# FF14 Asset Reference Document # (Dawntrail) Shader Reference Table This page is a list of tables with explinations/annotations of how the New shaders in dawntrail work. Most of this page has been adapted from the Textools Reference Document by Sel. ##### This page is partially incomplete as we still do not fully understand every shader. shaders with entirely blank boxes are those that we know exist, but do not understand how they work. Any important notes or observations about these shaders will be notated below their shader tables in Red. --- ##### The following explains how each color/data channel is used in each shader. ##### Channels are listed by their Default Behavior whenever variable. ##### Channels listed in **Purple** are variable and affected by shader keys. These will be listed Below each main table for the shader, before any notes or annotations. ##### **S**ub**S**urface **S**cattering (SSS) and Fur Settings are controlled by the same channels/fields when applicable ##### *Please note that all textures making use of an alpha channel for non-transparency should be saved as either **.DDS** or **.TGA** when bringing it in/out of an art program. PNG frequently gets mishandled by programs and ends up "eating" the alpha channel or forcing it as transparency, which destroys the data used.* FFXIV uses the OpenGL format for Normal map direction (Y+ up if you are using a software with diffuse to normal generation capabilities)

Character.shpk (Gear & Monster Shader)
Texture Data
Normal Texture		Mask Texture
RED	Standard Tangent Space Normal Map	RED	Specular Power
GREEN	Standard Tangent Space Normal Map	GREEN	Roughness
BLUE	Opacity	BLUE	Ambient Occlusion
ALPHA	Unused	ALPHA	Unused
Diffuse Texture		Specular Texture
RED	Standard Color Data	RED	Standard Color Data
GREEN	Standard Color Data	GREEN	Standard Color Data
BLUE	Standard Color Data	BLUE	Standard Color Data
ALPHA	???	ALPHA	???
Index Texture		Flow Texture
RED	Colorset Pair (0-16)	RED	???
GREEN	Colorset Even/Odd Blending	GREEN	???
BLUE	Unused	BLUE	???
ALPHA	Unused	ALPHA	???
Model Data
Vertex Color 1		Vertex Color 2
RED	Specular Mask	RED	Faux-Wind Influence
GREEN	Roughness	GREEN	Faux-Wind Multiplier
BLUE	Diffuse Mask	BLUE	???
ALPHA	Opacity	ALPHA	???
UV Channel 1		UV Channel 2
UV	Normal UV Channel	UV	Decal UV Channel (FC Crests, etc.)

Texture Mode - Diffuse Texture
Key : B616DC5A
Value	Effect
DEFAULT	Default Mask Texture Mode
COMPATIBILITY	Used to enable Diffuse Texture
SIMPLE	Unknown

Flow Map Mode? - Flow Texture
Key : 40D1481E
Value	Effect
337C6BC4	Standard Value
71ADA939	Enable Flow Map?

Specular Mode - Specular Texture
Key : C8BD1DEF
Value	Effect
OFF	No Specular Texture
MASK	Use Mask sampler for Specular
DEFAULT	Use Spec sampler for Specular
A7D2FF60	Unknown

Vertex Color Mode - Model Vertex Colors
Key : F52CCF05
Value	Effect
MASK	Use as Mask
COLOR	Use as Diffuse Color
DFE74BAC	Unknown
5CC605B5	Unknown

Decal Mode - Model UV2 Layer
Key : D2777173
Value	Effect
OFF	No Decals
COLOR	Use as Color Decal Placement
ALPHA	Use as Alpha Decal Placement

This is the standard shader used for most things you would mod (gear, minions, mounts, weapons) that are not options tied to the CHaracter creator. This shader will probbaly be the one you look at most often. There are a few other things that this shader can do based on keys, and I will explain them below. This shader can make use of a field named "Effect ID". There appear to be 5 total shader effects, and number 3 Is what's used for a holographic/iridescent effect seen on some new gear. In order to utilize these effects, you must also set a value for "Effect Opacity". 0 means there will be no effect, 1 is full effect, and over 1 appears to be multiplicative. This effect is only possible on gear with the new Character shader, and not Character Legacy (the endwalker compatability version of this shader). Number 1 seems to apply a "clear vinyl overlayer" effect

CharacterLegacy.shpk (Endwalker Gear & Monster Shader)
Texture Data
Normal Texture		Mask Texture
RED	Standard Tangent Space Normal Map	RED	Specular Power
GREEN	Standard Tangent Space Normal Map	GREEN	Gloss
BLUE	Opacity	BLUE	Ambient Occlusion
ALPHA	Unused	ALPHA	Unused
Diffuse Texture		Specular Texture
RED	Standard Color Data	RED	Standard Color Data
GREEN	Standard Color Data	GREEN	Standard Color Data
BLUE	Standard Color Data	BLUE	Standard Color Data
ALPHA	Unused	ALPHA	Unused
Index Texture		--
RED	Colorset Pair (0-16)	RED
GREEN	Colorset Even/Odd Blending	GREEN
BLUE	???	BLUE
ALPHA	???	ALPHA
Model Data
Vertex Color 1		Vertex Color 2
RED	Diffuse Mask	RED	???
GREEN	Gloss	GREEN	???
BLUE	Specular Mask	BLUE	???
ALPHA	Opacity	ALPHA	???
UV Channel 1		UV Channel 2
UV	Normal UV Channel	UV	Decal UV Channel (FC Crests, etc.)

Texture Mode - Diffuse Texture
Key : B616DC5A
Value	Effect
DEFAULT	Default Mask Texture Mode
COMPATIBILITY	Used to enable Diffuse Texture
SIMPLE	Unknown

Specular Mode - Specular Texture
Key : C8BD1DEF
Value	Effect
OFF	No Specular Texture
MASK	Use Mask sampler for Specular
DEFAULT	Use Spec sampler for Specular
A7D2FF60	Unknown

Vertex Color Mode - Model Vertex Colors
Key : F52CCF05
Value	Effect
MASK	Use as Mask
COLOR	Use as Diffuse Color
DFE74BAC	Unknown
5CC605B5	Unknown

Decal Mode - Model UV2 Layer
Key : D2777173
Value	Effect
OFF	No Decals
COLOR	Use as Color Decal Placement
ALPHA	Use as Alpha Decal Placement

This is the Character Legacy shader. It is a port of the old endwalker shader for compatability with old assets that have not been updated by Square Enix. It is Not reccommended to continue creating anything for this shader, as it is not able to do all the things that the new Character shader can. Most Assets will still be using this shader unless updated by Square Enix or a modder. This shader is to our knowledge, not capable of handling some of the extra shader effects that the new Character shader can.

