Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Realm Reborn (Windows)

HeavenswardUnused content found in the game's first expansion pack. StormbloodUnused content found in the game's second expansion pack.

Unused Content#

Unused TextFeaturing tests, placeholders, and all sorts of other unused text.

Unused Classes#

1.0 Musketeer and Arcanist#

While it is well-known that much of the original game went through drastic changes for its re-release, it is not common knowledge that many features, including additional Disciplines and monsters, were found in the 1.0 client via data mining. Skills that were meant to be learned all the way up to a level cap of 99 were present in the data files, and in particular, a Reraise spell meant to be learned by Conjurers at level 36, though this went unused. In terms of Disciplines, both Arcanists and "Musketeers" were present in the game's files since the beta of 1.0. Arcanists were originally intended to use a sort of mechanical staff and fight in part via placing "magical traps"; Musketeers appeared intended as a second ranged-physical class.

It's worth noting that signs, symbols, models for guns, and even animations for the Musketeer class can be found all over Limsa Lominsa in A Realm Reborn. The Marauder's Guild not only has a sign with two crossed flintlocks (that also appears in the free company crest editor), but two Miqo'te women being trained in the basement on how to use a musket.

Adventurer#

A class referred to as 'Adventurer' in English and 'すっぴん士' in Japanese is referenced in classjob.exh at the top of the list with an ID of 0. Interestingly, it has a unique acronym for each language besides Japanese, which is left blank.

This is the class that the player is assigned during the opening cutscene(s), before they start the game. Rarely, a legacy player (Those who played 1.0) who imports their character into A Realm Reborn may find themselves as an Adventurer in the starting area. The reason for this is currently unknown but is speculated to stem from irregularities in the import process, likely due to a stat squish that happened in 6.0.

Unused Free Company Options#

Text tables for Free Companies seem to hint towards a "Guest" and "Recruit" rank, and a Free Company chest that is more ordered, with labels such as Items, Gear, Medicines & Miscellany.

In the current game, the Guest and Recruit ranks do not exist, only showing Member, Officer and Master by default, and the company chest merely consists of five tabs (two of which must be unlocked), with no labels assigned or that can be assigned.

Unused Battle Voice Lines#

There's a few lines in the game that go unused - presumably for certain class quests.

These seem to fit best in the Rogue's Guild; this is however merely a guess:

Cor! I haven't got this worked up since I had a go on yer mam!

Ahoy! It's all kickin 'off now!

Where as these are most likely spoke by a Lalafell:

Ooh! How did we get into this mess?

Master! I cannot do this alone!

The Arcadion raid series featured an in-game shoutcaster (English voice by Ciarán Owens). A few unused shoutcasts remain in the files.

The first batch of fights "Arcadion, Light-Heavyweight" released in Patch 7.01 on July 16, 2024.

Oh Mercy is she doing what I think she's doing? He's up on the post! You know what that means. It's the Bombarian Press. Oh this man has absolutely no respect for the rules!

The second batch of fights "Arcadion, Cruiserweight" was released in Patch 7.2 on March 25, 2025. One additional file was added but went unused. Something's amiss. What does he intend to do?

Items#

Unused Gun And Throwing Weapon Models#

The throwing weapons are a leftover from the ill-fated 1.0 version of the game, and thus go completely unused even by NPCs. However, the gun models here are not used by the Machinist class, the hand gun wielding class added in the game's first expansion, Heavensward. While they are used in animations by several NPCs, including Cid nan Garlond & Milala, they are completely unobtainable by normal means.

None of these items have item IDs, making them unobtainable without client side editing - to which the game also has no animations in place for them.

Picture	Description
	Cid's gunblade
	Double barrelled musket
	A pebble
	A chakram
	A tomahawk
	A harpoon
	An arrow (used as ammunition by Archers)
	A throwing knife
	Possibly a grenade or a morning star
	A shuriken

Quest Items#

All quest items are classified internally as Pugilist Arms; obviously, they can't be equipped by a Pugilist. Quest items include items needed for battlecraft leves and the object of desire for some fetch quests. They are found in eventitem.exh.

Interestingly, plural forms for items you can't obtain more than one of exist in the game's data; this may just be for consistency.

Judge's Armour#

The Judge's set of items are equipable armour only available to a Game Master (or "GM").

