In the MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV everyone wants a house – now they get an island like in Animal Crossing

Housing is popular with many players in the MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV, but a house is difficult to come by. For Patch 6.2, the developers announce that each player will have their own island. It’s reminiscent of Animal Crossing.

In their live letter on Twitch, Square Enix surprised with a housing announcement. It’s solo content where you run your own island, like in Animal Crossing. Take care of animals, construct buildings, collect materials and use them to craft new items.

“You get an island, you get an island, we all get an island!” they tweeted shortly after the stream.

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Not a house, but a whole island

You can design and furnish your island as you wish. You can get items for this by buying, crafting or finding them. The rest works similarly to regular houses: color, place, decorate.

Harvesting is also a big aspect of the new housing system. Grow crops, harvest and sell them. If you explore your island thoroughly, you can find seeds of rare plants and earn a lot of money from cultivating them.

What is special is that items from islands are sold with a separate currency. You can use the currency to buy items for your island.

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And the houses? Many players have had difficulties buying a house lately. The problem was that most houses are only available for free societies, i.e. guilds, and individuals fought for the remaining plots of land. Anyone who wanted a house had to apply for it and had over 200 competitors. It was decided at random.

It remains to be seen whether there will soon be fewer competitors for a house because everyone is busy with their island. Anyone who still wants to buy a house then probably has better chances than they currently have.

When is the update coming? Square Enix plan to bring the islands to the game towards the end of August 2022 with patch 6.2, an exact date is not yet known. First comes Patch 6.18, which will bring you new servers in early July that you can move to for free.

What do you think about the custom islands in FFXIV? Are you looking forward to it, would you rather have a house, or are you not interested in housing at all? What aspects of the announcements excite you the most? Write it to us in the comments here on MeinMMO!

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