FFXIV Buried Memory patch 6.2 notes: New quests, trials, more

Final Fantasy XIV next update will be called Buried Memory and will feature all-new story content and much more. Here’s a breakdown of all the new content in FFXIV’s 6.2 patch.

While Endwalker brought the current Final Fantasy XIV Online arc to a close, Square Enix are far from finished with the world of Hydaelyn. The game’s next patch looks set to usher in some new content to keep players busy after the adventure that was Endwalker.

The 6.2 patch will add some new story, trial, dungeon and raid content, and more. Here’s everything Square-Enix has told us is coming to FFXIV in the 6.2 patch. Let’s also not forget, that a new ominous threat still hangs over the FFXIV universe after Endwaker.

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Contents

• Final Fantasy XIV Buried Memory
• Release date
• All new content coming in patch 6.2
• Island Sanctuary
• 6.2 patch notes

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FFXIV Buried Memory

Final Fantasy XIV’s developers have held a series of Live Letters From the Producer, where game director Naoki Yoshida provided details about patch 6.2.

The next post-Endwalker patch will be called Buried Memory and will steer the MMO in a new direction.

Does FFXIV patch 6.2 have a release date?

Not quite, but we have a window. Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker patch 6.2 will launch on Tuesday, August 23, 2022.

The patch is now live, but we’ll need to wait until then to take advantage of the changes and features.

All new content coming in FFXIV patch 6.2

Yoshida also shared the latest information regarding what players can look forward to when Patch 6.2 launches, including:

New Main Scenario Quests – The main story quest will continue. A new solo quest called The Steps of Faith will be added.

New Side Quests – Tataru’s Grand Endeavor continues, however, Yoshi P has confirmed you’ll need to have completed The Shadow of Mhach quests before you can start Tataru’s latest quest.

New Dungeon – A new dungeon called The Fell Court of Troia will be added.

New Trial – A new challenge at both Normal and Extreme difficulties. A new Trial Quest called The Omicrons for Disciples of the Land (Gathering) will be added.

New 8-Player Raid – Pandæmonium: Abyssos will be available in both Normal and Savage difficulties. The Savage difficulty raid is planned for release one week following the launch of Patch 6.2.

New Unreal Trial – Battle against Sephirot in Containment Bay S1T7 (Unreal)

PvP Updates – PvP Series 2 and Crystal Conflict Series 3 will begin with the release of Patch 6.2. Rival Wings will also resume, along with PvP action adjustments.

Further Main Scenario Reworks

• The Duty Support feature will be expanded to include main scenario dungeons from Snow Cloak through The Vault.
• The Steps of Faith Trial will be reworked into a Solo Quest Battle
• Thornmarch Trial will be revamped
• Miscellaneous Updates – Additional content including job adjustments for both PvE and PvP, updates to Adventurer Plates, Glamour Dresser expansion from 400 to 800 slots, and more.
  Additionally, details were also shared about what content will be coming at a slightly later date, as part of Patch 6.25:

New Side Quests

• Somehow Further Hildibrand Adventures continue in Patch 6.25.
• New Weapon Enhancement Quests – Players can obtain and enhance Manderville Weapons throughout the Patch 6.x series, which will unlock through the Somehow Further Hildibrand Adventures questline.
• New Tribal Quests: Omicron – Disciples of the Land-focused quests
• New “Variant Dungeons” Battle Content – Previously called “Criterion Dungeons,” players can enjoy this new variable-difficulty dungeon content—beginning with Sil’dihn Subterrane—designed for between 1-4 players, with the difficulty of enemies scaling depending on party size.
• Dungeons will feature branching routes, which change depending on player action within the dungeon.
• Another Path: Criterion Dungeons – High-difficulty four-player content, which features a visually similar area to the Variant Dungeons, but will have a set route. The Criterion Dungeon content will feature two options of varying difficulties, each with its own unique set of rules and characteristics.

More Buried Memory changes

• Buried Memory 6.2 will update PvP battles, character jobs, the Island Sanctuary, Variant Dungeons, and Criterion Dungeons.
• Changes will be made to Adventurer Plates and Portraits and confirmed that those created during the Beta won’t be wiped by update 6.2.
• A graphics update is planned for update 7.0, so Buried Memory 6.2 will start laying the groundwork for this update.
• A new Tombstone will also be introduced known as Causality.
• New high-IL crafted gear will be added.
• A combo sequence display will be added to the Actions list.
• Rare materials added to aetherial reductions performed by miners, botanists, and fishers.
• Glamor dresser capacity expanded from 400 to 800.
• Adjustments to the order of some Return to Ivalice quests.
• Critical and Direct Hit adjustments.
• Season 3 of Crystal Conflict will begin in 6.2

Island Sanctuary update

After revealing the various changes in the FFXIV Live Letter from the Producer, Yoshi P showed us some new gameplay footage from the Island Sanctuary. The footage began at the top of a mountain which really got across how ambitious in scale the Buried Memory update will be.

The expansion will feature an optional tutorial that will help players get to grips with Island life. Players will also be able to sprint faster and for longer when in the Island Sanctuary to make the game as stress-free as possible.

Yoshi P revealed that the tutorial will take roughly two hours to complete, but he also said you’ll be able to hang out in the Island Sanctuary while you’re queuing to access other FFXIV content like Raids or servers.

The Island will also feature NPCs with humorous names to help guide players navigate the various features such as the inventory changes. This will be different than the standard FFXIV inventory. You can also fast-travel back to these NPCs whenever you’re in need of guidance.

