Galactic Circus

Space Camp

Seraph's Orbit

Ghoul Puzzle Hub

Aina's Torture Chambers

Demi's Puzzles

Nae's Jumping Puzzles

Ode's FFXIV Puzzles

Vega Aegis's Jump Puzzles

Zimanta's Jumping Puzzles

Dispelling Myths

The Requirements

A space to build: Seems obvious enough, but if a player hasn't interacted with the housing system at all, they obviously can't produce a jump puzzle. Most players don't have access to a private estate and don't have building rights in their FC house, so the best way to start building is to use an apartment or private FC chamber. For starting out, an apartment is the better choice unless you are confident that you will be with your free company permanently; an apartment is more expensive (500k vs 300k) but it will never demo due to being inactive, while a private FC room is dependent on the FC remaining active. If you leave your FC by choice or against your will, your private room will be demolished and you will lose your puzzle (though your materials are retrievable).

The right concept: Aside from "jumping on things," you need to have an idea of what kind of experience you want to create for the jumper. This is the culmination of all the subsequent elements in a way, but it's good to have your starting point here and shape everything else around it. Do you want something easy that most people can complete? Pick an objective: do you want to use the message book as the finish line, or do you want to use it to leave instructions for a scavenger hunt? These are the types of things to ask yourself to help guide your build.

The right furnishings: Probably the most important part of executing a build, picking the right furnishings can shape the puzzle's theme and/or difficulty, as well as how hard the puzzle is for you to build. You have to take into consideration things like which items have collision (as in you can stand/jump on them), which have lift (will pop you up when jumping into it from below), as well as objectives.

The right techniques: The storeroom glitch is by far the easiest method to build with, though it limits your furnishing selection to tabletop and wall-mounted items.

The right feel:

The Building Process

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The Process:

The Level Requirements

Get through the starting area story (MSQ): Get through the opening story of Limsa Lominsa, Gridania, or Ul'dah. Reach the point where you can reach all three of these cities by airship. These quests will be named "The Lominsan/Gridanian/Ul'dahn Envoy."

Complete the first three dungeons (MSQ):Clear Sastasha, Tam-tara Deepcroft, and Copperbell Mines. Recruit either a friend or benefactor to unsync them for you, queue them in Duty Finder, or unsync them yourself if you boosted. As of 6.1, you can also use Duty Support in these dungeons to save yourself from queues if you are leveling as a DPS class.

Defeat Ifrit (MSQ): Do the Main Story Quest storyline in Eastern Thanalan involving Ifrit and clear the 4-man Trial. You'll be prompted to choose a Grand Company, then do the solo instance associated with Biggs and Wedge and finish the introductory quest. You'll be prompted to return to the Waking Sands for 300 seals, and this is a good point to start making sure you have the Seal Sweetener II FC buff rolling for the 10% bonus. Grab your seals and return to your Grand Company and pick up "My Little Chocobo," which requires a Chocobo Issuance to be purchased from the nearby GC Quartermaster using your newly acquired seals. Once you have it, complete that quest, name your mount, and be on your way.

Work on MSQ: Technically, you don't have to do any more MSQ if you don't want to. However, MSQ is the easiest source of experience in most cases, and having an upgraded job will help speed you along regardless of your leveling method. With that in mind, completion of the "Sylph Management" main story quest will unlock the ability to upgrade your class to a job. Anything beyond this point in MSQ is solely for EXP to help you reach level 50.

The Grand Company Requirements

FATEs (Costa del Sol or Northern Thanalan are best)

Adventurer In Need bonus from Leveling Roulette

Grand Company provisions

Grand Company leves at Camp Drybone available from Kikiri (more on this below)

PVP unlock quest "A Pup No Longer" from your GC Commander (One-time reward of 1438 seals, 1582 with Seal Sweetener II)

GC Hunting Logs (first two ranks are required)

Use Silver Chocobo Feathers to purchase the latest tome gear

Grand Company Leves: a Different Kind of Grind

A Cold-blooded Business

Blood in the Water

The Burning Reason

A Heart Aflame

Don't Tear Down This Wall

The Third Prize Is that You're Slain

Watch Me If You Can

Food for Thought

Some Helpful Tips

Try to have fun with it: You'll be visiting some familiar places that may show in a new light thanks to MSQ progress on your main.

