FFXIV’s Tokyo Fanfest had a lot of information bombs on its first day! Read on to learn more about the different announcements and reveals they made!
FFXIV Dawntrail New Information Revealed!
On the first day, Final Fantasy XIV’s Tokyo Fanfest showed a lot of new information on content, system changes, and more! The full trailer above shows but a glimpse of the massive information being made available about the new expansion. We have compiled the information from the keynote. For the previously announced Melee DPS job, Viper, you can find more information from our previous article below.
FFXIV’s Newest Caster DPS Job - Pictomancer
The newest Caster DPS job is revealed to be none other than the Pictomancer, a brush wielding mage who uses mixed aether to "render their imaginings reality." Seeing as the job is new in Dawntrail, those who switch to it will start at level 80 when unlocked. The class can be unlocked after completing its quests in Gridania. Similar to the other Caster DPS jobs, the Pictomancer will primarily cast spells, but they will also have access to instant cast abilities to stay on the move when needed. The Pictomancer will have NO resurrection spells available similar to the Black Mage job, but it will have more support oriented spells.
Being the last Scion to not have a featured outfit change over the years, Krile was revealed to be the Scions’ Pictomancer representative as seen in the full trailer of Dawntrail. She shows off the class’s ability to create creatures from aether.Krile also astonishes and wows the audience with her fun side through her magical razzle dazzle.
FFXIV’s New Playable Race - Female Hrothgar
After months of speculation and waiting, the final playable race is finally revealed to be the female counterpart of the Hrothgar. Hailing from Ilsabard, the female Hrothgar number few among their kind but are easily identified by their "lithe, muscular forms." They are more unique in a sense with their predisposition to leadership. They are a Turali people with shared ancestry, the Xbr’aal, and call Yakt’el home.
The first interactable female Hrothgar will be introduced in the upcoming patch of 6.55, where the full trailer explains that the Scions of the Seventh Dawn are not just exploring the new world for fun, but also for another purpose.
FFXIV Dawntrail New Areas
In addition to a new playable job and race, the information bombs didn’t stop there. In the trailer above, players can find a sneak peek at Dawntrail’s new dungeons and locales to be explored. They revealed new details about the next expansion’s areas and dungeons, including the new player hub!
New Player Hub - Solution Nine
The keynote revealed that the player hub is named "Solution Nine," sports a super futuristic cyberpunk-like aesthetic, which is a very different vibe compared to all the other areas in the game. Interestingly enough, the name is based on one of the Limit Breaks used by FF9 protagonist, Zidane Tribal, in his Dyne form.
New Group Content - Cosmic Exploration
Cosmic Exploration is one of the new features in the next expansion, which will have players traveling to different planets in the cosmos. It may be similar to Endwalker’s Island Sanctuary, but might have a bigger multiplayer involvement, as opposed to the previous one which was strictly solo only. Players of the recently concluded Endwalker story would also note that Meteion also traveled to different planets in search of her answer, and it may be connected to that purpose as to why the players will be able to travel to other planets.
FFXIV Dawntrail New Raids
New Alliance Raid - Echoes of Vana’Diel
In the previous fanfest, they revealed that the next expansion’s Alliance Raid will feature content from FFXI. This time, they confirmed that the Shadow Lord will be connected to the 24-man raid content. The Shadow Lord is one of the primary antagonists of the older MMO, and will be taking the spotlight as one of the challenges the player will face. The Alliance Raid series will begin on Patch 7.1 and will continue through the expansion.
New Normal/Savage Raid - The Arcadion
The new 8-man raid series is revealed to be called "The Arcadion" and will feature a completely original storyline. It will be released one month after the expansion’s release date. It’s funny to note that the revealed area and feature image looks similar to a graphics card, with the community poking fun at the newly announced raid tier.
New Ultimate Raid - Futures Rewritten (Ultimate)
In addition to all the new raids announced, they also announced the expansion’s new Ultimate Raid titled "Futures Rewritten (Ultimate)," which will be based on the Eden Raid storyline featuring Ryne and Gaia from the Shadowbringers expansion. This will be the 6th ultimate in the game’s lifespan ever since the release of A Realm Reborn.
FFXIV Dawntrail Other Information
New Limited Job - Beastmaster
They finally confirmed that the new limited job for the Dawntrail expansion is Beastmaster. Similar to Blue Mage, it will function differently than the normal jobs that’s available to play for the game’s story. It will feature its own collect-a thon, like the Blue Mage’s Spellbook, where it may have players collect various creatures from distinct regions. It also has its own set of unique challenges for solo and party raids.
They also revealed that Beastmasters can group up with Blue Mages to do limited job content together, and have said that more information about this aspect and the artwork will be revealed at a later date. The limited job will NOT accompany the release of Dawntrail, but will have its own release date.
New System Changes and Graphics Update
Square Enix also announced more changes and additions coming to Blue Mage content, Hildibrand questline, Deep Dungeons, Gold Saucer, PVP, and Variant Dungeons. They also revealed that Dawntrail will feature a new "Field Operations" similar to Stormblood’s Eureka and Shadowbringer’s Bozja locations which had their own questline and challenges.
They also showed off more of the graphical updates in the next expansion by showing different images of the current playable races in the game. Also, dyeable gear will now have two different dyes changing the landscape of the game’s glamour endgame.
More Information about FFXIV
The reveals STILL don’t stop there, as FFXIV is finally coming to Xbox! Alongside that, some details regarding the FFXIV x FFXVI crossover was revealed!
FFXIV Finally Arrives to Xbox - Open Beta Test in February
FFXIV will hold an open beta for Xbox consoles which will start on February 21, 2024. More details and information will be released in the near future.
FFXIV x FFXVI Crossover Questline - Early April
As announced before, FFXIV and FFXVI will finally have a crossover questline similar to FFXV before. The new questline will feature a fight with FF16’s iteration of Ifrit along with Clive Rosfield in the encounter. After completion of the quest, players will be rewarded with the Torgal mount, Clive’s attire, and more. No release date was announced yet, but more information will be announced soon.
FFXIV Endwalker’s Final Patch 6.55 Releases on January 16
Aside from all the new information and stuff coming out on Dawntrail’s release, Square Enix announced that FFXIV Patch 6.55, Growing Light Part 2 comes out on January 16, 2024! This new patch features new story content leading up to the next expansion’s story as well as the denouement of the Zeromus saga. Additionally, players will get more quests of the Hildibrand Adventures questline as well as the Tataru’s Grand Endeavor questline for more unlockable glamour gear as well as the coveted Relic weapon.
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FFXIV Fan Festival Tokyo 2024 Twitch Stream - Day 1
