Final Fantasy 14's Housing Lottery Glitch Crisis is Over
Shortly after being added at the beginning of April, Final Fantasy 14’s Housing Lottery System encountered a critical glitch that forced it to shut down housing sales completely. Exactly a month later, Final Fantasy 14 has resolved the Housing Lottery glitch.
Starting in Patch 6.1, housing in Final Fantasy 14 is resolved via a lottery pull, instead of the previous first-come, first-serve basis. However, when the first lottery was pulled, several lots erroneously selected entry 0 as the winner, causing many plots to become impossible to claim, even at plots with a single bidder.
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After a lengthy process of identifying and fixing the issue, then restoring the lottery data,Final Fantasy 14’s Lottery System is working as intended. With its final maintenance done, players who experienced the glitches with the Empyeum Housing Lottery can claim their plots of land until the morning of May 26th, at which time the Housing Lottery will begin its normal nine-day cycle once more. The in-game interface currently states the plots must be claimed by May 17th, but this is an error Final Fantasy 14 is aware of, and which players can safely disregard.
Many players who lost their housing lotteries to the nonexistent winning number 0 have already received the full refund of their bid. However, now that the lottery is fixed, some of these players will find they have won a housing plot after all. While these players will have essentially won a free housing plot for their trouble, Final Fantasy 14 is adding an NPC in 6.2, which will allow players to voluntarily return their gil refunds if their conscience demands it.
Many players are relieved to find some of their
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