Skin.shpk (Character Skin Shader)
Texture Data
Normal Texture		Mask Texture
RED	Standard Tangent Space Normal Map	RED	Specular Power
GREEN	Standard Tangent Space Normal Map	GREEN	Roughness
BLUE	Skin Color Influence	BLUE	SSS Thickness/Fur Parallax
ALPHA	Wetness Mask	ALPHA	Hair Highlight Color Influence \*
Diffuse Texture		--
RED	Standard Color Data	RED
GREEN	Standard Color Data	GREEN
BLUE	Standard Color Data	BLUE
ALPHA	Opacity	ALPHA
--		--
RED		RED
GREEN		GREEN
BLUE		BLUE
ALPHA		ALPHA
Model Data
Vertex Color 1		Vertex Color 2
RED	Muscle Slider Influence	RED	Unused (?)
GREEN	Unused	GREEN	Unused (?)
BLUE	???	BLUE	Unused (?)
ALPHA	Shadow Castin On/Off	ALPHA	Unused (?)
UV Channel 1		UV Channel 2
UV	Normal UV Channel	UV	Decal UV Channel (Legacy Mark)

Skin Type - Normal Alpha Channel
Key : 380CAED0
Value	Effect
BODY	Use as Wetness Mask
FACE	Use as Lip Mask
HRO	Use as Hair Mask \*
EMISSIVE	Use as Emissive mask
\* Also enables Mask Alpha

Vertex Color Mode - Model Vertex Colors
Key : F52CCF05
Value	Effect
MASK	Use as Mask
COLOR	Use as Diffuse Color
DFE74BAC	Unknown
5CC605B5	Unknown

Texture Mode - Normal Texture
Key : B616DC5A
Value	Effect
DEFAULT	??
COMPATIBILITY	Restores EW Normal Map Use
SIMPLE	??

Decal Mode - Model UV2 Layer
Key : D2777173
Value	Effect
OFF	No Decals
COLOR	Use as Color Decal Placement
ALPHA	Use as Alpha Decal Placement

This is the Shader used for Body skin, Faces, and Hrothgar Skin with Fur. - As a note, When both Skin influence and Hair influence are set, Skin influence wins out. When working with this shader for body mods, Keep in mind that as of writing this, Body mods on the Female base (bibo, tf gen 3, etc) use skin type Body/standard skin. However, Male body mods (TBSE) Use the Hrothgar shader key for skin to allow for body hair that changes with head hair color. As such, authoring of maps for these two may differ slightly. When using/authoring skin using the Hrothgar version of the skin shader, pay special attention to the alpha and blue channels as they are interconnected. The blue channel will be both skin color influence (depigmentation) AND Hair color selection at the same time, with the alpha determining which of the two effects are used in what spot. Portions of the blue channel that are not pure white with a BLACK alpha become depigmentation while the areas with a WHITE alpha become hair color influence. You can create a faux metallic effect on skin by confusing the Subsurface shader (though be careful). To do this, set the blue channel of the mask to a value close to 255. this creates an effect that is both metallic and subsurface at the same time. This has not been tested on the Hrothgar version of this shader. While skin has an opacity mask, This can not be used to create a semitransparent body part, as the opacity has a "clamp" on it's values, effectively turning it from a scaled value into a yes/no. More research is needed to see if this can be changed. As emissive is a shader key on the same level as hrothgar (body hair on skin) you cannot use both emissive and dyeable body hair on skin at the same time using vanilla shaders. this is non-negotiable.

Hair.shpk (Hair Shader)
Texture Data
Normal Texture		Mask Texture
RED	Standard Tangent Space Normal Map	RED	Specular Power
GREEN	Standard Tangent Space Normal Map	GREEN	Roughness
BLUE	Highlight Color Influence	BLUE	SSS Thickness
ALPHA	Opacity	ALPHA	Diffuse Mask / Ambient Occlusion
Diffuse Texture		--
RED	Standard Color Data	RED
GREEN	Standard Color Data	GREEN
BLUE	Standard Color Data	BLUE
ALPHA	Opacity	ALPHA
--		--
RED		RED
GREEN		GREEN
BLUE		BLUE
ALPHA		ALPHA
Model Data
Vertex Color 1		Vertex Color 2
RED	???	RED	Faux-Wind Influence + Anistropy
GREEN	???	GREEN	Faux-Wind Multiplier
BLUE	???	BLUE	???
ALPHA	Shadow Casting On/Off	ALPHA	???
UV Channel 1		UV Channel 2
UV	Normal UV Channel	UV	Opacity Mapping for Miqo'te?

Sub Color Map - Normal Blue Channel
Key : 24826489
Value	Effect
FACE	Use as Tattoo Color Influence
HAIR	Use as Hair Highlight Influence
584265DD	Unknown

This is the hair Shader. Many things have changed and unlike character, there is no legacy version of this shader. All old hair mods must be converted to use the channels described in this section. Hair is also used for Miqo'te tails. At this time, the shader does not seem to be responsive to whatever value appearance plugins and tools such as Anamnesis, Glamourer, and Ktisis used to use for their "hair glow" parameter. This indicates something was shuffled around, but we are currently unsure as to what.

Iris.shpk (Eye Shader)
Texture Data
Normal Texture		Mask Texture
RED	Standard Tangent Space Normal Map	RED	Emissive Mask
GREEN	Standard Tangent Space Normal Map	GREEN	Reflection Mask/Cubemap Intensity
BLUE	Unused	BLUE	Iris Mask
ALPHA	Unused	ALPHA	Unused
Diffuse Texture		--
RED	Standard Color Data	RED
GREEN	Standard Color Data	GREEN
BLUE	Standard Color Data	BLUE
ALPHA	Unused	ALPHA
--		--
RED		RED
GREEN		GREEN
BLUE		BLUE
ALPHA		ALPHA
Model Data
Vertex Color 1		Vertex Color 2
RED	Left Eye color influence (odd eyes)	RED	Unused (?)
GREEN	Right eye color influence (odd eyes)	GREEN	Unused (?)
BLUE		BLUE	Unused (?)
ALPHA		ALPHA	Unused (?)
UV Channel 1		UV Channel 2
UV	Normal UV Channel	UV	Unused (?)

63030C80 - Unknown Effect
Key : 63030C80
Value	Effect
EFDEA8F6	Unknown

This is the iris, or new eye shader. There is no legacy version of this shader that can be used on players, so ALL eye mods must be thrown through a converter such as Loose Texture Compiler or Textools' Eye saver. This is non-negotiable. The new iris shader allows for Sclera and Iris to be on the same map, allowing for some interesting effects A large thing to note compared to old eye mods is that the catchlight is no longer an editable texture, and is now permanently part of the shader. All catchlight mods or edits can no longer be used. If you want to create a fake catchlight, you can draw this onto the diffuse, but it will be static and not move around. This is not fixable, and we do not currently know if catchlight will ever be editable, even using shader parameters. Likewise, Au Ra limbal rings are also part of a shader now, and no longer part of a texture. Any mods that altered the Au Ra limbals must be scrapped. While shape cannot be changed, there is a shader constant that allows them to be turned on and off, and this is availible for all eyes, not just au ra. The parameters to change are

7DABA471- g\_IrisRingEmissive	0-1 (au ra at 0.8)
58DE06E2-Limbal Color	Red (0-1)	Green (0-1)	Blue (0-1)

