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{{Game
| title = Final Fantasy XI: Chains of Promathia
| image = [[Image:FFXI CoP Box Art.jpg|274px|Japanese boxart]]
| developer = Square Enix
| publisher = Square Enix
| engine = 
| releasedate = '''PlayStation 2'''<br/>Japan-September 21, 2004<br/>North America-September 21, 2004<br/>PAL regions-September 17, 2004<br/>'''Windows (PC)'''<br/>Japan-September 21, 2004<br/>North America-September 21, 2004<br/>PAL regions-September 17, 2004<br/>'''Xbox 360'''<br/>North America-April 18, 2006<br/>Japan-April 20, 2006<br/>PAL regions-April 20, 2006
| genre = MMORPG
| mode = Multiplayer
| rating = ESRB: T (Teen) (13+)<br/>PEGI: 12+<br/>USK: 12+<br/>OFLC: G8+ (PC) and PG (Xbox 360)<br/>CERO: B (Ages 12 and up)
| platform = PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360
| media = DVD-ROM, CD-ROM
| requirements = <small>(''Windows'')</small> Pentium III 800Mhz CPU, Windows 2000/Windows XP, 128 MB RAM, 4X CD-ROM drive, DirectX 8.1, NVIDIA GeForce or ATI Radeon 9000 or higher, 6 GBs free disk space. Internet (TCP/IP) connection required.
}}

==Missions==
:''Abbreviated as '''CoP'''
:''See: [[:Category:Chains of Promathia Missions|Chains of Promathia Missions]].''

:''While Altana soars on wings of freedom,''
:''Promathia is bound in chains;''
:''his confinement is said to be a limitation he has placed upon himself.''

:''Can this legend be true?''
:''And do rumors of the frightening phenomenon occurring''
:''in faraway lands have any relation to Promathia?''

The unfolding mystery of ''Chains of Promathia'' will bring adventurers ever closer to the astonishing truth behind Vana'diel's origin.

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Launched in fall 2004, this is the 2nd expansion pack to ''Final Fantasy XI''.
:''This expansion pack was included with the European release of Final Fantasy XI.''

==New Areas==
*[[Pso'Xja]]
*[[Uleguerand Range]]
*[[Attohwa Chasm]]
*[[Bibiki Bay]]
*[[Oldton Movalpolos]]
*[[Newton Movalpolos]]
*[[Carpenters' Landing]]
*[[Phanauet Channel]]
*[[Tavnazian Safehold]]
*[[Lufaise Meadows]]
*[[Misareaux Coast]]
*[[Sacrarium]]
*[[Sealion's Den]]
*[[Riverne - Site A01]]
*[[Riverne - Site B01]]
*[[Phomiuna Aqueducts]]
*[[Al'Taieu]]
*[[Grand Palace of Hu'Xzoi]]
*[[The Garden of Ru'Hmet]]
*[[Promyvion - Holla]]
*[[Promyvion - Dem]]
*[[Promyvion - Mea]]
*[[Promyvion - Vahzl]]
*[[Temenos]]
*[[Apollyon]]

==Historical Information==
Japanese name of ''Chains of Promathia'', Final Cutscenes and Expand Quest for first front word is Iroha poem. The Iroha is a Japanese poem most likely written sometime during the Heian era (AD 794–1179). 

The text of the poem in hiragana is:
<blockquote lang="ja">
いろはにほへと<br />
ちりぬるを<br />
わかよたれそ<br />
つねならむ<br />
うゐのおくやま<br />
けふこえて<br />
あさきゆめみし<br />
ゑひもせす
</blockquote>

<blockquote lang="en">
i ro ha ni ho he to <br />
chi ri nu ru wo <br />
wa ka yo ta re so <br />
tsu ne na ra mu <br />
u wi no o ku ya ma <br />
ke fu ko e te <br />
a sa ki yu me mi shi <br />
we hi mo se su <br />
</blockquote>

An English translation:
:''As flowers are brilliant but ''[''inevitably'']'' fall,''
:''who could remain constant in our world? ''[''No one could'']
:''Today let us transcend the high mountain of transience,''
:''and there will be no more shallow dreaming, no more drunkenness.''

An alternative (and possibly more accurate) English translation:
:''Youthfulness shines, but scatters''
:''and who, in this world, is forever?''
:''Today, I climb the deep mountains of life's vicissitudes,''
:''and I will not see shallow dreams. Nor will I get drunk.''