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In the wake of the fantastic entries submitted for the Fan Festival in Las Vegas, we’re pleased to announce this year’s art and video contests in celebration of the upcoming Fan Festival 2023 in London. Show your Warrior of Light’s fascinating adventures through your creativity and skill!

Finalists’ entries will be showcased in our gallery during the Fan Festival 2023 in London, so be sure to head over to the special site to submit your entries. We look forward to receiving your amazing creations!

Art Contest

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Adventures in FINAL FANTASY XIV

Categories

• Illustrated Works
• Screenshot (Unaltered)
• Screenshot (Altered)
• Physical Handcrafted Works

* Physical handcrafted works can be submitted either as photographs or a short video of up to 10 seconds.

Visit the Art Contest page for details.

Video Contest

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Your Favourite Area of Eorzea (or beyond!)

Introducing a new video contest for the Fan Festival 2023 in London!

Choose your favourite or most memorable area and showcase your Warrior of Light's journey as they explore the realm!

Visit the Video Contest page for details.

To mark the end of one adventure and the beginning of another, we proudly present a new collection of side stories with Tales under the New Moon! Peer deeper into the hearts and minds of a diverse cast of characters, beginning with the first instalment: As Azure Fades.

Read the first story.

* Please note that Tales under the New Moon may contain spoilers from the main scenario.
* A total of four new stories are scheduled to be released.

We are pleased to announce a special screenshot sweepstakes to celebrate the 10th anniversary! Winners will receive an in-game prize, and their entry will be included in a mosaic artwork that will recreate the 10th anniversary artwork by Yoshitaka Amano!

The final piece will be comprised of up to 20,000 screenshots, the majority of which will need a white or yellow tone.

Join us in creating this mosaic commemorating A Realm Reborn’s 10th anniversary!

Read on for details.

The lovable Beans of the Blunderdome will soon make their mark upon the realm─in preparation for the Fall Guys collaboration coming in the Patch 6.5x series, we’re proud to present the event teaser site!

We’ll be updating the site with more information before the collaboration begins, so stay tuned for details.

View the teaser site.

Furthermore, the Warriors of Light Fame Pass is now available in Fall Guys! From Tuesday, 22 August to Tuesday, 3 October, players can obtain FFXIV-themed costumes, emotes, and rewards befitting a defender of the realm, so don’t miss out on this chance to glamour your Beans and bring some Eorzean flair to the Blunderdome!

View the Fall Guys website for more details.

In the wake of the fiercely fought competition in North America, we are thrilled to announce the participating teams and preliminary tournament brackets for the Crystalline Conflict Regional Championship 2023 in Europe and Oceania!

The tournament's structure has been adjusted in order to account for the number of registered teams and make sure the competition stays fierce throughout all stages.

A member from each qualifying team will be contacted via in-game message with further details, so be sure to keep an eye out!

Proceed to the tournament website for more details on the teams and brackets.

It gives us great pleasure to announce the return of the Moogle Treasure Trove! Collect irregular tomestones of tenfold pageantry by completing specific duties and exchange them with Itinerant Moogles for a host of treasures.

This time, we have prepared an array of fabulous rewards to celebrate our realm reborn, from new additions like the ten year anniversary framer's kit and fat cat parasol, to coveted items like sets of samurai barding, copies of Modern Aesthetics - Both Ways, and more. With significantly increased irregular tomestone rewards, your odds of earning the prize of your dreams have never been better, so don't miss out on this limited time event!

Read on for details.

* Irregular tomestones of tenfold pageantry will not be awarded when using adventurer squadrons or the Duty Support system.
* Irregular tomestones of tenfold pageantry are only available to unrestricted parties if the "Level Sync" option is applied.
* Due to an error, the icon may not appear in the Duty Finder for Containment Bay Z1T9 (Unreal). Please rest assured that this duty will still yield irregular tomestones of tenfold pageantry upon completion.

FINAL FANTASY XIV celebrates its 10th anniversary on Sunday, 27 August. Join us for the Rising as the realm commemorates this most momentous of occasions!

Read on for details.

A special limited-time 10th anniversary sale kicks off on the FINAL FANTASY XIV Online Store starting Thursday, 17 August around 8:30 (GMT) / 9:30 (BST) / 18:30 (AEST).

New optional in-game items will also make their debut on the site, so be sure to check out the latest offerings!

Visit the FINAL FANTASY XIV Online Store for more details.

* The items mentioned above will be available for purchase after the scheduled maintenance on Thursday, 17 August concludes around 8:30 (GMT) / 9:30 (BST) / 18:30 (AEST). Please visit the News section for detailed maintenance information.
* Congestion in the delivery system may cause item deliveries to take longer than usual following the release of new optional items.

To commemorate the upcoming 10th anniversary of FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn, the official English (@FF_XIV_EN), French (@FF_XIV_FR), and German (@FF_XIV_DE) Twitter accounts will be hosting a special sweepstakes on the 14th of every month from May to August!

As August marks our 10th anniversary, we’ll be raising the stakes and giving away a Fat Black Chocobo Whistle in-game item to 14,000 lucky winners for this campaign’s grand finale!

The 10th anniversary celebrations will continue in various forms, so stay tuned for our announcements on the 10th anniversary website and the Lodestone! We hope you continue to enjoy celebrating this momentous 10-year milestone with us!

Read on for details.

