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50 free FFXIV trivia questions with answers — technology quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This FFXIV trivia quiz covers Final Fantasy XIV from the failed 2010 original through A Realm Reborn and every expansion: Heavensward, Stormblood, Shadowbringers, Endwalker, Dawntrail and the announced Evercold. You will get questions on Eorzea's city-states and the Garlean Empire, the Seventh Umbral Calamity and Bahamut, the Scions of the Seventh Dawn, the Ascians and Zodiark, plus the mechanics: the Armoury system, jobs and the expansions that added them, level caps, Trusts, flying, swimming and Island Sanctuary. It also covers the people and the numbers behind the game: Naoki Yoshida's rescue, the Legacy campaign, Masayoshi Soken's Guinness-record soundtrack, the 24 million registered players, the console ports from PlayStation 3 to Nintendo Switch 2, the awards, and the Netflix drama Dad of Light. Difficulty runs from easy questions any Warrior of Light can answer to expert ones for raiders and lore hounds. Every answer was checked against a reference page before publishing, so the dates, names and job details hold up.
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Q 01The original Final Fantasy XIV went live on which date in 2010?
September 30
It ran on the Crystal Tools engine built for Final Fantasy XIII, and its servers closed on November 11, 2012.
Q 02Who was the original producer of the 2010 Final Fantasy XIV, removed after the failed launch?
Hiromichi Tanaka
President Yoichi Wada issued a formal apology in December 2010, demoted director Komoto and brought in a new team.
Q 03Naoki Yoshida had been planning chief of which game before taking over Final Fantasy XIV?
Dragon Quest X
He became both producer and director, and began writing 'Letters from the Producer' to rebuild trust with players.
Q 04What was the codename for the rebuilt game before it was titled A Realm Reborn?
Version 2.0
The old game's finale on November 11, 2012 ended with the cinematic trailer 'End of an Era'.
Q 05A Realm Reborn launched worldwide in which month and year?
August 2013
PlayStation 4 support followed in April 2014, macOS in 2015, PS5 in 2021, Xbox Series X/S in 2024 and Nintendo Switch 2 in 2026.
Q 06The Legacy Campaign rewarded players who paid for at least how many months of the original game?
Three
They got permanently reduced subscription fees, an exclusive chocobo mount and their names in the credits of Version 2.0.
Q 07Which elder primal escaped from the lesser moon Dalamud to trigger the Seventh Umbral Calamity?
Bahamut
Dalamud turned out to be an ancient Allagan prison; Louisoix Leveilleur sent the adventurers 'beyond the reach of time' before dying.
Q 08A Realm Reborn is set how many years after the Seventh Umbral Calamity?
Five
The player character of the 2010 version escaped through temporal magic and reappears at the start of the new story.
Q 09Which Eorzean city-state is a thalassocracy on the island of Vylbrand?
Limsa Lominsa
Gridania sits in the Black Shroud, Ul'dah in arid Thanalan and Ishgard in snowy Coerthas.
Q 10Which power, having conquered the continents to the east, invades Eorzea?
The Garleans
Its scientists weaponised the moon Dalamud under Project Meteor, led by Legatus Nael van Darnus.
Q 11The Scions of the Seventh Dawn are led at the start of A Realm Reborn by whom?
Minfilia
The group merges Louisoix's Circle of Knowing with her Path of the Twelve; she reveals the player's visions are the Echo.
Q 12The Ascians seek to awaken which dark god?
Zodiark
Lahabrea reveals that each Calamity is a step in the resurrection; the arc concludes in Endwalker.
Q 13Which Allagan war machine does Gaius van Baelsar pilot in the Praetorium?
The Ultima Weapon
It consumes the primals Ifrit, Titan and Garuda to grow stronger before the adventurer destroys it.
Q 21Stormblood has players lead rebellions in Ala Mhigo and which Far Eastern nation?
Doma
Both are ruled by the emperor's son Zenos yae Galvus; the expansion added Samurai, Red Mage and swimming, with a level cap of 70.
Q 22Which Final Fantasy Tactics and XII veteran wrote Stormblood's Ivalice raid storyline?
Yasumi Matsuno
The same patch, 'The Legend Returns', debuted the game's first Ultimate-difficulty battle.
Q 23Shadowbringers takes place on which parallel dimension?
The First
The Ascian Emet-Selch tags along, hoping to use the world's collapse to restore Zodiark.
Q 14Under the Armoury System, what determines a character's class?
Their equipped weapon
Players switch class simply by changing weapons, and the Job System builds on it for combat disciplines.
Q 15Which two disciplines cover crafting and gathering?
Hand and Land
Disciples of War and Magic fight; players can only start as one of those two in A Realm Reborn.
Q 16Standard dungeons require a party of how many players?
Four
Boss battles take eight, Frontlines PvP takes teams of up to 24, and the Duty Finder matches players across servers.
Q 17Player-run guilds in Final Fantasy XIV are called what?
Free Companies
Each operates under one of the three Grand Companies, while linkshells are simply private chat channels.
Q 18Heavensward, the first expansion, was released on which date?
June 23, 2015
It centres on the thousand-year Dragonsong War between Ishgard and the dragons of Dravania.
Q 19Which three jobs did Heavensward introduce?
Dark Knight, Machinist and Astrologian
They begin at level 30 with storylines tied to Ishgard, and the expansion raised the level cap to 60 and added flying.
Q 20Which movement ability did Heavensward introduce to the game?
Flying
Zones were enlarged to accommodate it, and players must attune to an area's air currents before taking off.
Q 24Shadowbringers' new tank job, Gunbreaker, takes its gunblade from which earlier numbered entry?
Number VIII
The other new job, Dancer, wields chakrams and draws on real-world folk dances.
Q 25What system introduced in Shadowbringers lets players run dungeons with computer-controlled companions?
Trust
The level cap rose to 80 and Viera and Hrothgar became playable races.
Q 26Which game director wrote the Shadowbringers alliance raid crossover with NieR: Automata?
Yoko Taro
The same patch cycle ran the long 'Restoration of Ishgard' campaign after the Dragonsong War.
Q 27Endwalker's healer job Sage uses floating magical objects called what?
Nouliths
They were inspired by the Funnels of the Gundam franchise; the other new job was the scythe-wielding Reaper.
Q 28Endwalker's release on December 7, 2021 was delayed by what?
The COVID-19 pandemic
It concludes the Hydaelyn-Zodiark arc begun in A Realm Reborn and raised the level cap to 90.
Q 29Which 'slow life' farming mode debuted in Endwalker patch 6.2?
Island Sanctuary
Players tend a garden and livestock on a deserted island with no competitive pressure.
Q 30Dawntrail sends players to which continent across the sea for a rite of succession?
Tural
The player champions Wuk Lamat in the contest to lead Tuliyollal.