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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
- Thirty 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.
- Thirty-five 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.
- Forty-two 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.
- Forty-five 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
Planned Additions to Housing
- An orchestrion to change the music played inside houses.
- Mannequins that can be dressed with player gear.
- A bulletin board that can be place inside the house.