[EU] FINAL FANTASY XIV Hotfixes (Jan. 8, 2026)

■The following issues have been addressed.

In “AAC Heavyweight M2 (Savage),” the following actions' damage over time effect was resisted against “Watery Grave”:
・Bard “Caustic Bite” / Machinist “Bioblaster”

In the Bozjan Southern Front, the drop rate of “Forgotten Fragment of Resolve” and “Field Notes” awarded upon completing the following Critical Engagements was significantly lower than intended:
・Marching Orders: Metal Fox Chaos
・Trampled under Hoof
・Where Strode the Behemoth
・Kill It with Fire
・The Final Furlong
・Rise of the Robots

*For players who were unable to obtain the above due to this issue, we will review the logs and, once preparations are complete, grant the number of items that should have been received. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

*Update:
Jan. 13, 2026 5:50 (GMT)
Jan. 13, 2026 16:50 (AEDT)
Additional notes have been added for Field Notes.

The following issues have been addressed.

• If a server goes down while a player is participating in a Duty, they may be prevented from logging back in due to the Error 90000.
• Several players may enter the same instanced area during a quest battle depending on the server load.
• The game may freeze when an instanced quest battle starts.
• The cutscene during the quest "Escape from Castrum Centri" may get cancelled if the player is attacked while the cutscene is playing.
• If a party wipes while progressing in the instance dungeon "Brayflox’s Longstop," they may not be able to re-enter the dungeon.
• The server may go down under certain circumstances in the instance dungeon "The Wanderer’s Palace."
• A player’s level may remain synched even after the end of a FATE.
• The server may go down under certain circumstances during FATEs.
• Experience points obtained for crafting a level 50 recipe is lower than intended.
• Game control may be lost if the Main Menu is opened at the moment a character begins gathering.
• The limit for receiving the "Allagan tomestone of mythology" may not reset correctly.
  *Also, the receiving limit will be reset for all players during the maintenance on Sep. 4, 2013.
• The Mark of the Twelve may appear on a character even if the character is not on a version 1.0 account.
• The number of company seals displayed in a player's achievements may be incorrect.
• If a cutscene plays while the "Character" window is displayed, the player's character may appear in an incorrect location.
• The server may go down under certain circumstances when a company chest is interacted with.
• The text <mo> may not function correctly.
• The client may crash if a text command, which requires an object or character to be targeted, is entered without targeting anything.
• During character creation, an Error 3035 may appear if the "UPDATE" button is pressed in the World selection screen, preventing the new character from being created.
• Full-width alphanumeric characters may appear when text is entered with "kana input" settings. (PlayStation®3 only)
• A key must be pressed twice to attach a voice sound or semi-voiced sound mark on Japanese words. (PlayStation®3 only)
• The screenshot feature may not function correctly. (PlayStation®3 only)
• The Support Desk feature may be unavailable. (PlayStation®3 only)
  
• The message displayed after unlocking all aethernets in Gridania is in Japanese.
• The help text for magitek armor actions is displayed in Japanese in certain instanced dungeons.
• The client may force-close if, after taking a screenshot, a change to the screen settings is made in System Config, or the screen saver is activated. (Windows Version only)

The following measures have been implemented.

• We have implemented countermeasures to alleviate the stress on servers.

The following issue has been addressed.

- An issue wherein Dhorme Chimera and Hydra would stop moving during the quest "A Relic Reborn."

Countermeasures have been implemented for the following issues.
- An issue wherein players were unable to progress with an instanced battle.
- An issue wherein an NPC would stop responding during a quest.

- Implemented countermeasure against illicit method of items use

Playable Content

• The quest required for promotion to second lieutenant within a Grand Company has been changed.
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  </table>* Players who have accepted the quest Twisted Beliefs but have yet to clear Amdapor Keep are required to abandon the quest and accept the quest Gilding the Bilious.
  
  
• Airships and ferry fares have been reduced.
  * Chocobo porter fees will remain the same.
  
  
• Experience received from miner and botanist guildleves has been increased.
  
  
• Additional details regarding quest progression have been added to the journal entries for the subquest A Relic Reborn.

