A number of features have been implemented following our first graphical update.
- Improved movement of certain weapons, tools, and gear.
- Character tilting when turning on certain mounts.
- Certain environmental effects such as water splashing and smoke will now appear darker in the shadow of nearby objects.
- Wavering distortion effect when underwater.
- Subtle eye movements for player characters and certain NPCs.
- Character hair and face textures.
- The appearance of skin on player characters, animals, monsters, etc.
- The appearance of hair on player characters, animals, monsters, etc.
- Subtle hair movements.
- The appearance of lenses in glasses and other glass objects.
- The appearance of metallic material on certain gear.
- The appearance of characters and objects that are wet.
- The appearance of fog.
- The appearance of water and waves.
- The appearance of textures of distant terrain when riding a mount.
- Soft shadows (PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X, Windows®, Mac).
- Shadows used in backgrounds and in certain cutscenes.
- Changes in lighting due to the passage of time.
* With few exceptions, these updates apply to all content implemented in Patch 7.0.
* Graphical updates will be applied gradually to older content in future updates.
- Improved textures.
- Increased density.
- Color spotting.
- Motion from wind and character interactions.
System
The following additions and adjustments have been made to character creation:
These additions and adjustments are also applied to character editing via Fantasia, retainer selection, and character editing via the aesthetician.
When using the aesthetician, the display of headgear and facewear can now be toggled on or off.
When editing character appearance by way of Fantasia, players will have 60 minutes of in-game playtime from the initial usage to re-edit their appearance as many times as they desire.
A new market board has been added to Tuliyollal.
In accordance with the addition of a new market board, reduced tax rates have been adjusted.
The following additions and adjustments have been made to retainers:
- Retainers cannot be already assigned a job, or must be reset if they are.
* If your retainer has already been assigned a class or job, open the retainer menu and select “Reset retainer class.” Please note, however, that doing so will lower the retainer’s level to 1. - Retainers must be Disciples of War or Magic at level 80 or higher.
- Players must first unlock the viper and pictomancer jobs.
- Players must possess a copy of Modern Vocation.
New achievements and titles have been added.
Elite marks will now be displayed in the Recommendations list.
The gil cost for using Teleport has been adjusted.
With the addition of new areas, the world map has been updated.
The map will be updated according to progress in the main scenario.
The following adjustments have been made to maps:
The following additions have been made to the Player Search menu:
When editing Search Info, the size of the online status pulldown menu has been increased.
The following adjustments have been made to Target Information:
The following additions and adjustments have been made to the Actions & Traits window:
The following additions and adjustments have been made to job gauges:
A glamour guide has been added to the following windows, explaining the usage of various fashion-related features such as dyes and glamours:
The guide can be accessed at any time via the question mark icon in each window.
- Item Dyeing
- Cast Glamour
- Glamour Dresser
- Glamour Plates
- Armoire
- Facewear
Descriptions in the help menu of the Emotes window have been adjusted.
When viewing a repair request, the item details will now include information pertaining to dyes and affixed materia.
When viewing items attached to a mog letter, the item details will now include information pertaining to dyes and affixed materia.
The requirements to keep the New Adventurer status have been adjusted as follows:
Before | | After |
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Have played less than 300 hours Have not completed the main scenario quest “Death Unto Dawn” | | Have played less than 300 hours Have not completed the main scenario quest “The Coming Dawn” |
Players who fulfill either of the above requirements may set their status to New Adventurer.
* Players who no longer have the New Adventurer status but fulfill the above requirements can restore it by first using the text command “/nastatus on,” then selecting the New Adventurer status in the Edit Search Info window.
The bonus to experience points earned when a mentor forms a party with a new adventurer or returner will now apply until level 90.
In accordance with the increased level cap, the requirements for new mentors have been adjusted as follows:
Disciples of War and Magic Requirements
Before | | After |
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Must have completed the level 90 tank role quest. Must have completed the level 90 healer role quest. Must have completed at least one of the level 90 DPS role quests. Must have completed at least 1,000 dungeons and trials. Must have received at least 1,500 player commendations. | | Must have completed the level 100 tank role quest. Must have completed the level 100 healer role quest. Must have completed at least one of the level 100 melee DPS, physical ranged DPS, or magical ranged DPS role quests. Must have completed at least 1,000 dungeons and trials. Must have received at least 1,500 player commendations. |
Disciples of Hand and Land Requirements
Before | | After |
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Must have reached level 90 with at least one Disciple of the Land. Must have reached level 90 with at least one Disciple of the Hand. Must have synthesized at least 100 collectables. Must have gathered at least 300 collectables. | | Must have reached level 100 with at least one Disciple of the Land. Must have reached level 100 with at least one Disciple of the Hand. Must have synthesized at least 100 collectables. Must have gathered at least 300 collectables. |
Mentor Renewal
Players who are currently mentors must renew their certification during the 7.0x patches. Players who fail to do so will be unable to access certain features during this period.
