An emergency all worlds maintenance scheduled to take place on October 16, 2014 had to be postponed and we deeply apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
A new schedule for both maintenance to address the issue with quick exploration ventures where metallic gold dye will not drop and the delivery of metallic gold dye have been confirmed.
HotFix Maintenance
From Oct. 16, 2014 11:00 p.m. to Oct. 17, 2014 3:00 a.m. (PDT) / 3PM - 7PM JST
Metallic Gold Dye Delivery
Delivery will begin after the hotfix maintenance is complete.
Players will be eligible to obtain the pots of metallic gold dye by logging in to the game between the maintenance completion and Oct. 24, 2014 12:00 a.m. (PDT).
* If the number of campaign item letters has reached to its max(20 letters), then you need to make an open slot by deleting the mail and press "Reward Delivery Request" button on the Moogle Delivery Service window during the period stated above. Also please make sure to retrieve the item during this period.
Thank you for your continued support of FFXIV.
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