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{{Patch infobox | |||
| patchnum = 5.3 | | patchnum = 5.3 | ||
| name = Reflections in Crystal | | name = Reflections in Crystal | ||
| titlecard-image = PatchTitleCard-5-3.jpg | | titlecard-image = PatchTitleCard-5-3.jpg | ||
| expansion = Shadowbringers | | expansion = Shadowbringers | ||
| releasedate = 11 | | releasedate-1 = 5.3 - 11 August 2020 | ||
| releasedate-2 = 5.31 - 7 September 2020 | |||
| releasedate-3 = 5.35 - 12 October 2020 | |||
| promolink = https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/shadowbringers/patch_5_3/ | | promolink = https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/shadowbringers/patch_5_3/ | ||
| patchnotes-links = [https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/c2f8c5ba14d9cfaa09d5aab63c5c2da260eae21a 5.3], [https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/193fc17936818e36fb58224398aaabda0a6f6adc 5.31], [https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/f1e5bfcb2a0bf477bcc8c81845c440f300e12f75 5.35] | | patchnotes-links = [https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/c2f8c5ba14d9cfaa09d5aab63c5c2da260eae21a 5.3], [https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/193fc17936818e36fb58224398aaabda0a6f6adc 5.31], [https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/f1e5bfcb2a0bf477bcc8c81845c440f300e12f75 5.35] | ||
| prevpatch = 5.2 | | prevpatch = 5.2 | ||
| nextpatch = 5.4 | | nextpatch = 5.4 | ||
}} | }} [[File:Reflections in Crystal.jpg|right|300px|Concept Art]] {{#ev:youtube|5jmALV5kDVw|350|right}} | ||
__TOC__ | __TOC__ | ||
== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
Patch 5.3: Reflections in Crystal is the third major content update introduced for Shadowbringers. | Patch 5.3: Reflections in Crystal is the third major content update introduced for Shadowbringers. | ||
The release of this major patch was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | |||
== Notable Features, Additions, and Changes == | == Notable Features, Additions, and Changes == | ||
=== New Content === | === New Content === | ||
* Alliance Raid: | * Main Story: [[Post-Shadowbringers_Main_Scenario_Quests#Patch_5.3_.28Reflections_in_Crystal.29|Reflections in Crystal]] (12 quests) | ||
* Dungeon: | * Alliance Raid: {{questlink|araid|The Puppets' Bunker}}, the second chapter of the [[YoRHa: Dark Apocalypse]] story and raid series | ||
* Trials: | * Dungeon: {{questlink|dungeon|The Heroes' Gauntlet}} | ||
* [[Save the Queen: Blades of Gunnhildr]]: Second chapter | * Trials: {{questlink|trial|The Seat of Sacrifice}}, {{questlink|trial|The Seat of Sacrifice (Extreme)}} | ||
* [[Chronicles of a New Era]]: [[The Sorrow of Werlyt]] - chapter two | |||
** Quest & single-player duty: {{questlink|feature|Sleep Now in Sapphire}} | |||
* {{questlink|bsf|Save the Queen: Blades of Gunnhildr}} [[Save the Queen: Blades of Gunnhildr]]: Second chapter (5.35) | |||
** [[Resistance Weapons]] upgrades | ** [[Resistance Weapons]] upgrades | ||
** | ** [[Field Operations]]: {{questlink|bsf|The Bozjan Southern Front}} | ||
*** | *** {{questlink|ce-assault|Castrum Lacus Litore}} | ||
* Faux Hollows: | * Faux Hollows: {{questlink|trial|The Akh Afah Amphitheatre (Unreal)}} | ||
* [[File:Custom Delivery (map icon).png|20px|link=Custom Deliveries]] [[Custom Deliveries]]: [[Ehll Tou]] | |||
* Ishgardian Restoration: Commercial District | * [[Ishgardian Restoration]]: Commercial District (5.31) | ||
* Beast Tribe Quests and Reputation: Dwarves | * Beast Tribe Quests and Reputation: [[Dwarf Daily Quests|Dwarves]] | ||
=== System Changes and Additions === | === System Changes and Additions === | ||
* A Realm Reborn main story quest pruning and overhaul | * [[Crafting]] [[Collectables]] {{collectable}} overhauled: | ||
* New Game+: A Realm Reborn and Seventh Astral Era main story campaign, and | ** {{action icon|Collectable Synthesis}} removed. | ||
* | ** Collectable items are now totally separate from non-collectable items. All crafted collectables for Rowena are now prefixed ''Rarefied''. The new recipes are in a separate place in the Crafting Log. | ||
** Rorwena's collectable lists are now static and do not rotate. | |||
* Trial Synthesis - Allows the player to do a "dry run" of crafting an item without actually crafting it or consuming materials. | |||
* ''[[A Realm Reborn]]'' main story quest [[A Realm Reborn Overhaul|pruning and overhaul]] | |||
