Locations we are still waiting for

We each have that place that we eagerly anticipate in the game let's list a few

Hellsguard Isles: I must be one of the few people who enjoyed the volcanic regions in FFXI, be it the isle released with Zilart or the Aht Urghan areas as a whole. Given the back story of the Hellsguard as keeping the denizens of the underworld at bay I think this would be a perfect location for a certain 3 headed hound to make his appearance.

Original Sea Wolf territories: This is a no-brainer, they based them on ancient viking raiders why not take showcase the northern lands not as a frozen wasteland but a dangerous tundra with foreboding forests large megafauna and such.

feel free to add your own ideas

Personally, I'm looking forward to opening up the floating isles of Nym, but I agree a volcanic region needs to open up. Almost every major level archetype is in place other than that. I would suggest that a volcanic area be included in a Mountain style area reminiscent of VII's Mountain Nible or XI's mountain with the trolls (Forgot the name....)

I think a wild savanah is needed. We don't really have that yet... Parts of Drybone start to head that direction, but we need a full sprawling Savannah themed area.

I think I would like to see an entire region based on something steampunk as well. We might see something like that if Garelmald ever opened up. It could be like the outer areas are steam-punk but the closer to the city you go, the more cyber-punk it becomes.

I've been wanting something like Ilrusi Atoll, but I think Hullbreaker Isle will fulfill that role. I always loved everything about Ilrusi Atoll, but I always felt it was under-utilized due to the dangers of TS monsters and the fact it was a pain in the ass to traverse anyway due to requiring keys.

• Dravania
• Closest Beastmen Homelands: the cursed canyons of Xelphatol and the rolling steppes of Pagltha'an.
• Western Coerthas, which is blocked off by a suspicious Glacier.
• Coerthas Lowlands.
• Of course Abalethea's Spine, where the Native Warriors of the Hellguard make their home.

So far that's what I'd like to see, not counting Ala Mhigo and the surrounding Gyn Abania. Those will likely be added in the next expansion.

The City State Ala Mhigo, where, God willing, we'll get the 24 man 'Assault on Castrum X' raid I've been wanting so bad.

Sharlayan (both!) and Paglth'an definitely.

Mazlaya & the Pearl would be interesting to see. I'd imagine them to be tropical islands, given fish from the region are described as coming from warm seas, and the islands themselves are sort of in-between the Black Shroud and Thanalan. I'd also love to see the Farreach (Guessing that's where Shiva's beast tribe is~) and the mountains of Abalathia's Spine. In the far future, I'd hope to see Ilsabard as well. More specifically, the Imperial capital, regardless of how large of a pipe dream that is.

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Originally Posted by Bombast

The City State Ala Mhigo, where, God willing, we'll get the 24 man 'Assault on Castrum X' raid I've been wanting so bad.

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^This. I want to see my character's birthplace, and maybe kick the Garleans out of there for good.

Really though, I'll be happy with just having Ishgard finally opened up which all 1.0 players have been waiting for since 2010. Seeing that big fancy citadel teasing us and not being able to enter has been frustrating to no end.

EDIT: also it should go without saying I'd love to see also the 'missing' sections of zones from 1.0 return as well (the West Shroud for the Black Shroud and the parts of the North Shroud like Emerald Moss, the missing areas of Coerthas and the whole southern part of Mor Dhona around Camp Brittlebark, and of course, the old 'public' dungeons from 1.0, like Cassiopeia Hollow, Sophsae, Nanwa Mines, Mun-tuy Cellars etc). But I have a suspicion SE have deliberately not included these areas from launch as they've carefully kept them in reserve for later introduction as high-level areas after the level cap is increased. Or at least, I hope they have.

Here's my prediction on Ishgard:

2.3 introduces Stone Vigil Hard, and the Shiva Beast tribe supposedly is in the dats.... I'm figuring at the end of 2.3, we'll go back to Coerthas to start investigating some things or there will be some big relation at the end of 2.3 pointing us to Ishgard. 2.4 will have a lot of content in Coerthas and the Ishgard story, and 2.5 will open it up finally. Along the way, parts of Coerthas will finally open up. I'm figuring Shiva showing up in 2.4 will be with the Holy See finally lightens up.

I want to see everything!

I'll Moogle postcards! :D
Actually, I think I am personally most interested in the South, Thavnair, and the West.

I took the time to transcribe the map a few days ago, and Sharlayan is up there in Dravania, northwest of Ishgard. That being said (and minor spoiler alert, just in case) with the final note of the current story scenario, we may see it sooner than later, I hope.

Also, considering that Ala Mhigo lies east of the Black Shroud, and there's a castrum at the east end of the East Shroud, perhaps we may get to pass through it at some point to reach AM?