We got real Animal Crossing vibes from Island Sanctuary, which is exactly what the devs are going for. Crafting, building, and generally having a relaxing and creative experience is the goal here. Island Sanctuary is where Heros of Light go to unwind – and engage in DIY.

Island Sanctuary will be a single-player experience, but up to 15 other players can come and visit you, all at the same time if you’d like. Finally, Yoshi P told us they will be releasing a manual to cover how Island life works in more detail.

Here are some of the activities you can engage in when Island Sanctuary goes live:

• Farming and growing crops
• Capturing and rearing farm animals
• Placing your minions around the Island – you can add up to 40
• Building and exploring

Yoshi revealed that the FFXIV devs will aim to add fresh Island Sanctuary content every two patches, so expect it to be supported for a long time to come.

Patch notes for 6.2

Here are the full patch notes for update 6.2 before it goes live:

Quests and playable content

New main scenario quests have been added:

• In Search of Azdaja
• Plus five more

Chronicles of a New Era quests have been added:

• An Unwelcome Visitor (Pandæmonium)
• Plus five more

New side story quests have been added:

• Tataru’s Grand Endeavor
• Soaring Profits
• New Tales of Newfound Adventure quest

More quest changes and updates:

• The “Beast Tribe Quests” category has been renamed “Tribal Quests.” In accordance with this change, adjustments have been made to various texts throughout the game.
• The main scenario quest “The Steps of Faith” has been revamped.
  In accordance with changes to various dungeons and trials, certain quests have been revised. These adjustments will not affect the overall story.

For Players Progressing through A Realm Reborn:

• If you are currently undertaking a quest in A Realm Reborn, please refer to the duty list or journal, as you may find that the quest information has been updated. If the quest has been changed, you will be asked to abandon it and accept the newly designated quest. New Game+ is also affected by this change.

The following adjustments have been made to the Chronicles of a New Era:

• Return to Ivalice quests – The prerequisite quest for “My Power, My Pleasure, My Pain” has been changed to “The City of Lost Angels.”
• Players who are undertaking the quest “My Power, My Pleasure, My Pain” will be unable to progress. However, it will be possible to accept the subsequent quest, “Desire.” Completion of the Chronicles of a New Era quest “The City of Lost Angels” is required to continue progression in the quest “My Power, My Pleasure, My Pain.”
• The NPC offering the quest “In Bad Taste” has been changed.
• The prerequisite quest for “In Bad Taste” has been changed to “My Power, My Pleasure, My Pain.”
• The NPC offering the quest “In Bad Taste” has been changed.
• The Chronicles of a New Era quests “Makin’ Bacon (Bread)” and “Wok on By” can no longer be accepted.
• Players who have already accepted these quests may complete them. However, they cannot be reaccepted if abandoned.
• The requirements for unlocking the Return to Ivalice chapter in New Game+ have been adjusted.
• Players must first complete the Chronicles of a New Era quest “In Bad Taste.” Players must first complete the Chronicles of a New Era quest “The City of Lost Angels.”
• The Chronicles of a New Era quests “My Power, My Pleasure, My Pain” and “In Bad Taste” have been removed from the Return to Ivalice chapter in New Game+.
• Players who have advanced to or are currently undertaking the quest “My Power, My Pleasure, My Pain” in New Game+ will be advanced to the next quest. Players who have advanced to or are currently undertaking the quest “In Bad Taste” must temporarily exit New Game+.
• An Aethernet shard for the High Crucible of Al-Kimiya has been added to Radz-at-Han.

FATEs

• Players can no longer collect items as Disciples of the Hand or Land from certain FATEs.
• New items are available from certain gemstone traders.

Treasure Hunt

• Rewards in the Excitatron 6000 have been adjusted.
• Rewards for Kumbhiraskin Treasure Maps have been adjusted.

Grand and Free Companies

• New Charge symbol options have been added to Company Crests.
• The following additions and adjustments have been made to subaquatic voyages:
• New areas have been added.
• New items have been added.
• The maximum submersible rank has been increased from 95 to 100.

Housing

• To address a recent issue with the housing lottery system, an NPC by which players may voluntarily return the deposit they were accidentally refunded has been added.
• Players may speak with the Housing Lottery Clerk in Empyreum to voluntarily return their deposit.
• The amount returned will be compensated with an exchange of an item.
• Learn more about the housing lottery system issue.
• Furnishings from the FFXIV Furnishing Design Contest have been added.
• Learn more about the FFXIV Furnishing Design Contest 2019.
• New furnishings have been added.
• New orchestrion rolls have been added.
• A new seed for flowerpots has been added.

Sweet Pea Seed Pods

Sweet pea 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
• New aquarium fish have been added.

The Manderville Gold Saucer

The following adjustments have been made to the GATE schedule:
(One of the three listed GATEs will be held at the times below.)

• Every hour, on the hour (Earth Time), Cliffhanger, Air Force One, Leap of Faith (The Fall of Belah’dia)
• Hourly, 20 minutes past the hour (Earth Time) The Slice Is Right, Cliffhanger, Any Way the Wind, Blows
• Hourly, 40 minutes past the hour (Earth Time) Air Force One, Any Way the Wind Blows, Leap of Faith (The Falling City of Nym)
• The registration period for the GATE Leap of Faith has been reduced from 10 minutes to 8 minutes.
• An instant portrait will now be displayed when beginning a game of Doman mahjong.
• New prizes are available for purchase using MGP.
• New Triple Triad cards have been added.

