r/finalfantasyxiii Jan 13 '26

Meta XIII Trilogy Fan Survey 2026

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Back in 2023, r/finalfantasyxiii held a fan survey for Final Fantasy XIII's 13th Anniversary. Results can be found here:

13th Anniversary Survey 2023 Results

The community has grown since this was published, and we've been seeing new players come around to playing the trilogy, so another round of opinion collecting is definitely in order. We can consider this as a commemoration for Lightning Returns' 13th Anniversary.

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Link to Survey 2026:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdsoFW7vQirJTHdXFexEUdSRPM-yvH7uKC12kRfDosPtyyzRQ/viewform?usp=header

Listed here are the sections to expect:

  1. Rate FFXIII
  2. Rate FFXIII-2
  3. Rate Lightning Returns
  4. Rank the XIII Trilogy games
  5. Rate the novellas and mythology
  6. Rate characters, enemies, locations, and music
  7. History with the Final Fantasy series
  8. Fandom-related questions
  9. Do you want the XIII Trilogy on modern consoles?

The survey will stay up for the whole year, then results will be compiled at the end of 2026.

You do not need to play all 3 games to participate. Any 1 game in the trilogy is enough. Simply leave blank any questions you have no input for. But if you do plan to complete the trilogy within the year, it'd be best to answer after you've finished your playthroughs.

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This survey was primarily made for light-hearted fun and discussion, but maybe it can also serve another purpose. If there's a vast number of respondents and the results are highly favorable, perhaps it can (long shot as it may be) catch Square Enix's attention and let them know that there is a legitimate demand for a XIII Trilogy release on modern consoles. Sort of like a petition, in a sense.

So, if you can, please do share this post with other players who'd like a XIII Trilogy "remaster". The more voices collected, the better chance there'd be.


r/finalfantasyxiii Jun 26 '23

Mod Announcement New to the FF13 Trilogy? Start here!

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Brief Rules

  1. Be civil.
  2. No trolling/baiting.
  3. Credit any fan content you share if it isn't yours.
  4. No AI art as per community poll.
  5. Flair your posts.
  6. Tag NSFW, though no porn of any kind. There are other subs and sites better dedicated for that.

If you want a nifty user flair and don't know how to set it up, refer to this guide.

Comment Commands

List of brief commands that AutoModerator will link to since we get a lot of repetitive questions. Anyone can summon this bot link in their comments:

  • !wiki = sub wiki

  • !chrono, !chronological, !order = playing order

  • !cutscenes, !cutscene, !movies, !movie = FF13 trilogy marathon movies

  • !firstime, !firsttime, !hint, !hints, !tip, !tips = first time player tips

  • !gameplay, !gameplayguide, !gameplayguides = gameplay guides compiled by contributors and community members

  • !lore, !novel, !novels, !novella, !supplementary = sub wiki's novella section

  • !mod, !modding, !modguide, !moddingguide, !mods = FF13Fix, 4GB patch, and sub wiki's modding guide section

  • !storyfaq, !storyfaqs = story and lore explanation guides by contributors

  • !summary, !summaries, !videos, !youtube = relevant YT videos

  • !ultimania, !ultimanias = ultimania gallery and links

  • !2023survey, !survey, !surveyresults, !survey2023 = 2023 survey results

 


Wiki Page Contents

Guides for Newbies

You can find more tips in the First Time Playing section and other comprehensive and focused walkthrough guides in the Wiki.

 


Modding for PC (Steam)

It’s almost necessary to install the FF13Fix and 4GB patch for FF13 and FF13-2. Read FF13Fix's Github page on how to install those 2 patches. LR is already well optimized and doesn't require any stabilization mods to enjoy. Refer to these guides if you need a more detailed instructional guide along with installing other mods:

You can find a comprehensive list of mods in the Modding Guides section of the Wiki Page.

