Final Fantasy 14 Reveals Preliminary Patch 7.4 Notes

Final Fantasy 14 unveiled the preliminary list of changes coming in Patch 7.4, including a major quality-of-life update to the game’s deep dungeon system. As of Final Fantasy 14 Patch 7.4, a deep dungeon run that is interrupted by disconnections can be resumed if all affected players can quickly log back in.

Patch 7.4, Into the Mist, will also serve as an interlude between Dawntrail and Final Fantasy 14‘s next expansion. The main story of Patch 7.4 will span nine quests. The first 7.4 main scenario quest, “With the Winds,” can be started by speaking to Alphinaud in Solution Nine after completing all previous main scenario quests up to that point. The new Mistwake dungeon and Hell on Rails trial battle will be unlocked as players progress through Patch 7.4’s main scenario. Additionally, Final Fantasy 14‘s 7.4 update will include the finale of the fan-favorite Arcadion raid series. The story of the Arcadion’s Heavyweight tier will be told over six quests, starting by accepting the quest “Feral Fandom” from Yaana in Solution Nine. New features, including Hildibrand quests and The Merchant’s Tale variant dungeon, will be added in smaller patches throughout early 2026.

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Final Fantasy 14 Is Saving Deep Dungeon Runs

Along with the new story content, Final Fantasy 14‘s 7.4 update will address a long-standing concern with the deep dungeon feature. Once Final Fantasy 14 Patch 7.4 arrives on Tuesday, December 16, a deep dungeon run may be saved if all players who disconnect from the game are able to log back in within 10 minutes, including solo players. The deep dungeon change, according to Final Fantasy 14 producer and director Naoki Yoshida, was made in response to player feedback following waves of DDoS attacks that took place in FF14 throughout the fall of 2025. Prior to Patch 7.4, any deep dungeon runs in-progress that saw all party members disconnect from the game would be considered lost, which would require players to start again from a specific floor. However, Yoshida noted that if a party member dies while all the others are disconnected from the game, the deep dungeon run will still be considered lost.

In addition to the deep dungeon run change, Final Fantasy 14′s 7.4 update will also add new features like the Strategy Board and the Command Panel. The Strategy Board will allow raid teams to organize how a battle will play out, and give players an idea of where they should go during specific mechanics. The Command Panel will give Final Fantasy 14 players a new way to store buttons and commands that are seldom used, such as emotes, crafting macros, and gear sets. Starting with Patch 7.4, Final Fantasy 14 will gradually offer some cosmetic rewards based on ones that were obtained from The Feast PVP mode, which was retired during Endwalker. These replicas of past Feast rewards will also have two dye channels, though their colorations may differ from the original versions.

Other Changes Still To Come in Patch 7.4

Patch 7.4’s Job balance updates for PVE and PVP content will be announced in a follow-up post by Square Enix during Patch 7.4 maintenance, which will take place on Tuesday, December 16, from 1:00 AM to 5:00 AM Eastern. A day after the new patch goes live, the annual Starlight Celebration will offer Final Fantasy 14 players a chance to grab six emotes and four new housing items. The Christmas-themed festivities will be held in Gridania from December 17 to 31.

Before Patch 7.4 maintenance begins early on Tuesday, December 16, players looking to grab a free Fantasia should speak to a moogle in Old Gridania. Additionally, the Moogle Treasure Trove event will also conclude once maintenance starts, so diligent Final Fantasy 14 players who have any preparations to wrap up will have just a few days to do so.

Final Fantasy 14 Preliminary Patch 7.4 Notes (December 12, 2025)

New main scenario quests have been added.

• First quest: “Targeted Tragedy”

Chronicles of a New Era (The Arcadion) quests have been added.

• First quest: “Dreams of Paradise”

Players can teleport directly to the phantom village from the aetheryte in Tuliyollal by fulfilling certain conditions. To unlock this feature, attune to all Aethernet shards in Tuliyollal and complete the quest “Unfamiliar Territory.”

Alpha and Omega will now visit more areas. Upon completing the quests from post-Dawntrail main scenario and Omega: Beyond the Rift, Alpha and Omega may appear in Tuliyollal, Solution Nine, Urqopacha, Kozama’uka, Yak T’el, Shaaloani, and Heritage Found.

