Closing Fantasy XIV writer Sq. Enix and developer Inventive Enterprise Unit III revealed the MMO's subsequent growth, <a href="https://www.gameinformer.com/information/2023/07/28/final-fantasy-14-dawntrail-expansion-revealed-coming-summer-2024" goal="_blank" rel="noopener">Dawntrail</a>, throughout Day 1 of Closing Fantasy XIV Fan Pageant 2023.
Sq. Enix revealed this 7.0 growth that acts as a brand new starting for Closing Fantasy XIV with a brand new cinematic trailer. After the trailer, director Naoki Yoshida took to the primary stage to host a keynote presentation, and it was throughout this that we realized quite a bit in regards to the Dawntrail growth, which can hit the sport someday in summer time 2024. Let’s break all of it down.
All the pieces You Want To Know About Closing Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail
The brand under was created by famed Closing Fantasy sequence illustrator Yoshitaka Amano, and it prominently makes use of the colour gold, the theme shade for the growth. Yoshida defined in the course of the keynote presentation on July 28 that the crew needed to “convey the perfect summer time trip a hero may probably have” to the Warriors of Gentle (the gamers). With out spoiling the occasions of 2021’s Endwalker growth – learn Sport Informer’s Closing Fantasy XIV: Endwalker evaluate right here – Yoshida says Dawntrail represents a big shift from the earlier growth. The place Endwalker was darkish, with the top of the universe on the road, Dawntrail is brighter and seemingly lighter in tone.
“It’s a brand new starting of Closing Fantasy XIV [and] the theme is a journey of discovery,” he stated. “As , the arc we’ve been on from 1.0 to Endwalker about Hydaelyn and Zodiark has concluded. So you possibly can consider this as our first step into a brand new story for Closing Fantasy XIV.”
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As for what brings the Warriors of Gentle to this New World, a slide in the course of the keynote presentation reads, “Warriors of Gentle will obtain a really particular visitor. Winds of alternative convey a customer from the brand new world, searching for the Warrior of Gentle’s support in a ceremony of succession to find out Tural’s subsequent ruler.
“Alongside Alphinaud, Alisaie, and Erenville, the warrior of sunshine embarks upon a journey throughout the Indigo Deep. Ought to rumor be true, the competition could cause them to the fabled gates of a metropolis of gold. Little do they know that it’s going to additionally see the scions divided, teasing that gamers will quickly uncover who’re their allies and who’re their rivals on this contest”
Places
Yoshida additionally shed some gentle on just a few of the brand new places we’ll be visiting in Dawntrail. Let’s break every down.
Yok Tural
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Yok Tural is the tropical New World location seen within the Dawntrail trailer. It’s west of Eorzea and residential to many cities that stay alongside nature, which means you received’t see a lot industrialization in comparison with different locations in Closing Fantasy XIV. In Yok Tural, the Warriors of Gentle will uncover new characters, allies, enemies, gear, and lots extra.
Tuliyollal
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Tuliyollal is the brand new main metropolis of the Dawntrail growth, positioned in Yok Tural. It’s described as “the ocean of the federal nation-state governing Tural” and positioned within the northern reaches of the land. The nation’s ruler is Gulool Ja Ja, a two-headed Mamool Ja. The aforementioned contest is being held by Mamool Ja to find out who will succeed him. This metropolis prioritizes dwelling with nature so it’s not very industrialized.
Urqopacha
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Urqopacha is a really mountainous area of Yok Tural. It’s residence to “peoples each exceedingly massive and unusually small in nature.” You’ll see their settlements all through the area’s mountains. A slide in the course of the keynote learn, “Over a thousand years in the past, lengthy earlier than the Tuliyollal got here to be, Urqopacha was the proud coronary heart of the Big’s Empire, which spanned the whole thing of Yok Tural. Whereas their descendants stay on within the area, solely ruins stay of the Empire’s wonderful days.”
Yak Tel
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Yak Tel is a thick forest area of Yok Tural, accessible from Tuliyollal by way of “dirigible flight over the southeastern mountains.” A slide in the course of the keynote presentation learn, “So dense is its foliage that the forest ground sees little daylight; residence to the first settlements of Tural’s Hrothgar and Mamool Ja, and replete with beautiful cenotes harboring cerulean ponds and is derived.”
New Additions
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Alongside new particulars about Yok Tural, Yoshida additionally detailed a ton of latest additions coming to the sport, presumably as a part of the 7.0 Dawntrail growth replace. Right here’s what he talked about:
- The extent cap will probably be elevated from Degree 90 to Degree 100
- Two new jobs: One melee DPS job and one ranged magical DPS (Yoshida didn’t reveal the job titles)
- New dungeons
- New gear and recipes for crafters and gatherers
- New variant dungeons
- New Alliance Raid
- New 8-Participant Raid
- New Final Raid
- The Pelupelu, a brand new race of individuals dwelling in Yok Tural
- PvP replace: Yoshida says the crew will proceed to replace Closing Fantasy XIV PvP all through Dawntrail’s patches
- Blue Mage replace
- “Inconceivably additional Hildibrand adventures”
- New plans for Deep Dungeons
- Gold Saucer replace
- Eyeglasses will probably be added to the sport as equippable gear alongside Headgear (though Yoshida says they received’t be handled as gear by way of stock and received’t take up house in your armory chest)
- Two dyes per gear piece
- Furnishing restrict improve (deliberate for a post-7.0 patch nevertheless)
- Whiteboard-like “Technique Board” for planning duties, raid methods, and extra
- Occurring as a part of Patch 6.5X – Free trial prolonged: it’s going to embrace Stormblood now, the growth after Heavensward
- Closing Fantasy XIV Xbox Collection X/S model introduced
Graphical Replace
Yoshida additionally mentioned the beforehand introduced graphical updates Inventive Enterprise Unit III is engaged on for Closing Fantasy XIV, showcasing varied adjustments in just a few movies. He says the crew is emphasizing “screen-wide aesthetic enchantment” versus adjustments to particular person characters, which is why the replace will have an effect on close to every part within the sport, together with shadows, supplies, characters, UI, and extra.
It can additionally embrace “higher-resolution textures and shadows.” Yoshida says the crew is engaged on these graphical updates in piecemeal, which means you shouldn’t count on every part to be up to date visually directly. He says what you see in 7.0 will probably be an excellent illustration of visible adjustments to come back.
And that’s every part we realized about Dawntrail throughout Closing Fantasy XIV Fan Pageant 2023 Day 1.
For extra, watch the Closing Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail trailer right here after which learn in regards to the Xbox Collection X/S model of Closing Fantasy XIV launching in spring of 2024.
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