Closing Fantasy XIV writer Sq. Enix and developer Inventive Enterprise Unit III revealed the MMO’s subsequent enlargement, Dawntrail, throughout Day 1 of Closing Fantasy XIV Fan Competition 2023.
Sq. Enix revealed this 7.0 enlargement 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 principle stage to host a keynote presentation, and it was throughout this that we discovered so much in regards to the Dawntrail enlargement, which can hit the sport someday in summer time 2024. Let’s break all of it down.
Every thing 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 enlargement. Yoshida defined through the keynote presentation on July 28 that the crew needed to “deliver the perfect summer time trip a hero might presumably have” to the Warriors of Gentle (the gamers). With out spoiling the occasions of 2021’s Endwalker enlargement – learn Recreation Informer’s Closing Fantasy XIV: Endwalker evaluation right here – Yoshida says Dawntrail represents a major shift from the earlier enlargement. The place Endwalker was darkish, with the tip of the universe on the road, Dawntrail is brighter and seemingly lighter in tone.
“It is a new starting of Closing Fantasy XIV [and] the theme is a journey of discovery,” he mentioned. “As you realize, the arc we have 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.”
As for what brings the Warriors of Gentle to this New World, a slide through the keynote presentation reads, “Warriors of Gentle will obtain a really particular visitor. Winds of alternative deliver a customer from the brand new world, looking for the Warrior of Gentle’s help 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’ll 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 couple of of the brand new areas we’ll be visiting in Dawntrail. Let’s break every down.
Yok Tural
Yok Tural is the tropical New World location seen within the Dawntrail trailer. It is west of Eorzea and residential to many cities that reside alongside nature, that means you will not 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 many extra.
Tuliyollal
Tuliyollal is the brand new main metropolis of the Dawntrail enlargement, positioned in Yok Tural. It is 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 is not very industrialized.
Urqopacha
Urqopacha is a really mountainous area of Yok Tural. It is residence to “peoples each exceedingly massive and unusually small in nature.” You may see their settlements all through the area’s mountains. A slide through 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 everything of Yok Tural. Whereas their descendants reside on within the area, solely ruins stay of the Empire’s superb days.”
Yak Tel
Yak Tel is a thick forest area of Yok Tural, accessible from Tuliyollal by way of “dirigible flight over the southeastern mountains.” A slide through 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 comes.”
New Additions
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. Here is what he talked about:
- The extent cap can be elevated from Stage 90 to Stage 100
- Two new jobs: One melee DPS job and one ranged magical DPS (Yoshida did not 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 can be added to the sport as equippable gear alongside Headgear (though Yoshida says they will not be handled as gear when it comes to stock and will not take up house in your armory chest)
- Two dyes per gear piece
- Furnishing restrict improve (deliberate for a post-7.0 patch nonetheless)
- Whiteboard-like “Technique Board” for planning duties, raid methods, and extra
- Taking place as a part of Patch 6.5X – Free trial prolonged: it would embody Stormblood now, the enlargement after Heavensward
- Closing Fantasy XIV Xbox Sequence 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 numerous modifications in a couple of movies. He says the crew is emphasizing “screen-wide aesthetic enchantment” versus modifications to particular person characters, which is why the replace will have an effect on close to all the things within the sport, together with shadows, supplies, characters, UI, and extra.
It can additionally embody “higher-resolution textures and shadows.” Yoshida says the crew is engaged on these graphical updates in piecemeal, that means you should not count on all the things to be up to date visually without delay. He says what you see in 7.0 can be a very good illustration of visible modifications to return.
And that is all the things we discovered about Dawntrail throughout Closing Fantasy XIV Fan Competition 2023 Day 1.
For extra, watch the Closing Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail trailer right here after which learn in regards to the Xbox Sequence X/S model of Closing Fantasy XIV launching in spring of 2024.
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