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FFXIV Heavensturn 2022 - New Year event guide

In Heavensturn 2022, Final Fantasy XIV presents a seasonal event to celebrate the New Year! It invites new as well as veteran players to participate. Since this is the Year of the Tiger, the festival arrives with rewards such as thematic gear, house furniture, and a special FATE.

The FFXIV Heavensturn festival is available from January 5, 2022, to January 19, 2022, until 6:59 AM (PST) and you must be at least level 15 to participate. First head to Limsa Lominsa Upper Decks (The Aftecastle crystal is the closest one in case you want to use the aethernet) to find Tora Bugyo (X: 11.5 Y: 13.9), the NPC who gives Heavensturn's first quest, 'Tangle with a Tora'. Tora asks you to participate in a specific FATE in order to complete the quest.

Your mission is to help a group of mages to perform a ritual in which they give life to a tiger that adorns a folding screen, and the you have to defeat it. Here's how to complete the rest of the FFXIV Heavensturn event.

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Heavensturn Begins on January 5!

The Heavensturn festival is upon us once again, and delegates from the Far East have arrived to spread word of their customary celebration. To this end, the tora bugyo would enlist your aid in spreading word across Eorzea to ensure the success of the festivities. Join the celebration and earn fun new rewards!

Event Duration

From Wednesday, January 5, 2022 at 12:00 a.m. (PST) / 8:00 (GMT)
to Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at 6:59 a.m. (PST) / 14:59 (GMT)

How to Participate

Begin the quest "Tangle with a Tora" by speaking to Tora Bugyo in Limsa Lominsa, Upper Decks (X:11.5 Y:13.9).

*Players must be level 15 and above to start the quest.

Rewards

Visit the special site for more details.

FFXIV gets butt-buffing pants and dance poles

Final Fantasy XIV's latest update has landed, and the 6.05 patch notes introduce a selection of job changes alongside new content like the Savage Pandaemonium raid. But there are a few, erm, unadvertised additions in 6.05, too, including pants that make your butt more shapely and a pole. Like, you know, the kind of pole you dance on.

The patch notes do say that "new prizes are available for purchase using MGP", but it's actually just one item: the dance pole, a furnishing item. As the description notes, "even seasoned adventurers may find that sensually swivelling upon this pole proves a challenge to their balance and brawn alike". Sadly, it seems you can't actually interact with the pole, but I guess you can always do a /beesknees near it.

Then there are the hose of happiness, a new craftable set of pants that add a bit of volume to your character's butt. There are a number of clothing items in FFXIV that make subtle adjustments to your character model, but it's especially pronounced here - the effect is basically the same as the 2B leggings, just without requiring you to run around in a thong. And, fabulously, it appears the butt buff applies to male characters, too.

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Patch 6.05 Notes

Patch 6.05 brings a multitude of additions and refinements to the realm, including the Savage version of the Pandæmonium raid, the new Excitatron 6000 treasure dungeon, and the introduction of Allagan tomestones of astronomy.

Read the patch notes on The Lodestone.

Final Fantasy XIV patch 6.05 buffs some DPS classes, slightly nerfs Reaper

Following some maintenance, Final Fantasy XIV's new patch is here, ushering in the Savage difficulty version of the new Pandæmonium: Asphodelos raid. Before you and your party set out to get wiped in battle repeatedly, though, you may want to take note of some tweaks to various FFXIV DPS jobs.

Some of the more notable changes have come to the Ninja class. Fleeting Raiju has been changed to a melee-range attack from a gap closer, so the striking distance has been greatly reduced though the attack potency has been increased to 560 from 450 to compensate. Forked Raiju is still here, though it's a separate action instead of a combo move, and the attack power has also been increased to 560. So how will this work in full flow? Now when you use Raiton, you'll be 'Raiju Ready' instead of 'Forked Raiju Ready', so you can start with whatever attack you fancy. The status effect duration has also been increased to 30 seconds from 15, so go wild, shinobi.

You'll also find that using Phantom Kamaitachi no longer uses a stack of Bunshin, and the increase to Ninki Gauge has been changed from ten to five. The 'Phantom Kamaitachi Ready' status effect will no longer expire when the effect of Bunshin ends, instead lasting for 45 seconds.

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