Where to unlock new content and features in Final Fantasy XIV 6.4

The fourth major patch to follow Final Fantasy XIV‘s Endwalker expansion update goes live Tuesday, May 23rd. Patch 6.4 features new content and features that we’ve summarized below — including where to unlock them.

This includes the continuation of the main scenario in The Dark Throne chapter where you will journey to The Aetherfront and The Voidcast Dais for a trial against Golbez. It also includes the third and final chapter of the Pandaemonium raid series, and the return of Zurvan from the The Warring Triad series as the latest Unreal Trial. Several side stories are also available including the latest in Tataru’s Grand Endeavor and updates to existing systems like Island Sanctuary, Ocean Fishing, and Duty Support are inbound.

Below that, we’ve got details on some of the feature updates, job adjustments, and Patch 6.4 media collected.

While you’re here, we’ve got further details from the latest Letter from the Producer Live broadcast that goes over some of the newest additions including gameplay footage and what’s to come in Patch 6.45.

UNLOCK GUIDE

Content:Quest Name:NPC:Requirements:
Main Scenario Quest
The Dark Throne
Currying Flavor👤 Varshahn
🗺 Radz-at-Han
🧭 X: 4.4 — Y: 9.8
❗ Main Scenario Quest — Gods Revel, Lands Tremble (6.3)
⚙ Lv. 90 Disciple of War or Magic
Expert Dungeon
The Aetherfont
(6.4 Main Scenario Quest)(6.4 Main Scenario Quest)❗ Main Scenario Quest — The Dark Throne (6.4)
⚙ Lv. 90 Disciple of War or Magic
⚙ Item Level 605
Trial
The Voidcast Dais
(6.4 Main Scenario Quest)(6.4 Main Scenario Quest)❗ Main Scenario Quest — The Dark Throne (6.4)
⚙ Lv. 90 Disciple of War or Magic
⚙ Item Level 615
Extreme Trial
The Voidcast Dais (Extreme)
👤 Wandering Minstrel
🗺 Old Sharlayan
🧭 X: 12.7 — Y: 14.2
❗ Main Scenario Quest — The Dark Throne (6.4)
❗ Duty — The Voidcast Dais (6.4)
⚙ Lv. 90 Disciple of War or Magic
⚙ Item Level 630
Raid
Pandæmonium: Anabaseios
Eater of Souls👤 Ruissenaud
🗺 Labyrinthos
🧭 X: 8.6 — Y: 27.5
❗ Pandæmonium — Truth Imperfect (6.2)
⚙ Lv. 90 Disciple of War or Magic
⚙ Item Level 615
Savage Raid
Pandæmonium: Anabaseios (Savage)
👤 Nemjiji
🗺 Labyrinthos
🧭 X: 8.4 — Y: 27.4
Unlocks 5/30/2023 @ 3:00am Pacific
❗ Pandæmonium — ??? (6.4)
⚙ Lv. 90 Disciple of War or Magic
⚙ Item Level 630 (P9), 635 (P10), 640 (P11, P12)
Unreal Trial
The Containment Bay Z1T9 (Unreal)
👤 Faux Commander
🗺 Idyllshire
🧭 X: 5.7 — Y: 6.1
Fantastic Mr. Faux (5.3)
⚙ Lv. 90 Disciple of War or Magic
⚙ Item Level 560
Side Story Quest
Faerie Glamour
A Faerie Tale Come True👤 Thubyrgeim
🗺 Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks
🧭 X: 4.7 — Y: 11.4
❗ Scholar — Forgotten but Not Gone (2.0)
⚙ Lv. 30 Scholar
Side Story Quest
Tataru’s Grand Endeavor
Aggressive Expansion👤 Mehdjina
🗺 Old Sharlayan
🧭 X: 11.8 — Y: 9.8
❗ The Sorrow of Werlyt — Forever at Your Side (5.5)
❗ Tataru’s Grand Endeavor — Small Business, Big Dreams (6.15)
⚙ Lv. 90 Disciple of War or Magic
Island Sanctuary
An Ideal Marriage
An Ideal Marriage👤 Curious Courier
🗺 Unnamed Island
🧭 X: 12.4 — Y: 28.7
❗ Island Sanctuary — A Far Eastern Yarn (6.3)
⚙ “A certain level of progress in enhancing the island sanctuary”
⚙ Lv. 1
Ocean Fishing
Ruby Route
👤 Dryskthota
🗺 Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks
🧭 X: 3.0 — Y: 12.7
❗ Main Scenario Quest — Stormblood (4.0)
⚙ Lv. 1 Fisher
Content to be implemented in Patch 6.45 (Est. Late Jul/Aug 2023):
• Variant Dungeon — Mount Rokkon
• Criterion Dungeon — Another Mount Rokkon
• Savage Criterion Dungeon — Another Mount Rokkon (Savage)
• Blue Mage Update
Somehow Further Hildibrand Adventures
• Weapon Enhancement Quests — Manderville Weapons Update
• Tool Enhancement Quests — Splendorous Tools Update

