GearInfo-Mod - Last updated July 30th 2026

🚨 IMPORTANT: NOT THE LEGACY GEARINFO 🚨
This is a completely rebuilt, standalone addon. It is designed to safely replace or run alongside the old, legacy "GearInfo" without breaking your existing GearSwap Luas. Legacy GearSwap files that heavily hardcoded the old addon will not crash or conflict, because this version uses a completely isolated folder (GearInfo-Mod) and command structure (//gim).

Status: - Odyssey, Unity, JSE torques, Divergence, Limbus, Escha, REMA, and statless gear are fully integrated.

This version of GearInfo-Mod is a lightweight Windower addon designed to track and display your equipment statistics in real-time. Unlike the older version which dealt with hardcoded stuffs, I'm using dynamic pattern matching (Regex) to read base stats and custom augments directly from your equipped items(when applicable), ensuring your data is always accurate regardless of recent game updates or random gear rolls. I did have to create custom files and retrieve augments from BG-wiki that the community identified. All of that was manual entry death. Same for grabbing the ID of the equipment. Death I say!

You will NOT need to incorporate this into GearSwap. This is stand-alone.

I was also limited to the data on bg-wiki. //gim log will be your friend to verify if something is missing

Features

• Dynamic Parsing: Automatically detects stats from base gear and custom augments (Oseem, Odyssey, etc.) using real-time game data. I handle complex augment strings and prevents double-counting of stats (e.g., differentiating between "Accuracy" and "Magic Accuracy").
• Odyssey, Unity, Limbus, Divergence, JSE Necks Rank Scaling: Full support for Rank 1 through 30 (If applicable) path-based augment scaling via a dedicated augments.lua database, allowing perfect calculations of intermediate ranks.
• Ghost Gear System: Save a "ghost" snapshot of your stats in memory. Your ghost stats hover next to your active stats in brackets [G: ...] so you can rapidly compare gear sets in real-time.
  • Smart Comparisons: The UI automatically calculates the difference between your active gear and your ghost snapshot, displaying a smooth, color-coded green ▲ or color-coded red ▼ to instantly show you what you're gaining or losing.
• Customizable UI:
  • Toggle between Vertical (stacked) and Horizontal (side-by-side) layouts.
  • Gear Stats: Shows the total contribution of stats from your currently equipped gear.
  • True Totals: Accurately reflects your total character stats (white text) versus gear stats (green text).
  • Detailed Log: A 3-column breakdown showing exactly which items are contributing to your tracked stats.
• Persistence: All UI windows are draggable and will remember their position and layout preferences on your screen per character.

⚠️ REMA WeaponSkill Disclaimer

Rank 15 Ultimate Weapons (Relic, Empyrean, Mythic, Ergon, Aeonic) provide massive damage boosts to specific Weapon Skills (e.g., Victory Smite: Damage +10%). To prevent the UI from becoming bloated with 40+ unique weapon skill names, these specific bonuses are aggregated into the general Weapon Skill Damage tracker.

When you see your Weapon Skill Damage increase upon equipping an R15 weapon, please be aware that this specific portion of the stat only applies to the weapon's designated Weapon Skill!

Commands

Type the following into your FFXI chat log:

Command	Description
//gim refresh	Forces a manual refresh of the UI and re-syncs character stats.
//gim ghost save	Saves a snapshot of your current stats to compare against.
//gim ghost clear	Deletes your saved Ghost Gear snapshot.
//gim ghost toggle	Hides or shows your Ghost Gear display.
//gim log	Toggles the visibility of the 3-column detailed item breakdown log.
//gim hide	Hides the Gear Statistics UI completely.
//gim show	Shows the Gear Statistics UI.
//gim style horizontal	Changes the UI to a side-by-side layout.
//gim style vertical	Changes the UI back to a stacked layout.
//gim validate	Debug tool: Scans the database to ensure all stat keys match the UI dictionary.
//gim help or //gim	Displays this help menu in your chat log.

Completed Milestones

1. Add Ody weapons and accessories. DONE on 7/11/2026
2. Add Unity stuffs DONE on 7/14/2026
3. Add Limbus stuffs DONE on 7/20/2026
4. Add Divergeance Stuffs DONE on 7/21/2026
5. Add JSE NQ, +1, +2 Stuffs DONE on 7/21/2026
6. Pet Augments is buggy DONE on 7/12/2026 but testing
7. Add REMA Augments DONE on 7/24/2026
8. Add Part 1 of Escha DONE on 7/27/2026
9. Add misc stuff like Brutal Earring. Statless descriptions in the gear. ie Enhances "Fast Cast" effect DONE 7/28/2026
10. Add Part 2 of Escha (Oboro, Weapons, Zi'tah Augments) DONE 7/30/2026

Usage

1. Create a folder in addons called GearInfo-Mod
2. Drop all of the files downloaded in this repo into GearInfo-Mod
3. From within the game in order to load the addon: //lua load GearInfo-Mod
4. Type //gim for commands but //gim show is the meat and potatoes
5. Click and drag any window to move it where you prefer. Your layout is saved automatically.
6. When you swap gear, the addon will detect the equipment change and update the stats automatically.
7. If you want to see the breakdown of which items provide which stats, use //gim log.
8. Use the //gim ghost save command before testing a new set to easily see exactly what you gain or lose across all stats.

Technical Note

GearInfo-Mod calculates gear stats by parsing item descriptions and encrypted extdata. It calculates true character totals by silently polling the game's /checkparam function whenever equipment is changed, ensuring you have an accurate view of your total combat performance. To prevent server desync, it utilizes a Two-Stage Injection System: green gear stats are calculated instantly locally, followed by a 1.2-second delay before pinging /checkparam to allow the FFXI servers to catch up to your gear swap.

Special Thanks

Thanks Zedoma and Navius for testing and giving me feedback for gear. The ghost idea came from Navius and I ran with it.