The first iteration of the FF14 Keybound Brawler event lands in the MMORPG’s Gold Saucer today, focused on the Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy.
A new FF14 update has just kicked off the first part of its FF7 Remake collaboration, and hopefully you've got a keyboard to hand. While we'll be getting an even bigger crossover next year in the form of the FF14 Evercold raid series, Beyond the Lifestream, you won't have to wait until then to get your Final Fantasy 7 cosplay on the go in the MMORPG. Make your way over to the Manderville Gold Saucer to prove your typing prowess in the new Keybound Brawler event, which will be running until the 8.0 expansion's launch arrives in January 2027.
In case you missed its original reveal during the Fanfest Berlin keynote three months ago, Keybound Brawler is a new limited-time addition to the FF14 Gold Saucer that will be running for set periods, a little like the come-and-go Fall Guys event. It's essentially a series of themed typing minigames, so you will need a keyboard to hand. Console players, you should be able to plug in most USB keyboards for this purpose, and you've likely got one anyway if you do any chatting to other players.
The first outing for this is an FF7 Remake trilogy crossover, although Game Director Naoki 'Yoshi-P' Yoshida has teased that Keybound Brawler was designed to play nicely with other themes in the future, and says we could see all manner of collaborations with other games or media. That also means there's no guarantee that it'll come back with the same designs, and the vendor for rewards is only sticking around while the event is live, so don't miss out.
This time, you (either solo or in a squad of up to four) will be battling through familiar locations from Final Fantasy 7, fighting enemies such as Shinra soldiers by typing various terms associated with the iconic RPG. That gives it a somewhat unique twist, so I hope you're able to wrap your head around spellings such as Curaga, Aerith Gainsborough, and maybe even Quetzalcoatl. I can't wait for the first person who insists on typing 'Aeris' for the whole round; I know you're out there.
Taking part is well worth it; there are full outfits based on the classic costumes for Tifa and Barret, along with the latter's signature gatling-gun arm as a fashion accessory that you can fire off as you please. Three Orchestrion Rolls will let you unlock the FF7 Gold Saucer music, fight theme Let the Battles Begin, and boss track Fight On. Then there's a Wind-up Barret minion, a Magitek Scorpion mount, and both a Framer's Kit and emote themed around Keybound Brawler generally. I have one major complaint: the two character clothing sets are still gender-locked. I thought we'd gotten past this, Square Enix?
To unlock Keybound Brawler, find the Catlike Mammet in the main entrance hall of the Gold Saucer (x:5.4, y:7.0 on the map). He offers the quest 'Keyward Bound,' which will send you a short distance over to Wonder Square, where helpful Miqo'te attendant W'zazanh will send you to the special hub, themed after Final Fantasy 7 Remake's version of the Gold Saucer. That's where you can join matches, and find the rewards vendor to turn in your new MGC, an event-specific currency.
If you somehow haven't been to the Gold Saucer yet, you only need to reach level 15 and hit the point in the main story where you visit the main three cities, which you can do pretty quickly. Then you'll be able to speak with the Well-heeled Youth in Ul'dah (he's straight ahead when you come out of the main Aetheryte Plaza) to get the quest 'It Could Happen to You,' which will take you to FF14's glamorous casino where everyone wins.
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