Furthermore, Sclera can either be changed by drawing on the diffuse, OR by changing shader constant 11C90091-g\_ White Eyes Color. the 3 values are RGB going from 0-1 in each box. Emissive is now included in the eye shader for ALL eyes, but in order to activate it, you need to mask out where you want glow on the mask RED channel, AND turn the shader constant 3BA64362-g\_Emissive color on by changing the 3 values to not 0. the three editable boxes are RGB values that you may choose, that go from 0-1. emissive strangth is not known how or if it can be edited. Finally, due to the eyeball now being a diffuse texture, it is possible to get multicolored eyes without having to sacrifice heterochromia. This both makes them more compatible with a variety of heads, and allows for more than 2 colors. because FF14 overlays the eye color closest to the layer style Multiply, it is best to check how colors will interact by simulating in an art program. You can either draw with color on the iris portion of the diffuse, and then allow eye color influence to change those colors, or draw with color on the diffuse, and then mask off the same areas/gradients on the Mask Blue channel, to stop those portions from changing with your eye color. This is an example of simulating how placing colors on the diffuse and then allowing the game to put color on top can change the colors. This is a simulation in an art program, but it's enough to show what the effect will do when you do not mask out the colored parts on the multi. [![image.png](https://xivmodding.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-07/scaled-1680-/1HCOgcAh7kHth8BV-image.png)](https://xivmodding.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-07/1HCOgcAh7kHth8BV-image.png)

CharacterTattoo.shpk (Face Tattoos Shader)
Texture Data
Normal Texture		--
RED	Standard Tangent Space Normal Map	RED
GREEN	Standard Tangent Space Normal Map	GREEN
BLUE	Mole or Tattoo Color Influence	BLUE
ALPHA	Opacity	ALPHA
--		--
RED		RED
GREEN		GREEN
BLUE		BLUE
ALPHA		ALPHA
--		--
RED		RED
GREEN		GREEN
BLUE		BLUE
ALPHA		ALPHA
Model Data
Vertex Color 1		Vertex Color 2
RED	???	RED
GREEN	???	GREEN
BLUE	???	BLUE
ALPHA	???	ALPHA
UV Channel 1		UV Channel 2
UV	Normal UV Channel	UV	???

Sub Color Map - Normal Blue Channel
Key : 24826489
Value	Effect
FACE	Use as Tattoo Color Influence
HAIR	Use as Hair Highlight Influence
584265DD	Unknown

Decal Mode - Model UV2 Layer
Key : D2777173
Value	Effect
OFF	No Decals
COLOR	Use as Color Decal Placement
ALPHA	Use as Alpha Decal Placement

There isn't much to edit about this shader, but it is important to keep in mind, as Facial ETC textures have multiple materials that all point to the same textures, but have different shader keys and parameters. Before changing any, please check this table, or make the texture path for the specific one you want to change unique.

CharacterStocking.shpk (Stocking/Translucent Cloth)
Texture Data
Normal Texture		--
RED	???	RED	???
GREEN	???	GREEN	???
BLUE	???	BLUE	???
ALPHA	???	ALPHA	???
--		--
RED	???	RED	???
GREEN	???	GREEN	???
BLUE	???	BLUE	???
ALPHA	???	ALPHA	???
--		--
RED	???	RED	???
GREEN	???	GREEN	???
BLUE	???	BLUE	???
ALPHA	???	ALPHA	???
Model Data
Vertex Color 1		Vertex Color 2
RED	???	RED	???
GREEN	???	GREEN	???
BLUE	???	BLUE	???
ALPHA	???	ALPHA	???
UV Channel 1		UV Channel 2
UV	Normal UV	UV	Decal UV
UV Channel 3
UV	Skin UV

We currently know next to nothing about this shader. It is currently only used on one NPC model. The only information we know is that it seems to allow for a single mesh to act transparent with skin underneath, and uses UV3 to copy from the base skin texture(currently understood to be material A of the skin). We do not fully know how it works though and it is very under researched. This table will be edited when more information on it's channels and useage is known.

CharacterOcclusion.shpk (Eye Occlusion Shader)
Texture Data
Normal Texture		--
RED	???	RED
GREEN	???	GREEN
BLUE	???	BLUE
ALPHA	???	ALPHA
--		--
RED		RED
GREEN		GREEN
BLUE		BLUE
ALPHA		ALPHA
--		--
RED		RED
GREEN		GREEN
BLUE		BLUE
ALPHA		ALPHA
Model Data
Vertex Color 1		Vertex Color 2
RED	Standard Tangent Space Normal Map	RED	Unused (?)
GREEN	Standard Tangent Space Normal Map	GREEN	Unused (?)
BLUE	???	BLUE	Unused (?)
ALPHA	Unused	ALPHA	Unused (?)
UV Channel 1		UV Channel 2
UV	Normal UV Channel	UV	???

Sub Color Map - Normal Blue Channel
Key : 24826489
Value	Effect
FACE	Use as Tattoo Color Influence
HAIR	Use as Hair Highlight Influence
584265DD	Unknown

Vertex Color Mode - Model Vertex Colors
Key : F52CCF05
Value	Effect
MASK	Use as Mask
COLOR	Use as Diffuse Color
DFE74BAC	Unknown
5CC605B5	Unknown

Decal Mode - Model UV2 Layer
Key : D2777173
Value	Effect
OFF	No Decals
COLOR	Use as Color Decal Placement
ALPHA	Use as Alpha Decal Placement

There isn't much to say about this shader.

CharacterGlass.shpk (Glass Shader)
Texture Data
Normal Texture		Mask Texture
RED	Standard Tangent Space Normal Map	RED	Specular Power
GREEN	Standard Tangent Space Normal Map	GREEN	Roughness
BLUE	Opacity	BLUE	Ambient Occlusion
ALPHA	Unused	ALPHA	Unused
Index Texture		--
RED	Colorset Pair (0-16)	RED
GREEN	Colorset Even/Odd Blending	GREEN
BLUE	???	BLUE
ALPHA	???	ALPHA
--		--
RED		RED
GREEN		GREEN
BLUE		BLUE
ALPHA		ALPHA
Model Data
Vertex Color 1		Vertex Color 2
RED	Specular Mask	RED	Faux-Wind Influence
GREEN	Roughness	GREEN	Faux-Wind Multiplier
BLUE	Diffuse Mask	BLUE	???
ALPHA	Opacity	ALPHA	???
UV Channel 1		UV Channel 2
UV	Normal UV Channel	UV	Decal UV Channel (FC Crests, etc.)

Texture Mode - Diffuse Texture
Key : B616DC5A
Value	Effect
DEFAULT	Default Mask Texture Mode
COMPATIBILITY	Used to enable Diffuse Texture
SIMPLE	Unknown

Specular Mode - Specular Texture
Key : C8BD1DEF
Value	Effect
OFF	No Specular Texture
MASK	Use Mask sampler for Specular
DEFAULT	Use Spec sampler for Specular
A7D2FF60	Unknown

Flow Map Mode? - Flow Texture
Key : 40D1481E
Value	Effect
337C6BC4	Standard Value
71ADA939	Enable Flow Map?

Vertex Color Mode - Model Vertex Colors
Key : F52CCF05
Value	Effect
MASK	Use as Mask
COLOR	Use as Diffuse Color
DFE74BAC	Unknown
5CC605B5	Unknown

Decal Mode - Model UV2 Layer
Key : D2777173
Value	Effect
OFF	No Decals
COLOR	Use as Color Decal Placement
ALPHA	Use as Alpha Decal Placement

This shader is still very under researched. We have a general idea of how it works, but not enough for any automatic texture conversions to look good. If you have any observations or are willing to research it, please let us know.