Item	Picture	Stats	GarlandTools Link
Judge's Thighboots		+4 Defense (+6 HQ) +9 Magic Defense (+11 HQ)	1
Judge's Ringbands		+4 Defense (+6 HQ) +9 Magic Defense (+11 HQ)	2
Judge's Slops		+6 Defense (+8 HQ) +13 Magic Defense (+16 HQ)	3
Judge's Haubergeon		+6 Defense (+8 HQ) +13 Magic Defense (+16 HQ)	4
Judge's Goggles		+4 Defense (+6 HQ) +9 Magic Defense (+11 HQ)	5
Judge's Bow		Physical Damage +5 Magic Damage +4 (+5 HQ) Delay 2.8, Auto Attack 4.67, Damage-Per-Second 1.67	6
Judge's Sollerets		+4 Defense (+6 HQ) +9 Magic Defense (+11 HQ)	7
Judge's Vambraces		+4 Defense (+6 HQ) +9 Magic Defense (+11 HQ)	8
Judge's Skirt		+6 Defense (+8 HQ) +13 Magic Defense (+16 HQ)	9
Judge's Shirt		+6 Defense (+8 HQ) +13 Magic Defense (+16 HQ)	10
Judge's Chain Coif		+4 Defense (+6 HQ) +9 Magic Defense (+11 HQ)	11

Watch on YouTubeAs the stats indicate, the armor is only for show and gives no benefits compared to armor past level 10. The bread and butter of the set is the Judge's Haubergeon, which gives the wielder a shadow aura. All Game Masters are likely given this set of armor to make their avatar unique and easily recognizable to regular players.

Notably, one of the Judge's sets is a version of the Bard artifact armor. This is worn by Naoki Yoshida, should he and his character appear in the game for any event. Yoshida's own character often appears in the game in a similar outfit, and is known as the Wandering Minstrel. It's also worth noting that trying on the gear on any female character or a Roegadyn male makes the gear show up invisible; despite the gear model existing for them, Yoshida's variant uses special textures intended only for Hyur men.

Items added in Endwalker#

As with any MMO currently out there, Final Fantasy 14 has expansions that add new items, some of those items go unused. These are listed before.

Acting textbook: Love Tomestone - Acting textbook written by a choreographer [Acquire a specific emote when used]. This is the rough translation of the book that, when used, gives the player a emote.

Inaccessible Areas#

Mordion Gaol#

Watch on YouTubePlayers are sent to Mordion Gaol by a Game Master if they have to urgently speak to a player. This typically happens if they violate the Terms of Service or Rules of Conduct. It consists of a single empty jail cell complete with torches on the wall which provide light. It is impossible to enter Mordion Gaol without Game Master assistance, and it is impossible to exit it without help from a Game Master as well, as every type of teleport is disabled while confined. For serious offenses, players may sometimes be left unattended in the cell, unable to play the game normally. The name is from Square's previous MMORPG, Final Fantasy XI, which contained a room used for identical purposes also named Mordion Gaol.

The Thousand Maws of Toto-Rak unused sections#

Although the Thousand Maws of Toto-Rak was redesigned in Patch 6.1, most of the previously available sections of the map are still present on it, albeit blocked by landslides. It's interesting to note that the inaccessible layout of the map very closely matches the version of itself from 1.0, which hints that it was copied from there.

Current layout (Patch 6.28)	Dungeon Map (Patch 6.28)	Dungeon Map (Version 1.0)

At the very beginning of the dungeon, if you walked straight ahead, you could see a door on the left that should lead to a room not marked on the both 1.0 and 6.1 maps. The door cannot be opened, leaving this room unused. Whether it was possible to get here in 1.0 is unknown.

Sastasha's unused sections#

The large section with the clams and, right before the encounter with Chopper, has 5 stone-blocked ramifications, 4 of which lead to empty dead ends. However, the central upper entrance must have been an alternate path. If we look from where it starts, we can see that the road there leads through the beginning of the dungeon, right next to the players' entry point, on the right side.

In addition, in front of both arenas where we fight Captain Madison, there are rooms inaccessible for entry, in which levers are located. Perhaps these levers were supposed to open the arena since the entrance is blocked by a gate rather than a normal door, but the idea was scrapped.

Cutter's Cry unused sections#

A huge part of the Cutter's Cry map is filled with unused caves. Among the interesting things are the central part, divided into 2 sections by a gap, and a room with a huge red sphere, which may have been the boss room.

Cutter's Cry overview	In game map with all sections combined

The Sunken Temple of Qarn unused sections#

Underneath the starting section of the map, before the first boss, there's a cave system that appears to be an alternative route to the boss arena.

Just after the first boss, there's another cavern with the metal door, with the room that leads to nowhere.

In the "Oratory of Memeto the Meek" (the secret room before the final boss), there's a locked green door that should lead to a room and to the roof (?) of one of many destroyed building.

Room behind a door	Outside

Both the second cave and the room do actually appear in the hard version of this dungeon, but altered: the cave got a passage to the final boss room of the normal version, and in the room the staircase was changed to a dark hallway.

Textures#

Notes in Textures#

The Kedtrap and Sabotender textures have notes scribbled in between the actual texture; naturally, these are not visible on the models.

