Square Enix have released the preliminary patch notes for Final Fantasy XIV Patch 7.1 Crossroads, which releases on November 12. This will be the first major content update following the release of Dawntrail, featuring “Echoes of Vana’diel” Final Fantasy XI Alliance Raid, new main scenario quests, a new dungeon, and much more.
Along with new content additions, patch notes for Final Fantasy XIV Patch 7.1 confirm various graphical adjustments and improvements have been made. Specifically, model quality, texture resolution, and material qualities of faces and gear have been improved, along with the appearance of eyes on character models. You can read the preliminary and full patch notes at the Lodestone.
Here’s a breakdown of the update, courtesy of Square Enix:
Final Fantasy XIV Patch 7.1: Crossroads
- 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
- 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
Lastly, Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail is available now for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam.
