Housing
Players can purchase a house of their own or together with members of their Free Company. Players can place various items in the house.They can also use the house for a number of in-game activities such as Gardening. Free Company estates also house a crafting workshop where players can build airships and other special projects. In order to acquire a house, players must first raise the rank of their free company to 6 and obtain a Land Acquisition entitlement.
- Free Company housing was released in patch 2.1. Personal Rooms for Free Company houses were released in patch 2.3. Personal Housing was introduced in patch 2.38.
3 Residential districts are available: The Mist in Limsa Lominsa, Lavender Beds in Gridania and The Goblet in Ul'dah.
Note that after patch 3.1, claimed land and houses that become inactive (not accessed by its owner(s)) for an extended period of time will be reclaimed by the game (owner(s) will lose the land and house).
Housing Items
Gardening
Gardening, released in Patch 2.2, allows the player to set up a garden and cultivate various plants.
Orchestrion
Jukebox, released in patch 3.2, that can be placed in houses, rooms and inns to play various songs from the game.
Personal Housing
Personal Room
Acquiring a House
Purchasing Land
Plots of land will be sold by auction. An unowned plot can be purchased by first examining the placard located at its entrance. Land may be purchased in any city, regardless of your free company's affiliation. Furthermore, only free company members with proper authorization may purchase land. For the time being, only one plot may be purchased by a single free company, though the ability to purchase multiple plots is scheduled for a future update.
The designated prices for all plots of land available for auction are set to be reduced every six hours. To confirm the price of an unowned plot or make a purchase, examine the placard located at its entrance.
Building House
Housing permits are available for purchase from a vendor NPC.
After purchasing a plot of land, build a house by using a house permit on said plot.
Estate Types
All estate types can have:
- Chocobo Stables, Miniature Aetheryte for easy teleportation, mailbox, summoning bell, armoire etc
- the same number of Private Chambers (only applies to Free Company Housing)
- Free Company Airships (only applies to FC housing)
Small: Cottage
- 2 floors with relatively small rooms
- 100 pieces of furniture inside / 20 in the yard max
- can have 3 vendors at most
- can have 4 crafting facilities at most
- can only have 1 garden patch (up to 8 beds)
Medium: House
- 3 floors, the house is approximately twice the size of a cottage
- 150 pieces of furniture inside / 30 in the yard max
- can have 4 vendors at most
- can have 6 crafting facilities at most
- can have 2 garden patches (up to 16 beds)
Large: Mansion
- really, really huge
- 3 floors but they are massive
- 200 pieces of furniture inside / 40 in the yard max
- can have 5 vendors at most
- can have 8 crafting facilities at most
- can have 3 garden patches (up to 24 beds)
Differences Between Free Company and Personal Housing
Free Company Housing
- Private Chambers are available for members for 300,000 gil each (with the limit of 512 chambers)
- Company Workshop for Free Compnay Airship construction. Airship of certain rank unlocks The Diadem (Hard), which can't be accessed otherwise.
- If offered free Krakka Roots for members, they can feed the stabled chocobos, and they can potentially save the plants in the garden in case they are about to wither and die. While a personal house can have stable and a garden, it's only up to the owner and the tenants to take care of them
- If no member enters the Free Company house in 45 days, it’ll be automatically demolished.
Personal Housing
- No Private Chamers
- No Company Workshops or Airships
- You can share your estate with up to 3 friends through the tenant system. You can allow them to use your stables, garden, or move and place furniture.
- If the owner doesn’t enter the house in 45 days, it’ll be automatically demolished.
Customizing House
Exterior
A house is comprised of four mandatory parts—roof, exterior wall, windows, and door—along with up to four optional parts: roof decoration, exterior wall decoration, placard, and fence.
A number of furnishings can be placed in the garden outside of your house. The following three options will be available to adjust their position:
- Move: Change the position of selected furnishing.
- Rotate: Rotate the selected furnishing
- Remove: Remove the selected furnishing from the garden.
- The number of furnishings that can be placed in your garden will depend on the size of your land.
- Once a furnishing has been placed in the garden, it can no longer be traded. Furthermore, certain furnishings will be lost upon placing them in or removing them from the garden.
Interior
A number of parts including the wallpaper, flooring, and lighting of the interior can be changed.
