Final Fantasy XIV
Final Fantasy XIV is an online role-playing game built around one long story. You play a hero in a realm called Eorzea and follow that story through its dungeons and boss fights, with friends or with computer-controlled allies if you'd rather go at your own pace. One character can learn every job, this game's word for a class, just by swapping weapons. Off duty there's fishing, crafting and a house to decorate.
Game publisher: Square Enix.
Our Final Fantasy XIV coverage
Earlier, now past
- FFXIV maintenance schedule, September and October 2026: nine possible nights to 8 October, checked 25 September
- FFXIV on Switch 2 starts charging on 8 September, and the account link is permanent
- FFXIV Patch 7.56 maintenance: 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. Pacific, and the season that closes with it
What is coming up
- to 2 Nov 2026 All Saints' Wake A seasonal event in Final Fantasy XIV. Square Enix's event page runs it from Thursday 15 October at 1:00 a.m. Pacific time to Monday 2 November at 6:59 a.m., and says times may change. You need a level 15 character. The prizes are armor and furnishings, some items from earlier years come back through a vendor, and the seasonal quests cannot be finished once the event ends. Checked 17 Oct 2026 · Source: Square Enix · all of our calendar dates
- Crucible of the Unbroken Ranking Season 1 The Crucible of the Unbroken is a challenge where players compete for the highest score. Square Enix's post says its first ranking season starts on Sunday, October 25 at 10:00 p.m. PDT and runs to late November, with the exact end still to be announced. Scores count only on your Home World, the server your character belongs to, with Crucible Mode at the third degree and rankings switched on. Players ranked in the top 300 get rewards when the season ends. Checked 13 Oct 2026 · Source: Square Enix · all of our calendar dates
- to 31 Oct 2026 Fan Festival 2026 in Tokyo, keynote and live stream Square Enix calls it the third and final Fan Festival before Evercold. Its schedule puts the keynote on Friday 30 October from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Pacific time, with a development panel and a live Q&A on Saturday 31 October. Every stage event streams live on the official Final Fantasy XIV YouTube and Twitch channels, and the post says stage times may change. The piano concert and THE PRIMALS concert are paid streams, 4,950 yen for both days plus a 660 yen fee. Checked 17 Oct 2026 · Source: Square Enix · all of our calendar dates
Release dates we are tracking
- TBA Final Fantasy XIV: Evercold Square Enix names Evercold as upcoming and gives no date. Checked 17 Oct 2026 · Source: Square Enix · all of our release dates
Recent, and what happened
- to 21 Sep 2026 Tokyo Game Show 2026, Square Enix booth At Makuhari Messe, Chiba. Square Enix gives the show dates in Japan time as business days on 17 and 18 September, invitation only, and public days on 19, 20 and 21 September. Its booth is in Hall 3 and its shop in Hall 9. The post names a screen playing the Evercold trailer, a character meet and greet on public days only, and an early release of merchandise. Checked 21 Oct 2026 · Source: Square Enix · all of our calendar dates
- to 19 Oct 2026 Moogle Treasure Trove: The First Hunt for Astronomy Square Enix's event page runs it from Wednesday 9 September at 1:00 a.m. to Monday 19 October at 7:59 a.m. Pacific time, and says times may change. Its prize is the uolon horn, a new mount. The page says a Second Hunt for Astronomy follows at a later date it does not name, and tokens from this First Hunt carry over to it. Checked 17 Oct 2026 · Source: Square Enix · all of our calendar dates
- Patch 7.56 Square Enix's all-Worlds maintenance notice puts the downtime from 7 September 11:00 p.m. to 8 September 3:00 a.m. Pacific time, and says the completion time may change. Duty recorder data recorded before the maintenance can no longer be replayed after it. Checked 21 Oct 2026 · Source: Square Enix · all of our calendar dates
- Switch 2 free subscription period ends Ends at 11:59 p.m. in each region. The 30-day free play period from a Starter or Complete Edition registration begins 8 September, and Switch 2 payment registration opens the same day at 3:00 a.m. PDT. Checked 17 Oct 2026 · Source: Square Enix · all of our calendar dates
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