Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail patch notes: All major changes and everything new in Update 7.0

Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail will go live on Early Access on June 28, but the full patch notes for update 7.0 are already here. Alongside the myriad new additions and content coming with the Dawntrail expansion, the patch notes also highlight the various coats of polish it adds to the base game - which makes for an exciting occasion for the entire player base.

For those who are not completely sold on the Dawntrail expansion, update 7.0 will still bring the graphical improvements. From July 2 onwards, Final Fantasy 14 will look better than ever.

Without further ado, let us dive into the preliminary patch notes for Final Fantasy 14 update 7.0, alongside a detailed breakdown of what's coming in the Dawntrail expansion.

Note: While the new client update (7.0) will be mandatory for all players, some of these changes will only affect players who own specific expansions.

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Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail: All new playable content in Update 7.0

Dawntrail - Areas

• Two new cities: Tuliyollal, Solution Nine
• Five new field areas: Urqopacha, Kozama'uka, Yak T'el, Shaaloani, Heritage Found
• Four new dungeons. After beginning a boss encounter in dungeons newly introduced in Patch 7.0, the shortcut warp will take players to the boss area's entrance.

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Dawntrail - Quests and questing improvements

As anyone would guess, the Dawntrail expansion continues the MSQ through new main scenario quests.

The official patch notes states:

"Patch 7.0 introduces myriad quests in addition to the main scenario. As such, there may be cases where the patch notes only cite the initial quest in a series, or omit quests entirely to prevent spoilers."

It further reads:

"We encourage players to explore and discover what new stories and adventures await. So that all players are able to enjoy the expansion at their own pace, we kindly ask that you do not post main scenario spoilers on the official forums, Lodestone, social media, or in videos."

After players finish the main scenario quest 'The Coming Dawn', they can start off the Dawntrail expansion with 'A New World to Explore'.

• Requirements: Disciple of War or Magic level 90
• Location: Old Sharlayan (X:9.2 Y:11.2)
• NPC: Ojika Tsunjika
• Players must first complete the main scenario quest "The Coming Dawn."

A more decluttered questing experience

Players can now temporarily hide the display of nearby player characters when interacting with quest-related NPCs or objects.

Adjust this setting via the Character Configuration menu by selecting Control Settings followed by the General tab, then checking or unchecking the options under "Quest Progression Settings."

• Hide nearby players when close to quest NPCs.
• Enabling this option will temporarily hide nearby players when you approach NPCs or objects with a quest icon.
• Hide nearby players when interacting with quest NPCs.
• Enabling this option will temporarily hide nearby players when you interact with NPCs or objects with a quest icon.

An additional option is available to also hide party members.

• * These options are only applicable to NPCs or objects with a quest icon.
• * These options will not be applied to players who are targeted or force-targeted.
• * These options do not apply to certain quests.

Quest Sync system

Side story quests added in Patch 7.0 will employ an automatic level adjust system known as Quest Sync.

• Quests using this system will have their difficulty and EXP rewards adjusted to match your current level.
• Certain side-story quests do not use Quest Sync.

Tailing quests indicator, and more questing QoL

• Quest objectives that require following an NPC will now utilize visual indicators to help players avoid detection.
• Players can now select icons in the Duty List to carry out quest objectives, such as using emotes or opening the Crafting Log. As of the release of Dawntrail, this feature is only applicable to quests implemented in Patch 7.0. Implementation for past quests is planned in future updates.
• Players may now adjust text auto-advance settings to apply only to voiced dialogue.
• To help alleviate issues with misinputs when completing quest objectives that require entering phrases with the chat mode in Say, certain half-width and full-width characters will now be treated as the same character when typing.
• The categorization of certain allied society quests has been adjusted (Tribal Quets > Allied Society Quests).

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Sidequest: Bottled Fantasy

• Region: Thanalan
• Requirement: Any class or job level 1. Players must first complete the main scenario quest "The Scions of the Seventh Dawn."
• Location: Ul'dah - Steps of Thal (X:13.4 Y:9.2)
• NPC: Medicine Merchant
• Players will receive a phial of Fantasia upon completing this quest.

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Dawntrail - Role Quests

Uncouth Customers

• Requirements: Disciple of War or Magic level 90. Players must progress to a certain point in the Dawntrail main scenario.
• Location: Tuliyollal (X:12.4 Y:14.5)
• NPC: Br'uk Evu

The Narwhal Beckons - Tank (Paladin / Warrior / Dark Knight / Gunbreaker)

• Requirements: Paladin, Warrior, Dark Knight, or Gunbreaker level 90. Players must first complete the role quest "Uncouth Customers."
• Location: Tuliyollal (X:12.9 Y:15.0)
• NPC: Loazenikwe

The Hunter and the Hunted - Melee DPS (Monk / Dragoon / Ninja / Samurai / Reaper / Viper)

• Requirements: Monk, Dragoon, Ninja, Samurai, Reaper, or Viper level 90. Players must first complete the role quest "Uncouth Customers."
• Location: Radz-at-Han (X:11.8 Y:14.9)
• NPC: Shashepya

