Final Fantasy XIV News

And the winner of Final Fantasy XIV’s new housing lottery is *drum roll please*… no one. Apparently, everyone lost in the first lottery cycle due to a major bug that caused the system to go haywire. A flood of complaints have been collated in on Reddit but they essentially boil down to two main issues: The first is that some [...]

The preliminary patch notes are now up for Final Fantasy Patch 6.1: Newfound Adventures for those who want to tear into it before the update comes out on Tuesday. The extensive patch notes include information on the new quests, side quests, and trials while still keeping the new MSQ titles and the new dungeon under wraps to prevent spoilers. The [...]

Square Enix has revealed the official release date for Final Fantasy XIV Patch 6.1 in a new trailer showcasing the highlights of the MMORPG’s next major update. The patch, dubbed Newfound Adventure, will feature a new dungeon, which still remains unnamed to prevent spoilers, along with part one of the Myths of the Realm Raid – Aglaia. The update will [...]

The Final Fantasy XIV dev team offers up more information about Patch 6.1’s new Housing Lottery system following its initial reveal earlier this week. As the developers previously noted, starting with the release of Patch 6.1 purchasing residential lots will no longer be on a first-come, first-served basis. Instead, real estate moguls (i.e. individual players and free companies) will need [...]

With just a few weeks until Final Fantasy XIV Patch 6.1’s mid-April release, the devs are taking time to explain upcoming changes to how land is purchased in the game. With the release of Patch 6.1, all land purchases will go through the new lottery system rather than on a first-come, first-served basis. This will include the new plots of [...]

As announced last month, Final Fantasy XIV players can now link their Steam accounts with their Square Enix accounts for added security starting today. Players with special characters or symbols in their Steam profile names, however, are getting error messages upon launching the game through Steam. Affected players are advised to temporarily change their profile names to one that uses [...]

Final Fantasy XIV players can look forward to the return of several in-game events to keep them busy while waiting for Patch 6.1. The Little Ladies’ Day event kicks off on March 14th, giving players another chance to score the Little Lady’s Crown headgear. Don’t worry if it sits a bit crooked on your character’s head. It’s meant to be [...]

Now that Final Fantasy XIV players have had a few months to traverse the edge of the universe and prevent the Final Days, they can now look forward to a new adventure in the epic fantasy MMORPG’s next major update, aptly-named Newfound Adventure. As promised, Executive Producer and Game Director Naoki Yoshida dropped a few bits of information about Patch [...]

Player houses in Final Fantasy XIV will once again be safe from demolition, at least for the time being following Square Enix’ decision to suspend the feature until further notice. “We had originally planned to recommence the currently suspended auto-demolition counter on Wednesday, March 9, 2022. However, considering the current world situation, we have decided to keep the counter suspended,” [...]