# (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.