Final Fantasy XIV Update 6.5 Patch Notes - The Growing Light

Publish date: 2024-08-04
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The next, major update has come to Final Fantasy XIV with Patch 6.5, Growing Light. The update contains several more Main Scenario Quests for players to work though, along with several dungeons, raids, trials, and more rewards to earn throughout the next few weeks.

Shortly before the update arrived, the team at Square Enix posted the official patch notes for Patch 6.5. They are available on the main website, and there are multiple changes players can expect to see when they next launch Final Fantasy XIV.

Table of Contents

All Final Fantasy XIV Patch Notes for Update 6.5

This will be the first major push for Final Fantasy XIV as we enter the final part of 2023. Outside of this, we can expect a handful of small pushes, but most of the major content should be finished for the game for the year, as the team prepares for 2024, and the arrival of Dawntrail, the upcoming expansion.

Playable Content

Main Scenario Quests: Seeking the Light

Character portraits have been implemented for battle dialogue during main scenario instanced quest battles starting from the first quest of Patch 2.0 through the quest “The Company You Keep.”

Chronicles of a New Era quests have been added: The Heart of the Myth.

New side story quests have been added: Wings of Hope.

Side Story Quest: A Request of One’s Own

Side Story Quest, Island Sanctuary: The Sweetest Thing

New chapters have been added to New Game+.

The final quest of each chapter must be completed before it can be unlocked.

Chronicles of a New Era Quests

Side Story Quests

FATEs

New items are available from certain gemstone traders.

Treasure Hunt

New items are available from certain gemstone traders.

Rewards for the Excitatron 6000 and the Shifting Gymnasion Agonon have been adjusted.

Grand and Free Companies

New Charge symbol options have been added to Company Crests.

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

Housing

Furnishings from the FFXIV Furnishing Design Contest have been added.

New furnishings have been added.

New orchestrion rolls have been added.

New aquarium fish have been added.

A new seed for flowerpots has been added.

The Manderville Gold Saucer

The following additions have been made to Triple Triad:

New NPC opponents for Triple Triad have been added.

Miscellaneous

The following additions and adjustments have been made to the Island Sanctuary:

The felicitous furball will now offer “felicitous favors” in which players will be tasked with shipping certain handicrafts.Players may earn unique rewards by shipping these handicrafts within the designated period.
Please note that a certain level of progress must be made in enhancing the island sanctuary to unlock this feature.

Felicitous favors are offered on a seasonal basis. Review the requisite handicrafts by either speaking with the felicitous furball, or by accessing the isleworks agenda.

An icon will display in the isleworks agenda to indicate whether a requisite handicraft is due in the current season or the next. Such handicrafts may be filtered accordingly in the Supply & Demand menu.

New animals have been added.

New hairstyle options have been added for Viera.

New hairstyle options have been added for Hrothgar.

The color of the Endwalker icon has been adjusted in the Duty Support and Trust interfaces, as well as the sightseeing log.

The following additions and adjustments have been made to Wondrous Tails:

The following duties have been added:

The following additions and adjustments have been made to Faux Hollows:

New Emotes have been added.

Battle System

Gladiator / Paladin

ActionAdjustment
Circle of ScornPotency has been increased from 120 to 140.
RequiescatPotency has been increased from 300 to 320.
ConfiteorPotency has been increased from 400 to 420.
Requiescat potency has been increased from 900 to 920.
Blade of FaithPotency has been increased from 200 to 220.
Requiescat potency has been increased from 700 to 720.
Blade of TruthPotency has been increased from 300 to 320.
Requiescat potency has been increased from 800 to 820.
Blade of ValorPotency has been increased from 400 to 420.
Requiescat potency has been increased from 900 to 920.

Reaper

ActionAdjustment
GluttonyPotency has been increased from 500 to 520.
Lemure’s SlicePotency has been increased from 220 to 240.

Bard

ActionAdjustment
Empyreal ArrowPotency has been increased from 230 to 240.
SidewinderPotency has been increased from 300 to 320.

Red Mage

ActionAdjustment
VerfirePotency has been increased from 330 to 340.
VerstonePotency has been increased from 330 to 340.
Contre SixtePotency has been increased from 360 to 380.
Jolt IIPotency has been increased from 310 to 320.
VerflarePotency has been increased from 580 to 600.
VerholyPotency has been increased from 580 to 600.
Enchanted ReprisePotency has been increased from 330 to 340.

