Final Fantasy XIV News

Treasure-hunting moogles will again be setting up shop in Final Fantasy XIV as the Moogle Treasure Trove event returns to the long-running MMORPG next week. “In recent years, demand from collectors and historians has led to a surge of adventurers seeking tomestones, those mysterious relics of the Allagan Empire made to record and keep its secrets. Some small number of [...]

Last week, Square Enix temporarily disabled Data Center Travel due to congestion following the opening of new data centers and Worlds in the European and Japanese regions. After some backend fiddling, Data Center Travel functions were restored the next day but with the possibility of extended wait times of up to 30 minutes during peak hours. The developers have now [...]

Square Enix has rolled Final Fantasy XIV’s Patch 6.18 along with the new data centers after an extremely long maintenance downtime. With the new data centers online, the rush to transfer characters over to the new Worlds that came with them has caused the Data Center Travel system to bog down due to extreme congestion. This has prompted Square Enix [...]

Final Fantasy XIV Producer Naoki Yoshida has officially revealed the next patch coming to the long-running fantasy MMORPG in his latest Live Letter from the Producer. Patch 6.2: Buried Memory will naturally feature new main scenario quests as well as the new The Fell Court of Troia dungeon, more Hildibrand and Tataru side quests, an unrevealed Trial, and the ability [...]

After struggling to accommodate the deluge of players that flocked to Final Fantasy XIV following Endwalker’s release, Square Enix is now working create some space, particularly in the Japanese and European regions. To do this, the team will be restructuring and expanding both the Japanese and European data centers. In line with the expansion, the Japan will be getting a [...]

If you’ve been meaning to get back to Final Fantasy XIV or if you just want to check out what’s new in the game, then now would probably be the best time to do so. Square Enix is currently running a free login campaign until June 30th that will give returning players access to the entire game for a limited [...]

The Final Fantasy XIV Newfound Adventure mid-patch, Patch 6.15, is now live with a ton of new quests to keep players busy while waiting for the next major content drop. On top of the list are a pair of new Chronicles of a New Era quests for level 90 players who’ve already completed the Endwalker main scenario quests. New side [...]

The Final Fantasy XIV dev team rolled out a patch earlier this week that included a PvP balance pass for several jobs, including the Black Mage. The Black Mage saw a significant boost to casting time, damage output, spell effect duration, and survivability to a point that made it extremely overpowered. Executive Producer Naoki Yoshida acknowledged the fact and announced [...]

Last year, Square Enix implemented a 30-minute AFK timer in Final Fantasy XIV to deal with extremely long queue times caused by a massive influx of players ahead of the Endwalker expansion’s release. With queue times and login issues now under control, the team has decided that it’s high time to remove the feature and have done so in the [...]

As promised, the Final Fantasy XIV housing lottery system has now been fixed and players who were affected by the bug can now claim their respective plots. Note that when you claim your plot you’ll be shown a message saying that you’ll need to finalize the purchase before 7:59am PDT on May 17th and the next lottery cycle begins. This [...]