FFXIV suspends housing auto-demolition on Japanese servers after major earthquake

Not for the first time, FFXIV show us how much they care

Showing just how much the development team cares for and supports their players in times of crisis, Final Fantasy XIV has temporarily suspended the auto-demolition of player housing on Japanese Servers after a massive magnitude 7.6 Earthquake that hit the Noto Peninsula on January 1.

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In a post uploaded to the on January 4, developers acknowledged the tragedy and said their “hearts go out to those who were effected” by the natural disaster, which has left over 100 dead and many more still missing. The team goes on🐓 to say that “due to the damages and other factors, we have decided to temporarily suspend the automatic demoꦯlition of estates”.

Housing auto-demolition paused on Japanese Final Fantasy XIV servers

It’s not the first time that the FFXIV team has offered their support to players during tough times. Housing auto-demolition was canceled indefinitely for all servers during the COVID outbreak in 2020 and, in a haunting reflection of current events, the same happened after the Kumamoto Earthquakes in 2016.

In a documentary by , Yoshi P discussed the 2016 tragedy and told a heart-touching story of how logging into the game was th🎉e only way for players across Japan to find out if their online friends were safe. 

No date has been set for auto-demolition to return to Japanese s💞ervers. To find out more, head over to the Lo🃏destone or keep an eye on posts.


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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 7,000 hours deep into Final Fantasy XIV, spends more time on cozy games than she would care to admit, and is also your friendly resident Whovian. Juggling online adventuring with family life has its struggles, but she wouldn’t have it any other way.