Bg.shpk (Furniture Shader)
Texture Data
Normal Texture		Mask Texture
RED	Standard Tangent Space Normal Map	RED	Specular Mask A?
GREEN	Standard Tangent Space Normal Map	GREEN	Roughness
BLUE	???	BLUE	Specular Mask B?
ALPHA	???	ALPHA	???
Diffuse Texture		--
RED	Standard Color Data	RED
GREEN	Standard Color Data	GREEN
BLUE	Standard Color Data	BLUE
ALPHA	Unused	ALPHA
--		--
RED		RED
GREEN		GREEN
BLUE		BLUE
ALPHA		ALPHA
Model Data
Vertex Color 1		Vertex Color 2
RED	???	RED	Unused (?)
GREEN	???	GREEN	Unused (?)
BLUE	???	BLUE	Unused (?)
ALPHA	???	ALPHA	Unused (?)
UV Channel 1		UV Channel 2
UV	Normal UV Channel	UV	???

BG Use DiffuseAlpha - Diffuse Alpha
Key : A9A3EE25
Value	Effect
72AAA9AE	Use as Opacity

BG Vertex Paint - Vertex Color
Key : 4F4F0636
Value	Effect
BD94649A	Use as Diffuse Color

Multiple - Unknown Effect
Key : Multiple
Value	Effect
At least ~9 Additional keys of unknown effect

Texture Mode - Diffuse Texture
Key : B616DC5A
Value	Effect
DEFAULT	Unknown
COMPATIBILITY	Unknown
SIMPLE	Unknown
1DF2985C	Unknown
941820BE	Unknown
07D3170F	Unknown

This shader is not fully understood.

BgColorChange.shpk (Dyeable Furniture Shader)
Texture Data
Normal Texture		Mask Texture
RED	Standard Tangent Space Normal Map	RED	Specular Mask A?
GREEN	Standard Tangent Space Normal Map	GREEN	Roughness
BLUE	???	BLUE	Specular Mask B?
ALPHA	Opacity	ALPHA	???
Diffuse Texture		--
RED	Standard Color Data	RED
GREEN	Standard Color Data	GREEN
BLUE	Standard Color Data	BLUE
ALPHA	Dyeability Mask	ALPHA
--		--
RED		RED
GREEN		GREEN
BLUE		BLUE
ALPHA		ALPHA
Model Data
Vertex Color 1		Vertex Color 2
RED	???	RED	Unused (?)
GREEN	???	GREEN	Unused (?)
BLUE	???	BLUE	Unused (?)
ALPHA	???	ALPHA	Unused (?)
UV Channel 1		UV Channel 2
UV	Normal UV Channel	UV	???

BG Use DiffuseAlpha - Diffuse Alpha
Key : A9A3EE25
Value	Effect
72AAA9AE	Use as Opacity (?)

BG Vertex Paint - Vertex Color
Key : 4F4F0636
Value	Effect
BD94649A	Use as Diffuse Color

This shader is not fully understood. # Attribute Reference Tables This page is based off the "attribute reference table) in the textools reference doc by sel. This information has not been validated to have been changed in dawntrail, so while nothing on here whould have changed, it is possible that some information is outdated or missing. ##### Mesh parts in FF14 have many types of Attributes, and these determine when and what parts of a mesh should be hidden. ##### Every Mesh part (X.0, X.1, etc) Has it's own list of attributes that will change what is and is not hidden when the correct metadata is combined with it. for example a mesh part with the upper arm attribute will be hidden if the item is paired with long gloves. This is especially important when replacing the mesh parts of one model with another's, or when you are making/altering a mesh that needs to hide certain parts. If the mesh part numbers are different, then unwanted parts may hide when something is equipped. If you ever have a mod where something goes invisible when another gear piece is worn (usually long gloves) then that means that an attribute was incorrectly placed on a mesh part. likewise, if a part of the mesh does not hide when the corresponding piece is worn (like long gloves) then that means that mesh part does not have the attribute set. Some gear uses special "Variant Attributes" such as atr\_tv\_a. these attributes are special as they are not decided by what other gear you have on, but rather are decided by what item *variant* you have equipped. What variants hide/show what items is determined by thier IMC values, which can be found in the metadata editing tabs of your chosen mod editor. Variant attributes go from a to j (so atr\_xv\_b for example) with a total of 10 possible variant attributes per item, at the time of writing this. Other variant attributes may exist for other model types, but most other model types do not have IMC files, so they will not be gone over here.

Hats / Headgear (met)
atr\_mv\_x	Head Variant Parts
atr\_inr	Gorget

Gloves (glv)
atr\_gv\_x	Glove Variant Parts
atr\_arm	Glove

Hair (hir)
atr\_hv\_x	Hair Variant Parts
atr\_kam	Scalp

Unusual/Strange
atr\_hair	Au Ra F Faces Only
atr\_sta	Miqo'te Hair Only

Common / Misc
atr\_lod	Excess Detail
atr\_tlh	Non-Tail Races Only
atr\_tls	Tail Races Only
atr\_top	Miqo'te Ears

Body (top)
atr\_tv\_x	Body Variant Parts
atr\_hij	Wrist
atr\_nek	Neck
atr\_ude	Elbow

Legs (dwn)
atr\_dv\_x	Leg Variant Parts
atr\_hiz	Knee
atr\_kod	Waist
atr\_sne	Shin

Accessories
atr\_ev\_x	Earring (ear) Variant Parts
atr\_nv\_x	Necklace (nek) Variant Parts
atr\_wv\_x	Bracelets (wrs) Variant Parts
atr\_rv\_x	Ring (rir/ril) Variant Parts

Connector Attributes
atr\_cn\_neck	Neck Connector
atr\_cn\_wrist	Wrist Connector
atr\_cn\_ankle	Ankle Connector
atr\_cn\_waist	Waist Connector

Face (fac)
atr\_fv\_x	Face Variant Parts (Char Select)
atr\_hig	Facial Hair
atr\_hrn	Horns
atr\_kao	Face
atr\_mim	Ears

Weapons
atr\_bv\_x	Other Variant Parts
atr\_parts\_x	Weapon Specific Parts
atr\_arrow	Arrow
atr\_ar1-3	Arrow in Quiver
atr\_attach	Gauss Barrel

Shoes (sho)
atr\_sv\_x	Shoe Variant Parts
atr\_leg	Boot
atr\_lpd	Knee Pad

Monsters & Demihumans
atr\_bv\_x	Other Variant Parts
atr\_parts\_x	Monster Specific Parts

Extremely Rare / Unknown
atr\_showhide	Used on 2 Weapon Models
atr\_blt	Used on 3 Body Models
atr\_eye\_a	NPC head setting?

Unlisted model types have no unique attributes. Ex: Tail (til) and Ear (zir) # Shapes Reference Table This page was adapted from the Textools Reference doc by Sel. This information has not been updated or re-researched since pre-dawntrail, so some information may be missing or outdated. ##### It is assumed that a shape can be created for any otherwise unlisted attribute and will be triggered if the attribute associated with it is hidden, however this has not yet been tested.

