6.0 Mystery Zone Speculation

[DamianFatale]

The base game and all expansions contain a strange/mystery zone.

A Realm Reborn was the beautiful and scarred Mor Dohna. It ended up being turned into a very fun independent castle town to hang out in. It's still one of my favorite places.

Heavenward gave us Azys La, which is our floating sci-fi Allagan zone. I don't see as many people hanging out in there as I do in Mor Dohna, but it is quite a fascinating and challenging place to quest in. All it's spooky twists and turns really make adventuring quite interesting. You can't help but wonder about it's mysteries.

Stormblood opted for a city state zone instead.. Though, in as memorable and breathtaking as The Lochs appears to be, it was quite poorly executed. Ala Mhigo may look straight out of Lord of The Rings, but it has very little personality to go with it. We can only go to the Gardens, or just a tiny sliver of the quarter. We can see from above that the whole city seems to be active, but we can not enter. It's strange.. wouldn't any person living in XIVs world be able to explore the city? I see Ala Mhigo in the story, but it feels so detached at the same time. I never get the sense that they are actually an allied state. At least all the rest of Eorzeas allies let is walk through its doors.. the tower in the recent patch honestly has no emotional result for me compared to how I feel about them in other places..

Shadowbringers: We got the Tempest, and through the course of the story it seemed to be much more than just a waterless bubble in the ocean.. learning about Ascians origins was incredible. I honestly can't say as much as I did on the other mystery zones. It's just an awesome place.

Now that I've shared my thoughts on each weird zone.. we have a new expansion coming up. Where do you think the final mystery zone will be? My bet is honestly on the moon. Imagine a whole zone where we can look at the source from.. would be incredible..

[KageTokage]

Considering that the moon is Zodiark's prison, I can't imagine it not being the final zone despite the story synopsis of Endwalker making it sound like getting there is our primary goal.

While it looks barren on the surface, I'm expecting there to be much more then meets the eye, and it's likely that more then just Zodiark got sent up there after the Sundering.

[TheMightyMollusk]

I'm hoping we'll get an Ala Mhigo Restoration in 6.X, now that Ishgard is complete. Now that it's not on the front line of the Garlean invasion anymore, it might be time to go for it.

The final zone will be either on or in the moon. They might give it a fancier name, but there's no real doubt about it. We've had Elidibus standing up there plotting for years.

[Seraphor]

I cant imagine clearing up the Hydaelyn/Zodiark story without going to Sharlayan.
It boggles me that the Moon was given away already as obviously the final zone of the expansion, but then it's in the logo, so I guess there wasn't much choice in the matter.

I would have expected that we perhaps get a couple zones in Thavnair, a couple zones in Sharlayan, a zone in Garlemald, and then finish up on the moon. But that doesn't quite fit in with there being a final 'secret' zone.

Unless a curve ball is thrown as we get 2 Thavnair zones, 2 Garlemald zones, the Moon, and then somehow conclude the story in Sharlayan.
This could perhaps work if Zenos/Fandaniel play the role of Vauthry, and some other secret big bad ends up being the true final boss.

[Fawkes]

They already gave us the moon, so if they have a surprise coming it'd better be a doozy.

[Shougun]

Maybe it'll be a world space inside the moon like Terra in FFIX.

Opportunity for some epic alien landscapes, and to really shock the mind (like how the end zones in each expansion like to do so far, having something "out there" and not normal - which I like lol).

[Con_Carne]

I'm one of those who think it will be the Moon, but just like Mor Dhona and Tempest had different areas (Fogfens/Silvertear, Tempest/Amaurot), the Moon may get 2 areas as well: one would be the empty surface, and who knows, perhaps whatever hides in the "dark side".

[DamianFatale]

I'm one of those who think it will be the Moon, but just like Mor Dhona and Tempest had different areas (Fogfens/Silvertear, Tempest/Amaurot), the Moon may get 2 areas as well: one would be the empty surface, and who knows, perhaps whatever hides in the "dark side".

Dark side of the moon isn't as mysterious as conspiracy theorists claim in real life. Sure if aliens exist they'd probably hide on the side opposite to earth, but they'd also have to avoid being too close to the sun. Without a protective shield, they would succumb to radiation sickness.
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The trailer absolutely shows us walking toward a white sun like object, so this might actually hold weight, but it's more than likely that dungeons exist below the moon.

There is no permanent dark side of the moon on earth either. Each side takes a turn being the dark. If Eorzeas moon isn't tidally locked, I would wonder how anyone wouldn't be ripped apart by tidal forces. Unless they hand wave it away by claiming aether is responsible, some space laws of physics probably still apply.

[Jojoya]

The moon is not much of a mystery since we already know we're going there.

We're going to be seeing Sharlayan sooner in MSQ, not later. We've already been given a couple of very strong hints about it.

I suspect the mystery zone (if there is one) will be something much closer to home that been a source of speculation since 1.0.

[van_arn]

Under the ff4 theme, I’d wager the Underworld. Everyone's expecting Zodiark, and I wager we do resolve that thread on the moon... but my wager for the last area is inside the planet itself, deep underground. With Hydaelyn.

I don't think we'll "defeat" either Zodiark or Hydaelyn. I could see us teaming up with them or disabling them to deal with the greater threat they were meant to keep in check.