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Square Enix announced that the automatic housing demolition timers on all fourFinal Fantasy 14North American data centers were paused one day after restarting. The company stated that the temporary moratorium on housing demolition inFinal Fantasy 14was due to the ongoing Los Angeles wildfires, and said it would monitor the situation before picking a time to restart it.
AlthoughFinal Fantasy 14previously announced it would restart automatic housing demolitionsin North America, that will not be the case.According to the Lodestone,Final Fantasy 14paused auto-demolitions on the North American data centers, effective Thursday, January 9, at 11:20 PM Eastern. The pause was due to the ongoing Los Angeles wildfires, and no timetable was given for when the auto-demolition timers would be turned back on. The previous auto-demolition timer break, which ended on January 8, was due to the after-effects of Hurricane Helene. The new moratorium is only in effect forFinal Fantasy 14players and free companies who own housing plots on the Aether, Primal, Crystal, or Dynamis data centers. As before, homeowners can ensure their timers are reset to the full 45-day duration by entering them at any time during the ongoing pause.
Final Fantasy 14 Pauses Automatic Housing Demolition Timers After Restarting Them
Square Enix stated it would monitor the situation with the ongoing LA wildfires and expressed its sympathies to all players affected by the disaster. However, the impact of the LA wildfires has also stretched beyond justFinal Fantasy 14. The popular web seriesCritical Rolepostponed its Campaign 3 climaxby a week due to the ongoing fires, and an NFL playoff game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Minnesota Vikings was relocated to Glendale, Arizona.
Between the moratorium on housing demolitions and thereturn of the free login campaign toFinal Fantasy 14, players have had an eventful start to 2025. Only time will tell how long the current auto-demolition pause will remain in place.
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