FFXIV Data Center Travel Could Take Between 1 and 30 Minutes

A new update from FFXIV Director and Producer Naoki Yoshida offered more details about the Data Center Travel system. Namely, it went over how long people can expect it to take. In short, depending on demand, it could take under a minute or over 30 minutes. Yoshida also explained what players can do when visiting another logical data center.

Congestion will influence Data Center Travel speeds in FFXIV. Under ideal conditions, it should take under three minutes. In the best case scenario, it could take under a minute. However, in the Q&A section of Yoshida’s announcement, he did acknowledge it could take longer. He acknowledged that when the game is busy, it could take 30 minutes or longer. He specifically noted people could end up waiting longer after the feature debuts, whenever an update arrives, and when there are special events.

There’s also the official list of what people can do while visiting using the FFXIV Data Center Travel system.

• Chatting through Say/Party/Yell/Shout/Tell
• Joining and chatting in cross-world linkshells (CWLS) created in the destination logical DC
• Adding players to the Friend List
• Forming and recruiting parties
• Progressing through quests
• Social interaction in various in-game locations, such as cities, areas and residential districts
• Participate in various in-game content, such as dungeons, raids, and PvP
• Crafting and gathering (excluding Unspoiled and Legendary gathering nodes)
• Purchasing items from the market board




Final Fantasy XIV is available for the PS4, PS5, and PC. Data Center Travel will arrive as part of the 6.18 patch.