FFXIV celebrates year of the snake with Great Serpent of Ronka themed Heavensturn event

Heavensturn is either the first or last event of the Final Fantasy XIV calendar, depending on how you look at it, celebrating Eastern traditions as well as the animal of the upcoming year’s Chinese Zodiac. 

Heavensturn will begin on December 31, 2024, and will be available to complete until January 16, 2025. This year’s quest is called “Blessed Hebi Squirm as the Heavens Turn”, and to begin the event you’ll need to head to Limsa Lominsa and talk to Hebi Bugyo (X:11.5, Y:13.9).

With 2025 being the Year of the Snake, symbolizing a particularly creative year filled with growth, it should come as no surprise to long-term players that a beloved and instantly recognizable little friend is returning for the festivities — The Great Serpent of Ronka. The little dude is coming back in the shape of a new minion, The Great White Tsuchinoko, complete with a tangerine atop its head and a seasonally appropriate ribbon around its neck. 

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Along with the new adorable minion, a couple of new housing items will also be available for purchase during the event. The table-based Oriental New Year’s Meal and wall-based Springtide Fan Stand will be purchased using Gil from one of the event’s merchants, likely located in Limsa Lominsa close to the returning Omikujishi.

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The Omikujishi is where you can get fortunes for the upcoming year, ranging from promising to disastrous. It’s not currently known whether any new fortunes have been added this year to include facts and lore from Dawntrail, but there were 12 new fortunes added last year that are likely to return, so keep an eye out for those. 

Keep an eye on the FFXIV Online Store as this year’s Heavensturn gets underway because the Ryunosuke minion that was rewarded for completing last year’s event will become available for purchase as the event goes live, alongside the other rewards that were only available last year. 

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