by default, so telling people what you just did is how coordination actually happens.

  • Check a Recast Before You Commit

    General

    /recast "Provoke"
/ja "Provoke" <t>

    A macro fires whether or not the ability is ready. /recast prints the remaining timer to your log, which is how you check without wasting the attempt.

  • Check Then Pull

    General

    /check <t>
/echo Check the con before pulling

    Checks a target to gauge its level before you commit. FFXI punishes pulling something too strong far more harshly than most games, so this habit is worth macroing.

  • Convert and Recover

    Red Mage

    /ja "Convert" <me>
/wait 2
/ma "Cure IV" <me>

    Swaps your health and mana, then immediately heals yourself back up. Convert leaves you at very low health, so the follow-up cure is not optional.