At the Final Fantasy Fan Festival in Tokyo earlier this week, Square Enix shared some new details regarding the upcoming Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail Expansion. This new update will bring a new job to the game in the form of the Pictomancer, as well as add new areas, a flashy cyberpunk-esque city, and hours upon hours of content for players to grind through.
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The presentation included with a full six-minute trailer for Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail, which you can watch below in all its glory:
While this trailer is purely cinematic, there’s still plenty to see here, so let’s break down all the details from today’s press release.
Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail Expansion Details
Meet the Pictomancer
Works in the medium of mixed aether, wielding a specialized brush to render their imaginings reality. These creations include not only creatures and weapons, but landscapes as well. As evoking such wonders takes time, the Pictomancer also keeps instant-cast abilities and spells at the ready.
A gameplay teaser for the new Pictomancer job can be seen below:
New Playable Race: Female Hrothgar
The Hrothgar people hail from Ilsabard. A Turali people with shared ancestry, The Xbr’aal, call Yak T’el home.Females number relatively few among the population, but are readily identified by their lithe, muscular forms. Equally distinctive is their predisposition for leadership.
New City: Solution Nine
A city of towering facades constructed by an entirely different civilization than that of Tuliyollal. This city is pretty different from anything we’ve seen before in Final Fantasy 14. It’s got a really unique futuristic aesthetic that we’re big fans of. It’s giving us classic Phantasy Star Online vibes.
You can watch a brief walkthrough of the city below:
New Area: Heritage Found
In this region overflowing with lightning energies, thick thunderclouds blot out the sun, while streaks of purple levin illuminate the land day and night. This dark and gloomy area adds to the already-diverse list of explorable locations in Final Fantasy 14 and contrasts much of the game’s bright and sunny plains with a gloomy and foreboding desert.
And much, much more!
On top of these major additions, there are a handful of other significant new features coming to Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail:
- New Raid Series: The Arcadion
- A New Ultimate Raid: Futures Rewritten (Ultimate)
- New Dungeons
- Expansive New Lifestyle Content: Cosmic Exploration
- New Field Operations
- A New Limited Job: Beastmaster
As always, these expansions bring plenty of content to the table to make sure you get your money’s worth, and Dawntrail is no exception. There’s all sorts of exciting stuff here to keep you roped into the game.
Graphics Update
Last but not least, the game will also be receiving its first graphical update alongside Dawntrail. This update will include improvements to the game’s screen-wide aesthetic appeal, higher resolution textures and shadows, and improved material qualities across the board.
All in all, Dawntrail’s shaping up to be yet another awesome expansion for Final Fantasy 14. While we don’t have an exact release date for it yet, it’s scheduled to arrive in Summer 2024. We’ll be sure to let our readers know as soon as we know more.
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