How Long Is The Free Trial For FFXIV?

Buying and subscribing to can be a big commitment, but the game's famous free trial offers a much more welcoming way to enter. New players can try out quite a bit of the MMO before deciding if it's ultimately for them, and all the progress made through playing the free trial of will carry over to an active subscription. It's also possible to play with friends and any players on the same server during the free trial, as long as veterans are content to run through some lower-level content again.

The complicated thing about the free trial is that it hasn't always covered the same amount of content. is a continually growing game, and as the list of expansions has grown longer, so has the lineup of content included in the free trial. This makes it a more appealing package now than ever before, and although there's no guarantee that it will always keep growing in the future, it's quite a substantial package for no cost at this point.

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's free trial covers gameplay up to Level 70, which is a huge chunk of the entire leveling progress for the game. The release of the expansion in July 2024 will bring an overall level cap of 90 up to 100, although it's important to note that later levels can obviously take more time and powerful equipment. Getting to 70, however, is no minor task from any perspective.

When it comes to actual content, the free trial also includes a lot more than just the base game at this point. Over the years, the and expansions have also been added, bringing the content up to the state of the paid game in 2017. 2019's expansion may be added in the future, but it's not expected with the launch of, so accessing that for free could be a longer wait.

Based on past patterns, if does ever come to the free trial, it's unlikely to be until a couple of years after the release of

Realistically, playing through all of this