Shape Name

Trigger Conditions

Notes

Body Gear (top)
shp\_nek	atr\_nek Hidden	Hide conditions dependent upon head gear.
shp\_kat	Long-Glove Equipped	Only one of these will be triggered at once, the others will have their associated attribute hidden.
shp\_ude	Mid-Glove Equipped
shp\_hij	Short-Glove Equipped

Leg Gear (dwn)
shp\_kos	atr\_kos Hidden	Hide conditions dependent upon body gear.
shp\_mom	Long-Boot Equipped	Only one of these will be triggered at once, the others will have their associated attribute hidden.
shp\_hiz	Mid-Boot Equipped
shp\_sne	Short-Boot Equipped

Hand Gear (glv)
shp\_glv	atr\_glv Hidden	Hide conditions dependent upon body gear.

Foot Gear (sho)
shp\_lpd	atr\_lpd Hidden	Hide conditions dependent upon body gear.
shp\_leg	atr\_leg Hidden	Hide conditions dependent upon body gear.

Faces (fac)
shp\_brw\_x	Character Creation Settings	Eyebrow Selection. \_a is the SECOND option.
shp\_chk\_x	Character Creation Settings	Jaw Selection. \_a is the SECOND option.
shp\_etc\_x	Character Creation Settings	Tattoo/etc. Selection. \_a is the SECOND option.
shp\_eye\_x	Character Creation Settings	Eye Shape Selection. \_a is the SECOND option.
shp\_mth\_x	Character Creation Settings	Mouth Selection. \_a is the SECOND option.
atr\_iris\_x	Character Creation Settings	Iris Size Selection. \_a is the SECOND option.

Hair (hir)
shp\_hib	Hat Equipped
shp\_hic	???	???

Weapons
shp\_bv\_a	shp\_bv\_a hidden(?)	IMC Variant Shape?
shp\_met	Headgear hidden(?)	???

Monsters
shp\_hib	???	???

Demihumans
shp\_hiz	???	???
shp\_kos	???	???
shp\_mom	???	???
shp\_mv\_a	???	???
shp\_mv\_b	???	???

# Visibility Reference Tables This page is an adaptation of the Textools Reference document by Sel. This data has not been tested since the release of dawntrail, so some information may be missing/outdated.

Key:	Flag that should always be set if the gear exists.
	Flag that shows/hides an entire gear slot.
	Flag that shows/hides an Attribute (and associated Shape)
	Flag that is unused or has unknown purpose

	Visibility Flag	Controlling Slot	Attribute	Shape	Notes

Byte 0	EnableBodyFlags	Body (top)	--	--	Must be enabled for the rest of the body flags to work correctly.
	BodyHideWaist	Body (top)	atr\_kod	shp\_kod, shp\_kos(?)
	Bit2	Body (top)	???	???
	BodyHideShortGloves	Body (top)	atr\_arm	atr\_arm	Has something to do with glove settings based on the type of glove equipped.
	BodyGloveUnknown2	Body (top)	???	???
	BodyHideMidGloves	Body (top)	atr\_arm	shp\_arm	Ex. HideLongGloves will only hide atr\_arm on long gloves.
	BodyHideLongGloves	Body (top)	atr\_arm	shp\_arm	But not on Mid Gloves.
	BodyHideGorget	Body (top)	atr\_inr	shp\_inr

Byte 1	BodyShowLeg	Body (top)	--	--	When body gear hides other slots, the visibility parameters from that slot in the same set as the body gear
	BodyShowHand	Body (top)	--	--	is used for determining down-stream visibility settings. (Ex. Should Shoes be shown/hidden)
	BodyShowHead	Body (top)	--	--
	BodyShowNecklace	Body (top)	--	--	If either of equipped body or head gear hides necklace, it will be hidden.
	BodyShowBracelet	Body (top)	--	--	If either of equipped body or glove gear hides bracelet, it will be hidden.
	BodyShowTail	Body (top)	--	--	If either of equipped body or leg gear hides tail, it will be hidden.
	BodyTriggersomeShapeData	Body (top)	???	???
	Bit15	Body (top)	???	???

Byte 2	EnableLegFlags	Leg (dwn)	--	--	Must be enabled for the rest of the leg flags to work correctly.
	LegHideKneePads	Leg (dwn)	atr\_lpd	shp\_lpd
	LegHideShortBoot	Leg (dwn)	atr\_leg	shp\_leg	Like gloves, the atr\_leg triggers are dependent upon the equipped boot's visibility settings. (Long boots cannot be hidden)
	LegHideHalfBoot	Leg (dwn)	atr\_leg	shp\_leg
	LegBootUnknown	Leg (dwn)	???	???	Something to do with interactions with half-boots.
	LegShowFoot	Leg (dwn)	--	--
	LegShowTail	Leg (dwn)	???	???	If either of equipped body or leg gear hides tail, it will be hidden.
	Bit23	Leg (dwn)	???	???

Byte 3	EnableHandFlags	Gloves (glv)	--	--	Must be enabled for the rest of the hand flags to work correctly.
	HandHideElbow	Gloves (glv)	atr\_ude	shp\_ude, shp\_hij, shp\_kat	When Elbow is set without forearm the glove is marked as a short glove (which will trigger shp\_hij). Exact selection of which Shapes are triggered is based on the combination of flags. (Mid glove triggers ude, Long triggers kat)
	HandHideForearm	Gloves (glv)	atr\_hij	shp\_ude, shp\_hij, shp\_kat
	Bit27	Gloves (glv)	???	???
	HandShowBracelet	Gloves (glv)	--	--	If either of equipped body or glove gear hides bracelet, it will be hidden.
	HandShowRingL	Gloves (glv)	--	--
	HandShowRingR	Gloves (glv)	--	--
	Bit31	Gloves (glv)	???	???

Byte 4	EnableFootFlags	Shoes (sho)	--	--	Must be enabled for the rest of the foot flags to work correctly.
	FootHideKnee	Shoes (sho)	atr\_hiz	shp\_hiz, shp\_sne, shp\_mom	When Knee is set without Calf, item is marked as a short boot (Which will hide shp\_sne). Exact shapes triggered depends on the combination of the flags. (mid boot triggers hiz, long triggers mom)
	FootHideCalf	Shoes (sho)	atr\_sne	shp\_hiz, shp\_sne, shp\_mom
	FootHideAnkle	Shoes (sho)	???	???
	Bit36	Shoes (sho)	--	--	Unused
	Bit37	Shoes (sho)	--	--	Unused
	Bit38	Shoes (sho)	--	--	Unused
	Bit39	Shoes (sho)	--	--	Unused

Byte 5	EnableHeadFlags	Head (met)	--	--	Must be enabled for the rest of the head flags to work correctly.
	HeadHideScalp	Head (met)	atr\_kam	shp\_kam	When set alone, hides scalp. When set with HideHair, hides everything.
	HeadHideHair	Head (met)	--	--	When set alone, hides hair. When set with HideScalp, hides everything.
	HeadShowHairOverride	Head (met)	--	--	When set, shows hair, regardless of the previous two flags.
	HeadHideNeck	Head (met)	atr\_nek	shp\_nek
	HeadShowNecklace	Head (met)	--	--	If either of equipped body or head gear hides necklace, it will be hidden.
	Bit46	Head (met)	???	???
	HeadShowEarrings	Head (met)	--	--	Full earring toggle cannot be disabled without also disabling hair (HeadHideHair)

Byte 6	HeadShowEarringsHuman	Head (met)	--	--	Everything not Au Ra (?)
	HeadShowEarringsAura	Head (met)	--	--	Au Ra Only (?)
	HeadShowEarHuman	Head (met)	atr\_mim	atr\_mim	Hyur/Elezen/Lalafell
	HeadShowEarMiqo	Head (met)	atr\_top	shp\_top	Miqo/Hrothgar
	HeadShowEarAura	Head (met)	atr\_hrn	shp\_hrn	Au Ra (Horns)
	HeadShowEarViera	Head (met)	--	--	Viera
	HeadUnknownHelmet1	Head (met)	???	???	These flags are usually set in place of ShowEarrings\[Race\] flags on helmet gear.
	HeadUnknownHelmet2	Head (met)	???	???	Their purpose is currently unknown, but presumably triggers some shape data.

