Producer's Live Letter 86

7.2x Schedule

Not everything comes on the initial release, check schedule for content cadence.

PvE

Raid: The Arcadion: Cruiserweight Tier

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Gear

Tomestone Gear

Skill Changes

• Food, pots and sprint are now queue-able
• Sprint has been changed - When it runs out now you will get a new buff: "Jogging"

PvP

Role Actions exclusive for Large-Scaale PvP

• Players may select 1 of 3 actions for each role
• Can be changed at the starting area as well as during the match

Frontline: The Borderlands Ruins (Secure)

Basic Rules

• Up to 72 players, divided into three teams of 24 (standard frontline stuff)
• Objective: Increase the tactical rating and be the first team to the designated score
• Tactical rating can be achieved by:
  • Occupying any of the 9 key locations on the map
  • Battling against Allagan weaponry
    • Defeating other players
• The Key Locations
  • A team can occupy a key location when they are the only team in the vicinity for a short period
  • Holding more locations will increase how fast you get tactical rating score
  • Enemy teams' locations (presumably the ones closer to enemy spawns) can also be claimed
  • Sheer Will Buff: Standing inside the area of the key location (looks like a ring around it) will grant a massive damage buff to ALL players, regardless of what team is occupying the location
• Allagan Weaponry
  • After a certain amount of time, Allagan weaponry will appear at the centre of the map
• Teleporters
  • After some time, three teleporters will appear on the outskirts to immediately transport players to the centre of the map

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Side Content Updates

Cosmic Exploration

• Unlocks by completing the MSQ "Endwalker"
• Can be accessed by DoH/DoL level 10 and above
• Separate Inventory
• New stars will be available to explore are planned for each major patch going forward

Progressing

• Development of a star progresses by World
• Exploration and survey can only be performed on Home World
• Star Contributors will be selected by World
   

Currencies

• Cosmocredits: Exchanged for various rewards
• Lunar Credits: Used to purchase cosmic fortunes, a lottery system with various items. Also used to join mech ops

Critical Missions

• Unusual weather phenomena will occur, causing a red alert. Players must work together to complete a designated objective in a limited time

Star Contributor Award

Timer

• Every 48 hours, Scanningway will count each player's level of contribution to the initiative
• This will be alternating on a 24 hour timer between tally periods and rest periods
• Daily resets will be at (18:00 JST / 02:00 PDT / 09:00 GMT / 20:00 AEDT)

Scoring

• Completing tasks during the tally period will increase your contribution. The player with the most contribution on that period will be awarded the status "Star Contributor"
• Contribution score can be checked by speaking with Scanningway

Reward

• Winners of the Star Contributor award will get the following for 14 days:
  • A hologram of their character will be projected within base camps
  • Their name will be displayed on the bulletin board within base camps
  • A visual effect will be applied on them when out exploring
• After receiving this award, players will be unable to receive it again for 14 days

Cosmic Tools

• DoH/DoL specific tools that can be earned right from the start
• Their item level can be increased by progressing through missions

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Field Operation - Occult Crescent

• Unlocks by completing the MSQ "Dawntrail"
• Must have a combat job at level 100

 

Entry

• Will be done via dedicated NPC (Same as previous forays)
• The instances will be split into 72-players maximum
• If you're in a party, the whole party will be taken to the same instance

Currencies

• Enlightenment Silver Pieces: Primarily acquired from FATEs and critical encounters
• Enlightenment Gold Pieces: Primarily acquired from defeating monsters (not in FATEs or critical encounters)

Balanced Parties

• When you're in a party, you will only be eligible for EXP chains if your party is balanced
• A balanced party will be automatically formed if all members are within 3 levels of each other
• If a member is 4 levels or more apart, you can manually activate the sync to become a balanced party (e.g. If a level 4 groups with a level 6, they will have to trigger the sync to become a balanced party)

FATEs

• FATEs will occur around the isle and can be challenged by players. You can join midway

Critical Encounters

• These are large-scale battles against bosses
• They have no restriction on the number of players that can join in
• They will be displayed on the map beforehand (Will probably have to be queued in via in-game HUD)

Forked Tower

• Last content of the foray
• 48 player dungeon with various bosses
• Lots of hidden gimmicks
• Restrictions on raise (some support jobs can bypass those)
• Hidden rooms
• Must use a special item to enter

Gaining access

• As you explore the isle, you will acquire "ciphers".
• When 16 or more players use these cyphers at the designated location, an aetherial node will activate, teleporting them into the tower's halls.
• If more than 48 players stand upon the aetherial node, players will be randomly selected for entry. Those who have used the ciphers to activate the node will have a higher chance of being selected.

Treasure in the Wild

• There will be treasure chests, if you find one, open it, it's contents are yours and won't impact others as they're all personal chests.

Magic Pots

• Rescue magic pots from monsters and offer them an elixir to receive hits about the location of treasure

Gear

Weapon Enhancement (Relics please!)

• The Phantom Weapons
• Will also be released with the field exploration
• First step is a drop from clearing some content, no further info provided

Minions

Poor quality images incoming, they're zoomed in.

Mounts

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Outside of Game

New Merch

FFXIV x NovelKeys

FFXIV x Isetan Special Collection 2025 (Japan)

FFXIV Line stickers (Japan)

The Primals - Dark Decades Tour

FFXIV x instax - Screenshot Sweepstakes Underway

Hiring Staff!! (Europe)

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Data collected from

• Final Fantasy XIV Discord - Live Letter Translations