FFXIV Furnishings - How to buy your house and get your furniture

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn has multiple modes, a lot of activities, and funny things that have to the game an atmosphere of a real-world with a real environment. Housing is one of those features that expand Eorzea, the world of Final Fantasy 14, and give it a broader meaning. When the heat of battle ends, you have your own place to rest and to dedicate to other activities, such as Gardening or even a crafting workshop. Next, in this post, we will address all the FFXIV housing topics, mainly the FFXIV furnishings. 

Table of Contents

- How to buy a House in FFXIV

- Sharing a Free Company House in FFXIV

- How to decorate a room in FF14 Housing

- How to build a FFXIV House

- Final Fantasy XIV Housing costs

- Keeping a Final Fantasy XIV House

- FFXIV House Relocation.

How to buy a House in FFXIV

To buy a house in Final Fantasy 14 you need to meet certain requirements; FFXIV Housing is not for all the players inside the game. To have the possibility of buying your mansion, first, you have to reach level 50 and the second Lieutenant rank in any of the Grand Companies: The Maelstrom from Limsa Lominsa, The Immortal Flames of Ul’dah, and The Order of the Twin Adder of Gridania.

Sharing a Free Company House in FFXIV

The above is for Personal Houses. If you want to buy a Free Company House, first of all, you have to be part of a Free Company with 4 or more members and you must have reached level 6 in order to buy an FC House. In addition, the leader of the Free Company must have set your rank, so that you are able to purchase plots and houses. 

Furthermore, you can also have the chance of buying a Private Chamber. For this, just like before, you must have reached level 50 in any of the classes and the Second Lieutenant rank in your Gran Company. 

And last but not least, the necessary Gil. The amount needed has been increased to 300.000 Gil. In order to get an FC room, you must approach your Free Company and enter the estate and then click the ‘Entrance to Private Chambers’. Finally, choose the alternative ‘Purchase Private Chambers’. 

How to decorate a room in FF14 housing?

Housing FFXIV allows you to decorate the house or the room that you have purchased with a lot of furniture. Furnishing is about this, about decorating your place with housing items that you have bought in the markets of Final Fantasy XIV. 

In FFXIV houses you will find furniture, fittings, and other elements, such as carpets and curtains, to improve the interior of your home. Most of these furnishings are available on the Market Board. When you approach the Market Board, you will notice the navigation menu and the search navigation tools. This panel is divided into several categories, such as Main Arm/Off Arm, Armor, Items, and Housing. This last category is an important one. 

In this list of FFXIV Housing, you will find a lot of furnishings. The list is endless and everyday new furnishings appear in the markets. The updates of Final Fantasy XIV, that are constant, and that appear in the Lodestone, always bring new furniture and stuff like that. Now a list of most significant furnishings. 

• Chair/Bed. From regular beds to floor sofa to decorate your room. 
• Table. Bureaus, kitchens, staircases, and tables such as Lakeland Table or Gordian Bureau. 
• Tabletop. Small decorations such as Dishware, Eorzean Lantern, or Dragon Piece. 
• Wall-mounted. Stage Curtain, Fat Cat Wall Chronometer, or Suzaku Wall Hanging. 
• Rug. Carbuncle Rug, Moogle Rug, Morbol Rug, or Goobbue Rug, among others. 
• Interior. Floors, walls, and ceilings, such as Factory Interior Wall, Eulmoran Chandelier, or Unfinished Wood Flooring. 
• Exterior. Roof and exterior walls and doors, such as Hingan House Wall, Hingan Mansion Roof, or Oasis Classical Door. 
• Exterior Decoration. Exterior walls, awnings, and fences, such as Hingan Placard, Glade Hedgewall, and Oasis Awning. 
• Furnishings. Some furniture such as Oriental Bathtub, Tonberry Floor Lamp, and Looming Tonberry Screen. 
• Outdoor Furnishings. Benches, bridges, decks, trees, and others, such as Carbuncle Garden Bench, Wild Banana Tree, and Riviera Garden Table Set. 

