We are proud to present the patch notes for Trail to the Heavens, which sees the Warrior of Light and their companions begin to unravel the mysteries of the key.

This patch also features the new trial, the Unmaking, Echoes of Vana'diel - Windurst: The Third Walk, a brand-new Crystalline Conflict arena, Archeia Harmonias, and a host of other additions and adjustments, including an increase to furnishing placement limits, the consolidation of dyes, updates to the armoire and outfit glamours, as well as updates to group pose.

* Additional features will be implemented in future updates:
Auxesia─the new cosmic exploration destination, Tool Enhancement Quests - Cosmic Tools, the new custom deliveries client Tiisol Ja, and Dancing Mad (Ultimate) are scheduled to release in Patch 7.51.
The Occult Crescent: North Horn, Weapon Enhancement Quests - Phantom Weapons, Inconceivably Further Hildibrand Adventures sidequests, and Allied Society capstone sidequests are scheduled to release in Patch 7.55.
Further main scenario quests and the beastmaster limited job are scheduled to release in Patch 7.56.

FINAL FANTASY XIV Patch 7.5

• Playable Content
  • Quests
  • Treasure Hunt
  • Grand and Free Companies
  • Housing
  • The Manderville Gold Saucer
  • Miscellaneous
• Battle System
  • PvP
  • Crystalline Conflict
  • Frontline
• Items
• System
  • Graphical Update
  • System
• Resolved Issues
• Known Issues

Patch 7.5 contains content that can only be accessed by registering the expansion packs for FINAL FANTASY XIV to your service account. To distinguish between adjustments that are and are not affected by the registration of these expansions, the following notations will be used throughout the patch notes:

These additions and adjustments require the purchase and registration of FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn, FINAL FANTASY XIV: Heavensward, and FINAL FANTASY XIV: Stormblood.

These additions and adjustments require the purchase and registration of FINAL FANTASY XIV: Shadowbringers.

These additions and adjustments require the purchase and registration of FINAL FANTASY XIV: Endwalker.

These additions and adjustments require the purchase and registration of FINAL FANTASY XIV: Dawntrail.

These additions and adjustments contain elements that may require the purchase and registration of the expansion packs noted above.

Playable Content

New main scenario quests have been added.

Chronicles of a New Era quests have been added.

Echoes of Vana'diel

New sidequests have been added.

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

Alliance Raids

• Echoes of Vana'diel

The requirement for certain quests has been changed from "Any Disciple of War or Magic" to "Any Disciple of War or Magic (excluding limited jobs)."

In accordance with this change, only the following types of quests can be undertaken and progressed through while using a limited job:

• Limited job quests
• Quests designated for "Any Disciple of War or Magic."

Players who have accepted any quests not included in the above categories will need to switch to a different class or job to progress.

Please note that, as of Patch 7.5, players who have accepted certain allied society quests that employ the Quest Sync system will be unable to progress even after switching to a different class or job. In these cases, please abandon and reaccept the corresponding quest to proceed.

Adjustments have been made to the prerequisite quests for the quests listed below.

The prerequisite quest "Go West, Craftsman" has been changed to "Inscrutable Tastes."
* For the sidequest "The Seaweed Is Always Greener," the prerequisite quest "None Forgotten, None Forsaken" has been changed to "Inscrutable Tastes."

• Reach Long and Prosper
• The Boutique Always Wins
• Expanding House of Splendors
• Dawn of a New Deal
• The Seaweed Is Always Greener
• O Crafter, My Crafter
• You Can Count on It
• Of Mothers and Merchants
• That's So Anden
• A Request of One's Own
• Laying New Tracks

Certain sidequests have received minor adjustments.

Ahead of the release of the new custom deliveries client Tiisol Ja in Patch 7.51, minor adjustments to featured NPCs and text have been made in the following quests:

• Mulch Ado About Nothing
• Culinary Import

When speaking with Lydirlona in Mor Dhona (X:22.3 Y:6.8), "What are tomes of regional folklore?" is now available as a dialogue option after selecting "Dealings with the House of Splendors."

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.

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

New areas have been added.

New items have been added.

Maximum submersible rank has been increased from 140 to 145.

The placement limits for indoor and outdoor furnishings have been increased.

Please note that up to 400 furnishings can be displayed on-screen at once.

If more than 400 furnishings are on-screen simultaneously, those on a different floor to your character will stop being displayed, with small, more distant furnishings being hidden first.

