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Final Fantasy 14’s next big update will kick off a Final Fantasy 11 crossover Alliance Raid series
Square Enix has revealed the first details of the next major update for Final Fantasy 14.
The game’s fifth expansion, Dawntrail, was released in July, and the upcoming Patch 7.1 will be the first major update since then.
According to the publisher, Patch 7.1 will be titled Crossroads and is currently set for a mid-November release.
The update will introduce the first part of a crossover Alliance Raid series with Final Fantasy 11, Square Enix’s first MMORPG.
The series will see players travelling to Vana’diel, the land where Final Fantasy 11 is set.
Patch 7.1 will also continue the main scenario quest for Dawntrail, and will add other features such as the first high-difficulty 24-player Alliance Raid.
The main additions coming to Patch 7.1 are as follows:
- New Main Scenario Quests
- New Dungeon – Yuweyawata Field Station
- New 24-Player Alliance Raid Series – Echoes of Vana’diel
- New Trial – The Minstrel’s Ballad: Sphene’s Burden
- New Unreal Trial – The Jade Stoa (Unreal): Face off against Byakko, one of the Four Lords, at level 100
- Chaotic Alliance Raid – The Cloud of Darkness (Chaotic): A new 24-player, high-difficulty raid
- New Ultimate Raid – Futures Rewritten (Ultimate)
- New Allied Society Quests – Players will be able to participate in new allied society quests for the Pelupelu that are designed for battle classes and jobs
- A New Custom Delivery Client – Nitowikwe
- Additional Role & Wachumeqimeqi Quests – A new role quest story will become available after completing all Dawntrail role quests, similarly a new Wachumeqimeqi story will become available when completing all of those associated quests
- New Hildibrand Quest Series – Inconceivably Further Hildibrand Adventures
- New Game+ Support for Patch 7.0 – Replay main scenario quests, job quests, and role quests
- Duty Support Additions – Support for the non-main scenario quest dungeon Halatali will be implemented, with further additions in the future
- Player Housing Update – The ability to select interior designs from different residential areas regardless of the location of the plot and new interior designs will be added
- Miscellaneous Updates – Additional updates for the Hall of the Novice with training for a wide range of different battle mechanics, NPC voiceovers added to Doman Mahjong and more
Square Enix will be hosting a new episode of its North American community live show Duty Commenced on October 2, where Patch 7.1 will be explained in more detail.
