Weather

Weather conditions can change in an instant in Eorzea and it's best to be prepared! Several activities in the game depend on the weather conditions. These include:

• Fishing: Several fish can only be caught during certain weather conditions and times of day. Examples include the Thunderlord Sculpin, Raincaller and Son of Levin.
• Sightseeing Log: Many of the sightseeing entries require certain weather conditions and specific times of day.
• Odin: Odin's FATE will only spawn when the weather condition in The Black Shroud is listed as Tension.

Major cities and some settlements have an NPC known as a Skywatcher. These NPCs can tell you the current and upcoming weather conditions for each zone in the game. One can also see the current weather condition of your current zone by hovering over the icon in the top-right corner of the minimap. Weather conditions change at 12:00 am, 8:00 am, and 04:00 pm Eorzean Time.

Types of Weather Conditions

Normal Weather Conditions

There are several different types of weather conditions in the game, they are as follows:

Weather	Icon	Visibility	Description
Blizzards		Very Poor	Heavy Snow
Clear Skies		Very Good	Clear
Clouds		Good	Overcast
Dust Storms		Very Poor	Dusty
Fair Skies		Very Good	Fair
Fog		Very Poor	Foggy
Gales		Moderate	Gusty
Gloom		Poor	Gloomy
Heat Waves		Good	Blistering
Rain		Moderate	Rainy
Sandstorms		Very Poor	Sandy
Showers		Reduced	Showery
Snow		Poor	Snowy
Thunder		Moderate	Thunder
Thunderstorms		Poor	Heavy Thunder
Umbral Static		Poor	Experiencing Umbral Static
Umbral Wind		Fair	Experiencing Umbral Wind
Wind		Fair	Windy

Certain weather conditions can only happen in certain zones (ie sandstorms in Thanalan, snow in Coerthas, so on.)

Special Weather Conditions

There are also several special weather conditions, usually associated with a specific event or duty. Their names, mini-map descriptions and where they appear are as follows:

Weather	Icon	Duties/Events
Hot Spells
Auroras
Darkness		Dungeons
Tension		Odin (FATE) in The Black Shroud
Storm Clouds		The Striking Tree (Hard), The Striking Tree (Extreme)
Rough Seas		The Whorleater (Hard), The Whorleater (Extreme)
Louring		The Minstrel's Ballad: Ultima's Bane
Heat Waves		The Bowl of Embers, The Bowl of Embers (Hard), The Bowl of Embers (Extreme)
Gloom		Thornmarch (Hard), Thornmarch (Extreme)
Gales		The Howling Eye, The Howling Eye (Hard), The Howling Eye (Extreme)
Eruptions		The Navel, The Navel (Hard), The Navel (Extreme)
Irradiance		Akh Afah Amphitheatre (Hard), Akh Afah Amphitheatre (Extreme)
Core Radiation		The Binding Coil of Bahamut, The Second Coil of Bahamut, The Final Coil of Bahamut
Shelf Clouds		The Limitless Blue (Hard), The Limitless Blue (Extreme)
Oppression		The Singularity Reactor, The Minstrel's Ballad: Thordan's Reign
Smoke		Thok ast Thok (Hard), Thok ast Thok (Extreme)
Royal Levin		Coeurlregina (FATE) in The Dravanian Forelands
Hyperelectricity		The Diadem , Proto Ultima (FATE) in Azys Lla
Multiplicity		Containment Bay S1T7 , Containment Bay S1T7 (Extreme)
Dragonstorms
Concordance
Beyond Time
Demonic Inifinity
Dimensional Disruption
Revelstorms
Eternal Bliss
Wyrmstorms
Quicklevin		Ixion (FATE) in The Lochs
White Cyclones
Ultimania
Moonlight
Scarlet
Flames
Tsunamis
Cyclones
Geostorms
True Blue
Umbral Turbulence		Eureka Hydatos
Everlasting Light		Norvrandt areas
Termination
Dreams
Brilliance
Umbral Flare		The Diadem
Umbral Duststorm		The Diadem
Umbral Levin		The Diadem
Umbral Tempest		The Diadem
Firestorm
Spectral Current		Ocean Fishing
Climactic

Weather Chains

In Fishing, some fish require very specific conditions, such as one weather type following a specific previous weather type. For example, Helicoprion can only be caught between 8 AM and 8 PM during a Heat Wave that follows clouds or fog.