Summary
Square Enix has announced that automatic housing demolitions inFinal Fantasy 14will resume for North American servers on January 8, nearly two weeks before the launch of Patch 7.16.Final Fantasy 14players on the Aether, Crystal, Dynamis, and Primal Data Centers must enter their homes before January 8 to ensure the timers are reset to the full 45-day duration.
On October 2, Square Enix announced thatFinal Fantasy 14housing plots in North Americawould have their automatic demolition timers temporarily paused. The company said that the pause was due to the damage caused by Hurricane Helene across parts of the eastern and southern US, and the developers expressed their sympathies to all players affected by the storm. During the demolition moratorium,Final Fantasy 14’s automatic demolition timers were frozen at whatever time was left for each plot, with the maximum being 45 days. At the time of writing, the timers are still paused, andFinal Fantasy 14players who enter their homes can reset them to the full 45 days without worry.
AlthoughFinal Fantasy 14’s housing auto-demolition timersvary from region to region, the North American Data Center will soon see its timers pick back up.According to the Lodestone, Square Enix stated that automatic housing demolitions on the Aether, Primal, Crystal, and Dynamis Data Centers in North America will resume on January 8, at 3:00 AM Eastern, nearly three months after the timers were initially paused. An email notification will be delivered toFinal Fantasy 14players whose housing plots have ten days left before automatic demolition. The company recommended players who receive a notice to log into the game and enter their homes to cancel the demolition process. Free company homes can have their timers reset by any free company member, while personal homes can only be saved by their owners.
Final Fantasy 14 Reveals When Housing Demolitions Will Come Back
The upcoming housing demolition restart will only affect players in North America, asthe moratorium onFinal Fantasy 14housing plots in Europeremains active. Demolition timers can also be checked in-game by selecting the Timers menu and clicking on the Estate tab. Players who have a home subject to demolition will see an option called Schedule Estate Demolition at the top of the menu, with an estimated timer based on how many days are left before the housing plot is lost.
The auto-demolitions will begin less than two weeks beforeFinal Fantasy 14Patch 7.16 goes live, which will also bringthe Role Quests ofDawntrailto a conclusion. Only time will tell how many players will be affected by the change.
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