FEATURES

PLAYABLE CONTENT:
Quests
• Character portraits have been added for battle dialogue during main scenario quest battles between patch 2.0 — 2.55.
• With the conclusion of the Pandæmonium scenario, it will be added to New Game+ upon completion.
• Escort quests from 5.0 onward will be denoted with a unique icon. Older quests will be updated in the future
FATEs
• New items are available from certain gemstone traders.
Treasure Hunt
• Rewards for Kumbhiraskin Treasure Maps and Ophiotauroskin Treasure Maps have been adjusted.
• Rewards for the Excitatron 6000 and the Shifting Gymnasion Agonon have been adjusted.
Grand and Free Companies
• New Charge symbol options have been added to Company Crests.
• New Charge symbol options have also been added to PvP team crests.
• Subaquatic voyagers have new nautical maps, areas, and items. The maximum submerisble rank has been increased from 105 to 110.
• The maximum number of items that can be displayed in the voyage log window has been increased from 10 to 30.
• When non-stackable items have been acquired, the total number of items will now be displayed.
Housing
• The message that displays when confirming the results of a housing lottery in which only one person has participated has been changed.
• Message books will now display the Home World of players who leave a message. A unique mark will now display on messages written by players that belong to the same free company as you.
• New furnishings have been added including those from the 2019 Furnishing Design Contest.
• New orchestrion rolls, seed for flowerpots, and aquarium fish have been added.
The Manderville Gold Saucer
• New Triple Triad cards and NPC opponents have been added.
Island Sanctuary
• The maximum sanctuary rank has been raised to 16.
• New visions have been added.
• New items from the horrendous hoarder NPC have been added and can be exchanged for islander’s and seafarer’s cowries.
• A new gathering area can be unlocked by furthering your island’s enhancement progress.
• New gathering points and materials have been added.
• New construction plots have been added in the hideaway which can be unlocked by furthering your island’s enhancement progress.
• New facilities, sanctuary crafting recipes, and produce have been added.
• New animals have been added.
• New materials can be acquired from foraging expeditions and new isleworks handicrafts have been added.
• A warning that displays when a material deficit will be incurred for handicrafts has been added.
• The max number of minions that you can have released simultaneously has been increased from 40 to 50.
• Furnishing glamours can be unlocked at a certain level of enhancement progress, and can be cast from items in your inventory. While these glamours are not expended, they will be bound to you – meaning they can be traded or sold. Some outdoor furnishing items can’t be used here, and will be denoted in their description.
Miscellaneous
• New hairstyles for viera & hrothgar have been added. New emotes have been added.
Wondrous Tails prizes have had the amount of certificates required adjusted. The Aetherfront and Euphrosyne have been added as objectives.
Faux Hollows has new rewards available for completing Unreal Trials.
ITEMS:
Valentione Emissary’s items can now be equipped regardless of gender.
Glamour Dresser
• Items stored in the glamour dresser and armoire can now be selected from the dropdown menu when performing “Cast Glamour” at an inn room.
• In addition, equipment held by retainers will also now be displayed in the “Cast Glamour” menu.
Nodes
• New miner and botanist gathering points have been added. New items have been added to gathering points. Gathering attempt and integrity bonuses have been added to certain legendary nodes. New fishing holes have been added.
Ocean Fishing
• ‘Ruby Route’ has been added, but requires you complete the main scenario quest Stormblood to use.
Desynthesis
• The level cap for desynthesis has been increased from 620 to 640.
SYSTEM:
• In character creation, the expansion pack required to select certain races will now be displayed if you have yet to register a license for that expansion..
• Certain quests will now display as “???” in the Recommendations window to prevent spoilers
• In order to prevent server congestion immediately after the release of Patch 6.4, we will be implementing multiple field instances for Radz-at-Han, Garlemald, and Elpis.
• The option to display prices with fee included has been added to the market board.
Retainers
• New items can now be obtained from quick exploration ventures. New retainer exploration ventures have been added. The layout of the retainer exploration venture window has been adjusted to include a search feature and a venture history.
Gear Sets
• Gear sets can now be used from the beginning of the game. Up to 100 total gear sets may be saved. When registering a gear set to a hotbar, the gear set’s item level will now display on the tooltip. A guide on using gear sets has been added to the gear set list.
Adventurer Plates & Portraits
• New accents and poses have been added. Portraits will now displaying during treasure hunt and seasonal event dungeons.
Display
• Players can now enable the display of job or class icons in PvE areas. Font color for party members can now be changed according to role.
• “Target to Attack 6,” “Target to Attack 7,” and “Target to Attack 8” have been added to Signs.
• An option to store newly obtained items in the last open inventory slot has been added.
PlayStation Client
