Square Enix again confirmed that it will hold the Final Fantasy XI Return to Vana’diel free event and Discount Campaign for the game and its expansion for new and old FFXI players in May 2025. This year, things kick off on May 16, 2025. The free part will last for over a week and end on May 26, 2025, which is Memorial Day in the US. Meanwhile, the sale on the MMORPG and certain elements will last until May 30, 2025.
As usual, there are three criteria we must meet in order to get to play FFXI for free during the Return to Vana’diel campaign. A big one is that the PlayOnline needed to switch over to a Square Enix . You also need to have had an active FFXI service that could be used to play the MMORPG. Finally, and this is a rather obvious one, we can’t be an active player if we want to participate. This is the opportunity for people to come back, so you must be currently “cancelled” as of May 13, 2025. This means that as long as you aren’t subscribing by that day.
This is the first Return to Vana’diel FFXI campaign of 2025, but it hasn’t been that long since Square Enix held one. The event in August 2024 and May 2024. This means we could see it return again two more times in 2025 too.
As for the discounts, here is a list of the specific Square Enix sales that will run during the May 2025 event.
- FFXI Seekers of Adoulin Expansion – $4.99 instead of $9.99.
- FFXI Ultimate Collection Seekers Edition – $9.99 instead of $29.99.
- FFXI World Transfer Service – $9 instead of $18.
Final Fantasy XI is available for PCs, and the Return to Vana’diel free event and Discount Campaign will be back for potential FFXI players on May 16, 2025.
Published: May 9, 2025 04:00 pm