Battle System

• In addition to improving instance server stability, additional servers have been added for the following duties:
  • The Wanderer's Palace
  • Amdapor Keep
• The number of Allagan Tomestones of Philosophy awarded for completing the following duties has been increased:
  • The Wanderer's Palace
  • Amdapor Keep
• The number of Allagan Tomestones of Mythology awarded for completing the following duties has been increased:
  • The Wanderer's Palace
  • The Howling Eye (Hard)
  • The Navel (Hard)
• Enemies in the following duties will now drop gil.
  • The Wanderer's Palace
  • Amdapor Keep
  • Castrum Meridianum
  • The Praetorium
• Mechanics and enemy positioning have been adjusted in the following duties:
  • The Wanderer's Palace
  • Castrum Meridianum
• Karakul can now be found in the following areas:
  • Coerthas Central Highlands - Dragonhead
  • Coerthas Central Highlands - Whitebrim
  • Coerthas Central Highlands - Providence Point
• The respawn rate of diremites in the North Shroud has been adjusted.

Items

• The following changes have been made to the materia melding interface:
  • The order of categories in the pulldown menu has been adjusted.
  • A confirmation window will be displayed when converting currently equipped gear into materia.
  　
• Unused gear will be bound to a character after engaging in battle, crafting, or gathering even once, regardless of item level.
  
  　
• Walnut bread is no longer sold by the Shopkeep NPC located in Eastern Thanalan - Drybone (X:13, Y:24).

System

• Experience gained by botanists and miners from level 16 onwards has been increased.
  
  
• The locations of level 30 gathering points in the Central Shroud have been adjusted.
  
  
• Enhancing effects and enfeebling effects applied to another player or enemy by your character will now always appear to the left of all other status effects underneath the target bar.
  
  
• Players will only be allowed to create a maximum of eight characters per service account every twenty-four hours.
  * We have confirmed that RMT groups have been abusing low-level quests to acquire gil by repeatedly recreating characters. We realize this change also affects our customers, and we ask for your understanding as we continue to implement measures to prevent RMT activities.

Fixed Bugs

The following issues have been addressed:

• An issue wherein players were able to abandon the quest to unlock levequests.
• An issue wherein a player walking within a FATE range while progressing a certain levequest would cause information such as the timer and progress counter to not update properly (PlayStation 3 version only).
• An issue wherein players were unable to join an instance via the Duty Finder under certain circumstances.
• An issue wherein players occasionally got stuck in the terrain while using the Chocobo Porter.
• An issue wherein players were detected by monsters while using the Chocobo Porter.
• An issue wherein the aggro lines would occasionally not display properly during the instance “The Howling Eye (Hard).”
• An issue wherein players were able to fight monsters in the instanced dungeon “Amdapor Keep” without taking any damage.
• An issue wherein the Duty Finder would replenish party members for the instanced dungeon “Amdapor Keep” after defeating the last boss.
• An issue wherein monsters in the instanced dungeon “Binding Coil of Bahamut - Turn 5” became immobilized under certain circumstances.
• An issue wherein pets were unable to enter a specific room in the instanced dungeon “Haukke Manor.”
• An issue wherein chests in the instanced dungeon “The Sunken Temple of Qarn” did not include the thaumaturge and arcanist’s weapons within the list of possible rewards.
• An issue wherein players were not weakened after getting raised.
• An issue wherein players were unable to use their pet’s actions while casting a spell.
• An issue wherein the target rings and area-of-effect predictors did not display under certain circumstances.
• An issue wherein Eos/Selene did not use “Embrace” to heal the player under certain circumstances.
• An issue wherein if a player crafted immediately after receiving benefits from food, the effect of crafting actions were increased by one turn.
• An issue wherein players occasionally lost the ability to control their character when trying to meld a materia that was restored from a cracked materia.
• An issue wherein a player’s game client would crash, or they would lose control of their character, if they initiated a trade with another player and the opposing player canceled the trade.
• An issue wherein a player changing areas after their companion is KO’d would not be able to summon their companion.
• An issue wherein players were able to target their minion even if it was filtered through the character configuration settings.
• An issue wherein a player would occasionally target a pet before an enemy when attempting to target the nearest NPC/object.
• An issue wherein if a player attempted to perform a ground-target action, it would occasionally select a point on the ground before the player actually chose it.
• An issue wherein the game client would occasionally crash if a player inserted text via the “Enter” key under certain circumstances.
• An issue wherein a player’s game client would occasionally crash if they moved the “Duty List” while in the HUD layout mode and then logged out of the game.
• An issue wherein if a player had their screen resolution set to “480p,” their chat window would shift to the right every time they logged into the game (PlayStation 3 version only).
• An issue wherein the directional pad of a gamepad would be non-responsive when using a certain gamepad (Windows version only).
• An issue wherein a character’s face would occasionally not display properly if the character was created using saved appearance data.
• An issue wherein a player would occasionally lose control of the game during the character creation process.
• An issue wherein a player would occasionally lose control of the game if they continuously attempted to login to a World that is full.
• An issue wherein the MP value displayed on the “/macroicon” icon does not change when a player gained a level.
• An issue wherein the text command “/macroicon ‘Jump’” did not display the correct icon.
• An issue wherein the icon displayed via “/macroicon” did not turn red when the target was not within range.
• An issue wherein a player would occasionally lose control of the game when they executed the text command “/hotbar” or “/crosshotbar” via their chat window.
• An issue wherein the job levels (summoner and scholar only) displayed in the “Edit Search Info” screen was incorrect.
• An issue wherein the NPC dialogue in the quest “The Ul'dahn Envoy” was incorrect. (FR only)
• An issue wherein the NPC dialogue in the quest “The Lominsan Envoy” was incorrect. (DE only)
• An issue wherein the NPC dialogue in the quest “The Gridanian Envoy” was incorrect. (DE only)
• An issue wherein the requirements for the next job quest that displayed right before completing a job quest was displayed incorrectly.
• Grammatical errors within the text found in the Duty List, Journal, and NPC dialogue.