Island Sanctuary addition

The island sanctuary has been added:

The island sanctuary allows you to create your own personal paradise amidst the natural beauty of the Cieldalaes.

Here you can collect resources and materials, build accommodations, grow crops, and more. The goods produced on your island can also be exchanged for various rewards.

Cultivate the land, or enjoy the slow life as your minions roam free─the choice is entirely up to you.

Requirements:

Seeking Sanctuary
Level 1
Old Sharlayan (X:11.9 Y:11.0)
Clueless Crier
Players must first complete the main scenario quest “Endwalker.”
Traveling to Your Island Sanctuary
Players can travel to their island sanctuary at any time by speaking with Baldin in Lower La Noscea (X:24.9 Y:34.8).

Classes and Jobs

While it is possible to craft and gather on your island sanctuary, you are not required to unlock Disciples of the Hand or Land to do so. You are free to enjoy these activities using any class or job.

Your Vision

Realizing your vision will help you make your sanctuary the best it can be. Visions will appear as objectives in your duty list. As you realize visions, additional goals and development features will become available.

Islekeep’s Index

The Islekeep’s index is an island-specific HUD element that allows you to confirm important information, switch gameplay modes, and manage your island’s various features.

Modes

Your selected mode influences how you interact with features and creatures on your island.

Main Menu

The main menu consists of buttons by which you can confirm important information and manage various aspects of your island.

Basic Information

Confirm your sanctuary rank and available currencies.

Sanctuary Rank

Your sanctuary rank indicates your experience with subsisting in an island environment and improving your personal sanctuary. Earn island experience by engaging in various activities on your island. The higher your rank, the more features and options will become available to you.

Currency

As the development of your island sanctuary progresses, you will earn two types of currency─Seafarer’s Cowries and Islander’s Cowries. These are Cieldalaes-specific currencies to be used at shops that become available on your island.

Hideaway

The hideaway is your base of operations on your island. Here you may build facilities, care for animals, grow crops, and more. You may expand your hideaway as you make progress in perfecting your island sanctuary.

Activities on Your Island Sanctuary

Gathering

Players can collect resources and materials on their island, which are then recorded in the Islekeep’s index. You can also confirm resource locations and necessary tools.

Crafting

Accessing the Sanctuary Crafting Log, you can create items using the materials you’ve acquired in your time spent on your island.

Construction

A variety of structures can be built on your island. Players must first access the logboard in front of a vacant plot, wherein they can confirm what materials are required and how long construction will last.

Crops

It is possible to plant and water seeds to grow a variety of produce.

Pasture

You can capture animals on your island and send them to live on the pasture. By taking good care of these animals, you can collect materials from them, which can be used in a variety of ways.

Releasing Minions

One of each minion, up to 40, can be released to roam free in the various areas of your island. As they while away the hours wandering about the island, you may find they behave differently when left to their own devices.

Facilities

• The Cozy Cabin: The cozy cabin is the primary facility of your hideaway. Here you may access the orchestrion to play your favorite tunes, exchange various items with merchants stationed there, and more.
• Workshop: The workshop provides a place for mammets in your employ to create handicrafts out of the materials obtained on your island.

After conveying a schedule of production to the tactful taskmaster, handicrafts will be automatically created by the mammets on staff in the workshop.

• The Granary: After constructing a granary, you may send a team of exploratory mammets on foraging expeditions to gather materials.

After choosing your desired expedition area and the number of days you wish your mammets to forage, they will venture out to gather materials, returning once per day until the foraging expedition is over.

As you continue to engage in the above activities on your island sanctuary, it will be possible to renovate your facilities to higher levels.

Further explanations of island sanctuary features can be found as you continue to realize your vision or by viewing the Islekeep’s index.

Leaving Your Island Sanctuary

You can leave your island sanctuary at any time by boat (X:9.2 Y:28.3) or via use of Return and Teleport.

• Players who are inactive for more than 30 minutes will be moved to lower La Noscea (X:24.9 Y:34.8) automatically.

Other Islands

It is also possible to visit the islands of acquaintances. Each island has room for up to 16 players to explore at a time.

• Island sanctuary activities such as crafting and gathering cannot be carried out when visiting another island.
• As of Patch 6.2, players will not be able to hear orchestrion music when visiting another island. This will be made possible in a future update.

Visiting Other Islands

Speak with Baldin in lower La Noscea to visit other island sanctuaries.

• After completing the main scenario quest “The Ultimate Weapon,” it is possible to speak with Baldin and visit other island sanctuaries even if you do not possess your own.

Permitted Islands

You may visit the island sanctuaries of friends, free company members, and party members. It should be noted, however, the owner of the island sanctuary must enable access for others to visit.

When selecting a destination, a glowing icon will indicate which islands you may visit. After reaching a sufficient sanctuary rank, you can grant others access to your island sanctuary.

New objectives pertaining to the island sanctuary have been added to the Other category of the Challenge Log.

New hairstyles have been added.

New hairstyle options have been added for male and female Viera.

The hairstyles for Hrothgar added in Patch 6.1 have been adjusted to show their ears.

Duty Support

The following additions and adjustments have been made to Duty Support:

New duties have been added:

A Realm Reborn

• Snowcloak
• The Keeper of the Lake

Heavensward

• Sohm Al
• The Aery
• The Vault

The Duty Support window now lists duties to be added in future updates. A notification regarding future Duty Support will also be displayed when accessing the dungeon entrance.