Don't Burn Out: Unless your target World is running low on apartments, your building space isn't going anywhere. Take breaks and don't rush!

Use a One-Time Password: Whether keyfob or app, using an OTP lets you set a destination as a free teleport. Change it often and abuse it to save gil!

Gear Matters: You can get by with Hall of Novice/early dungeon gear for a while, but don't be afraid to spend gil on marketable dungeon gear. Early 40's is a good example.

Chocobo Porters: The real MVPs at low levels. They can give you rides to early settlements and let you rent chocobos to get to places like Tam-Tara and Drybone.

Trade Leveling Services: Before you start your alt, plan with a friend or acquaintance to trade runs and transports. A huge time-saver.

Job Choice Matters: Starting zone, familiarity with playstyle, knowledge of job quests, they all factor into your leveling speed and dictate queue times and adventurer bonus.

Pick a Preferred World: Some servers will offer EXP buffs (i.e. Road to 80) and even a free one million gil. Choose these if you don't care what server your alt is on.

Purchasing Boosts is an Option, Albeit an Expensive One

avoid the biggest time investment in procuring extra housing.

are always geared well which speeds up duties and hunting logs

can avoid queues altogether via unsync solo runs (they do give quest credit)

have access to Peloton immediately if you boost a ranged job or if start in Limsa and pick up Dancer

can make up the 9000 seal deficit with 3 adventurer in need bonuses

already have all the gear you need to turn in given to you with the boost (save some for your GC assignment dungeons!)

spend less as you only need ARR boosted for basic housing

can fly immediately, helping with job quests and Hunting Log

can take advantage of World EXP buffs if you prefer to grind levels the old fashioned way

avoid MSQ if you're burnt out, gain levels via leveling roulette instead (adventurer bonus active to take care of two tasks at once)

only want to use this option on a EXP boosted world server

can be ready for housing in as much time as it takes you to do your Hunting Logs, make 9000 seals, and solo Dzemael Darkhold and Aurum Vale

Types of restrictions you will encounter:

Location Access: Some Jump Puzzles are located in places that not all characters / alts can reach. Puzzles in the first 3 starting zones may require airship access, puzzles that are in Empyreum require progression through the 3.0 MSQ, and puzzles in Shirogane require MSQ progression through the Sirensong Sea. These requirements can be circumvented by adding the builder to your Friend List and teleporting to their estate or apartment, but a truly devoted Jumper may decide to go the full distance and unlock these zones for themselves. It may not be possible to contact all builders either, which may make leveling and MSQ progress necessary.

Speed Access: Some Jump Puzzles cannot be completed without the proper amount of speed at certain chokepoints. This is different from Location Access because technically all characters meet this requirement with Sprint. However, depending on only Sprint when multiple speed boosts exist in a Jump Puzzle is miserable. Therefore, the reasonable threshold for an alt is Level 20 Archer for Peloton. For even more speed that may be helpful in the most difficult puzzles, Moon Flute from clearing 10 stages of Masked Carnivale on Blue Mage or Expedient from leveling Scholar to 90 can be useful. It's possible to rotate Peloton, Moon Flute, and Expedient for maximum sustained speed.

Job Access: Lastly, perhaps the most controversial and rare of Jump Puzzle requirements: specific jobs. This comes up very rarely, but there are a few Jump Puzzles on the list that require specific abilities from certain jobs. They are marked as (L) on the Jump Puzzle lists and are best avoided by all but the most determined of Jump Puzzle enthusiasts. The (L-) puzzles, however, can generally be cleared by anyone. Dragoon 35, Dancer 60, and Reaper 70 aid with fulfilling these requirements. The higher level your character is, the more options open up.

Requirements to have access to every puzzle:

4 Characters, 1 Character Per Region.

Optimal Access (for reaching and clearing every single jump puzzle)

NA: Level 70+ Character, Sirensong Sea Cleared.

EU: Level 61+ Character, Sirensong Sea Cleared.

JP: Level 20+ Archer, Limsa/Gridania/Ul'dah reached.

