Final Fantasy XI Harvest Festival Begins for Halloween 2024

Square Enix announced that Halloween has come to Final Fantasy XI, as the Harvest Festival is now live in the MMORPG. There are multiple activities available, including a costume contest, pumpkins to find, festival stalls, and the Wake of the Lilies.

Essentially, you’ll want to visit the Bastok, San d’Oria, and Windurst areas to take part. Decorations will be placed in public areas. The Harvest Festival Stalls will be at Bastok Mines (H-8), Northern San d’Oria (D-8), and Windurst Waters (G-10), and you can get lanterns for Mog Houses at each one. There will be NPCs in costumes that will give you costumes in exchange for sweets. If you give them one, you will dress up like they do. Cyhiraeth forms will be available as a part of this. 

As for activities, those are a bit more specific and have rewards tied to them. There are three to take part in. The Pink Masquerade Costume Contest can net you a Botulus Suit. Wake of the Lilies means aiding Exorcists each day. Your Purple-winged Partners involves helping moogles in three regions. Finally, you can get get things like the Cait Sith Subligar, Sheet of Ancient Battle Tunes, and Sheet of Harvest Tunes for finding Vana’diel’s pumpkins.

Here are the locations for some of those events. Square Enix didn’t say where the nine special pumpkins are hidden, naturally.

• Pink Masquerade Costume Contest – Bastok Markets (G-8), Bastok Mines (H-8), Northern San d’Oria (F-6), Southern San d’Oria (I-8), Windurst Waters (G-9), and Windurst Woods (H-11).
• Purple-winged Partners – East Ronfaure (G-6), East Sarutabaruta (G-11), North Gustaberg (L-8), South Gustaberg (J-7), West Ronfaure (I-6), and West Sarutabaruta (J-8). 
• Wake of the Lilies – Bastok Markets (Brian at G-8), Northern San d’Oria (Gertrude at D-8), and Windurst Waters north side (Roger at F-5)

Final Fantasy XI isn’t the only entry with a Halloween event running, as one is live in FFXIV too. The All Saints’ Wake event returned back on October 18, 2024. This year there’s a new goth/emo style outfit for us to earn.

Final Fantasy XI is available on PCs, and the Harvest Festival is back until November 8, 2024.