Final Fantasy XIV News

9-Hour FFXIV Maintenance Scheduled for Oct 31, New Data Center Details

Final Fantasy XIV is set to add a new data center and four new servers for North American players. This also means FFXIV has to go offline for scheduled maintenance. As stated in the...

Musicians, Creators, 1,400 Fans Sing Close in the Distance as a FFXIV Chorus

Back in February of this year, composer and content creator Alex Moukala (aka the Warrior of Funk) put out a call on Twitter asking the Final Fantasy XIV community to help with an ambitious p...

FFXIV Endwalker Relic Weapons Will Make a Manderville Out of You

Now that we’ve settled into the post-launch era of Final Fantasy XIV’s Endwalker expansion, we’re starting to see new faces on familiar content. We had the beginning of o...

FFXIV Patch 6.2 Special Site is Live, Reveals Lahabrea as Hot

You know things are heating up for Final Fantasy XIV when a new special site for a patch goes up. With FFXIV 6.2 – “Buried Memory” right around the corner, the official patch we...

FFXIV 6.2 Live Letter Part 2 on August 12; Here's What We'll See

Patch 6.2 “Buried Memory” is the upcoming content update for Final Fantasy XIV, and it feels like we’ve covered it all at this point. Well, there’s a whole lot more we’ve yet to see. That’s w...

FFXIV 6.18 Patch Notes Summary; Data Centers, Job Changes, and More

It turns out that the relatively minor update for Final Fantasy XIV had a bit more in store. During the maintenance period, FFXIV 6.18 patch notes dropped and revealed more than the...

The Balloon Mount Spies On Old Valentione Items At The FFXIV Online Store

We’re in the middle of another seasonal event, and that means the Final Fantasy XIV Online Store has updated with new (old) items. If you happen to miss them the first time around, you can alwa...

FFXIV Housing Lottery NPC Asks You to Please Return Accidental Refund

The darkest days of the FFXIV housing lottery may be behind us, but a new Patch 6.2 NPC comes ready to collect on the system’s mistakes. In this week’s Final Fantasy XIV update, Empy...

FFXIV Opens Weapon Design Contest For Reaper and Sage

A few weeks ago, the FFXIV team announced the winners of the Weapon Design Contest. The contest kicked off in August of last year, with players able to add their designs on given...

FFXIV Keeps Square Enix Strong Despite a 15% Drop in Sales

Final Fantasy XIV has moved from a poor release for Square Enix over a decade ago to one of the major titles keeping the entire publisher afloat. The company released its financia...

More FFXIV Housing Coming in Patch 6.3, What You Need to Know

Live Letter 74 gave us a preview of a ton of new content coming to Final Fantasy XIV with Patch 6.3, which launches on January 10. We summarized everything we learned about FFXIV Pat...

FFXIV Patch 6.15 — Everything You Need to Know [UPDATED]

Final Fantasy XIV players should be hyped up about the latest update in the current patch cycle — FFXIV Patch 6.15 is delivering a good chunk of new content. FFXIV 6.15 rele...

FFXIV North American Server Expansion Coming in November, More Housing On the Way

There’s never enough space in Final Fantasy XIV. The MMO continues to be popular, bringing in new players, while the existing community also expands to fill the space. There are still queues on...

What Are FFXIV Variant and Criterion Dungeons? New Content in Patch 6.25

Do you remember Final Fantasy XIV’s Hard dungeons? The concept started back in A Realm Reborn, where they were remixed versions of leveling dungeons with slightly-harder mechanics an...

Yoshi-P Asks FFXIV PVP Players To Stop Being Dicks in Crystalline Conflict

It’s clear that Crystalline Conflict has been a huge win for Final Fantasy XIV PVP. Modes with larger player counts like Frontline and Rival Wings couldn’t boast the same hea...

FFXIV Housing Lottery Bugs and Results Have Been Fixed [UPDATED]

Finally, some good housing news. Final Fantasy XIV has been in a bit of a housing crisis with its new lottery system bugging out for many players when it went live with the recent Patch 6.1....

FFXIV 6.15 Patch Notes Summary: New Mount, Minion, Quests, and More

Another update for Final Fantasy XIV is upon us, and the patch notes for FFXIV 6.15 have been published. Most of what’s outlined in the official patch notes is new content we’ve know...

FFXIV Patch 6.25 Live Letter Summary, Release Date, Job Changes, Fan Fest, and More

As part of their 14-hour livestream extravaganza, we had the latest Live Letter from the Producer covering what’s new for Final Fantasy XIV. Director and producer Naoki Yoshida hosted it alon...

FFXIV Data Center Travel Goes Live, Right Back Down, Then Up Again

The FFXIV data center travel system didn’t launch quite as planned in its first 24 hours. Thanks to high server loads and a rush to test the feature, the Final Fantasy XIV team suspe...

FFXIV’s Housing Hopefuls Lament Their Lottery Losses

Yesterday, the winners were separated from the losers once again. Final Fantasy XIV’s housing lottery dropped its results, with players needing to claim their plots by June...