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==Introduction==
==Introduction==
[[Servers]] or '''Worlds''' are individual instances of Final Fantasy XIV.  Multiple servers exist because the population of the game as a whole is too large to fit into a single server. Servers are located in 3 places int the world: [[#North American Servers|North America]], [[#European Servers|Europe]] and [[#Japanese Servers|Japan]]. Each region is further divided into Data centers. Each data center has multiple servers.
{{otheruses|the list of Servers, which are officially referred to as "Worlds"|the in-universe lore meaning of "world"|World}}
[[Servers]] or '''Worlds''' are individual instances of [[Final Fantasy XIV]]. Servers are located in 4 places on Earth: [[#North American Region|North America]], [[#European Region|Europe]], [[#Japanese Region|Japan]], and [[#Oceanian Region|Oceania]]. Each region is further divided into [[Data Center]]s. Each [[Data Center]] has multiple servers.


There are no regional limitations on servers. Anyone can create characters on any of the 3 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.
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. For more information about Preferred Worlds, please refer to the Play Guide entry on [https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/option_service/world_transfer_service/population_balancing/ population balancing].


To transfer a character from one server to another, player needs to use the [[World Transfer Service]] and pay a fee (real life money).
Characters cannot be created on servers under any of the following conditions:
* Servers that have received a "Congested" designation by Square-Enix. The classical example are all servers on the highly-populated Aether data center. This is an indefinite status that is re-evaluated every patch.
* Servers where too many players are currently logged on. This is a temporary status that changes depending on the time of day. This status is updated every five minutes on the character creation server selection step.


Note that Legacy servers are servers that existed before A Real Reborn (2.0). 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.
To transfer a character from one server to another, player needs to use the [https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/option_service/world_transfer_service/ 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 non-New server to a New server. You can check a World's current status on the [https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/worldstatus/ official world status page]. However, players can temporarily visit other servers with the [[World Visit System]] and [[Data Center Travel]], which have some restrictions.


==North American Servers==
Note that Legacy servers are servers that existed before the [[A Realm Reborn]] ([[Patch 2.0|2.0]]) relaunch. Each server has an internal ID number that was retrieved from the API via datamining; it is unknown what these IDs are based upon.
===Aether Data Center===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" style= "text-align: center"
The Chinese and Korean editions of Final Fantasy XIV are sublicensed to and operated by different companies and have therefore their own data centers with their unique servers on them. Due to the nature of this arrangement, and the fact that both of these editions of the game are always a patch cycle or two behind the international edition, the Chinese and Korean data centers are completely isolated from international servers and from each other. If a player from the Chinese or Korean region wishes to play on international servers (or vice versa), a VPN may be required.
 
This page only only touches on the data centers and servers from the international edition.
 
==Data Center Selection==
[[File:data center selection1.png|400px|right]]
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 and physical data center on which they are created, unless a [https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/option_service/world_transfer_service/ Home World Transfer Service] is purchased from the [[Mog Station]].
* The data center that you connect to 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==
<includeonly>=</includeonly>===Aether Data Center===<includeonly>=</includeonly>
{| {{STDT| sortable align-center}}
|-
|-
! ID
! ID
! Name         
! Name         
! Activation Date
! Activation Date
! Additional Info
! Legacy Server
|-
| 73 || Adamantoise || August 16, 2013 || No
|-
| 79 || Cactuar || August 16, 2013 || No
|-
| 54 || Faerie || August 18, 2013 || No
|-
|-
|ARR-26 || Adamantoise || August 16, 2013 || North American Fresh Start Servers
| 63 || Gilgamesh || August 16, 2013 || No
|-
|-
|ARR-6 || Balmung || August 16, 2013 || North American Legacy Servers
| 40 || Jenova || April 04, 2014 || No
|-
|-
|ARR-28 || Cactuar || August 16, 2013 || North American Fresh Start Servers
| 65 || Midgardsormr || August 16, 2013 || No
|-
|-
|ARR-29 || Coeurl || August 16, 2013 || North American Fresh Start Servers
| 99 || Sargatanas || August 16, 2013 || Yes
|-
| 57 || Siren || August 18, 2013 || No
|-
|}
 