Byte 7	HeadShowHrothgarHat	Head (met)	--	--	Allows Hrothgar hats to be shown
	HeadShowVieraHat	Head (met)	--	--	Allows Viera hats to be shown
	Bit58	Head (met)	--	--	Unused
	Bit59	Head (met)	--	--	Unused
	Bit60	Head (met)	--	--	Unused
	Bit61	Head (met)	--	--	Unused
	Bit62	Head (met)	--	--	Unused
	Bit63	Head (met)	--	--	Unused

# (Dawntrail) Colorset Values reference table This page has been adapted from the same from the Textools Reference Doc made by Sel. ##### Dawntrail colorsets now use an Index Texture/ID map and use TWO channels to complete thier blending. Index red is similar to Endwalker Normal Alpha in that it is divided into 16 blocks; However it cannot be blended. ##### Instead for Dawntrail each block comes as a pair of rows that can be blended and this blend is controlled by the index Green channel. A pure white value will blend to A and a pure black value will blend to B

Colorset Reference Table - Index Red

When working with these channels, your Greyscale Color space should be set to sGrey. (Ctrl-Shift-K in Photoshop for color space settings)


Row Pair #	Greyscale %	Photoshop Greyscale %	sGrey Value	Hex Value	Color
Row Pair 1	0.00	100.00	0	\#000000
Row Pair 2	6.67	93.33	17	\#111111
Row Pair 3	13.33	86.67	34	\#222222
Row Pair 4	20.00	80.00	51	\#333333
Row Pair 5	26.67	73.33	68	\#444444
Row Pair 6	33.33	66.67	85	\#555555
Row Pair 7	40.00	60.00	102	\#666666
Row Pair 8	46.67	53.33	119	\#777777
Row Pair 9	53.33	46.67	136	\#888888
Row Pair 10	60.00	40.00	153	\#999999
Row Pair 11	66.67	33.33	170	\#AAAAAA
Row Pair 12	73.33	26.67	187	\#BBBBBB
Row Pair 13	80.00	20.00	204	\#CCCCCC
Row Pair 14	86.67	13.33	221	\#DDDDDD
Row Pair 15	93.33	6.67	238	\#EEEEEE
Row Pair 16	100.00	0.00	255	\#FFFFFF

Photoshop uses Black as "100%" and White as "0%" for some reason, ergo the percentages are reversed for Photoshop.

for both Red and Green values-

ID Red values (hex):		ID Green Values:		"Final" Values:
Pair 1	\#00	Row A	\#FF	\#00FF00
Pair 1	\#00	Row B	\#00	\#000000
Pair 2	\#11	Row A	\#FF	\#11FF00
Pair 2	\#11	Row B	\#00	\#110000
Pair 3	\#22	Row A	\#FF	\#22FF00
Pair 3	\#22	Row B	\#00	\#220000
Pair 4	\#33	Row A	\#FF	\#33FF00
Pair 4	\#33	Row B	\#00	\#330000
Pair 5	\#44	Row A	\#FF	\#44FF00
Pair 5	\#44	Row B	\#00	\#440000
Pair 6	\#55	Row A	\#FF	\#55FF00
Pair 6	\#55	Row B	\#00	\#550000
Pair 7	\#66	Row A	\#FF	\#66FF00
Pair 7	\#66	Row B	\#00	\#660000
Pair 8	\#77	Row A	\#FF	\#77FF00
Pair 8	\#77	Row B	\#00	\#770000
Pair 9	\#88	Row A	\#FF	\#88FF00
Pair 9	\#88	Row B	\#00	\#880000
Pair 10	\#99	Row A	\#FF	\#99FF00
Pair 10	\#99	Row B	\#00	\#990000
Pair 11	\#AA	Row A	\#FF	\#AAFF00
Pair 11	\#AA	Row B	\#00	\#AA0000
Pair 12	\#BB	Row A	\#FF	\#BBFF00
Pair 12	\#BB	Row B	\#00	\#BB0000
Pair 13	\#CC	Row A	\#FF	\#CCFF00
Pair 13	\#CC	Row B	\#00	\#CC0000
Pair 14	\#DD	Row A	\#FF	\#DDFF00
Pair 14	\#DD	Row B	\#00	\#DD0000
Pair 15	\#EE	Row A	\#FF	\#EEFF00
Pair 15	\#EE	Row B	\#00	\#EE0000
Pair 16	\#FF	Row A	\#FF	\#FFFF00
Pair 16	\#FF	Row B	\#00	\#FF0000
These more specific values were found in the Penumbra server, posted by Ramen. the color swatches from the above table are still correct if you want to color pick instead of typing hex codes, as they matched the color swatches that were originally combined with this data (as tested and color picked in CSP). the values in this chart account for mathematical rounding of the values by other programs.

