Jump Puzzle Macros

A macro-and-hotbar trick for jumping exact, repeatable distances, useful for precision jumping puzzles.

Original technique: 西瓜皮皮狗 on bilibili, demonstrated in this video.

English write-up: posted to r/ffxiv by u/AbstractBible in the original thread. This page reproduces that write-up with the screenshots preserved locally, since Reddit's own image hosting isn't reliable long-term.

How it works

The idea: turn your hotbar into a ruler. A macro that holds /automove for a fixed number of frames before triggering /gaction Jump produces a jump of a very consistent, specific distance, as long as your frame rate is locked. Build one macro per distance, calibrate them once against a fixed landmark, and afterward you can read off exactly which number to press for any given gap.

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Step 1: resolution

Set your game to 4K at 60 FPS, and UI size to 200%. If you don't have a 4K monitor, use the highest resolution available and adjust the UI size proportionally during calibration. It has to be 60 FPS, or the timing won't line up.

Step 2: macros

Create macros 1–10 below (icon numbers optional, just for readability) exactly as written. Each one holds auto-move for a different number of frames before jumping, which is what produces a different, repeatable distance per macro.

Step 3: hotbar

Make a blank 1×12 hotbar and place it low on screen, in front of your character, with the camera pointed straight down. After calibration you'll be able to look at this bar and click whichever number matches the distance you need.

Blank 1x12 hotbar positioned in front of the character with the camera angled straight down

Step 4: calibration

Go to New Gridania (X: 9.8, Y: 12.5) and find the row of wooden stakes there. Stand on the bottom-right stake and adjust your hotbar's position and your camera depth (scroll in/out) until the number 8 lines up over the 4th stake and the number 4 lines up over the 3rd stake. If the hotbar doesn't fit the screen well, try 150% or 100% UI size instead and recheck the alignment. Nudge the camera depth in small steps until the fit is exact.

Hotbar numbers aligned against the wooden stakes in New Gridania for calibration

Once it's aligned, it should look something like this:

Calibrated hotbar overlay lined up with the stakes, ready to use

Using it

Whatever number lines up with your target distance is the macro to press. Remember your camera depth (how many scroll steps up or down you used), since the calibration only holds at that specific zoom level.

When jumping to a higher elevation, use one number farther than what your visuals suggest. Jumping to a lower elevation likely needs one number less, though that hasn't been tested as thoroughly. Macros 9 and 10 are for long jumps and don't align with the calibrated hotbar: 9 is a plain running jump, 10 is a sprinting running jump.

And yes, this does take some of the fun out of jumping puzzles, so skip it if you'd rather just eyeball the jumps.