FINAL FANTASY XIV Online News

Hatching-tide is here!

Guided by the visions of Jihli Aliapoh, Hatching-tide returns this year to engulf the realm in its joyous mayhem. The city-states will be festooned with colorful decorations, setting the stage for yet another round of eggciting revelry!

Event Duration

From Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 1:00 a.m. (PDT) / 8:00 (GMT) / 9:00 (BST)
to Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 7:59 a.m. (PDT) / 14:59 (GMT) / 15:59 (BST)

How to Participate

Begin the quest “Fowl Demands” by speaking to Jihli Aliapoh in Old Gridania (X:10.2 Y:9.4).

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

Click here to visit the special site.

Letter from the Producer LIVE Part LXIII Digest Released

We’re pleased to announce that the Letter from the Producer LIVE Part LXIII event digest has been released!

If you weren’t able to watch the live stream, or if you just want to watch it again, be sure to check it out!

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Final Fantasy XIV patch 5.5 arrives with new story quests and Nier raid finale

The wait is over: Final Fantasy XIV's servers are back online, and patch 5.5 Death Unto Dawn has landed. This update serves as the mid-point between the game's previous expansion, Shadowbringers, and the upcoming one, Endwalker (which will arrive sometime this autumn). It brings new story bits that lead directly into Endwalker, alongside the next part of the Nier-inspired raid, YoRHa: Dark Apocalypse. On top of that, FFXIV has added new quests, balance changes, New Game+ updates and more.

We are proud to present the patch notes for Death Unto Dawn, where the stage is set for a cataclysmic battle that will lead into the story of Endwalker.

This patch also introduces the third installment of YoRHa: Dark Apocalypse─the Tower at Paradigm's Breach─courtesy of guest creators Yosuke Saito and YOKO TARO, a new event to celebrate the Firmament's completion, and much more!

Eligible players can also take part in the open beta test for the PlayStation®5.

* Additional features will be implemented in future updates:
Further main scenario quests, Save the Queen: Blades of Gunnhildr, and Resistance weapon upgrades are scheduled to be released in Patch 5.55.

Read the patch notes on The Lodestone here.

FFXIV patch 5.5 release time - when server maintenance ends in your time zone

Final Fantasy XIV's patch 5.5 is drawing closer, but you'll need to hop out of the MMORPG for a bit before it actually goes live. Square Enix confirms in a blog post on FFXIV's website that it's performing maintenance to implement Patch 5.5 and make sure the infrastructure is up to scratch. The preliminary FFXIV 5.5 patch notes are here for your perusal while you wait, but here's when you can expect to log back into Final Fantasy XIV.

For us UK folk, the servers go offline on April 13 at 2am BST until 11am the same day. If you're in the PDT time zone, server maintenance begins on April 12 at 6pm and wraps up on April 13 at 2am. Square Enix further explains that it will suspend the Home World Transfer Service for 30 minutes before maintenance begins and that it will remain offline until everything has wrapped up.

FFXIV's 5.5 patch kicks off the main scenario quest Death Unto Dawn Part 1, which sees the Scions clash with the servants of chaos. We're also getting a new Nier Automata-themed raid called Yorha: Dark Apocalypse - The Tower at Paradigm's Breach, the new Paglth'an dungeon, and heaps more.

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