Final Fantasy 14 will not be playable for most of June 16, as Square Enix stated that the game’s servers will be down for 14 hours of maintenance starting at 4:00 PM Eastern. The company announced that the pending downtime for Final Fantasy 14 is due to both a hotfix update and some infrastructure maintenance that will be conducted on a specific data center.
This news comes weeks after Final Fantasy 14 launched Patch 7.25, which introduced content like the Occult Crescent field operation and the next chapter of the Hildibrand quest chain. The update also made some Job balance updates that focused on improving the area-of-effect (AOE) damage of underperforming Jobs. Patch 7.25 also had some glaring issues with armor textures, as Hrothgar players pointed out that certain hats and headgear did not sit correctly on their character when paired with specific hairstyles, resulting in some hats floating in midair. It remains to be seen if Square Enix will address it in the upcoming hotfix.
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However, Final Fantasy 14 players will not have much time to play on June 16, as the game will be down for quite some time. According to the Lodestone, Final Fantasy 14 will be down for 14 hours of maintenance, starting at 4:00 PM Eastern and ending on June 17 at 6:00 AM Eastern. Square Enix said that the long downtime is due to some infrastructure maintenance that will be conducted on the Japanese Data Center.
Final Fantasy 14 Server Maintenance Details (June 16, 2025)
- Final Fantasy 14 will be down for 14 hours of maintenance, starting June 16 at 4:00 PM Eastern and ending June 17 at 6:00 AM Eastern.
- The downtime is due to infrastructure maintenance on the Japanese data center.
- Hotfixes for Final Fantasy 14 Patch 7.25 will be implemented during maintenance.
- Square Enix will provide a list of hotfix changes at a later date.
The infrastructure maintenance will be used to address and prevent any potential problems with Final Fantasy 14‘s servers that may arise if left unchecked. Some hotfixes to address issues with Patch 7.25 will also be implemented during the maintenance window. However, details about what issues would be fixed were not revealed by Square Enix.
The maintenance is not the only major thing happening in Final Fantasy 14 in June. On the morning of Friday, June 20, Square Enix will host the 87th episode of Letter From The Producer LIVE, which will go over some details concerning Patch 7.3, the game’s next major update. Final Fantasy 14 producer and director Naoki Yoshida will reveal Patch 7.3’s name and release window, and give players an idea of what to expect in Dawntrail‘s climactic patch.
Final Fantasy 14 players looking to do their daily Mamool Ja society quests or level up Phantom Jobs in the Occult Crescent will only have a couple of hours, as of this writing, to do so ahead of the maintenance. It remains to be seen what adjustments Final Fantasy 14 will make during the downtime.
Final Fantasy 14
- Released
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August 27, 2013
- ESRB
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T for Teen – Language, Mild Blood, Sexual Themes, Use of Alcohol, Violence
- Engine
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Originally the Crystal Tools engine, but currently it’s a custom engine using parts of the Luminous Engine.
- Multiplayer
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Online Co-Op, Online Multiplayer