OC: Level 60+ Character, 3.0 MSQ Cleared.

Reasonable Access (for reaching and clearing most jump puzzles without massive grinding)

NA: Level 20+ Archer, Limsa/Gridania/Ul'dah reached.

EU: Level 20+ Archer, Limsa/Gridania/Ul'dah reached.

JP: Level 20+ Archer, Limsa/Gridania/Ul'dah reached.

OC: Level 20+ Archer, Limsa/Gridania/Ul'dah reached.

★☆☆☆☆ Beginner (1★)

Clear Rate should be relatively high, hindered only by people being literally unable to perform parkour in FF14. Meant to be educational.

Keep Gates to a minimum, and never use Job or Forbidden Gates. Reconsider using anything other than an obvious Doze Gate or Sit Gate.

Make the course relatively easy to understand and follow so players don't get lost.

Keep Goal restrictions simple and easy to understand. Don't make complicated Goals or randomly take away the ability of starting players to turn to things like speed abilities. That isn't a good learning environment for newbies.

No Void Jumps UNLESS the purpose is Void Jump education.

No speed required until the end of the puzzle. Maybe use it for the ending, but don't make newbies mess with Peloton or wait on Sprint cooldowns. They can use it if they want, but don't force it either.

Keep Mystery to a minimum. If you include it, please hint at how to do it as well as you can or think again and remove it.

Puzzles With Obscure Entrances may be included in this tier out of necessity. Challengers should ask for help with puzzles they have difficulty in starting or abandon them if no one offers assistance. The necessity stems from accommodating confusing but extremely short Jump Puzzles.

★★☆☆☆ Medium (2★)

Clear rates may be a little lower than Beginners, but it should still be possible for anyone from Party Finder to finish without sweating blood unless they are completely inept at parkour.

Feel free to throw in more Gates and play with Phasing, but stay away from Job Gates unless they are optional. Do not use Forbidden Gates.

The course can be a little more unclear and some Mystery elements can be included either through Hide and Seek or weird mechanics like windows. Don't overdo it though, too many mechanics and the difficulty shoots up.

Do not restrict speed in Mediums, but feel free to be a little more diverse with Goals by including factors like Hide and Seek.

Like with Beginners, try to save speed requirements for the end or for the occasional spot where the Sprint cooldown won't become a problem. Regular speed use is a Hard+ puzzle trait unless the puzzle is very short.

★★★☆☆ Hard (3★)

Clear rates will either be relatively low or extremely high. This depends on how much exposure the puzzle gets in Party Finder and how desperate your datacenter is for parkour. Don't necessarily take clears as an indication of difficulty because Hards attract challengers that will not take easier puzzles seriously.

Use any Gates and Phasing that you like other than Forbidden Phasing and required Job Gates here. Forbidden Phasing should only be in Satan+ Jump Puzzles and Job Gates should be optional under 4 Stars.

This is a good difficulty to troll people with. Make super misleading paths, difficult-to-find entrances, and introduce weird mechanics. However, try not to go too hard on precision or length here. If either of those factors get out of hand, you're looking at a Satan or God puzzle quickly.

No more restrictions on Goals here. Use whatever Goals you want, but please be reasonable and don't make a ridiculous string of Goals that effectively cripple a player. The simpler and shorter the explanation, the easier it is for challengers to comply.

Void Jumps are encouraged at this point if they don't break your design. They can be used rarely in 1 and 2 Star puzzles, but should be very limited below the Hard difficulty if they exist.

Feel free to increase speed requirements here, especially through Peloton. Challengers should expect to bring Peloton or be really patient with the Sprint cooldown.

Please don't make the Mystery element "where exactly the high level precision point of landing is," at the 3 Star level.

★★★★☆ Satan (4★)

Clear rates may be much lower than Hards. Even experienced Jumpers may not be able to beat Satans in a timely manner (or at all). Exceptional Jumpers may still beat them quickly, so please take Jumper experience into consideration here.

All Gates and Phasing, including the Forbidden Phasing and required Job Gates, may be deployed.

All Goal rules are allowed. Still, try to keep them as simple as possible. Feel free to use whatever restrictions you feel are necessary.