How to build an FFXIV house

Building a house in FFXIV is one of the most exhausting actions you can do in the game. To build a house you need to buy a Construction Permit. That is to say, first, you need to buy a plot in one of the Residential Districts: The Mist in Limsa Lominsa, The Goblet in Ul’dah, The Lavenders Beds in Gridania, and The Shirogane in Kugane. You can buy this permit by accessing your Housing menu on your plot and clicking on ‘Estate Hall’ and then in ‘Purchase Construction Permit’. 

The Construct Permits are divided into 3 categories, depending on the material you choose for the exteriors of your house. These three types are: Composite, Stone, and Wood. In general, these permits have the same value. The materials can be changed in the future, but that will have an additional cost. 

On the other hand, when you buy the land you have 45 days to acquire the Construction Permit. Otherwise, you will lose the plot due to reclamation for inactive housing. 

Building an FFXIV house, just like buying it, depends on the size of the plot. The Construction Permit depends on the size of the land you have bought. Buying a permit will cost you:

• Small cottage - 450.000 Gil
• Medium house - 1.000.000 Gil
• Large Mansion - 3.000.000 Gil

As you might suppose, large, medium, and small houses can be built in their respective sizes. Even, you can’t buy a small house in a bigger plot. In this case, you have to relinquish the plot and get new land. 

Final Fantasy XIV housing costs

As to be expected, the price of the house depends on the size of the house you want to buy or build and on the desirability of the plot in the district or the time sale of the construction in the markets. The prices of the house have a range: the price of a small house is between 3 and 4 million Gil, the price of a medium house is between 15 and 20 million and for a large house you have to pay between 40 and 50 million Gil. 

Anyway, every four hours the prices of the houses drop and that is a good opportunity to purchase with other values, although the impact that it will have on your economy will not be much. 

The most difficult aspect of getting a house in FFXIV is the availability of parcels. On the low-end servers, you will not have problems buying a piece of land. On the other hand, on the busiest servers, you will have to wait for 14 hours for the completion of the plot availability.  

Keeping a Final Fantasy XIV house

Even though you don’t need to spend additional Gil to keep your house in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, you have to enter your house at least 1 time every 45 days. If you are not capable of doing this, you will lose your parcel because the plot will be considered abandoned and it will return to the markets. In the case of the Free Company Houses, at least 1 of the members of the Free Company has to enter the house every 45 days.    

FFXIV House Relocation

When you get home, you can relocate it to your plot without the need to wait for the home timer. When you move to your house you will obtain a discount based on the size and the price of the old house. When you move, all your furniture, items will be moved to the warehouse. Finally, the shell of your house will scale automatically to the size of the new plot, so your small house will become a large building. 

FFXIV housing conclusions

Final Fantasy housing is a very funny feature within the world of FFXIV. Of course, FFXIV housing is not necessary to finish the game or be victorious in battle, and less to get some kind of special reward, but it is a good distraction when you are sick of doing side quests, at least for a while. If you like to spend a lot of time doing random things in the world of Eorzea, parallel to the side quest or Main Scenario Quest, Furnishings are for you. 

FAQ

How many Gil I have to have to buy a House in FFXIV?

Depending on the size of the house. If you want to buy a small house, you have to pay between 3 and 4 million of Gil. For a medium house, between 15 and 20 million. And for a large mansion, between 40 and 50 million of Gil.

What is the Manderville Gold Saucer in Final Fantasy XIV?

It is the arcade mode in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. It is a center located in South Thanalan where you can participate in several mini-games, such as Chocobo Racing and the Triple Triad. In Gold Saucer you win tokens, which you can exchange for special rewards. 

How many hours do I have to play to have enough Gil to buy an FFXIV House?

Difficult to say it. It depends on the quests you complete, on the hours you spend grinding or farming or on the time you spend reselling goods in the Market Board, etc. Generally, to buy a house you need to reach level 60, even more. In that level, you will be able to buy a small FFXIV house.

How do I get furnishings for my FFXIV house?

The most common way is buying them directly from the vendors inside the Residential Districts. The other way is going to Grand Companies chests and exchanging some items for furniture and furnishings. One third way is buying directly in the Market Board of the great cities. 

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