Echoes of Vana'diel Discount Campaign artwork
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FFXIV players can soon step into FFXI’s Vana’diel at a discount

The best of both worlds

Whether you’ve played Final Fantasy XI previously and are taking a break, or your interest has been piqued by the latest round of Final Fantasy XIVs Alliance Raids, FFXIV players will soon have a cha🏅nce to enter Vana’diel at a discounted rate thanks to the Echoes of Vana’diel Discount Campaign. 

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The campaign was announced at the tail end of the Live Letter from the Producers 85 live stream on January 7, and it offers players a discounted 30 days to explore Vana’diel and learn more about the world that inspired the Echoes of Vana’diel Alliance Raid series currently underway as part of Dawntrail

Between February 12 and March 11, FFXIV players who sign up for a new FFXI account or reactivate an existing one can cut their FFXI service fee in half for the first 30 days. This service fee is usually $11.95 (service fee) plus $1 (character fee), totaling $12.95. If you sign up (or reactivate your account) du🔴ring the campaign 𓂃period, you’ll only pay $6.95 for your first month. 

Service fee discounts in FFXI
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If you’re new to FFXI, you will need to purchase a copy of the game itself to play. Currently, you can purchase it via the or . Either way, the cost of the game is $29.99. On the plus side, purchasing the game also comes with its own 30-day free play period, so you’ll end up with 60 days of game time for half the c🦹ost of a usual monꦓth.

This is an amazing opportunity to learn more about the characters we’ve already encountered during FFXIVs Echoes of Vana’diel story and those we’ve yet to meet in the two as-yet-unreleased Alliance Raids. The story is more or less understandable even if you’ve never played FFXI, but the additional knowledge would certainly help to make🌱 sense of things. 

Once your initial 30 days are over, you’ll then need to pay the full service fee if you want to keep playing FFXI, w🐽hich you likely will once you’ve immersed yourself in the w⛦orld for a full month.


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With her first experience of gaming being on an Atari ST, Paula has been gaming for her entire life. She’s 9,000 hours deep into Final Fantasy XIV, spends more time on cozy games than she would care to admit, and is also a huge bookworm. Juggling online adventuring with family life has its struggles, but she wouldn’t have it any other way.