Final Fantasy XIV went into unscheduled emergency maintenance late on August 13, 2026, taking the servers offline while Square Enix applies hotfixes. If you are staring at a login error and wondering when you can play again, the downtime has a firm target window for the morning of August 14.
Quick answer: The emergency maintenance is scheduled to end at 3 am PDT / 10 am UTC on August 14, 2026. It began the night before at 11 pm PDT on August 13. Try logging in again once that time passes; the end time can slip if the fixes take longer.
Servers back online: August 14, 2026, 3 am PDT / 10 am UTC
FFXIV maintenance end time in your region (August 14)
The maintenance ends at the same moment worldwide, but the local clock time differs depending on where you play. Use the row for your region to know when the servers should come back up.
| Region | End time (August 14) |
|---|---|
| United States & South America | 3 am PDT / 4 am MDT / 5 am CDT / 6 am EDT / 8 am BRT |
| Europe | 10 am GMT / 10 am UTC / 12 pm CEST / 1 pm EET |
| Africa | 12 pm SAST |
| Asia | 2 pm GST / 3:30 pm IST / 6 pm PHT / 6 pm CST / 7 pm JST |
| Australia & New Zealand | 9 pm AEDT / 10 pm NZDT |
Note: This is a short, standard downtime by FFXIV’s usual measure. Because it is emergency work rather than a planned patch window, the 3 am PDT target is an estimate and could move if the hotfixes turn out to be more involved.
Services that are offline during the downtime
While the servers are down you cannot log in, and several account-related services are unavailable too. These come back at the same time the game does.
- Home World Transfer Service
- Character Renaming Service
- Item Codes and Gift Code Entry
How to know the servers are back up
You will know maintenance is over when the game accepts your login instead of returning a lobby or connection error. The blocked services above also start working again at that point, so a successful Item Code entry or a character login both confirm the servers are live.
Tip: If maintenance ends on schedule, expect heavier-than-usual login queues right after the servers open, as returning players all reconnect at once. Waiting a short while can be smoother than trying the instant the clock hits 3 am PDT.
What the hotfixes may address
Square Enix has not detailed exactly what the emergency patch changes, and the specifics only become clear once the work is finished. A few known problem areas are candidates for these fixes.
- Cosmetic issues reported on the Switch 2 version of the game.
- A bug in the Forked Tower at the North Horn of the Occult Crescent.
- Reports of players dying on the water slide during Moonfire Faire 2026.
Until the servers return, there is no confirmed patch note to check, so treat the list above as possibilities rather than the official change log. The reliable detail is the timing: barring an extension, FFXIV is expected back at 3 am PDT on August 14, at which point you can resume Moonfire Faire and everything else.
