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Hatching-tide Returns on April 13!

Spring into action this Hatching-tide to deliver the citizens of Gridania an egg-ceptional extravaganza! Only an adventurer such as yourself can help make all of Jihli Aliapoh's hippiest, happiest dreams come true─although you may have to ruffle a few feathers along the way.

Event Duration

From Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at 1:00 a.m. (PDT) / 8:00 (GMT) / 18:00 (AEST)

to Wednesday, April 27, 2022 at 7:59 a.m. (PDT) / 14:59 (GMT) / Thursday, 28 April at 0:59 (AEST)

How to Participate

Begin the quest "Hippity, Hoppity, Happily" by speaking to the Jihli Aliapoh in Old Gridania (X:10.2 Y:9.4).

*Players must be level 15 and above to start the quest.

Rewards

Visit the special site for more details.

Final Fantasy XIV will continue its story and become easier for solo players on April 12th

Final Fantasy XIV's patch 6.1 is edging closer, close enough that it now has a released date, April 12th, and a new trailer. The trailer is below, showing some of the main scenario quests which continue the story from the end of the recent Endwalker expansion.

The Patch 6.1 special site has been updated with the trailer revealed during the Letter from the Producer LIVE Part LXX, as well as details on the upcoming Myths of the Realm alliance raid, Dragonsong’s Reprise (Ultimate), Crystalline Conflict PvP update, Ultima’s Bane (Unreal), the new Duty Support system for the A Realm Reborn main scenario, and the return of the GARO collaboration.

Visit the special site.

FFXIV players are freaking out over Hrothgar hair

Final Fantasy XIV players have been waiting for more Hrothgar hairstyles for ages. The catlike folks have tended to have more limited cosmetic options than other playable races - we're still awaiting female Hrothgar, too - so today's reveal of new hairstyles had fans of the MMO excited. Until the devs actually showed off those hairstyles, that is.

You can see an example above, but suffice to say, something about that hair with those leonine faces just doesn't quite seem right. Live Letter 70 happened to land on April Fools Day, and that's led some players to speculate - or hope - that these looks are, in fact, pranks. But there's no real indication here that that's the case.

A big part of why these hairstyles seem so uncanny is down to the ears. Or, rather, the lack of them. Director Naoki Yoshida provided a few comments on that in the livestream, as translated by iluna minori of the FFXIV Discord. Yoshida says the "ears and the head are integrally moulded" for the Hrothgar, so the team has "no choice" but to implement the hair this way.

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Regarding the Sale of Land in Empyreum and the New Housing Lottery System

Starting in Patch 6.1, land will be available for purchase in Ishgard’s residential district, Empyreum!

In addition, changes to purchasing methods, such as the lottery system, will be implemented across all residential districts.

Read the full announcement on the Lodestone.