To Steal a Steelhog - Physical Ranged DPS (Bard / Machinist / Dancer)

• Requirements: Bard, Machinist, or Dancer level 90. Players must first complete the role quest "Uncouth Customers."
• Location: Tuliyollal (X:12.5 Y:15.0)
• NPC: Raholl Ja

Power Forgotten - Magical Ranged DPS (Black Mage / Summoner / Red Mage / Pictomancer)

• Requirements: Black Mage, Summoner, Red Mage, or Pictomancer level 90. Players must first complete the role quest "Uncouth Customers."
• Location: Tuliyollal (X:12.8 Y:14.8)
• NPC: Tsuuhe

In the Sting of Things - Healer (White Mage / Scholar / Astrologian / Sage)

• Requirements: White Mage, Scholar, Astrologian, or Sage level 90. Players must first complete the role quest "Uncouth Customers."
• Location: Tuliyollal (X:12.0 Y:15.0)
• NPC: Nyipine

Additional quests unlocked upon completing the entirety of the main scenario and all the five-role quest series will be added in a future update.

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Dawntrail - Job Quests

Enter The Viper - Viper

• Requirement: Disciple of War or Magic level 80
• Location: Ul'dah - Steps of Nald (X: 9.3 Y:9.2)
• NPC: Worried Weaver

The Joy of Pictomancy - Pictomancer

• Requirement: Disciple of War or Magic level 80
• Location: Old Gridania (X:8.0 Y:10.3)
• NPC: Cheerless Hearer

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New Wachumeqimeqi Deliveries

Each Disciple of the Hand or Land will be able to progress through one of five series of quests associated with the different shops of Wachumeqimeqi.

Completing deliveries for a shopkeeper of Wachumeqimeqi will advance the story of that particular shopkeeper.

• Because Wachumeqimeqi Delivery quest rewards include crafters' scrips and gatherers' scrips, players must first complete the quest "Inscrutable Tastes" before undertaking deliveries.

Wrought in Wachumeqimeqi

• Requirements: Disciple of the Hand or Land level 90
• Location: Tuliyollal (X:16.1 Y:11.1)
• NPC: Ropli
• Players must first complete the sidequest "Inscrutable Tastes," and make progress to a certain point in the Dawntrail main scenario.

Your Friendly Neighborhood Metalworker - XRral Soj Metalwares (Blacksmith / Armorer / Goldsmith)

• Requirement: Blacksmith, Armorer, or Goldsmith level 90
• Location: Tuliyollal (X:16.9 Y:11.0)
• NPC: Rral Soj
• Players must first complete the quest "Wrought in Wachumeqimeqi."

Epistles by Pameka - Pameka, the Scrivener (Carpenter / Leatherworker / Weaver)

• Requirements: Carpenter, Leatherworker, or Weaver level 90
• Location: Tuliyollal (X:16.6 Y:11.3)
• NPC: Pameka
• Players must first complete the quest "Wrought in Wachumeqimeqi."

Blame It on My Juice - Xeerol Ja Juicecraft (Alchemist / Culinarian)

• Requirements: Alchemist or Culinarian level 90
• Location: Tuliyollal (X:16.4 Y:11.0)
• NPC: Xeerol Ja
• Players must first complete the quest "Wrought in Wachumeqimeqi."

Hands for Hire - Shunye's Apothecary (Miner / Botanist)

• Requirements: Miner or Botanist level 90
• Location: Tuliyollal (X:15.9 Y:11.3)
• NPC: Greying Gatherer
• Players must first complete the quest "Wrought in Wachumeqimeqi."

Fishmonger Blues - Fish Fancies Donuhanu (Fisher)

• Requirements: Fisher level 90
• Location: Tuliyollal (X:17.1 Y:11.2)
• NPC: Donuhanu
• Players must first complete the quest "Wrought in Wachumeqimeqi."

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Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail patch notes: All changes in Update 7.0 for base game and expansions

Endwalker

• The number of aether currents in all Endwalker areas has been reduced.
• Players who met this new aether current requirement before the release of Patch 7.0 will unlock the ability to fly in each area.

Leves

New tradecraft and fieldcraft leves allowing multiple turn-ins have been added.

• Experience points rewarded when using a class at level 90 or above to complete a leve with a level requirement below 90 have been capped at 1,000.

FATEs

Players will receive bicolor gemstones upon completing FATEs in 7.0 areas. This currency can be exchanged with Gemstone Trader NPCs for various goods.

• Furthermore, as you continue to complete FATEs in these new areas, Gemstone Traders will offer a wider selection of items.
• To view your progress in each area, select Shared FATE under Travel in the main menu.
• The maximum store of bicolor gemstones has been increased from 1,000 to 1,500.
• FATEs that grant a bonus to experience points gained will now also grant a bonus to earned bicolor gemstones.
• The game client will now respond more quickly when opening the Shared FATE window or changing between categories.
• Large-scale FATEs that take place at fixed locations will now also appear on the map like regular FATEs.