We’re pleased to announce that the Letter from the Producer LIVE Part LXXVIII event digest has been released!

If you weren’t able to watch the live stream, or if you just want to watch it again, be sure to check it out!

Proceed to the thread.

As part of A Realm Reborn’s 10th anniversary celebrations, eligible users will be able to play free up to 14 days in the latest Free Login Campaign! If you or any of your friends are currently taking a break from your adventures, you won’t want to miss out on this limited-time event!

Visit the Free Login Campaign website for details.

Crystalline Conflict Season Seven has drawn to a close!

• To Our Top-ranked Competitors
  

  Congratulations on a season well fought! Please be sure to collect your hard-earned ranking rewards from your local postmoogle.
  * Ranking rewards letters may take some time to arrive. We appreciate your patience.
  

• To All Players Ranked Bronze or Higher
  

  Well fought and good show! Your tier rewards may be claimed by speaking with the seasonal quartermaster at the Wolves' Den Pier (X:4.9 Y:5.7).
  * Please note that Season Seven tier rewards may be collected until the end of Season Eight. Don't forget to claim your spoils!
  

View the results for Season Seven.

• Exchanging Commendation Crystals
  

  Starting in Season Seven, commendation crystals were added to ranking and tier rewards.
  
  The commendation quartermaster at the Wolves' Den Pier (X:4.5 Y:6.2) will be happy to augment your hellhound weaponry in exchange for these crystals.
  

  

  For more information on rewards, please visit the Crystalline Conflict Guide.

Without further ado, we are delighted to send you back into the arena for Season Eight! Aspire to even greater heights and secure your Crystalline legacy!
* Season Eight is scheduled to run until the release of Patch 6.51.

• Season Eight Preliminary Rankings
  

  Players will begin Season Eight five risers lower than the rank at which they finished Season Seven. Rising Stars will be reset to zero.

Patch 6.48 addresses a number of known issues and brings a variety of refinements to the game, including adjustments to PvP actions.

Read the patch notes.

FINAL FANTASY XIV Fan Festival 2024 in Tokyo is scheduled to be held from Sunday, 7 January to Monday, 8 January 2024, but you can check out its special site today!

We'll be sharing all sorts of exciting information about what to expect at this unforgettable gathering of Warriors of Light, so be sure to keep your eyes peeled for updates.

* Information on ticket sales will be added at a later date.

Visit the Fan Festival 2024 in Tokyo special site.
* Please note that the website is in Japanese.

We are pleased to announce that pre-orders have begun for the second round of new merchandise to commemorate the Fan Festival 2023-2024 events! The merchandise lineup will be different for the Japanese Fan Festival, so don’t wait and pre-order the items you want from this selection today.

Pre-orders are available while supplies last or until Monday, 4 September 2023 at 22:59 (GMT) / 23:59 (BST). The commemorative items are planned to begin shipping early October 2023, so browse through the items on offer, such as figures, apparel, accessories, and more.

* Pre-orders are available in North America, Europe, and Japan regardless of Fan Festival attendance.
* To ensure there are no delays for commemorative items arriving before the Fan Festival 2023 in London, please refrain from combining Fan Festival-related pre-orders with pre-orders for other items, as they may have different release dates.

Visit the Square Enix Store to pre-order.

If you can't beat the heat, bring the heat! The Moonfire Faire is bringing festoonery and fireworks to the city-states and an exciting new adventure to Costa del Sol. Grab your breeziest outfit and make the most of this summer─it's shaping up to be a scorcher!

Read on for details.

It gives us great pleasure to announce the fifth expansion to FINAL FANTASY XIV, Dawntrail!

The trailer unveiled during the Fan Festival 2023 keynote can now be viewed on the FINAL FANTASY XIV: Dawntrail teaser site, along with the latest information, screenshots, and artwork from the upcoming expansion.


Visit the teaser site.

It's finally here! FINAL FANTASY XIV will make its debut on the Xbox Series X|S with open beta testing scheduled to begin in Patch 6.5x ahead of an official Spring 2024 release.

Stay tuned for future updates!

Applicable Hardware

Xbox Series X|S

Available Version

Digital Download

Get ready for a show of epic proportions: in partnership with Mediatonic, we're excited to announce that FINAL FANTASY XIV will be collaborating with Fall Guys!

To celebrate, a number of Fall Guys-inspired obstacle courses will be making their way to Eorzea. Put your skills to the test, and compete against friends and rivals alike in the Gold Saucer's new battle royale mode!
* Planned for release during the Patch 6.5x series. Stay tuned for more updates!

Furthermore, from Tuesday, 22 August to Tuesday, 3 October, the Warriors of Light Fame Pass will be available in Fall Guys. During the event period, players can obtain FFXIV-themed costumes, emotes, and rewards befitting a defender of the realm!

View the Fall Guys official site.

The competition has been fierce, but Season Seven of Crystalline Conflict will soon draw to a close with the release of Patch 6.48!

Once the season has ended, players will receive rewards according to their overall rank and tier within each data center.
* Players must participate in at least one ranked match during the season in order to receive tier rewards.

The final results will be announced after the release of Patch 6.48, so give it your all and prove yourself the fiercest fighter on the crystal line!

Please note that in light of current matchmaking conditions, we've made some adjustments to the lower and upper limits within which competitors are matched in Japanese data centers. Best of luck, and happy battling!

View the Crystalline Conflict Rankings page.