** As part of this pruning, all {{tomestone|Poetics}} [[Poetics]] gear now comes augmented, and pre-''[[Shadowbringers]]'' augment items and tokens have been retired to reduce inventory bloat. | |||
* [[New Game Plus|New Game+]]: A Realm Reborn and [[Seventh Astral Era]] main story campaign, and [[Class Quests]] | |||
* Mounts can now fly in [[A Realm Reborn]] zones after players complete {{questlink|main|The Ultimate Weapon}}. | |||
* [[Housing]]: Wards 22-24 added to all residential districts. (5.35) | |||
=== Miscellaneous === | === Miscellaneous === | ||
* [[Sundry Splendors]]: Easy-to-find vendors located in major cities, exchanging tomestones and scrips for rewards | * [[Sundry Splendors]]: Easy-to-find vendors located in major cities, exchanging tomestones and scrips for rewards | ||
* [[Orchestrion]]: Search function added | |||
* Watching the intro video to an expansion from the title screen will change the title screen to that expansion. | |||
* [[Heavensward]] expansion as baseline added to all accounts | |||
* Free trial: [[Heavensward]] expansion added, level cap increased to 60, full access to the entire {{questlink|ddungeon|Palace of the Dead}}, through level 200 | |||
''Note: Not all content listed here will launch on the same day. This article is about the 5.3x season as a whole.'' | |||
== Main Story Summary (Spoilers) == <!-- This section is at the bottom so players who do not wish to see spoilers can stop before reaching it --> | == Main Story Summary (Spoilers) == <!-- This section is at the bottom so players who do not wish to see spoilers can stop before reaching it --> | ||
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== The Sorrow of Werlyt (Spoilers) == | == The Sorrow of Werlyt (Spoilers) == | ||
== Save the Queen: Blades of Gunnhildr (Spoilers) == | == Save the Queen: Blades of Gunnhildr (Spoilers) == | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:37, 3 November 2024
Introduction
Patch 5.3: Reflections in Crystal is the third major content update introduced for Shadowbringers.
The release of this major patch was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Notable Features, Additions, and Changes
New Content
- Main Story: Reflections in Crystal (12 quests)
- Alliance Raid:
The Puppets' Bunker, the second chapter of the YoRHa: Dark Apocalypse story and raid series - Dungeon:
The Heroes' Gauntlet - Trials:
The Seat of Sacrifice, The Seat of Sacrifice (Extreme) - Chronicles of a New Era: The Sorrow of Werlyt - chapter two
- Quest & single-player duty:
Sleep Now in Sapphire
- Quest & single-player duty:
Save the Queen: Blades of Gunnhildr Save the Queen: Blades of Gunnhildr: Second chapter (5.35)
- Faux Hollows: The Akh Afah Amphitheatre (Unreal)
Custom Deliveries: Ehll Tou- Ishgardian Restoration: Commercial District (5.31)
- Beast Tribe Quests and Reputation: Dwarves
System Changes and Additions
- Crafting Collectables
overhauled:
Collectable Synthesis removed.- Collectable items are now totally separate from non-collectable items. All crafted collectables for Rowena are now prefixed Rarefied. The new recipes are in a separate place in the Crafting Log.
- Rorwena's collectable lists are now static and do not rotate.
- Trial Synthesis - Allows the player to do a "dry run" of crafting an item without actually crafting it or consuming materials.
- A Realm Reborn main story quest pruning and overhaul
- As part of this pruning, all
Poetics gear now comes augmented, and pre-Shadowbringers augment items and tokens have been retired to reduce inventory bloat.
- As part of this pruning, all
- New Game+: A Realm Reborn and Seventh Astral Era main story campaign, and Class Quests
- Mounts can now fly in A Realm Reborn zones after players complete
The Ultimate Weapon. - Housing: Wards 22-24 added to all residential districts. (5.35)
Miscellaneous
- Sundry Splendors: Easy-to-find vendors located in major cities, exchanging tomestones and scrips for rewards
- Orchestrion: Search function added
- Watching the intro video to an expansion from the title screen will change the title screen to that expansion.
- Heavensward expansion as baseline added to all accounts
- Free trial: Heavensward expansion added, level cap increased to 60, full access to the entire
Palace of the Dead, through level 200
Note: Not all content listed here will launch on the same day. This article is about the 5.3x season as a whole.