New chapters have been added to New Game+ (The Arcadion, Studium, and Wachumeqimeqi).

Treasure Hunt

Rewards for Loboskin Treasure Maps, Br’aaxskin Treasure Maps, and Gargantuaskin Treasure Maps have been adjusted.

Rewards in Cenote Ja Ja Gural and Vault Oneiron have been adjusted.

Grand and Free Companies

The following additions and adjustments have been made to subaquatic voyages:

• New nautical maps have been added.
• New areas have been added.
• New items have been added.
• Maximum submersible rank has been increased from 135 to 140.

Housing

Furnishings from the FFXIV Furnishing Design Contest have been added.

Additional furnishings, orchestrion rolls, aquarium fish, and a new seed for flowerpots have been added.

The Manderville Gold Saucer

New prizes are available for purchase using MGP.

The following adjustments have been made to GATEs:

• A new Cieldalaes-themed stage has been added to Air Force One.
• One of the three listed GATEs will be randomly held at the times below.
• Every hour, on the hour (Earth Time)
  • Air Force One (The Cieldalaes)
  • Cliffhanger
  • Leap of Faith (1 of 3 available courses)
• Hourly, 20 minutes past the hour (Earth Time)
  • Any Way the Wind Blows
  • The Slice Is Right
  • Air Force One (The Gold Saucer)
• Hourly, 40 minutes past the hour (Earth Time)
  • The Slice Is Right
  • Leap of Faith (1 of 3 available courses)
  • Air Force One (The Cieldalaes)

New Triple Triad cards have been added.

New character voices have been added to Doman Mahjong.

Miscellaneous

Prizes available in exchange for Khloe’s Gold Certificate of Commendation and Khloe’s Silver Certificate of Commendation have been adjusted.

The following duties have been added as objectives for Wondrous Tails:

• Mistwake
• San d’Oria: The Second Walk
• Worqor Chirteh (Triumph)

The available trial for Faux Hollows has been changed from The Wreath of Snakes (Unreal) to Tsukuyomi’s Pain (Unreal).

New items are available for Faux Leaves.

Duties that can be recorded via the Duty Recorder have been changed.

New hairstyle options have been added for Viera and Hrothgar.

Several headgear items will now desplay when worn by Viera and Hrothgar.

Several headgear items will now also allow Viera to toggle the display of their ears.

A new emote (/carrybook) has been added.

An icon has been added to indicate whether an emote can be executed while using a torch fashion accessory. Emotes bearing this icon can be executed even while holding a torch.

The Cheer On, Cheer Wave, and Cheer Jump emote names have been changed to Cheer On: Blue, Cheer Wave: Yellow, and Cheer Jump: Red. The icons for the Cheer On: Blue, Cheer Wave: Yellow, Cheer Wave: Violet, and Cheer Jump: Red emotes have been adjusted.

Battle System

PVE

A new dungeon, Mistwake, has been added.

• Requires level 100
• Average item level 735 or higher

Item level sync (760) has been added to The Underkeep and The Meso Terminal dungeons.

A new trial, Hell on Rails, has been added, with Normal and Extreme difficulties.

• Requires level 100
• Average item level 745 or higher (Normal)
• Average item level 760 or higher (Extreme)

Tsukuyomi’s Pain (Unreal) has been added.

The drop rate for the Wings of the Knighthood has been increased. Additionally, they can also be purchased in exchange for 99 Knight Totems from Uah’shepya in Solution Nine (X:8.7 Y:13.5).

The new raid dungeon AAC Heavyweight Tier has been added.

• Requires level 100
• Average item level 745 or higher

Treasure coffers that appear upon completing AAC Heavyweight Tier will not yield gear, but instead yield tokens that can be traded for gear of your choosing. You can only receive one token per match of AAC Heavyweight Tier each week. In the event you are awarded a token from the loot list, you relinquish your right to vie for all remaining tokens regardless of whether you selected Need or Greed.

Also note that there is no weekly restriction on entering AAC Heavyweight Tier.