Allied NPCs in Duty Support will now speak at certain points in the following duties:

• Sastasha
• The Tam-Tara Deepcroft
• Copperbell Mines
• The Bowl of Embers
• The Thousand Maws of Toto-Rak
• Haukke Manor
• Brayflox’s Longstop
• The Navel
• The Stone Vigil
• The Howling Eye
• Castrum Meridianum
• The Praetorium
• The Porta Decumana

Allied NPCs that were not selected to accompany players into the duty will no longer appear after completing the instance.

The following additions and adjustments have been made to Wondrous Tails:

• 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 addition of these duties will not affect a Wondrous Tails in your possession prior to reaching level 90 with at least one Disciple of War or Magic.
• Aglaia
• The Fell Court of Troia

The following additions and adjustments have been made to Faux Hollows:

• The available trial for Faux Hollows has been changed.
• Ultima’s Bane (Unreal) to Containment Bay S1T7 (Unreal).
• Players must first complete Containment Bay S1T7 before challenging Containment Bay S1T7 (Unreal).
• Different unreal trials will be available in each major patch.
• New items are available in exchange for faux leaves.
• Character portraits have been implemented for battle dialogue during instanced quest battles from the 4.x series. Character portraits for instanced quest battles in prior patches will be added in a future update.
• New emotes have been added.
• Using the /draw emote while your weapon is sheathed will allow you to maintain a weapon-drawn pose.
• Descriptions of certain actions and status effects have been adjusted. The effects of these actions have not been changed.

Battle System

The following additions and adjustments have been made to the Actions & Traits window:

• A compact view option has been added. The display can be toggled using the button at the bottom right of the window.
• The recast timer displayed in the middle of action icons can now be enlarged. Size can be adjusted in the Character Configuration menu.
• HP restoration over time will no longer generate enmity with each tick of healing. Please note the initial execution of these actions will still generate enmity.
• When under an effect that increases the chance to land a critical hit or direct hit, actions that are guaranteed to land a critical hit or direct hit will now deal increased damage. The increase in damage is calculated based on the increased chance to land a critical hit or direct hit.
• When executing actions that are guaranteed to land a critical hit or direct hit, they will now deal increased damage based on the direct hit rate and critical hit rate attributes.

The location of enemies in the following areas has been adjusted:

• Mor Dhona
• Mare Lamentorum

A new dungeon, the Fell Court of Troia, has been added.

The Minstrel’s Ballad: Endsinger’s Aria

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.

The following adjustments have been made to Aglaia:

• The weekly restriction on rewards obtained from coffers has been removed.
• The weekly restriction on obtaining Aglaia Coins has been removed.
• The weekly restriction on obtaining Dragonsong Tokens from Dragonsong’s Reprise (Ultimate) has been removed.

The gladiator’s arms and shields yielded by treasure coffers will now appear together as a set item.
Using this set item will yield both the gladiator’s arm and shield associated with the duty from which it was obtained. Moreover, this item can be used while inside an instanced duty.

Following this change, the Tidal Wave Shield can no longer be obtained from the Whorleater (Extreme). Players may receive the Tidal Wave Shamshir and Tidal Wave Shield together as a set in exchange for the Wave Shamshir, Wave Shield, and Mirror of the Whorl from Aelina in Mor Dhona (X:22.6 Y:6.6).

Allagan Tomestone

Allagan tomestones of causality have been added.
Players can only obtain 450 Allagan tomestones of causality per week, and carry a maximum of 2,000. Moreover, players can only receive Allagan tomestones of causality after reaching level 90 with at least one Disciple of War or Magic.

• Speak with Cihanti in Radz-at-Han (X:10.8 Y:10.3) to exchange Allagan tomestones of causality for gear.
• One week after the release of Patch 6.2, players will be able to speak with Khaldeen in Radz-at-Han to enhance gear received in exchange for Allagan tomestones of causality.

The following additions and adjustments have been made to Allagan tomestones:

Allagan Tomestone of Astronomy

The weekly limitation on Allagan tomestones of astronomy has been removed.

• The maximum store of 2,000 tomestones has not been changed.

Allagan Tomestone of Aphorism

• Allagan tomestones of aphorism are no longer obtainable. All trials and duties where Allagan tomestones of aphorism could be obtained will now offer Allagan tomestones of astronomy instead.
• Any Allagan tomestones of aphorism obtained prior to Patch 6.2 will not be lost. The NPC Auriana in Mor Dhona will now give players the option to exchange Allagan tomestones of aphorism for Allagan tomestones of astronomy.

Allagan Tomestones of Allegory and Allagan Tomestones of Revelation

• Allagan tomestones of allegory and Allagan tomestones of revelation have been removed from the game.

Allagan Tomestones of Poetics

• Allagan tomestones of poetics may still be obtained from duties up to level 80, as well as certain Duty Roulettes.

The duties listed within Duty Roulette: Expert have been changed as follows:

• The Dead Ends
• Smileton
• The Stigma Dreamscape
• Alzadaal’s Legacy Alzadaal’s Legacy
• The Fell Court of Troia

The required average item level to register for Duty Roulette:

• Expert has been increased from 560 to 575.

Duty Roulette:

• Level 90 Dungeons has been added.

Duties:

• The Dead Ends
• Smileton
• The Stigma Dreamscape
• Duty Roulette – (Level 90 Dungeons will become available upon completing all associated duties.)