Miscellaneous adjustments to action descriptions have been made.

A new dungeon, the Lunar Subterrane, has been added.

Players may enter with Trust or Duty Support NPCs to clear the duty or with explorer mode enabled.

Level RequirementDisciple of War or Magic level 90
Item Level RequirementAverage item level 620 or above
Party SizeFour players
Time Limit90 minutes

A new trial has been added.

The Abyssal Fracture

Level RequirementDisciple of War or Magic level 90
Item Level RequirementAverage item level 625 or above
Party SizeEight players
Time Limit60 minutes

The Abyssal Fracture (Extreme)

Level RequirementDisciple of War or Magic level 90
Item Level RequirementAverage item level 640 or above
Party SizeEight players
Time Limit60 minutes

Requirements

After completing the main scenario quest “???,” speak with the wandering minstrel in Old Sharlayan (X:12.7 Y:14.2) as a level 90 Disciple of War or Magic.

Requirements

After completing the main scenario quest “???,” speak with the wandering minstrel in Old Sharlayan (X:12.7 Y:14.2) as a level 90 Disciple of War or Magic.

The Singularity Reactor (Unreal)

Following the release of the Singularity Reactor (Unreal), Containment Bay Z1T9 (Unreal) is no longer accessible.
* Different unreal trials will be available in each major patch.

The Singularity Reactor (Unreal) can only be accessed via the Raid Finder.
* Item level restrictions and role requirements do not apply when registering as a full party.

Level RequirementDisciple of War or Magic level 90
Item Level RequirementAverage item level 560 or above
Item Level Sync565
Party SizeEight players
Time Limit60 minutes

Requirements

Fantastic Mr. Faux

Item level sync has been set to IL 570 in the duty “The Final Day.”

The drop rate for the Lynx of Righteous Fire Flute has been increased.

They can also be purchased in exchange for totems from Nesvaaz in Radz-at-Han (X:10.6 Y:10.0).

Item ObtainedItem Required
Lynx of Righteous Fire FluteFlamecloaked Archfiend Totem x 99

The drop rate for the Lynx of Fallen Shadow Flute has been increased.

The weekly restriction on rewards in Pandæmonium: Anabaseios has been removed.

The number of Unsung Blades of Anabaseios required to exchange for a Hermetic Tomestone has been reduced from 7 to 4.

The alliance raid dungeon Thaleia has been added.

Level RequirementDisciple of War or Magic level 90
Item Level RequirementAverage item level 625 or above
Party SizeEight players, or an alliance of 24 players
Time Limit120 minutes

Requirements

The Heart of the Myth

Role Requirements

Parties matched automatically via the Duty Finder will comprise 1 tank, 2 healers, and 5 DPS. There are no role restrictions for preformed alliances.

Rewards

You can receive only one reward item per week for completing duties in Thaleia. In the event you are awarded an item from the loot list, you relinquish your right to vie for all remaining items regardless of whether you selected Need or Greed.
* Reward eligibility is reset every Tuesday at 1:00 a.m. PDT (8:00 GMT / 18:00 AEST)

Each party in the alliance will receive its own treasure chest, the contents of which will be identical regardless of the route taken.
* Players cannot open a treasure chest belonging to another party.

Completion Reward

Upon completing Thaleia, players can also earn a separate reward once per week: two Cracked Anthoclusters and one Thaleia Coin. The Thaleia Coin can be exchanged with Nesvaaz in Radz-at-Han (X:10.6 Y:10.0) for items used to enhance equipment purchased with Allagan tomestones of comedy.

Players will no longer be rewarded Cracked Anthoclusters upon completing Euphrosyne.