Once the renewal period has ended, players who have not renewed their certification will lose the mentor status, and must wait until after Patch 7.1 to reapply for certification.
Available During Renewal Period
- Novice Network chat channel
- Mentor party bonuses
Unavailable During Renewal Period
- Duty Roulette: Mentor
- The ability to change online status to PvE Mentor, PvP Mentor, or Trade Mentor.
A log message will now be displayed when newly created characters on New or Preferred Worlds meet the requirements to receive a gil bonus.
The following additions have been made to adventurer plates:
The following additions and adjustments have been made to portraits:
The following changes have been made to group pose:
When using monitors with a resolution wider than 16:9, screenshots taken from certain cutscenes or with certain frames in group pose will have copyright information placed within the bounds of a 16:9 resolution.
* Not applicable to certain cutscenes, or when “Affected by camera settings” is enabled.
Copyright information displayed in screenshots has been adjusted as follows:
Before | | After |
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© 2010-2024 SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved. | | © SQUARE ENIX |
Duties that can be recorded via the Duty Recorder have been changed.
Before | | After |
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The Mothercrystal Euphrosyne Anabaseios: The Twelfth Circle (Savage) | | Thaleia ??? ??? |
Two trials introduced with Patch 7.0 will be added.
The log message that displays when a congested area is inaccessible has been adjusted.
A button to temporarily hide display of the chat log has been added.
The following changes have been made to alarms:
The following adjustments have been made to the Blacklist:
The Mute List has been added.
The Mute List can be found under Social in the main menu.
Messages from Muted Players
Muting will apply to all characters tied to the muted character’s service account.
While their messages cannot be seen, if they are members of your party or alliance, a notification will be displayed when they speak during duties.
Players can also save comments regarding muted characters.
Temporary Display of Muted Messages
After receiving a notification of muted messages, players may elect to temporarily see what was written via the subcommand menu.
A Term Filter has been added, allowing players to mask messages containing specific words from the chat log.
Once registered to the Term Filter, any messages containing designated words can be hidden from the chat log.
Display of Filtered Terms
The Term Filter can be applied to hide the display of registered words in one of two ways:
- Display the applicable term filter’s number.
A system message will be displayed, indicating the term filter applied to the chat log. (e.g. “Message could not be displayed due to Term Filter 1.”) - Hide the affected message in its entirety.
Messages containing a registered word will be completely hidden.
Registering Words to the Term Filter
Words can be registered to the Term Filter in one of two ways:
- Players can freely register words as they see fit via the Term Filter List window.
- Select a desired word in the chat log, then register it via the subcommand menu.
* Half-width and full-width spaces, as well as words from the auto-translation dictionary, cannot be registered.
Up to ten words can be registered to the Term Filter list, each with its own individual settings.
- Shout
- Yell
- Say
- Tell
- Custom Emotes
Saving Registered Words
Term Filter settings are saved locally.
* When playing on a different platform, words you wish to be filtered must be registered anew.
In order to reduce server congestion upon the release of Patch 7.0, the following measures will be implemented temporarily:
* We will continue to monitor server activity and remove these features when server congestion is determined to no longer be an issue.
Players can now use the mouse to drag and drop actions onto or off of the W cross hotbar.
Gradation of the main menu background in Gamepad Mode has been adjusted to improve visibility.
The DualSense Edge™ wireless controller can now be used on Windows®.
DualSense™ wireless controllers and DualSense Edge™ wireless controllers can now be used via bluetooth on Windows®.
* Haptic feedback, controller sounds, and create button functionality are unavailable when connected via Bluetooth.
When connected to a 120Hz monitor, the maximum frame rate for PlayStation®5 and Xbox Series X|S is now 120 fps.
* Please note this is only a change to maximum frame rate. This setting will not ensure your system runs at a steady frame rate.
When playing on the PlayStation®5 or Xbox Series X|S, trophies and achievements can be obtained or unlocked if their requirements have been fuflilled while playing on other platforms.
When playing on the PlayStation®5 or Xbox Series X|S, achievement data will be updated upon opening the Achievements window. There may be a delay in receiving notifications of earned or unlocked achievements.
The following options have been added to the Character Configuration menu:
Control Settings
General Tab
Quest Progression Settings
Hide nearby players when close to quest NPCs.
Also hide nearby party members.
Hide nearby players when interacting with quest NPCs.
Also hide nearby party members.
Supplementary explanations of graphical options have been added to Display Settings in the System Configuration menu.
The following additions and adjustments have been made to the System Configuration menu (Windows®/Mac)
- None
- Main Display Refresh Rate
- 60 fps
- 30 fps
Graphics Settings
Resolution
Graphics Upscaling (Windows®)
AMD FSR
NVIDIA DLSS (Applicable with only certain graphics cards)
3D Resolution Scaling
Enable dynamic resolution
Frame Rate Threshold
Below 30 fps
Below 60 fps
Always Enabled
General
Enable dynamic grass interaction.
