Final Fantasy 14 Shares Details for the Housing Lottery System
Final Fantasy 14 is gearing up to release Newfound Adventure, its first major content patch after Endwalker. To prepare players for the new Housing Lottery System coming with it, Final Fantasy 14 shared the fine print of how players can get a house in the Empyreum district of Ishgard.
Previously, houses in Final Fantasy 14 were purchased on a first-come, first-served basis. However, as of Newfound Adventure, all land will be purchased via the new Housing Lottery System instead.
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The new Lottery System in Final Fantasy 14 operates on a 9-day cycle. During the first five days, players enter into the lottery by paying the full fee for the house. At the end of this period, the winner will be selected and will have 4 days to claim their plot of land. Should the winner fail to claim it, the plot will be re-entered into the lottery, and the winner will receive half of the gil they spent on the entry back. Losers can recover all of their gil within 90 days of the drawing via the plot’s placard.
Each member of a Free Company in FF14can enter the lottery on behalf of their Free Company, but each entrant must provide the full fee to do so. Should a Free Company or private buyer win multiple plots, they will have to forfeit half the cost on those they do not accept.
Of note, Final Fantasy 14 is removing the Price Reduction System in which the cost of a plot of land was reduced over time since few plots of land remained vacant for long in FF14’s voracious housing market. In addition to the original requirements for buying land, entrants for Free Companies must have been a member of the Free Company for 30 days. This is to combat RMT in Final
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