FFXIV: Exciting Fanfest 2026 Digital Store Items Revealed!

Key Takeaways

• Square Enix added the Fan Festival 2026 store batch to the Online Store on April 8, 2026, with sale pricing that ends at Patch 7.5 launch on April 28, 2026.
• The Hardy-Daytona mount ($26.99) is the headline item: an account-wide motorcycle that openly riffs on Cloud's bike from Final Fantasy VII.
• Wind-up Red XIII ($6.29) is the only Final Fantasy VII collab minion in this batch; minions for Cloud, Tifa, or Aerith are not part of this drop.
• THE PRIMALS Orchestrion Set and Pulse 2 Orchestrion Roll Set I are each $13.50, each bundling five rolls from the source albums for the housing orchestrion.
• The Runway Walk emote ($6.30) is single-character only, while the Hardy-Daytona mount, Red XIII minion, and Aunt Tii's Neotunic three-piece set unlock account-wide.
• Hatching Tide items remain on the same sale window, so anything left from the seasonal event is also discounted through April 28.

What follows is the full lineup, the FFVII callbacks, the orchestrion tracklists, and the sale window timing.

What's in the Fan Festival 2026 store drop

The Square Enix Online Store refresh that landed on April 8, 2026 packs six new products plus the standing Hatching Tide carry-over. Everything is priced at a Fan Festival sale rate until the morning Patch 7.5 goes live on April 28, then snaps back to standard pricing. The full lineup, as listed on the official Final Fantasy XIV store:

1. Runway Walk emote: $6.30, single character.
2. Hardy-Daytona mount: $26.99, account-wide.
3. Aunt Tii's Neotunic three-piece set: $8.10, account-wide outfit (head, body, feet).
4. Wind-up Red XIII minion: $6.29, account-wide.
5. THE PRIMALS Orchestrion Set: $13.50, account-wide music pack.
6. Pulse 2 Orchestrion Roll Set I: $13.50, account-wide music pack.

Buying all six at sale price runs roughly $74 before tax. Region pricing varies: the UK and EU stores list GBP and EUR amounts that don't always match the dollar conversion 1:1, so cross-reference the regional store you're billed through before deciding which currency you're actually paying in.

Hardy-Daytona mount: the Final Fantasy VII callback

The Hardy-Daytona is the only mount in this batch and it's the FFVII shoutout returning players will care about. It's a Cloud's-bike skin with the serial numbers half-filed off: chrome-heavy frame, quad rear exhausts, and a tank decal that reads like a stylized Shinra plate. Mount up and you get "Midgar Expressway", the FFVII Remake arrangement of Nobuo Uematsu's "The Chase", as the dedicated riding theme. That's what tips this from generic chopper into something that actually feels like a FFVII drop.

Functionally it behaves like every other mounted vehicle: standard ground speed in mount-enabled zones, no flying, no two-seater. The model scales for race and gender so a Lalafell and a Roegadyn both sit right on the saddle. The Hardy-Daytona's natural comparator is the existing SDS Fenrir Online Store mount, the Strife Delivery Service-branded chopper that's been on sale for years. Same broad motorcycle silhouette, different visual language; if you bought the SDS Fenrir already, the Hardy-Daytona is the more openly-FFVII alternative.

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Wind-up Red XIII minion

The Final Fantasy VII crossover continues into the minion slot with Wind-up Red XIII. The model carries the trademarks of the original FFVII character: flame-tipped tail, the green orb at the collar, the "XIII" brand on his flank, and the duelling scars across his face. He paces near the player rather than perfectly heeling, in the same idle pattern as other Wind-up minions on the store.

One caveat: he does not interact with other minions. Square Enix rarely ships inter-minion behaviour for purchased Wind-up minions, and Red XIII follows that pattern — he'll ignore your Wind-up Cloud from the prior FFVII collab if you summon both at once. Treat this one as a static collectible rather than a behavioural addition.

Aunt Tii's Neotunic three-piece set

Aunt Tii's Neotunic is a dyeable three-piece outfit (head, body, and feet) themed on Aunt Tii's Tacos, the taco-stand the Aunt Tii NPC runs in Tuliyollal as part of the Dawntrail MSQ. The Patch 7.5 "Hey, Aunt Tii" Custom Delivery quest leans on the same branding. It is not, despite some early write-ups, a t-shirt set: the body slot is a full neotunic, and the dye behaviour matters.

The whole set unlocks account-wide, which makes it the only piece in this batch that pays back across alts without re-buying — relevant if you swap characters between data centers.

