Buying a house is one of the biggest accomplishments players can achieve in Final Fantasy XIV. Between cost, availability, and requirements, figuring out how to buy a house in FFXIV can be tricky, though. However, it’s not too difficult once players know where to start.
Houses allow players to store various items, as well as engage in new activities such as gardening and decorating. While owning a house isn’t necessary in the game, it’s an exciting milestone to work toward for any developed character and account. Here’s what players need to do to in order to buy a house in Final Fantasy XIV.
Players can either buy a Personal house for themselves or a Free Company house for their FC. To buy a Personal house, players must be at least Level 50 and have reached the Second Lieutenant rank within their Grand Company. Additionally, there is a quest in each zone that must be completed to buy a house there. For a Free Company house, players must have four or more members and have had their FC reach Rank 6.
Buying A House & Housing Plot In Final Fantasy XIV
First, players must find an available house to purchase. Availability can be tricky and depends on a variety of factors. The same number of housing plots are available on each server, so low-populated servers in FFXIV can theoretically be easier to buy a house in compared to more populated ones. To start, players will need to find an available piece of land. They can walk up to an empty plot of land and purchase it. However, buying land is extremely competitive. A random plot availability timer resets every hour, so players need to try clicking on a placard the second the random plot availability timer finishes, and they'll need to do so before anyone else in order to purchase the plot.
There are a few extra rules for buying a house as well. Players can only own one personal house per service account, so players who like to use alternate accounts on the same server are out of luck. Additionally, players must enter their house once every 45 days, or else the plot will be considered abandoned and go back up for sale. For Free Company houses, at least one player of the FC must enter the house once every 45 days to avoid demolition.
Housing costs in Final Fantasy XIV vary depending on the size of the plot of land and the size of the house. This can range from 3 to 4 million gil for small houses, to 40 or 50 million gil for the larger plots. The price of each house decreases every four hours; however, this decrease is not substantial, meaning it’s typically not worth waiting around for. Besides the time commitment required to obtain a house, players don’t need to pay any additional fees once the house is purchased. From there, players can decorate their house or just bask in their new home as much as they’d like.
Final Fantasy XIV is available now on PC, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5.