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Why a slow life on an Island Sanctuary isn’t always what you expect in FFXIV
Now that all of the Endwalker patches have finished and Dawntrail is approaching, Final Fantasy XIV has entered its quiet season. With no new raids to chase or story to complete, it’s a time for catching up on things you might have missed or pausing and playing something else for a while. It may be quieter, but with that the game also feels more chill – there’s no expectations to rush through anything any more. The boom season is over and now it’s time to relax. And what better way to cure all the aches of a Warrior Of Light than to revisit your personal island and till the soil.
Island Sanctuary is a casual content mode that first launched in patch 6.2 and sees you farming and gathering to shape your island to your liking. I tried it when it first launched and found it to be a bit more of a grind than I was expecting, with a lot more managing to earn Sea Cowries than I would have liked. Since then it’s been updated and has gone from maxing out at level 10, to doing so at 20 and has added the ability to customise it with furnishings. Now that things had gotten quieter I decided to give it another shot, and finally found the peaceful home I had been looking for.
DANIELLA LUCAS
THIS MONTH Tried out farming, but ended up growing a minion empire.
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HERD WORK
It felt like such a nice change to just slowly pootle about collecting logs to make some buildings for my base area. I had
