Final Fantasy XIV Island Sanctuary Animal Guide

Final Fantasy XIV Island Sanctuary adds a number of new features and mechanics to the long-running MMO, including the long requested ability to tame (or capture in this case) and own animals. Island animals are made up of many familiar creatures from the main game, such as sheep and apkallu. Building up a pasture of diverse animals is required if you want to craft every item, or even just to have a vibrant island hideaway. In our Final Fantasy XIV Island Sanctuary Animal Guide, we’ll go over the basics of island animals, and why you’ll want to collect them all.

Final Fantasy XIV Island Sanctuary Animal Basics

Capturing Animals

While you can see all of the animals Island Sanctuary has to offer from the start, you won’t actually be able to capture any for your hideaway. Thankfully, unlocking this feature doesn’t take long, only requiring you to follow the tutorial quests up to “Adorable Animals”. Making it to this point will unlock the pasture, along with the “Capture” option in the Islekeep’s Index.

To actually capture animals, you must craft and use consumable restraints — 1 per capture attempt. Different restraints are needed for different sizes of animals:

• Makeshift Net – Small animals, unlocked during “Adorable Animals” quest. Requires 1 Island Branch, 2 Island Vines.
• Makeshift Restraint – Medium animals, unlocked at Sanctuary Rank 6. Requires 3 Island Hemp, 1 Island Copper.

You must also have space in your pasture to capture new animals. Pasture capacity can be increased as you upgrade your hideaway:

• 5 slots after being unlocked during “Adorable Animals” quest.
• 10 slots after Cozy Cabin upgraded to its 2nd tier (available after Sanctuary Rank 4). Requires 1000 Seafarer’s Cowries, 2 realtime hours.

When selecting an animal to capture, there are 3 possible outcomes — the animal is captured; the animal is not captured but does not notice you, allowing for another attempt;  the animal notices you and runs away. You’ll use up your restraint regardless of success, so it’s best to craft multiple before going out to find animals.

Caring for Animals

Once captured, an animal will instantly be teleported to the pasture. Here, it’s possible to feed animals, collect their leavings (crafting items), and pet them — the latter has no actual gameplay effect, but it’s cute. Feeding an animal will increase its food meter to the maximum, while increasing their mood based on the food you use. Each type of food also has a maximum cap to how happy they can make animals, listed in the item description:

• Island Sweetfeed – Minor mood increase, can increase up to Content. Requires 3 Island Apples (obtained via apple trees using hatchets).
• Island Greenfeed – Average mood increase, can increase up to Chipper. Requires 2 of a type of vegetable (obtained via farming).
• Premium Island Greenfeed – Large mood increase, can increase up to Gleeful. Requires 2 of 2 different types of vegetable (obtained via farming).

As long as an animal isn’t starting, it will be able to drop leavings (marked by the animal becoming sparkly, like a regular gathering node). This takes a day to happen, with the animal’s mood determining the type and quantity of item produced.

If you run out of space in your pasture, it’s possible to release animals via the Caretaker NPC. The pasture management menu also shows the status of all animals.

Final Fantasy XIV Island Sanctuary Animal List

Basic Animals

• Apkallu – Small X: 15.1, Y: 12.4. Drops Sanctuary Egg, Sanctuary Fleece.
• Aurochs – Large, X: 14.4, Y: 19.
• Blue Back – Large, X: 26.6, Y: 28.2.
• Chocobo – Medium, X: 13.2, Y: 14. Drops Sanctuary Claw, Sanctuary Feather.
• Coblyn – Small, X: 25, Y: 19.6. Drops Sanctuary Fang, Sanctuary Carapace.
• Glyptodon Pup – Medium, X: 29, Y: 21.1. Drops Sanctuary Claw, Sanctuary Carapace.
• Ground Squirrel – Small, X: 15.3, Y: 19.1. Drops Sanctuary Claw, Sanctuary Fur.
• Island Nanny – Large, X: 25.6, Y: 23.9.
• Lost Lamb – Small, X: 20.3, Y: 23.5. Drops Sanctuary Fleece, Sanctuary Milk.
• Opo-Opo – Small, X: 19.8, Y: 26. Drops Sanctuary Claw, Sanctuary Fur.
• Wild Dodo – Medium, X: 27, Y: 23.1.  Drops Sanctuary Feather, Sanctuary Egg.

Rare Animals

These animals are only available under certain conditions, such as time of day (Eorzean Time) and weather. 1 will spawn each time, meaning that if you fail to catch a rare animal, you must wait until the conditions are right again. Some of these are reskins of normal animals, while others are unique and have no normal variant.

• Alligator – Large, X: 17.6, Y: 24.1. Available during Showers weather.
• Apkallu of Paradise – Small, X: 18.8, Y: 11.9. Available 12-3PM ET.
• Beachcomb – Small, X: 18, Y: 13. Available during Rain in the AM.
• Black Chocobo – Medium, X: 13.1, Y: 11.5. Available during Clear Skies weather.
• Dodo of Paradise – Medium, X: 16.6, Y: 11.8. Available 3-6PM ET.
• Glyptodon – Medium, X: 31.5, Y: 11.5. Available 12-3AM ET.
• Gold Back – Large, X: 13.1, Y: 28.4. Available during Rain weather.
• Grand Buffalo – Large, X: 12.1, Y: 17.2. Available during Cloudy weather.
• Island Billy – Large, X: 26.3, Y: 22.8. Available 3-6AM ET.
• Island Stag – Medium, X: 20.4, Y: 20.1. Available 6-9PM ET.
• Lemur – Small, X: 21, Y: 26.4. Available 6-9AM ET.
• Ornery Karakul – Small, X: 21.6, Y: 23.1. Available during Fair Skies weather.
• Star Marmot – Small, X: 16, Y: 19. Available 9-12PM ET.
• Twinklefleece – Small, X: 22.3, Y: 20.5. Available during Fog weather
• Yellow Coblyn – Small, X: 26.6, Y: 19.5. Available during Fog weather.

This guide is a work-in-progress, and will be updated frequently

Final Fantasy XIV Island Sanctuary Animal Guide
Source: Pinay Guide Blog