In the 79th Letter from the Producer Live broadcast, Final Fantasy XIV director/producer Naoki Yoshida and global community manager Toshio Murouchi shared another round of information covering the upcoming Patch 6.5 Part 1 content during this year's Tokyo Game Show festivities. First and foremost, we now know this patch will release on October 3 and bring with it the next installment of the alliance raid tier, new main scenario quests, and additional updates. The second part of Patch 6.5 will also release from Mid-January 2024. We’ve summarized the major information below — check it out! Patch 6.5 Trailer What's to come in Patch 6.5 As is customary with the .5 patch, it will be split into two parts, including the main scenario quest. This will be the final main scenario update before next summer's Dawntrail expansion. To recap 6.5 content, the main scenario will continue in Part 1 and Part 2. The sidequest 'Tataru's Grand Endeavor' will continue in Patch 6.55. Endwalker Tribal Alliance Quests, Somehow Further Hildibrand Adventures, and Further Manderville Weapons will be added in Patch 6.55. Splendorous Tools quests will be added in Patch 6.51. A new dungeon 'The Lunar Subterrane' will be added as well as a new trial 'The Abyssal Fracture' versus Zeromus. The trial will also

The final major patch following the Endwalker expansion is set to arrive in early October. Split into two major parts, Growing Light - Part 1 will continue the main scenario in a penultimate push towards the Dawntrail expansion releasing next summer. October's update will also conclude the Myths of the Realm alliance raid series with the third duty: Thaleia. This series explores the mysteries of Eorzea's pantheon of gods and their true nature. A new expert dungeon and trial dovetail with the main scenario's Final Fantasy IV kick: inspired after the final dungeon and boss of the game. Additionally, an update to the Duty Support system will make all main scenario dungeons compatible with NPC AI, and the free trial will be expanded to include the second expansion Stormblood and all its post release content - allowing trial players to level up to 70 and participate in content such as the Return to Ivalice raid and the foray into Forbidden Land Eureka. Furthermore, Square Enix has announced that the next Letter from the Producer Live broadcast will take place at Tokyo Game Show on September 23rd. This live letter will be the second of a two-part preview into Patch 6.5. Later in October,

Final Fantasy XIV's limited-time event Moogle Treasure Trove is set to return on August 27th through the launch of Patch 6.5 Growing Light in early October. During this period, completing certain duties will reward you Irregular Tomestones of Tenfold Pageantry, which can be exchanged with the Itinerant Moogle station in each starting city-state. Of particular note: exclusive 10th Anniversary adventurer plate frames, a Fat Cat Parasol, Samurai Chocobo Barding, and the Both Ways hairstyle. Note that tomestones will not be rewarded for duties completed with adventurer squadrons or duty support. If attempted with an unrestricted party composition, the level sync option needs to be applied to qualify. Running concurrently with this event is the return of The Rising seasonal event ringing in 10 years since the launch of A Realm Reborn. "In recent years, demand from collectors and historians has led to a surge of adventurers seeking tomestones, those mysterious relics of the Allagan Empire made to record and keep its secrets. Some small number of the artifacts, unique for the peculiar sort of knowledge contained within, have piqued the interest of the eccentric─in particular, itinerant moogles, who come bearing rare goods of their own to exchange for these "irregular" tomestones." Duties Complete duties to

The Rising limited-time seasonal event returns to Final Fantasy XIV from August 27th through the launch of Patch 6.5 in early October. Ringing in ten years since A Realm Reborn commenced service, a short scenario quest will be available in game. Limited time items from previous years' iterations of the event can also be purchased from the Online Store at a discount. Take a look at the event details below, and, while you're here, check out where to unlock new content in Patch 6.45, which released on July 18, 2023. This patch continues the Variant/Criterion dungeon series with Mount Rokkon, adds a Blue Mage update, a new Hildibrand chapter, and new stages for the Manderville Weapon enhancement quests and Splendorous Tools. You can also check out the recent Live Letter detailing Patch 6.5 Growing Light and the recent announcement of the fifth expansion Dawntrail here. "With gratitude for the journeys thus far, we look to the journeys still to come"(Artwork: Kodai Okamoto) Quest Siblings Rising Location: Speak to Kipih Jakkya @ Ul'dah — Steps of Nald (X: 10.1, Y: 8.7)Requires: Level 15, travel to Ul'dah. "Kipih Jakkya is looking a worried sister."Start: August 27, 2023 @ 1:00 AM (PDT)Stop: Patch 6.5 (Early October 2023) Rewards Mount:• Rising Phoenix Furnishing:• The

Final Fantasy XIV's patch 6.48 is live today following a maintenance session in which adjustments to PvP job actions have been implemented. In the latest notes, Square Enix details what's changed. PvP Season 7 has concluded and Season 8 will commence. For players who participated in the previous season, you will receive vouchers via the moogle delivery service which can be redeemed at the Quartermaster at the Wolves' Den Pier (who has been moved to a new location on the map.) For all players using the common action Guard, the team has increased amount of time repeated button presses will activate and deactivate the action. It's now 2.5 seconds, up from 1 second. This was, as they explained, to prevent the accidental deactivation of the ability. Paladin's Blade of Faith potency has been increased to 6,000, up from 4,000. Blade of Truth's potency has increased to 7,000, up from 6,000. Gunbreaker's Draw and Junction can now be used to target one's self and party members, though the additional effect Powder Barrel will only be granted when targeting an enmy. Black Mage's Soul Resonance will now grant the effect Apocatastasis. White Mage's Miracle of Nature has had its recast time increased from 25 to 30 seconds,