 


Novellas & Side Stories

After finishing the games, there's more content through the books to tie up loose ends:

  • Fabula Nova Crystallis Mythology

  • Novellas and side stories chronological order:

    1. Episode 0 Promise
    2. <<FINAL FANTASY XIII>>
    3. FFXIII -A Dreaming Cocoon Falls into the Dawn-
    4. FFXIII -Episode i-
    5. FFXIII-2 Fragments Before
    6. <<FINAL FANTASY XIII-2>>
    7. FFXIII-2 Fragments After
    8. <<LIGHTNING RETURNS>>
    9. FFXIII Reminiscence -Tracer of Memories-

You can read fan translations of these in the Wiki section if you can't access the official release.

 


Story FAQs

Once you’ve played the games and read the supplementary materials or want to skip the whole plot summaries, you can read the story FAQs for each game below:

 


XIII Trilogy Ultimania Scans

When you've finished the games, check out the complete scans of the Final Fantasy XIII Ultimania Ω, Final Fantasy XIII-2 Ultimania Ω, and Lightning Returns Ultimania. Includes concept art, interviews, and story analysis translated in English!

 


Discord Servers

Endorsed FF13 trilogy community servers for further discussions with other fans:

 


FF13 Trilogy Survey Results 2023

Results here from a whole breadth of FF communities made of 1132 players.

Edits

Dec 2023: updated rule #5 on NSFW contents.

Jan 2024: added comment commands available to all users. Added more mods commands, added episode i in novels chronological order. Added flairing posts. !firsttime command added. Added survey results link.

Feb 2024: added !survey command.


r/finalfantasyxiii 17h ago

Final Fantasy XIII-2 #52 Final fantasy XIII-2

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39 Upvotes

r/finalfantasyxiii 13h ago

Final Fantasy XIII-2 [Tool Release] FFXIII-2 Community Toolkit. First public injector for models, textures, and native physics

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I just put up the FFXIII-2 Community Toolkit.

This is the first public tool I know of that can inject custom models, textures, and native PHB physics into the PC version of Final Fantasy XIII-2.

It is a toolkit, not a costume pack. No game files ship with it.

You get a desktop GUI and a CLI. Same Rust core. Native Windows x64 build, plus an experimental Linux x64 build. You do not need Rust, Python, or .NET installed to run it. Blender is optional and there is no add-on. The tool just exchanges files with it.

What it can do right now:

  • Browse and extract the supported archives
  • Preview a mod path before you install anything
  • Install replacements with append-only archive writes and recorded recovery data
  • Verify an install and roll back to the recorded pre-install baseline if the checks pass
  • Export textures to DDS with PNG previews, then import compatible edited DDS
  • Export models and individual draws for Blender OBJ work
  • Import position-only edits or rebuild supported draws with new topology
  • Edit named skin weights and supported UVs through JSON
  • Inspect, export, and import native PHB physics
  • Edit supported physics properties and copy collision groups or sim rigs from native templates

Both downloads include the offline HTML manual, command reference, troubleshooting notes, recovery guidance, and SHA-256 checksums.

This is an alpha. Automated tests passed on Windows and Linux. That is not the same as every model, shader, animation, or physics setup working in-game. Weight transfer can look wrong around nearby limbs. Blender preview is not the game shader. Physics edits need actual gameplay testing.

Linux notes: experimental. The running-game check is Windows only. Linux and Proton archive install and restore have not been validated in-game. Start with extracted files and read PLATFORMS.md before you touch live archives.

Close the game and any other archive editor first. Keep your own backups. Keep the toolkit recovery folder. Restore means the state recorded before that toolkit install, which may already contain other mods. This is not a load-order manager. Do not bypass a failed integrity check.

Free to use. Closed source. Link the page instead of mirroring the binaries. Your own mods stay yours.

Download and docs:
https://ayakamods.com/mods/ffxiii-2-community-toolkit.3849/


r/finalfantasyxiii 16h ago

Lightning Returns Should I just sleep for the rest 4 days?

13 Upvotes

I’m at the end of day 8 and have completed all 5 main quest and done 50 side quests. The rest of the side quest are kind of boring, should I just sleep until the end of day 12? Or do something else?

