Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers has been out for more than two weeks now, and as announced last month, a schedule of patches and their accompanying changes will be rolled out. The first of those patches (Patch 5.01) has just been released by Square Enix. Let’s go take a look at all of the major changes.
First off, six new Chronicles of a New Era quests have been added. The first two are named and come with specific requirements The final four are unnamed, but will be accessible if the conditions of the first two quests are met.
In the Middle of Nowhere (Requirements)
- Players must first complete the final main scenario quest of Shadowbringers
- Disciple of War or Magic level 80
- The Crystarium (X:9.7 Y:12.3)
- Anxious Crystarium Guard
Deploy the Core (Requirements)
- Disciple of War or Magic level 80
- The Empty (X:6.1 Y:5.7)
- Players must first complete the Chronicles of a New Era quest "In the Middle of Nowhere."
The long-awaited Eden Raid has also been released. This will be unlocked by finishing the “In the Middle of Nowhere” quest and starting the follow-up “Deploy the Core” quest. At the bare minimum, players need to have an average gear level of 425 to participate in Eden’s Gate. You can read below for more details regarding undertaking the new dungeon raid and its four parts: Resurrection, Inundation, Descent, and Sepulture.
- Treasure coffers that appear upon completing Eden's Gate will not yield gear, but instead yield tokens that can be traded for gear of your choosing.
- You can only receive one token per individual Eden raid 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.
- There is no weekly restriction on entering Eden's Gate.
- Reward eligibility will be reset every Tuesday at 4 a.m. EDT.
You can exchange items for new gear by going to Ghul Gul in Amh Araeng or Yhal Yal in Eulmore. By trading your early antiquity tokens, you can get the following gear:
- Head: Helm of Early Antiquity x 2
- Body: Armor of Early Antiquity x 4
- Hands: Gauntlets of Early Antiquity x 2
- Waist: Belt of Early Antiquity x 1
- Legs: Chausses of Early Antiquity x 4
- Feet: Greaves of Early Antiquity x 2
- Accessories: Bangle of Early Antiquity x 1
Apart from new quests and dungeons, small tweaks will be rolled out across a few jobs:
- Lancer/Dragoon ability Disembowel duration increased from 24 to 30 seconds
- Scholar ability Art of War MP cost reduced from 800 to 60
- Astrologian ability Gravity MP cost also reduced from 700 to 600.
Square Enix has also released a list of resolved issues with this latest patch, including:
- An issue wherein the icon for the main scenario quest "The Light of Inspiration" sometimes displayed incorrectly.
- An issue with the instanced battle in the main scenario quest "The Oracle of Light" wherein the incapacitation of Alisaie would sometimes not result in duty failure.
- An issue with the side quest "Seeking Inspiration" wherein completing the applicable Duty Roulette: Leveling dungeon would not advance the quest.
- An issue wherein the quest objectives for the side quest "Cut from a Different Cloth" were incorrect.
- An issue with the side quest "Morbid Motivation" wherein completing the applicable dungeon from Duty Roulette: Level 50/60/70 Dungeons would not advance the quest.
- An issue wherein the astrologian PvE action Play would sometimes not take effect when applied to NPCs or companion chocobos.
- An issue with red mage PvE actions wherein the icons for Verthunder and Veraero would change to those of Verflare and Verholy when the corresponding conditions were met even before reaching the level at which Verflare and Verholy are learned.* Updated Tuesday, July 16 at 3:00 a.m. (PDT)
- An issue with summoner and scholar wherein Physick would not function when executed via text command.
- An issue wherein charged actions could not be executed multiple times in succession under certain conditions.
- An issue wherein the tooltip for the pet action Guard was inaccurate.
- An issue wherein the pet action Whispering Dawn would not take effect under certain conditions.
- An issue wherein the Closed Position status would not be removed upon loss of connection.
- An issue wherein attempting to interrupt certain enemy actions did not have the intended result.
- An issue wherein the white mage PvP action Afflatus Solace could not be executed while afflicted with Silence.
- An issue wherein damage from the ninja PvP actions Bhavacakra, Goka Mekkyaku, and Hyosho Ranryu was not counted as magic damage.
- An issue wherein the ninja PvP actions Goka Mekkyaku and Hyosho Ranryu were categorized incorrectly.
- An issue wherein the tooltip for the summoner PvP action Summon Phoenix was inaccurate.
- An issue with PvP wherein the duration of effects applied by the Cometeor and Terminal Velocity adrenaline rushes was incorrect.
- An issue wherein coffers in the Qitana Ravel would drop the Fallen Tree furnishing directly into the player inventory rather than adding it to the loot window.* As of patch 5.01, all party members will be able to roll on this item via the loot window.
- An issue with the Qitana Ravel wherein certain monsters did not always appear.
- An issue with the World of Darkness wherein Cerberus did not display correctly.
- An issue with Sigmascape V1.0 wherein being transported between train cars could cause pets to withdraw.
- An issue with the Crown of the Immaculate wherein detrimental effects were not always removed at the appropriate time.
- An issue wherein both EXP and tokens could be received from Frontline and Rival Wings under certain conditions.
- An issue wherein the Wootz Mask did not display correctly when equipped by Miqo'te and Viera.
- An issue wherein Roegadyn males and Hrothgar did not display correctly when riding the Pegasus or Black Pegasus mounts.
- An issue wherein minions did not display correctly on Hrothgar shoulders.
- An issue wherein the Vanu Vanu Head did not display correctly when equipped by Viera.
- An issue wherein the correct audio for Viera voice types 7 and 9 did not play while in combat.
- An issue wherein the Gyosei Kai could not be dyed.
- An issue wherein the graphical effect indicating that hydrangeas are ready to harvest did not display.
- An issue wherein level 75 exploration ventures could not be commenced by retainers at item level 75.
- An issue wherein players would find themselves automatically partied with their adventurer squadron upon entering an instance under certain conditions.
- An issue with the crafting log wherein the "Search for Item by Crafting Method" subcommand could yield incorrect results.
- An issue wherein the map would become the active on-screen layer after performing certain interactions or zone changes in some quests.
- Other minor text issues have also been addressed.
- An issue wherein the occlusion culling option did not function correctly in the Mac 64-bit application.
- An issue in the Mac 64-bit application wherein switching from full-screen mode to windowed mode caused the areas of the screen outside of the game window to appear black.
- An issue in the Mac 64-bit application wherein the first text character input was not recognized when initiating direct chat.
- An issue in the instanced battle of the main scenario quest “When It Rains” wherein the player was unable to proceed under certain conditions.* Updated Tuesday, July 16 at 1:00 a.m. (PDT)
- An issue in the main scenario quest “A Still Tide” wherein interacting with a blighted crop and defeating the pestilent swarm caused the blighted crop effect to reappear.* Updated Tuesday, July 16 at 1:00 a.m. (PDT)
- An issue when completing certain Crystarium delivery quests wherein text in the quest completion window did not display properly.
- An issue in the level 70 black mage quest wherein Japanese text was displayed.
- An issue in the FATE "Cry Not Wolf" wherein the description contained the wrong location.
A number of other changes have been rolled out, such as tweaks to PvP actions, bug fixes, and new items. You can read all of the changes on Final Fantasy XIV’s official patch notes.
Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers is currently available to play for the PlayStation 4 and PC.
