Final Fantasy XI Online‘s July 2022 update is live, and features a bunch of smaller-scale battle adjustments and updates for Ambuscade. In the summary below, we get an idea of what to expect.

For Ambuscade — this month’s Volume One features Goblins, while Volume Two features Antlions, and both of these encounters have been adjusted to be easier. However, in order to maintain an appropriate difficulty for each level, the Goblins have had some of their damage increased and given Regain. Volume One and Two’s have been eased for Easy difficulty and below and in general there have been a variety of adjustments.

Regarding the Spike Flail ability used by Wyrm enemies in Domain Invasion, which was adjusted last month. The team received feedback the Spike Flair was triggering on players who were attacking from the flank. Until now, bosses were sectioned into two 180-degree arcs in the front and back. So depending on where you stood on the flank, certain positions would’ve been considered to be on the rear. To address this, they divided bosses into four arcs of 90 degrees each, and you’ll only be “behind the boss” if you’re in the 90-degree arc behind them.

Monster for farming Exemplar Points have been added to Tandjana Islet in Bhaflau Thickets, and the team hopes it will be useful for farming Exemplar Points.

New Records of Eminence objectives are available for those who have completed Part 8 of The Voracious Resurgence. The monthly objectives have been swapped out and new objectives unlockable when certain conditions are met have been added.

There is no story update to The Voracious Resurgence this month, but Part 9 will be released in August. The team received feedback from newer players regarding the difficulty of certain missions, and they are currently reviewing said missions to determine if they can be eased without ruining their gameplay value. Certain missions are already addressed in this month’s update.

You can check out the update summary below or the full patch notes here. Currently, Final Fantasy XI has a July login campaign underway where you can snag a Colibri Bed, and a screenshot campaign where a bunch of varied goodies are available as prizes.

Battle-related Updates

• Ambuscade has undergone the following additions and adjustments:
  • The foes in Normal and Intense Ambuscades have been swapped out. As such, the corresponding Records of Eminence objectives have changed.

• Intense Ambuscades have undergone the following adjustments:
  • The damage adjustment gained by the Bozzetto Don, Bozzetto Ravager, and Bozzetto Deathbringer when affected by their aura has been decreased as follows:
    • Bozzetto Don: Damage decreased from 1.0 to 0.5.
    • Bozzetto Ravager: Damage decreased from 1.0 to 0.5.
    • Bozzetto Deathbringer: Damage decreased from 0.1 to 0.05.
  • On the Very Difficult setting, the Bozzetto Don, Bozzetto Ravager, and Bozzetto Deathbringer will now receive a 100 TP Regain effect when enveloped by their aura.
  • On the Very Difficult setting, the potency of the Bozzetto Don, Bozzetto Ravager, and Bozzetto Deathbringer ability Goblin Bomb has been increased from 1,500 damage to 2,000 damage.
  • When using special abilities, the Bozzetto Don and Bozzetto Incanter will now behave as follows:
    • The two notorious monsters will now use abilities if silenced when casting a special ability. If they are not under the effects of silence when using a special ability, they will not use normal abilities until the special ability completes.
  • On Normal or higher difficulty, the Bozzetto Don will now receive a damage increase of 5% per spell when casting spells while under the effects of its special ability.
  • The sleep resistance of the Bozzetto Incancter has been decreased by two levels.
  • Under certain conditions, the Bozzetto Incanter will now have a chance to remove status ailments.
    • At 90% HP remaining, “Bozzetto Incanter” status has a 10% chance of being removed.
    • At 70% HP remaining, “Bozzetto Incanter” status has a 30% chance of being removed.
    • At 50% HP remaining, “Bozzetto Incanter” status has a 50% chance of being removed.
    • At 30% HP remaining, “Bozzetto Incanter” status has a 70% chance of being removed.
    • At 10% HP remaining, “Bozzetto Incanter” status has a 90% chance of being removed.
  • The spawn conditions for the Furious Bozzetto Bomber and Baby Bomber has been changed from depending on the Bozzetto Don’s abilities to a fixed spawn timer.
    • Very Difficult: 20 seconds
    • Difficult: 30 seconds
    • Normal and lower: 50 seconds
    • Additionally, they will not spawn in the first 15 seconds after the battle has commenced even if the spawn conditions are met.
  • The time between Dirty Bomb and Blasting Bomb being prepared and going off has been increased from 4 seconds to 5 seconds.

• Normal Ambuscades have undergone the following adjustments:
  • The capacity point bonus from vanquishing Februus has been increased from +300% to +400%.
  • The attack delay of the Antlion Whelp and Buzzing Fly has been increased from 240 to 320.
  • The resistance values of the Antlion Whelp and Buzzing Fly have been unified.
  • The physical damage reduction granted to Februus per summon has been decreased.
  • The total damage of Gravity Pull has been decreased.

• Certain items obtainable in exchange for hallmarks have been swapped out.
• Certain items obtainable for total hallmarks have been swapped out.
• Certain items obtainable in exchange for badges of gallantry have been swapped out.

• Monster spawn locations have been adjusted in Bhaflau Thickets (Tandjana Islet)
  • “Locus” monsters have the following characteristics
    • Higher HP than Apex monsters.
    • Resistance to area-of-effect attacks.
    • Greater exemplar point rewards than Apex monsters.

• Level adjustments have been adjusted in Bhaflau Thickets.

• The facing calculation for certain abilities of the wyrms in Domain Invasion has been adjusted from 180 degrees behind to 90 degrees behind.

ITEM-related Updates

• New items have been added.

• The following items may be stored via the Porter Moogle:
  • Storage Slip 22
  • Colibri Bed

Final Fantasy XI digest #37