Although Final Fantasy 14 released a hotfix update on Christmas Day to fix some bugs and fix some issues, players were still experiencing disconnections from the game's North American servers. However some Final Fantasy 14 players have since discovered several workarounds to keep players connected while the issues persist.
Final Fantasy 14The Christmas hotfix update came more than a week after Patch 7.4, Into the Mist, went live globally. Patch 7.4 saw the story Final Fantasy 14 a move towards the game's upcoming 8.0 expansion and included the final chapter in the fan-favorite Arcadion raid series. Update 7.4 also made some job balance changes, with Gunbreaker getting a minor overhaul. Since the changes in 7.4, Gunbreaker's Burst window now rotates every one minute, with Bloodfest and Gnashing Fang getting some key changes. Red Mage also got an update to Manafication, and the ranged physical DPS role brought a few buffs to their core abilities to keep up with other damage-dealing tasks.
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Final Fantasy 14 fixes some issues, though server issues persist
At 11:00 PM Eastern on Christmas Day, Final Fantasy 14The user's servers have been temporarily taken offline to implement some hotfixes. Once the servers came back online around 3:00 a.m. EST on Christmas morning, Final Fantasy 14 players had a small update to download to their game clients. Since the Christmas update, Final Fantasy 14The “MissingNo” bug that saw a nameless tier 1 stag wandering around the Coerthas Western Highlands has been fixed, meaning the stag that captivated the player has been returned to its rightful place. Final Fantasy 14The new patch also addressed some glamor issues for the Summoner and Scholar jobs, along with some glamor window fixes for specific outfits.
Some critical fixes Final Fantasy 14The new strategy board feature, the new Worqor Chirteh (Triumph) Frontline PVP mode, and the main scenario quest line of patch 7.4 were created with the December hotfix. Despite Square Enix's recent efforts, Final Fantasy 14 is still reeling due to server issues that have caused several players to disconnect from the game at seemingly random intervals. While the Christmas hotfix also fixed issues with mounts and Cosmic Exploration that could cause server crashes, persistent server issues and disconnection issues are largely isolated to Final Fantasy 14's North American data centers. The problem was intermittent Final Fantasy 14California servers since November, just before patch 7.4 launched on December 16th.
Ongoing FF14 server issues may have potential workarounds
Despite initial reports Final Fantasy 14North American servers have been experiencing DDoS attacks again after Patch 7.4, some players have reported that this may not be the case at all. When mass disconnection occurs in Aether, Primal, Crystal or Dynamis data centers, not every one FF14 the player is booted from the game servers. Although Final Fantasy 14The North American data centers are located in the Sacramento, California area, and each user connects to the servers through various nodes managed by NTT, the Japanese telecommunications company that Square Enix partners with. Final Fantasy 14 PlayStation players were reportedly not affected by these issues compared to PC and Xbox players. But that hasn't stopped players from watching when a server problem occurs.
WITH Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail'Since the last tier of raids launched on January 6th, some players have been looking for possible solutions and what can be done to alleviate the server issues. on Twitter Final Fantasy 14 content creator iTrolledU posted a thread that showed how effective VPNs like NordVPN and ExpressVPN were at keeping players connected to the game whenever there were server issues. Other redirect services like ExitLag, Cloudflare WARP, and Mudfish were also mentioned in iTrolledU's post, which is updated daily as of this writing. Given that high-end Final Fantasy 14 raids require players to have a smooth connection to the game's servers, time will tell when Square Enix fully resolves the ongoing server issues in North America.
Final Fantasy 14 7.4 Hotfix Update Notes (December 24, 2025)
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In frontline campaigns, the time to return to the landing point after losing the job ability has been reduced from 5 seconds to 0 seconds.
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In the Frontline Worqor Chirteh (Triumph) campaign, the maximum number of triumphs appearing in the first 10 minutes of a match has been increased. The triumph occurrence rate for each tier has been adjusted accordingly.
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The following issues have been fixed.
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The main quest scenario cutscene “Into the Mist” had incorrect text in certain scenes.
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The main quest scenario cutscene “Into the Mist” had incorrect text in certain scenes.
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In the cutscene of the main quest scenario “Into the Mist”, ambient sounds were played in parts where they shouldn't have been.
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In the Skyrise Celebrations “Toy Hunter” and “Presents of Mind”, as well as the main quest scenario “In from the Cold”, the player character could appear in the carry state even after the carry status is removed.
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In AAC Heavyweight M3, the floor became invisible in certain situations after the party was defeated while the boss casts Arcadion Avalanche.
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In Frontline Seal Rock (Seize), when information on an occupied tomelite was exhausted, another tomelite immediately became active.
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Crystals could be collected at legendary gathering nodes added in patch 7.4.
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Certain monsters that normally shouldn't spawn appeared in Coerthas Western Highlands.
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When a male Roegadyn or Hrothgar equipped with the Alternate Shirt draws a weapon as a Black Mage, part of their left arm appears to cut through their clothing.
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For some devices with emblems or logos, the emblem or logo was displayed incorrectly depending on the camera distance.
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The “Try On” and “Cast Glamour” menu windows displayed the following clothing sets with dye 2 applied when saved or saved as glamorous clothing, regardless of the number of pieces added to the outfit. Wayfarer's Attire／Mirage Attire／Fantasmal Attire／Alpha Wolf Clothing
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Equipment added to glamor clothing could not be used for glamor until the player character moved to another area.
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Invoking retainers caused server outages under certain conditions.
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In Cosmic Exploration, the server would rarely fail to complete Mech Ops under certain conditions.
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In the Strategy Board menu, the “Import” and “Close” buttons in the Share Code import window have been swapped.
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When using gamepad controls, the Strategy Board cursor would sometimes jump to the Strategy Board list even though it is not displayed.
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When using the gamepad controls with the Strategy Board screen lock on, the cursor sometimes jumps into the Strategy Board window in situations where it normally shouldn't.
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When a blacklisted player shared a strategy board using the real-time sharing feature, the display confirmation window did not appear and the strategy board disappeared.
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Under certain conditions, the name of a strategy board was displayed as the name of another strategy board in the list of saved errors.
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Under certain conditions, it may not be possible to open or close the Strategy Board Settings window.
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Adventurer board portraits could not be saved due to a “requirements not met” error under the following conditions:
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Having a scholar's arm enchanted over an arcanist's grimoire while playing as a summoner or arcanist.
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Have an arcanist grimoire enchanted over a scholar's arm when playing scholar.
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Have job-exclusive gear that cannot be equipped by classes when playing as a class
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Under certain conditions, when the resolution ratio has been set to wider than 16:9 in the system configuration, taking a photo in Group Pose portrait mode without “Remove Aspect Ratio Limits” enabled may cause the game client to freeze. (Windows®/ Mac version only)
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An issue with a voiced cutscene during AAC Heavyweight M3 (Savage) where a specific line of NPC dialogue would erroneously play twice in an overlapping fashion.
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- Released
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August 27, 2013
- ESRB
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T for Teens – Language, Mild Blood, Sexual Themes, Alcohol Use, Violence
- Engine
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Originally a Crystal Tools engine, but currently a custom engine using Luminous Engine parts.