Barring those added in 7.0, the large-scale FATES are:

• The Head, the Tail, the Whole Damned Thing
• A Finale Most Formidable
• Devout Pilgrims vs. Daivadipa
• Omicron Recall: Killing Order

Treasure maps and Treasure hunts

• Loboskin Treasure Maps and Br'aaxskin Treasure Maps have been added.
• Rewards for Saigaskin Treasure Maps, Kumbhiraskin Treasure Maps, and Ophiotauroskin Treasure Maps have been adjusted.
• Allagan tomestones rewarded for completion of Saigaskin Treasure Maps, Kumbhiraskin Treasure Maps, and Ophiotauroskin Treasure Maps have been changed from Allagan tomestones of causality and Allagan tomestones of comedy to Allagan tomestones of poetics.
• * Starting in Patch 7.05, there will be a chance for a teleportation portal to appear when completing Br'aaxskin Treasure Maps.
• The Excitatron 6000 and the Shifting Gymnasion Agonon will now be level synced, adjusting player levels to 90.

Grand and Free companies

• Additional items will now be accepted for supply and provisioning missions.
• Viper and pictomancer symbol options have been added to the Charge category of the Company Crest editor.
• New craftable items have been added to the company workshop.

The following additions and adjustments have been made to subaquatic voyages:

• New areas have been added.
• New items have been added.
• Maximum submersible rank has been increased from 115 to 120.

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Housing

• After entering the lottery for an estate, viewing the placard for a different plot before confirming the results of your entry will now remind you of the estate address of the plot you bid on.
• Furnishings from the FFXIV Furnishing Design Contest have been added.
• Additional brand-new furnishings have been added.
• Crafting facility furnishings can now be used by crafting classes up to level 90.
• In accordance with the increased character level cap, level 100 striking dummies have been added.
• New orchestrion rolls have been added.
• New aquarium fish have been added.
• A new seed for flowerpots has been added.

Garden Sunflower Seeds

Garden sunflower seeds can be purchased from the following NPCs:

• Mist (X:11.0 Y:11.4) - Material Supplier
• The Lavender Beds (X:11.9 Y:8.3) - Material Supplier
• The Goblet (X:10.9 Y:8.9) - Material Supplier
• Shirogane (X:10.5 Y:12.1) - Material Supplier
• Empyreum (X:10.2 Y:12.2) - Material Supplier
• Apartments - Apartment Merchant
• New Gridania (X:11.0 Y:11.2) - Tanie

Ward Classifications

Ward classifications have been adjusted for residential districts on certain Worlds. Changes will go into effect on Saturday, June 29, 2024, at 8:00 AM (PDT) / 15:00 (GMT) / June 30, 2024, at 1:00 AM (AEST).

Wards are available for purchase for the following parties (All Worlds in the Dynamis Data Center / Phantom / Sagittarius / Alpha / Raiden):

• Wards 1-6 and Ward 25: Free Companies
• Ward 7-20 and Wards 26-29: Free Companies/Private Buyers
• Wards 21-24 and Ward 30: Private Buyers
• * Ward classifications for all other Worlds will remain unchanged.
• * Changes to ward classifications will have no effect on plots that have already been purchased. You can find out more about this here.

Estate Holder Rights system

The Estate Holder Rights system has been implemented:

Players can now eject characters from their estate hall or garden, and bar characters from entering their property.

To bar a character from your property, you must first be on your estate grounds and have the requisite authority. Target the character you wish to bar and select "Bar from Property" in the subcommand menu. Choose "Register as Barred Character." They will be ejected from the estate grounds and moved to the housing area entrance.

Barred characters will remain on the "Barred Characters list" for ten days. During this time, any attempts to enter your estate hall or garden will transport them back to the housing area entrance.

To view or adjust these settings, select Housing from the Social menu, followed by Estate Settings, then Estate Holder Rights. Authorization settings will differ according to the type of residence.

Free Company Estate

The free company master is the main rightsholder and may appoint up to four free company members as secondary rightsholders.

Personal Estate

The estate owner is the main rightsholder and may appoint up to three tenants as secondary rightsholders.

Apartment / Private Chambers

The apartment or private chamber owner is the main rightsholder, and cannot appoint secondary rightsholders.

It should be noted that, when secondary rightsholders with the setting enabled are present on an estate, characters on their blacklist may also be denied access to the property. Which rightsholders' blacklists will be included to determine who is barred from the estate may be adjusted via the Estate Holder Rights window.

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The Manderville Gold Saucer

• New prizes are available for purchase using MGP.

The following additions have been made to Triple Triad:

• New cards have been added.
• New NPC opponents for Triple Triad have been added.
• Players can now engage in Triple Triad matches in new areas.
• Card numbers have been added to the item description of all Triple Triad cards.

