References to Final Fantasy IV

1. If you buy the Heavensward Collector's Edition, one of the items you'll get is Cecil's Dark Knight helmet and Kain's Minion from FF IV. The letter in which these items come in also says: "May it take you to a time where four was two and two was four", a reference to the fact that Final Fantasy IV was named Final Fantasy II in american shores when it was released. 

2. Cutter's Cry may be a reference towards Antlion's Den from Final Fantasy IV.

3. The Artifact Armor and the male idle pose for Dragoon are both a reference to Kain Highwind's pose in the Final Fantasy IV logo.

4. The Spoony Bard minion is a reference to Edward from Final Fantasy IV. Spoony Bard is said by Tellah, the father of Edward's girlfriend Anna, and he did not approve of their relationship.

5.The ADS from the raid Binding Coils of Bahamut - Turn 2 is a reference to the CPU boss from Final Fantasy IV.

6. The Antitower's final boss is Calcabrina. This is a reference to the same Calcabrina from Final Fantasy IV, her introduction music is even an arrangement of Dancing Calcabrina, her boss theme from Final Fantasy IV.

Dancing Calcabrina (FF IV)

Dancing Calcabrina (FF XIV)

7. The Mist Dragon from The Burn is a reference to the same Mist Dragon from Final Fantasy IV. The Mist Dragon is the first boss from FF IV and is the eidolon of Rydia's mother, which when slain by Kain and Cecil, also killed her. This causes Rydia to be filled with grief.

8. Hamon Holyfist, the mentor of the Pugilist questline shares several similarities to Tellah the Sage from Final Fantasy IV in that both are crippled by their age and are trying to recover their memories, with Hamon's story not being as deppresing as Tellah.

9. Male Paladin's idle pose is based on Cecil.

10. Male Ninja's idle pose is based on Edge.

11. Male Dark Knight's battle pose is based on Cecil's.

12. Giott, the NPC that gives the Healer Role Quest, is based on Giott from Final Fantasy IV.

13. There are three fairies hanging around Il Mheg. If you get close, you'll hear them say "And we'll call it Delta Attack!". Delta Attack is the name that the Magus Sisters name their strategy to use Reflect on one of their members to bounce off spells to the party.

The Magus Sisters' design from Final Fantasy X closely resemble fairies as well.

Fairies in FF XIV

Magus Sisters (FF IV)

Magus Sisters (FF X)

14. The Demon Wall from Amdapor Keep is based on the Demon Wall from FF IV

15. In Pharos Sirius (Hard) you will find a boss named Progenitrix, which is based on the Mom Bomb (in fact, that's her name in the japanese version of XIV) boss from Final Fantasy IV. Once she explodes she spawns 3 gray bombs and 3 bombs just like in Final Fantasy IV.

16. The Li'l Murderer is based on the goblin by the same name from Final Fantasy IV

17. The 18th Floor from the 2015 Rising event is a callback to the Developers' Office from Final Fantasy IV, in which you could talk to the developers of the game and they thank you for playing the game, the same thing the 18th Floor is there for.

18. Partway through the fight in the Seat of Sacrifice, Elidibus will summon other Warriors of Light to aid him. Their composition is based on the party of Final Fantasy IV, consisting of a Dark Knight (Cecil), a Summoner (Rydia), a Bard (Edward), A lalafell White Mage and Black Mage (Palom and Porom), a Warrior (Cid) and a Ninja (Edge). The Lalafell duo also dualcast Meteor and the Ninja uses Tidal Wave, further reinforcing the reference.

19. In 5.4 the Ascian Fandaniel has an entity known as Lunar Bahamut under his command, a reference to the Lunar Bahamut from Final Fantasy IV.

20. The Level 70 Dark Knight gear is similar to Cecil's Dark Knight armor.

 

 

 

 

21. The dwarven village of Tomra in Kholusia is named after the dwarven village of the same name from Final Fantasy IV

 

 

22. When battling inside the Carrotorium or inside the Greatest Endsvale, the battle theme from Final Fantasy IV will play.

23. The first dungeon in Endwalker, the Tower of Zot, is named after the dungeon of the same name from Final Fantasy IV, it also has a rearrangement of that dungeon's theme.

Tower of Zot (FF IV)

 

Tower of Zot (FF XIV)

24. The Magus Sisters are the bosses for the Tower of Zot, instead of being named Mindy, Sandy and Cindy, they're instead named Minduruva, Sanduruva and Cinduruva to better fit the theme of Thavnair. As in FF IV, Minduruva specializes in damaging magic, Sanduruva in supportive magic and physical skills and Cinduruva in her high HP and restorative magic, since when fought in the final boss of Tower of Zot she will resurrect the other sisters if killed first. In their final battle, they will reference their Delta Attack by act of Cinduruva using reflect to, as the name implies, reflect but also amplify the attacks her sisters launch at her.

 

Battle against the Magus Sisters (FF IV: Pixel Remaster)

Battle against Minduruva

Battle against Sanduruva

Battle against the Magus Sisters (FF XIV)

25. When using Black Magic spells and White Magic spells the Sisters' spells sound effects are the same ones for Black Magic and White Magic spells in FF IV. 

 

Black Magic (FF IV)

Magus Sisters Black Magic (FF XIV)

 

White Magic (FF IV)

Magus Sisters White Magic (FF XIV)

 

 

26. The trailer Midlander Hyur (most commonly known as his fan-given name of Meteor) turns into a Dark Knight at the tail end of the Shadowbringers trailer, but then turns back into a Paladin in the Endwalker one. This mirrors Cecil's start as a Dark Knight and his character development which makes him turn into a Paladin at Mt. Ordeals.