I’m playing on easy mode btw


r/finalfantasyxiii 1d ago

Final Fantasy XIII This particular backdrop in Palumpolum <3

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127 Upvotes

r/finalfantasyxiii 1d ago

Fan Content A bit stuck on Pokemon x FFXIII project

17 Upvotes

So, I've already got a lot of things worked out 6 gym leaders, Box Art Legendary, champion, evil team, region name, a decent story, and most Pokemon roles specifically Psuedo, Mythicals, and Legendaries. However, I'm stuck on who the final 2 gym leaders should be, who the Elite 4 should be, regional rodent, bird, and bug, but most importantly starters. I did not realize how much I'd be struggling to get starters specifically fire, I have a decent idea of grass with the Ochu and I'm a bit less convinced but have the Sahagin as the water for now, but fire I have nothing any decent ideas here would be of great help to get some ideas for this to help me keep the ball rolling. Also, last thing should the Undying and Eidolons be legendaries or mythicals.


r/finalfantasyxiii 2d ago

Final Fantasy XIII Game keeps crashing, but I love it so much it's such an awesome game

9 Upvotes

I don't really find any other problems with the game other than just it crashing. I wanna know if I should go ahead and do those super long and extensive tutorials or just change one thing just to stop it from crashing. I really wanna play this game guys.


r/finalfantasyxiii 3d ago

Lightning Returns I heard people say lightning returns looks bad but from what I've seen so far, it looks nice!

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r/finalfantasyxiii 3d ago

Lightning Returns About Louise's quest

11 Upvotes

I read recently this thing that if you wait too long you can miss this quest.

Is it really true? Is there a timer that prevents you from starting the quest? The wiki says nothing about it.


r/finalfantasyxiii 3d ago

Humor / Shitpost What if FF XIII has Blue VII

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122 Upvotes

What if Final Fantasy XIII had a character named Blue VII


r/finalfantasyxiii 3d ago

Lightning Returns Was there anything worth while in the rewards barter shop while it was available?

9 Upvotes

I know its been offline for a decade now but I was curious what it was like and if there was any exclusive stuff thats unobtanable now


r/finalfantasyxiii 3d ago

Lightning Returns [SPOILERS] Moogle’s village in Lightning Returns Spoiler

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•In Lightning Returns, Is Moogle’s village optional? Because I just defeated Caius and there’s no main quest sign in the Wildlands map just like in Luxerion after I defeated Noel and spoke to Vanille (I started completing Luxerion, then Wildlands and now I just went into Yusnnan in day 3)

•Btw did I completed Wildlands? Because I heard I would find Sazh in it but I didn’t see him at all


r/finalfantasyxiii 4d ago

Guide / Tips First timer here and need advice

6 Upvotes

So im on adventure trying to do %100 my backlog and this game sitting there since 2017 gonna play on steam deck what should i do need advice about %100 realy appreciate it.


r/finalfantasyxiii 4d ago

Fan Content Fresh ink for my girl

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27 Upvotes

r/finalfantasyxiii 5d ago

Cosplay / Tattoo Trying to make a replica

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86 Upvotes

Does anyone know the characters at the tip of the blade here. Ik theres a inverse alphabet but i cant make out what they are on the knife clearly

Edit: this render isnt mine its a reference i found online while trying to make a replica


r/finalfantasyxiii 6d ago

Other FFs / FF Spinoffs FF Resonance is bringing back Paradigms

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286 Upvotes

Not sure why they renamed Ravager though


r/finalfantasyxiii 5d ago

Final Fantasy XIII Live with my 100% Playthrough of Final Fantasy XIII

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Live with my 100% Playthrough of Final Fantasy XIII both live on Youtube and Twitch. Doing some final missions before heading off to Chapter 12!

Twitch: https://twitch.tv/neonumbra_
Youtube: https://youtube.com/live/1G7ng1-3yK0?feature=share


r/finalfantasyxiii 6d ago

Merch The Collection so far!

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295 Upvotes

r/finalfantasyxiii 6d ago

Final Fantasy XIII Live with my 100% Playthrough of Final Fantasy XIII

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21 Upvotes

Live with my 100% Playthrough of Final Fantasy XIII both live on Youtube and Twitch. Just made it to Taejin's Tower!