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Retainers

• Retainers can now be registered to the Tuliyollal market.
• You may now create female Hrothgar retainers.
• The retainer level cap has been raised to 100.
• New retainer ventures have been added.
• New items can now be obtained from quick exploration ventures.

Retainers can now be assigned viper and pictomancer jobs. The following requirements need to be met:

• Retainers cannot be already assigned a job or must be reset if they are.
• * If your retainer has already been assigned a class or job, open the retainer menu and select "Reset retainer class." Please note, however, that doing so will lower the retainer's level to 1.
• Retainers must be Disciples of War or Magic at level 80 or higher.
• Players must first unlock the viper and pictomancer jobs.
• Players must possess a copy of Modern Vocation.

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Character Creation

• Players can now select female Hrothgar when creating a character.
• Regardless of your progression in the main scenario, female Hrothgar will be selectable when creating new characters, editing your character's appearance using Fantasia, or hiring a retainer.
• A winning entry from the FFXIV Hairstyle Design Contest is now available.
• New hairstyles have been added.
• A new lighting option has been added to the aetherial background.
• Character combat voice lines can now be sampled.
• Class selection is now grouped by roles.
• When using the aesthetician, the display of headgear and facewear can now be toggled on or off.
• When editing character appearance by way of Fantasia, players will have 60 minutes of in-game playtime from the initial usage to re-edit their appearance as many times as they desire.

Trust

The following additions and adjustments have been made to the Trust system:

Krile has been added as a new avatar NPC.

She will become available after progressing to a certain point in the main scenario.

In accordance with the increased character level cap, the level cap for avatar NPCs has also been increased.

By progressing through the main scenario, avatar NPCs can reach a maximum level of 100.

New glamours will be unlocked for avatar NPCs that reach level 100.

Wondrous Trails

Prizes available in exchange for Khloe's Gold Certificate of Commendation, Khloe's Silver Certificate of Commendation, and Khloe's Bronze Certificate of Commendation have been adjusted.

The following duties have been added as objectives for Wondrous Tails:

• The Minstrel's Ballad: Endsinger's Aria
• Storm's Crown (Extreme)
• Mount Ordeals (Extreme)
• The Voidcast Dais (Extreme)
• The Abyssal Fracture (Extreme)
• Level 91-99 Dungeons
• Level 100 Dungeons

The addition of these duties will not affect a Wondrous Tails in your possession before reaching level 100 with at least one Disciple of War or Magic.

The addition of these duties will not affect a Wondrous Tails in your possession prior to reaching level 100 with at least one Disciple of War or Magic. Completing any duty from a series will be counted toward objectives, granting a seal.

The following raids and alliance raids have been grouped into raid series categories:

Before	After
Eden's Gate: Resurrection or Descent Eden's Gate: Inundation or Sepulture	Eden's Gate
Eden's Verse: Fulmination or Furor Eden's Verse: Iconoclasm or Refulgence	Eden's Verse
Eden's Promise: Umbra or Litany Eden's Promise: Anamorphosis or Eternity	Eden's Promise
The Labyrinth of the Ancients Syrcus Tower The World of Darkness	Alliance Raids (A Realm Reborn)
The Void Ark The Weeping City of Mhach Dun Scaith	Alliance Raids (Heavensward)
The Royal City of Rabanastre The Ridorana Lighthouse The Orbonne Monastery	Alliance Raids (Stormblood)
The Copied Factory The Puppets' Bunker The Tower at Paradigm's Breach	Alliance Raids (Shadowbringers)
Aglaia Euphrosyne Thaleia	Alliance Raids (Endwalker)

• Skywatcher NPCs have been added to the new areas. Skywatcher NPCs in 6.0 and previous areas will also be able to offer weather forecasts for 7.0 areas. However, special requirements must be met for certain locations.

Island Sanctuary

When selecting the plus button on the Isleworks Agenda interface, players can now choose whether Set Agenda or Supply & Demand is the default window that opens.

From the Islekeep's Index, select Sanctuary Settings, then Default Agenda Settings under the Workshop tab.

• The Sanctuary Gathering Log can now be opened via the Material Allocation window.
• The Material Allocation window will now save sorting settings.
• When selling materials in bulk via the enterprising exporter, the quantity set may now be saved for future transactions.

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All combat Changes in Final Fantasy 14 Update 7.0