PlayStation Plus members may now register one additional aetheryte as a free destination. (PS4/PS5 client only) A “PS” icon will be displayed if both a player and their friend are logging in from a PS4/PS5 console.
BATTLE SYSTEM:
Actions
• Scholar’s Summon Selene has been removed.
• The following actions will now use unique visuals and sound effects when applied to targets: Peloton, Troubadour, Tactician, Searing Light, Magick Barrier, Whispering Dawn, Fey Illumination, Expedient, Divination
Limit Break
• Limit breaks have been adjusted to reduce variance in their damage dealt.
Faerie Glamour
• Glamours can now be applied to the scholar faerie. You will need to complete a new quest called ‘A Faerie Tale Come True’ in Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks (X: 4.7, Y: 11.4).
Pets
• Pets that are moving will now stop immediately to execute actions when commanded.
Blue Mage
• A text-based filter has been added to the blue magic spellbook.
• The “Weekly Challenge” category has been added to the Blue Mage Log, which only displays weekly targets. Contents of the log can now be collapsed or displayed per expansion.
Duty Support
• Duty Support has been added for dungeons: The Sirensong Sea, Bardam’s Mettle, Doma Castle, Castrum Abania, and Ala Mhigo. These dungeons have also been tweaked to accommodate duty support.
Variant & Criterion Dungeons
• Currently equipped variant actions can now be confirmed via status effect icons in the party list.
PvP (General)
• Series 4 will be held between Patch 6.4 and 6.5, during which time you can earn Series EXP and increase your Series level by participating in any PvP duty. Increasing your Series level will unlock various Series rewards.
• To improve visibility in the Clockwork Castletown, the height and size of certain objects in the field have been adjusted.
• Commendation crystals, a new ranking and tier reward, will be added in Season Seven. They can be exchanged by speaking with the commendation quartermaster at the Wolves’ Den Pier. By trading in hellhound weapons with commendation crystals, players can obtain augmented hellhound weapons.
• The designated tactical rating required to win a campaign in Onsal Hakair (Danshig Naadam) has been decreased from 1,600 to 1,400.
• In order to rework the duty in light of Frontline PvP adjustments, players will be temporarily unable to register for the Borderland Ruins (Secure).
PvP (Frontline)
• The warrior and dark knight modifier for damage dealt has been changed from 0% to -10%.
• The scholar modifier for damage dealt has been changed from -10% to 0%.
• The tank and melee DPS modifier for damage taken has been changed from -60% to -50%.
• The physical ranged DPS, magical ranged DPS, and healer modifier for damage taken has been changed from -30% to -25%. (Excluding dancer and red mage.)
• The dancer and red mage modifier for damage taken has been changed from -30% to -35%.
• The amount of time required to fill the limit gauge for dragoon, samurai, dancer, and white mage has been increased by 15 seconds.
• The amount of time required to fill the limit gauge for bard has been decreased by 15 seconds.
• The duration of Stun, Heavy, Bind, Silence, Sleep, and Deep Freeze statuses has been reduced by 25%.
• Daily Challenge: Frontline will now give PvP Series EXP.
PvP (The Fields of Glory — Shatter)
• The designated quantity of data required to win a campaign has been increased from 1,600 to 2,000.
• Allagan tomeliths have been removed.
• The rate at which icebound tomeliths spawn has been adjusted.
• Icebound tomeliths that have been destroyed will now regenerate after a fixed amount of time has passed.
• The amount of data stored in large and small icebound tomeliths has been adjusted.
• The max HP of large and small icebound tomeliths has been adjusted.
• Various adjustments have been made to the terrain and placement of icebound tomeliths.
The Forbidden Land Eureka
• Various logos actions have been adjusted.
Tomestones
• Allagan tomestones of comedy have been added as the latest tier of endgame currency. You can only obtain 450 per week and carry a maximum of 2,000.
• Allagan tomestones of astronomy can be exchanged for causality tomestones after the release of Patch 6.4
• Allagan tomestones of aphorism will be phased out and can be exchanged astronomy tomestones until maintenance for Patch 6.4.
Roulettes
• Duty Roulette: Expert will include the duties: Lapis Manalis, The Aetherfont
The Fell Court of Troia will be moved to Duty Roulette: Level 90
The Voidcast Dais will be added to Duty Roulette: Trials
• Euphrosyne will be added to Duty Roulette: Alliance Raids
Anabaseios raids will be added to Duty Roulette: Normal Raids
The Aetherfont, The Voidcast Dais, and Anabaseios raids will be added to Duty Roulette: Mentor and its item level increased from 595 to 615.
Miscellaneous (Battle System)
• Item level sync (630) has been added to the following duties: The Fell Court of Troia, Lapis Manalis
• The drop rate for the Lynx of Imperious Wind Flute has been increased.
• The following duties have been added to the Raid Finder: The Voidcast Dais (Extreme), Containment Bay Z1T9 (Unreal), all Anabaseios (Savage) duties
• The following duties have been moved to the Duty Finder: Mount Ordeals (Extreme), all Abyssos (Savage) duties
• Echo will now take effect in Mount Ordeals, and Mount Ordeals (Extreme)
• The weekly restriction on rewards obtained from coffers in Euphrosyne has been removed as well as obtaining Euphrosyne Coins.
• The weekly restriction on obtaining Omega Totems has been removed and item level sync of 635 for The Omega Protocol (Ultimate) has been added.

