Radar

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Located in the lower left of the screen, the compass/radar will show the direction that you are traveling and other object nearby as little coloured blips.

Dot Color	Object type
Red	Enemies (only visible on some jobs, see below)
Purple	Party members
Yellow	Friendly NPCs and Pets
Blue	Other players
Green	Other NPCs

Arrows around the circumfrence of the radar can be displayed to indicate the direction and name of Wide Scan targets or enemied that have had Call for Help activated on them.

Arrow Color	Monster type
Teal	Wide Scan Tracking (<scan>)
Red	Enemies with the "Call for Help" tag (<ht>)

Job Effects on the Radar

Using certain jobs as either your main or support job can adjust the radar in several ways:

• Ninja will expand the radar in both size and range.
• The following jobs will allow you to see enemies (red blips) on the radar:
  • Beastmaster
  • Blue Mage
  • Ninja
  • Ranger
  • Summoner
  • Thief