The following adjustments have been made to rewards in alliance raids, taking into account their difficulty and time required to clear:

The Void Ark

BeforeAfter
100 Allagan tomestones of poetics100 Allagan tomestones of poetics
60 Allagan tomestones of causality
8 Allagan tomestones of comedy

The Weeping City of Mhach

BeforeAfter
100 Allagan tomestones of poetics100 Allagan tomestones of poetics
60 Allagan tomestones of causality
8 Allagan tomestones of comedy

Dun Scaith

BeforeAfter
100 Allagan tomestones of poetics100 Allagan tomestones of poetics
80 Allagan tomestones of causality
10 Allagan tomestones of comedy

The Royal City of Rabanastre

BeforeAfter
100 Allagan tomestones of poetics100 Allagan tomestones of poetics
80 Allagan tomestones of causality
10 Allagan tomestones of comedy

The Ridorana Lighthouse

BeforeAfter
100 Allagan tomestones of poetics100 Allagan tomestones of poetics
80 Allagan tomestones of causality
10 Allagan tomestones of comedy

The Orbonne Monastery

BeforeAfter
100 Allagan tomestones of poetics100 Allagan tomestones of poetics
100 Allagan tomestones of causality
12 Allagan tomestones of comedy

The Copied Factory

BeforeAfter
100 Allagan tomestones of poetics100 Allagan tomestones of poetics
100 Allagan tomestones of causality
12 Allagan tomestones of comedy

The Puppets’ Bunker

BeforeAfter
100 Allagan tomestones of poetics100 Allagan tomestones of poetics
100 Allagan tomestones of causality
12 Allagan tomestones of comedy

The Tower at Paradigm’s Breach

BeforeAfter
100 Allagan tomestones of poetics100 Allagan tomestones of poetics
120 Allagan tomestones of causality
15 Allagan tomestones of comedy

Aglaia

BeforeAfter
100 Allagan tomestones of causality
15 Allagan tomestones of comedy
120 Allagan tomestones of causality
15 Allagan tomestones of comedy

Euphrosyne

BeforeAfter
100 Allagan tomestones of causality
20 Allagan tomestones of comedy
120 Allagan tomestones of causality
15 Allagan tomestones of comedy

The items required to enhance equipment purchased with Allagan tomestones of comedy, Divine Twine and Divine Shine, can be purchased from the following vendors:

VendorItem Required
J’lakshai, Old Sharlayan (X:11.9 Y:13.2)Sacks of Nuts
Wilmetta, Radz-at-Han (X:10.5 Y:7.4)Sacks of Nuts
Nesvaaz, Radz-at-Han (X:10.6 Y:10.0)Aglaia Coin / Euphrosyne Coin / Thaleia Coin
* Thaleia Coins are obtained upon completing the new alliance raid dungeon, Thaleia.

Upgrading Equipment

The following duties have been added to the Raid Finder:


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

The Voidcast Dais

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 Voidcast Dais (Extreme)

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 strength of the Echo granted in Pandæmonium: Abyssos (Savage) has been increased.

The Echo will take effect upon commencing this duty, increasing players’ maximum HP, damage dealt, and healing potency by 20%.
* Unlike other instances, the strength of the Echo will not increase in the event all party members are incapacitated.

The duties listed within Duty Roulette: Expert have been changed as follows:

Duties changed:

BeforeAfter
Lapis Manalis
The Aetherfont
The Aetherfont
The Lunar Subterrane

The required average item level to register for Duty Roulette: Expert has been increased from 605 to 620.

The following adjustments have been made to Duty Roulette: Level 90 Dungeons:

Lapis Manalis has been added.The required average item level to register has been increased from 575 to 590.

Item level restrictions based on class or job level at the time of duty registration will now be applied for Duty Roulette: Alliance Raids.

Class/Job LevelRequired Item Level
Level 50-5970
Level 60-69175
Level 70 to 79305
Level 80-89435
Level 90565

The duties listed within Duty Roulette: Mentor have been changed as follows:

New duties have been added.

The required average item level to register for Duty Roulette: Mentor has been increased from 615 to 625.

The Abyssal Fracture (Extreme) has been added to the list of challenges in Stone, Sky, Sea.

Adjustments have been made to the following instanced dungeons:

The Drowned City of Skalla

The Burn

The Ghimlyt Dark

Duty Support has been added for the following duties:

Stormblood

PvP

The following adjustments have been made to the PvP Profile:

A notification message will now appear upon opening the PvP Profile window if there are unclaimed Crystalline Conflict seasonal rewards.PvP help is now accessible from the “?” button in the PvP Profile window.

Series 4 will end and Series 5 will begin.

