It has been just over three months sinceFinal Fantasy 14released its critically-acclaimedEndwalkerexpansion. After the wildly-successful conclusion to the saga of Hydaelyn and Zodiark,Final Fantasy 14is going back to humble roots with its next content patch,Newfound Adventure.
Final Fantasy 14producer and director Naoki YoshidaannouncedNewfound Adventureduring its 69th Live Letter from the -producer. The story ofNewfound Adventuretakes place a few months afterEndwalker, and will be the start of a new journey.
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In addition,Final Fantasy 14showed off other content for players to look forward to. New sidequests revolving around Scion secretary Tataru and a conclusion to the Role Quests are coming in 6.1, with more Hildibrand quests coming in the following 6.15. Players can look forward to a new dungeon, a new extreme trial based onthe final boss ofEndwalker, the new Crystalline Conflict PvP mode, and the “Dragonsong’s Reprise,” a new Ultimate duty coming shortly after 6.1.Additionally, the new Alliance raid, “Myths of the Realm,” will also see its first chapter, seemingly taking us to the Heaven of Lighting–domain of the gods Rhalgr and Byergot.
Beyond that,Final Fantasy 14has plans for many quality-of-life updatesfirst introduced during the previous Live Letter a couple of weeks ago. The Trust system–which allowed players to complete story dungeons with NPC allies inShadowbringersand beyond–is turning into the Duty Support system, and will be expanded to all story content fromA Realm RebornthroughStormblood. Patch 6.1 will only introduce this system in baseA Realm Reborncontent, butFF14wants to do so for all mandatory 4- and 8-man duties throughStormbloodby 7.0.
Players are excited for what they have seen about Patch 6.1.Newfound Adventureis exactly the kind of detox a story likeFinal Fantasy 14needed after the intensity ofEndwalker, and fans can’t wait to see their Warriors of Light take a step back from saving existence for a bit. Players are especially excited for many of the quality-of-life updates, like the Adventure Plates calling card system and the Unending Codex in-game encyclopedia, or the additional glamour system expansion coming in 6.2.
Unfortunately, players will have to wait a little longer than usual forNewfound Adventure. During the previous Live Letter, Yoshida announced the patch cycle would be about 2 weeks longer, so players could expect a full 4 months between patches. That said, ifFinal Fantasy 14continues to deliver consistently increasing qualitylike it has of late, few players will be upset with a couple extra weeks of waiting, especially if it means the developers won’t have to crunch quite as hard to deliver new content.
Final Fantasy 14is available now for PC, PS4, and PS5.
