All Evercold Guides for FFXIV

Final Fantasy XIV's sixth expansion, Evercold, is set to be released in January 2027. Players will visit the frozen realm of the Fourth and uncover its chilling secrets. This new journey marks the beginning of the next Final Fantasy XIV chapter, the Godless Realms Saga.

Everything you know need to know about Evercold can be found on this Home Page, including all up-to-date information, guides, and articles about the expansion. Links to pages with in-depth information will accompany each section so you can know everything there is to know about Evercold!

Evercold promises to completely change the landscape of FFXIV, including sweeping changes to combat, progression, and how jobs work. As per the developers, these changes aim to create a system that players will enjoy for many years to come. The main theme behind all these changes is an ever-evolving game that takes the FFXIV experience to the next level and beyond. Of course, Evercold will also have new trials, dungeons, raids, and story that players know and love.

Evercold is introducing new ways to play every job. There will be two modes of job skills: Reborn and Evolved. Reborn Mode aims to keep jobs very similar to how they are now, and will continue to receive further updates in the current expansion and beyond. Evolved Mode is a new mode that decreases the amount of total buttons but completely overhauls the job actions to be more action-based, similar to job actions in PvP.

Evercold aims to change the flow of combat in FFXIV. Current combat design is greatly dependent on party members using their party buffs at the same time, highly increasing damage dealt to the boss. Both jobs and encounters were designed around this principle, making designing both very restrictive. With the changes to jobs, the development team will also change design in general to decrease repetition and create new types of fights.

The three major updates are focused on removing synergy actions, adjusting action acquisition levels, and defining main and off tank roles.

FFXIV has changed greatly since it was released in 2013. While the developers have stuck to the same formula for expansions and content releases for 13 years, the landscape of gaming has greatly changed over time. Players have been capping their tomestones every week for over a decade and the developers have acknowledged the current formula is both stale and inflexible. In Evercold, the game is moving to a weekly-based system similar to a battle pass that other MMOs use. Players will now complete weekly tasks to earn activity points every week.

Two new jobs will be released in Evercold. While we do not know exactly what the two new jobs will be and how they will play, it was revealed that the jobs will be a Main Tank and a Physical Ranged DPS. Both jobs are original to FFXIV. The tradition is that new jobs are teased through the shirt Yoshi-P is wearing during the keynote. Who knows what his shirt is hinting at?

While no new race will be released with this expansion, existing characters will have their customization options expanded. These include new action animations, as well as colour pickers for facial features, improved shadows, and face paint layering.

Evercold introduces an increase in the level cap for both combat and crafting disciplines. Disciples of the Hand will receive new recipes and Disciples of the Land will be able to explore new areas for nodes and outcroppings.

Evercold will have new dungeons, trials, and raids for players to tackle.

Standard instanced dungeons are always in new patches and are here to stay. Players will be able to complete instanced dungeons for rewards in the new Adventurer Activity weekly log.

New foes will appear in Evercold to challenge in Trials. Like previously, they will have two difficulties: Normal and Extreme. Extreme Trials are released at the start of the expansion to provide an introduction to endgame content for new players.

Evercold brings a few changes to the raid system, and introduces a new collaboration Alliance Raid series. There will be a new difficulty added between the Normal and Savage difficulties for the 8-player raids. In addition, the Alliance Raid for the expansion will be a collaboration with the acclaimed anime Neon Genesis Evangelion, titled Ghosts of Desire. At least one new Ultimate difficulty raid was confirmed.

With evolving combat and class content, the development team is looking to potentially evolve other standard FFXIV content as well. Activities in the open world such as FATEs, Treasure Maps, and the Hunt will return in Evercold with some potential large changes focused on creating dynamic content. More information will be released at the next Fanfest.

During the keynote presentation at the first Fanfest, a large amount of concept art was shown depicting the various new zones and areas in Evercold. We were able to see the different places that we will visit, showing a return to fantasy-inspired environments.

Allied Society quests will be present in Evercold, but no information is known about them yet. A new non-playable NPC race was teased during the keynote, depicting a cute cat. It is yet to be seen if these lovable creatures will become allied with us.

Players will have to level new and existing jobs to the increased cap of level 110 in Evercold. You will not be able to level until the expansion goes live, but as always there are tips and tricks to increase your leveling efficiency, giving you a head start on the new expansion!

All duties in Evercold will receive Duty Support, so players will be able to play with Trusts or Duty Support characters in 4-player instanced content. In addition, the developers are experimenting with Duty Support for more than one player. More details will come at the next Fan Festival in Berlin.

In Evercold, the free trial of the critically acclaimed MMO will be expanded to include the entirety of the Shadowbringers expansion. This will include the raids, Bozja, and the world-renowned story detailing the struggle against the Light.

Final Fantasy XIV is coming to the Switch 2! It will be released in August 2026 ahead of the expansion. The Switch 2 version, like other console versions, requires its own subscription to play online. Also like other console versions it does not require its equivalent of paid online membership, Nintendo Switch Online, to play. To entice players, subscriptions on the Switch 2 version are 50% off if you have a subscription on a different platform. Now you can take FFXIV with you on the go!