<includeonly>=</includeonly>===Crystal Data Center===<includeonly>=</includeonly>
{| {{STDT| sortable align-center}}
|-
|-
|ARR-47 || Faerie || August 18, 2013 || North American Fresh Start Servers
! ID
! Name       
! Activation Date
! Legacy Server
|-
|-
|ARR-34 || Gilgamesh || August 16, 2013 || North American Fresh Start Servers
| 91 || Balmung || August 16, 2013 || Yes
|-
|-
|ARR-30 || Goblin || August 16, 2013 || North American Fresh Start Servers
| 34 || Brynhildr || September 12, 2013 || No
|-
|-
|ARR-?? || Jenova || ??? || ???
| 74 || Coeurl || August 16, 2013 || No
|-
|-
|ARR-59 || Maetus || September 12, 2013 || North American Fresh Start Server
| 62 || Diabolos || August 16, 2013 || No
|-
|-
|ARR-36 || Midgardsormr || August 16, 2013 || North American Fresh Start Servers
| 81 || Goblin || August 16, 2013 || No
|-
|-
|ARR-9 || Sargatanas || August 16, 2013 || North American Legacy Servers
| 75 || Malboro || August 16, 2013 || No
|-
|-
|ARR-49 || Siren || August 18, 2013 || North American Fresh Start Servers
| 37 || Mateus || September 12, 2013 || No
|-
|-
|ARR-61 || Zalera || September 12, 2013 || North American Fresh Start Server
| 41 || Zalera || September 12, 2013 || No
|-
|-
|}
|}
===Primal Data Center===


==European Servers==
The Crystal Data Center was added on April 23, 2019, and certain existing Worlds were redistributed to it.
===Chaos Data Center===


==Japanese Servers==
<includeonly>=</includeonly>===Primal Data Center===<includeonly>=</includeonly>
===Elemental Data Center===
{| {{STDT| sortable align-center}}
|-
! ID
! Name       
! Activation Date
! Legacy Server
|-
| 78 || Behemoth || August 16, 2013 || No
|-
| 93 || Excalibur || August 16, 2013 || Yes
|-
| 53 || Exodus || August 18, 2013 || No
|-
| 35 || Famfrit || September 4, 2013 || No
|-
| 95 || Hyperion || August 16, 2013 || Yes
|-
| 55 || Lamia || August 18, 2013 || No
|-
| 64 || Leviathan || August 16, 2013 || No
|-
| 77 || Ultros || August 16, 2013 || No
|-
|}
 
<includeonly>=</includeonly>===Dynamis Data Center===<includeonly>=</includeonly>
{| {{STDT| sortable align-center}}
|-
! ID
! Name       
! Activation Date
! Legacy Server
|-
| 406 || Halicarnassus || November 1, 2022 || No
|-
| 407 || Maduin || November 1, 2022 || No
|-
| 404 || Marilith || November 1, 2022 || No
|-
| 405 || Seraph || November 1, 2022 || No
|-
| 408 || Cuchulainn || June 11, 2024 || No
|-
| 411 || Golem || June 11, 2024 || No
|-
| 409 || Kraken || June 11, 2024 || No
|-
| 410 || Rafflesia || June 11, 2024 || No
|-
|}


===Gaia Data Center===
==European Region==
<includeonly>=</includeonly>===Chaos Data Center===<includeonly>=</includeonly>
{| {{STDT| sortable align-center}}
|-
! ID
! Name       
! Activation Date
! Legacy Server
|-
| 80 || Cerberus || August 16, 2013 || No
|-
| 83 || Louisoix || June 16, 2017 || No
|-
| 71 || Moogle || August 16, 2013 || No
|-
| 39 || Omega || June 16, 2017 || No
|-
| 401 || Phantom || July 5, 2022 || No
|-
| 97 || Ragnarok || August 16, 2013 || Yes
|-
| 400 || Sagittarius || July 5, 2022 || No
|-
| 85 || Spriggan || June 18, 2019 || No
|-
|}


===Mana Data Center===
<includeonly>=</includeonly>===Light Data Center===<includeonly>=</includeonly>
{| {{STDT| sortable align-center}}
|-
! ID
! Name       
! Activation Date
! Legacy Server
|-
| 402 || Alpha || July 5, 2022  || No
|-
| 36 || Lich || September 4, 2013 || No
|-
| 66 || Odin || August 16, 2013 || No
|-
| 56 || Phoenix || August 18, 2013 || No
|-
| 403 || Raiden || July 5, 2022  || No
|-
| 67 || Shiva || August 16, 2013 || No
|-
| 33 || Twintania || June 18, 2019 || No
|-
| 42 || Zodiark || April 04, 2014 || No
|-
|}


The Light Data Center was added on April 2, 2019, and certain existing Worlds were redistributed to it.


