While you might expect Final Fantasy XIV to be quiet until the launch of Evercold next February, there’s still updates dropping new content. Patch 7.58 landed this Tuesday, with a host of changes for the Arcadion, housing, and the long-awaited same regional matching update! If you haven’t logged in this week, here’s everything to know:
The Big One: Same Region Matching Live for NA and EU
Teased earlier this year, XIV players can rest easy knowing their PF’s will be a little easier to fill. Square Enix has removed some of the barriers on physical data centers, enabling party and duty matching on across the DC itself versus the logical data center. In the case of North America, this means players on Aether, Crystal, Dynamis, and Primal can easily connect with each other worlds to fill queues and form parties. Players are already noticing improvements, such as faster queue times for Rival Wings. If you want to learn more, check out our in-depth article explaining how it works.
Restrictions Lifted for the Arcadion and UMAD
Haven’t farmed enough weapons for the latest savage tier or ultimate? Weekly caps on Heavy Holoblades for the Arcadion’s Heavyweight savage tier, and Dancing Mad have now been removed. Farm to your heart’s content, provided you don’t get stuck on Forsaken for a couple hours.
Additionally, the Echo strength in Heavweight Savage has been bugged to 17%. SE notes that Echo strength will not increase in the event of a party wipe. If you want to get a last-minute group together to do the fights, now’s your chance.
Beastmaster Crucible Updates
Several QoL changes have hit for the Crucible of the Unbroken.
- • The Recommended Team function now only fills slots not occupied by previously assigned familiars
- • Familiar attributes now list synced and original beast rank
- • Likewise sorting beasts by their rank now prioritizes original rank versus synced
- • Gamepad/controller users will now see use/discard subcommands when selecting items
- • Original Battlehorn familiar settings will be restored when exiting the Crucible
Season 22 of Crystaline Conflict Begins
If you ground your way to the top 300 in Crystaline Conflict, congrats! You’ll have already gotten your reward vouchers in the moogle mail, and the next season has begun. Everyone’s rank has been decreased by five risers, and players who finished in the Omega or Ultima tiers are now in Cystal.
Additionally, with same region matching now live, players can now go into ranked matches from any world in their DC.
Everything Else
While those are the big updates, there are a few more items of note:
Housing:
Free company estates now allow players to vacate private chambers anywhere in their homeworld. Just access the housing tab in the main menu and navigate to your private chamber settings. This is doable even while furnishings are inside. Players have 35 days after vacating to recover their furnishings from the Residential caretaker.
The Unmaking (Extreme)
The final Dawntrail trial has been moved to the duty finder, and the Wings of Nihility mount’s drop rate has been increased. If you farmed your 99 totems months ago, you can now purchase the wings from Uah’shepya in Solution Nine (X:8.7 Y:13.5).
Windurst: The Third Walk
As with other 7.5 duties, the weekly cap on rewards have been removed. Additionally, players can now purchase Thundersteeped Solvent with Ordelle, Montiont, and Ranperre coins from Uah’shepya.
That’s everything from this week’s patch. Be sure to check back in for more news on FFXIV!