* Reward eligibility is reset every Tuesday at 12:00 a.m. PST (8:00 GMT / 19:00 AEDT)

The items obtained from treasure coffers can be exchanged for gear by speaking with Hhihwi in Solution Nine (X:8.7 Y:13.4).

Upon completing AAC Heavyweight M4, players can also earn a Heavy Holoblade once per week. This reward can be exchanged with Hhihwi in Solution Nine (X:8.7 Y:13.4) for universal tomestones 3.0, which can in turn be exchanged for weapons.

* Reward eligibility is reset every Tuesday at 12:00 a.m. PST (8:00 GMT / 19:00 AEDT)

The new raid dungeon AAC Heavyweight Tier (Savage) has been added.

* Please be advised that AAC Heavyweight Tier (Savage) will not be accessible until Tuesday, January 6, 2026, at 2:00 a.m. PST (10:00 GMT / 21:00 AEDT). The unlock quest, item exchange, and Stone, Sky, Sea will be unavailable until that time.

• Requires level 100
• AAC Heavyweight M1 (Savage): Average Item Level 760 or above
• AAC Heavyweight M2 (Savage): Average Item Level 765 or above
• AAC Heavyweight M3 (Savage): Average Item Level 770 or above
• AAC Heavyweight M4 (Savage): Average Item Level 770 or above

Upon completing AAC Heavyweight Tier (Savage) duties, treasure coffers will appear containing Grand Champion’s Coffers. When used, these items transform into gear corresponding to the user’s current job. In addition, the coffers that appear upon completing AAC Heavyweight M4 (Savage) yield weapons.

In addition to gear, players will receive an AAC Illustrated: HW Edition from each area, which can be exchanged for gear of your choosing. By speaking with Hhihwi in Solution Nine (X:8.7 Y:13.4), players can exchange copies of AAC Illustrated: HW Edition obtained from AAC Heavyweight Tier (Savage) for rewards.

* Players will only receive one copy of AAC Illustrated per area each week upon completing said area for the first time.

Players will now receive the power of the Echo in the event all party members are incapacitated during the following trials:

• The Ageless Necropolis
  • Each time players restart the aforementioned trial, they will be granted a 10% Echo effect boost, which increases each restart up to a maximum of 50%. If a player restarts after battling for less than three minutes, they will not be granted this effect.
• The Minstrel’s Ballad: Necron’s Embrace
  • Each time players restart the aforementioned trial, they will be granted a 5% Echo effect boost, which increases each restart up to a maximum of 25%. If a player restarts after battling for less than three minutes, they will not be granted this effect.

The following adjustments have been made to San d’Oria: The Second Walk:

• The weekly restriction on rewards obtained from coffers has been removed.
• The weekly restriction on obtaining Montiont Coins has been removed.

When completing Pilgrim’s Traverse challenge log objectives, rewards will now be stored temporarily in the loot list should your inventory be full. These rewards will be lost if you leave the instance before moving them to your inventory.

While undertaking deep dungeon duties, in the event all party members disconnect, progress will now be restored upon logging back in within 10 minutes of the disconnect. Should all players log back in within the 10 minute window, it will not be counted as a wipe. However, it will be counted if you are KO’d in the short while your character remains after disconnecting.

* It will also be counted as a wipe if all other party members disconnect while one or more members are KO’d.

The following additions have been made to the Occult Crescent: South Horn:

• Three new phantom jobs—Phantom Mystic Knight, Phantom Gladiator, and Phantom Dancer—have been added.
• New accessories offering bonus effects only active on the Occult Crescent have been added.
• Equipping these accessories while on the Occult Crescent will grant a number of effects including increased parameters and increased potency of certain actions.
• These accessories can be found, albeit rarely, as rewards from critical encounters, treasure coffers in the field, treasure coffers revealed by persistent pots, and happy bunnies that offer you treasure.
• New items are available from the expedition antiquarian on the south horn (X:38.1 Y:7.0).
• New rewards are available from treasure coffers in the field.

The variant action Variant Eagle Eye Shot has been added for use in variant dungeons. It delivers a ranged attack with a potency of 150.