<includeonly>=</includeonly>===Shadow Data Center (Historical)===<includeonly>=</includeonly>
{| {{STDT| sortable align-center}}
|-
! ID
! Name       
! Activation Date
! Closure Date
! Legacy Server
|-
| ??? || Innocence || June 11, 2024 || August 27, 2024 || No
|-
| ??? || Pixie || June 11, 2024 || August 27, 2024 || No
|-
| ??? || Titania || June 11, 2024 || August 27, 2024 || No
|-
| ??? || Tycoon || June 11, 2024 || August 27, 2024 || No
|}
Shadow Data Center and the four worlds on it first entered service on June 11, 2024, but as what are officially referred to as ''probationary worlds'', meaning no characters could be created on them or moved to using the World Transfer System (on the Lodestone, they were listed as congested from the get-go to reflect this). This was to be a temporary measure to help mitigate any potential server congestion on other data centers during [[Dawntrail]]’s release window. As such, the worlds on Shadow DC were only available for the purposes of [[Data Center Travel]]. The data center was shut down on August 27, 2024.
==Japanese Region==
<includeonly>=</includeonly>===Elemental Data Center===<includeonly>=</includeonly>
{| {{STDT| sortable align-center}}
|-
! ID
! Name       
! Activation Date
! Legacy Server
|-
| 90 || Aegis || August 16, 2013 || Yes
|-
| 68 || Atomos || August 16, 2013 || No
|-
| 45 || Carbuncle || August 16, 2013 || No
|-
| 58 || Garuda || August 16, 2013 || No
|-
| 94 || Gungnir || August 16, 2013 || Yes
|-
| 49 || Kujata || August 18, 2013 || No
|-
| 72 || Tonberry || August 16, 2013 || No
|-
| 50 || Typhon || August 18, 2013 || No
|-
|}
<includeonly>=</includeonly>===Gaia Data Center===<includeonly>=</includeonly>
{| {{STDT| sortable align-center}}
|-
! ID
! Name       
! Activation Date
! Legacy Server
|-
| 43 || Alexander || August 16, 2013 || No
|-
| 69 || Bahamut || August 16, 2013 || No
|-
| 92 || Durandal || August 16, 2013 || Yes
|-
| 46 || Fenrir || August 16, 2013 || No
|-
| 59 || Ifrit || August 16, 2013 || No
|-
| 98 || Ridill || August 16, 2013 || Yes
|-
| 76 || Tiamat || August 16, 2013 || No
|-
| 51 || Ultima || August 18, 2013 || No
|-
|}
<includeonly>=</includeonly>===Mana Data Center===<includeonly>=</includeonly>
{| {{STDT| sortable align-center}}
|-
! ID
! Name       
! Activation Date
! Legacy Server
|-
| 44 || Anima || August 16, 2013 || No
|-
| 23 || Asura || September 12, 2013 || No
|-
| 70 || Chocobo || August 16, 2013 || No
|-
| 47 || Hades || August 16, 2013 || No
|-
| 48 || Ixion || August 18, 2013 || No
|-
| 96 || Masamune || August 16, 2013 || Yes
|-
| 28 || Pandaemonium || September 4, 2013 || No
|-
| 61 || Titan || August 16, 2013 || No
|-
|}
<includeonly>=</includeonly>===Meteor Data Center===<includeonly>=</includeonly>
{| {{STDT| sortable align-center}}
|-
! ID
! Name       
! Activation Date
! Legacy Server
|-
|-
| 24 || Belias || September 12, 2013 || No
|-
| 82 || Mandragora || August 16, 2013 || No
|-
| 60 || Ramuh || August 16, 2013 || No
|-
| 29 || Shinryu || April 4, 2014 || No
|-
| 30 || Unicorn || September 12, 2013 || No
|-
| 52 || Valefor || August 18, 2013 || No
|-
| 31 || Yojimbo || September 12, 2013 || No
|-
| 32 || Zeromus || September 12, 2013 || No
|-
|}
The Meteor Data Center was added on July 5, 2022, and certain existing Worlds were redistributed to it.
==Oceanian Region==
<includeonly>=</includeonly>===Materia Data Center===<includeonly>=</includeonly>
{| {{STDT| sortable align-center}}
|-
! ID
! Name       
! Activation Date
! Legacy Server
|-
| 22 || Bismarck || January 25, 2022 || No
|-
| 21 || Ravana ||  January 25, 2022 || No
|-
| 86 || Sephirot || January 25, 2022 || No
|-
| 87 || Sophia || January 25, 2022 || No
|-
| 88 || Zurvan || January 25, 2022 || No
|-
|}


