50 Fun Facts About FFXIV

The original Final Fantasy XIV went live on which date in 2010?

It ran on the Crystal Tools engine built for Final Fantasy XIII, and its servers closed on November 11, 2012.

Who was the original producer of the 2010 Final Fantasy XIV, removed after the failed launch?

President Yoichi Wada issued a formal apology in December 2010, demoted director Komoto and brought in a new team.

Naoki Yoshida had been planning chief of which game before taking over Final Fantasy XIV?

He became both producer and director, and began writing 'Letters from the Producer' to rebuild trust with players.

What was the codename for the rebuilt game before it was titled A Realm Reborn?

The old game's finale on November 11, 2012 ended with the cinematic trailer 'End of an Era'.

A Realm Reborn launched worldwide in which month and year?

PlayStation 4 support followed in April 2014, macOS in 2015, PS5 in 2021, Xbox Series X/S in 2024 and Nintendo Switch 2 in 2026.

The Legacy Campaign rewarded players who paid for at least how many months of the original game?

They got permanently reduced subscription fees, an exclusive chocobo mount and their names in the credits of Version 2.0.

Which elder primal escaped from the lesser moon Dalamud to trigger the Seventh Umbral Calamity?

Dalamud turned out to be an ancient Allagan prison; Louisoix Leveilleur sent the adventurers 'beyond the reach of time' before dying.

A Realm Reborn is set how many years after the Seventh Umbral Calamity?

The player character of the 2010 version escaped through temporal magic and reappears at the start of the new story.

Which Eorzean city-state is a thalassocracy on the island of Vylbrand?

Gridania sits in the Black Shroud, Ul'dah in arid Thanalan and Ishgard in snowy Coerthas.

Which power, having conquered the continents to the east, invades Eorzea?

Its scientists weaponised the moon Dalamud under Project Meteor, led by Legatus Nael van Darnus.

The Scions of the Seventh Dawn are led at the start of A Realm Reborn by whom?

The group merges Louisoix's Circle of Knowing with her Path of the Twelve; she reveals the player's visions are the Echo.

The Ascians seek to awaken which dark god?

Lahabrea reveals that each Calamity is a step in the resurrection; the arc concludes in Endwalker.

Which Allagan war machine does Gaius van Baelsar pilot in the Praetorium?

It consumes the primals Ifrit, Titan and Garuda to grow stronger before the adventurer destroys it.

Under the Armoury System, what determines a character's class?

Players switch class simply by changing weapons, and the Job System builds on it for combat disciplines.

Which two disciplines cover crafting and gathering?

Disciples of War and Magic fight; players can only start as one of those two in A Realm Reborn.

Standard dungeons require a party of how many players?

Boss battles take eight, Frontlines PvP takes teams of up to 24, and the Duty Finder matches players across servers.

Player-run guilds in Final Fantasy XIV are called what?

Each operates under one of the three Grand Companies, while linkshells are simply private chat channels.

Heavensward, the first expansion, was released on which date?

It centres on the thousand-year Dragonsong War between Ishgard and the dragons of Dravania.

Which three jobs did Heavensward introduce?

They begin at level 30 with storylines tied to Ishgard, and the expansion raised the level cap to 60 and added flying.

Which movement ability did Heavensward introduce to the game?

Zones were enlarged to accommodate it, and players must attune to an area's air currents before taking off.

Stormblood has players lead rebellions in Ala Mhigo and which Far Eastern nation?

Both are ruled by the emperor's son Zenos yae Galvus; the expansion added Samurai, Red Mage and swimming, with a level cap of 70.

Which Final Fantasy Tactics and XII veteran wrote Stormblood's Ivalice raid storyline?

The same patch, 'The Legend Returns', debuted the game's first Ultimate-difficulty battle.

Shadowbringers takes place on which parallel dimension?

The Ascian Emet-Selch tags along, hoping to use the world's collapse to restore Zodiark.

Shadowbringers' new tank job, Gunbreaker, takes its gunblade from which earlier numbered entry?

The other new job, Dancer, wields chakrams and draws on real-world folk dances.

What system introduced in Shadowbringers lets players run dungeons with computer-controlled companions?

The level cap rose to 80 and Viera and Hrothgar became playable races.

