Last Fantasy XIV writer Sq. Enix and developer Inventive Enterprise Unit III revealed the MMO's subsequent enlargement, <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 Last Fantasy XIV Fan Competition 2023.
Sq. Enix revealed this 7.0 enlargement that acts as a brand new starting for Last Fantasy XIV with a brand new cinematic trailer. After the trailer, director Naoki Yoshida took to the principle stage to host a keynote presentation, and it was throughout this that we discovered rather a lot in regards to the Dawntrail enlargement, which is able to hit the sport someday in summer time 2024. Let’s break all of it down.
All the pieces You Want To Know About Last Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail
The brand under was created by famed Last Fantasy sequence illustrator Yoshitaka Amano, and it prominently makes use of the colour gold, the theme coloration for the enlargement. Yoshida defined throughout the keynote presentation on July 28 that the staff wished to “convey the perfect summer time trip a hero may presumably have” to the Warriors of Gentle (the gamers). With out spoiling the occasions of 2021’s Endwalker enlargement – learn Sport Informer’s Last Fantasy XIV: Endwalker overview right here – Yoshida says Dawntrail represents a big shift from the earlier enlargement. 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 Last Fantasy XIV [and] the theme is a journey of discovery,” he mentioned. “As you understand, the arc we’ve been on from 1.0 to Endwalker about Hydaelyn and Zodiark has concluded. So you may consider this as our first step into a brand new story for Last Fantasy XIV.”
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As for what brings the Warriors of Gentle to this New World, a slide throughout 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 make them 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”
Areas
Yoshida additionally shed some mild on a number of of the brand new areas 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 reside alongside nature, which means you received’t see a lot industrialization in comparison with different locations in Last 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 enlargement, situated in Yok Tural. It’s described as “the ocean of the federal nation-state governing Tural” and situated 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 giant and unusually small in nature.” You’ll see their settlements all through the area’s mountains. A slide throughout 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 Large’s Empire, which spanned everything of Yok Tural. Whereas their descendants reside 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 through “dirigible flight over the southeastern mountains.” A slide throughout 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 gorgeous 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 recent additions coming to the sport, presumably as a part of the 7.0 Dawntrail enlargement replace. Right here’s what he talked about:
- The extent cap can 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 staff will proceed to replace Last Fantasy XIV PvP all through Dawntrail’s patches
- Blue Mage replace
- “Inconceivably additional Hildibrand adventures”
- New plans for Deep Dungeons
- Gold Saucer replace
- Eyeglasses can 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 enhance (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 embody Stormblood now, the enlargement after Heavensward
- Last 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 Last Fantasy XIV, showcasing numerous adjustments in a number of movies. He says the staff is emphasizing “screen-wide aesthetic attraction” versus adjustments to particular person characters, which is why the replace will have an effect on close to every little thing within the sport, together with shadows, supplies, characters, UI, and extra.
It’s going to additionally embody “higher-resolution textures and shadows.” Yoshida says the staff is engaged on these graphical updates in piecemeal, which means you shouldn’t anticipate every little thing to be up to date visually without delay. He says what you see in 7.0 can be a superb illustration of visible adjustments to return.
And that’s every little thing we discovered about Dawntrail throughout Last Fantasy XIV Fan Competition 2023 Day 1.
For extra, watch the Last Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail trailer right here after which learn in regards to the Xbox Collection X/S model of Last Fantasy XIV launching in spring of 2024.
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