There are a lot of easter eggs inFinal Fantasy XIV, the most beloved of which involve NPCs showing up in unexpected places. As we head into spooky season, players are just starting to rediscover a seasonally appropriate example of this.
Edda Pureheart, the NPC we’re introduced to during the main story and who later makes an appearance in Tam-Tara Deepcroft (Hard) andPalace of the Deadis, and I’m sorry to break it to you if you’re thus far unaware, dead. However, this doesn’t prevent her from making an appearance every now and then.
If you’re lucky, it’s possible to come across Edda’s ghost in any of the three starting city states (Limsa Lominsa, Gridania, or Ul’dah). And I do mean very lucky, because she has a less than 1% chance to spawn in her ghostly form. She’ll stick around for a few seconds, then disappear as though she was never there.
Now here comes possibly the worst part: she will only show up at 2 a.m. in one of the possible locations, and only on a rainy night. It’s fair to say that the odds are stacked against you when it comes to waiting for this encounter, but if you’ve ever tried to catch any of the particularly rare fish inFFXIV, then you should be used to this kind of hellish probability.
She’ll only appear if you’ve finished Tam-Tara Deepcroft (Hard), but that’s where the certainty ends. There are conflicting tales as to when she stops appearing, with some people saying she will stop showing up after you complete level 50 of Palace of the Dead, and others saying that she will continue showing up regardless of whether you’ve completed Palace of the Dead or not.
The ghost made its first appearance alongside the addition of Tam-Tara Deepcroft (Hard) way back in patch 2.3, but it’s definitely an easy one to miss or simply not know about. It’s understandable that a new wave of players are beginning to discover her existence, and it warms my heart that people are still talking about Edda so long after her fate was sealed.