Countermeasures have been implemented for the following issues:

• An issue wherein a player would occasionally not be able to progress within an instanced battle.
• An issue wherein an NPC would occasionally become non-responsive while progressing a quest.
• An issue wherein the background music and the sound effects would not play properly under certain circumstances.
• An issue wherein the opening would not play under certain circumstances and prevented the game from starting properly.

[EU] FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn Hot Fixes (Oct. 15)

The following issue has been addressed.

• An issue wherein certain instances occurring in the Japanese data center Worlds would not operate correctly, such as doors in the instance dungeon "The Wanderer's Palace" not opening.

The following feature has been implemented.
- A maximum limit has been placed on the number of players who can be in one area.
* If you attempt to move into an area which has already reached its maximum limit, you will receive a message saying you cannot enter that area. Should this happen, please wait awhile and try again.

The following issues have been addressed.
- When leaving the Duty Finder under certain circumstances, the player sometimes became undetectable to monsters.
- In the Amdapor Keep instance dungeon, monsters would become immobile under certain circumstances.
- After the 2.05 patch, players would occasionally receive the “90000 Error” or “Square Enix Account Authentication Error” and be disconnected from the server.

The following issues were addressed.

- When using the Unending Journey, certain cutscenes would not replay.

- The client would not close properly when exiting the game.

- In “The Binding Coil of Bahamut – Turn 5,” enemies would become immobile under certain circumstances.

- Certain graphics in the seasonal event “All Saints’ Wake” would not display properly if Glare was turned on under Graphics Settings in the System Configuration menu.

- Items that can be obtained from the two chests in “The Binding Coil of Bahamut – Turn 1” have been adjusted.

- Addressed a coding issue which occasionally caused a server to crash during a trade.

- An issue wherein a player would lose control of their character while crafting has been addressed.

The following issues were addressed.
- Players are sometimes able to wear combinations of equipment that are not normally possible or intended.
- Target markers and action bars are sometimes not displayed correctly.

The following countermeasure has been implemented.
- Implemented countermeasure against issue wherein communications would sometimes experience lag.

-Resolved an issue wherein spawning FATEs listed below, were being affected by the other FATEs occurring in the same area.
We have also implemented a countermeasure even where there are a high number of participants, it will be easier to gain contribution.

