The year 2025 is fast approaching its end, Final Fantasy 14 has officially revealed the return of its annual Christmas event, Starlight Celebration. Players will be able to participate in a short Final Fantasy 14 seasonal questline to get six new emotes as well as some cute housing items.
Even though the year is almost over, Final Fantasy 14 even before the arrival of 2026, it has some news. in December Final Fantasy 14 Patch 7.4 will arrive, introducing new MSQs, closing the Arcadion Raid series, and removing most of the glamor restrictions. After that, the journey to the next big story expansion will begin in earnest, with the first big reveal expected in April 2026 during Final Fantasy 14 Fan Festival.
Square Enix has shut down the popular Final Fantasy 14 Mod, but now it's changing the game
Square Enix has disabled a mod that many Final Fantasy 14 users have been using, but it affects one of the game's most eagerly awaited updates.
Starlight Celebration returns to Eorzea
Starting on December 17th, 2025 at midnight PST, players will be able to participate in the 2025 seasonal event, Starlight Celebration. The event will end on December 31st at 6:59 PST, giving players two weeks to experience everything the event has to offer. Players who wish to participate must be at least level 15 and should head to the Mih Khetto Amphitheater in Old Gridani to begin the quest. The quest-initiating NPC, Amh Garanjy, can be found in this zone at X:10.2 and Y:9.4.
Final Fantasy 14 Christmas Treats for 2025
In addition to the usual winter seasonal decorations and story line, players will be able to unlock six new drink-sipping emotions that will be added to the game. These are thematic Final Fantasy 14Starting cities include Gridanian Sip, Gridanian Gulp, Ul'dahn Sip, Ul'dahn Gulp, Lominsan Sip, and Lominsan Gulp. Judging by the illustrations, there will be one animation sequence for the “Sip” line of emotes and one for the “Gulp” emote, but each town variant will use a different seasonal mug. It is unclear at this time if they will be identical or just similar to the existing tea emotes in the game.
Similar to emotes, there will be two sets of decorative items available Final Fantasy 14 player houses and apartments. These include the Ul'dahn Kinderpunsch and Lominsan Kinderpunsch, which are tabletop items that can be used up to ten times to gain a 30-minute food perk. Specifically, potions provide Piety Bonus +4% (Max 10), VIT Bonus +5% (Max 12), Gear Durability Bonus +3 and EXP Bonus +3%. The second set of items is purely decorative, with a stack of Ul'dahn and Lominsan mugs. Players who were active during the 2024 Starlight Celebration may recognize them, as the Gridan equivalent was part of the giveaway during that year.
Especially festive players will be able to purchase a small selection of items from previous Christmas-themed events from Starlight vendors. However, most of the previous seasonal items will end up in the paid store after the respective events. Those who see something may want to check out the store once the event starts, as this is usually the time of the sale when most of the previous seasonal goodies are discounted from their usual price.
With Starlight Celebration wrapping up the year, players won't have to wait long for the next seasonal event. The first half of the year gets a lot of them, and players can usually expect monthly seasonal events until May. These include Heavensturn to celebrate the New Year, Valentione's Day in February, Little Ladies' Day in March, Hatching-tide at Easter in April and the Make it Rain Campaign Gold Saucer event in May. While another major extension for Final Fantasy 14 won't land until late 2026 or sometime in 2027, players should have plenty of regular activities to keep them busy until then.
- Released
-
August 27, 2013
- ESRB
-
T for Teens – Language, Mild Blood, Sexual Themes, Alcohol Use, Violence
- Engine
-
Originally a Crystal Tools engine, but currently a custom engine using Luminous Engine parts.
