Free Companies

Free Companies is the new guild system in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, in place of Linkshell in the original version.

Free companies are adventurer-run organizations which serve to facilitate cooperation between individuals. To form a free company, the player must first submit a free company petition after acquiring signatures from three other players. Adventurers may join a free company regardless of the Grand Company to which they are sworn.

Company Crests
After forming a free company, the player will be given the option to design his/her own crest. Choose from a number of shapes, accents, symbols, and colors to create a design to represent their causes. Crests can be displayed upon certain gear, so they can quite literally wear their allegiance on their sleeves.

Benefits
There are myriad benefits to being part of a free company. Each company has a chest whereby members can jointly store items and gil. There are also company actions which grant members bonuses such as increased experience points. Perhaps the most sought after of all perks, however, is the ability to purchase estates and build residences to serve as a base of operations.