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FFXIV - All Highlights of the Tokyo Fan Festival 2024!

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New details about Dawntrail revealed! Check out the highlights from Tokyo Fanfest and discover the second new job, new exciting zones, dungeons, the continuation of the epic story, and more!

Square Enix is gearing up for its next big Final Fantasy XIV expansion, Dawntrail, which will introduce a new continent, new jobs, a major graphical overhaul, and much more.

The Fan Festival 2024 in Tokyo featured exciting stage shows, live concerts, and exclusive reveales about the upcoming expansion. Fans from around the world can join festivities online and read up on all the exciting news or watch videos of the previously live streamed keynote from earlier today, which included a lot of different development insight, as well as many other interesting news. 

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But don't worry, we will cover everything you need to know about the latest announcements and information, here on Icy Veins! 

Starting with a few highlights that were brought up during the opening ceremony:

  • The exact release date for Dawntrail has not been announced yet: Yoshi-P wants to avoid the Endwalker mistake of postponing the launch, so he is waiting until he is sure, but it will be sometime in summer 2024.
  • New Job: PICTOMANCER: This Job is inspired by the Pictomancer Job from FFVI. It is a ranged magic DPS, and we can see Krile in the new Dawntrail trailer as a Pictomancer! This Job will let you attack enemies and buff your party members, while you draw whatever comes to your artistic mind, be it creatures, weapons, or landscapes!
  • New Limited Job: Beastmaster. This limited Job will arrive in the later part of 7.x, and work similarly to Blue Mage. It will also have some sort of collection feature, probably related to collecting different kinds of beasts. 
  • Story of Dawntrail: Embark on the greatest summer vacation a warrior could ever dream of. A brand-new character, Wuclomat, the daughter of the current ruler, has come to seek our help! She also introduces us to a new race!
  • New race: Yoshi-P teased the audience by saying it "looks like a Migo'te", but after a long wait, he revealed the final race to be added: female Hrothgar, sleek and strong!
  • New Continent information: Tural is a huge continent that spans from north to south, and we will explore all of it. Tuliyollal will be the hub of our adventure, and connect the north and south with a massive bridge that we can see in the trailer.
    • New Areas have been displayed through a series of videos and images that have been shared. Two particular areas have caught our attention: 
      • Solution Nine, which has a very intriguing and sudden change of scenery, as it looks very futuristic. It will serve as a hub similar to Tuliyollal. 
      • Heritage Found: a very fascinating zone, blending different cultures and civilizations, featuring a steampunk train and a colorful carousel. 
  • New alliance Raid: FFXI collaboration - titled Echoes of Vana’Diel, coming in 7.1
  • New 8 player Raid: The Arcadion. The story will be a completely original FFXIV creation. Normal mode and Savage mode will be released in succession about a month after 7.0, so that players don’t feel rushed.
  • New Ultimate: based on part of the story of Eden, with Ryne and Gaia. Futures Rewritten (patch 5.4) Ultimate. Scheduled for 7.1

Watch the new Dawntrail trailer below:

Additionally, you can find all other official trailers for Dawntrail, as well as for the new Job, Race, and much more, on the official Youtube channel.

We will go over the biggest highlights in more detail later during the day, as the Fan Festival is still ongoing in Tokyo, and share everything that has been said during the event as soon as possible. It's an exciting time for FFXIV fans, so stay tuned. 

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