Endwalker

This article is about the expansion. For the Main Scenario Quest, see Endwalker (Quest).

Endwalker Launch Trailer

See also: Shadowbringers and Dawntrail

Warrior of Light -
Bear forth our hope,
that these days not be the last!

Introduction

Endwalker (considered version 6.0 of the game) is the fourth expansion for Final Fantasy XIV, after Shadowbringers. It was released on December 7th, 2021 with early access started on December 3rd.

Story

Endwalker brings the tale of Hydaelyn and Zodiark to a conclusion eons in the making. To unravel its mysteries and conquer its challenges will be no common feat. May these records of key figures, looming adversaries, and lands yet untraveled serve you well.

Yet shadowed by their triumph in the First, the Warrior of Light and Scions of the Seventh Dawn are home at last. An even greater calamity than refulgent oblivion has been building in their absence, however─a second advent of the Final Days. Should all despair, the myriad conflicts that now ravage the land cannot but foretoken an end to life in the Source.

Our tale─of a star, and of its souls─will see the Warrior of Light sail north to Sharlayan and east to Thavnair, forge a path to the heart of the Garlean Empire, and ascend to the heavens to set foot upon the very moon itself. FINAL FANTASY XIV's first grand saga approaches its highly anticipated conclusion!

Features

• New jobs: Sage (Healer), Reaper (Melee DPS).
• Male Viera
• Level cap increase to 90
• Island Sanctuary
• New Locations: Old Sharlayan (Major City), Radz-at-Han (Minor City), Labyrinthos, Thavnair, Garlemald, Mare Lamentorum, an unidentified set of floating islands, and a secret spoiler zone.
• New Dungeons: 8 new dungeons at the release.
• New Raids: Pandæmonium (8-player raid series), Myths of the Realm (24-player alliance raid series)
  • Both raid series are FFXIV originals.
• New Primals: Anima, The Magus Sisters
• New Beastmen: Arkasodara, Loporrits
• New Trust NPC: Estinien
• Gold Saucer update: Blunderville
• New Residential District in Ishgard: Empyreum
• New small-scale PvP mode
• Stat Squish, approximately 80% lower than Shadowbringers at level 80.
• To reduce inventory bloat, certain items (mainly gathered materials) will no longer be available as HQ.
• Belts removed
  • With the data freed up from the removal of belts, 15 additional armory chest slots were added for weapons, 15 slots for rings, and 5 slots will be reserved for later use.
• Data Center Travel
• New Data Center region: Oceania (Materia data center)
  • Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions in Japan and Australia, the new Data Center was released during patch 6.1.
  • All servers in the Materia datacenter were classified as "New" allowing for free transfers and other incentives.
• PlayStation 5 version
  • The PlayStation 5 version will offer better quality 4k HD graphics (Including user interface), much faster load times (Due to the SSD), and improved frame rates.

Pre-order Bonuses

Wind-up Palom Minion Menphina's Earring - Increases EXP when leveling, iLvl scales

Collector's Edition

Arion Mount Wind-up Porom Minion Death Scythe Reaper's Arm

Theme Song

The theme song for Endwalker is called Endwalker - Footfalls and it features performances by Architects vocalist Sam Carter and compositions by FFXIV’s very own THE PRIMALS.

Concept Art

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  Artwork by Yoshitaka Amano

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Trivia

• This expansion and its patches lean heavily into Greek mythology and Final Fantasy IV references. Greek mythology is featured heavily in the Main Scenario Quests, Pandæmonium, and Myths of the Realm raids. FFIV references are featured in some patch 6.0 dungeons ( The Tower of Zot and  The Tower of Babil) and the Loporrit tribe (a reference to Hummingways). They are especially prominent in the post-6.0 Main Scenario Quests, featuring several antagonists originally from FFIV. Much of the expansion's soundtrack also contain remasters of songs originally from FFIV.
• The expansion's logo depicts a spaceship approaching the Moon. However, this logo is somewhat misleading:

In the game, players access Mare Lamentorum through an Allagan teleportation portal located in the Nethergate on top of the Tower of Babil in Garlemald.

• The spaceship in the Main Scenario Quests, the Ragnarok, is use to transport the party to Ultima Thule at the edge of the universe instead.
• The Ragnarok has a somewhat different design from the spaceship in the logo.
• The original purpose of the Ragnarok was to evacuate the people on the Source to the Moon during the Final Days, due to the limited throughput of teleporters. The Moon itself is a large spaceship constructed by Hydaelyn intended to find a new planet to repopulate. It is possible the logo may be a depiction of this original purpose.