You’ll need to complete the level 47 quest ‘ Squadron and Commander‘ at your Grand Company. I’ll also tell you how to go about levelling up and building your team, and tips on how to complete both Squadron Missions and Command Missions consistently for easy rewards. In this guide I’m going to cover how to unlock and recruit Squadron members, as well as what you should be looking for among those recruits. Squadrons can be a good source of useful consumables if you pay attention to them, and you can even use them to help level your combat jobs if you’re intimidated or frustrated with the Duty Finder.
Did you know you can command your own little platoon of NPC adventurers? A lot of new players aren’t aware of this part of the game, since it’s kind of tucked away behind Grand Companies.