All New Animals Added to Island Sanctuary in Patch 6.5 FFXIV

Final Fantasy XIV’s Island Sanctuary content has since become increasingly popular with the game’s player base, despite its social interaction shortcomings, and the newest patch has brought plenty of new additions for players to keep building their island getaway bigger and better. Among those additions is a handful of new creatures scattered across the island to seek out, and collect if you’re so inclined. If you’re wondering what they are, here is our handy little guide toall new animals added to Island Sanctuary in Patch 6.5 of Final Fantasy XIV.

All New Island Sanctuary Animals in FFXIV Patch 6.5 & Where to Find Them

The main challenge of obtaining any new creatures at the Island Sanctuary is tracking them down in the first place. For anyone familiar with how animals spawn around the island, it comes down to a matter of thein-game clock and weather. Specifically, certain time and weather conditions must intersect in order for a certain animal to spawn and be available for capture.

In all, there are4 new animalsto find on the island, and if you’re determined to figure out where they pop up, here is what we know so far about each of them. Remember that if the weather conditions aren’t correct at the indicated spawn time, the animal will NOT spawn.

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Also keep in mind that certain animals (e.g. – the Pteranodon) will be especially difficult to capture and require multiple attempts with traps, so verify you craft as many as possible ahead of time.

These are allLarge-typeanimals, so you will need plenty ofMakeshift Soporifictraps to try and capture them for your pasture. Each of these traps requires the following:

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You can craft the traps via the‘Restraints’section in yourSanctuary Crafting Log. Just make sure that crafting them doesn’t interfere (ie – take away resources) with scheduled shipments in your Islework Agenda orFelicitous Favors.

That concludes our guide for all new animals added in Island Sanctuary Patch 6.5 of Final Fantasy XIV. We hope you find this helpful in sprucing up your pasture with some new critters, and let us know which of these was the trickiest for you to find.

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