Current Eorzean year.

[Veloran]

Although we do that four times so while I don't think it was quite a year, it was definitely at least eight months.

To start with we have Gosetsu coming to Eorzea, two months. We then have the trip to the Far East which is two months, but then Carvallain basically says he's going to make a round trip with all the goods he's picked up and come back afterwards. So that's at least four months of the Scions doing the Doma thing and him sailing around before he picks everyone up again, and it is indeed his ship seen doing so. Then that's another two months back. Then Y'shtola books passage there on her own, another two months. Setting aside the probability of the twins also having there again in 5.2, around this time the Doman refugees also travel back by boat, another two months. And then Alphinaud's body is necessarily shipped back over another two months. And then, because for some reason it was written this way, another two months for Tataru to sail back, which was after Alphinaud had already arrived at the Rising Stones.

That's like 12-18 months of boating just from the beginning to end of Stormblood depending on how you count it. And I'm pretty sure I've missed quite a bit, without even getting into other stated passages of time or side content.

[Beddict]

To start with we have Gosetsu coming to Eorzea, two months. We then have the trip to the Far East which is two months, but then Carvallain basically says he's going to make a round trip with all the goods he's picked up and come back afterwards. So that's at least four months of the Scions doing the Doma thing and him sailing around before he picks everyone up again, and it is indeed his ship seen doing so. Then that's another two months back. Then Y'shtola books passage there on her own, another two months. Setting aside the probability of the twins also having there again in 5.2, around this time the Doman refugees also travel back by boat, another two months. And then Alphinaud's body is necessarily shipped back over another two months. And then, because for some reason it was written this way, another two months for Tataru to sail back, which was after Alphinaud had already arrived at the Rising Stones.

That's like 12-18 months of boating just from the beginning to end of Stormblood depending on how you count it. And I'm pretty sure I've missed quite a bit, without even getting into other stated passages of time or side content.

Ah, was forgetting some of the events, such as Carvallain making a round trip while we were puttering about in the Far East during Stormblood. I was counting the ride there at level 61, the ride back at level 67, and ride there with Y'shtola in the post-SB stuff, and then the time waiting for Y'shtola to return in the post-SB stuff. That would be a total of four two-month trips or eight months, plus or minus some time to account for some weather, but it appears I was off by quite a bit. No wonder the devs don't want to acknowledge the passage of time, Stormblood is a complete mess if you do.

[Zenglaf]

Thank you for the answers and I've appreciated all the other novels that this question had evolved. So 23 years is the time the empire took control of Gyr Abania and after that nothing more than a month or two have past, due to time beying different at the first. I dont rly think the heavensward took us more than months due to the hurry and the state of possible invasion from garlemald anytime. Maybe the correct timespam I can see here is. 20 years from ala mhigo falls to arr start, 1 year from arr development till the exodus to ishgard, between 6-10 months for hw novel and about 1 and half for sb. After yours reply I think I can work with the year 1580 or 2 of Seventh Astral Era.

[kiagenwa]

I dont rly think the heavensward took us more than months due to the hurry and the state of possible invasion from garlemald anytime.

Maybe true up to the battle with Niddhog. However, the dialogue in the dinner with Aymeric made me feel like a year or two had passed.
The Garlemald focus was on the Triad but they had no idea how to go about it. I'd like to think the Scion relaxed and took their time while monitoring them.

[GoldStarz]

Personally, I like to think (or at least headcanon) that Shadowbringers was actually the shortest expac time-wise and was only a few weeks Eorzea time. I know G'raha said that the First and the Source were approaching close to being in-sync time-wise but that doesn't necessarily mean that were exact so maybe we spent like 3 or 4 months on the First while a month and half passes back on the Source. It would also explain why the amount of major developments seem to slow down a bit back there.

[Iscah]

Personally, I like to think (or at least headcanon) that Shadowbringers was actually the shortest expac time-wise and was only a few weeks Eorzea time. I know G'raha said that the First and the Source were approaching close to being in-sync time-wise but that doesn't necessarily mean that were exact so maybe we spent like 3 or 4 months on the First while a month and half passes back on the Source. It would also explain why the amount of major developments seem to slow down a bit back there.

I think the "time in sync" comment is misleading, or mainly to provide an excuse why nothing goes askew if you abandon the MSQ and spend a few in-game weeks pursuing Eorzean sidequests. Though canonically I don't think you're supposed to have travelled back there at all throughout the main story.

When you return to the Rising Stones at the very end of 5.0, Tataru seems surprised at how quickly you're back – so I don't think the whole adventure has taken much Source time at all. Maybe a few days or a week.

[Mansion]

To start with we have Gosetsu coming to Eorzea, two months. We then have the trip to the Far East which is two months, but then Carvallain basically says he's going to make a round trip with all the goods he's picked up and come back afterwards. So that's at least four months of the Scions doing the Doma thing and him sailing around before he picks everyone up again, and it is indeed his ship seen doing so. Then that's another two months back. Then Y'shtola books passage there on her own, another two months. Setting aside the probability of the twins also having there again in 5.2, around this time the Doman refugees also travel back by boat, another two months. And then Alphinaud's body is necessarily shipped back over another two months. And then, because for some reason it was written this way, another two months for Tataru to sail back, which was after Alphinaud had already arrived at the Rising Stones.

That's like 12-18 months of boating just from the beginning to end of Stormblood depending on how you count it. And I'm pretty sure I've missed quite a bit, without even getting into other stated passages of time or side content.

(Can't we teleport though, once we have attuned to aetherites? Not just from a gemplay point of view but in lore too? I remember the twins and ourselves literaly teleporting into Lakshmi's lair for instance -without attuning, mind you- so couldn't this at least cut some of these travels? Sure Carvallain needs to do the full thing with his boat, but I thought we were able to teleport anyway!)


Back to the topic, hopefully Endwalker being the end of that ark, we can have a sort of time skip at the end... The time bubble makes sens from an expansion point of view (Alexander rises and is shut off befor Stormblood events), but some other things not so much. Shadowbringers happens quite fast, but Ivalice (4.X and 5.X) sure implies more time is spent there than Shadowbringers patches.
I wouldn't be opposed to an official timeline, and each quest text having an indicative date for when it is happening.

And that's not even mentioning recurring yearly event which... happen every year.

[Yuella]

I really hope the twins have their growth spurts somewhere between 6.1 and 7.0

[Jandor]

Like a few others, I also hope they use the wrapping up of loose ends in 6.0 as a chance to close this chapter and move the current year forward, and to age up the twins a bit.
I wanna hang out with a proper grown up Alphi.

[Cleretic]

Like a few others, I also hope they use the wrapping up of loose ends in 6.0 as a chance to close this chapter and move the current year forward, and to age up the twins a bit.
I wanna hang out with a proper grown up Alphi.

The proper way to reflect this is obviously to have Alisaie hit her growth spurt first.