• The level cap for all Disciples of War and Magic has been raised to 100.
• The viper and pictomancer jobs have been added. These jobs have no corresponding classes and begin at level 80.
• New job actions have been added.
• Actions and traits have been adjusted.
• The layout of the Blue Magic Spellbook interface has been adjusted.
• Certain status effects granted by class and job actions will now be removed when changing areas or entering an instanced duty.
• The effects of certain monster and NPC actions have been adjusted.
• The armoury bonus granted below level 90 has been increased from 50% to 100%.
• The armoury bonus is applied to all available Disciples of War and Magic other than your highest level job or class. From level 90 onward, the armoury bonus is a 50% increase in EXP gained.
• In accordance with the increased level cap, New World and Preferred World character bonuses now apply to all jobs at level 89 or below.
• Four new enemies have been added.
• In accordance with the increased level cap, players can now gain experience from level 90 dungeons, trials, and 6.x alliance raid dungeons.
• New trials have been added.
• Unreal trials have been temporarily disabled. Players may still exchange Faux Leaves for various rewards.
• A new unreal trial is scheduled to be added in Patch 7.1.
• The strength of the Echo granted in Pandæmonium: Anabaseios (Savage) has been increased. The Echo will take effect upon entering Pandæmonium: Anabaseios (Savage), increasing players' maximum HP, damage dealt, and healing potency by 20%. Unlike other instances, the strength of the Echo will not increase in the event all party members are incapacitated.
• The Spire of Trial, an expansion of Stone, Sky, Sea, has been added.
• The weekly restriction on receiving Cracked Anthoclusters upon clearing Thaleia has been removed.
• Four new Elite Marks have been added.

The following adjustments have been made to limit breaks:

• Monks will no longer change position when executing Final Heaven.
• Dragoons will no longer change position when executing Dragonsong Dive.

Players will now receive the power of the Echo in the event all party members are incapacitated during the following trials:

• The Abyssal Fracture
• The Gilded Araya

Each time players restart the aforementioned trial, they will be granted a 10% Echo effect boost, which increases each restart up to a maximum of 50%. If a player restarts after battling for less than three minutes, they will not be granted this effect.

• The Abyssal Fracture (Extreme)

Each time players restart the aforementioned trial, they will be granted a 5% Echo effect boost, which increases each restart up to a maximum of 25%. If a player restarts after battling for less than three minutes, they will not be granted this effect.

Players can now hunt regular and elite marks in the new areas.

Marks defeated in the new areas will also yield Sacks of Nuts, which can be exchanged for various items. Players must first complete the following quest before taking up the Hunt in these areas:

A new Dawn, A new Hunt

• Disciple of War or Magic level 90
• Tuliyollal (X:11.8 Y:13.7)
• Wing of Protection Scout
• Players must first complete the quest "Elite and Dangerous" and have progressed to a certain point in the main scenario.

You can exchange Sacks of Nuts for items with the following NPCs:

• Tuliyollal (X:13.9 Y:13.4) - Ryubool Ja

Viper and Pictomancer's arms are now available from the following deep dungeon vendors:

• South Shroud (X:25.0 Y:20.6) - E-Una-Kotor
• Ruby Sea (X:21.2 Y:9.3) - Confederate Custodian
• Mor Dhona (X:34.9 Y:19.0) - Synthesis Node

Allagan tomestones of aesthetics have been added.

Players can only obtain up to a maximum of 2,000 tomestones of aesthetics. Moreover, players can only receive tomestones of aesthetics after reaching level 100 with at least one Disciple of War or Magic class or job.

*There is no weekly limitation on tomestones of aesthetics.

*A secondary currency, Allagan tomestones of heliometry, will be available in Patch 7.05, which is scheduled to be released approximately four weeks after the start of official service for Dawntrail.

Allagan tomestones of causality and Allagan tomestones of comedy

The aforementioned tomestones will no longer be obtainable. All trials and duties where these tomestones could be obtained will now offer Allagan tomestones of poetics or Allagan tomestones of aesthetics instead.

Please note that any Allagan tomestones of causality or Allagan tomestones of comedy obtained before Patch 7.0 will not be lost. The NPC Auriana in Revenant's Toll will now give players the option to exchange them for Allagan tomestones of poetics.

Allagan tomestones of astronomy

Allagan tomestones of astronomy have been removed from the game.

Allagan tomestones of poetics

Allagan tomestones of poetics may still be obtained from duties up to level 90, as well as certain Duty Roulettes.

Duty Finder

The following additions and adjustments have been made to the Duty Finder:

• Category names and the duties listed within each have been reorganized.
• 6.x duties can now be undertaken using the Unrestricted Party option.
• When undertaking duties using the Unrestricted Party option, players can now elect to leave a duty even during combat.

The Raid Finder now only lists trials and duties introduced with Patch 7.0.

• New duties for Dawntrail have been added to Duty Roulette: Expert, Duty Roulette: Leveling, and Duty Roulette: Trials.
• Duty Roulette: Level 50/60/70/80 Dungeons and Duty Roulette: Level 90 Dungeons have been combined into Duty Roulette: High-level Dungeons.

The type and number of Allagan tomestones received from each Duty Roulette category have been adjusted:

• Expert - 80 Allagan tomestones of aesthetics
• High-level Dungeons - 100 Allagan tomestones of poetics, 120 Allagan tomestones of aesthetics
• Leveling - 100 Allagan tomestones of aesthetics
• Trials - 60 Allagan tomestones of aesthetics
• Main Scenario - 350 Allagan tomestones of poetics, 100 Allagan tomestones of aesthetics
• Alliance RAIDS - 120 Allagan tomestones of poetics, 120 Allagan tomestones of aesthetics
• Normal Raids - 80 Allagan tomestones of poetics, 60 Allagan tomestones of aesthetics
• Mentor - 30 Allagan tomestones of aesthetics
• Frontline - 50 Allagan tomestones of aesthetics

Players must meet the highest item level requirements among the alliance raids they can enter at their current class or job level at the time of registration.