Frustrating precision and Mystery elements are highly encouraged.

Speed requirements may become crazy here. Sometimes the use of Moon Flute and/or Expedient may be expected and encouraged.

Because this is a broad category, several puzzles that might have once been considered God may be placed in this tier. Be prepared for that possibility.

Some of these Jump Puzzles may contribute to burnout. Please challenge them responsibly.

★★★★★ God (5★)

A God Puzzle should be considered the equivalent of the final dungeon of an RPG or the final boss of a raid tier in an MMO. In some cases, it may be considered the equivalent of a Superboss, Savage Endboss, or Ultimate Boss in FF14 terms.

Extremely punishing precision, traps, length, or all of the above may be present. Builders may include mechanics that would be frowned upon in lower difficulties.

A God Puzzle should induce a sense of dread in most people who approach it.

We will be very selective in rating puzzles God. If there isn't a great fear factor or exhaustion factor involved, the puzzle way be lowered to a 4 star puzzle.

Puzzles in this category are the most likely to cause burnout in Jumpers, so please be extremely responsible when you are challenging them and remember to take care of yourself. A clear isn't worth it if it causes you to quit the game for an extended period of time... or permanently. Please don't underestimate these builds. They are not meant to be cleared in bulk, at least not in a short period of time.

☆☆☆☆☆ Training / Practice (P)

☆☆☆☆☆ Event (E)

☆☆☆☆☆Temporary (T)

☆☆☆☆☆ In-Flux (F)

Mystery (M) or (M+)

Emote (E) or (E+)

Speed (S)

Phasing (P) or (P+)

Void Jump (V)

Job Gate (J) or (J+)

Ghost (G) or (G+)

Logic (L) or (L+)

No Media (X)

BLU Cheese - Using Self-Destruct to skip segments of a puzzle with the assistance of an ally with resurrection. Frowned upon by most builders.

Bodybangers - Requiring challengers to land on specific sides of platforms or launch from specific sides due to midair obstacles or obstructions.

Bonus Stage - Adding a segment or an additional challenge to a Jump Puzzle after the Message Book and / or Goal Endpoint.

Builder's Advantage - From making and testing a puzzle, the builder may have a significant advantage, or underestimate the challenges when running a course compared to regular jumpers. Can also be passed to other people if they watch you build your puzzle or help test it.

Bullet Lift - To catch the lifting properties of some furnishings near the ground, it may be necessary to rapid-tap the movement key and jump key together. Seen with Dress Forms and some housing skins.

Camera Obstruction - Using windows to compromise the camera of the challenger to raise difficulty.

Ceiling Lift / Elevator - Using furnishings near the roof to jump into the void, usually Star Globes or Dragon Lamps but several other options exist. This is commonly used to enter puzzles

Checkpoints - By either dividing up a housing instance with Void Intrusions or setting up raised flooring, it's possible to allow challengers to make progress in Jump Puzzles and proceed without losing all progress on a fall.

Cloud Puzzle - A Jump Puzzle mostly made out of disjointed furnishings floating away from each other in the middle of the void space, like moisture in a rain cloud. It is resistant to all types of Phasing or Void Jumps.

Corner Grab - Sometimes, it's possible to jump around a weak corner or Bodybanger and swerve onto a landing surface on the other side without falling.

Cube Lift - Using the entire cube as a lift to reach other furnishings in the Jump Puzzle in an otherwise impossible manner. Commonly seen in the Goblet.

Doze Gate - Using the /Doze command to teleport to a nearby bed. This can cause you to go through walls, floors or ceilings.This is a common puzzle entrance

Emote - Subtype (E) - The puzzle has points where /sit or /doze interactions with furnishings are required to cross gaps or walls; these points can be hidden. (E+) indicates that emotes will trigger furniture movement ("slides"), potentially locking you out and forcing a re-entry to reset

Expedient - Available from 90 Scholar. Increases movement speed of self and nearby party members by 30%. Useful for puzzles where Sprint isn't cutting it alone.

Fake Platforms - Intentionally using furnishings with no collision to mislead and possibly reset the progress of challengers.