Which game director wrote the Shadowbringers alliance raid crossover with NieR: Automata?

The same patch cycle ran the long 'Restoration of Ishgard' campaign after the Dragonsong War.

Endwalker's healer job Sage uses floating magical objects called what?

They were inspired by the Funnels of the Gundam franchise; the other new job was the scythe-wielding Reaper.

Endwalker's release on December 7, 2021 was delayed by what?

It concludes the Hydaelyn-Zodiark arc begun in A Realm Reborn and raised the level cap to 90.

Which 'slow life' farming mode debuted in Endwalker patch 6.2?

Players tend a garden and livestock on a deserted island with no competitive pressure.

Dawntrail sends players to which continent across the sea for a rite of succession?

The player champions Wuk Lamat in the contest to lead Tuliyollal.

Dawntrail's paint-based mage job Pictomancer is based on the magic of which Final Fantasy VI character?

The other new job, Viper, can join its two swords into one like Zidane in Final Fantasy IX; the Scion Krile switches to Pictomancer.

Besides new jobs, Dawntrail brought the game's first major what since 2013?

It launched on July 2, 2024, and raised the level cap to 100.

The sixth expansion, Evercold, takes players to a new dimension known as what?

It is an icy world whose people have fled to the sky on giant magical airships; it was announced at Fan Fest 2026 in Anaheim.

Which composer is credited with most of Final Fantasy XIV's music and also served as sound director?

He even sang the vocals on Leviathan's battle theme, and Titan's lyrics had to be toned down for profanity.

Guinness recognised Final Fantasy XIV in 2017 for the most original music pieces in a game, at roughly how many?

The original 2010 soundtrack had been principally composed by Nobuo Uematsu.

By October 2021, Final Fantasy XIV had passed how many registered players?

Square Enix also declared it the most profitable Final Fantasy game to date.

Which Triple Triad and chocobo-racing theme park arrived between the two parts of A Realm Reborn's patch cycle?

The Wolves' Den is the PvP arena added alongside Free Company housing.

Which 'Limited Job' with its own specialised content was added during Stormblood's patch cycle?

Its spells are learned from monsters, in the classic Final Fantasy tradition.

The Hrothgar race is based on which Final Fantasy X people?

The Viera come from the Ivalice games; both became playable in Shadowbringers.

Which Scion most often represents Final Fantasy XIV in crossovers like Dissidia NT and Theatrhythm?

She, Thancred, Yda, Papalymo and Urianger are the Scions' original core members.

Final Fantasy XIV: Dad of Light, released on Netflix in 2017, is a drama from which country?

It follows Akio Inaba reconnecting with his retired father through the game; the eight episodes first aired on MBS/TBS.

Yoshida and Phil Spencer announced the Xbox Series X/S port at Fan Festival 2023 in which city?

Dawntrail was unveiled at the same event, and the Xbox version launched on March 21, 2024.

Which two prizes did Final Fantasy XIV win at The Game Awards in both 2021 and 2022?

Endwalker also took Role-Playing Game of the Year at the 25th D.I.C.E. Awards.

As of April 2026, the free trial included content up to which expansion and level cap?

The expansion added Viera and Hrothgar to the trial's playable races.

Under what codename did the original Final Fantasy XIV begin development around 2004–2005?

It used the Crystal Tools engine from Final Fantasy XIII and was directed by Nobuaki Komoto.

What did Naoki Yoshida begin writing to restore player trust after taking over the game?

They discussed design direction, upcoming changes and player feedback to make development more transparent.

Which company handled the macOS port whose sales were suspended within days of its 2015 launch?

Performance problems moving from DirectX to OpenGL, plus wrongly published minimum specs, led to refunds; sales resumed in February 2016.

Who leads Ul'dah's Grand Company, the Immortal Flames?

Gridania's Twin Adder answers to Elder Seedseer Kan-E-Senna and Limsa Lominsa's Maelstrom to Admiral Merlwyb.

Which Tencent subsidiary is co-developing Final Fantasy XIV Mobile with Square Enix?

Announced in November 2024, it will be free-to-play without gacha and covers A Realm Reborn with nine jobs and five races.

On which date in 2014 did the Steam version of A Realm Reborn arrive?

The PlayStation 4 beta followed on February 22, the same day the console launched in Japan.