The requirements and rewards for the adventurer in need bonus have been adjusted for Duty Roulette: Leveling and Duty Roulette: Alliance Raids.

• Requirements: Class or job at time of registration is level 80 or higher > Class or job at time of registration is level 90 or higher
• Rewards: Cracked Anthocluster, 2 Cracked Dendroclusters > Cracked Novacluster, 2 Cracked Prismaticlusters
• The requirement to register for Duty Roulette: Alliance Raids is now "Players must meet the highest item level requirements among the alliance raids they can enter at their current class or job level at the time of registration."

Crystalline Conflict

Season Eleven will end and a pre-season will begin.

• When the season ends, the top 100 ranking players from each data center will receive vouchers via the moogle delivery service.
• Players finishing in the Bronze tier or higher can claim rewards by speaking with the Seasonal Quartermaster at the Wolves' Den Pier (X:4.9 Y:5.7).
• Tier rewards for Season Eleven must be claimed before the release of Patch 7.1.

All PvP changes in Final Fantasy 14 Update 7

• PvP actions for viper and pictomancer have been added.
• Series 5 will end and Series 6 will begin. Series 6 will be held from Patch 7.0 to the release of Patch 7.1, during which time you can earn Series EXP and increase your Series level by participating in any PvP duty. Increasing your Series level will unlock various Series rewards.

The following additions and adjustments have been made to the Wolves' Den Pier:

• New items are available in exchange for Trophy Crystals.
• New items are available in exchange for Wolf Marks.

Items

• Facewear, a new form of accessories for the head, separate from other equippable accessories, has been added.
• Certain items can now be sold, desynthesized, or submitted for expert delivery missions.
• Grade 8 Dark Matter can be used to repair level 91 to 100 gear.
• Viper and pictomancer have been added as required jobs for certain gear.
• Sundry Splendors, a one-stop shop for gear and items purchased in exchange for Allagan tomestones and scrips, has been added to Old Sharlayan.
• The layout of gear exchange menus has been unified.
• New items have been added to the inventory of Calamity salvagers.
• New items are available from Calamity salvagers in exchange for Silver Chocobo Feathers: Doctore's Scimitar and Warded Round Shield, Doctore's Cudgel, and Nightprowler's Targe.
• Verdant Scepter and Warlock's Buckler will no longer drop separately in the Aurum Vale and instead drop together as Black Mage's Verdant Arms (Level 47).
• New items are available in exchange for societal currency from allied societies in 2.0 areas.
• The time until actions may be used after consuming certain medicinal items has been reduced.
• The level cap for Disciples of the Hand and Land has been increased to level 100.
• The amount and type of crafters' and gatherers' scrips received from custom deliveries have been adjusted.
• The experience points rewarded when delivering collectables will be standardized per item, and the amount received no longer be reduced at lower levels.
• Experience points rewarded when using a class at level 90 or above to deliver collectables that are level 90 or below have been capped at 1,000.
• New actions and traits have been added for Disciples of the Hand.
• New actions and traits have been added for Disciples of the Land.
• The following miner and botanist actions can no longer be used when a gathering point is at maximum integrity: Solid Reason, Wise to the World, Ageless Words.
• New miner and botanist gathering points have been added.
• New items have been added to the gathering points.
• The Gathering window will now display the integrity of a gathering point.
• GP will no longer be reduced to 0 when players are incapacitated as a non-gathering class.
• Spiritbond gained when the gathering will now be based on the gear's equipping level rather than its item level.
• New Tomes of Regional Folklore have been added.
• New items that can be used for aetherial reduction have been added.

Desynthesis

The following changes have been made to desynthesis:

• The level cap for desynthesis has been increased from 650 to 710.
• When using quick desynthesis, canceling will now close the window if all items have been desynthesized.
• After checking the "Desynthesize entire stack" box in the Desynthesis window, this option will remain checked even after desynthesizing unstackable or single items.

Fishing

• New fishing holes have been added.
• New teeming waters have been added.
• The Bait & Tackle window will now also display swimbait, a new form of bait obtained using the level 91 fisher action Spareful Hand.
• The Fish Guide will now indicate whether a fish requires a Precision Hookset or Powerful Hookset to catch.
• Players will now receive a bonus to spiritbonding when landing a big fish or legendary fish.

Following the increase in level cap, the following adjustments have been made to rewards obtained while ocean fishing:

Level 1-49

• Experience points

Level 50-99

• Experience points
• Purple Gatherers' Scrips

Level 100

• Purple Gatherers' Scrips
• Orange Gatherers' Scrips (certain conditions must be met to obtain this reward)

Scrip

Orange crafters' scrip and orange gatherers' scrip currencies have been added for Disciples of the Hand and Disciples of the Land which are level 100. Players can begin exchanging their collectable items for these scrips at Splendors Exchanges and custom deliveries starting at level 100 and can have up to a maximum of 4,000 at any given time.

