Final Fantasy 14will not be playable for most of June 16, as Square Enix stated that the game’s servers will be down for 14 hours of maintenance starting at 4:00 PM Eastern. The company announced that the pending downtime forFinal Fantasy 14is due to both a hotfix update and some infrastructure maintenance that will be conducted on a specific data center.
This news comes weeks afterFinal Fantasy 14launched Patch 7.25, which introduced content like the Occult Crescent field operation and the next chapter of the Hildibrand quest chain. The update also made some Job balance updates that focused on improving the area-of-effect (AOE) damage of underperforming Jobs.Patch 7.25 also had some glaring issues with armor textures, as Hrothgar players pointed out that certain hats and headgear did not sit correctly on their character when paired with specific hairstyles, resulting in some hats floating in midair. It remains to be seen if Square Enix will address it in the upcoming hotfix.
However,Final Fantasy 14players will not have much time to play on June 16, as the game will be down for quite some time.According to the Lodestone,Final Fantasy 14will be down for 14 hours of maintenance, starting at 4:00 PM Eastern and ending on June 17 at 6:00 AM Eastern. Square Enix said that the long downtime is due to some infrastructure maintenance that will be conducted on the Japanese Data Center.
Final Fantasy 14 Server Maintenance Details (June 25, 2025)
The infrastructure maintenance will be used to address and prevent any potentialproblems withFinal Fantasy 14’s serversthat may arise if left unchecked. Some hotfixes to address issues with Patch 7.25 will also be implemented during the maintenance window. However, details about what issues would be fixed were not revealed by Square Enix.
The maintenance is not the only major thing happening inFinal Fantasy 14in June. On the morning of Friday, June 20,Square Enix will host the 87th episode of Letter From The Producer LIVE, which will go over some details concerning Patch 7.3, the game’s next major update.Final Fantasy 14producer and director Naoki Yoshida will reveal Patch 7.3’s name and release window, and give players an idea of what to expect inDawntrail’s climactic patch.
Final Fantasy 14players looking to do theirdaily Mamool Ja society questsor level up Phantom Jobs in the Occult Crescent will only have a couple of hours, as of this writing, to do so ahead of the maintenance. It remains to be seen what adjustmentsFinal Fantasy 14will make during the downtime.
