At Last Fantasy 14 FanFest 2023 on Friday, Sq. Enix and producer Naoki Yoshida unveiled the 7.0 Dawntrail growth and revealed what is going to arrive alongside this main content material replace coming in summer time 2024. This included a wholly new area gamers could have the chance to traverse with the Scions of the Seventh Daybreak. Main adjustments will seem alongside this content material replace, together with the extremely anticipated graphical improve, an overhaul to the dye system, and an added raid software.
One of many largest reveals in the course of the FanFest keynote included the reveal of the Dawntrail growth, which can introduce the totally new area of Tural to the broader world of Eorzea. The event group teased a brand new participant hub and offered a short take a look at new areas that may seem, with designs showing to take inspiration from Meso-American and Indonesian cultures. This demonstration included point out of particular areas altering throughout day and evening cycles, with extra data to be revealed sooner or later.
Sq. Enix additionally offered a glimpse into the story that may accompany the Dawntrail growth. Framed as a “trip” of kinds — referencing Endwalker, Yoshida mentioned, “you probably did simply save not solely all of Hydaelyn, however type of the entire universe, so we thought we’d offer you somewhat break” — the expertise will start with gamers arriving in Tural to take part in a storyline that appears much like the Steppe quests that appeared in Last Fantasy 14 Stormblood. Gamers will see the Scions divided as they take part in a “ceremony of succession” to successfully select the chief of Tural. The overall theme of this growth is rooted in “discovery,” with Yoshida additionally stating that “variety” was additionally one of many key focuses within the growth of Dawntrail.
In Tural, gamers will uncover mysteries in regards to the “Metropolis of Gold,” which sounds much like the Meso-American metropolis of El Dorado. The realm reportedly lacks industrialization compared to Eorzea, which raises some questions (and attainable pink flags about its portrayal). Extra details about this space will seem sooner or later, probably at Last Fantasy 14 FanFest 2023 Europe in October.
New dungeons will probably be out there within the Last Fantasy 14 7.0 replace; though no screenshots have been proven, the event group did share that Last Fantasy 6’s Valigarmanda will seem as a boss.
As all the time, a brand new Tribe arrives as a part of the replace. The Pelupelu from Last Fantasy 10-2 will seem because the Tribe for this new growth. They’re notably extra humanoid than earlier Tribes; they’re described as “diminutive,” and their aesthetic seems impressed by Peruvian tradition.
Outdoors of those story-based updates, Last Fantasy 14 will see the addition of two new DPS Jobs, with Yoshida teasing what one of many new Job Courses may very well be by way of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles T-shirt he wore to the occasion. There was some hypothesis that the brand new Job Class will probably be Beastmaster, provided that even Last Fantasy collection creator Hironobu Sakaguchi requested the addition of this class into the sport. Whether or not or not this makes it into Sq. Enix’s MMORPG stays to be seen, as extra data will seem at each the European and Japanese FanFest occasions.
Last Fantasy 14 will obtain main graphical upgrades that will probably be rolled out by means of 7.0 onward. This consists of reflective textures on armor and different surfaces, extra polished textures for participant characters that embrace hair and pores and skin, and even an adjustment to face morphs. The builders talked about that this can roll out over time, and never all NPCs will obtain the replace unexpectedly. Different additions embrace the power to use two dyes to gear and to put on glasses whereas sporting headgear.
In the end, Last Fantasy 14 7.0 Dawntrail will see a plethora of recent content material added into the sport, alongside much-awaited updates to proceed to shine the expertise of the ever-growing MMO.
Last Fantasy 14 is at the moment out there on Mac, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Home windows PC. At FanFest, Sq. Enix CEO Takashi Kiryu, Yoshida, and Xbox head Phil Spencer confirmed that an Xbox Collection X model is coming, with a spring 2024 launch. The Xbox model will help cross-play with different variations of the sport.