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id: rpg-grind--seasonal-resets
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title: Seasonal partial resets
summary: >-
  A new season resets specified tracks or the economy while preserving stated
  outcomes.
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  - id: source-1e1cff35e7d9ee46
    title: Final Fantasy XIV
    url: 'https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/pvpguide/system/'
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    updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
    title: Seasonal partial resets
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      A new season resets specified tracks or the economy while preserving
      stated outcomes.
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      src: images/mechanics/rpg-ffxiv-pvp-system-63.webp
      width: 880
      height: 474
      game: Final Fantasy XIV
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        Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Official game guide or
        publisher-distributed screenshot; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT
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      caption: A series defines the period for earning PvP rewards
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      - 'Before a new season, list which tracks reset and which rewards persist.'
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  2026-10-20 and expanded to cover activities, progression goals, reward rules
  and constraints. All original thirty family/branch/variant identities are
  preserved. Official developer and publisher sources support only the
  specifically described released-game observations; design variants and
  scenarios are hypothetical.
license: CC-BY-4.0
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---
# Seasonal partial resets

id: rpg-grind--seasonal-resets
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/rpg-grind--seasonal-resets
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/rpg-grind--seasonal-resets/

A new season resets specified tracks or the economy while preserving stated outcomes.

## At a glance

![A series defines the period for earning PvP rewards](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/rpg-ffxiv-pvp-system-63.webp)

[Final Fantasy XIV](https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/pvpguide/system/) · Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Official game guide or publisher-distributed screenshot; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.

1. The series number distinguishes this reward period from others

- Before a new season, list which tracks reset and which rewards persist.

- [Final Fantasy XIV](https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/pvpguide/system/)

## How it works

A new season resets specified tracks or the economy while preserving stated outcomes.

## Variants

### Variants

<a id="seasonal-resets-options"></a>

- Start a separate seasonal economy. <a id="seasonal-resets-option-1"></a>
- Refresh the cycle's rules and goals. <a id="seasonal-resets-option-2"></a>
- Transfer specified results into a permanent mode. <a id="seasonal-resets-option-3"></a>

## Design example

Seasonal heroes start without gold but retain commemorative appearances from earlier seasons.

## Context and limits

A systematic RPG grind reference: 110 mechanics and 330 variants in 18 sections. Four layers answer different questions: what the player repeats, what develops, how rewards arrive and what constrains the loop. It covers single-player RPGs, ARPGs, MMORPGs and adjacent management and accumulation systems. Every mechanic has an explanation, variants and a hypothetical example; coverage, combinations and verified game observations follow the catalog.

## Connected materials


## Sources and provenance

Original editorial RPG grind taxonomy authored for gamemechanics.pro on 2026-10-20 and expanded to cover activities, progression goals, reward rules and constraints. All original thirty family/branch/variant identities are preserved. Official developer and publisher sources support only the specifically described released-game observations; design variants and scenarios are hypothetical.

- [Final Fantasy XIV](https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/pvpguide/system/) (id: source-1e1cff35e7d9ee46)

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