[NA] FINAL FANTASY XIV Hotfixes (May 7, 2026)

■ The following issue has been addressed:
An extremely rare issue in which Cosmic Exploration Projects would not occur in certain instanced areas of Sinus Ardorum.

■The following issue has been addressed:
・When Star Contributors for Cosmic Exploration were designated, during the few milliseconds when switching between the tallying period and the non-tallying period of the Starward Standings, if a character eligible for the Star Contributor performed an action that would add to their Starward Standings, the Starward Standings status of that character would become abnormal.

■The following issues have been addressed:
・In "The Occult Crescent: South Horn", if you disconnected while participating in a critical encounter then reconnected while the same critical encounter was still in progress, your participation would be canceled but the battle status would not be reset. As a result, some actions such as summoning a mount or moving using Aetherytes could not be performed until the critical encounter ended.
・In "The Occult Crescent: South Horn", if players change their Phantom Job at the same time as they defeat monsters, they can earn Phantom EXP with the newly changed Phantom Job.

■The following issue has been fixed.
・In "The Occult Crescent: South Horn" at "Forked Tower: Blood", if players revived when there was less than one second remaining on the timer, it would not count towards the resurrection restriction counter.

■ In Cosmic Exploration's "Missions in Progress" window, Silver Star and Gold Star Requirements will now show a checkmark only if a mission's completion requirements have been met.

■ The division number has been changed from 3 to 2 in the Field Instances of "Sinus Ardorum", to relieve congestion from implementing Patch 7.21.

■ The following issues have been addressed:
- In the Mamool Ja Quests, movements of certain NPCs who appear in Gok Golma were incorrect.
- In Occult Crescent: South Horn, when a phantom job Thief used the phantom action Vigilance, the "Foreseen Offense" status would not be applied under certain conditions.
- In Occult Crescent: South Horn, under certain conditions, the Persistent Pot NPC would still follow even if the "Cache Me if You Can" status was turned off.
- In Occult Crescent: South Horn, the battle area indicator for the critical encounter "Shark Attack" remained visible even when the area had moved to a different location.
- In Occult Crescent: South Horn, the incorrect effect was displayed when changing a phantom job.
- In Cosmic Exploration, even if enough points toward Starward Standings had been accumulated, a message indicating there was no data may have appeared when speaking to the Scanningway NPC under certain conditions.
- In Cosmic Exploration, if you disconnected while the cosmic fortune roulette was spinning, the roulette spinning sound would still play even after losing connection.
- In the Active Help entry "Basic Controls", an incorrect image was displayed when "Controller" was selected. (PlayStation®5/PlayStation®4/Xbox Series X|S)

■ The following issue has been addressed:
・In The Occult Crescent: South Horn, the “Critical Axeblow” and “Critical Lanceblow” actions used by the Forked Tower: Blood boss Magitaur were both labeled “Critical Axeblow”.
(French/German Only)

*As previously stated, this HoxFixes only addresses the above issue in the French/German versions.

・The “Alliance” tab in the Party Finder screen now includes “The Occult Crescent: South Horn.” Using this feature, players can form alliances of up to 48 players and enter “The Occult Crescent: South Horn.”
・In “The Occult Crescent: South Horn,” the time until “Weather: Mirage” occurs when a new instance is generated has been shortened.

For additional information regarding the early release of the new system related to The Occult Crescent's “The Forked Towers,” please refer to the following link below.
https://sqex.to/iyOzd

■The following issue has been addressed:
In The Occult Crescent: South Horn, the countdown activates for all characters within the instance, including those not in the party.

■The following issue has been addressed:
In “San d'Oria: The Second Walk,” there are cases where when a character, who was not in the combat area at the time all players were defeated in the fight against Kam'lanaut, enters the combat area approximately the same time the wipe occurs and the combat area is unsealed, the boss does not reset properly and does not respawn.

■The following issues have been addressed:
・In the duty "The Minstrel's Ballad: ???", implemented in Patch 7.3, only one totem instead of two was obtained as a reward upon completion.
　*For those who obtained totems before the fixes, we will compensate you with the corresponding number of totems, and send them via Moogle Letter as soon as we are able to confirm the logs.
・Players were unable to catch "Timeworn Gargantuaskin Map" while fishing.
　*After Patch 7.3, we will compensate players who fished at the affected fishing spots with Fisher level 95 or higher, which is the requirement for catching the target fish, during the period before the bug was fixed with one “Timeworn Gargantuaskin Map.” We will send this compensation via Moogle Letter as soon as we are able to confirm the logs.
・In some of the Omicron's Allied Society Quests, the map markers with class icons indicating collection locations were incorrectly positioned.
・The sub-stat of the equipment item "Mayakov Ringbands of Scouting" was listed as "Spell Speed" instead of "Skill Speed."
・When certain hairstyles were applied to male Au Ra characters, unnatural shadows appeared on the hair depending on lighting conditions.
・Client may crash upon exiting a duty.
・In Crystalline Conflict's "Cloud Nine" and "Clockwork Castletown," players with the "Hysteria" or "Seduce" status were no longer affected by certain gimmicks.
　*We have confirmed that this issue was caused by the specification changes listed below. As an emergency temporary measure, we have rolled back the following specification changes to a state prior to Patch 7.3.
We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause. Once the official fix for this issue is complete, we plan to reapply these specification changes.
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・Players with the "Hysteria" or "Seduce" status would be unable to move in the following stages:
　- Cloud Nine "Jump Glyphs"
　- Clockwork Castletown "Trick Doors"
　- Red Sands "Bottomless Desert"
　- The Bayside Battleground "Jump Glyphs"
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