Edge Smoothing (Anti-aliasing)
TSCMAA
TSCMAA + Camera Jitter
Shadow Quality
Use low-detail models on distant object shadows. (LOD)
Shadow Softening
Strongest
Cast Shadows
Maximum
Normal
Minimum
Texture Detail
Texture Resolution
High
Normal
Effects
Screen Space Ambient Occlusion
GTAO: Quality
GTAO: Standard
Graphics Settings
General
Enable wet surface effects.
Disable rendering of objects when not visible. (Occlusion Culling)
Map Resolution
High
Normal
Texture Detail
Texture Filtering
Anisotropic
Trilinear
Bilinear
Effects
Glare
Off
The following additions and adjustments have been made to the System Configuration interface: (PlayStation®4/PlayStation®5/Xbox Series X|S)
Graphics Settings
Movement Physics
Available settings: Self/Party Members/Other NPCs/Enemies
Graphics Settings
Resolution
Enable Dynamic Resolution
General
Use low-detail models on distant objects. (LOD)
- Draw Quality (PlayStation®4 only)
- Enable dynamic resolution. (PlayStation®5/Xbox Series X|S)
- Use low-detail models on distant objects. (LOD) (PlayStation®5/Xbox Series X|S)
- Water Refraction
Additions and adjustments have been made to text commands.
Command | | Description |
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/facewear | | USAGE: /facewear [accessory]
→Equip a specified face accessory.
>>Example: /facewear “oval spectacles” (Equip the oval spectacles face accessory.) |
/facewearlist | | USAGE: /facewearlist
→Opens and closes the Facewear interface. |
/autotargetpriority | | USAGE: /autotargetpriority [subcommand]
→Change auto-target priority settings.
>>Subcommands: on Enables auto-target priority. off Disable auto-target priority.
Toggles between on and off when no subcommand is specified. |
/mutelist | | USAGE: /mutelist
→Opens and closes the Mute List interface. |
/termfilter | | USAGE: /termfilter
→Opens and closes the Term Filter interface. |
/visualalerts | | USAGE: /visualalerts [subcommand]
→Change visual alerts settings.
>>Subcommands: on Enables visual alerts. off Disable visual alerts.
Toggles between on and off when no subcommand is specified. |
/colorfiltering | | USAGE: /colorfiltering [subcommand]
→Change color filtering settings. ※Windows® and Mac only.
>>Subcommands: on Enables color filtering. off Disable color filtering.
Toggles between on and off when no subcommand is specified. |
- /mastervolume
- /bgm
- /voice
- /systemsounds
- /ambientsounds
- /soundeffects
- /soundeffectsself
- /soundeffectsparty
- /soundeffectsother
- /performsounds
- /systemsoundsspeaker
- se00/se01/se02/se03/se04/se05
- mute
Additions have been made to the auto-translation dictionary.
Additions have been made to the PlayStation®4 and PlayStation®5 auto-complete dictionary.
New trophies and achievements have been added. (PlayStation®5/Xbox Series X|S)
New music, sound effects, and voices have been added.
Sound effects will now play when touching certain plants.
The layout of the game launcher has been changed.
The title screen logo and opening movie have been changed to those of Dawntrail.
The logo and opening movie for Endwalker can be viewed by selecting Movies & Titles at the title screen.
The following additions and adjustments have been made to the title screen:
The display of certain World names has been changed in the World Selection window.
World names will no longer include a region label, regardless of game client language settings.
After registering to use the World Visit system, accessing an aetheryte and selecting “Visit Another World Server” will display your pending registration.
Retainer ventures can now be assigned via the Companion App.
Players can not only assign retainer ventures via the Companion App, but also retrieve items once they’re completed. Retainer ventures assigned in-game can also be completed via the app using the kupo nut and mog coin in-app currency.
It should be noted, however, that exploration and quick exploration ventures can only be assigned in-game. Furthermore, standard ventures cannot be assigned while exploration and quick exploration ventures are underway.
Setting an exploration or quick exploration venture to “completion pending” will allow you to assign standard retainer ventures. To complete a pending venture, you must summon your retainer in-game.
Any experience points earned or retainer ventures counted toward earning achievements will not be claimed until logging into the game and summoning your retainer. However, any experience points earned cannot exceed that needed to level up your retainer.
* Players must log out in their Home World to assign ventures or retrieve items via the Companion App.
* This feature will be available starting on Friday, June 28, 2024, at 4:00 a.m. PDT / 11:00 GMT / 9:00 p.m. AEST.
Viper and pictomancer have been added to the solo rankings for Palace of the Dead, Heaven-on-High, and Eureka Orthos.