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Square Enix announced the pause in automatic housing demolition for FFXIV European Data Center Worlds will end when 7.3 arrives. This ends a pause that has been in effect since November 7, 2024. Things should return to normal in the beginning of August 2025.
The pause in FFXIV automatic housing demolition on European Data Center Worlds started as a result of natural disasters. Square Enix made the decision as a result of the rains and flooding in Spain. As such, anyone in the region was given leeway in case they were affected.
Square Enix also went over what the housing auto demolition timer will look like for FFXIV players on the European Data Center once things return to normal. If you did play between November 2024 and August 2025, private and free company estate timers will reset. If you didn’t, then during 7.3 maintenance the timer will resume. People whose homes will be demolished will get warning emails. However, Square Enix did recommend checking the Timers section in the UI to ensure there’s no danger.
Here are the worlds in which automatic housing demolition will resume in 7.3.
- Chaos:
- Cerberus
- Louisoix
- Moogle
- Omega
- Phantom
- Ragnarok
- Sagittarius
- Spriggan
- Light:
- Alpha
- Lich
- Odin
- Phoenix
- Raiden
- Shiva
- Twintania
- Zodiark
Square Enix often pauses automatic housing demolition in FFXIV Data Centers worldwide following natural disasters or situations that would impede players from logging in as usual. It did so for Japanese Worlds following the Noto Peninsula earthquake and in North America after the Los Angeles wildfires.
Final Fantasy XIV is available for the PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC, and patch 7.3 will launch in “early August 2025.”