Apartments / Private Chambers

Indoor Furnishings

Cottages

Indoor Furnishings

Outdoor Furnishings

Houses

Indoor Furnishings

Outdoor Furnishings

Mansions

Indoor Furnishings

Outdoor Furnishings

Players can now adjust the number of characters displayed in housing areas via the Display Limits options under Other Settings in the System Configuration Menu.

If you wish to reduce the stress placed on your system, please consider lowering this setting.

In conjunction with the increase to furnishing placement limits, the number of light sources in houses able to cast shadows from characters and other moving objects has been lowered to reduce system stress. (PlayStation®4 Only)

Dark Minimalist Style has been added as an Interior Design option.

Furnishings from the FFXIV Furnishing Design Contest have been added.

Learn more about the FFXIV Furnishing Design Contest 2025.

New furnishings have been added.

New orchestrion rolls have been added.

The "Jeuno (Starlight Celebration)" orchestrion roll that was available during previous Starlight Celebrations is now available for exchange at any time.

The orchestrion roll can be obtained by exchanging tattered scores with the peculiar goblin in Lower Jeuno (X:6.5 Y:5.2).

New aquarium fish have been added.

A new seed for flowerpots has been added.

• Cornflower Seeds
  
  Cornflower Seeds can be purchased from the following vendors:
• Mist (X:11.0 Y:11.4) - Material Supplier
• The Lavender Beds (X:11.9 Y:8.3) - Material Supplier
• The Goblet (X:10.9 Y:8.9) - Material Supplier
• Shirogane (X:10.5 Y:12.1) - Material Supplier
• Empyreum (X:10.2 Y:12.2) - Material Supplier
• Apartments - Apartment Merchant
• New Gridania (X:11.0 Y:11.2) - Tanie

New prizes are available for purchase using MGP.

The following additions have been made to Triple Triad:

New cards have been added.

New NPC opponents for Triple Triad have been added.

The card number of the King Elmer III card has been changed from 9999 to 455.

The following character voice has been added to Doman mahjong:

• Zero

Acquisition

After completing the sidequest "Every Little Thing She Does Is Mahjong" and the main scenario quest "Heavensward," speak with Dibourdier in the Gold Saucer (X:7.1 Y:7.8) to exchange MGP for items that will unlock a designated character's voice.

The voice added in Patch 7.5 will become available by progressing through the main scenario.

Duty Support has been added for the following duties:

Heavensward

• The Dusk Vigil

Stormblood

• Shisui of the Violet Tides

Dawntrail

• The Clyteum

The following additions and adjustments have been made to companions:

A new animation has been added when summoning companions.

The summoning animation will change based on the rank of your companion.

Companions will now react when you use the Pet or Poke emotes on them.

New reactions will be added based on the rank of your companion.

A new idle animation has been added to companions.

While out of combat, companions will now idle after a set amount of time has elapsed. New idle animations will be added based on the rank of your companion.

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

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

The following duties have been added:

• Worqor Lar Dor (Extreme)
• Everkeep (Extreme)
• The Minstrel's Ballad: Sphene's Burden
• Recollection (Extreme)
• The Minstrel's Ballad: Necron's Embrace
• Hell on Rails (Extreme)
• The Windward Wilds (Extreme)
• The Minstrel's Ballad: Shinryu's Domain

Second Chance points are rewarded upon the completion of certain duties. The number of available points is displayed with the duty.

* Corresponding duties cannot be retried.

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

The available trial for Faux Hollows has been changed.

* Different unreal trials will be available in each major patch.

New items are available in exchange for faux leaves.

The duties that can be recorded have changed.

The following additions and adjustments have been made to sightseeing logs:

When arriving at a vista, the emote required to record the location is now included in the message displayed.

Selecting the emote name in the chat log will open the emote list with the corresponding emote already displayed.

For A Realm Reborn and Stormblood sightseeing log entries, a message is now displayed when using the corresponding emote at a vista if the correct weather and time conditions are not fulfilled.

A help button has been added to the Sightseeing Log window for easy access to details regarding the feature.

New hairstyle options have been added for Viera.

New hairstyle options have been added for Hrothgar.

The following headgear items will now display when worn by Viera:

* These items were made available to Hrothgar previously.