The Materia data center is unique in that characters on the North American, European, and Japanese regions may freely visit this data center. However, characters with a Home World on Materia may not visit other regions.


==World Visit System==
{{main|World Visit System}}
Players may visit other [[Servers|World servers]] in your [[data center]] to [[party]] with friends, purchase [[items]], and tackle [[duties]] as of [[Patch 4.57]].


==Data Center Travel==
{{main|Data Center Travel}}
Players may travel between logical [[Data Center|data centers]] to embark on adventures with players from those data centers as of [[patch 6.18]].


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Latest revision as of 11:58, 21 September 2024

Getting started: System requirements → Servers → Character creation → Controls → User interface → Text commands → Classes → Jobs

Introduction

Disambig icon.png This article is about the list of Servers, which are officially referred to as "Worlds". For the in-universe lore meaning of "world", see World.

Servers or Worlds are individual instances of Final Fantasy XIV. Servers are located in 4 places on Earth: 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. For more information about Preferred Worlds, please refer to the Play Guide entry on population balancing.

Characters cannot be created on servers under any of the following conditions:

  • Servers that have received a "Congested" designation by Square-Enix. The classical example are all servers on the highly-populated Aether data center. This is an indefinite status that is re-evaluated every patch.
  • Servers where too many players are currently logged on. This is a temporary status that changes depending on the time of day. This status is updated every five minutes on the character creation server selection step.

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 non-New server to a New server. You can check a World's current status on the official world status page. However, players can temporarily visit other servers with the World Visit System and Data Center Travel, which have some restrictions.

Note that Legacy servers are servers that existed before the A Realm Reborn (2.0) relaunch. Each server has an internal ID number that was retrieved from the API via datamining; it is unknown what these IDs are based upon.

The Chinese and Korean editions of Final Fantasy XIV are sublicensed to and operated by different companies and have therefore their own data centers with their unique servers on them. Due to the nature of this arrangement, and the fact that both of these editions of the game are always a patch cycle or two behind the international edition, the Chinese and Korean data centers are completely isolated from international servers and from each other. If a player from the Chinese or Korean region wishes to play on international servers (or vice versa), a VPN may be required.

This page only only touches on the data centers and servers from the international edition.

Data Center Selection

Data center selection1.png

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 and physical data center on which they are created, unless a Home World Transfer Service is purchased from the Mog Station.

  • The data center that you connect to 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
73 Adamantoise August 16, 2013 No
79 Cactuar August 16, 2013 No
54 Faerie August 18, 2013 No
63 Gilgamesh August 16, 2013 No
40 Jenova April 04, 2014 No
65 Midgardsormr August 16, 2013 No
99 Sargatanas August 16, 2013 Yes
57 Siren August 18, 2013 No

Crystal Data Center

ID Name Activation Date Legacy Server
91 Balmung August 16, 2013 Yes
34 Brynhildr September 12, 2013 No
74 Coeurl August 16, 2013 No
62 Diabolos August 16, 2013 No
81 Goblin August 16, 2013 No
75 Malboro August 16, 2013 No
37 Mateus September 12, 2013 No
41 Zalera September 12, 2013 No

The Crystal Data Center was added on April 23, 2019, and certain existing Worlds were redistributed to it.

