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XIV Job Defense — Defend with FFXIV Jobs
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Ishgard
🔒 Unlock "Heavensward" to play
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Kugane
🔒 Unlock "Stormblood" to play
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The Crystarium
🔒 Unlock "Shadowbringers" to play
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Old Sharlayan
🔒 Unlock "Endwalker" to play
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Tuliyollal
🔒 Unlock "Dawntrail" to play
Not played
Shop & Titles
- Balance
- 0 Seals
- Stars earned
- ★ 0 / 72
- Titles
- No title
Spend Seals on expansion packs (jobs and maps). Pick your title here too.
How to play
- Pick a map and difficulty, then start. Enemies follow a fixed path — if they reach the goal you lose lives.
- Select a job in the bar and click (or tap) an empty cell next to the path to place it.
- Killing enemies earns gil. Spend it on new jobs or level-ups (up to level 5).
- Click a placed job to level it up, dismiss it, or change its targeting priority.
- Every 3 cleared waves charge the LB gauge by 1. Spend it on Shield Wall (party mitigation), Healing Wind (full heal + revive), Braver (single-target nuke) or Meteor (area bombardment).
- Call the next wave early to earn bonus gil based on the time remaining.
- Survive all 40 waves to win, then push your limits in endless mode.
What is XIV Job Defense?
XIV Job Defense is an unofficial, non-commercial fan-made tower defense game inspired by the jobs of FINAL FANTASY XIV. It runs entirely in your browser — no download, no account. Your units have HP and enemies attack while they march; only tanks can slow their advance, healers heal and raise the fallen, and DPS exploit melee/magic/ranged weaknesses. All 21 jobs, 11 enemy types, 8 maps inspired by the cities of Eorzea (unlocked expansion by expansion, from A Realm Reborn to Dawntrail), 40 waves plus an endless mode, and 3 difficulty levels.
The three roles
The combat triangle: tanks hold enemies back, DPS grind them down, healers keep everyone standing. Enemies attack while marching and only slow down while beating on a tank. Four tanks all pack a lethal-save and Rampart, each guarding in its own way. Four healers support differently, and every one of them can Swiftcast Raise the fallen. Thirteen DPS carry melee, magic or ranged damage, and exploiting enemy weaknesses is their job. See the strategy guide for each job’s identity.
Strategy basics
Setup time is unlimited until you press Start, so build your opening line carefully. After that, early wave calls are your economy: the safer your defense, the sooner you should call. Gil compounds best when concentrated — pushing an ace to Lv5 beats spreading thin. Links (Cover, Kardia, Closed Position) and pets (fairy, turret, carbuncle) can be re-assigned at any time, so read the wave preview and reshuffle before each wave. The LB gauge fills one bar per three waves: saving three bars for boss waves or spending singles to smooth the road is where skill shows. See the strategy guide for details.
An unofficial, non-commercial fan site
This site is a fan-made project by an FFXIV player and is not affiliated with Square Enix Co., Ltd. in any way. There are no ads, no affiliate links, and no payments of any kind. Job names and job icons are the property of Square Enix (FINAL FANTASY XIV © SQUARE ENIX).
Frequently asked questions
- Is this an official game? No. It is an unofficial fan-made game created by an individual and is not affiliated with Square Enix Co., Ltd.
- Is it free? Yes, completely free. As a non-commercial fan site there are no ads and no payments whatsoever.
- Can I play on my phone? Yes. The game supports touch controls and works in mobile browsers on phones and tablets.
- Is my progress saved? Your best score, highest wave, and star ratings are saved automatically in your browser (localStorage). Mid-game state is not saved.
- Which job is the strongest? No single job wins alone. Match damage types to enemy weaknesses: AoE for swarms, magic for ghosts, the Machinist drill or Dragoon Jump for bosses. Bard songs and Dancer partners raise party damage, and healer raises plus limit breaks bail you out when the line crumbles.
- How do you handle FFXIV materials? Only job names and job icons (from the official fan kit) are used, with the required copyright notice, on a strictly non-commercial site. We will respond promptly to any request from the rights holder.