White sheep and black sheep walking around a green pasture. FFXIV Island Sanctuary rare animals.

White sheep and black sheep walking around a green pasture. FFXIV Island Sanctuary rare animals.

In Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker, you’ll be able to seize and lift animals in your private paradise in Island Sanctuary. Some animals are more durable to find than others as they solely spawn in particular climate circumstances or at sure instances. Follow our FFXIV information to find the place uncommon animals are positioned and what circumstances they want to spawn.

At launch, there was a bug the place a few of the uncommon animals wouldn’t spawn for if that they had each a climate and time requirement, however the Island Sanctuary discord neighborhood has discovered a repair that works for some. If your animals aren’t exhibiting up, strive the repair beneath.

To spawn a uncommon animal that has each a climate and time requirement, it’s best to:

  1. Have no different gamers in your island
  2. Leave your island earlier than the climate adjustments (Midnight, 8 am, 4 pm Eorzean time)
  3. Wait 5 Eorzen minutes previous the uncommon monster’s spawn time
  4. Load again into your island, and examine to see in case your monster spawned.

If you’re having a tough time nailing down instances for these animals, Thonky has a terrific timer that can present you upcoming or energetic spawn home windows for uncommon animals.

Each of the Rare Animal’s spawn circumstances are listed beneath.

Update (May 24, 2023): We’ve added the brand new animals that have been a part of the patch 6.4 replace to the spreadsheet, with assist from the researchers on the Overseas Casuals staff.

Island Sanctuary Rare Animal Spawn Conditions

AnimalTimeLocation (X,Y)WeatherSize
AnimalTimeLocation (X,Y)WeatherSize
Glyptodon12 am – 3 am(31, 11)Medium
Island Billy3 am – 6 am(26, 22)Large
Lemur6 am – 9 am(20, 26)Small
Star Marmot9 am – 12 pm(15, 19)Small
Apkallu of Paradise12 pm – 3 pm(19, 11)Small
Dodo of Paradise3 pm – 6 pm(16, 12)Medium
Island Stag6 pm – 9 pm(20, 19)Medium
Ornery Karakul(20, 23)Fair SkiesSmall
Black Chocobo(13, 11)Clear SkiesMedium
Gold Back(31, 28)RainLarge
Grand Buffalo(12, 17)CloudsLarge
Yellow Coblyn(27, 19)FogSmall
Beachcomb12 am – 3 am(17.8, 12.6)RainSmall
Alligator6 am – 9 am(17, 24)ShowersLarge
Goobbue9 am – 12 pm(33, 16)CloudsLarge
Paissa12 pm – 3 pm(25, 28) – Flight requiredFair SkiesMedium
Twinklefleece6 pm – 9 pm(22.1, 20.8)FogSmall
Griffin3 pm – 6 pm(15, 22) – Flight requiredClear SkiesLarge
Tiger of Paradise6 pm – 9 pm(15, 14)Fair SkiesMedium
Morbol Seedling3 am – 6 am(19, 19)CloudsSmall
Alkonost9 pm – 12 am(23, 30) – Flight requiredClear SkiesMedium
Funguar3 pm – 6 pm(20, 27)RainSmall
Weird Spriggan12 am – 3 am(24, 28)FogLarge
Wild Boar(16, 16)Large
Boar of Paradise(17, 16)ShowersLarge
Quartz Spriggan(23, 18)Small
Amethyst Spriggan9 pm – 12 am(23, 18)Small

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