Potency scales with item level.

The “Variant Dungeons” and “Criterion Dungeons” tabs have been changed to “Variant” and “Advanced/Criterion,” respectively.

Players will now be alerted via the window if any corresponding record entries are available to read.

Allagan tomestones of mnemonics have been added.

Players can only obtain 450 Allagan tomestones of mnemonics per week, and carry a maximum of 2,000. Moreover, players can only receive Allagan tomestones of mnemonics after reaching level 100 with at least one Disciple of War or Magic.

* Speak with Zircon in Solution Nine (X:8.6 Y:13.5) to exchange Allagan tomestones of mnemonics for gear.

* Speak with Theone in Solution Nine (X:8.5 Y:13.6) to enhance gear received in exchange for Allagan tomestones of mnemonics.

Allagan Tomestones of Mathematics

The weekly limitation on Allagan tomestones of mathematics has been removed. All trials and duties where Allagan tomestones of mathematics could be obtained will now offer Allagan tomestones of mnemonics instead.

* The maximum store of 2,000 tomestones has not been changed.

Allagan Tomestone of Heliometry

Allagan tomestones of heliometry are no longer obtainable. All trials and duties where Allagan tomestones of heliometry could be obtained will now offer Allagan tomestones of mathematics instead.

Any Allagan tomestones of heliometry obtained prior to Patch 7.4 will not be lost. The NPC Auriana in Mor Dhona (X:22.7 Y:6.7) will now give players the option to exchange Allagan tomestones of heliometry for Allagan tomestones of mathematics.

Allagan Tomestone of Aesthetics

Allagan tomestones of aesthetics have been removed from the game.

Allagan Tomestones of Poetics

Allagan tomestones of poetics may still be obtained from duties up to level 90, as well as certain Duty Roulettes.

Several changes have been made to the Duty Finder in accordance with the Allagan tomestone currency changes.

The following trials have been added to Stone, Sky, Sea:

• Hell on Rails (Extreme)
• AAC Heavyweight
• AAC Heavyweight M1 (Savage)
• AAC Heavyweight M2 (Savage)
• AAC Heavyweight M3 (Savage)
• AAC Heavyweight M4 (Savage)

Duty Support has been added to the Dzemael Darkhold, Aurum Vale, and Mistwake dungeons.

Adjustments have been made to the following instanced dungeons:

• Dzemael Darkhold
  • Certain dungeon mechanics have been adjusted.
  • The positioning of certain monsters has been adjusted.
  • The All-seeing Eye boss battle has been adjusted.
  • The Taulurd boss battle has been adjusted.
  • The Batraal boss battle has been adjusted.
• The Aurum Vale
  • Certain dungeon mechanics have been adjusted.
  • The positioning of certain monsters has been adjusted.
  • The Locksmith boss battle has been adjusted.
  • The Coincounter boss battle has been adjusted.
  • The Miser’s Mistress boss battle has been adjusted.

When using Duty Support, the Will to Live status effect granted in the following duties will now also grant healing over time:

• The Mothercrystal
• Worqor Lar Dor
• Everkeep
• The Ageless Necropolis

When undertaking duties via Duty Support or the Trust system, players will now receive the Willful status effect after being incapacitated by a boss and rechallenging the encounter. The Willful status effect is expended when a player would take lethal damage, allowing them to survive with 1 HP.

When the effect is triggered, the player will be temporarily immobilized and the Will to Live status effect will be granted, restoring HP to full. Stacks of Willful are granted in accordance with the number of times a player is KO’d, up to a maximum of five. Each stack allows the player to survive lethal damage once. The Willful status effect and any remaining stacks are removed upon defeating the boss.

The Willful status effect will be granted to players when beginning the following duties via Duty Support:

• The Bowl of Embers
• The Navel
• The Howling Eye
• The Porta Decumana

PVP

A number of previous PvP Series rewards have been made available in exchange for Trophy Crystals.

Series 9 will end and Series 10 will begin. Series 10 will be held from Patch 7.4 to the release of Patch 7.5, during which time you can earn Series EXP and increase your Series level by participating in any PvP duty. Increasing your Series level will unlock various Series rewards.