Two scenaris for the futur extension, the combat against Dragons and Shiva with Coertas/Isgard/Dravania and the fight against the empire with the missing part of the shroud and Ala migo

So... am I alone in wanting to see the Void explored? How about the eastern continent where we will finally get actual horse mounts? Maybe a forgotten Allagan city in the sky? Not as a dungeon, but an actual city? What about an underwater area? Looking forward to seeing the Moonspore Grove open up for Ramuh.

I'm waiting for them to add all the land they 'destroyed' in the Calamity back. All the Shroud. All of La Noscea, all of Thanalan, Mor Dhona, and that stuff.

I wonder what's up with "The Garlok's Lair" in Eastern La Noscea.

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Originally Posted by Orophin

I wonder what's up with "The Garlok's Lair" in Eastern La Noscea.

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Don't worry. We'll get to gnarfle him soon.

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Originally Posted by ThirdChild_ZKI

I took the time to transcribe the map a few days ago, and Sharlayan is up there in Dravania, northwest of Ishgard. That being said (and minor spoiler alert, just in case) with the final note of the current story scenario, we may see it sooner than later, I hope.

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Don't get your hopes up too high, there! Think of the city in Eorzea "Sharlayan" as "New Sharlayan" - when they talk about Sharlayan the 'mother land/home land' the Scions are actually talking about the Northern Island City-State of Sharlayan, a different place to the abandoned city in Dravania.

We actually do have a volcano in Eorzea already! O'Ghomoro. We've just only been in the mine underneath it (U'Ghamoro) so far.

I'm still waiting on Sil'dih my self. Though I wouldn't decline a return to Cartenue Flats either. The theres the Black Boar Gate in Gridania, WHAT! ARE! YOU! WAILERS! HIDING! BACK! THERE!!!! Shakes gate furiously before fleeing from woodwailers/

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Originally Posted by Orophin

I wonder what's up with "The Garlok's Lair" in Eastern La Noscea.

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If this is that cave near Costa Del Sol that I'm thinking of, I can help explain that a little bit. That actually used to be Cassiopia Hallow. It was mainly filled with Jellyfish like Aurilia and orobons, but it also packed with skeletons (which in 1.0 initial release were the single most feared monster in the game because they were so OP) and Gnats. When NMs were added, it became home to the Bomb King, the 1st bomb to use Detonator instead of Self-Destruct. The area looked very similar to the first part of Sastasha through to where you fight Chopper. There was a central area with an Aetherial Flow (there were more camp and leave areas originally and each aetheryte had connecting flow camps)

Essentially what's going to be going on is post-calamity, something has moved into the cave. It will probably open in 2.5 or so since they don't want to put to many dungeons in 1 region sequentially.

The other explanation is that right there in the same area, there was a passage at the old Camp Blood Shore going west that went to a small island where a lot of leves took place. One of those 2 areas are The Garlok's lair.

*edit* Upon further inspection, due to the accessibility changes of Wineport, I think that old island is now part of the jungle... The best explanation is that it is the former Cassiopia Hollow or it's one of the many caves that used to litter the area.

The Wandering Minstrel from 1.0 spoke of a few areas he's seen.

I can't recall them all, but one of them that stood out was a 'Floating Garden'. Which to me was very Tu'Lia in a sense, that's basically what that entire outer zone resembled, a massive garden, with waterfalls pouring down into the clouds beneath.

I'd love to see an entire floating continent (apparently some girl in Limsa mentions this, I just saw it on a forum elsewhere, but this was back in 2012, so likely that NPC is long gone) or a series of floating cities connected to each other and a central hub. Also similar to Tu'Lia, but each designated floating island opening up with a patch until you finally get to the central hub.

The Floating Gardens could be Nym. Have you been out in that area?

What about the archaeological dig that's just getting started, at the ruins of the Duskwight city near Quarrymill?

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Originally Posted by Lusavari

The Floating Gardens could be Nym. Have you been out in that area?

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Given his dialogue in 1.0 that's unlikely.

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Ne'er till land consumes sun can sea bear moons,Heavens spew crimson flame, hells seep black dooms.
I have walked the four corners of Hydaelyn, from the Gardens of Xarakish, to the floating lakes of Voor Sian Siran, but never in my travels have I encountered such a fell prophecy. One need not be an oracle to previse the great ill which casts a shadow across this forsaken realm.
Yet...perhaps there is still hope for Eorzea.
When I arrived in this land, I was beset with peril day and night─forced to endure countless trials which tested my mind, my body, and my faith. And I am not ashamed to admit that I would have faltered, had it not been for the help of a handful of nameless adventurers much like yourself. Honest men and women who proffered the hand of friendship to a weary soul and led him safe from the darkness.

