‘The Pen is Mightier’ Achievement

How to find all of the letter locations in FF16 Final Fantasy XVI. Which nets us with the ‘The Pen is Mightier’ trophy achievement. We can begin this challenge after having completed the main quest ‘Cid the Outlaw’. Here Clive gets his very own room with his very own reading table for receiving letters from other characters.

You only need to read 10 of these letters to get the ‘The Pen is Mightier’ achievement but you will want to keep an eye out for some that unlock new side quests. These quests will be required if you want enough Renown for all the Patron Items.

If you just want to see all there is to see of this game, or just want to make sure you don’t miss anything, Here are the times and events where you can expect to get a letter from. All of the letter locations are tied to certain points of the main story

Note: Sometimes a letter will not appear right away but fast traveling to and from the hideaway should be the best way to refresh the list.

There are 48 letters in total.

Main Quest: Home, Sweet Home

Letter 1: The Republic’s party

An automatic story letter that introduces you to the reading table.

Main Quest: The Gathering Storm

Letter 2: A Bird by Any Other Name

Available after completing the side quest ‘The White-Winged Wonder’

Letter 3: An Apple a Day

Available after completing the side quest ‘The Fruits of Her Labors’

Main Quest: Here Be Monsters

Letter 4: A Flame None Brighter

Available at the start of the chapter

Letter 5: All Quiet in the Dominion

Available at the start of the chapter

Main Quest: Bolts from the Blue

Letter 6: Homecoming

Available at the start of the chapter

Main Quest: Riddle of the Sands

Letter 7: A Desert Alliance

Available after completing the sub-quest: ‘Follow the Crystals’

Main Quest: Out of the Shadow

Letter 8: Off the Record

Available after completing sub-quest: ‘Letting Off Steam III’

Letter 9: A Bad Feeling

Available after completing sub-quest: ‘Letting Off Steam III’

Letter 10: About Blackthorne

Available after completing sub-quest: ‘Letting Off Steam III’

Letter 11: About the Other Day

Available after completing the side quest ‘Payback’

Letter 12: A Request for Assistance

Automatically read during the main story

Main Quest: Onward

Letter 13: Greetings from the Crimson Caravans

Available after completing the sub-quest ‘Blood from Stones’

Main Quest: Things Fall Apart

Letter 14: Cursebreaker Intelligence

Available at the start of the chapter

Letter 15: Quite the Mess

Available at the start of the chapter

Letter 16: Word from Northreach

Available after completing the sub-quest ‘Why We Fight’

Letter 17: How Fares the Rest

Available after completing the sub-quest ‘The Flames of War’

Letter 18: The Flames Burn Bright

Available after completing the sub-quest ‘The Flames of War’

Letter 19: Dramatis Personae

Available after completing the sub-quest ‘Down the Rabbit Hole’

Letter 20: A Humble Request

Available after speaking with Otto

Letter 21: On Our Own Terms

Available after completing the side quest ‘An Eye for an Eye’

Main Quest: Cloak and Dagger

Letter 22: Duty

Available after leaving Tabor

Letter 23: Starting Over

Available after completing the side quest ‘For Great Justice’

Main Quest: A Song of Hope

Letter 24: A Riddle

Automatically read during the main story.

Letter 25: A Healers Place

Available after the side quest ‘Tears of Mercy’

Main Quest: Across the Narrow

Letter 26: Captain Dorys

Available at the start of the chapter

Letter 27: Telamon Made

Available after completing the side quest ‘Even Weirder Science’

Letter 28: The Courage to Fight

Available after completing the side quest ‘Rekindling the Flame II’

Letter 29: In Loss There Will Be Found

Available after completing the side quest ‘Trading Places II’

Latter 30: And Tail makes Four

Available after visiting the infirmary during the main story

Main Quest: Back to Their Origin

Letter 31: A New Life

Available at the start of the chapter

Letter 32: In a Mood

Available after speaking with Jill

Letter 33: In Search of a Lost Tome

Available after speaking with Jill

Letter 34: A Fine Hound

Available after completing the side quest ‘More than Words’

Letter 35: Making Amends

Available after completing the side quest ‘An Inconvenient Truth’

Letter 36: Whole Again

Available after completing the side quest ‘An Inconvenient Truth’

Letter 37: Before We Depart

Available after completing the side quest ‘A Tail to Tell’

Letter 38: Safe Returns

Available after completing the side quest ‘A Tail to Tell’

Letter 39: Treasure Hunt

Available after completing the side quest ‘Aiming High’

Letter 40: A Hideaway Welcome

Available after completing the side quest ‘Silver Linings’

Letter 41: Me Beloved Sons

Read automatically during the side quest ‘Where There’s a Will’

Letter 42: Concern for Jill

Available after completing the side quest ‘Where There’s a Will’

Letter 43: The Wages of Fate

Available after completing the side quest ‘Where There’s a Will’

Letter 44: The Greatest Gift

Available after completing the side quest ‘Priceless’

Letter 45: The Triunity

Available after completing the side quest ‘Three’s Company’

Letter 46: A New Day

Available after completing the side quest ‘Lines in the Sand II’

Letter 47: A Note of Thanks

Available after completing the side quest ‘Duty Undying II’

Letter 48: That Which Conquers All

Available after completing the side quest ‘Under New Management II’

After finding all 48 of the letter locations we will then be rewarded with the ‘The Pen is Mightier’ trophy achievement. Which is categorized as a bronze trophy