Ride a Giant Cat Mount in FFXIV With Shagcoat Cat

Square Enix updated the Final Fantasy XIV Online Store to add a Shagcat mount that lets someone ride a giant Shagcoat Cat with unique animations throughout the lands and skies. It costs $24, and that gets you a whistle you can use to summon it. 

As is common for these more expensive mounts, it is an account-wide purchase. So every character you own will get a Shagcoat Cat Whistle in their inventory. It basically resembles a Maine Coon or Norwegian Forest Cat with a blue bow around the neck as a collar. Three mount actions are available when riding it. One features the cat stretching, another shows it cleaning its paw, and the last one makes it hiss. 

Square Enix shared a trailer with us, so we can see all three of those mount actions and what it’s like to ride it on the ground and through the sky.

Here are the official screenshots:

While the Shagcoat Cat is a feline mount in FFXIV, it isn’t the only one available. A number of others also appeared ahead of it. Fatter Cat is another one based on the existing Fat Cat mascot character that also appeared as a minion. It’s also another cat mount sold in the Final Fantasy XIV Online Store for $24. A Coeurl appeared in the A Realm Reborn Collector’s Edition as a bonus. Dark Knights can earn a War Panther too.

Final Fantasy XIV is available for the PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC, and the Shagcat mount Shagcoat Cat Whistle is available in the FFXIV Online Store alongside the 7.3 update.