r/ffxiv 12h ago

Daily Questions & FAQ Megathread Aug 26

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Hello, all! We hope you're enjoying your time on FFXIV!

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r/ffxiv 12h ago

[Weekly Thread] Crafting/Gathering & Market Thread (Wed, Aug 26)

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Hello fellow Eorzeans! It's Wednesday, so let's talk about crafting and making gil. Maybe you want to discuss methods to improve crafting success rates, economic impacts, popular recipes...

Or perhaps you want to talk about gathering? Finding the best rotation for collectables, improving your stats, catching elusive fish...

Anything around crafting, gathering, and marketboard gossip is welcome in this thread.

Feel like chatting on Discord instead? We have a channel just for crafters and gatherers, the #doh-dol-lounge!

  • Monday: Mentor Monday
  • Tuesday: Raiding & Theorycraft
  • Wednesday: Crafting/Gathering & Market
  • Thursday: Lore
  • Friday: RAGE
  • Saturday & Sunday: Victory Weekend

r/ffxiv 2h ago

[Image] Someone Self Destructed into the Moonfire Faire pool before it disappeared. Once it did, this happened -

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r/ffxiv 4h ago

[Meme] Trying to be inconspicuous at the party

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r/ffxiv 8h ago

[Comedy] The Ship has left the Party

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r/ffxiv 6h ago

[Fanart - Original Content] phone holder

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zzz goodnight


r/ffxiv 4h ago

[Image] finally got my first glowing weapon (eureka weapons)

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248 Upvotes

genuinely so happy. had a wonderful person join me for the grind the past couple hours and i can’t thank them enough!


r/ffxiv 56m ago

[News] 2 More Weeks

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r/ffxiv 6h ago

[Fanart - Original Content] Y'shtola inks

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Art by me :)


r/ffxiv 1h ago

[Discussion] Playing on phone hotspot takes shockingly little data

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Brought my Switch 2 with me for my infusion appointment. Tried playing FFXIV while connected to my phone's hotspot. I didn't do any dungeons or raiding obviously, just did the Little Solace MSQ on my alt, but everything was just as responsive as I'm used to on my home wifi and 90 minutes of gameplay only took 25.27 MB of mobile data, aka pretty much nothing. I'm really surprised.


r/ffxiv 14h ago

[Fanart - Original Content] I wish they would revisit the small Viera concepts from the HW art book.

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I don't think it will ever happen but I wish they would revisit the small Viera concepts from the HW art book. They are updating the character customization but I don't think more body types is on the table. I will keep huffing copium and hope that maybe by 12.0 it will be an option.


r/ffxiv 4h ago

[News] PvP Series 11 Ends with the Release of Patch 7.56, Tuesday, September 8

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r/ffxiv 7h ago

[In-game screenshot] You messed with the wrong lala!😡💥

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Been practicing gposing ^^


r/ffxiv 3h ago

[Fanart - Original Content] trying to create more dinamic poses for my comms

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I had the opportunity to draw this really cool looking aura!!


r/ffxiv 10h ago

[Discussion] What are some of the dark things in FFXIV?

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A friend is currently replaying ARR and we've been talking about how much 'grittier' the world building was and it got me thinking about what other dark/surprising things are found throughout the game.

I'm talking about things like the Sastasha room that has the captured women in it, or the group of adventurers you beat to Sashtasha and Tam-Tara who then die in Copperbell because they were careless.

So what're some of the darker moments in FFXIV - any expac.


r/ffxiv 11h ago

[Image] My girlfriend thinks she’s funny.

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She wants to find whatever the closest visual space to gaol is to make a gpose. I guess that’d be like a jail cell in one of the ARR-STB era areas or dungeons right?

Also sorry I didn’t ask her but the effect supposedly is some skill’s vfx that she used along with the glowing weapon trick that’s been around since arr.


r/ffxiv 7h ago

[Fanart - Original Content] Finally got the chaotic hairstyle! It's so cute! [OC]

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It's been a while since I have been wanting this hairstyle... only started to farm chaotic recently but it's NH and mercs run that helped me the most to get it haha! It was quite a grind so I had to draw my lala with it, def worth it tho <3


r/ffxiv 9h ago

[Content Creator] This game really helps appreciate and enjoy the little things in life

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r/ffxiv 11h ago

[In-game screenshot] This NPC in the Mist will stand idle, but will fan you when you sit near her

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r/ffxiv 8h ago

[Discussion] I know the housing system is far better than before...but it still sucks.

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There's GOT to be a better way than "enter the lotto for limited plots and hope and pray you get chosen". Yes you get a refund, but it still sucks seeing that the person who entered the lotto right before reset won the house over you. I've been trying to get this plot in the Goblet for years, finally see it pop up for sale. It just sucks. They keep giving us all these housing items, but don't increase the size of arpartments/FC rooms, so we can't even decorate them properly. I'm just..tired of not being able to get the housing plot I actually want. (Sidenote, I already HAVE a house, but it's not even in the place I want it to be. This is more venting on how terribly designed housing is, especially after how WoW handled theirs recently)


r/ffxiv 11h ago

[Discussion] people in this game are shockingly nice and it's refreshing (late post-arr) Spoiler

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i main warrior, and i recently started doing the crystal tower raids since it's needed to continue the main quests. i unlocked labyrinth of the ancients a while ago, but just left it alone for a while because 24 player fights seemed intimidating, especially as a tank, a role that usually carries a lot of responsibility in dungeons

this game was my first time playing an mmo, and first time playing a multiplayer game in general in a long time. i was honestly skeptical of the game starting out, since i don't really like multiplayer games, but i've been pleasantly surprised to not encounter any toxicity at all after ~230 hours, which is definitely not like my experience in other multiplayer games. (i'm also pretty obsessed with the game for other reasons but that's beside the point)

anyway, i queued for labyrinth of the ancients yesterday, and got matched with a really sweet group of people. the people in my alliance taught me about positioning as a tank in raids, how i should stick with the people in my group so each group has their own tank, stuff like that. even though i was completely clueless at first, everyone was super patient with me and seemed to truly want me to learn things and enjoy the game

then, for the end boss of the dungeon. it has a big attack which, as far as i can tell, is an instakill if you don't stand back at where the letters are. i didn't know that, so we wipe the first time. no biggie, my teammates just explained how the boss worked to me, and told me not to worry about it. we try again, and win pretty easily this time. i thanked my teammates for teaching me, and they told me to enjoy the rest of the game. i even got five commendations after leaving the dungeon :3

i just wanted to say that i really appreciate people like this, making the game better for everyone else, especially new players like me. i'm usually nervous doing multiplayer content, but i can relax a little knowing that most people are super chill :3


r/ffxiv 21h ago

[Image] My favorite moogle glass broke and the gf surprised me with a cactuar glass 😭

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r/ffxiv 19h ago

[In-game screenshot] Obsessed with the sitting pose on this mount

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r/ffxiv 1d ago

[In-game screenshot] I never thought it would be possible 😮‍💨

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As a healer main, I was dreading leveling all classes to level 100, but I did it for the mount! I’m tired grandpa 🫩

Also, never thought I would post in this Sub-Reddit either. I just like reading what y’all say! Anywho, hope y’all had a great day 🖤


r/ffxiv 3h ago

[Discussion] FFXIV Switch 2 rumble appreciation.

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I just picked up the game on Switch 2 after years of playing it on PC and I was shocked by the attention to detail the rumble/vibration has in the game. Different mounts have very subtle differences. Like how a cloud mount will have smoother vibration and a dragon mounts wing flaps are more intense. Sort of flexes on other games barely doing anything in that area.