After many months of rabid speculation and teases, the next major update for Final Fantasy 14 has a launch date. So prep that comfy lounge chair because we’re in for a doozy.
During Letter from the Producer Live Part 72 stream, director Naoki Yoshida announced that the Final Fantasy 14 patch 6.2 release date is August 23, 2022. That’s not even two weeks away! The development team stressed that there will be a lengthy maintenance period ahead of time, so be mindful of that. No specifics were given regarding down long the Final Fantasy 14 servers will be down ahead of the update, though. Likely at least a day, if history is any indication.
Of course, it wouldn’t be a massive Final Fantasy 14 patch without an absolutely sick kick-off trailer. Feast your eyes on the Buried Memory teaser for yourself below. As a warning: here are slight Endwalker spoilers, so maybe skip it if you haven’t finished the expansion.
The trailer contains snippets from upcoming content in patch 6.2 (thanks, Fanbyte). Island Sanctuary, the Stardrew Valley-like island paradise for crafting and gathering, can be seen. Then there are loads of Main Scenario Questline (MSQ) cutscenes, some of which showcase a character in Reaper garb that we’ve never seen before. You can also catch glimpses of The Fell Court of Troia, an all-new dungeon.
Pandaemonium is getting its tier finally. We can see at least one of the new bosses unleashing hell fury on a party, as always. The standard version of this raid is coming on launch day, while the savage difficulty is launching one week later. Hear that? Every crafter in your static is breathing a sigh of relief over the extra prep time — more time to fawn over a certain (hot) returning villain.
Interestingly enough, a few sequences also showed the new Heavensward tweaks. Characters like Haurchefant and Alphinaud can now join you in older dungeons like The Vault through the trust system. The (currently) wretched Steps of Faith are changing from an eight-player trial to a solo duty. Thank goodness those slow-as-molasses turret days are behind us.
That about does it! Final Fantasy 14 patch 6.2 is looking like it’ll be a damn fine addition.
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.