Duty Roulette Bonus:

• Allagan tomestones of astronomy x 100
• Allagan tomestones of causality x 15

The following additions and adjustments have been made to Duty Roulette:

• The Steps of Faith has been removed.

The following duty has been added to Duty Roulette: Alliance Raids:

• Aglaia

The following duties have been added to Duty Roulette: Normal Raids:

• Abyssos: The Fifth Circle
• Abyssos: The Sixth Circle
• Abyssos: The Seventh Circle
• Abyssos: The Eighth Circle

The duties listed within Duty Roulette: Mentor have been changed as follows:

• The Fell Court of Troia
• Abyssos: The Fifth Circle
• Abyssos: The Sixth Circle
• Abyssos: The Seventh Circle
• Abyssos: The Eighth Circle

The required average item level to register for Duty Roulette: Mentor has been increased from 565 to 585.

The number and types of Allagan tomestones received from Duty Roulette have been adjusted.

The following trials have been added to Stone, Sky, Sea:

• Stone, Sky, Sea – Pandæmonium: Abyssos
• Stone, Sky, Sea – Abyssos: The Fifth Circle (Savage)
• Stone, Sky, Sea – Abyssos: The Sixth Circle (Savage)
• Stone, Sky, Sea – Abyssos: The Seventh Circle (Savage)
• Stone, Sky, Sea – Abyssos: The Eighth Circle (Savage)

Adjustments have been made to the following instanced dungeons and trials:

• The Thousand Maws of Toto-Rak
• A shield for gladiators and paladins has been added to treasure coffers.

Snowcloak

• The Yeti boss battle has been adjusted.
• The Fenrir boss battle has been adjusted.
• Certain dungeon mechanics have been adjusted.

The Keeper of the Lake

• The Einhander boss battle has been adjusted.
• The Magitek Gunship boss battle has been adjusted.
• The Midgardsormr boss battle has been adjusted.

Sohm Al

• The Raskovnik boss battle has been adjusted.
• The Myath boss battle has been adjusted.
• The Tioman boss battle has been adjusted.

The Aery

• The Rangda boss battle has been adjusted.
• The Gyascutus boss battle has been adjusted.
• The Nidhogg boss battle has been adjusted.
• The behavior of certain monsters has been adjusted.
• Certain cutscenes have been adjusted.

The Vault

• The positioning of certain monsters has been adjusted.
• Thornmarch (Hard)
• The battle has been adjusted.

Containment Bay S1T7

• The status effects Force Against Might and Force Against Magic will no longer be removed if the afflicted player’s HP reaches 0.
• The appearance of Sephirot’s Earth Shaker attack has been adjusted to improve the visibility of its area of effect.

The World of Darkness

• The effects when destroying enemies has been adjusted.

The display of target indicators for certain battle mechanics has been adjusted for the following duties:

• Sohm Al
• The Vault
• Neverreap
• The World of Darkness
• The Weeping City of Mhach
• Dun Scaith

The trial The Steps of Faith has been removed and replaced with an instanced single-player quest battle.

It will take longer for the screen to darken after a Party KO during all trials and raid dungeons.
This feature will allow players a grace period to better identify and understand the reasons behind the Party KO.

• This feature was previously introduced as an experimental feature in Patch 6.1, but will now be applied to all trials and raid dungeons moving forward.

PvP

Series 1 will end and Series 2 will begin.

Series 2 will be held between Patch 6.2 and 6.3, 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.

• Rewards from Series 1 can only be claimed until the end of Series 2. To claim rewards, select Series Malmstones from the PvP Profile window, then select Previous Series.

The window for accepting Series Malmstone rewards has been adjusted.

Crystalline Conflict

Time remaining until KO’d party members are revived will now appear in the party list.

Players can now view adventurer plates of the opposing team by selecting opponents from the party list and using the View Adventurer Plate subcommand.

The following additions and adjustments have been made to Quick Chat:

• Limit Break ready!
• Moving the crystal now!

The following Quick Chat options have also been added:

• Icon Title
• Executing a limit break!
• Everyone, group up!

The following adjustments have been made to the rating system:

• Players who lose a match at Diamond 5 with zero Rising Stars will now be demoted to Platinum 1 with two Rising Stars.
  Players who lose a match with no Crystal Credit will be demoted to Diamond 1 with two Rising stars.
• The range of tiers used for ranked matchmaking has been adjusted.Further adjustments will be made according to player counts in each tier as well as matchmaking conditions. Moreover, these changes will be made outside of regularly scheduled patches and maintenance.
• To prevent the manipulation of matchmaking, the matching system algorithm has been adjusted.
• To prevent the manipulation of matchmaking, a ranked match penalty has been instated.
• Players will incur a penalty by withdrawing when a match has been found or in the middle of a match. Players so penalized will be unable to register again for 30 minutes after their first penalty, 90 minutes after their second, or 180 minutes after their third.

Withdrawing When a Match is Found

A penalty will be incurred starting from the first time a player withdraws.
The penalty is only applicable to registration for ranked matches and will not affect the Duty Finder.

Withdrawing Mid-match

A penalty to rank matching will be incurred.
The penalty will also be applied to the Duty Finder.Players who remain in the match with less than the required number of combatants will not receive a penalty for abandoning the match.

Season Two will end and Season Three 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 Bronze tier or higher can claim rewards by speaking with the Feast Quartermaster at the Wolves’ Den Pier.

Tier rewards for Season Two must be claimed before the end of Season Three.