• • Allagan Helm
  • Replica Allagan Helm
  • Hjalmr
  • Flame Elite's Armet
  • Dark Divinity Hjalmr
  • Hellhound Helm
  • Grey Hound Helm
  • Thug's Mug
  • Imitation Mistbeard Mask
  • Chaos Burgeonet
  • Antiquated Chaos Burgeonet
  • Virtu Chaos Burgeonet
  • Baron Helm
  • Prototype Gordian Armet of Fending
  • Gordian Armet of Fending
  • Prototype Gordian Sallet of Maiming
  • Gordian Sallet of Maiming
  • Prototype Gordian Sallet of Striking
  • Gordian Sallet of Striking
  • Gordian Hood of Aiming
  • Prototype Gordian Hood of Aiming
  • Gordian Hood of Scouting
  • Prototype Gordian Hood of Scouting
  • Valerian Terror Knight's Barbut
  • High Steel Barbut of Fending
  • Valerian Dragoon's Barbut
  • High Steel Barbut of Maiming
  • Althyk's Helm of Striking
  • Althyk's Helm of Scouting
  • Doman Steel Armet of Fending
  • The Face of the Golden Wolf
  • Tarnished Face of the Golden Wolf
  • The Face of the Silver Wolf
  • Tarnished Face of the Silver Wolf
  • The Face of the White Night
  • Tarnished Face of the White Night
  • The Face of Pressing Darkness
  • Tarnished Face of Pressing Darkness
  • The Face of Undying Twilight
  • Tarnished Face of Undying Twilight
  • Doman Steel Armet of Maiming
  • Filibuster's Helm of Fending
  • Royal Volunteer's Helm of Maiming
  • Diabolic Helm of Fending
  • Manalis Helm of Scouting
  • Lost Allagan Helm of Fending
  • Augmented Lost Allagan Helm of Fending
  • Underkeep Helm of Fending
  • Elemental Helm of Fending
  • Elemental Helm of Fending +1
  • Elemental Helm of Fending +2
  • Elemental Helm of Maiming
  • Elemental Helm of Maiming +1
  • Elemental Helm of Maiming +2
  • Edengrace Armet of Fending
  • Edengate Armet of Fending
  • Heavensbound Armet
  • Kabuto of the Blue
  • Bonewicca Protector's Helm
  • Bonewicca Tracker's Helm
  • Manusya Helm of Fending
  • Manusya Helm of Aiming
  • Diamond Helm of Maiming
  • Carborundum Helm of Maiming
  • Diamond Helm of Aiming
  • Carborundum Helm of Aiming
  • Barghest Helm
  • Moddey Dhoo Helm
  • Black Shuck Helm
  • Ronkan Helm of Fending
  • Ronkan Helm of Maiming
  • Skydeep Helm of Fending
  • Skydeep Helm of Maiming
  • Koro Kabuto
  • Gunro Kabuto
  • Edenchoir Helm of Fending
  • Edencall Helm of Fending
  • Edenchoir Helm of Maiming
  • Edencall Helm of Maiming
  • Pummeler's Burgeonet
  • Tiamat Armet
  • Ignominy Burgeonet
  • Cryptlurker's Elmo of Fending
  • Augmented Cryptlurker's Elmo of Fending
  • Law's Order Helm of Fending
  • Augmented Law's Order Helm of Fending
  • Law's Order Elmo of Aiming
  • Augmented Law's Order Elmo of Aiming
  • Law's Order Elmo of Striking
  • Augmented Law's Order Elmo of Striking
  • Law's Order Elmo of Scouting
  • Augmented Law's Order Elmo of Scouting
  • Law's Order Helm of Healing
  • Augmented Law's Order Helm of Healing
  • Law's Order Helm of Casting
  • Augmented Law's Order Helm of Casting
  • Law's Order Helm of Maiming
  • Augmented Law's Order Helm of Maiming
  • Shadowstalker's Helm
  • Shadowcleaver's Helm
  • Archfiend Helm
  • Rinascita Helm of Fending
  • Augmented Rinascita Helm of Fending
  • Rinascita Helm of Maiming
  • Augmented Rinascita Helm of Maiming
  • Archeo Kingdom Helm of Fending
  • Augmented Archeo Kingdom Helm of Fending
  • Archeo Kingdom Helm of Maiming
  • Augmented Archeo Kingdom Helm of Maiming
  • Fallen's Burgeonet
  • Fierce Tyrant's Helm
  • Quetzalli Helm of Fending
  • Augmented Quetzalli Helm of Fending
  • Augmented Quetzalli Helm of Maiming
  • Quetzalli Helm of Maiming
  • Historia Helm of Fending
  • Augmented Historia Helm of Fending
  • Historia Helm of Maiming
  • Augmented Historia Helm of Maiming
  • Scion Traveler's Mask

New emotes have been added.

Battle System

Actions and traits have been adjusted as follows:

* Each action and trait is listed as it appears at level 100.

For further explanations of action changes and adjustments, please refer to the job guide.

Warrior

Samurai

Reaper

Viper

Summoner

Sage

The use of all items can now be queued for execution.

New enemies have been added in the Central Shroud.

In accordance with this change, the location of enemies has been adjusted.

A new dungeon, the Clyteum, has been added.

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

Requirements

A new trial has been added.

The Unmaking

Requirements

The Unmaking (Extreme)

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

Requirements

After completing the main scenario quest "???," speak with the Wandering Minstrel in Tuliyollal (X:11.1 Y:14.6) as a level 100 Disciple of War or Magic.

Item Exchange

The items obtained upon completion can be exchanged for gear by speaking with Uah'shepya in Solution Nine (X:8.7 Y:13.5).

Shinryu's Domain (Unreal)

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

Following the release of Shinryu's Domain (Unreal), Tsukuyomi's Pain (Unreal) is no longer accessible.
* Different unreal trials will be available in each major patch.

Requirements

* This trial will be unlocked automatically for players who have already completed the quest "Fantastic Mr. Faux."

The drop rate for Wings of Death in the Minstrel's Ballad: Necron's Embrace has been increased.

They can also be purchased in exchange for totems from Uah'shepya in Solution Nine (X:8.7 Y:13.5).

The drop rate for Wings of Mist in Hell on Rails (Extreme) has been increased.

The weekly restriction on rewards in the Arcadion: Heavyweight Division has been removed.

* This change does not apply to the Heavy Holoblade obtained in AAC Heavyweight M4.

The number of Heavy Holoblades required to exchange for a Universal Tomestone has been reduced from 7 to 4.

Weapons for the following jobs are now available from coffers that appear after completing Omega: Sigmascape (Savage):

• Gunbreaker
• Reaper
• Viper
• Dancer
• Pictomancer
• Sage

A new alliance raid dungeon, Windurst: The Third Walk, has been added.

Requirements

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 Windurst: The Third Walk. 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.
* Players cannot open a treasure chest belonging to another party.

Completion Reward

Upon completing Windurst: The Third Walk, players can also earn a separate reward once per week: two Cracked Novaclusters and one Ranperre Coin. The Ranperre Coin can be exchanged with Uah'shepya in Solution Nine (X:8.7 Y:13.5) for items used to enhance equipment purchased with Allagan tomestones of mnemonics.

Orchestrion Rolls

Tattered Third Movement Scores can be found in a shared treasure coffer that appears after defeating bosses.

Tattered Third Movement Scores found in the treasure coffers of Windurst: The Third Walk can be exchanged with the peculiar goblin in Lower Jeuno (X:6.5 Y:5.2) for special orchestrion rolls relating to Echoes of Vana'diel.

Players will no longer be rewarded Cracked Novaclusters upon completing San d'Oria: The Second Walk.

The following adjustments have been made to the Cloud of Darkness (Chaotic):

Players may now undertake this duty using the Unrestricted Party option.

When completing this duty with Minimum IL enabled, the following items are now guaranteed to appear in the treasure coffer for each party:

• Shroud of Darkness
• Dais of Darkness
• Wisp of Darkness
• Modern Aesthetics - A Half Times Two

The items required to enhance equipment purchased with Allagan tomestones of mnemonics, Thundersteeped Twine and Thundersteeping Glaze, can be purchased from the following vendors:

Vendor and Items Required

Upgrading Equipment

• After acquiring the items to enhance your equipment from Ryubool Ja or Uah'shepya, speak with Theone in Solution Nine (X:8.5 Y:13.6) and exchange them for gear of your choice.

The following duties have been added to the Raid Finder:

• The Unmaking (Extreme)
• Shinryu's Domain (Unreal)

The duty Hell on Rails (Extreme) has been moved from the Raid Finder to the Duty Finder.

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

Hell on Rails

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.

Hell on Rails (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 AAC Cruiserweight Tier (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.

Duties changed:

The required average item level to register for Duty Roulette: Expert has been increased from 735 to 750.

The following additions and adjustments have been made to Duty Roulette: Level Cap Dungeons:

The Meso Terminal has been added.

The required average item level to register has been increased from 705 to 720.

The Unmaking has been added to Duty Roulette: Trials.

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

New duties have been added.

• The Clyteum
• Windurst: The Third Walk
• The Unmaking

The required average item level to register for Duty Roulette: Mentor has been increased from 745 to 755.

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

The following adjustments have been made to the Occult Crescent:

The Phantom Cannoneer support job action Shock Cannon has been changed from lightning-aspected to unaspected damage.

In accordance with this change, the icon and effects of this action have been adjusted.

The Phantom Knight action Pledge now nullifies certain detrimental effects of enemy attacks in addition to the damage that would be inflicted by those attacks.

When undertaking critical encounters, enemy auto-attack potency has been reduced.

When undertaking critical encounters, the drop rate of the following items has been increased:

• Ranger's Soul Shard
• Berserker's Soul Shard
• Oracle's Soul Shard
• Notes on Black Chocobos
• Notes on the Crescent Berserker
• Notes on the Cloister Demon
• Notes on the Mythic Idol
• Notes on the Nymian Petalodus
• Notes on the Trade Tortoise

The conditions for determining the HP of enemies that appear in FATEs have been adjusted.

Previously, when engaging enemies in a FATE, only the number of players within its bounds was factored into enemy HP. Moving forward, all players within the FATE, as well as those within 180 yalms of it, will be factored into enemy HP. However, players undertaking a critical encounter will not be counted.

The amount of knowledge points, phantom EXP, and Enlightenment silver pieces earned from FATEs has been increased.

Rewards for completing Occult Crescent field operation entries in the Challenge Log have been increased.

When procuring the crystal paste required to upgrade a phantom weapon, the pop-up notification will now also indicate the number of paste obtained.

The following adjustments have been made to deep dungeons:

Party KO count will no longer increase until players reach certain floors.

In the Palace of the Dead, party KO count will not increase before reaching floor 100. In Heaven-on-High, Eureka Orthos, and Pilgrim's Traverse, party KO count will not increase before reaching floor 30.

Data saved prior to Patch 7.5 containing KO counts can be amended by speaking to one of the following NPCs:

• The Palace of the Dead
  Wood Wailer Expeditionary Captain
  South Shroud (X:25.2 Y:20.6)
• Heaven-on-High
  Kyusei
  Ruby Sea (X:21.4 Y:9.2)
• Eureka Orthos
  Khatun
  Mor Dhona (X:34.8 Y:19.2)
• Pilgrim's Traverse
  Vanthau
  Il Mheg (X:29.9 Y:6.0)

Player KO count will no longer be displayed when viewing saved data.

Attempting to access save data in which the party was KO'd on additional floors or areas will now display an error message.

Save data that can no longer be accessed will now have a different background color.

Waymarks can now be saved and loaded while undertaking field operations.

This change does not apply to Delubrum Reginae or Delubrum Reginae (Savage), as waymarks are already supported in these duties.

The following adjustments have been made to PvP actions:

Further explanations of PvP action changes and adjustments can be found in the job guide.
View the job guide.

All Jobs

Melee DPS

Healer

Dragoon

Ninja

Samurai

Viper

Dancer

Black Mage

Summoner

Red Mage

Pictomancer

White Mage

Sage

New items are available in exchange for Trophy Crystals.

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

Series 10 will end and Series 11 will begin.

Series 11 will be held from Patch 7.5 to the release of Patch 7.56, 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 10 can only be claimed until the end of Series 11. To claim rewards, select Series Malmstones from the PvP Profile window, then select Previous Series.

A new arena, Archeia Harmonias, has been added.

Arena Events

Archeia Harmonias includes a variety of tactically useful elements to make matches more dynamic.

Aetherometer

Aetherometers can be found halfway between the centerpoint and each team's checkpoint. Upon reaching an aetherometer, the tactical crystal's progress will be halted temporarily. During this time, the advancing team must remain in the crystal's ring to charge the aetherometer.

When the aether index reaches 100%, an aetherial bridge and a jump glyph will manifest, and the crystal can once again be moved. In the event all members of the advancing team leave the crystal's ring, or a member of the opposing team enters the crystal's ring, the aether index will revert to 0.

Aetherial Bridge