There are more observations from other modders on this that I will add later. # Dye templates and Tile References This page was made as an adaptation of the same in the Textools Reference doc created by sel. This has not been updated for dawntrail, so some information may be outdated or missing. ##### As of dawntrail, it is now possible to have two dye channels. in order to select and set between the two, you must go to the colorset editing window, and on the row you wish to be connected to the dye channel, select either Channel 1 or Channel 2. there are technically up to 4 channels in the data, but 3 and 4 are unused and cannot be manipulated in game. [![image.png](https://xivmodding.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-07/scaled-1680-/PqavMRwe6YcHwp3b-image.png)](https://xivmodding.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-07/PqavMRwe6YcHwp3b-image.png) ##### There are currently 41 different dye templates in FF14. These templates control how dyes via the in game dye system or anamnesis/ktisis/brio/glamourer/etc affect a colorset row. ##### Other than selecting a template, you can also select which fields it should effect when dyed such as Diffuse color, Spec color, Emissive color, Gloss, and Spec power. Not all templates contain data for all of the above fields. Furthermore, emissive color can only be dyed using templates #510-522. A general rule of thumb is as follows: - (#)#00- dyes "default" - (#)#01- dyes "darker" - (#)#02- dyes "lighter" - (#)#2#- dyes black (220, 420, 221, 421) Dyed gloss values increase as you go up the 100s bracket from ~1 to ~24 Special templates other than black are: - Silver- 540 - Gold-550 These templates (and black) will always dye the same color no matter what dye is used. --- #### Tile materials In addition to basic colors per row, a sub material known as a tile material may be used for microdetail such as linen or leather. ff14 has 64 possible tile materials defined, though only half actually work. The tile material is a 32x32 px normal map and diffuse map which is mapped onto the UV1 layer of the material. the tile material is also repeated (tiled) a specified amount of times along each axis and can be further skewed to rotate or change the tiling as desired. The grid version of the tiles and texture paths for them will be updated when found for dawntrail. # Racial Scaling tree (wip, outdated) this does not include viera male or hrothgar female and must be remade. will update later, here's the old one. [![image.png](https://xivmodding.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-07/scaled-1680-/YNwUMWpMVV3QrE8G-image.png)](https://xivmodding.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-07/YNwUMWpMVV3QrE8G-image.png) # Bone list and Bone Scaling notes. this has been adapted from the textools reference doc page of the same title, created by sel. this has not been fully updated for dawntrail, and some information IS missing or outdated. I will correct when I can. ##### As a note. this list is based off the old bone list. Dawntrail completely redid the entire face skeletons, but there is not a complete list of them yet, so they will be added later. do not use this list for facial bones. Furthermore this is a list of *Vanilla* bones. any extra bones added by a mod such as IVCS or skelomae will not be in this list, and cannot be manipulated or used unless said mod is installed and set up properly. Bones with <a-e> are multiple bones in sequence, such as sebo (spine) bones. Bones with <l/r> are left and right bones such as leg bones. bones with <f/b/s> are Front, Back, and Side bones, such as skirts. any bone with \_ex in it's name is an Extra bone, and will only exist when the associated skeleton metadata is loaded. this is most commonly seen on hair, but has been used on gear on extremely rare occasions. ##### Main Bones

Bone Name	English Equivalent	Notes
n\_root	Root (base bone)
n\_hara	Center Of Mass/Belly
n\_throw	???	Attached to n\_hara
j\_kao	Head/Face
j\_sebo\_<a-c>	Spine
j\_ude\_<a-b>\_<l/r>	Arm
n\_hhiji\_<l/r>	Elbow
n\_hte\_<l/r>	Hand
j\_te\_<l/r>	Hand
j\_mune\_<l/r>	Breast	Females only
j\_kosi	Hip/Lower Back	Feet bones are bones d/e
j\_asi\_<a-e>\_<l/r>	Leg	6 Bones in total per <a-c> level
j\_sk\_<f/b/s>\_<a-c>\_<l/r>	Skirt
j\_sako\_<l/r>	Collar
n\_hkata\_l	Shoulder
j\_kubi	Neck
j\_ago	Chin
j\_kami\_<a-b>	Hair (Ponytail)
j\_kami\_f\_<l/r>	Bangs
j\_mimi\_<l/r>	Ears
n\_sippo\_<a-e>	Tail	Midlander M and Tail Races M/F Only (Miqo'te/Au Ra)
n\_ear\_<a-b>\_<l/r>	Earring Bones	A is attachment point, B is hanging part

n\_kataarmor\_<l/r>	Shoulder Pad
n\_hizasoubi\_<l/r>	Knee Pad
n\_hijisoubi\_<l/r>	Elbow Pad

j\_buki\_kosi\_<l/r>	Sheathed Weapon(Hip)
j\_buki2\_kosi\_<l/r>	Sheathed Weapon(Hip2)
j\_buki\_sebo\_<l/r>	Sheathed Weapon(Back)
n\_buki\_<l/r>	Drawn Weapon
n\_buki\_tate\_<l/r>	Drawn Shield

j\_oya\_<a-b>\_<l/r>	Thumb
j\_hito\_<a-b>\_<l/r>	Index Finger
j\_naka\_<a-b>\_<l/r>	Middle Finger
j\_kusu\_<a-b>\_<l/r>	Ring Finger
j\_ko\_<a-b>\_<l/r>	Pinky Finger

##### Dawntrail Face Bones As a note, not every bone can be manipulated or scaled outside of gpose, (such as with Customize+ for normal gameplay). furthermore, many of the facial bones are kindedriver or "Helper" bones, and are either not meant to be touched on thier own, or are meant to provide small adjustments after moving the main bone. If you are not posing an old NPC head, you should only use the face bones listed here, and not the ones in the above chart. **An example of gpose only bones is eyeprm and irisprm bones. These bones will only ever work in gpose and in cutscenes, and trying to alter them in a non-gpose only setting such as customize+ will cause these bones to immediately revert when leaving gpose. Do not use these for scaling outside of screenshots. This is not fixable and is a game limitation. if you want to dialate or contract your pupils for out of gpose, you will need to look into eye mods**

--- #### Bone scaling notes Many in-game models share the same model, but scale the bones to fit the body shape they want. this is a list of known and confirmed scaling values that match up correctly with the in-game versions. These are meant to be used with posing tools/plugins, with Customize+, or when testing your models in a modeling software to ensure that things don't clip at larger bust scalings. At this time there is only bust scalings, but we will be happy to add other scalings as people find them. Keep in mind that not all gear pieces are weighted equally to the breast bones. many newer gear pieces are weighted to 50% breast influence instead of 100%. For these you may need to go up another percentage category to have the same effect as your racial starter gear or nude. ##### Bust sizes- Apply to Mune\_l and \_r

Slider Percentage	X	Y	Z
0%	0.92	0.816	0.80
50%	1	1	1
100%	1.08	1.184	1.20
150%	1.16	1.368	1.40
200%	1.24	1.552	1.60
250%	1.32	1.736	1.80
300%	1.40	1.92	2

As a note, these same values will work in a 3d modeling software like blender or 3ds max. for 3ds max, move the decimal point back 2 spaces. # Outdated tables (cross-reference only) These are a few pages/tables that are included for cross referencing for the sake of older mods and setups, and should not be used when doing things post dawntrail. they are being saved for archival's sake, but I will not be formatting them in a pretty way, sorry. These are taken from the Textools Reference doc made by sel. #### Endwalker shader tables-

Standard Gear Shader
Normal Map		Multi		Vertex Color/Alpha		UV2
RED	Standard Tangent Space Normal Map	RED	Ambient Occlusion	RED	Ambient Occlusion	Decal Placement, such as Grand Company Logos
GREEN	Standard Tangent Space Normal Map	GREEN	Gloss	GREEN	Gloss	Decal Placement, such as Grand Company Logos
BLUE	Opacity \[0-128, 128+ is full Opacity\]	BLUE	Specular Power	BLUE	Specular Power	Specular
ALPHA	Colorset Row	ALPHA	???	ALPHA	Opacity	Standard Full Color Specular Map

Standard Gear Shader - Monster Preset
Normal Map		Multi		Vertex Color/Alpha(UV3)		UV2
RED	Standard Tangent Space Normal Map	RED	Specular Intensity	RED	???	Decal Placement, such as Grand Company Logos
GREEN	Standard Tangent Space Normal Map	GREEN	Gloss (?)	GREEN	???	Decal Placement, such as Grand Company Logos
BLUE	Opacity \[0-128, 128+ is full Opacity\]	BLUE	???	BLUE	???	Specular
ALPHA	Colorset Row	ALPHA	???	ALPHA	???	Used as a Multi map (See Multi column)

Glass Shader
Normal Map		Multi		Vertex Color/Alpha(UV3)		UV2
RED	Standard Tangent Space Normal Map	RED	Ambient Occlusion	RED	???	???
GREEN	Standard Tangent Space Normal Map	GREEN	Gloss	GREEN	???	???
BLUE	Opacity	BLUE	Specular Power	BLUE	Z Depth?	N/A
ALPHA	Colorset Row	ALPHA	???	ALPHA	???

