Final Fantasy XIV: What is the NoClippy mod, and how to set it up?
Final Fantasy XIV has a rich history of launcher plugins like NoClippy—it’s far from the only option available to players. However, it’s important to note that using these is against the rules in FFXIV. In most cases, it’s not something that’s going to be seen or detected—but there are ways to tell.
If you mention that you're running NoClippy in-game, it's almost certain a player will report you, which will certainly lead to a ban. Plugins like this work by essentially tricking the server into thinking you have a lower ping than you really do. This, combined with other plugins can let you use far more spells and abilities back-to-back than normal, and it's pretty obvious when this kind of thing is happening."
If you want to know what the NoClippy mod is in Final Fantasy XIV and how to set it up, this is what you need to know.
Warning: Using any kind of mod or plugin with Final Fantasy XIV is against the TOS (Terms of Service). We do not use, condone, or recommend using any plugins/mods with this MMO. This is for educational purposes only, and utilizing this plugin is done entirely at your own risk.
Setting up NoClippy mod for Final Fantasy XIV
While we won’t provide you a URL for NoClippy in Final Fantasy XIV, a cursory Google search will lead you to the exact plugin you need. The plugin is named after the term “Clipping,” which is a bad thing. When you use your next Global Cooldown (GCD) move, but, thanks to an off-GCD skill animation, you can’t use your attack immediately, that’s Clipping.
Hence the name NoClippy in Final Fantasy XIV. You need the plugin itself, and you also need the custom launcher XIVLauncher, as it comes with Dalamud. You need to put DalamudPluginRepo and place that into your custom plugin tab in your XIVLauncher/Dalamud. This is another thing you will have to Google on your own.
Then, open your Dalamud Plugins in the search bar, type NoClippy, and download it from there. Click the toggle icon to activate/deactivate it for Final Fantasy XIV. Do make sure to “save” as well to make sure it works at all.
While the purposes for NoClippy are typically quite benign in Final Fantasy XIV, there are people who can use it to cheat. Typically, it’s used by players who are far away from their home server, to reduce their ping to a playable level. Others can use it to reduce their ping to essentially 0 and do something known as “triple-weaving.”
This lets you play any of the combat classes, use skills between your GCDs, and weave them together as if there were no latency/delay between the inputs. This lets you deal far more dps than you normally would have access to, which is certainly cheating.
While not all mods cheat in Final Fantasy XIV—many of them are simply cosmetic—there are players who have ruined the game for others by setting up scripts to cheat, such as what took place with the Fall Guys event.
At the end of the day, what you do with your account is your business, but do keep in mind that mods/plugins are against TOS in FFXIV. I do not use them on my account, and I personally recommend the same for other players.
Check out our other Final Fantasy XIV guides and features
- All new mounts in Final Fantasy XIV update 7.1 and how to get them
- Final Fantasy XIV: How to get Optical Fibergrass
- Final Fantasy XIV: How to get Corduroy Felt