Patch 6.2 is launching on Final Fantasy XIV this August 23. Titled "Buried Memories," it's set to introduce battle challenges to the Island Sanctuary.
This was all revealed during the latest Letter from the Producer LIVE broadcast presented by Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida. In that broadcast, Yoshida gave a demonstration of Island Sanctuary. This is a new type of casual solo content where players can make and customize their own personal farm on a deserted island. They can do so by gathering materials, building facilities, caring for creatures, and more. All of this without the need for any previous crafting or gathering experience.
Other content that players can expect from Patch 6.2 include:
- New Main Scenario Quests
- The epic story continues in this latest chapter.
- New Side Story Quests
- Experience the continuation of Tataru’s Grand Endeavor.
- New Dungeon
- New challenges await in the Fell Court of Troia.
- New Trial
- Band together with other players in a new trial with Normal and Extreme difficulties.
- New 8-Player Raid
- Pandæmonium: Abyssos is available in both Normal and Savage difficulties to challenge the most seasoned players.
- The Savage difficulty raid is planned for release one week after the launch of Patch 6.2.
- New Unreal Trial
- Battle against Sephirot in Containment Bay S1T7 (Unreal).
- PvP Updates
- PvP Series 2 and Crystalline Conflict Season 3 will begin with the release of Patch 6.2.
- Hidden Gorge also resumes, along with adjustments to PvP actions and the Crystalline Conflict ranked matching system.
- Continued Improvements to the Main Scenario
- The Duty Support feature is expanded to include main scenario dungeons from the 2.x series to 3.0 (Snowcloak, The Keeper of the Lake, Sohm Al, The Aery and The Vault).
- The Steps of Faith trial is being reworked into a solo quest battle.
- The Thornmarch trial is going to be revamped.
- Miscellaneous Updates
- Additional content, including updates to adventurer plates and portraits, glamor dresser capacity expansion from 400 to 800 slots, and more.
Patch 6.25
Once Patch 6,2 arrives, the next one is Patch 6.25, coming at a later date. In this one, players can look forward to:
- New Side Story Quests
- Somehow Further Hildibrand Adventures continue in Patch 6.25.
- New Weapon Enhancement Quests
- Players can obtain and enhance Manderville Weapons throughout the Patch 6.x series, which begins in the Somehow Further Hildibrand Adventures questline.
- New Tribal Quests: Omicron
- New daily quests for Disciples of the Land.
- New Variant Dungeons Battle Content
- Players can enjoy this new variable-difficulty dungeon content — beginning with the Sil'dihn Subterrane — designed for between 1-4 players, with the difficulty of enemies scaling depending on party size.
- Dungeons is going to feature branching routes, which change depending on player action within the dungeon.
- New Another Path: Criterion Dungeons Battle Content
- High difficulty four-player content, which features a distinct structure and enemies of the Variant Dungeons, but is going to have a set route.
- Criterion dungeons to feature two options of difficulties, each with their own unique set of rules and characteristics.
Final Fantasy XIV is available on PC, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5.