Skin Shader
Normal Map		Multi		Vertex Color/Alpha(UV3)		UV2
RED	Standard Tangent Space Normal Map	RED	Player Skin Color Selection Influence	RED	Player Muscle Slider Influence	Decal Placement, such as Legacy Mark or Face Paint.
GREEN	Standard Tangent Space Normal Map	GREEN	Specular Intensity	GREEN	???	Decal Placement, such as Legacy Mark or Face Paint.
BLUE	???	BLUE	Unused	BLUE	Angle of Refraction Intensity	N/A
ALPHA	???	ALPHA	???	ALPHA	Player Skin Color Selection Influence

Skin Shader - Face Presets
Normal Map		Multi		Vertex Color/Alpha		UV2
RED	Standard Tangent Space Normal Map	RED	Player Skin Color Selection Influence	RED	Player Muscle Slider Influence	Decal Placement, such as Legacy Mark or Face Paint.
GREEN	Standard Tangent Space Normal Map	GREEN	Specular Intensity	GREEN	???	Decal Placement, such as Legacy Mark or Face Paint.
BLUE	Opacity	BLUE	Player Lip Color Selection Influence	BLUE	Angle of Refraction Intensity	N/A
ALPHA	???	ALPHA	???	ALPHA	Player Skin Color Selection Influence

Skin Shader - Skin with Hair Preset
Normal Map		Multi		Vertex Color/Alpha(UV3)		UV2
RED	Standard Tangent Space Normal Map	RED	Player Skin Color Selection Influence	RED	???	Decal Placement, such as Legacy Mark or Face Paint.
GREEN	Standard Tangent Space Normal Map	GREEN	Player Hair Color Selection Influence	GREEN	???	Decal Placement, such as Legacy Mark or Face Paint.
BLUE	???	BLUE	Hair Highlight Color Selection Influence	BLUE	???	N/A
ALPHA	???	ALPHA	???	ALPHA	???

Hair Shader
Normal Map		Multi		Vertex Color/Alpha(UV3)		UV2
RED	Standard Tangent Space Normal Map	RED	Diffuse Mask	RED	Red Color Influence	Opacity Mapping
GREEN	Standard Tangent Space Normal Map	GREEN	Specular Mask	GREEN	Green Color Influence	Opacity Mapping
BLUE	???	BLUE	Unused	BLUE	Blue Color Influence	N/A
ALPHA	Opacity (see UV2)	ALPHA	Highlight Color Influence	ALPHA	Opacity

Hair Shader - Face Presets
Normal Map		Multi		Vertex Color/Alpha		UV2
RED	Standard Tangent Space Normal Map	RED	Brightness	RED	Red Color Influence	Opacity Map
GREEN	Standard Tangent Space Normal Map	GREEN	Specular Intensity	GREEN	Green Color Influence	Opacity Map
BLUE	???	BLUE	Unused	BLUE	Blue Color Influence	N/A
ALPHA	Opacity	ALPHA	*Player Tattoo/Etc\ Color Influence**	ALPHA	Opacity

* Tattoo/Etc. Color varies by race and is default as one of:
Tattoo Color
Limbal Color
Ear Clasp Color

Iris Shader
Normal Map		Multi		Vertex Color/Alpha(UV3)		UV2
RED	Standard Tangent Space Normal Map	RED	Diffuse Mask	RED	Left Eye Color Influence	???
GREEN	Standard Tangent Space Normal Map	GREEN	Specular Mask	GREEN	Right Eye Color Influence	???
BLUE	???	BLUE	Gloss(?)	BLUE	???	Reflection
ALPHA	???	ALPHA	???	ALPHA	???	Reflection Map ("Catchlight")

Furniture Shader
Normal Map		Multi		Vertex Color/Alpha(UV3)		UV2
RED	Standard Tangent Space Normal Map	RED	Diffuse Mask	RED	???	Emissive Color Mapping (?)
GREEN	Standard Tangent Space Normal Map	GREEN	Specular Mask	GREEN	???	Emissive Color Mapping (?)
BLUE	Unused	BLUE	Gloss	BLUE	???	Diffuse Note
ALPHA	Opacity	ALPHA	Emissive Mask	ALPHA	???	Diffuse Alpha is also used for Opacity

Dyeable Furniture Shader
Normal Map		Multi		Vertex Color/Alpha(UV3)		UV2
RED	Standard Tangent Space Normal Map	RED	Specular Mask	RED	???	Emissive Color Mapping (?)
GREEN	Standard Tangent Space Normal Map	GREEN	Roughness	GREEN	???	Emissive Color Mapping (?)
BLUE	Unused	BLUE	Also Specular Mask...?	BLUE	???	Diffuse Note
ALPHA	Opacity	ALPHA	Emissive Mask	ALPHA	???	Diffuse Alpha is used for Dyeability

Further Notes

SE's Gloss implementation is very unique, and doesn't adhere particularly well to most modern PBR system's assumption of Gloss. (Closer to non-PBR Spec-Gloss)
In particular, their Gloss layers in the textures are really more like \[Specular + Gloss\]. To get a true Gloss-Only variance, your best bet is to blend Colorset Rows.

--- #### Endwalker colorset row reference table

Colorset Reference Table

When working with normal map Alpha channels, your Greyscale Color space should be set to sGrey. (Ctrl-Shift-K in Photoshop for color space settings)


Row #	Greyscale %	Photoshop Greyscale %	sGrey Value	Hex Value	Color
Row 1	0.00	100.00	0	\#000000
Row 2	6.67	93.33	17	\#111111
Row 3	13.33	86.67	34	\#222222
Row 4	20.00	80.00	51	\#333333
Row 5	26.67	73.33	68	\#444444
Row 6	33.33	66.67	85	\#555555
Row 7	40.00	60.00	102	\#666666
Row 8	46.67	53.33	119	\#777777
Row 9	53.33	46.67	136	\#888888
Row 10	60.00	40.00	153	\#999999
Row 11	66.67	33.33	170	\#AAAAAA
Row 12	73.33	26.67	187	\#BBBBBB
Row 13	80.00	20.00	204	\#CCCCCC
Row 14	86.67	13.33	221	\#DDDDDD
Row 15	93.33	6.67	238	\#EEEEEE
Row 16	100.00	0.00	255	\#FFFFFF

Colors will blend in pairs of two going down the rows.
(Ex. Row [1 & 2] can be blended, but row [2 & 3] cannot, and will snap to the nearest colorset row)

Sub-material information does not blend, and is determined by discrete value that is closer. (Ex. 3% rounds to Row 1, 6% rounds to row 2)

Photoshop uses Black as "100%" and White as "0%" for some reason, ergo the percentages are reversed for Photoshop.