Final Fantasy 14: How to Get Your Free $10 Fantasia Before It’s Gone (Ends December 16)

Time’s ticking, Warriors of Light! Final Fantasy 14 is giving away a free Fantasia—a cash shop item normally priced at $10—but you only have until December 16 to grab it. With Patch 7.4 dropping that day, this freebie disappears when the servers go down for maintenance, likely around December 15.

If you haven’t logged in yet, here’s everything you need to know about claiming this limited-time offer and what it does.

How to Claim Your Free Final Fantasy 14 Fantasia

Getting your hands on this free Fantasia in Final Fantasy 14 takes just a few minutes:

1. Log into Final Fantasy 14
2. Travel to Old Gridania
3. Head to Apkallu Falls—look for the Wandering Moogle NPC hanging out near the water
4. Talk to the Wandering Moogle and accept your free Fantasia

That’s it! The item goes straight into your inventory, and you can use it whenever you’re ready.

How to Use a Fantasia

Once you’ve got your Fantasia, here’s how the character customization process works:

• Go to any inn room in a major city
• Remove all your gear (armor, weapons, accessories—everything)
• Use the Fantasia from your inventory
• Log out, then log back in—you’ll see the character creation screen
• Make your changes (face, voice, gender, race—the works)

Pro tip: You don’t have to finalize changes immediately. The recustomization option sticks around until you confirm your new look, so take your time experimenting.

What Is a Fantasia and Why Does It Matter?

For the uninitiated, a Fantasia is FF14’s premium character customization item. While the in-game Aesthetician can tweak things like hairstyles, makeup, and tattoos for a small gil fee, Fantasias unlock the full character creator—meaning you can change:

• Race and clan
• Gender
• Face and body type
• Voice

These normally cost about $10 in the Mog Station cash shop, so snagging one for free is a sweet deal—especially if you’ve been itching to switch from a Miqo’te to a Viera or try out one of the newer races.

Why Is Square Enix Giving Away Free Fantasias?

This isn’t the first time players have gotten a complimentary Fantasia in Final Fantasy 14. Here’s the history:

• First freebie: Every player gets one after completing A Realm Reborn’s base story
• Second freebie: The Bottled Fantasy quest in Dawntrail gave out another after the expansion’s graphics update
• Patches 7.1, 7.2, and now 7.3: The Wandering Moogle has temporarily offered free Fantasias following character model adjustments

Basically, Square Enix wants to give players a chance to tweak their characters after visual changes without forcing them to spend real money. Classy move.

What’s Coming in Final Fantasy 14 Patch 7.4?

While you’re in-game grabbing that Fantasia, don’t forget about the Moogle Treasure Trove event running until Patch 7.4. You can earn Irregular Tomestones of Revelation by completing duties and exchange them for exclusive rewards like:

• Buuz Earring (new cosmetic item)
• Tinker’s Bell minion (from the Shadowbringers world boss)
• Gwiber of Light mount (from The Seat of Sacrifice Extreme Trial)

Once Patch 7.4: Into the Mist drops on December 16, here’s what’s waiting:

• New Main Scenario Quest with a fresh Dungeon and Trial
• Conclusion of the Arcadion storyline featuring music from Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine) and Caleb Shomo (Beartooth)
• Unrestricted glamour system (finally!)
• More story threads wrapping up loose ends from Dawntrail

What About Patch 7.5?

Looking further ahead, Patch 7.5 (expected around April 2026 or later) will include:

• Prologue for the next expansion
• Finale of the FF11 Alliance raid series
• New Cosmic Exploration planet
• North Horn field for Occult Crescent
• An Ultimate raid
• Beastmaster limited job

But that’s still months away, so focus on claiming your free Fantasia and enjoying Patch 7.4 first.

Don’t Miss Out on This Free $10 Item

Bottom line: If you play Final Fantasy 14, log in before December 15 and grab your free Fantasia from the Wandering Moogle in Old Gridania. Whether you use it right away or save it for later, it’s a no-brainer freebie that normally costs real money.

And while you’re catching up on gaming news, check out the latest Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 system updates, Capcom’s plans to revive classic IPs, and what’s new with Diablo 4 Season 11’s Pit changes.

Deadline reminder: Free Fantasia available until servers go down for Patch 7.4 maintenance on or around December 15, 2025. Don’t wait!