Following the addition of demotions and adjustments to matchmaking in Season Three, all tiered players will begin the season at Bronze 3 with zero Risers.

• Players who were untiered at the end of Season Two will remain untiered at the start of Season Three.

Beginning with Season Three, players will compete for rankings based on their highest achieved tier and Crystal Credit score during the season rather than their final standings.
Tier rewards will also be based on the highest achieved tier during the season.

Players will now receive portraits, achievements, and titles for all tiers and ranks up to and including their final standings at the end of the season.

• The portrait, achievement, and title rewards for all tiers and ranks up to and including the final standings of players in Season One will be unlocked automatically.

The Crystalline Conflict ranking pages on the Lodestone for Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Diamond tiers will now always be sorted by victories.

• The overall ranking page will continue to be ranked by tier, risers, Crystal Credits, Rising Stars, and victories.

Rival Wings

• The Hidden Gorge campaign has been made available.

The following PvP balance adjustments have been made:

• Mount speed has been increased.
• The tank, monk, samurai, and reaper modifier for damage taken has been changed from -20% to -30%.
• The dragoon and ninja modifier for damage taken has been changed from -15% to -30%.
• The physical ranged DPS, healer, black mage, and summoner modifier for damage taken has been changed from -10% to -15%.
• The red mage modifier for damage taken has been changed from -10% to -15%.
• The potency of the Flying High status has been adjusted.
• The HP and actions of warmachina have been adjusted.
• The HP and actions of mammets, gobtanks, and goblin mercenaries have been adjusted.
• The HP of towers and cores has been adjusted.
• The actions of steam cannons have been adjusted.
• The potency of the HP over time effect granted by the Tower Defense effect has been adjusted.
• The damage over time effect of magitek fields has been adjusted.
• The damage threshold required to obtain goblin mercenaries has been adjusted.

New items have been added.

• Items added in patch 6.2 will be listed at a later date.

New recipes have been added.

• Recipes added in patch 6.2 will be listed at a later date.

Players can now preview the contents of certain coffers that yield multiple items when opened.
To view the contents of these items, open the subcommand menu and select View Manifest.

• The description of items whose manifest can be viewed has been updated.

The following item names have been changed:

• Imitation Alpine Window Imitation Highland Window
• Shuffle or Boogie Orchestrion Roll Shuffle or Boogie (Shadowbringers) Orchestrion Roll

The following items can now be equipped regardless of gender:

• Far Eastern Maiden’s Hat Far Eastern Maiden’s Tunic Far Eastern Maiden’s Armband Far Eastern
• Maiden’s Bottoms Far Eastern Maiden’s Boots Eastern Socialite’s Hat Eastern Socialite’s
• Cheongsam Eastern Socialite’s Gloves Eastern Socialite’s Skirt Eastern Socialite’s Boots Far Eastern
• Officer’s Hat Far Eastern Officer’s Robe Far Eastern Officer’s Armband Far Eastern Officer’s
• Bottoms Far Eastern Officer’s Boots Mun’gaek Hat Mun’gaek Uibok Mun’gaek Cuffs Mun’gaek
• Trousers Mun’gaek Boots
• The capacity of the glamour dresser has been increased from 400 to 800.
• Moonward gear can now be purchased in exchange for Sacks of Nuts.

Gear Exchange

• Old Sharlayan (X:11.9 Y:13.2) – J’lakshai
• Radz-at-Han (X:10.5 Y:7.4) – Wilmetta

New items are available in exchange for Skybuilders’ Scrips.
Players can speak with Enie in the Firmament (X:12.0 Y:14.0) to purchase these new items.

Certain items can now be sold, desynthesized, or submitted for expert delivery missions:

The maximum store for crafters’ scrips and gatherers’ scrips has been increased from 2,000 to 4,000.

New recipes requiring a sufficient level of quality to complete synthesis have been added.
Certain recipes added in Patch 6.2 will denote a required level of quality to complete synthesis. Even should the progress bar be filled, the synthesis will fail if the quality requirements are not met.

New master recipes have been added.

A Master Recipes tab has been added to the Crafting Log window.
The master recipes previously listed under the Special Recipes tab have been moved into their own tab of the Crafting Log window.

New miner and botanist gathering points have been added.

New items have been added to gathering points.

Gathering attempt and integrity bonuses have been added to certain legendary nodes.

Botanists and miners may now discover prime collectables when gathering.

Prime collectable items that have reached maximum collectability will, on occasion, become sublime collectables when gathered. A higher gathering rate increases your chances of a prime collectable becoming sublime.

Aetherial Reduction of Prime Collectables

• Prime collectable items that have reached maximum collectability have a chance of yielding exceedingly rare items from aetherial reduction. When using sublime collectables, you are guaranteed to receive these rare items.
• The collectables gathering window has been adjusted.
• New fish that can be used for aetherial reduction have been added.
• New varieties of fish have been added.
• The level cap for desynthesis has been increased from 590 to 610.
• New mounts have been added.

The following adjustments have been made to the Mount Guide:

• The number of mounts displayed on a single page has been increased from 25 to 30.
• The maximum number of favorites has been increased from 25 to 30.
• Up to six mount actions can now be displayed at once when riding a mount.
• New chocobo barding has been added.
• New minions have been added.

The following adjustments have been made to the Minion Guide:

• The number of minions displayed on a single page has been increased from 25 to 30.
• The maximum number of favorites has been increased from 25 to 30.

The following additions and adjustments have been made to fashion accessories:

• New accessories have been added.
• New actions that can be performed while holding an umbrella have been added.

