Patch 2.3
Introduction
Patch 2.3: Defenders of Eorzea is the third major content update introduced for A Realm Reborn.
Notable Features, Additions, and Changes
New Content
- Main Story: Defenders of Eorzea (19 quests, later reduced to 14 in patch 5.3)
- Side Story: Hildibrand, Agent of Enquiry Chapter 3 (4 quests)
- Side Story: Delivery Moogle (12 quests)
- PvP Mode: Frontline with map The Borderland Ruins (Secure)
- Alliance Raid: Syrcus Tower, the second chapter of the Crystal Tower story and raid series
- Trials: The Striking Tree (Hard) and The Striking Tree (Extreme)
- Dungeons: Hullbreaker Isle, The Tam-Tara Deepcroft (Hard), The Stone Vigil (Hard)
- Raid Series: The Second Coil of Bahamut (Savage)
- Beast Tribe Quests and Reputation: the Ixal (2.35)
- The Hunt
System Changes and Additions
- Item level sync functionality added
- Desynthesis added
- Chocobo Raising
- Housing: Private Chambers in free company estates. Also, a fifth ward has been added to all residential districts.
- A sixth ward has been added to all residential districts. (2.35)
- Housing: Personal Housing now available for individual players to purchase homes. (2.38)
- A seventh and eighth ward have been added to all residential districts. (2.38)
- Zodiac Weapons sixth part added (2.38)
Miscellaneous
- In the character interface, classes/jobs that have reached max level will have their level numbers displayed in orange text.
Note: Not all content listed here will launch on the same day. This article is about the 2.3x season as a whole.