Orchestrion rolls: THE PRIMALS and Pulse 2 sets

The two orchestrion sets are the items in this batch you'll still hear in your house six months from now, assuming you actually pipe orchestrion through the housing speakers. Both are account-wide, both unlock multiple rolls, and both lean on remix versions of music that's otherwise only available via expansion soundtracks or live-band performances.

THE PRIMALS Orchestrion Set (the band name is officially all-caps) covers the in-game rock group's Patch 7.5 setlist. Tracks include Under the Weight, Through the Maelstrom, Fiend, Lucas, and Metal – Brute Justice Mode. If you've been to a FanFest evening event, this is the catalog of songs THE PRIMALS open with on stage.

Pulse 2 Orchestrion Roll Set I draws from the Pulse: VOLUME 2 remix album. Tracks include Windswept Echoes, Close in the Distance, Dedicated to Moonlight, Bee My Honey, and Good King Moggle Mog XII. The Moggle Mog reprise is the standout — the remix swaps the original's brass-band arrangement for a vocal-heavy version that loops cleanly in housing.

Runway Walk emote

The Runway Walk emote is the only single-character item in the batch, which makes it the awkward one. At $6.30 for a single character, anyone used to account-wide Online Store items will hesitate; glamour mains who livestream from one character can justify the $6.30 in a single Group Pose session. The animation is a slow runway strut with a pose at the end, designed to read well in /gpose cameras and Group Pose loops.

Because it animates per character model, the visual lands differently across races — but the underlying animation timing is shared. Square Enix hasn't shipped race-specific variant animations for purchased emotes in years, and this one follows the same single-keyframe-set pattern as the other Online Store emotes.

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Sale window and what happens at Patch 7.5

The Fan Festival sale began April 8, 2026 and ends the moment Patch 7.5 goes live on April 28. After that, prices revert to their standard tier. Hatching Tide leftovers ride the same window, so anything you skipped from the spring seasonal event is also at sale pricing through the same cutoff.

The Fan Festival 2026 event itself runs April 24-25 at the Anaheim Convention Center as the North American leg of the world tour. The European leg follows at Messe Berlin on July 25-26, and the Tokyo leg closes out the tour later in the year. The store drop is timed to land before the on-site event so attendees can show off the cosmetics in the convention's Lobby Live area, but none of the items are gated behind FanFest ticket purchases; they're available to any account with active subscription time.

Community pushback on this batch, visible in the store comments and on the official forums, focuses on the cash-store route for items that arguably could have been Fashion Report rewards or Triple Triad tournament drops. Square Enix has been holding the Online Store-as-supplementary-funding line since the Endwalker store refresh, and the Fan Festival 2026 batch is a continuation of that policy rather than a shift in it.

Frequently Asked Questions

When does the Fan Festival 2026 store sale end?

The sale ends when Patch 7.5 launches on April 28, 2026. After Patch 7.5 goes live, every item snaps back to standard pricing. If you want the Fan Festival prices, the purchase has to clear through the Square Enix Online Store before the Patch 7.5 maintenance window.

Is the Hardy-Daytona account-wide?

Yes. The Hardy-Daytona mount unlocks for every character on the Square Enix account that purchases it, across all data centers and worlds. The Runway Walk emote is the only item in this batch that is single-character.

Is the Wind-up Red XIII minion part of a larger FFVII collab?

Wind-up Red XIII is the only FFVII collab minion in this specific batch. There is no Cloud, Tifa, or Aerith minion in the Fan Festival 2026 store drop. The Wind-up Cloud and Wind-up Tifa minions from earlier crossover events remain separate items on the store.

Are the orchestrion rolls in each set unlocked individually?

Each set unlocks every roll inside it at once. Buying THE PRIMALS Orchestrion Set adds the entire tracklist to your music collection, and the same applies to Pulse 2 Orchestrion Roll Set I. There is no per-track variant — the bundle is the only way to acquire these specific rolls.

Does the Hardy-Daytona play the Final Fantasy VII theme?

The mount plays the FFVII Remake motorcycle theme as its dedicated riding music in mount-enabled zones. The track replaces the default zone music while you are mounted on the Hardy-Daytona, then returns to standard zone audio when you dismount.

Can FanFest 2026 attendees skip the store and earn these items?

No. The Fan Festival 2026 items are Online Store purchases, not on-site rewards. Attendees still receive the standard event-attendance items distributed at the convention, but the Hardy-Daytona, Wind-up Red XIII, Aunt Tii's Neotunic set, and the two orchestrion sets all require a store purchase.

Will the Fan Festival 2026 items leave the store after the sale?

Square Enix has not announced a delisting date. Based on prior Fan Festival cycles, these items typically remain on the Online Store at standard pricing for at least one expansion cycle before any seasonal removal. Treat the April 28 cutoff as a price-change deadline, not a last-chance deadline.