Phaenna Overview, Mission List and Advice in Cosmic Exploration
Phaenna is the second planet Final Fantasy 14's Cosmic Exploration. This page provides all the information you may need to know about Phaenna including how it works, difficult missions and any unique mechanics.
Phaenna in FFXIV's Cosmic Exploration
Phaenna is the second zone related to Cosmic Exploration which released in patch 7.31 as well as the first planet players have set off to explore. Phaenna is the sixth astral body within the star system UL-9 and "three carrots" from Etheirys. A large portion of this star is made of glass including even the clouds above with the land itself being regularly pelted by molten glass. To travel to Phaenna players can speak to Drivingway in Bestways Burrow or on Sinus Ardorum.
As part of Cosmic Exploration, Phaenna features Crafting and Gathering content for both leveling and endgame players with various missions available. Initially this zone features only a small base camp which will be expanded on over time with the help of players.
Completed Map of Phaenna:

Unlocking Phaenna
To unlock Phaenna, you must complete the quest Go Forth, Brave Explorers using a Lv10 or above DoH/DoL class. Start this quest by speaking to Searchingway in Sinus Ardorum (20.4, 20.0).
Phaenna does not require any relic completion or for you to be at endgame. Phaenna features a range of leveling missions and sources of old data types for your relic stages.
Key Locations & Vendors
There are a handful of key locations and vendors available in Phaenna:
- Cruisingway: (27.0, 13.9) - Travel to other Planets/Instances
- Vendors: (28.6, 13.4)
- Alerot: (27.8, 13.1) - Mech Ops Tickets/Fast Travel
- Lefleda: (28.3, 12.6) - Red Alert Fast Travel
- Orbitingway: (28.6, 12.7) - Cosmic Fortune
- Summoning Bell: (28.6, 13.2)
- Scanningway / Starward Standings: (28.1, 12.7)
- Researchingway: (27.9, 13.4) - Cosmic Tools
Important Stellar Missions in Phaenna
Listed below are the more noteable missions in Phaenna including those with specific requirements or unlocks.
Time-restricted Missions
In Phaenna, each class has 3 Time-restricted missions available with some lasting 2 hours and others lasting 4 hours of in-game time.
Table to come soon!
Weather-restricted Missions
In Phaenna the weathers used to trigger Weather-restricted missions are Cloudy and Raining.
Table to come soon!
Sequential Missions
Hitting gold star on specific missions allows the player to unlock Sequential Missions which generally provide increased rewards. These missions at times even have a second Sequential Mission if you hit gold on the first mission.
Table to come soon!
Changelog
- 02 Sep. 2025: Guide added.
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This guide has been written by I'nanghal Shikhu (Discord - Shikhu). He is a Crafting & Gathering theorycrafter, mentor for The Balance and also a guide maker for Teamcraft alongside Icy Veins. He also managed to obtain 10 top 12's on the leaderboard during the Ishgard Restoration rankings.
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