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.

Ul'dah, Limsa Lominsa, Gridania, Camp Dragonhead and Revenant's Toll each 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
Blizzard		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			Experiencing Umbral Wind
Wind		Fair	Windy

Certain weather conditions can only happen in certain zones (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	Description	Duties/Events
Auroras		Experiencing auroral activity	Unknown
Core Radiation		Radioactive	The Binding Coil of Bahamut, The Second Coil of Bahamut, The Final Coil of Bahamut
Darkness		Dark	Dungeons
Eruptions		Erupting	The Navel, The Navel (Hard), The Navel (Extreme)
Gales		Gusty	The Howling Eye, The Howling Eye (Hard), The Howling Eye (Extreme)
Gloom		Gloomy	Thornmarch (Hard), Thornmarch (Extreme)
Heat Wave		Blistering	The Bowl of Embers, The Bowl of Embers (Hard), The Bowl of Embers (Extreme)
Hot Spells		Hot	Unknown
Hyperelectricity		Hyperelectric	The Diadem Proto Ultima (FATE) in Azys Lla
Irradiance		Irradiant	Akh Afah Amphitheatre (Hard), Akh Afah Amphitheatre (Extreme)
Louring		Loury	The Minstrel's Ballad: Ultima's Bane
Oppression		Oppressive	The Singularity Reactor, The Minstrel's Ballad: Thordan's Reign
Quick Levin		Quick Levin	Ixion (FATE) in The Lochs
Rough Seas		Experiencing rough seas	The Whorleater (Hard), The Whorleater (Extreme)
Royal Levin		Royal Levin	Coeurlregina (FATE) in The Dravanian Forelands
Shelf Clouds		Unnaturally Cloudy	The Limitless Blue (Hard), The Limitless Blue (Extreme)
Smoke		Smokey	Thok ast Thok (Hard), Thok ast Thok (Extreme)
Storm Clouds		Threatened by rain	The Striking Tree (Hard), The Striking Tree (Extreme)
Tension		Crackling with tension	Odin (FATE) in The Black Shroud

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.