JOB ADJUSTMENTS

PALADIN (Gladiator)
RIOT BLADE
• Potency has been increased from 120 to 140.
• Combo potency has been increased from 280 to 300.
CIRCLE OF SCORN
• Potency has been increased from 100 to 120.
DIVINE VEIL
• Effect radius has been increased from 15 to 30 yalms.
ROYAL AUTHORITY
• Potency has been increased from 120 to 140.
• Combo potency has been increased from 380 to 400.
ATONEMENT
• Potency has been increased from 380 to 400.
• Execution no longer interrupts action combos.

WHITE MAGE
ASYLUM
• Effect radius has been increased from 10 to 15 yalms.
SCHOLAR
• Potency has been increased from 60 to 65.
• Damage over time potency has been increased from 60 to 65.
TEMPERANCE
• Range of effect reducing damage taken by self and party members has been increased from 30 to 50 yalms.

SAGE
KERACHOLE
• Effect radius has been increased from 15 to 30 yalms.
PHYSIS II
• Effect radius has been increased from 15 to 30 yalms.
HOLOS
• Effect radius has been increased from 15 to 30 yalms.
PANHAIMA
• Effect radius has been increased from 15 to 30 yalms.
EUKRASIAN DOSIS III
• Potency has been increased from 70 to 75.

