Ultimate Fantasy 14’s housing system is a wierd one and determining the place to start out is usually a difficult affair. Should you’ve spent sufficient time within the recreation sitting on a small mountain of gil and not sure the place to spend it, shopping for a home is perhaps the right approach to spend some coin and have a stunning hangout spot to point out for it.
With the complete housing system altering in Patch 6.1, the infinite placard-clicking of actual property’s previous isn’t any extra. Issues are just a little less complicated now, however there are nonetheless just a few issues to bear in mind with the way it all works. This is all the pieces it’s worthwhile to find out about snagging a home in Ultimate Fantasy 14, from unlocking residential wards to plot costs.
Ultimate Fantasy 14’s housing system defined
The housing system in Ultimate Fantasy 14 at present consists of 5 residential areas, every with 24 wards containing 60 plots and two residence buildings with 90 rooms every. None of those housing plots is instanced, which means you are capable of stroll by way of every ward and see folks’s homes like an actual neighbourhood. The draw back to this stage of immersion is that housing is extremely restricted. Empty plots get snapped up in a heartbeat and demand very a lot outweighs the availability.
A latest change applied in Patch 6.1 has additionally positioned restrictions on who should buy property per ward. Wards one to 9 are reserved completely for Free Firm housing, whereas plots on wards 10 to 24 can solely be bought for private use. Don’t be concerned for those who personal a Free Firm home on ward 15 for instance—present house owners are grandfathered in.
Learn how to unlock every housing district
There are 5 completely different residential districts dotted world wide: lush Lavender Beds close to Gridania, seaside residence Mist close to Limsa Lominsa, carved-out desert canyon The Goblet close to Ul’dah, Far Japanese settlement Shirogane close to Kugane and frosty gothic Empyreum close to Ishgard. You may have to do a fast quest in every space to unlock its respective housing ward, as seen beneath:
- Lavender Beds: Full the extent 10 quest The place the Coronary heart Is (The Lavender Beds), given by Margeria at Bentbranch Meadows in Central Shroud.
- Goblet: Full the extent 10 quest The place the Coronary heart Is (The Goblet) by talking to Imme at Scorpion Crossing in Western Thanalan.
- Mist: Full the extent 10 quest The place the Coronary heart Is (Mist) by talking to Ahctkoen on the Crimson Rooster Stead in Decrease La Noscea.
- Shirogane: Full the extent 61 quest I Dream of Shirogane, given by Tsurubami in Kugane. You’ll want to have reached the Stormblood growth to unlock this space.
- Empyreum: Full the extent 60 quest Ascending to Empyreum given by Gondelimbaud subsequent to the Basis aetheryte. You’ll want to have accomplished the vast majority of the Heavensward growth to unlock this space.
Every housing kind in Ultimate Fantasy 14
There are just a few various kinds of housing obtainable in Ultimate Fantasy 14, from single rooms to whole mansions. To be eligible to buy private homes and flats, you want no less than one class at stage 50 and to be the rank of second lieutenant in your grand firm.
For Free Firm homes, the FC have to be no less than rank six with 4 lively members. You additionally have to be authorised by the Free Firm to purchase land and now have been a member of that Free Firm for no less than 30 days.
Every plot kind is as follows:
- Residences: A small, single room that prices 500,000 gil. Residences can solely be bought for private use, not by Free Firms. You possibly can personal an residence alongside proudly owning a home and Free Firm non-public chambers. Residences are plentiful with just a few thousand obtainable per ward, so your possibilities of getting one are extremely excessive. They’ve a furnishings restrict of 100 gadgets.
- Small plot: A comfy two-storey cottage with a backyard that has a 20-item out of doors furnishings restrict with the choice for one backyard patch. The worth you will pay varies relying on how fascinating the plot’s location is, various from 3,000,000 to three,750,000 gil. Small plots include an indoor furnishings restrict of 200 gadgets. There are 40 small plots obtainable per ward.
- Medium plot: Three storeys and round twice the dimensions of a small cottage. There are 14 of those obtainable per ward, costing between 16,000,000 and 20,000,000 gil. Medium plots have an indoor furnishings restrict of 300 gadgets and 30 gadgets for out of doors furnishing that may have two backyard patches.
