FURNISHING DESIGN CONTEST 2025 - Official Rules
FURNISHING DESIGN CONTEST 2025 (THE “PROMOTION”) OFFICIAL RULES
KEY RULES
A. Official Rules: The Official Rules for this Promotion consist of both (i) these key rules summarizing the important rules for participating in the Promotion (the “Key Rules”) and (ii) the Additional Promotion Official Rules (“Additional Rules”) applicable to your place of legal residence. Please review the Additional Rules at the following URL:
B. Territories: This Promotion is open only to individuals who are legal residents and physically and permanently located in one of the following countries/territories at the date and time of entry (the “Promotion Jurisdiction”): - South America, North America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, and Asia excluding Japan, China, Mongolia, Republic of Korea, Taiwan, Laos, Thailand, Hong Kong, Vietnam, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Cambodia, Macao, and wherever prohibited by law.
C. Age Limit: This Promotion is open only to individuals eighteen (18) years of age or older, and who have reached the age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence, at the date and time of entry.
D. Entry Period: You may enter the Promotion during the following Entry Period (the “Entry Period”):- From April 18, 2025, at 1:00 AM to May 18, 2025 at 7:59 AM (PDT)
- From 18 April 2025 at 8:00 (GMT) / 9:00 (BST) to 18 May 2025 at 14:59 (GMT) / 15:59 (BST)
- From 18 April 2025 at 18:00 to 19 May 2025 at 0:59 (AEST)
E. Entry Procedure and Limitations: In order to enter the Promotion, you must complete the following steps during the Entry Period:
Step One:- You must have and maintain your own active FINAL FANTASY XIV (the “Game”) Square Enix account.
- Create images (either physical or digital) of a furnishing item that you would like for your house, consisting of three (3) images – the front design, the side design, and the back design (the “Furnishing”). The Furnishing cannot be any of the following: roofs, roof decorations, exterior walls, exterior wall decorations, windows, doors, placards, and fences.
- If you create a physical image of the Furnishing (e.g. on paper), you must create a digital image of that physical image of the Furnishing in order to submit it.
- Digital images of the Furnishing must be either .jpg or .png format (files up to 5MB allowed) and be in the format 1920 x 1080 pixels or higher. Entrants may use image editing software to alter, enhance or otherwise style the entries they create.
- Please note that all entries must be the sole original creative work of the person submitting the entry. You may not submit works created by another person (in whole or in part).
Step Two:- Visit the Entry Submission Form page and log in with your Square Enix Account.
- Submit your entry at the Entry Submission Form page and include the following information:
- Your character name and Home World (this is the character that would be receiving the in-game prize should you be chosen as a winner), the Lodestone URL that points to the character associated with your Entry, your nickname, your entry title, your Furnishing (uploaded via the Entry Submission Form), and a brief comment about your entry (collectively an “Entry”).
- Optionally, in your design, you may provide the following information regarding your design of your Furnishing:
- Item category name (tabletop, rug, wall-mounted, etc.)
- Material (e.g. wood, cloth, leather, etc.)
- Dyeable elements
- Character size comparisons
- Other information such as what effects the Furnishing may have or colors of light it produces, etc.
Additional Entry Limitations:- You must not include any additional personal information in your Entry.
- Entries may not be edited after submission.
- You may submit multiple Entries. However, only the latest three entries will be eligible for judging.
- You must refrain from posting your Entries on blogs or other social channels until Sponsor announces the results. If your Entries are found to be posted before the list of winners is announced, your Entry may be disqualified.
- Designs that have already been published are not acceptable.
- Designs similar to existing designs are not acceptable.
- The use of Artificial Intelligence software to create or generate any portion of any Entry submission is prohibited. If Sponsor determines that any Entry uses any Artificial Intelligence software, such Entry shall be disqualified at Sponsor’s discretion.
F. Winner Selection: The Sponsor (listed below), or Sponsor’s designee, shall select the top two hundred (200) entries from all categories combined using the following methodology:
The Sponsor’s Development and Operations teams shall select winners based on the (i) technical quality of the Furnishing, (ii) originality of the Furnishing, (iii) and creativity of the Furnishing.
Winner(s) shall be selected on or around October 31, 2025 at 999 N Pacific Coast Highway, El Segundo, California, USA 90245.
G. Prize(s): Each winner shall receive the following in-game prize(s):- One (1) Furnishing Item: Commemorative Plaque*
- In-game Achievement
- In-game Title
- One (1) Great Paraserpent
- One (1) Loporrit Earrings
* Name of the item is subject to change
Each prize is a virtual, in-game item with no monetary value. Prizes cannot be sold or transferred.
Sponsor reserves the right to re-distribute any unclaimed prize.
The prize will be delivered to the character specified during the submission process. Prizes will be delivered on or about January 30, 2026.
If an Entry is deemed to be excellent by Sponsor in its sole discretion, Sponsor may decide to implement it into the Game in the future. In such cases, the development team may make adjustments to the design or features of the item. Note that there is no guarantee that winning entries will be implemented into the Game. Entries that did not win may also be selected for implementation into the Game in the future.
H. Winner Notification: Sponsor, or Sponsor’s designee, will notify winners by or about October 31, 2025 via a Lodestone website announcement.
I. Sponsor: The sponsor of this Promotion is Square Enix, Inc.
J. Ownership of Entries: All Entries and other materials (the “Entry Materials”) (including all copyright, trademark, and other proprietary rights associated therewith) submitted by you become the property of Sponsor upon submission, and Entry Materials will not be returned to any contestant. In consideration of our acceptance and review of your Entry Materials into the Promotion, you hereby assign to Sponsor absolutely all right, title and interest for the full duration of copyright in and to the Entry Materials throughout the world. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you acknowledge that Sponsor will own all rights to use, modify, and make derivative works of the Entry Materials, without separate compensation to you or any other person or entity. You agree to take, at Sponsor’s expense, any further action (including, without limitation, execution of affidavits and other documents) reasonably requested by Sponsor to effect, perfect, or confirm Sponsor’s ownership rights as set forth above in this paragraph. Parental consent to such actions may be required of entrants below the age of majority in their jurisdiction at the time of entry. Entry Materials may be used by contestants only for purposes of the Promotion or for private, personal, non-public viewing. Entry Materials received by Sponsor may be destroyed by Sponsor at any time following the Promotion.
K. Other Details: Prizes will be distributed via the in-game moogle delivery service (which may be subject to change at the Sponsor's discretion). Please note that this is a virtual prize with no monetary value and cannot be sold or transferred.
By entering the Promotion, you agree to be bound and abide by these Key Rules and the Additional Rules applicable to your place of legal residence, and you represent that you satisfy all eligibility requirements to enter the Promotion.
For more information about how Sponsor uses your data, see the Additional Rules and visit Square Enix’s Privacy Notice at https://weblet.square-enix.com/geojm...ENTS&l=privacy.
NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS PROMOTION. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. YOU MUST HAVE LEGALLY ACQUIRED ACCESS TO THE GAME PRIOR TO THE LAUNCH OF THE PROMOTION.
KEY RULES POSTED ON APRIL 18, 2025.