Well met, Warriors of Light! The live broadcast for the 92nd Live Letter covering Final Fantasy XIV‘s Patch 7.5 Trail to the Heavens finished airing Friday morning, so make sure to catch up with the recap! After wrapping up the huge coverage of content and rewards, we also have some Fan Festival 2026 news and updates for you!
Since the Live Letters are in Japanese audio only, we rely heavily on fan translations. Thank you as always to Miuna, Iluna Minori, and the fan translation team at the r/FFXIV Discord!
North American Fan Fest Details
The North American stop for Fan Festival 2026 is right around the corner! Whether you’re attending in Anaheim, California, or tuning into the live streams from home, everyone is eagerly awaiting for Friday, April 24th, 2026.
Speaking of watching from home, everything except the concerts will be streamed for free! We hear that the Fan Fest will be jam packed with information and that they’re concerned about the allotted time. Surely there will be Ultimate news at some point, right?!
We’re bouncing off the walls in excitement and we look forward to (and pre-emptively appreciate) Koji’s English translations. Don’t worry if you miss it, because we’ll be sure to cover the keynote, so stay tuned!
Fan Festival Commemorative Items, Group Pose Frames, and Stickers
Reminder that there is an on-going sale for the commemorative items in the online store. Want a closer look at an item? We’ve got you covered! The discount for these items ends when the maintenance for Patch 7.5 begins so don’t wait too long if you’ve got your eye on that Hardy-Daytona mount.
We’ve also got some Group Pose Frames and Stickers now available following the 92nd Live Letter broadcast. Make sure to take some snazzy screenshots to commemorate Fan Fest 2026! They’re available until the last day of Fan Festival in Tokyo: Sunday, November 1st, 2026.
Registration for Japanese Fan Festival Ticket Lottery Now Available!
The third and final leg of Fan Fest 2026 is in Japan and registrations for the ticket lottery are now underway. You have about three weeks to enter and try your luck, with a hard deadline on Sunday, May 10th!
The festival itself is slated to be held at the Makuhari Messe from October 31st to November 1st, 2026. By then, it’ll be well past the release of Patch 7.56 in early September. As such, we can only expect that the keynote will be filled to the brim with information on the next expansion!
They also encouraged Warriors of Light to attend even if their friends aren’t able to make it. Seeing as everyone in attendance will be fellow Warriors of Light, there is no need to feel lonely! Plus, if I were to hazard a guess, YoshiP may even be in cosplay (though he insists it isn’t a tradition). 👀
We’re just as excited for Patch 7.5 on April 28th. However, we keep getting teased that there is still a lot that hasn’t been revealed yet. With NA Fan Fest on Friday, April 24th, make sure you keep an eye on Icy Veins for all the juicy details!