* Rewards from Series 9 can only be claimed until the end of Series 10. To claim rewards, select Series Malmstones from the PvP Profile window, then select Previous Series.

In the Bayside Battleground, players will now receive the Swift Sprint status at their team’s starting point even if the opposing team has pushed the tactical crystal past their checkpoint.

New items are available in exchange for Commendation Crystals. Alternate colors of certain ranked rewards from the Feast are now available.

Season Seventeen will end and Season Eighteen will begin.

When the season ends, the top 300 ranking players from the North American, European, and Japanese data centers, and the top 100 ranking players from the Oceanian data center will receive vouchers via the moogle delivery service.

Players finishing in the Bronze tier or higher can claim rewards by speaking with the Seasonal Quartermaster at the Wolves’ Den Pier (X:4.9 Y:5.7).

* Tier rewards for Season Seventeen must be claimed before the end of Season Eighteen.

Players will begin Season Eighteen five risers lower than the rank at which they finished Season Seventeen. Rising Stars will be reset to one. Players that finished Season Seventeen ranked in the Omega or Ultima tiers will begin Season Eighteen in the Crystal tier with 100 Crystal Credit.

* Players who finish the season unranked or at Bronze 3 with zero Risers will have no change to their ranking.

Season Eighteeen will take place on the Gaia, Primal, Chaos, and Materia Data Centers.

Frontline

Worqor Chirteh (Triumph) has been added to Frontline.

Three teams of adventurers, each representing one of the three Grand Companies, will do battle in teams of twenty-four on an ancient Yok Huy battlefield. Subject to changes in weather and the appearance of snow spirits, players must take both the blessings and burdens of the land in stride as they navigate the path to victory!

Items

New items and recipes have been added. Items and recipes added in Patch 7.4 will be listed in full at a later date.

Several emote names have been changed. Additionally, the names of advertisement posters for seasonal events have been adjusted based on the years they were originally released.

Several items, including Anima weapons, PVP armor, and other cosmetics, now have two dye channels.

Quetzalli gear can now be purchased in exchange for sacks of nuts from Ryubool Ja in Tuliyollal (X:13.9 Y:13.4).

When exchanging crafted gear for tokens, HQ gear can no longer be submitted in the NQ Gear menu. This has been adjusted to prevent an issue where submitting HQ gear in the NQ Gear menu would result in an incorrect token reward.

Certain items can now be sold, desynthesized, and submitted as expert deliveries, or used in materia extraction.

Several changes have been made to the glamour system. These changes apply to player characters, retainers, squadron members, and Custom Delivery clients.

• Equipment can now be glamoured regardless of class or job requirements.
• Weapons and tools must be glamoured with the same type of item. (Dark knight’s arms with dark knight’s arms, shields with shields, etc.)
• Equipment can now be glamoured regardless of level requirements.
• Glamoured equipment will display regardless of your character’s current class, job, or level.
  • Following these adjustments, some pieces of equipment already glamoured that were not displaying in Patch 7.38 or prior may display in Patch 7.4 and onward.* Please note that equipment restrictions based on race, gender, and Grand Company affiliation will still apply.
• The number of glamour prisms or glamour dispellers in your inventory will now be displayed when casting or dispelling a glamour.

Full outfit sets are no longer required when creating outfit glamours.The number of glamour prisms consumed when creating an outfit glamour will be based on the number of pieces added to the outfit.

The number of pieces currently in an outfit glamour will now be displayed on each set in the Outfits tab of the Glamour Dresser. If all possible pieces of an outfit glamour have been placed in the Glamour Dresser, the number of pieces will be displayed in orange. For outfit glamours with pieces missing, the number will be displayed in white.

If you have stored a partial outfit glamour and wish to store extra pieces, you may do so via the following method:

• In the Glamour Dresser window, select “Add Missing Outfit Gear” from the subcommand menu.
• Select the “Outfit Glamour” option on the pieces you wish to store.

The number of glamour prisms consumed will be based on the number of pieces added to the outfit glamour. Additional outfit glamours for gear implemented prior to Patch 7.1 have been added, including job-specific gear, race-specific gear, and other miscellaneous fashion items.