White Crafters' Scrips and Gatherers' Scrips: No longer obtainable from the completion of quests and levequests.

• All activities that yielded white crafters' or gatherers' scrips will now yield purple crafters' and gatherers' scrips.
• * White crafters' and gatherers' scrips can now be exchanged for purple crafters' and gatherers' scrips at the scrip exchange in Revenant's Toll (X:22.4 Y:6.7).

White Crafters' Scrips and Gatherers' Scrips: Can no longer be used for item exchanges.

• Items currently obtained with white crafters’ and gatherers’ scrips will be obtainable with purple crafters’ and gatherers’ scrips respectively by speaking with the scrip exchange.

Yellow Crafters' Scrips and Gatherers' Scrips

Yellow crafters' scrips and yellow gatherers' scrips have been removed.

Purple Crafters' Scrips and Gatherers' Scrips

The number of purple crafters' and gatherers' scrips required in exchange for items has been adjusted.

The following items are no longer classified as unique:

• Moonward Ring of Fending
• Moonward Ring of Slaying
• Moonward Ring of Aiming
• Moonward Ring of Healing
• Moonward Ring of Casting
• Augmented Radiant's Ring of Fending
• Augmented Radiant's Ring of Slaying
• Augmented Radiant's Ring of Aiming
• Augmented Radiant's Ring of Healing
• Augmented Radiant's Ring of Casting
• Augmented Lunar Envoy's Ring of Fending
• Augmented Lunar Envoy's Ring of Slaying
• Augmented Lunar Envoy's Ring of Aiming
• Augmented Lunar Envoy's Ring of Healing
• Augmented Lunar Envoy's Ring of Casting
• Augmented Credendum Ring of Fending
• Augmented Credendum Ring of Slaying
• Augmented Credendum Ring of Aiming
• Augmented Credendum Ring of Healing
• Augmented Credendum Ring of Casting

The following additions and adjustments have been made to dyes:

Up to two dyes can now be used on a single piece of gear.

• Gear that allows more than one dye will display two separate dye tabs in the Item Dyeing window.
• * Additional gear that allows for multiple dyes will be added gradually in future updates.
• * Following this change to dyeing, currently selected instant portraits may need to be edited.
• Undo Color Selection and Redo Color Selection buttons have been added to the Item Dyeing window.
• After selecting a color, it can now be set as a favored dye.
• An option to preview preferred color schemes using favored dyes has been added.
• An option to preview a previously applied color scheme has been added.
• An option to invert colors selected as dye 1 and dye 2 has been added.
• A marker indicating no dyes have been applied to an item has been added.
• When previewing your character's appearance while using a gamepad, players can now press R1 (RB) to switch between color categories.

The furnishing Sealing Wax & Letter Set is now dyeable.

The following items can now be equipped regardless of gender:

• Faerie Tale Prince's Circlet
• Faerie Tale Prince's Vest
• Faerie Tale Prince's Gloves
• Faerie Tale Prince's Slops
• Faerie Tale Prince's Boots
• Faerie Tale Princess's Tiara
• Faerie Tale Princess's Dress
• Faerie Tale Princess's Gloves
• Faerie Tale Princess's Long Skirt
• Faerie Tale Princess's Heels

The following adjustments have been made to gear exchanges for Allagan tomestones of astronomy, causality, and comedy:

• Gear that required the exchange of a base item and upgrade material can now be obtained directly in exchange for Allagan tomestones of poetics.
• The base items and upgrade materials for such gear can no longer be obtained from shops, dungeons, or retainer ventures.
• Players who possess the base item for such gear may upgrade them in exchange for 100 Allagan tomestones of poetics.

The following items, which previously required a Silver Chocobo Feather each for a single-handed weapon or shield, can now be purchased together with a single Silver Chocobo Feather.

• Doctore's Scimitar and Warded Round Shield
• Doctore's Cudgel and Nightprowler's Targe

Additional miscellaneous item changes:

• Verdant Scepter and Warlock's Buckler will no longer drop separately in the Aurum Vale, and instead drop together as Black Mage's Verdant Arms (Lv. 47).
• The categories under Special Recipes in the Crafting Log have been adjusted: Restoration (1) to Restoration (4) is now simply 'Restoration'.

Other new content and changes in Final Fantasy 14 update 7.0:

• New Alpaca mount
• Two new minions
• New Chocobo Barding
• New fashion accessories

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All new graphical and system updates in Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail (Update 7.0)

The following graphical details have been added:

• Improved movement of certain weapons, tools, and gear.
• Character tilting when turning on certain mounts.
• Certain environmental effects such as water splashing and smoke will now appear darker in the shadow of nearby objects.
• Wavering distortion effect when underwater.
• Subtle eye movements for player characters and certain NPCs.