Forbidden Phasing - By walking into a wall while centered and jumping before phasing kicks in after about 2 paces (typically), you can phase through some furnishings without phasing through all of them.FPS Manipulation - It's possible to make some precision jumps in Jump Puzzles easier by lowering/raising FPS, but most puzzles below the God level will have other ways to reliably manage difficult jumps.

Furniture Hitboxes - Using the hitboxes of certain furnishings to create obstacles that knock challengers down or cause them to slip off, often raises difficulty.

Ghost - Subtype (G) - Also called Ghosting, the puzzle has furnishings that disappear and reset in a predetermined order depending on character position. (G+) has multiple stages of Ghosting that will disappear and reset in predetermined orders.

Ghost Lift - also called heavy lifting, or sometimes just referred to as an upwarp. An extended lift can be created by furnishings interacting vertically even without a physical connection.

Goal - An additional objective set on a puzzle address, often asking challengers to avoid using certain techs or to follow other special rules. A Goal will also be applied if a Jump Puzzle's Message Book is not at the finish line.

Goblet Shell - In Goblet houses and rooms, the outside rim of the housing cube can be walked on. This can become a mechanic in certain puzzles. Applies to the pillars in other housing zones except for the Mist.

Headbangers - Using higher furnishings to knock challengers down based on how they jump.

Henteko Blockade - This involves floating solid furnishings above a floor just high enough to prevent Phasing but low enough to still block progress. Not always impossible to phase through.

High Precision - Requiring exact angles and momentums to make certain jumps, usually raises difficulty significantly.

Invisible Wall Pegs - Placing furnishings behind a wall in such a way that the edges can be landed on but can't be seen.

Job Gate - Subtype (J) - The puzzle has gaps that can only be crossed using specific job abilities, i.e. En Avant, Elusive Jump, Aetherial Manipulation, Hell's Ingress/Egress, etc. (J+) requires a specific job such as Blue Mage for Co-op puzzles, or when only certain job abilities will navigate gaps

Jump Fatigue - The term for someone getting exhausted in a Jump Puzzle. Easier to trigger with higher precision and difficulty. Relieved by drinking water, taking a short break, and/or returning another day.

Koi Jump - Turning off a Speed Boost during a Leap of Faith in order to make sure you don't overshoot the jump. Does not exist in a puzzle and is likely an impossible theory.

Leap of Faith - The challenger must make a huge downward jump to land on a distant platform, often small. Raises difficulty.

Logic - Subtype (L) - The puzzle employs Ghosting and Slides in unconventional ways that redefine what a jump puzzle truly is; can be viewed as a modifier for the other tags. (L+) requires deep understanding of techniques that may be used together to create significant obstacles to solve

Moon Flute - Available from Blue Mage after learning 10 spells. Increases movement speed by 30%. Useful for puzzles where Sprint isn't cutting it alone.

Mystery - Subtype (M) - The puzzle that has hard-to-find or maze-like paths, furniture combinations with hard-to-solve interactions; tricky, misleading, or deceptive elements. (M+) can signify Mystery complex enough to greatly affect the difficulty rating

Ninja Jump - Jumping from a Ninja Wall or combination for furniture that does not allow you to build up any speed before you jump off of it.

Ninja Passive Speed - Increases speed by 10% at all times. Jump Puzzles are usually not balanced around this, but may make some jumps smoother when faster speed isn't in use.

Ninja Walls - By using the lower lining of certain partitions like Glade Partitions, you can create narrow surfaces to walk and jump on.

No Media - Subtype (X) - The puzzle is subject to a no streaming/recording request from the builder. Some builders prefer to keep a low profile or keep their puzzles mysterious, please respect their wishes!

Obscure Entrance - A sometimes extremely hard to find entrance to a jump puzzle. It may include hidden Doze Gates / Upwarps, or require you to so a series of steps before you are able to reach the entrance.

Partition Transfer - Moving from one side of the lip of a Ninja Wall partition suspended in the air to the other by going around the corners without the help of any nearby furnishings. The difficulty of this technique varies widely depending on what kind of method the challenger uses and how much they have practiced it.

