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Latest Patch: 1.69. If you have an earlier version, please download the latest patch as soon as possible.

The download has been updated to version 1.69. It includes all fixes up to this point. There is no need to re-download if you have patched in the fixes separately.

You know that game many aspiring devs create? The one starring their friends, often times based on a chat room, or some forums, or a MMO... or perhaps a fangame that barely resembles its source material. The one that gets maybe a half hour of gameplay finished and is completely unintelligible to anyone except that group of friends. Yeah, that one. Now, what if someone actually saw that project all the way through, and attempted to actually make it a fun, accessible, and playable game that was faithful to its source material?

Enter Legend of Balance. This game originally started out as a fun little project for friends, starring characters from Final Fantasy XIV. Over time, and with a ton of effort, it changed into a complete game of its own. It still stars our characters, and there are still a few injokes, but the plot has been set up as such that any Final Fantasy fan can get into the game and enjoy it as a light hearted Final Fantasy romp. Players of FFXIV will find quite a bit to enjoy as well. The story of the game takes place inbetween the end of FFXIV 1.0 and the start of A Realm Reborn(if you haven't played FFXIV, this part probably doesn't matter, and the game can be standalone).

The game revolves around a group of heroes, champions of the realm of Eorzea. In the midst of an intense battle to decide the fate of Eorzea, the heroes are transported away before facing certain death at the hands of Bahamut. Finding themselves separated in a brand new world, the heroes begin a journey to reunite and find a way home. However what starts off as a simple quest quickly unfolds into a classic journey of crystals, great evil, and steadfast allies. Before this adventure ends, they will discover the truth behind this strange new world, and uncover the binds that tie it to their own home and beyond.

-30 to 40 hours of gameplay, including a multitude of sidequests.

-Enjoy a faithfully recreated Final Fantasy battle system. Everything is as you remember it from the classics!

-Utilize classic abilities, including commands such as Jump, Runic, Blitz, Mime, Throw, Mix, Blue Magic, Dualcast, and much more, along with new commands and abilities based on other games in the series, such as Draw Out from Tactics.

-Equip Magicites to gain access to powerful summons and customize your stat growth.

-A huge cast of unique playable characters, including several hidden ones.

-Find and use faithfully recreated equipment. Favorites like the Ultima Weapon, Illumina, Brave Blade/Chicken Knife, Offering, and much, much more is all here to find and use to become unstoppable!

-Dozens of sidequests ensure there's plenty to do, with no need for excess grinding.

-Face off against familiar foes and brand new ones, including a nostalgia filled bonus dungeon for those who complete the main story.

-Facing a foe that your current party can't handle? Switch party members anytime, even in the middle of a fight!

-Buy rare and unique items at the Auction House, and battle in the Colosseum!

-Take part in minigames, including fishing and an arcade-style airship shooter.

-Customizable Battle Speed, Battle Mode, and Difficulty will get you the experience you want, be it tough as nails or a more relaxed game.

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Playing the game at higher resolution

Hey all! I just wanted to post a link to an upscaler that will let you play pretty much any rpgmaker game at a much higher resolution.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/magpie.mirror/

Download this and follow the instructions, open Magpie, then the game, then press alt+F11. I'd suggest using either the Anime4k or CRT upscalers for LoB. This will let you play the game in fullscreen and it will look really nice!

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author=RydiaMist
author=Lion786
Are there any plans of a sequel this game is amazing and no other fanmade final fantasy game has beat it
First of all, thank you for the kind words!

Secondly, quite a few people have requested a sequel, but I'm not entirely sure what I'd do with the story since I assume people would want to have returning characters, and these characters are at least somewhat tied to FFXIV. I suppose it'd be possible to just have them go off to another world again but the end of 1.0 pretty much offered a perfect excuse for our silly plot and I don't really want to just do the same thing again.

I do have another fangame in limbo right now, started to work on it then the pixel remasters came out and now I kind of want to have the game be in that style...


I would say the aftermath of the story but I get it as it can be hard to come up with decent plot around the same players when yeah everything has already been dealt with
It's in a rar file, so you'll need software that can extract those, winrar is a good basic one.
Weirdly I was unable to extract the game.
author=Zeonic_Weapon
Thank you! I was able to download everything, though now I'm getting a "Mode 7 Ace" runtimeerror message. I'll keep working at it!

