Naoki Yoshida held the Letter from the Producer Livestream announcing a new update for Final Fantasy XIV called Update 6.1: Newfound Adventure. Did the Livestream put out any new details on what to expect from this update? When will Update 1.6 of Final Fantasy XIV released? In this blog, we will discuss everything we know about the upcoming Update 6.1 of Final Fantasy XIV in detail. Final Fantasy XIV is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game from the famous Final Fantasy franchise. Square Enix developed and released it in 2015 for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, OS X, and Microsoft Windows.
Final Fantasy XIV, also known as Final Fantasy XIV: Realm Reborn, is the replacement of the original Final Fantasy XIV released in 2010. The new Final Fantasy XIV takes place five years after the near-total destruction of Eorzea, the fictional world of FFXIV. The plot follows the protagonist dealing with preventing the threat of invasion by the Garlean Empire from the north.
A Realm Reborn was a total success upon release, where everyone considered it superior to 2010’s Final Fantasy XIV in almost all aspects. The developers have produced and released many expansions of this game post-release, with Endwalker expansion the recent one. Final Fantasy XIV has over 20 million players worldwide.
Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker Expansion
The first announcement for the Endwalker Expansion pack arrived in the online Square Enix Event in February 2021. Endwalker Expansion takes the players into a new secluded nation called Sharlayan. There he must seek help to avoid the Final Days, an apocalyptic event resulting in wiping out the entire world, all the while preventing Zenos and Ascian Fandaniel from doing the otherwise.
Endwalker expansion was released to a critically acclaimed, where the servers were overloaded with players.
Final Fantasy XIV Update 6.1: Everything We Know
Square Enix recently rolled out the newest expansion pack for Final Fantasy XIV. The success of that expansion was not just huge, it was so huge that the game’s server load increased, and Square Enix had to halt all the sales. Square Enix even had to halt the digital sales of the game.
And two months after its release, it seems the developers have no plans to stop with the contents for Final Fantasy XIV. This week Square Enix unveiled a new website for the latest update of the game, Update 6.1. Square Enix has made a promise to players that all the information will be available until the release. This newest update will be called Newfound Adventure.
Contents
Update 6.1, The Newfound Adventure, will bring in
- A brand new main scenario quest.
- A tribe quest for The Arkasodara tribe.
- A new sidequest is called Tataru’s Grand Endeavor.
- Continuation of Hildibrand Adventures.
- A Realm Reborn main scenario quest improvements
- A new trial called Endsingers’ Aria with a new unreal trial called Ultima’s Bane.
- Crystalline Conflict PvP content.
- A new Dungeon
- New residential District called Empyreum.
- Tataru’s Grand Endeavor alliance raid.
- Dragonsong’s Reprise ultimate duty.
- Amerliance custom deliveries.
- New Game+ additional chapters.
- New Emotes, Minions, and Mounts.
- A new feature where one can try on items from Final Fantasy XIV Online Store.
- Data Center Travel, Unending Codex, and Adventurer Plates.
As said above, more new content will come and be listed on this website before the release of this update. Square Enix has not yet clarified when other updates for the content will come, instead, they have said “Soon.”
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Final Fantasy XIV Update 6.1: Release Date
When can fans expect this latest Update 6.1, is it coming anytime soon? Naoki Yoshida, the producer of Final Fantasy XIV, held the Letter from the Producer Livestream on 4 March 2022. The official website of Final Fantasy XIV released a new page, especially for this Update 6.1.
The scheduled release date for Update 6.1: Newfound Adventure is mid-April 2022. No specific date for Update 6.1 is out at the moment.
As usual, the update of Final Fantasy XIV will release on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Microsoft Windows, and macOS.
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