At FFXIV Tokyo Fan Fest 2024, Square Enix released a ton of new details and recapped things we need to know about the upcoming Dawntrail expansion for Final Fantasy XIV. There is quite a lot of new content and changes coming in Patch 7.0, which fans can look forward to in Summer 2024.
The Dawntrail expansion will take players to the new region of Tural. It includes two main cities for players to explore: the Central and South American-inspired Tuliyollal and the futuristic-looking Solution Nine. There are also many new dungeons coming in FFXIV Patch 7.0 that will feature some of these areas.
There are two new job classes for players to check out, alongside the max level cap’s rise from 90 to 100. The first is the Disciple of War job Viper. This melee DPS class shares gear with the Ninja. The second is the Disciple of Magic Pictomancer. It shares gear with other ranged DPS magic classes like the Red Mage and Summoner. A limited job called Beastmaster is also on the way, though it won’t appear at launch.
Here are some of the other major features, changes, and additions in the upcoming Patch 7.0:
- New actions for all jobs
- New characters
- Updates to existing jobs
- New FATEs, Treasure Hunts, and side quests
- Krile will join as a Duty Support NPC for dungeons and the like
- Graphical update (which will include visual improvements for all gear)
- New Cosmic Exploration lifestyle content that will take players to multiple planets alongside the Loporrits
- New Alliance Raid series in collaboration with Final Fantasy XI
- Futuristic 8-player raid known as The Arcadion
- Updates for various content including Blue Mage, Hildibrand, Gold Saucer, PvP, and more (coming across the 7.X series of patches)
- New Futures Rewritten ultimate raid related to Eden (coming in 7.1)
- New Field Operations content in the vein of Eureka (7.X)
- Beastmaster limited job class in the form of Blue Mage (latter half of 7.X)
Final Fantasy XIV is available now for the PS4, PS5, and PC. FFXIV Dawntrail will release for PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC in Summer 2024 and bring the game up to 7.0.