Primal Data Center

ID Name Activation Date Legacy Server
78 Behemoth August 16, 2013 No
93 Excalibur August 16, 2013 Yes
53 Exodus August 18, 2013 No
35 Famfrit September 4, 2013 No
95 Hyperion August 16, 2013 Yes
55 Lamia August 18, 2013 No
64 Leviathan August 16, 2013 No
77 Ultros August 16, 2013 No

Dynamis Data Center

ID Name Activation Date Legacy Server
406 Halicarnassus November 1, 2022 No
407 Maduin November 1, 2022 No
404 Marilith November 1, 2022 No
405 Seraph November 1, 2022 No
408 Cuchulainn June 11, 2024 No
411 Golem June 11, 2024 No
409 Kraken June 11, 2024 No
410 Rafflesia June 11, 2024 No

European Region

Chaos Data Center

ID Name Activation Date Legacy Server
80 Cerberus August 16, 2013 No
83 Louisoix June 16, 2017 No
71 Moogle August 16, 2013 No
39 Omega June 16, 2017 No
401 Phantom July 5, 2022 No
97 Ragnarok August 16, 2013 Yes
400 Sagittarius July 5, 2022 No
85 Spriggan June 18, 2019 No

Light Data Center

ID Name Activation Date Legacy Server
402 Alpha July 5, 2022 No
36 Lich September 4, 2013 No
66 Odin August 16, 2013 No
56 Phoenix August 18, 2013 No
403 Raiden July 5, 2022 No
67 Shiva August 16, 2013 No
33 Twintania June 18, 2019 No
42 Zodiark April 04, 2014 No

The Light Data Center was added on April 2, 2019, and certain existing Worlds were redistributed to it.

Shadow Data Center (Historical)

ID Name Activation Date Closure Date Legacy Server
??? Innocence June 11, 2024 August 27, 2024 No
??? Pixie June 11, 2024 August 27, 2024 No
??? Titania June 11, 2024 August 27, 2024 No
??? Tycoon June 11, 2024 August 27, 2024 No

Shadow Data Center and the four worlds on it first entered service on June 11, 2024, but as what are officially referred to as probationary worlds, meaning no characters could be created on them or moved to using the World Transfer System (on the Lodestone, they were listed as congested from the get-go to reflect this). This was to be a temporary measure to help mitigate any potential server congestion on other data centers during Dawntrail’s release window. As such, the worlds on Shadow DC were only available for the purposes of Data Center Travel. The data center was shut down on August 27, 2024.

Japanese Region

Elemental Data Center

ID Name Activation Date Legacy Server
90 Aegis August 16, 2013 Yes
68 Atomos August 16, 2013 No
45 Carbuncle August 16, 2013 No
58 Garuda August 16, 2013 No
94 Gungnir August 16, 2013 Yes
49 Kujata August 18, 2013 No
72 Tonberry August 16, 2013 No
50 Typhon August 18, 2013 No

Gaia Data Center

ID Name Activation Date Legacy Server
43 Alexander August 16, 2013 No
69 Bahamut August 16, 2013 No
92 Durandal August 16, 2013 Yes
46 Fenrir August 16, 2013 No
59 Ifrit August 16, 2013 No
98 Ridill August 16, 2013 Yes
76 Tiamat August 16, 2013 No
51 Ultima August 18, 2013 No

Mana Data Center

ID Name Activation Date Legacy Server
44 Anima August 16, 2013 No
23 Asura September 12, 2013 No
70 Chocobo August 16, 2013 No
47 Hades August 16, 2013 No
48 Ixion August 18, 2013 No
96 Masamune August 16, 2013 Yes
28 Pandaemonium September 4, 2013 No
61 Titan August 16, 2013 No

Meteor Data Center

ID Name Activation Date Legacy Server
24 Belias September 12, 2013 No
82 Mandragora August 16, 2013 No
60 Ramuh August 16, 2013 No
29 Shinryu April 4, 2014 No
30 Unicorn September 12, 2013 No
52 Valefor August 18, 2013 No
31 Yojimbo September 12, 2013 No
32 Zeromus September 12, 2013 No

The Meteor Data Center was added on July 5, 2022, and certain existing Worlds were redistributed to it.

Oceanian Region

Materia Data Center

ID Name Activation Date Legacy Server
22 Bismarck January 25, 2022 No
21 Ravana January 25, 2022 No
86 Sephirot January 25, 2022 No
87 Sophia January 25, 2022 No
88 Zurvan January 25, 2022 No

The Materia data center is unique in that characters on the North American, European, and Japanese regions may freely visit this data center. However, characters with a Home World on Materia may not visit other regions.

World Visit System

Main article: World Visit System

Players may visit other World servers in your data center to party with friends, purchase items, and tackle duties as of Patch 4.57.

Data Center Travel

Main article: Data Center Travel

Players may travel between logical data centers to embark on adventures with players from those data centers as of patch 6.18.


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