How to find Rare Island Sanctuary Animals in FFXIV

White sheep and black sheep walking around a green pasture. FFXIV Island Sanctuary rare animals.
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The location, weather, and time requirements for each rare animal

In Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker, you can capture and raise animals on your personal paradise in Island Sanctuary. Some animals are harder to find than others as they only spawn in specific weather conditions or at certain times. Follow our FFXIV guide to find where rare animals are located and what conditions they need to spawn.

At launch, there was a bug where some of the rare animals would not spawn for if they had both a weather and time requirement, but the Island Sanctuary discord community has found a fix that works for some. If your animals are not showing up, try the fix below.

To spawn a rare animal that has both a weather and time requirement, you should:

  1. Have no other players on your island
  2. Leave your island before the weather changes (Midnight, 8 am, 4 pm Eorzean time)
  3. Wait 5 Eorzean minutes past the rare monster’s spawn time
  4. Load back into your island, and check to see if your monster spawned.

If you’re having a hard time nailing down times for these animals, Thonky has a great timer that will show you upcoming or active spawn windows for rare animals.

Each of the Rare Animal’s spawn conditions are listed below.

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