Final Fantasy XIV has attracted many of its players from its Free Trial, where players are given the base game, A Realm Reborn, along with Heavensward, its first expansion. However, with the release of Endwalker, the player volume was too much for the servers to handle, resulting in extremely long login queues. Producer and game director Naoki Yoshida then temporarily suspended new free trial registrations so existing players could play the game.
Yoshida and his team has not confirmed when they will resume free trial registrations. However, it will likely be when the player volume goes down, which won’t be for a couple of weeks, if not months. After all, there are many players in the game at the moment. As of Oct. 2021, Yoshida even reported that FFXIV had over 24 million active players, and a lot more were added during the release of Endwalker.
Related: What compensation is Square Enix giving players for Endwalker server outages?
Existing Free Trial players will also still have access to the game, which means people are playing to complete Realm Reborn and Heavensward. Some of them might even opt to purchase the remaining three expansions. So, unfortunately, you won’t be able to register for FFXIV Free Trial in a while.
But rest assured, the team is working on expanding their servers to accommodate more users. Once the number of active players starts dwindling and the servers can handle more players, FFXIV Free Trial will be back.
For more help with Final Fantasy XIV, we at Pro Game Guides have you covered.
Bianca has over three years of experience in gaming journalism, specializing in anything remotely turn-based and strategic, like Pokémon, Final Fantasy, and Honkai: Star Rail. She's a huge fan of Square Enix, RPGs, party games, and visual novels, but will play anything with a banger OST. She's a proud early bird.