Servers

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Introduction

Servers or Worlds are individual instances of Final Fantasy XIV. Servers are located in 4 places in the world: North America, Europe, Japan, and Oceania. Each region is further divided into Data centers. Each data center has multiple servers.

There are no regional limitations on servers. Anyone can create characters on any of the 4 regions. During Character Creation, players can select the world server of their choice to begin the game on. An indicator by each world in the world list indicates population density, represented by chocobo icons, as low, average, or high. See experience for an explanation of how to create a character on a Preferred server.

Characters cannot be created on Congested servers, or on servers where very many players are currently logged on.

To transfer a character from one server to another, player needs to use the World Transfer Service, which costs real world money. This fee is waived only if transferring from a Congested server to a Preferred one, or from any server to a New server. You can check a World's current status on the official world status page.

Note that Legacy servers are servers that existed before the A Realm Reborn (2.0) relaunch. Each server has an ID number that is based on the approximate order in which the servers were activated. If multiple servers were activated at the same time, they are listed in alphabetical order.

Data Center Selection

When logging in for the first time, you will be prompted to select a regional data center. Your choice of data center will determine the Worlds you may choose from after creating your character. Please note that characters are bound to the World on which they are created.

• Your data center can be changed at any time via the Data Center Selection window at the title screen.

1. Select a data center.

If you have previously logged in with a character, the data center of the last character played will be denoted with a ★ symbol.

2. Review the list of data centers and their associated Worlds.

Worlds listed under the data center of the last character played will be highlighted.

North American Region

Aether Data Center

ID	Name	Activation Date	Legacy Server
ARR-26	Adamantoise	August 16, 2013	No
ARR-28	Cactuar	August 16, 2013	No
ARR-47	Faerie	August 18, 2013	No
ARR-34	Gilgamesh	August 16, 2013	No
ARR-63	Jenova	April 04, 2014	No
ARR-36	Midgardsormr	August 16, 2013	No
ARR-9	Sargatanas	August 16, 2013	Yes
ARR-49	Siren	August 18, 2013	No

Crystal Data Center

ID	Name	Activation Date	Legacy Server
ARR-6	Balmung	August 16, 2013	Yes
ARR-60	Brynhildr	September 12, 2013	No
ARR-29	Coeurl	August 16, 2013	No
ARR-33	Diabolos	August 16, 2013	No
ARR-30	Goblin	August 16, 2013	No
ARR-31	Malboro	August 16, 2013	No
ARR-59	Mateus	September 12, 2013	No
ARR-61	Zalera	September 12, 2013	No

Primal Data Center

ID	Name	Activation Date	Legacy Server
ARR-27	Behemoth	August 16, 2013	No
ARR-7	Excalibur	August 16, 2013	Yes
ARR-46	Exodus	August 18, 2013	No
ARR-52	Famfrit	September 4, 2013	No
ARR-8	Hyperion	August 16, 2013	Yes
ARR-48	Lamia	August 18, 2013	No
ARR-35	Leviathan	August 16, 2013	No
ARR-32	Ultros	August 16, 2013	No

European Region

Chaos Data Center

ID	Name	Activation Date	Legacy Server
ARR-37	Cerberus	August 16, 2013	No
???	Louisoix	June ?, 2017	No
ARR-38	Moogle	August 16, 2013	No
???	Omega	June 16, 2017	No
ARR-10	Ragnarok	August 16, 2013	Yes
???-??	Spriggan	June 18, 2019	No

Light Data Center

ID	Name	Activation Date	Legacy Server
ARR-53	Lich	September 4, 2013	No
ARR-39	Odin	August 16, 2013	No
ARR-50	Phoenix	August 18, 2013	No
ARR-40	Shiva	August 16, 2013	No
???-??	Twintania	June 18, 2019	No
ARR-64	Zodiark	April, 04, 2014	No

Japanese Region

Elemental Data Center

ID	Name	Activation Date	Legacy Server
ARR-1	Aegis	August 16, 2013	Yes
ARR-11	Atomos	August 16, 2013	No
ARR-23	Carbuncle	August 16, 2013	No
ARR-17	Garuda	August 16, 2013	No
ARR-3	Gungnir	August 16, 2013	Yes
ARR-42	Kujata	August 18, 2013	No
ARR-19	Ramuh	August 16, 2013	No
ARR-16	Tonberry	August 16, 2013	No
ARR-43	Typhon	August 18, 2013	No
ARR-54	Unicorn	September 12, 2013	No

Gaia Data Center

ID	Name	Activation Date	Legacy Server
ARR-21	Alexander	August 16, 2013	No
ARR-12	Bahamut	August 16, 2013	No
ARR-2	Durandal	August 16, 2013	Yes
ARR-24	Fenrir	August 16, 2013	No
ARR-18	Ifrit	August 16, 2013	No
ARR-5	Ridill	August 16, 2013	Yes
ARR-15	Tiamat	August 16, 2013	No
ARR-44	Ultima	August 18, 2013	No
ARR-45	Valefor	August 18, 2013	No
ARR-55	Yojimbo	September 12, 2013	No
ARR-58	Zeromus	September 12, 2013	No

Mana Data Center

ID	Name	Activation Date	Legacy Server
ARR-22	Anima	August 16, 2013	No
ARR-56	Asura	September 12, 2013	No
ARR-57	Belias	September 12, 2013	No
ARR-13	Chocobo	August 16, 2013	No
ARR-25	Hades	August 16, 2013	No
ARR-41	Ixion	August 18, 2013	No
ARR-14	Mandragora	August 16, 2013	No
ARR-4	Masamune	August 16, 2013	Yes
ARR-51	Pandemonium	September 4, 2013	No
ARR-62	Shinryu	April 4, 2014	No
ARR-20	Titan	August 16, 2013	No

Oceanian Region

Materia Data Center

ID	Name	Activation Date	Legacy Server
???-??	Bismarck	January 25, 2022	No
???-??	Ravana	January 25, 2022	No
???-??	Sephirot	January 25, 2022	No
???-??	Sophia	January 25, 2022	No
???-??	Zurvan	January 25, 2022	No

World Visit System

Main article: World Visit System

You may now visit other World servers in your data center to party with friends, purchase items, and tackle duties.