The Moonfire Faire limited-time seasonal event returns to Final Fantasy XIV from August 10th through August 26h. Titled 'Rise like the Phoenix from the Ashes!', a short scenario quest will be available in game. Limited time items from previous years' iterations of the event can also be purchased from the Online Store at a discount. Take a look at the event details below, and, while you're here, check out where to unlock new content in Patch 6.45, which released on July 18, 2023. This patch continues the Variant/Criterion dungeon series with Mount Rokkon, adds a Blue Mage update, a new Hildibrand chapter, and new stages for the Manderville Weapon enhancement quests and Splendorous Tools. You can also check out the recent Live Letter detailing Patch 6.5 Growing Light and the recent announcement of the fifth expansion Dawntrail here. "If you can't beat the heat, bring the heat! The Moonfire Faire is bringing festoonery and fireworks to the city-states and an exciting new adventure to Costa del Sol. Grab your breeziest outfit and make the most of this summer─it's shaping up to be a scorcher!"(Artwork: Kodai Okamoto) Quest Allergic to Sunshine Location: Speak to Mayaru Moyaru @ Limsa Lominsa, Upper Decks Requires: Level 30, travel to Limsa

Following the announcement of Final Fantasy XIV's next big expansion with "Dawntrail", various press and media outlets had the opportunity to sit down with producer and director Naoki Yoshida for a bit of a chat following the first day's events. Whilst the topics did cover a few notes on the expansion, the session was largely keyed in on the game's 10th anniversary and general FFXIV discussion. We at Nova Crystallis had a chance to be there and did have one of our questions pertaining to the 10th anniversary developments and retrospectives selected for an answer. The basis of the question we asked was largely centered on recent discussions with fan feedback. There had been a bit of a revelation that Yoshida often looks at fan comments on social media and the like and how that affects him. With that in mind, we crafted a broader question that looks more at what goes through his and the team's mind when they get so much of that feedback and requests, and how as a developer do they balance that out after ten years of doing just that while still keeping in mind their philosophies of what FFXIV should be. This sort of thing

At the 78th Letter from the Producer Live broadcast from Final Fantasy XIV's Fan Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada, producer/director Naoki Yoshida, English translation director Kate Cwynar, and global community producer Toshio Murouchi took us through an overview of the next major update to the game following the Endwalker expansion. Titled Growing Light, Patch 6.5 will be delivered in two major parts, a tradition for the final major update before an expansion. The first part will arrive in early October (Yoshida stressed "early") and the second will arrive in mid-January 2024. This all leads up to the next summer's Dawntrail expansion, which was announced yesterday. In our summary below, we break down the new content and features that are planned. Patch 6.5 — Early October 2023 The patch title Growing Light has a hidden meaning in the Japanese version 光明の起点（ゼロ) / Komyo no kiten (zero), as the character Zero will have a prominent role as in recent main scenario quests. The main scenario will also be weaving in elements that will further tie in to the upcoming Dawntrail expansion. In the images the team shared from the scenario, we can see Y'shtola with Vrtra in Meghaduta, and the Warrior of Light accompanied by Ryne

When Final Fantasy XIV's fifth expansion Dawntrail launches, the first of many heavy graphical updates will be implemented in the game. This includes better textures, lighting, weather effects, object density and more. In today's keynote address at the game's Fan Festival, we get a look at what to expect for the first round. Content in Dawntrail content has been built with this graphical update in mind, but for previous expansions, the team will be working to upgrade the characters and locations piece by piece. The philosophy behind the update are to improve the screen-wide aesthetic appeal. At the keynote, producer and director Naoki Yoshida stated that Final Fantasy XIV is not a standalone title and therefore they want to take a broader approach than updating assets individually. Higher resolution textures and shadows will be added which will make the game look prettier, as well as improved material qualities in metal objects. The goal is to improve the overall look you know and love, rather than to change things to meet a certain threshold. Players have been playing for 10 years, so they want to prioritize and take care to avoid situations where people don't feel their character looks theirs. The

At a Final Fantasy XIV's Fan Festival in Las Vegas, the fifth expansion Dawntrail was announced for a Summer 2024 release. Bearing the Warrior of Light and Scions of the Seventh Dawn southwest across the Indigo Deep to the "New World" of Tural, the expansion teaser trailer gives us some hints about one possible new job. Bearing what appears to be a short sword, the Warrior of Light is shrouded in a cloak which makes it a bit difficult to ascertain more details, but fans have already started speculating anything from Pictomancer to Corsair, to Rune Knight. Producer and director Naoki Yoshida teased fans by revealing a shirt depicting the 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles', in which new job details can be gleaned but not confirmed. Of course, new details will be forthcoming at Fan Festivals set for London in October and Tokyo next year. Until then he shared their roles: that both will be a DPS (or damage dealer) and that one will be melee and the other will be a ranged magic user. Which one does the trailer depict? It seems like the melee, but we're not quite certain yet. The level cap for combat jobs, crafters, and gatherers will increase to