Final Fantasy XIV fans began freaking out earlier this month after the discovery of a mod tool that could be abused to track down players and stalk them in-game, no matter where they were in the popular MMORPG.

In early 2025, a Final Fantasy 14 mod sparked "stalking" fears amid reports it was able to scrape hidden player data, including details like character information, retainer information, any alternate characters linked to a Square Enix account,

Square Enix is aware of the PlayerScope plugin for Final Fantasy 14, and is considering legal action after players raised concerns.

Final Fantasy XIV players discovered that certain plugins, like PlayerScope, allow others to see each player's account ID on alt characters, which is a nightmare scenario for harassmen t and stalking. The current iteration of the Blacklist feature assigns a unique ID to each account rather than individual character IDs as before.

Square Enix finds itself dealing with a controversial mod for Final Fantasy XIV, which is causing worry among its player base.

Final Fantasy 14's community has been frayed at the edges recently, as widespread awareness of a modding tool that allows stalkers—an issue FF14 has had for a while—to have ac