Archives (ギャラリー, Gyararī?, lit. Gallery) is a menu option added to Final Fantasy XV in patches. It is similar to the Datalog from the Lightning Saga, in that it summarizes information on characters and enemies. The DLCs Final Fantasy XV: Episode Prompto, Final Fantasy XV: Episode Ignis, Final Fantasy XV: Episode Ardyn, as well as Final Fantasy XV: Comrades, also have archives. Archive entries carry over to New Game Plus and Chapter Select.
Appearances
Final Fantasy XV
- Datalog
- Cosmogony
- Chronicles the Cosmogony entries the player has found.
- Almanac
- Chronicles the location data the player has found.
- Chronicles
- Chronicles the journal entries of Oric Gambell the player has found.
- Letters
- Chronicles the letters the player has found.
- Reports
- Chronicles the research materials the player has found.
- Monoliths
- Chronicles the monoliths the player has found.
- The Ω-Files
- Chronicles the research files on Omega the player has found.
- Datalog entries are exclusive to the Windows and Royal Editions.
Final Fantasy XV: Episode Prompto
- Archives
- Written reports and audio logs.
- Archive Highlights
- Archive of photos the player can collect.
Final Fantasy XV: Episode Ignis
- Documents
- Documents Ignis can find from Altissia.
Final Fantasy XV: Episode Ardyn
- Archives
- Information on the various things Ardyn interacts with and discovers
Final Fantasy XV: Comrades
- Characters
- Character profiles.
- Documents
- Documents the player can collect.
Etymology
An archive is a physical or virtual repository, created to collect, store, and preserve creative works of past eras in their original, unaltered states. The term is also used to describe a collection of materials that contains an expansive body of knowledge.