A wide range of furnishings will be available to decorate the interior of your estate including tables, lamps, plants, wall mountings, carpets, and more. Certain furnishings can be placed on top of others, such as lamps atop tables or desks.
- The positioning of furnishings inside a house can be adjusted using an interface similar to the one used for the exterior.
- Once a furnishing has been placed in the house, it can no longer be traded. Furthermore, certain furnishings will be lost upon placing them in or removing them from the garden.
Residential Districts
Players can get a house anywhere regardless of their Grand Company allegiance. There are no difference between the 3 housing wards aside from looks.
The Mist
The Mist is the housing area in Limsa Lominsa. Its entrance is located at Red Rooster Stead (x34,y19) in Cedarwood of Lower La Noscea. Players can also access the area by selecting Residental District Aethernet in Limsa Lominsa Aetheryte Plaza's main aetheryte or taking the Lominsan Ferry Docks near the Fishermen's Guild in Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks (x7,y15).
Lavender Beds
Lavender Beds is the housing area in Gridania. Its entrance is located at Mirror Planks Docks (x27,y26) in Bentbranch of Central Shroud. Players can also access the area by selecting Residental District Aethernet in Gridania Aetheryte Plaza's main aetheryte or by talking to Ferry Skipper in Westshore Pier near the Lancer's Guild, Old Gridania (x14,y6).
The Goblet
The Goblet is the housing area in Ul'dah. Its entrance is located at The Eighty Sins of Sasamo (x25,y27) in Hammerlea of Western Thanalan. Players can also access the area by selecting Residental District Aethernet in Ul'dah Aetheryte Plaza's main aetheryte or talking to Ivory Sparrow in Ul'dah - Steps of Thal near the Miner's Guild (x11,y14).
Reclamation of Inactive Housing
To ensure that plots of land are not claimed and left unused, estates not accessed for extended periods of time will be automatically demolished, and the plots of land will be put back up for sale.
- Reclamation of Inactive Housing was released in patch 3.1.
Estates Subject to Demolishing
- Free company housing that has not been accessed by at least one member within 45 days.
- Private housing that has not been accessed by the owner within 45 days.
- Purchased plots of land upon which an estate has not been built within 45 days.
Steps Prior to Demolishing
- 30 days of inactivity: A notification indicating that the estate is being prepared for auto-demolition will appear in the Timers interface in the Duty tab of the Main Menu.
- 35 days of inactivity: An e-mail will be delivered to the registered e-mail addresses of all free company members, or the owner of a private estate, indicating the estate is being prepared for auto-demolition.
- 42 days of inactivity: An e-mail will be delivered to the registered e-mail addresses of all free company members, or the owner of a private estate, indicating that the estate will be demolished automatically in three days.
- 45 days of inactivity: The estate will be automatically demolished.
Halting Demolition
Any free company member or private housing owner entering the estate at any time prior to demolition will cancel the demolition process.
After Demolition
When an estate has been demolished, or the rights to an empty plot have been relinquished, said plot will be made available for purchase to all players on that World. The price will decrease every six hours from the time at which it is made available for purchase.
Reclaiming Gil and Items
When an estate has been demolished, gil and certain furnishings will be placed in the care of the resident caretaker for a fixed period of time.
Redeemable from the Resident Caretaker:
- 80% of the price paid for the estate grounds.
- Indoor and outdoor furnishings that are not destroyed upon removal.
Not Redeemable from the Resident Caretaker:
- The construction permit required to build an estate.
- Furnishings destroyed upon removal.
- Housing exteriors.
- Private chambers.
- Company workshops and any registered airships in the workshop.
Players will have thirty-five days to redeem items from the resident caretaker before they are made irredeemable. Items belonging to a free company estate can only be retrieved by members with the authorization to purchase or relinquish land. Items belonging to a private estate can only be retrieved by the owner.
Planned Additions to Housing
- Mannequins that can be dressed with player gear.
- A bulletin board that can be place inside the house.
Housing Key
A yellow house on the map indicates the house is locked, and can not be viewed by the public. A blue house is open to the public. Houses marked with an (i) are owned by an individual, while houses with no letter are owned by a free company.
When choosing to teleport to a district: plots that appear in red are either locked or do not yet have a house. Plots that appear in green are open to visitors. If a lot is for sale, it's price will be listed in white text.