As of March 8, 2007, World Passes are no longer needed or valid. However, Gold World Passes for the Vana'diel Adventurer Recruitment Program can still be bought and used. A World Pass is a ten-digit number used to assign your new character to one of the 32 available Worlds commonly referred to as . A World Pass is obtained via purchased from one of three NPCs known as a World Pass Merchant which each occupy one of the three starting nations. World Pass Merchants are located in each major nation as follows: