The release date for FFXIV patch 6.4, The Dark Thone, is detailed below, along with a summary of the content of Live Letter 77.
FFXIV patch 6.4 – Release date
Final Fantasy XIV patch 6.4 will be available to players on May 23.
FFXIV patch 6.4 – Official trailer
FFXIV patch 6.4 – Live Letter 77 recap
Story quests & duties
- Continuation of main scenario quest and Tataru’s Grande Endeavour
- Sorrow of Werlyt quest series recommended for those who haven’t completed it
- Hildibrand questline returning in patch 6.45
- New dungeon, The Aetherfont, and new trial, The Voidcast Dais, announced
- Pandaemonium: Anabaseios raid series story to conclude, with savage raid released on May 30
- Job adjustments and tweaks to improve usability
- Duty support for Stormblood dungeons The Sirensong Sea, Bardam’s Mettle, Doma Castle, Castrum Abania, and Ala Mhigo
Job adjustments & balance
- No large-scale changes for standard jobs
- Damage balance adjustments for standard jobs
- Feedback on Dark Knight has been taken into account, and other tanks will receive buffs
- Party buff abilities’ range extended to 30 yalms
- Some job actions tweaked for usability
Loot drop changes
- Pandaemonium: Anabaseios (savage) will no longer reward duplicate armour pieces for the same slot
- Body gear can be earned from The Eleventh Circle of Anabaseios
- Gear consolidated into a single coffer rather than two, but drops remain the same
- Books can be exchanged between floors, with the fourth floor exchangeable at a one-to-one rate
- Changes made to high-end content drops to reduce need for long periods of grinding
Island Sanctuary updates
- New sanctuary ranks and visions
- A gathering area in the wilds
- Additional construction plots for the hideaway
- Fresh item rewards, materials, craftable items, crops, animals, isleworks handicrafts, and structures
- Ability to place outdoor furnishings near structures in the Island Sanctuary hideaway
- Unlock up to a maximum of 90 slots for outdoor furnishings
- Furnishings in inventory can be placed as glamours and reused multiple times
- Ability to dye furnishing glams to change their color
- Island prisms can be used to register furnishings and place them even when not in inventory
- Future update will increase the number of Island prisms yielded from crafting.
Variant and Criterion dungeon
- FFXIV 6.4 introduces a new Variant and Criterion dungeon called Mount Rokkon
- The Variant dungeon mode is for 1-4 players, has no role restrictions, and difficulty scales based on party size
- The dungeon has branching paths that offer different fights and story beats
- Special ‘Duty actions’ will help compensate for role imbalances in the team
- The Criterion dungeon, Another Mount Rokkon, requires a full four-person team and has no resurrections allowed, an enrage timer, and revived enemies if the party wipes.
Mounts & minions
- New mounts for FFXIV 6.4 include a bed, axolotl, flying propeller plane, and red Cacodemon-style creature.
- New minions include a monkey, alien statue, otter, and a cute puppy.
PvP & Frontline changes:
- PvP series four and season seven of Crystalline Conflict start
- Frontline gets a new UI to display match time and score
- Updates to the in-game map for better navigation
- Adjustments to damage dealt and taken on a per-job basis
That’s all we know so far about FFXIV patch 6.4.