 

 

 

27. The Tower of Babil in Endwalker is named after the dungeon of the same name from Final Fantasy IV. Like its namesake, it is near the Eblan Region and also opens up the way to the Moon.

28. The first 2 bosses of the Tower of Babil are Barnabas and Lugae. In the battle against Barnabas, Lugae will order him to attack only for Barnabas to turn and attack Lugae instead. The second boss against Lugae references the fact that if you defeated Barnabas first in IV, Lugae would then take into the form of a cyborg. He also says similar lines while doing so.

Vs Barnabas and Lugae (FF IV)

 

Vs Barnabas (FF XIV)

 

Vs Lugae (FF XIV)

 

29. Mare Lamentorum is heavily based on the Red Moon from Final Fantasy IV. It also has an antagonist sealed withing its depths (Zeromus for IV, Zodiark for XIV) and a crystalline structure on its surface. The crystals within the structure are blue and orange referencing the Light and Dark crystals in FF IV.

 

 

 

 

 

30. The Watcher is based on FuSoYa, being a purple-robed figure that guards the antagonistic force sealed on the moon.

 

 

31. The Loporrits are based on the Hummingways.

32. The Kingdom of Troia is a location in the Thirteenth, named after the nation with the same name from Final Fantasy IV. Like the original, it was once ruled by a circle of leaders named the Epopts. This location also uses a rearrangement of Troian Beauty as it's background theme.

 

Troian Beauty (FF IV)

Troian Beauty (FF XIV)

33. The Final Boss of the Fell Court of Troia is Scarmiglione, the first of the Four Fiends. Just like his FF IV counterpart, he's considered the weakest of the Fiends. His fight is based on his first boss fight against him in FF IV being in his cloaked form and summoning undead servants.. The theme that plays in his boss fight is a rearrangement of Battle 2 from Final Fantasy IV.

 

Scarmiglione (FF IV)

 Scarmiglione (FF XIV)

 Battle 2 (FF IV)

 Battle 2 (FF XIV)

34. In the "Somewhere else, in the void" segments in the story that present Golbez and the Four Fiends' schemes, a rearrangement of the song "Somewhere in the World" from Final Fantasy IV plays.

 

Somewhere in the World (FF IV)

 Somewhere in the World (FF XIV)

35. The theme that plays in Bestways Burrows is a rearrangement of the town theme from Final Fantasy IV, "Welcome to Our Town!"

 

Welcome to Our Town! (FF IV)

 Welcome to Our Town! (FF XIV)

36. The theme that plays in Zero's Domain is a rearrangement of Sorrow and Loss from Final Fantasy IV.

 

Sorrow and Loss (FF IV)

 Sorrow and Loss (FF XIV)

37. The Lunar Whale mount is based on the Lunar Whale from Final Fantasy IV, which Cecil and his party used to reach the Red Moon.

 

 

38. The second of the Four Fiends that you fight in XIV is Barbariccia. The theme that plays in her Trial is a rearrangement of Battle with the Four Fiends from FF IV.

Battle with the Four Fiends (FF IV)

 

Battle with the Four Fiends (FF XIV)

39. The third of the Four Fiends is Cagnazzo, who you fight in Lapis Manalis. His title of Drowned King may be a reference to the fact that he posed as King of Baron in FF IV.

 

40. The fourth of the Four Fiends is Rubicante, who still retains the sense of honor he had in the original FF IV. His theme is also a vocal rearrangement of Battle with the Four Fiends called Forged in Crimson.

 

  

 

Forged in Crimson

41. The location in which you fight Rubicante is called Mt. Ordeals, named after the location with the same name from FF IV.

42. The Thirteenth's Moon is also a reference to the Red Moon from FF IV and even plays a rearrangement of it's theme, Another Moon.

Another Moon (FF IV)

 

Another Moon (FF XIV)

43. During the events of the Contramemoria, there was a location in the Thirteenth called the Kingdom of Baron, named after the kingdom with the same name from FF IV.

44. Golbez, the main villain of the Post-Endwalker storyline is based on Golbez from Final Fantasy IV. Just like the Golbez from IV, he uses a Shadow Dragon in battle, this one being Azdaja.

45. Zeromus, the final boss of the Post-Endwalker storyline is based on the final boss of FF IV, Zeromus. As a sidenote, one of his battle attacks is called Nostalgia

His first phase theme is a rearrangement of The Final Battle from Final Fantasy IV.

The Final Battle (FF IV)

 

The Final Battle (FF XIV)

His second phase theme is The Red Wings from FF IV.

The Red Wings (FF IV)

The Red Wings (FF XIV)

Blog owner note: This fight was making me feel a lot of emotions man...

46. The Moonward gear is armor from characters from FF IV. Fending is Cecil's, Striking is Edge's, Aiming is Edward and Casting is Rydia's. The rest are the same with different colors.

47. There's a face in the moon known as Kydonia Knolls, it may be a reference to the moai face on the moon in FF IV.

48. The Meteia may be similar to the Maenads from FF IV The After Years, being an artificial set of humanoid females that possess a hive mind and judge the state of a world's inhabitants before wiping them out.

49. Durante, the real identity of the Golbez we fight in Endwalker as seen in flashbacks in FF XIV looks very similar to Golbez's appearance in The After Years.

50. When using Flood of Darkness/Flood of Shadow, the Warrior of Light will assume Dark Knight Cecil's stance while using his special skill, Darkness.