Your main menu currently has seven entries. Advancing the game will add two more submenus - however, we’ll include them now for the sake of ease:

a) Paradigms (obtained and explained later in the guide).

b) Status (view the status of party members).

c) Crystarium (obtained and explained later in the guide).

d) Abilities (view abilities your characters have learned).

e) Equipment (view and change equipment of characters).

f) Inventory (view and sort Items, Weapons, Accessories, Components, Key Items).

g) Map (access the map of the current area).

h) Datalog (view various info on areas, characters, terms, enemies, etc.)

i) Settings (change various options).