Series 5 will be held from Patch 6.5 to the release of 7.0, 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 4 can only be claimed until the end of Series 5. To claim rewards, select Series Malmstones from the PvP Profile window, then select Previous Series

Crystalline Conflict

A circle will now appear on the field indicating the point which the losing team must reach with the tactical crystal in order to take the lead.

The following additions and adjustments have been made to the Progress Gauge:

The background of the leading team’s gauge will now flash.

The font color in which checkpoint clear progress is displayed has been adjusted.

A line indicating the point the losing team must reach in order to take the lead has been added.

The remaining time that the losing team must be kept out of the tactical crystal’s ring for the match to end will now be displayed during overtime.

If the losing team fails to enter the ring during this timeframe, the match will be conceded to their opponents.

Settings can now be adjusted to always display the affiliated team’s progress on the left side of the Progress Gauge.Adjust this setting via the Character Configuration menu by selecting UI Settings followed by the HUD tab, then checking or unchecking “Display affiliated team on left side of Progress Gauge.”
* If this setting is adjusted during a match, it will take effect upon commencement of the following match.

Settings can now be adjusted to always display the affiliated team’s base on the left side of the map.

Adjust this setting via the Character Configuration menu by selecting UI Settings followed by the HUD tab, then checking or unchecking “Display affiliated team on left side of map.”
* If this setting is adjusted during a match, it will take effect upon commencement of the following match.

Items

New items have been added.

New recipes have been added.

The following items can now be equipped regardless of gender:

The following additions and adjustments have been made to the armoire:

When accessing the glamour dresser, items can now be displayed by category.

Crafted item level 640 equipment can now be exchanged for upgraded item level 650 equipment.

Vendor and Items Required

VendorItems Required
Rashti, Radz-at-Han (X:10.8 Y:9.9)Hannish Certificate of Grade 3 Import/Divine Rain

Acquiring Upgraded Gear

Flying text will now be displayed for items and item quantities obtained via materia extraction, aetherial reduction, and desynthesis.

Players can now speak with Margrat to complete custom deliveries.

By completing these custom deliveries, players can receive gil, experience points, crafters’ scrips, or gatherers’ scrips.

Requirements

A Request of One’s Own

Players can gain the ability to cast glamours on Margrat by raising her satisfaction level to the maximum.
* The player must have glamours unlocked to acquire this ability.
* Glamour prisms are required as catalysts for the glamouring process.
* Items used to cast glamours will be bound to you, and can no longer be traded or sold on the market.

New items have been added to gathering points.

New collectable bonuses have been added to certain legendary nodes.

A node’s location effect will now be displayed when gathering collectables.

The following adjustments have been made to aetherial reduction:

You may now aetherially reduce the same type of item one after another, automatically.

The order of items in the aetherial reduction window has been adjusted.

New fishing holes have been added.

New teeming waters have been added.

The following additions and adjustments have been made to the Fish Guide:

Newly caught fish will now be marked in the Fish Guide.

You may now access the Fish Guide directly from the chat log when catching a new species of fish.

The level cap for desynthesis has been increased from 640 to 650.

New mounts have been added.

New chocobo barding has been added.

New minions have been added.

A new fashion accessory has been added.

System

In order to prevent server congestion immediately after the release of Patch 6.5, we will be implementing multiple field instances for Amh Araeng, the Rak’tika Greatwood, and Radz-at-Han.

* We will monitor server activity and remove this feature when congestion is determined to no longer be an issue.
* Specific instances can be selected when entering from a neighboring area or teleporting via aetheryte.

The following additions and adjustments have been made to retainers:

The following actions can no longer be performed while in battle:

The following additions and adjustments have been made to achievements:

New achievements and titles have been added.If you have already fulfilled the requirements for the new achievements prior to the release of Patch 6.5, they will be awarded upon accessing them in the Achievements menu.

Certain duties and trials will now count toward the completion of achievements. Following the release of Patch 6.5, Containment Bay Z1T9 (Unreal) will no longer be counted.

