New Year's Wishes[]
Happy New Year, adventurers! I would like to offer you my best wishes for the coming year as we welcome 2026.
Once again, FFXI has enjoyed another year of adventure within the world of Vana'diel. I wish to thank each and every one of you out there for your continued support. On behalf of the entire FFXI team, please accept our utmost gratitude.
In my greetings last year, I mentioned two of our major goals for the game going forward: expand the options for playing the game solo, and revitalize existing game content while making adjustments to the character leveling process. In order to realize these goals, we have worked hard to deliver the following updates over this past year.
Providing new chances to obtain older items
We have made numerous changes to the in-game content in order to better align it with player engagement, such as changing Limbus from an occupied area to a shared area, adding a shared area to Dynamis – Divergence, and more.
Some improvements from last year that we are continuing to work on include upgrading more of the game's servers, item level support for Besieged, adding the ability to change your character's race, and much more. Please keep an eye out for these updates over the course of the year to come.
Strengthening alter egos
Firstly, we've added multiple alter egos to the login campaign lineup in order to help you fill out your roster, and we've also made a revision to the number of points needed to acquire them. Now that a solid foundation has been laid, we will finally be moving to strengthen the alter egos themselves from this year forward.
We plan to continue working on these policies throughout 2026, so please check our updates regarding this topic for additional details.
As always, the development and operations teams will be working hard to provide you with even more content and activities in the year to come.
I hope that you continue to enjoy the world of FFXI.
Director, FINAL FANTASY XI
Event Period[]
Wednesday, December 31, at 7:00 a.m. (PST) to Monday, January 12, at 6:59 a.m.[1]
Additionally, during the following period, Chacharoon in Ru'Lude Gardens (I-8) will sell special items that are only available for a limited time.
Wednesday, December 31, at 7:00 a.m. (PST) to Wednesday, January 7, at 6:00 a.m.
Read on for the list of limited-time items.
Event Details[]
During the event, lucky dragons will be parading around the following areas.
Trade them items and gil to receive a variety of other items and magic effects.
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NPCs:[]
Areas:[]
West Ronfaure / East Ronfaure / La Theine Plateau / Valkurm Dunes / Jugner Forest / Batallia Downs / North Gustaberg / South Gustaberg / Konschtat Highlands / Pashhow Marshlands / Rolanberry Fields / Beaucedine Glacier / Western Altepa Desert / Eastern Altepa Desert / West Sarutabaruta / East Sarutabaruta / Tahrongi Canyon / Buburimu Peninsula / Meriphataud Mountains / Sauromugue Champaign / The Sanctuary of Zi'Tah / Yuhtunga Jungle / Yhoator Jungle / Qufim Island / Xarcabard
Past Rewards[]
Items available during previous New Year's festivities may be acquired from the following locations.
Shop at event-related stores.
Items available during previous New Year's festivities may be acquired from the following locations.
Northern San d'Oria / Bastok Mines / Windurst Waters (north side)
Ake-Ome Spirit[]
Speaking to Ake or Ome in the following locations will reward players with an item that lets them possess a special monster in Monstrosity.
- Something special will happen when a player already in possession of the spirit talks with them.
Northern San d'Oria (L-8) / Port Bastok (K-12) / Port Windurst (M-4)
Bring cheer to those in need![]
The moogles have cleverly hidden seven types of Tenshodo trading cards across the land and challenged the Goblins to find them. But the cunning Goblins, determined to come out on top in the contest, have taken to riding chocobos, and that simply isn't fair, kupo!
Southern San d'Oria / Northern San d'Oria
Windurst Waters (north side) / Windurst Woods
Trading cards can occasionally be found by examining overturned soil in the following locations. Get there before the goblins beat you to it! The odds of receiving trading cards increases with the more people you have in your party. Team up with other adventurers to increase your odds of success!
West Ronfaure / La Theine Plateau / Jugner Forest / Batallia Downs / South Gustaberg / Konschtat Highlands / Pashhow Marshlands / Rolanberry Fields / East Sarutabaruta / Tahrongi Canyon / Meriphataud Mountains / Sauromugue Champaign.
Limited-Time Items[]
Themed limited-time items will go on sale for one week after the start of the New Year (JST). There are two types of items, and each can be purchased once per Earth day, even though Chacharoon's dialogue appends "Done for today" to both after buying the first.
Trade Chacharoon gil to obtain a New Year's Pouch.
- Trading him between 5,000 and 9,999 gil grants players one SP Gobbie Key per Earth day.
- Trading him 10,000 or more gil grants players one Silver A.M.A.N. voucher per Earth day.