Square Enix announced today that Final Fantasy XIV will get its patch 5.4 called Futures Rewritten in early December, and be backwards compatible on PS5 with faster load times as a result of the next-gen hardware’s faster SSD.
The game will also apparently be able to make use of the PS4 Pro display settings when played on PS5. That’s not quite the next-gen upgrade that some games seem to be getting, but shorter load times will certainly come in handy for an MMO with as much globe-trotting as Final Fantasy XIV.
Meanwhile, the Futures Rewritten update adds a bunch of new stuff to the current Shadowbringers expansion, including a new main quest, the next chapter in the “ Sorrow of Werlyt” questline, and a new raid dungeon in the Eden raid series called Eden’s Promise.
Here are the patch’s other notable additions:
- Emerald Weapon added to time trials.
- New Matoya’s Relict dungeon that can be played as a group or solo.
- Unreal Trial for level 80 heroes with new prizes.
- Increased level cap, new equipment, and additional spells for the Blue Mage job.
- An Explorer Mode for travelling around the world and snapping pictures without having to worry about enemies.
- Violins will now be playable instruments.
- New limited -time Triple Triad tournaments.
- The completion of repairs to the Holy See of Ishgard.
- New 24 and 48-player battles as part of game designer Yasumi Matsuno’s ongoing Save The Queen scenario.
- Tweaks to PvE and PvP actions, Ocean Fishing, Doman Mahjong, and treasure hunt dungeons.
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The latest chapter in the Save the Queen questline will arrive ahead of all this stuff on October 13 when patch 5.35 goes live, which will include a new battle and location to explore. It’s a lot, and despite some patch delays earlier in the year as a result of the covid-19 pandemic it sounds like Final Fantasy XIV is set to finish out the year strong.