SAMURAI
TENKA GOTEN
• Effect radius has been increased from 5 to 8 yalms.
HISSATSU: SENEI
• Potency has been increased from 800 to 860.
KAESHI: GOKEN
• Effect radius has been increased from 5 yalms to 8 yalms.
SHOHA
• Potency has been increased from 520 to 560.
OGI NAMIKIRI
• Potency has been increased from 800 to 860.
KAESHI: NAMIKIRI
• Potency has been increased from 800 to 860.

MACHINIST
TACTICIAN
• Effect radius has been increased from 20 to 30 yalms.

BLACK MAGE
XENOGLOSSY
• Potency has been increased from 800 to 880.
ENHANCED ENOCHIAN III
• Magic damage increase has been changed from 21% to 23%.

SUMMONER
SEARING LIGHT
• Effect radius has been increased from 15 to 30 yalms.

WARRIOR (Marauder)
STORM’S PATH
• Potency has been increased from 150 to 160.
• Combo potency has been increased from 430 to 440.
VENGEANCE
• The Vulnerability Down status effect has been combined with the Vengeance status effect.
STORM’S EYE
• Potency has been increased from 150 to 160.
• Combo potency has been increased from 430 to 440.
FELL CLEAVE
• Potency has been increased from 490 to 520.
UPHEAVAL
• Potency has been increased from 370 to 400.
SHAKE IT OFF
• Effect radius has been increased from 15 to 30 yalms.
INNER CHAOS
• Potency has been increased from 650 to 660.

SCHOLAR
FEY ILLUMINATION
• Effect radius has been increased from 15 to 30 yalms.
SACRED SOIL
• Effect radius has been increased from 10 to 15 yalms.
DEPLOYMENT TACTICS
• Effect radius has been increased from 15 to 30 yalms.
SERAPHIC ILLUMINATION
• Effect radius has been increased from 15 to 30 yalms.
CONSOLATION
• Effect radius has been increased from 20 to 30 yalms.
EXPEDIENT
• Effect radius has been increased from 15 to 30 yalms.

MONK (Pugilist)
MANTRA
• Effect radius has been increased from 15 to 30 yalms.
BROTHERHOOD
• Effect radius has been increased from 15 to 30 yalms.

REAPER
ARCANE CIRCLE
• Effect radius has been increased from 15 to 30 yalms.

BARD
MAGE’S BALLAD
• Range of the additional effect granting Mage’s Ballad to self and party members has been increased from 30 to 50 yalms.
ARMY’S PAEON
• Range of the additional effect granting Army’s Paeon to self and party members has been increased from 30 to 50 yalms.
BATTLE VOICE
• Effect radius has been increased from 20 to 30 yalms.
THE WANDERER’S MINUET
• Range of the additional effect granting the Wanderer’s Minuet to self and party members has been increased from 30 to 50 yalms.
TROUBADOUR
• Effect radius has been increased from 20 to 30 yalms.
NATURE’S MINNE
• Effect radius has been increased from 20 to 30 yalms.
RADIANT FINALE
• Effect radius has been increased from 20 to 30 yalms.

DARK KNIGHT
DARK MISSIONARY
• Effect radius has been increased from 15 to 30 yalms.

GUNBREAKER
KEEN EDGE
• Potency has been increased from 170 to 200.
BRUTAL SHELL
• Potency has been increased from 130 to 160.
• Combo potency has been increased from 270 to 300.
HEART OF LIGHT
• Effect radius has been increased from 15 to 30 yalms.

ASTROLOGIAN
DIVINATION
• Effect radius has been increased from 15 to 30 yalms.
COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUS
• Range of additional effect reducing damage taken by 10% has been increased from 8 to 30 yalms. Additional effect reducing damage taken now has a duration of 5 seconds.

* This effect will be reapplied upon re-entering the bounds of Collective Unconscious.

DRAGOON
JUMP
• Can now be executed while bound.
• To improve the functionality of this action, Jump will no longer affect the character’s position as recognized by the server.
• The camera will no longer follow your character when executing Jump.
BATTLE LITTANY
• Effect radius has been increased from 15 to 30 yalms.
DRAGON SIGHT
• Now nullifies action direction requirements for self.
HIGH JUMP
• Can now be executed while bound.
• To improve the functionality of this action, High Jump will no longer affect the character’s position as recognized by the server.
• The camera will no longer follow your character when executing High Jump.