Test Textures#

There are also countless test and placeholder textures left in the files.

Unused Quests#

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Levequests#

F.A.T.E.S#

Unused Quest Markers#

Quest markers for "lore" quests are among the UI elements, but as of Patch 2.57, still go unused.

Unused Music#

Placeholder Music#

This weird 8-second song made up of beeps appears as a filler in the game's files several times. As of Patch 4.2, it appears to be filling in spots for Moonfire Faire (Obon Festival), Little Ladies' Day (Hina Matsuri) and a fifth Alexander track.

Launcher Music#

This theme for Cid nan Garlond -- Dreams Aloft on the soundtrack -- is found as bgm_system_launcher.scd. However, the launcher on PlayStation 4 instead uses the XIV version of the classic Final Fantasy prelude. 1.0, however, used this as one of three tracks that played on the launcher.

Revisional Differences#

As with any other MMO currently out on the market, Final Fantasy XIV has been updated over the past ten years, and numerous pieces of content have either been changed or removed due to the nature of an MMO.

Certain items left over from 1.0 are no longer used in any Disciple of the Hand classes, making them unused, and no monsters drop them. Items once gathered from nodes found in 1.0 are no longer able to be gathered in 2.0 and beyond. These items remain in legacy players' inventory, and a majority of items can be sold to NPCs or on the marketboards. Most items in 1.0 could be obtained as a normal quality item or gathered/crafted with a +1 to +3, though this was changed to high-quality (+1). This is the case with older equipment as well. Most equipment that was not either: Unique, Relic Weapons, Artifact Armor, or Nortorious Monster drops had the prefix of dated added to them and their stats weakened. However, as of the latest expansion Endwalker, high-quality items from gathering are no longer attainable, though they will remain in the player's inventory and can be used in crafting as if they are of normal quality.

Artifact armor in version 1.0 had special qualities, boosting certain skills, but when it came time to A Realm Reborn, those special abilities were removed. The developers wished to move from the mindset of having to keep special abilities on gear going forward so as not to force players to farm certain gear. The gear was once found in the dungeons The Aurum Vale, Cutter's Cry, and Dzemael Darkhold. In 1.0 these were 8-man dungeons at level 45 and above and the armor pieces found within the first few rooms. In the transition from 1.0 to A Realm Reborn, the Artifact Armor pieces were instead placed in the open world in certain locations.

The Main Story Questline of A Realm Reborn has been streamlined in Patch 5.3 for its quests and so certain quests have either been removed from the game or condensed into other quests and their dialogue changed as a result. Some of the lore that was found in these quests was added to side quests, or the duty support NPCs added for solo play.

The Grand Company Quest "Twisted Beliefs" was removed on October 15, 2013, during one of the many hotfix updates. The original quest required you to go speak with an NPC outside of the gates to the dungeon Amdapor Keep. However, this quest was removed and the quest "Gilding the Bilious" was added instead. This was done because at the time the level 47 dungeon The Aurum Vale was not being run and the developers wished for people to run it.

The Heavensward quest "I Believe I Can Fly" has been removed in patch 5.3, you are handed the Aether Compass as part of the Main Story of Heavensward and the ability to fly to A Realm Reborn after finishing the quest "The Ultimate Weapon". The hat for your Chocobo that you would receive as a quest reward is now handed out at the achievement NPC in Old Gridania.

Even though each expansion sees jobs and classes undergo changes and rebalancing, causing skills to be reworked, removed, or otherwise just renamed. However, NPCs have access to some of these skills still.

Regional Differences#

Final Fantasy XIV has separate clients in both China and Korea. The Chinese client is ran by Shanda Games, who operate MapleStory & Ragnarok II in China, whereas the Korean one is ran by Nexon, who runs the MMOs Mabinogi & Blade and Soul.

To do: Get hold of the Chinese and Korean clients, and compare data.

The Chinese version of the game is a separate client. Players pay per time played, rather than a monthly fee; this is very similar to the method of paying for the popular MMORPG World of Warcraft. It is likely that the upcoming Korean release will also follow this model as well. Game patches in China are also delayed; currently sitting at Patch 3.15.

Unlike the regional servers, wherein a Japanese player can join an English server and vice-versa, only those with the Chinese client can access the Chinese server. That being said, there is a reference to a Simplified Chinese language option in the worldwide client; however, it's ultimately unselectable as there is no Chinese text translated at all.

Lunar New Year#

During the 2015 Chinese New Year, Chinese servers hosted an exclusive Lunar New Year event. Among the festivites was a boss fight with a Xi creature, and a collectible baby panda minion. The baby panda was added to the international game in Patch 3.3 as a purchasable minion.