Upcoming Changes to FFXIV in Evercold

The Evercold expansion will release in January 2027 and comes with extensive changes to combat, progression, and content. There will also be quality-of-life changes, expansion updates, and updates to various types of FFXIV content. These changes are aimed at making a game that all players will enjoy for years to come.

As with all previous expansions, the level cap for all jobs except the limited jobs Blue Mage and Beastmaster will be raised by ten levels, from level 100 to level 110. Minimum specs will update slightly, but there is talk about phasing out PS4 support in a few years.

The current expansion, Dawntrail, introduces a graphical overhaul of the game, making characters and environments look much better. Evercold builds onto the graphical updates by increasing the customization available for player characters.

In Evercold, the combat will drastically change, evolving from what it currently is to a more fast-paced system with less button bloat. There will be two modes of actions available for players: Reborn, which is what is available currently, and Evolved, which emphasizes job flavour and condenses buttons but introduces new job mechanics. Some jobs will have barely any changes between the two modes, but some will have completely different job mechanics and gauges.

In addition, in the Evolved Mode jobs will have their action acquisition levels adjusted, and the Main and Off Tank roles will be more clearly defined.

With the level cap raise, all non-limited Jobs will receive new actions and traits. In addition, with the new Reborn and Evolved modes jobs can be completely different between the two modes.

Evercold is completely revamping the gear and character progression system. Allagan Tomestones, the system used for endgame gear, may not even exist anymore as the game moves to a weekly-based reward system that unifies item level between jobs. This will come with a Season system that is technically already present inside FFXIV with item level increases every two patches, but not formalized as of yet.

Evercold will introduce updates to ongoing content such as Limited Jobs, Deep Dungeons, Gold Saucer, and other activities. They have made great strides in increasing quality-of-life and enjoyment of these side activities, and will continue to do so.

New PvP updates were announced at the North American Fanfest, though not many details were talked about. New updates will come from the developers at the next two Fanfests, so PvP enjoyers will have to wait a little while longer.