Can you screenshot the error? That's a weird one. You might need to get the old directx runtime, I seem to recall that being the issue for another person.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8109
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author=RydiaMist
Yeah, it got taken down.... I'm trying to find something that will actually stay up. Mindblowing that after like 7 years this is suddenly happening. If anyone has any suggestions for a good host, let me know please!


Thank you! I was able to download everything, though now I'm getting a "Mode 7 Ace" runtimeerror message. I'll keep working at it!
Yeah, it got taken down.... I'm trying to find something that will actually stay up. Mindblowing that after like 7 years this is suddenly happening. If anyone has any suggestions for a good host, let me know please!
Hi RydiaMist - I would like to play your game but your latest download link isn't working. I know you've had trouble recently but I wanted you to be aware.

Edit: there is one link that works but the zip only contains Data & Graphics folders
Ok well I just tried to post a blog entry for the new download and the site won't let me so that's nice. I need to find somewhere else to host this game I guess.

EDIT: Nevermind it worked finally. Site's been really slow recently. =(
Sorry about the trouble, I have updated the main download to a new google drive link that should work for the time being until I can find a more permanent solution.
Was looking to download the game for a friend because I can't, for the life of me, find the archive I should have already but game itself (1.66 version) requires access, saw in the last post that there were issues with the newer download link, will I ever get access to download 1.66? :)
Can't believe theres an update in 2023!
author=tboctavan
author=RydiaMist
I do have another fangame in limbo right now, started to work on it then the pixel remasters came out and now I kind of want to have the game be in that style...
Holy crap, I haven't been to this site in YEARS, but I remember talking to you about a successor of sorts. Happy to see that it's still on your mind after all this time.

I'm not good at RPG maker at all, but if there's any R&D or w/e you need help with, feel free to DM. I LOVED LoB and would be glad to help.


Hey, thank you for the offer! Since we've gotten quite a few requests, Ashiee and I actually talked about how we could make a sequel to the game that also addresses some of the issues the original had. No promises we're actually going to make anything, but she had some interesting ideas.

I will say that it probably would not have 20 playable characters again. We'd be going the route of a much smaller party with a job system to keep the choice and customization intact. It was fun trying to include as many friends' characters as I could and I am happy people liked them, but it was a real pain trying to fit them all into scenes and give them all dialogue, and I had a ton of ideas I scrapped because I just didn't want to deal with involving all of the characters.
author=RydiaMist
I do have another fangame in limbo right now, started to work on it then the pixel remasters came out and now I kind of want to have the game be in that style...


Holy crap, I haven't been to this site in YEARS, but I remember talking to you about a successor of sorts. Happy to see that it's still on your mind after all this time.

I'm not good at RPG maker at all, but if there's any R&D or w/e you need help with, feel free to DM. I LOVED LoB and would be glad to help.
author=Lion786
Are there any plans of a sequel this game is amazing and no other fanmade final fantasy game has beat it


First of all, thank you for the kind words!

Secondly, quite a few people have requested a sequel, but I'm not entirely sure what I'd do with the story since I assume people would want to have returning characters, and these characters are at least somewhat tied to FFXIV. I suppose it'd be possible to just have them go off to another world again but the end of 1.0 pretty much offered a perfect excuse for our silly plot and I don't really want to just do the same thing again.

I do have another fangame in limbo right now, started to work on it then the pixel remasters came out and now I kind of want to have the game be in that style...
Are there any plans of a sequel this game is amazing and no other fanmade final fantasy game has beat it
The latest version(1.69) doesn't work for me, I'm not able to start the game, Enter and Z does nothing, actually I'm not able to interact with the game at all. I tried downloading 1.66(mirror link) but that requires access permission. I've requested access, but I haven't heard back yet. Help?
author=shadowbringer67
In a small town an epic journey is about to begin


Koen at the north end of town.
In a small town an epic journey is about to begin
author=shadowbringer67
So I'm nearing the end and part of me would like to finish the game before that happens. I've beat bahamut and have followed the guide to my best ability, but where do i go afterwards?


There are a ton of sidequests to do. The walkthrough does cover them all (look above the Ramuh part), but you can also go to the fortuneteller in Emerald to get some hints for them. If you just want to beat the game there's a portal on an island north of Aquaria.