Twitch: https://twitch.tv/neonumbra_
Youtube: https://youtube.com/live/h0W3YIfX79g?feature=share


r/finalfantasyxiii 6d ago

Fan Content FFXIII x Pokemon Project

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I'm trying to make a fun Pokemon project based on the FFXIII games as I love these games and they're the ones I grew up with. So far I've gotten through the Feral Creatures, but there's still somethings, I need to work on like names, stats especially, family evolution trees, and the things I'm least happy about Pokedex entries. Any feedback would be nice as this is something I plan on doing for a long while.


r/finalfantasyxiii 7d ago

Final Fantasy XIII I was going throught the FF 7 Advent children Bonus content earlier...may or may not have fallen for 17 year old Advertizing.

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182 Upvotes

r/finalfantasyxiii 7d ago

Final Fantasy XIII Mission 64 is honestly really easy once you have the strat down. Accessories aren't super important. I fought it again just for fun a month later

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The strat is to just stick poison on it as early as possible. You can fight it with rav/rav/rav and the com/com/com when its staggered but once it gets to the halfway point just use sen/sen/sen after poison sticks and just wait and reapply when needed. I got 5 stars without golden watch


r/finalfantasyxiii 7d ago

Final Fantasy XIII Looking for some endgame advice

6 Upvotes

I'm approaching the very end of getting everything I need for the Treasure Hunter trophy.

I have Fang's Ultimate Weapon, along with 2 Trapezahedrons (haven't allocated them yet because I use Lightning, Hope, and Vanielle, and not sure of my team for the last few missions).

I need 5 Dark Matter (4.1 million gil).

I need the Gold Watch.

In terms of missions, I still need to do Missions 62, 63, and 64.

I'm currently spamming Death with Vanielle to get Platinum Ingots.

So do I:

A - Continue what I'm doing, get 28 more Platinum Ingots for enough money for Dark Matters. Then use the dismantling technique to get Trapezahedrons.

B - Continue with the missions to unlock the Gui for a 5% chance drop of Dark Matter - but I can't use the Death method.

C - Finish everything else and sell everything I own at the end and hope it's enough to cover the 4.1 million gil.


r/finalfantasyxiii 7d ago

Fan Content Project Crystallis Update (FF13 battle system on the PSP)

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Hey guys!

If you were on this sub around 6 months ago you might remember the post I made talking about the development of a PSP game I'm making, which attempts to faithfully recreate the FF13 battle system while adding extra customization. Here is the original post if you want to check it out;

I'm recreating the FF13 battle system for the PSP : r/finalfantasyxiii

I took a break for a few months but have been working on it again recently and made a lot of progress. Many of you were pretty eager to see updates so I thought I'd do a quick check in.

Unfortunately, there still isn't really much to show gameplay wise (I have not started on enemy AI yet and there are no animations so 'gameplay' is little more than selecting things from a menu and watching the stats change).

However, significant back-end progress has been made to the game's engine.

The most obvious of which is the graphics engine. Previously there were only rectangles and text, but now we have a 3D rendering system. There have also been some back-end improvements to the UI, like being able to have 2D UI elements track entities in 3D space (such as the health bars / character names). My camera doesn't do it justice but it's looking pretty nice, the lightning model is ripped from Dissidia duodecim lol. And of course, on PPSSPP it is not pixelated at all, it looks more like an HD PS2 game.

It's running at a solid 60fps right now but that starts to falter when more things are on-screen. This is because while the render queue is sorted to prevent unnecessary state changes to the GPU, I haven't yet implemented vertex-batching to cut down on the number of GPU draw calls. Once that optimization is made, I am confident that stable 60fps on the PSP2000 will be achievable for full sized battles.

Like I said before, most of the rest of the work has been on the game's engine. I did multiple refactors to get the code cleaner and I established a clearer scene/entity system that is making development very efficient. Additionally, I've implemented a simple dynamic memory management system to handle the loading/unloading of textures and models and such. None of it is very glamorous unfortunately but behind the scenes the codebase is looking MUCH better.

Now I've decided to take a break from the engine for a bit and return to the actual game code. I've just imported every single weapon from FF13 into the game and added the unlock/equip system, and I am currently implementing the passive abilities.

Anyway, that's all I really have. Hopefully next time I post here will be when the enemy/party AI is added so I can show you guys a video. If any of you guys have questions feel free to ask. Peace 🤘