AchievementDuty
A Tankless Job I (Paladin)
A Tankless Job II (Paladin)
But Somebody’s Gotta Do It (Paladin)
A Tankless Job I (Warrior)
A Tankless Job II (Warrior)
But Somebody’s Gotta Do It (Warrior)
A Tankless Job I (Dark Knight)
A Tankless Job II (Dark Knight)
But Somebody’s Gotta Do It (Dark Knight)
The Singularity Reactor (Unreal)
The Abyssal Fracture (Extreme)
Tank You, Paladin I
Tank You, Paladin II
Tank You, Paladin III
Tank You, Paladin IV
Tank You, Paladin V
Tank You, Warrior I
Tank You, Warrior II
Tank You, Warrior III
Tank You, Warrior IV
Tank You, Warrior V
Tank You, Dark Knight I
Tank You, Dark Knight II
Tank You, Dark Knight III
Tank You, Dark Knight IV
Tank You, Dark Knight V
Tank You, Gunbreaker I
Tank You, Gunbreaker II
Tank You, Gunbreaker III
Tank You, Gunbreaker IV
Tank You, Gunbreaker V
The Lunar Subterrane
The Singularity Reactor (Unreal)
The Abyssal Fracture (Extreme)
Thaleia

The following additions and adjustments have been made to shops:

Items added in the most recent patch can now be viewed by checking the “Show only recently added items” box.Items that can only be obtained after fulfilling certain conditions will now be marked at shops.* You may view the conditions for obtaining an item by selecting it.

Class and job icons will now display in the pulldown menu when searching for items by class or job.

The following additions have been made to portraits:

New accents have been added.New poses have been added.

The duties that can be recorded have changed.

BeforeAfter
The Mothercrystal
Abyssos: The Eighth Circle (Savage)
Euphrosyne
The Mothercrystal
Euphrosyne
Anabaseios: The Twelfth Circle (Savage)

The following additions and adjustments have been made to the Party Finder:

The category “Gold Saucer” has been added.The category “Quest Battles” has been removed.

During a state of inactivity lasting five seconds or longer, the cursor will now be hidden during the following:

The animation of gauges that fill when holding down a button (such as when returning to the starting point of a duty) has been adjusted.

A new gamepad type has been added under Gamepad Settings in the System Configuration menu (Windows®/Mac).

* This gamepad type corresponds to Xbox Series X|S controls.
* Settings will take effect upon logging back in.

The following text commands have been added:

CommandDescription
/slumpUSAGE:
/slump [subcommand]

→Hang your head in defeat.

>>Subcommands:
motion Perform motion only.

Both text and motion will be displayed when no subcommand is specified.

The following options have been added to the Character Configuration menu:

The following options have been added to the System Configuration menu:

Gamepad Settings

Gamepad Settings

Gamepad Type

ABXY (Series X|S)

Players with only FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn registered to their account will have the registration of FINAL FANTASY XIV: Stormblood applied to their account automatically.

* The registration of FINAL FANTASY XIV: Stormblood will be applied to accounts starting on Tuesday, October 3. Please be advised that it may take several days for account changes to be reflected visually on the Mog Station.

The following additions and adjustments have been made to the free trial:

The level cap has been raised to 70. Players will now have access to the expansion data of Stormblood.

* Ultimate raids are not included in the free trial.

In the event that server congestion is preventing travel to a particular World, requests to visit that World will now be canceled automatically.

Estimated travel time will now be displayed when traveling between data centers.

To prioritize Home World logins, players may now be restricted from logging in with characters visiting other Worlds during periods of server congestion.

If your logins have been restricted due to server congestion, return to your Home World via the subcommand on the Character Selection screen and try logging in again.

Additions have been made to the auto-translation dictionary.

Additions have been made to the PlayStation®4/PlayStation®5 auto-complete dictionary.

New trophies have been added. (PlayStation®5)

New music, sound effects, and voices have been added.

The FINAL FANTASY XIV ONLINE logo will now display on the title screen for players with only FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn, FINAL FANTASY XIV: Heavensward, and FINAL FANTASY XIV: Stormblood registered to their accounts.

The following adjustments have been made to the launcher (Windows®/Mac):

The old launcher will no longer be available for use. From Patch 6.5 onwards, the new launcher will automatically replace the old launcher. The option in the config menu allowing players to switch back to the old launcher has been removed.

In preparation for the Cloud Data Center stress test, the Cloud Data Center will be added to the Data Center Selection screen. Access will be available only during the testing period.

* Further details regarding the Cloud Data Center stress test will be released at a later date.

Resolved Issues

Known Issues

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