Running the game

Hardware specifications

Windows

Minimum System Requirements
Component	DirectX® 9	DirectX® 11
Operating System	Windows Vista® 32/64 bit Windows® 7 32/64 bit Windows® 8 32/64 bit Windows® 8.1 32/64 bit Windows® 10 32/64 bit	Windows® 7 64 bit Windows® 8 64 bit Windows® 8.1 64 bit Windows® 10 64 bit
Processor	Intel® Core™2 Duo 3GHz	Intel® Core™2 Duo 3GHz
Memory	2GB (4GB recommended for 64-bit OS)	4GB
Hard drive	30GB available space	30GB available space
Graphics card	NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800 ATI Radeon™ HD 4770	NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 650 AMD Radeon™ HD 7790
Screen resolution	1280x720	1280x720
Internet	Broadband Connection	Broadband Connection
Sound card	DirectSound® compatible sound card (DirectX® 9.0c or higher)	DirectSound® compatible sound card (DirectX® 9.0c or higher)
DirectX®	DirectX® 9.0c	DirectX® 9.0c (required for installation) and DirectX® 11
Recommended System Requirements
Component	DirectX® 9	DirectX® 11
Operating System	Windows® 7 64 bit	Windows® 7 64 bit
Processor	Intel® Core™ i5 2.66GHz	Intel® Core™ i5 2.66GHz
Memory	4GB	8GB
Hard drive	30GB available space	30GB available space
Graphics card	NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660 AMD Radeon™ HD 7950	NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660 AMD Radeon™ HD 7950
Screen resolution	1920x1080	1920x1080
Internet	Broadband Connection	Broadband Connection
Sound card	DirectSound® compatible sound card (DirectX® 9.0c or higher)	DirectSound® compatible sound card (DirectX® 9.0c or higher)
DirectX®	DirectX® 9.0c	DirectX® 9.0c (required for installation) and DirectX® 11

OS X

Minimum System Requirements
Operating System	Mac OS X 10.11/10.11.1/10.11.2/10.11.3 * We have confirmed operation on Mac OS X 10.10.2 and beyond, but there have been reports of OS issues on 10.10.4/10.10.5 which causes the program to not boot when it is first launched. Due to this, we recommend running the program on 10.11 (El Capitan).
Applicable models	Model	Graphics card	Recommended preset
	iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015)	AMD Radeon R9 M395	1600x900 High (Mac)
	iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015)	AMD Radeon R9 M390	1600x900 High (Mac)
	iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014)	AMD Radeon R9 M290	1600x900 High (Mac)
	iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014)	AMD Radeon R9 M295X	1600x900 High (Mac)
	iMac (27-inch, Late 2013)	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 775M	1600x900 Middle (Mac)
	iMac (27-inch, Late 2013)	NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M	1600x900 Middle (Mac)
	iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2013)	NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M	1600x900 Middle (Mac)
	iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2013)	Intel Iris Pro	1600x900 Standard (Mac)
Memory	4 GB RAM
Hard drive	35 GB available HDD space (actual install approx 27 GB)
Graphics card	NVIDIA GeForce 320M, ATI Radeon™ HD 6630M, Intel HD 3000
Internet connection	Broadband Internet Connection
Input	Keyboard and mouse/equivalent

Minimum Mac specs

The following examples were published by ArenaNet:

• iMac 21.5", 27" (Mid-2010 or Mid-2011)
• MacBook Pro 15", 17" (Mid-2010)
• MacBook Pro 13", 15", 17" (Early and Late-2011, Mid-2012)
• Mac Mini (Mid-2011)

Display

While perfectly playable on smaller displays, the "Small" Interface size appears to be designed for about 1400 pixels wide, and the "Normal" interface size for about 1550 pixels wide. On smaller displays than this, the Chat panel pops up out of alignment from the row with the skillbar and minimap. Resize it smaller from the upper right corner. However, at 1280 pixels wide, even with the interface size on small, the minimum width of the chat box does not fit in one row.

Installing the game

• Download the launcher from the official site.
• Place the launcher in the directory from where you want to store the game and run it.
• Start the launcher. It will perform any necessary downloads and patching before taking you to a log in screen.
• Log in with your Final Fantasy XIV account details. You can try the game as much as you want, but you're locked to level 35.