Players can now use emotes while using fashion accessories.

• The parasol accessory will not be visible when using emotes, but will reappear when the emote motion has finished.
• Special actions that can be used with fashion accessories can be confirmed in the Fashion Accessories window.

The following adjustments have been made to the Data Center Travel system:

• The waiting time to retrieve information after selecting a World has been reduced.
• The time required to travel may vary depending on World congestion.
• Players can now receive notifications for letters from friends and GMs even when visiting other Worlds within their data center.
• For letters containing bonuses or purchased items, you must be in your Home World.

The following additions and adjustments have been made to retainers:

• New items can now be obtained from quick exploration ventures.
• New retainer exploration ventures have been added.
• The error message displayed when attempting to entrust retainers with a unique item already in their possession has been adjusted.

The following additions and adjustments have been made to achievements:

New achievements and titles have been added.
Certain duties will now count toward the completion of achievements. Furthermore, Ultima’s Bane (Unreal) is no longer required.
Achievement Duty
A Tankless Job I (Paladin)
A Tankless Job II (Paladin)
But Somebody’s Gotta Do It (Paladin)
A Tankless Job I (Warrior)
A Tankless Job II (Warrior)
But Somebody’s Gotta Do It (Warrior)
A Tankless Job I (Dark Knight)
A Tankless Job II (Dark Knight)
But Somebody’s Gotta Do It (Dark Knight) Pandæmonium: Abyssos
Pandæmonium: Abyssos (Savage)
Containment Bay S1T7 (Unreal)

• This trial was added in Patch 6.2.
  Tank You, Paladin I
  Tank You, Paladin II
  Tank You, Paladin III
  Tank You, Paladin IV
  Tank You, Paladin V
  Tank You, Warrior I
  Tank You, Warrior II
  Tank You, Warrior III
  Tank You, Warrior IV
  Tank You, Warrior V
  Tank You, Dark Knight I
  Tank You, Dark Knight II
  Tank You, Dark Knight III
  Tank You, Dark Knight IV
  Tank You, Dark Knight V
  Tank You, Gunbreaker I
  Tank You, Gunbreaker II
  Tank You, Gunbreaker III
  Tank You, Gunbreaker IV
  Tank You, Gunbreaker V The Fell Court of Troia
  Pandæmonium: Abyssos
  Pandæmonium: Abyssos (Savage)
  Containment Bay S1T7 (Unreal)

The official release version of adventurer plates has been implemented.
The adventurer plate interface allows you to create a personalized calling card by which to introduce yourself to other players. View a player’s adventurer plate by targeting them and selecting the “View Adventurer Plate” subcommand.

• Portraits applied to adventurer plate from the beta version will carry over to the official release.

Additions and Adjustments from Beta

• A portrait specifically for adventurer plates has been added.
• New portrait accents have been added.
• Search comments can now be edited directly when editing adventurer plates.
• Viewing the Adventurer Plate
• From the main menu, select Adventurer Plate or target your character and select View Adventurer Plate from the subcommand menu. While there are myriad options available to customize your adventurer plate, additional options can be unlocked via rewards from certain duties.

Editing Portraits

Capture the appearance of your Warrior of Light by customizing poses, movements, camera angles, backgrounds, framing, lighting, and more! You may save a variety of different portraits, with an additional portrait designed specifically for your adventurer plate.

The gear shown in your adventurer plate portrait is based on what you have equipped at the time it is initially saved. To update the gear in your adventurer plate portrait, select Reflect Current Gear in the Edit Portrait window.

Plate Design

In addition to portraits, you may also customize various design elements of your adventurer plate, including backgrounds, pattern overlays, and portrait frames.

Profile

You may customize an adventurer plate profile with information about your favorite job, title, playstyle, active hours, and more.

Search Comment

You may also edit your search comment, which will be displayed on your adventurer plate.

Privacy Settings

You can set limits on who may view your adventurer plate. By default, your portraits can be viewed by all players. This setting can be restricted to “Friends Only” or “No One.”

The official release of portraits has been added.
Customize portraits for each of your gear sets using a variety of poses, movements, camera angles, backgrounds, framing, lighting, and more. These portraits will be displayed at the start of Crystalline Conflict matches and Doman mahjong.

• While portraits linked to gear sets have been carried over to the official release, they must be edited and resaved in order to be used as instant portraits.

Additions and Adjustments from Beta

• Portraits can be edited from the main menu after unlocking gear sets.
• Players are allotted one portrait for every gear set created.
• All settings other than equipped gear can be copied to other portraits.
• New portrait motions have been added.
• New portrait accents have been added.
• The display of requirements for framer’s kits has been adjusted.

Viewing Portraits

• From the main menu, select Portraits to open a list of all available portraits. They are sorted in order according to your gear sets.

Editing Portraits

• Select the portrait you wish to edit, then Edit Portrait from the subcommand menu.

Using as Instant Portrait

• When enabled, portraits will be applied as your Instant Portrait when the gear set is equipped.

Warning

• Portraits that meet the following criteria will be marked with a warning symbol. These portraits must either be edited or restored to default settings.
• Portraits that have never been edited prior to Patch 6.2.
• Portraits whose gear set makeup has changed and been overwritten.
• Portraits that no longer match your character’s appearance after using a phial of Fantasia.

Copying Settings

It is possible to copy settings other than equipped gear (motions, accents, etc.) to other portraits.

• Class or job-specific motions cannot be copied over.

