During the recent live Letter from the Producer, the producer and director of Final Fantasy XIV Online, Naoki Yoshida, unveiled a new trailer for the very anticipated Patch 7.1, entitled “Crossroads,” which marks the first major update after the expansion Dawntrail. The patch release date is fixed for Tuesday 12 November 2024.
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During the broadcast, Yoshida presented “Echoes of Vana’diel,” the long-awaited crossover alliance raid series with Final Fantasy XI, the first MMORPG of Square Enix. The first raid of the series, “Jeuno: The First Walk,” will be introduced in the Patch 7.1 and will allow 24 players to explore the Vana'diel world together, bringing an exciting connection between the two famous MMORPGs. They were also shown previews of a “Ultimate” raid for 8 players, which will arrive with the Patch 7.11, and a new content from 24 players with difficulty “Chaotic,” available a week after the Patch 7.15. The update also includes improvements to the PvP, new tutorials in the Hall of Novice and more.
Here is a preview of the contents coming with the Patch 7.1:
- New Main History Missions – Crossroads
- New dungeon – Yuweyawata Field Station
- New alliance raid by 24 players – Echoes of Vana’diel: Jeuno - The First Walk
- New test – The Minstrel’s Ballad: Sphene’s Burden
- New trial Unreal – The Jade Stoa (Unreal): Byakko, one of the Four Lords, at Level 100
- Chaotic Alliance Raid – The Cloud of Darkness (Chaotic): A challenging 24-player raid, available a week after Patch 7.15
- New Ultimate Raider – Futures Rewritten (Ultimate)
- New missions of allied companies – Quest dedicated to classes and battle crafts, with the Pelupelu as protagonists
- New customer for personalized deliveries – Nitowikwe
- Additional role Quest and Wachumeqimeqi – An epilogue for those who have completed this role or those of Wachumeqimeqi of Dawntrail
- Hildibrand Quest Series – The famous inspector returns with new adventures in Dawntrail
- Support for Patch 7.0 New Game+ – Relive missions of main history, role and class missions
- Updates to Duty Support – The dungeon Halatali, not part of the main story, will receive Duty support, with other updates in the future
- New for the housing of players – Possibility to select interior design from different residential areas and new furniture styles
- PvP updates – Changes to Crystalline Conflict maps, changes to PvP actions and more
- Various updates – Expansion of guides in the Hall of the Novice, dubbing added to the Mahjong Doman and much more
Also, during the live it was announced that Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail -- The Art of Succession -Relics of Heritage- will be published on 29 April 2025 and is already available for pre-order on the Square Enix store. This color art book collects hundreds of pages of illustrations of the new expansion, with images of characters, settings, equipment and more, as well as a code to get the minion Wind-up Erenville in play. Pre-orders from other retailers will depart from 2 November.
