World

This article is about the in-universe lore meaning of "world". For the list of Servers, which are officially referred to as "Worlds", see Servers.

Final Fantasy XIV is set on:

• Hydaelyn, the Source, or Etheirys, is the setting of most of the game.
• The First, one of the Shards (reflections) of Hydaelyn, is the setting of the Shadowbringers expansion.
• The Thirteenth or The Void, one of the Shards of Hydaelyn, is the home of all Voidsent and a major part of the Post-Endwalker plotline.
• The Ninth, one of the Shards of Hydaelyn, is the setting of parts of the Dawntrail expansion.

The English localization frequently uses an obsolete astrological meaning of the word "star" to refer to the planet the game is set on.

There other eleven other Shards have not yet been depicted in game. Many of these Reflections were destroyed by Rejoining with the Source during a Calamity.

• The Second - rejoined during the Third Umbral Calamity (Fire)
• The Third - rejoined during the Fourth Umbral Calamity (Earth)
• The Fourth
• The Fifth - rejoined during the First Umbral Calamity (Wind)
• The Sixth - rejoined during the Fifth Umbral Calamity (Ice)
• The Seventh - rejoined during the Seventh Umbral Calamity (Astral)
• The Eighth
• The Tenth - rejoined during the Sixth Umbral Calamity (Water)
• The Eleventh
• The Twelfth - rejoined during the Second Umbral Calamity (Lightning)