Final Fantasy XIV: How to attempt to buy a house in the 6.1 lottery

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The hardest boss to fight in Final Fantasy XIV isn’t Ultima (Unreal). It’s not the various weapon bosses either. It’s the housing boss, but 6.1 introduced a new Lottery system to hopefully aid players in their quest to finally have their plot of land in the game.

6.1 was a massive update for Final Fantasy XIV and brought some genuinely unique new content to the game, but the housing system also changed. How does this new lottery system work?

This new system in Final Fantasy XIV is a Lottery System to allow people a fairer chance at buying a house in the game. It would be significantly harder for players to buy up all the land and hoard them or sell them back to players at exorbitant prices.

To get a plot of land in the game, players need to find the area they are trying to purchase. So they’ll want to head to one of the housing areas in the game, such as the new Empyreum housing area, which has 48 wards (24 subdivisions), with plenty of houses potentially available.

Players will need to click on the placard at the spot they want to purchase and will need the amount of Gil to secure that plot of land. According to the developers, these Lottery periods will take nine days to run, but in the event of scheduled maintenance, some of the periods will be shorter (4-5 days).

After five days of the lottery series being up, entries will no longer be allowed. If the player wins a lottery, they’ll receive the plot of land/house. There are even some requirements to be involved in this system. However, they depend on whether the player is buying a personal house or one for their free company.

This does not guarantee a player a house in Final Fantasy XIV, but it’s perhaps a fairer system than the previous one. Now every player has a fair