As part of the first ever graphical update, the following details have been improved:

• Character hair and face textures.
• The appearance of skin on player characters, animals, monsters, etc.
• The appearance of hair on player characters, animals, monsters, etc.
• Subtle hair movements.
• The appearance of lenses in glasses and other glass objects.
• The appearance of metallic material on certain gear.
• The appearance of characters and objects that are wet.
• The appearance of fog.
• The appearance of water and waves.
• The appearance of textures of distant terrain when riding a mount.
• Soft shadows (PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X, Windows®, Mac).
• Shadows used in backgrounds and in certain cutscenes.
• Changes in lighting due to the passage of time.
• * With few exceptions, these updates apply to all content implemented in Patch 7.0.
• * Graphical updates will be applied gradually to older content in future updates.

Other important points include:

• Detailed textures for various objects such as rocks, trees, and fabric have been added.
• The number of light sources used for shadows has been increased.
• Movement from wind will appear more consistent at high frame rates.
• Upscaling via AMD FSR 1.0 and Nvidia DLSS 2.0 has been added. (DLSS is only available on Windows®)
• Anti-aliasing via TSCMAA has been added. (Windows®, Mac)
• SSAO via GTAO has been added. (Windows®, Mac)

The following additions and adjustments have been made to the System Configuration menu (Windows®/Mac)

Frame Rate settings under Display Settings have been changed.

• None
• Main Display Refresh Rate
• 60 fps
• 30 fps

The following settings have been added:

Graphics Settings

Resolution

Graphics Upscaling (Windows®) :AMD FSR, NVIDIA DLSS (Applicable with only certain graphics cards)

3D Resolution Scaling

• Enable dynamic resolution
• Frame Rate Threshold: Below 30 fps, Below 60 fps, Always Enabled

General

• Enable dynamic grass interaction.
• Edge Smoothing (Anti-aliasing): TSCMAA, TSCMAA + Camera Jitter

Shadow Quality

Use low-detail models on distant object shadows. (LOD)

Shadow Softening: Strongest, Cast Shadows, Maximum, Normal, Minimum

Texture Detail

Texture Resolution: High, Normal

Effects

Screen Space Ambient Occlusion: GTAO: Quality, GTAO: Standard

The default setting for UI Resolution has been changed to High (WQHD/4K).

The following categories were removed:

Graphics Settings

General

Enable wet surface effects

Disable rendering of objects when not visible. (Occlusion Culling)

Map Resolution

Texture Detail

Texture Filtering: Anisotropic, Trilinear, Bilinear

Effects

Glare: Off

The following additions and adjustments have been made to the System Configuration interface: (PlayStation®5/PlayStation®4/Xbox Series X|S)

Under Display Settings, the option "Limit frame rate to 30 fps" has been added.

In accordance with our first graphical update, a Graphics Settings tab has been added. The following categories have been added to this tab:

• Graphics Settings> Movement Physics. Available settings: Self/Party Members/Other NPCs/Enemies

The following categories have been removed (PlayStation®4):

Graphics Settings

Resolution

Enable Dynamic Resolution

General

Use low-detail models on distant objects. (LOD)

The following settings have been moved from Display Settings to Graphics Settings:

• Draw Quality (PlayStation®4 only)
• Enable dynamic resolution. (PlayStation®5/Xbox Series X|S)
• Use low-detail models on distant objects. (LOD) (PlayStation®5/Xbox Series X|S)
• Water Refraction

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Social feature changes

Mentor Renewal

Players who are currently mentors must renew their certification during the 7.0x patches. Players who fail to do so will be unable to access certain features during this period.

Once the renewal period has ended, players who have not renewed their certification will lose the mentor status, and must wait until after Patch 7.1 to reapply for certification.

Available during Renewal Period:

• Novice Network chat channel
• Mentor party bonuses

Unavailable During Renewal Period:

• Duty Roulette: Mentor
• The ability to change online status to PvE Mentor, PvP Mentor, or Trade Mentor.

Blacklist

The following adjustments have been made to the Blacklist:

• Characters registered to the blacklist will be hidden. When joined in a party or alliance, their character will be displayed; however, their name will display as "Unknown" in the party list and on their nameplate.
• Messages from characters registered to the blacklist will be hidden. When joined in a party or alliance, a notification will be displayed when they speak during duties. After receiving a notification of blacklisted messages, players may elect to temporarily see what was written via the subcommand menu.
• Blacklisting will apply to all characters tied to the blacklisted character's service account. Blacklisting for party recruitment will now also apply to all characters tied to a service account. A system message will be displayed if a blacklisted player joins a party you're in, or if you join a party that contains a blacklisted player.
• The Blacklist tab has been removed from the Social window, and will now be displayed in its own window found under Social in the main menu.
• Players can now save comments regarding blacklisted characters.
• Blacklisted characters and all characters tied to their service account will also be subject to the Lodestone blocked users list.

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