Square Enix has revealed the first major patch for Final Fantasy XIV following the launch of its Dawntrail expansion. This upcoming patch, version 7.1, is titled Crossroads and will be released in mid-November 2024.
Players can anticipate a crossover alliance raid with Final Fantasy XI titled Echoes of Vana’diel. Further, the patch 7.1 series will provide various high-level battle content, such as the first-ever high-difficulty 24-player alliance raid, The Cloud of Darkness (Chaotic), a new trial, a new unreal trial, and a new ultimate raid.
You can view a summation of these forthcoming additions below:
- New Main Scenario Quests
- New Dungeon – Yuweyawata Field Station
- New 24-Player Alliance Raid Series – Echoes of Vana’diel
- New Trial – The Minstrel’s Ballad: Sphene’s Burden
- New Unreal Trial – The Jade Stoa (Unreal): Face off against Byakko, one of the Four Lords, at level 100
- Chaotic Alliance Raid – The Cloud of Darkness (Chaotic): A new 24-player, high-difficulty raid
- New Ultimate Raid – Futures Rewritten (Ultimate)
- New Allied Society Quests – Players will be able to participate in new allied society quests for the Pelupelu that are designed for battle classes and jobs
- A New Custom Delivery Client – Nitowikwe
- Additional Role & Wachumeqimeqi Quests – A new role quest story will become available after completing all Dawntrail role quests, similarly a new Wachumeqimeqi story will become available when completing all of those associated quests
- New Hildibrand Quest Series – Inconceivably Further Hildibrand Adventures
- New Game+ Support for Patch 7.0 – Replay main scenario quests, job quests, and role quests
- Duty Support Additions – Support for the non-main scenario quest dungeon Halatali will be implemented, with further additions in the future
- Player Housing Update – The ability to select interior designs from different residential areas regardless of the location of the plot and new interior designs will be added
- Miscellaneous Updates – Additional updates for the Hall of the Novice with training for a wide range of different battle mechanics, NPC voiceovers added to Doman Mahjong and more
You can view the artwork for Final Fantasy XIV patch 7.1 below:
Check out our review of Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail.
The new expansion in Dawntrailltakes us across the western seas to a land named Tural. Tural is less developed than most countries we have visited, but this doesn’t mean it is uninhabited. The land is ruled by a two-headed Mamool Ja named Gulool Ja Ja. The expansion focuses on a contest for the rights to his throne inside the major city of Tuliyollal. This contest will consist of finding the fabled City of Gold, which will see the Scions racing across Tural in search of it.
Pictomancer will be a Ranged Magical DPS who wields a massive, magical brush and palette. Its attacks feature a variety of colorful paint-themed effects. The Final Fantasy XIV Pictomancer is stated to have greater capabilities than its Final Fantasy VI counterpart and can paint landscapes in addition to monsters. There will also be a new Viper Job and a level cap increase to 100.
Final Fantasy XIV is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC, and Xbox Series X|S.