Peloton - Available to Physical Ranged DPS at Level 20. Increases movement speed of self and party members by 20%. Extremely valuable to have in several Jump Puzzles. The Golden Standard of speed boosts, this allows jumpers to consistently jump further without a cooldown.

Phase Pad - By balancing on top of the hitboxes of multiple items like Il Mheg Lamps or Bomb Cauldrons, it's possible to trigger a special jump. Run in place for a few paces, then jump in any direction before Phasing kicks in and drops you. Nearby furnishings may be Phased by this action. This technique is considered to be different from the Forbidden Technique.

Phasing - Subtype (P) - The puzzle uses furnishings you need to run straight into until they let you pass through them; Phasing is often banned so check puzzle rules! (P+) requires Jump Phasing ("Forbidden Tech") to prevent phasing through what you're standing on

Pipe Phasing - Some furnishings like Industrial Wall Pipes have an unreasonably long Phase range and will stay Phased until moving an extreme distance away (Between 8y-15y). If you can sit in a chair, you're far enough away. Phasing elsewhere or using room lifts may also fix it. Notably, this can be used to Phase out pipes near other objects by Phasing out the other objects.

Pumps - When multiple wall items with snapping intersect and anchor to other surfaces, it's possible to make complicated Slide Mechanisms that loop. Notated by (E+).

PvP Door - A door partition that requires Phasing to land on top of the door, but is disabled when the door opens. Becomes problematic when a large number of challengers are present. WARNING: People can grief with this and "lock" a course with it, so we suggest not using this below the 5 Star level.

Return Dash - After falling from a great height and sticking, it is sometimes possible to use a Job Dash like those used in Job Gates to return to the point where the challenger fell in a puzzle. This technique is unreliable and should not be depended on.

Semi-Solid Void Barrier - Using an extremely thin slice of Void Wall to produce the conditions necessary for Void Jumps. Becomes more solid at high FPS and less solid at low FPS.

Sit / Doze Jump - Utilizing the /sit or /doze command to sit on some chairs or beds near a moderately high wall, it's possible to scale the distance and land on top of the wall or other furnishing when a jump would normally fail. Difficult to construct.

Sit Gate - Have to use the /sit command to teleport slightly upward and/or sideways to proceed to a chair or chair-like object.

Slides / Locks - By sitting, dozing, resetting to the front door, or ressing, certain furnishings jammed through other furnishings may suddenly change their position temporarily for only that person. Usually involves multiple partitions and wall-mounted items.

Speed - Subtype (S) - The puzzle makes you wait on Sprint cooldown due to early or multiple long jumps, only applies when jumps are near/beyond max Peloton range. Combat this by bringing extra speed buffs such as Expedient (Scholar) or Moon Flute (Blue Mage)

Sprint - Increases speed by 30% for 20 seconds with a 1 minute cooldown. Necessary in many Jump Puzzles.

Staggered Lift - Also called a Moving Upwarp, To use some nearby lifts, it may be necessary to jump sideways into them to either immediately make them work or produce sticking to then make them work with a jump.

Staggered Phase Lift - By Phasing through or using Forbidden Phasing on some furnishings, you can stick into the bottom of them and then use them as lifts. This is most often relevant in God Puzzles.

Structure Puzzle - A Jump Puzzle where many of the furnishings are touching and visually form a structure, with less furnishings just floating alone in the air. These tend to look more realistic and some furnishings may be used multiple times, but Structure Puzzles tend to have vulnerabilities to the Forbidden Technique, Phasing, and / or Void Jumps.

Subtypes - Also known as tags, these are descriptions about a puzzle and what techniques are required to clear them.

Upwarp - Jumping up underneath certain furniture may cause you to get suctioned up to the next available standable surface.

Void Jump - Subtype (V) - The puzzle has vertical gaps that can only be crossed using a void jump and are required to complete the puzzle. A void jump is performed by running straight over the void for 3 seconds before jumping underneath your desired landing

Void Wall - An impassible, invisible wall created by the void that is outside the edges of the housing cube.

Warping - A phenomenon where a challenger is teleported down to a lower surface, usually while walking off the edge of a platform. Happens at the edges of the housing cube or outside of the housing cube when gaps exist in flooring.