The option to simultaneously repair all currently equipped items, items stored in the Armoury Chest, and inventory items has been added.

The confirmation prompt when extracting materia has been removed.

The following settings can be adjusted when beginning trial synthesis:

• Starting Quality
• Condition always normal.
• The trial synthesis settings window will now reopen once trial synthesis is complete.

You may now choose to synthesize only NQ items when using Quick Synthesis.

Several gathering points have been added and adjusted.

New fish have been added.

Fishers may now change their active bait while mounted.

The visual effects for Precision Hookset and Powerful Hookset will now only be displayed when hooking fish susceptible to each skill.

The time spent immobile after gathering has been reduced.

The level cap for desynthesis has been increased from 750 to 770.

You may now choose to receive only NQ items when desynthesizing.

Aethernet shards have been placed in Sinus Ardorum and Phaenna.

Attuning with these shards will grant you access to the region’s aethernet.

* In Patch 7.41, Aethernet shards will be placed on Oizys as development of the star progresses. As of Patch 7.4, all Aethernet shards will be installed on Sinus Ardorum and Phaenna.

When performing stellar missions on the same star, a gold count will now be given based on the number of consecutive missions completed with a gold star rank.

Consecutive gold star ranks in class A or higher stellar missions or provisional missions will add to your gold count. Gold count progresses from 1 to 5, after which you will reach Super Star status. Accruing two golds or more will result in reward bonuses.

New mounts, chocobo barding, facewear, and minions have been added. A green mark will now be displayed in the Facewear menu on items you have recently obtained.

Graphical Update

The following adjustments have been made to certain NPCs:

• Model quality, texture resolution, and material qualities of faces have been improved.
• Texture resolution and material qualities of gear have been improved.

Graphical details for several pieces of gear have been improved.

System

In order to prevent server congestion, we will be implementing multiple field instances for Solution Nine, Living Memory, and the areas newly added in Patch 7.4. We will monitor server activity and remove this feature when congestion is determined to no longer be an issue.

The division of Il Mheg, Urqopacha, and Shaaloani into multiple instances, added to alleviate congestion in Patch 7.35, will be removed.

New achievements and titles have been added. Certain duties and trials will now count toward the completion of achievements. Following the release of Patch 7.4, The Wreath of Snakes (Unreal) will no longer be counted.

New retainer exploration ventures have been added. New items can now be obtained from quick exploration ventures.

The strategy board feature has been added.​​​​​​​ Strategy boards are designed to help coordinate with party members and overcome challenging duties. They are created using a combination of icons, symbols, and markers, and can be displayed while undertaking duties and shared with fellow players.

Players may create their own strategy boards or receive boards created and shared by other players. This feature can be accessed via Strategy Board under Party in the main menu.

The Command Panel feature has been added. The Command Panel is a new interface that allows you to register various actions and commands. Each panel contains 25 slots, and a total of four panels are accessible. Any action or command that can be registered to the hotbar can be registered to the Command Panel.

The Command Panel can be found under the Extras tab of the Actions & Traits menu.​​​​​​​

Clear White and Clear Green have been added to Theme Settings under System Configuration.

New portrait accents and poses have been added.

Several additions and adjustments have been made to group pose.

Visual alerts and color filtering settings can now be adjusted on PS4, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S.

The following additions and adjustments have been made to gamepad inputs:

• Using directional buttons to move the cursor now provides a smoother experience.
• The Command Panel can now be assigned to left thumb-click (L3) and right thumb-click (R3).
  • Configure this setting via the System Configuration menu by selecting Gamepad Settings (Controller Settings) and using the Button Configuration option under Gamepad Customization (Controller Customization).

New Trophies (PS4 and PS5), Achievements (Xbox Series X/S), music, sound effects, and voices have been added.

Systems

Released

August 27, 2013

ESRB

T for Teen – Language, Mild Blood, Sexual Themes, Use of Alcohol, Violence

Engine

Originally the Crystal Tools engine, but currently it’s a custom engine using parts of the Luminous Engine.

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