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Also important to note the "Floating Lakes of Voor Sian Sian" and "Gardens of Xarakish" are two different places :p it seems like the Wandering Minstrel was fresh and new to Eorzea back at the end of the Sixth Astral Era

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Originally Posted by Erana

• Dravania
• Closest Beastmen Homelands: the cursed canyons of Xelphatol and the rolling steppes of Pagltha'an.
• Western Coerthas, which is blocked off by a suspicious Glacier.
• Coerthas Lowlands.
• Of course Abalethea's Spine, where the Native Warriors of the Hellguard make their home.

So far that's what I'd like to see, not counting Ala Mhigo and the surrounding Gyn Abania. Those will likely be added in the next expansion.

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This. Dying to get back to my waterfall near Riversmeet.

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Originally Posted by Rocl

Given his dialogue in 1.0 that's unlikely.



Also important to note the "Floating Lakes of Voor Sian Sian" and "Gardens of Xarakish" are two different places :p it seems like the Wandering Minstrel was fresh and new to Eorzea back at the end of the Sixth Astral Era

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Ah, yeah, thanks for clarifying that, my bad lol

To answer Lusavari - Yes, several times. It's a neat place to just observe, very...Avatar-ish.

The way those names are written, while I'm sure I'm pronouncing them incorrectly, makes me think that they both have a certain, Arabic type sound to them. Possibly locations we may see if/when they open up a Far Eastern type continent in the years to come.

Like many others I am waiting for Coerthas to finally open its gates.
And now that I have seen what that big bridge behind Griffin Crossing looks like I want that to open too :3

Sort of hoping for a Coerthas Lowlands, too.
I never played 1.0 but it sounds like Coerthas was beautiful, and maybe there is a bit of green left after all?

But there are multiple closed gates and collapsed paths/caves throughout the world that just beg to be opened up.

I'd love to know more about Thavnair and Radz-at-Han myself, especially since there's a lot of contradiction in the relevant item descriptions (which are basically all we have to go on).

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Originally Posted by Lhasya

I'd love to know more about Thavnair and Radz-at-Han myself, especially since there's a lot of contradiction in the relevant item descriptions (which are basically all we have to go on).

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May I ask what contradictions you've found, to see if we can correct it/get further information?

From my compilation thread, I had found a few errors on Thavnair (one suggesting it was a country with Radz-at-Han as the capital, others suggesting it being a City-state like Ul'dah in Thanalan). Before the last update, this information was rectified thanks to people helping me identify it and a post in the localisation forums, and a few item descriptions were changed. Radz-at-Han is a city state, with Thavnair being its territory, as per the city-states of Eorzea! :)

The entry for Thavnairian Mistletoe still states that Radz-at-Han is the captial of the Thavnairian country as of yesterdayish when I looked it up for roleplay purposes.

Would you like a screenshot/is that something you already caught? I'm afraid I haven't seen the thread in question.

Any dungeon that requires 2 groups of 4 and they have to split up and communicate to get through traps. Like where 1 party needs to do certain things for the other party to advance, (Cutter's Cry 1.0 kind of). The parties battle mini bosses on their own then meet up at the end for the final boss.

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Originally Posted by Lhasya

The entry for Thavnairian Mistletoe still states that Radz-at-Han is the captial of the Thavnairian country as of yesterdayish when I looked it up for roleplay purposes.

Would you like a screenshot/is that something you already caught? I'm afraid I haven't seen the thread in question.

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No, that's fine! Here is the localisation thread I made.

We had a lot of confusion about the state of Radz-at-Han and Thavnair. The response we got was that, Radz-at-Han claims dominion over Thavnair, much like how Ul'dah claims dominion over Thanalan, Limsa Lominsa over Vylbrand/La Noscea, and Gridania over the Black Shroud (which seems logical, however the terms of "capital" and "city-state" were both being used).

So, Thavnair is the name of the island, land, region - Radz-at-Han is the city state that claims that land as its own. There are likely smaller settlements on the island, like how Thanalan has the Golden Bazaar, Silver Bazaar, Vesper Bay, etc.

I agree that the descriptions are still confusing - so I would suggest either added to that thread your thoughts, with a copy and paste of the item descriptions (or screenshots!) as the Localisation people often review these posts right before an update.

However, I think they are "technically correct" at this stage :)

I see, I see! So yeah, calling Thavnair a 'country' is a bit misleading, yes, but not as incorrect as I'd thought it was. Thank you for the clarification!

Man, what we really need is a setting and lore book. Just a big ol' book, full of worldbuilding. I'd buy it. Twice, maybe.