A number of new recipes will be added to Final Fantasy XI to take advantage of certain crafting guild key items. These key items players can obtain from through guild points have unfortunately been some of the more neglected rewards from guilds due to their relative lack of use in current crafting. This will soon change though, as recipes for such items as Kapor Lumber and Holy Waters will be added that take advantage of some of those key items, making them far more desirable to have.

 On a sadder note, the Mog Bonanza, the in-game lottery that offered some of the rarest and most valuable items in the game as prizes, will be seeing its final installment at Japan's Vanafest. Due to changing global laws interfering with the planned Nomad Mog Bonanza planned for North American and European players, as well as any future installments for those markets, Square Enix has decided to close its doors to the Mog Bonanza entirely. However, there are plans for some other event to take its place in the future, allowing for the same chance for players to walk away with epic prizes and bragging rights.

Excited about the news on the upcoming synthesis recipe changes? Or do you just want to share in the lamentation over the departure of the Mog Bonanza? The ZAM forums have you covered!

From the official Final Fantasy XI forums:

[dev1124] Synthesis Recipes

Synthesis recipes will be added that utilize the following key items:

From the official Final Fantasy XI forums:

Greetings!

As many of you seem to be curious about the status of the Nomad Mog Bonanza, I’d like to take a moment to explain the current situation.

The North America and European Community Teams have been working diligently preparing for the Nomad Mog Bonanza, but unfortunately due to changing times and differing global laws, we will not be able to hold a Mog Bonanza for NA and EU regions moving forward.

While Japan will hold the Nomad Mog Bonanza at VanaFest 2012, it will mark the final Mog Bonanza of Vana’diel. Furthermore, to make sure that our players in North America and Europe aren't left out, we will be holding a separate event where players will be able to win similar prizes (all the goodies from tier 1, tier 2, and tier3…plus a bunch of other rare in-game items), so rest assured we will be giving you a good opportunity to make all your Vana’diel dreams come true!

Also, even though the Mog Bonanza will be gone, we will be offering a different event for our end of the year celebration for a chance to win the items of your dreams!

We will be announcing the NA/EU event very shortly, so hang tight and look forward to it!