How to get Island Sanctuary Rare Animals in FFXIV

Since its introduction in patch 6.22, Island Sanctuary has become many players’ favorite casual side content. As well as building and gathering, there’s no shortage of animals to capture on the Island, some of which have very specific requirements. Here’s how to get every rare animal in Island Sanctuary.

There are currently a total of 43 animals up for grabs in Island Sanctuary although unfortunately you can only house 20 of them in a maxed out pasture. Some of them require nothing more than a specific restraint in order to capture them, while others may need to be caught at a certain time of day or even during certain weather conditions. 

Each animal, when captured and in your Pasture, has specific ‘Leavings’. These can be used in Island Crafts and cannot be gained any other way. Each animal drops a guaranteed item as well as a chance for a second item.

As with most things in Final Fantasy XIV, there is a community-made resource by Thonky which helps to track animals in Island Sanctuary. 

Basic animals

These are the animals which are always available on the island. They roam around in groups and, other than the trap that’s needed to catch it, there are no special requirements to catching them. 

The full list of basic animals, along with their location, their leavings and which restraint you need in order to capture them, is below:

(The first leaving is a guaranteed drop when interacting with the animal in your Pasture. The second leaving has a possible chance to drop in addition.)

Time-based animals

There are a select few animals which are time-locked to specific in-game times. These are harder to catch, with one chance every hour or so. 

The full list of time-based animals and their details is as follows:

Weather-based animals

Some animals are even harder to capture, as they rely on not only specific weather conditions, but also specific times in some cases as well. These are considered to be rare animals and might take a few attempts to find and capture.

Here’s the full list:

*Both the Griffin and the Paissa require a player to have unlocked flight on the Island in order to capture. Flight unlocks when your Island reaches level 10, after completing Pathfinder V’s quest.

_{This article has been updated to reflect current Island Sanctuary requirements as of Patch 6.5.}