- Giant plot: The most important, most costly and most fascinating of all of them. Giant plots are nonetheless three storeys however are considerably bigger than medium plots, each inside and out of doors. There are solely six of those obtainable per ward, costing an eye-watering 40,000,000 to 50,000,000 gil relying on the placement. These can have 400 items of furnishings indoors and 40 outdoor in addition to three backyard patches.
- Personal chambers: Virtually similar to an residence, besides these are rooms bought from inside a Free Firm home. They’re the identical measurement as an residence with the identical furnishings restrict however value solely 300,000 gil. You possibly can personal considered one of these alongside an residence and home. Should you depart your Free Firm, you will lose your non-public chambers.
Learn how to enter the housing lottery
Congratulations! You have determined you wish to enter Ultimate Fantasy 14’s housing market, picked your free plot and acquired your gil able to throw at it. Now, here is the place issues have not too long ago modified.
Earlier than Patch 6.1, open housing plots had an invisible timer for once they’d change into obtainable for buy. There was no telling when this invisible timer would elevate, leaving you to endlessly click on on the placard for hours on finish hoping that you simply’d try and buy it the precise second the timer ran out. It was terrible—belief me, I spent 9 hours on New Years’ Eve 2021 doing this (opens in new tab)—however that technique isn’t any extra.
Now, all housing is dealt with by way of a lottery. All it’s worthwhile to do is head over to whichever free plot you propose to buy, click on on the placard exterior and enter the lottery. Keep in mind, plots one to 9 are for Free Firms solely, whereas plots 10 to 24 are for personal patrons solely. You may have to deposit your gil there after which, however don’t fret, you will get it again for those who’re not chosen because the winner.
You possibly can solely place a bid on one plot per lottery cycle and you can not apply for each a Free Firm and personal plot concurrently. You additionally can not withdraw from a housing lottery as soon as you’ve got entered it, so ensure you’ve chosen fastidiously earlier than depositing your gil.
That is it! That is all you must do and now, the ready recreation begins. Every lottery cycle lasts a complete of 9 days: 5 days for gamers to submit their lottery entries and an additional 4 days for gamers to verify the outcomes and finalise purchases. You possibly can see which stage the lottery is in from the Timers possibility within the Responsibility menu.
How do I do know if I’ve received or misplaced the lottery?
As soon as the four-day outcomes interval has commenced, head again to the plot you bid on. The placard will let you know which quantity is the winner, confirming whether or not or not you’ve gotten received the lottery.
Should you’ve received, congratulations! Merely finalise the acquisition from the placard. Should you fail to finalise the acquisition throughout the outcomes interval or resolve you now not need the plot, you’ll solely be refunded 50% of the gil deposited throughout the entry section. Should you’re shopping for a Free Firm home and a number of other members have received a number of plots, you have to to decide on just one. Any others shall be topic to the 50% refund coverage.
Should you’ve misplaced, unhealthy luck. Be sure you return to the placard as a way to retrieve your deposit, which shall be paid again to you in its entirety. The sport will solely maintain onto your deposit for 90 days although, so ensure you settle for your refund throughout the allotted time otherwise you’ll lose all of your hard-earned gil. You possibly can then place a bid on one other empty housing plot throughout the subsequent lottery cycle.
What if I wish to relocate or demolish my home?
Whereas Ultimate Fantasy 14 used to allow you to freely relocate to open plots whatever the aforementioned invisible timer, that is now not the case. Should you want to relocate, you will have to cough up the gil and place a bid in your desired plot together with everybody else. Should you win and select to relocate, you will obtain a reimbursement equalling roughly 15% of the worth of your previous plot. Furnishings out of your previous home shall be positioned in your storeroom and its capability quickly elevated to 400 indoor slots and 40 out of doors slots to accommodate that.
Should you want to demolish your home, head to Housing from the Social menu, click on on Property Settings, then choose the property you want to demolish. You may then wish to choose Relinquish Land. You may have to filter out the home earlier than you are able to do this and you will not obtain any form of gil compensation for demolishing your property.
There may be additionally an auto-demolition timer to be careful for. For personal homes, failing to entry your home for 45 days will end result within the recreation robotically relinquishing your property. For Free Firm homes, it will likely be demolished if no member accesses it for 45 days.
At present, the auto-demolition timer has been deactivated since December 2021, which means you possibly can take an prolonged break with out having to fret about your home vanishing. When Sq. Enix ultimately reactivates the timer, it is going to choose up from what number of days you have been inactive previous to the timer being disabled.