PHYSICAL RANGED DPS
PELOTON
• Effect radius has been increased from 20 to 30 yalms.

DANCER
SHIELD SAMBA
• Effect radius has been increased from 20 to 30 yalms.
SINGLE TECHNICAL FINISH
• Range of step bonus effect granting Technical Finish and Esprit to self and party members has been increased from 15 to 30 yalms.
DOUBLE TECHNICAL FINISH
• Range of step bonus effect granting Technical Finish and Esprit to self and party members has been increased from 15 to 30 yalms.
TRIPLE TECHNICAL FINISH
• Range of step bonus effect granting Technical Finish and Esprit to self and party members has been increased from 15 to 30 yalms.
QUADRUPLE TECHNICAL FINISH
• Range of step bonus effect granting Technical Finish and Esprit to self and party members has been increased from 15 to 30 yalms.

RED MAGE
EMBOLDEN
• Effect radius has been increased from 15 to 30 yalms.
MAGICK BARRIER
• Effect radius has been increased from 15 to 30 yalms.

MEDIA

TRAILER — THE DARK THRONE

Main Scenario Quest:

The Dark Throne

“With a gambit that would cost them their very lives, the archfiends Cagnazzo and Rubicante succeeded in destroying the voidgate hidden within the depths of Alzadaal’s Legacy, thus barring the path to the Thirteenth. Yet where there is a will, there is a way─and so the Warrior of Light and allies continue the search for a new means to reach the void.”

Expert Dungeon:

The Aetherfont

“North of the Sharlayan mainland lies the verdant Isle of Haam, a land long protected by the Forum as an academic asset due to its abundant wells of aether. Yet with plenty often comes peril, and what awaits will not so readily relinquish its claim to the island’s lifeblood…”

Unreal Trial:

Containment Bay Z1T9 (Unreal)

“The faux commander bids you regale him with another tale, and from the ashes of memory does Zurvan, the Demon, rise again. Steeling yourself for a fiery battle, you cast your mind to the cacophonous clash of good and evil, the war eternal…”

Island Sanctuary Update

“Expand your exploration to an entirely new area, and decorate your hideaway with furnishing glamours. Island living has never looked so luxurious!”

Duty Support Update

“The Duty Support system has been expanded to include five dungeons from Stormblood. In crimson sunsets do heroes rise, and the Warrior of Light must join with Lyse, Hien, Gosetsu, and their Scion allies to bring peace to Ala Mhigo and Doma once more!

* The duties newly added to the Duty Support system are as follows: The Sirensong Sea, Bardam’s Mettle, Doma Castle, Castrum Abania, and Ala Mhigo. Further updates will be progressively implemented in future patches.”

Raid Dungeon:

Pandæmonium: Anabaseios

“The serene expanse of the aetherial sea is marred by the sudden appearance of Pandæmonium, which has crossed eons to threaten the source of life itself. Its walls loom unmanned, but you know well what horrors once lay beyond them, and in the silence can hear a stirring…”

Trial:

The Voidcast Dais

“After five long millennia, Azdaja’s liberation is at hand. Yet Golbez, her iron-clad captor, will not be so easily cast from his seat of power…”

Tataru’s Grand Endeavor

“Ever eager to expand her list of clientele, Tataru’s gaze is fixed upon a promising new opportunity that has arisen in Terncliff─and she can think of none better than you, the coastal town’s liberator, to secure it.”

Ocean Fishing Update

“The glittering waters of the Far East have long been considered an untapped treasure trove by the fishers of Eorzea, but now the Endeavor offers safe and profitable passage to all! Gaze upon the beauty of the Ruby Sea and wonder at the breadth of the One River as you cast your bait in search of a catch.”



















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About the Author

Tony Garsow Tony joined Nova Crystallis in 2015, and has spent more than a decade writing in the Final Fantasy community. He also contributes to the Nova Crystallis Twitch and YouTube channels, where you can watch select gameplay highlights, previews, and streams.

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