Players can now request gear repairs from party and alliance members.
Requests must be made in areas where repairing gear is permitted. Players may then offer gear whose durability is below 100% to have it repaired, adding 100% to its durability.

• Players on the free trial cannot use this feature.

Making Requests

Select the player to whom you wish to send a request, then select Request Repair from the subcommand menu. In the window that appears, select the gear you wish to have repaired, set a reward, then select Submit Request. After confirming the request, the selected player can repair your gear.

Gear List

The list of items to offer for repair will only include gear whose durability is less than 100%.

• If the selected player does not meet the requirements to repair a piece of gear, it will appear grayed out in the list.

Required Dark Matter

The Repair Request menu will display the number of Dark Matter to be consumed, as well as the number owned by the player who will repair the gear. If the player conducting repairs has insufficient Dark Matter of the required grade, a higher grade will be consumed.

Reward

You can offer a reward for repair of your gear, up to a maximum of 1,000,000 gil.

In order to prevent server congestion immediately after the release of Patch 6.2, we will be implementing multiple field instances for Lower La Noscea.

• We will continue to monitor server activity and remove these features when server congestion is determined to no longer be an issue.
• Particular instances can be selected when entering from a neighboring area or teleporting via aetheryte.

The following additions and adjustments have been made to the Currency window:

• The order in which currencies will cycle on the HUD can be adjusted via arrow buttons in the Currency Settings window.
• An option to select the default currency displayed on the HUD has been added.
• New dungeons are available for Explorer Mode.

Available Duties

Pharos Sirius (Hard) Copperbell Mines (Hard) Haukke Manor (Hard) The Lost City of Amdapor Halatali (Hard) Brayflox’s Longstop (Hard) Hullbreaker Isle The Tam-Tara Deepcroft (Hard) The Stone Vigil (Hard) Snowcloak Sastasha (Hard) The Sunken Temple of Qarn (Hard) The Keeper of the Lake The Wanderer’s Palace (Hard) Amdapor Keep (Hard) The Fell Court of Troia

The duties that can be recorded have changed:

• The Mothercrystal
• The Final Day
• Asphodelos: The Fourth Circle (Savage) The Mothercrystal
• Asphodelos: The Fourth Circle (Savage)
• Aglaia

The Promote to Cross-world Linkshell Master subcommand has been added.

The player to be promoted to cross-world linkshell master must meet the following requirements:

• The character’s Home World must be in the same logical data center.
• The character must be logged in at the time of promotion.
• The character cannot be an invitee.

When changing the following search criteria in the Party Finder window, a confirmation prompt will now be displayed when selecting Cancel without saving your settings:

• Roles
• Filter Settings
• Detailed Search

The following adjustments have been made to the subcommand menu on the Character Selection screen:

The Delete Character subcommand has been moved, and is now under the More Subcommands menu.
The confirmation prompt displayed when selecting options in the subcommand menu has been adjusted.

To improve support for color blindness, the color of area markers on maps has been adjusted.

After selecting an option in a drop-down list that allows scrolling, the position of the cursor when re-opening the drop-down list has been adjusted to display the previous and next options.

The following adjustments have been made to the prompts for accepting friend requests:
The prompt will now have three options─Accept, Wait, and Decline.
When choosing to respond to a friend request via the Friend List tab of the Social window, the Accept Friend Request subcommand has been changed to Respond to Friend Request.

The following features have been implemented to improve graphics processing:

Graphics Processing Optimization
Frame rate when under higher GPU load has been improved.
Dynamic resolution has been implemented (Windows/PlayStation®4/PlayStation®5).
When the GPU is under heavy load and causing the frame rate to drop, the 3D resolution will be reduced incrementally to improve frame rate. This feature can be enabled under the Graphics Settings tab of the System Configuration menu.

• This feature cannot be applied in certain situations, such as when using group pose.
• This feature is still in its beta stage as of Patch 6.2. Its implementation is in preparation for further graphical improvements planned with the release of the next expansion. The functionality of this feature is subject to change.

The following options have been added to the Character Configuration menu:

• Graphics Settings
• Resolution
• Enable Dynamic Resolution

The following options have been added to the Character Configuration menu:

• Hotbar Settings
• Display
• Hotbar Display Settings
• Display Recast Times
• Type 1: Bottom Left
• Type 2: Centered

The following additions and adjustments have been made to the staff credits:

The game credits will now include their date of release.
The controls and control guide for the staff credits have been improved, allowing navigation with modified keybindings.

The Steam overlay will now appear when loading the game via Steam.
The Steam overlay is an in-game interface that allows access to many Steam features while playing games. Because the keybind to toggle its display overlaps with the default keybind for cycling enemies back (Shift+Tab), it is recommended to adjust the following settings as needed:

• Disable Steam Overlay Display

In the Steam client, select Steam then Settings. Under the In-Game tab, uncheck the box for “Enable the Steam Overlay while in-game.”
Change the Keybinding for Steam Overlay
In the Steam client, select Steam then Settings. Under the In-Game tab, change the keybind setting via “Overlay shortcut keys.”

The following text commands have been added:

• Command Description
• /spirit USAGE:/spirit [subcommand]
• Show off your team spirit.
• Both text and motion will be displayed when no subcommand is specified.
• Additions have been made to the auto-translation dictionary.
• Additions have been made to the PlayStation®4/PlayStation®5 auto-complete dictionary.
• New trophies have been added. (PlayStation®5)
• New music, sound effects, and voices have been added.

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