The Storm Caller
He's a Firestarter
Making Waves
Stopping the Shakes
Fallen Corpses Writhe in Style

-The following issues were addressed.
-An issue wherein certain circumstances, the quest “A Relic Reborn (Artemis Bow)" becomes impossible to progress.

The following issues have been resolved:
　•　An issue wherein certain monsters in the “Walk of Lament” area of the instanced dungeon “Labyrinth of the Ancients” would appear after incorrect time intervals.
　•　An issue wherein the game client becomes unresponsive after targeting alliance members in the instanced dungeon “Labyrinth of the Ancients”.
　•　An issue wherein players were unable to progress through the quest “Most Adorable Death Ever”.
　•　An issue wherein the monster “Ultima Weapon” did not perform certain actions during the instanced battle “The Minstrel's Ballad: Ultima's Bane”.
　•　An issue wherein ground-targeting abilities could not be used in the instanced dungeon “The Binding Coil of Bahamut - Turn 1”.
　•　An issue wherein, during the boss battle in the instanced dungeon “The Wanderer’s Palace,” if the monster “Tonberry Cutter” reached 0 HP while rendered immobile from an effect such as “Stun”, it remained at 0 HP and could not be defeated.
　•　An issue wherein class-specific Bonus Rewards were incorrectly granted to non-applicable classes when using the Duty Roulette.
　•　An issue wherein some ground-targeting actions could not be seen when the Battle Effects Settings option was set to Simple.
　•　An issue wherein the player’s sheathed weapon would not become unsheathed when casting spells.
　•　An issue wherein the Vote Dismiss function could not be used on players who had logged out while in instanced areas.
　•　An issue wherein Disciples of the Land were able to obtain additional timeworn maps without waiting 18 hours (Earth time) after having already obtained a timeworn map.
　•　An issue wherein players could see the quantity of out of reach items at unspoiled gathering points.
　•　An issue wherein, when using the “Sort” feature for the Retainer, the order of items was not saved correctly.
　•　An issue wherein gear will not “Bind” after a PvP match in the Wolves’ Den.
　•　An issue wherein dyeing the items “Hetairos Mail” and “Hetairos Breeches” would render portions of the character invisible.
　•　An issue wherein, during synthesis of a recipe that requires only a single ingredient, when that ingredient is selected, the icon would not be displayed.
　•　An issue wherein it was possible to catch nameless fish.
　•　An issue wherein using the Ctrl+C command in the Chat Log would not copy text correctly.
　•　An issue wherein the incorrect numerical value was displayed in the devaluation timer for plots of land on Legacy Worlds.
　•　An issue wherein the player housing servers would be down under certain circumstances.
　•　An issue wherein, if a character uses the aesthetician’s services to change hairstyle or apply face paint, their Mark of the Twelve disappears.
　　o　It is possible to resolve this issue by using the “/legacymark off” command followed by the “/legacymark on” command.
　•　Text and other grammatical errors within the text found in the Duty List, Journal, and NPC dialogue.
　•　An issue wherein pet names would not appear in the Chat Log after using pet actions.

The following adjustments have been made:
　•　When using the Duty Finder, players are now unable to withdraw from combat.
　•　When using the Party Search function, the Role criteria is now set to Free by default.
　•　In The Wolves’ Den, the preparation time before a PvP match has been reduced to 1 minute (previously 2 minutes).
　•　In the Wolves’ Den, the amount of time after which players are automatically withdrawn due to unresponsiveness has been reduced to 2 minutes.
　•　The bonus attributes for the items below were changed by mistake, and have been reverted to their original values.
　　o　Allagan Circlet of Healing
　　　　MND+18　VIT+18　Determination+15　PIE+11
　　o　Allagan Breeches of Healing
　　　　VIT+29　MND+29　PIE+26　Critical Hit Rate+24
　　o　Allagan Boots of Casting
　　　　INT+18　VIT+18　Critical Hit Rate+21　Accuracy+15
　•　Additional instances have been placed for “Labyrinth of the Ancients.”

Known issues:
　•　An issue wherein the game client terminates abruptly. (PlayStation®3 version only)

The following issues have been addressed.

- During fieldcraft levequests, the target item would not display on the Logging & Harvesting list and the quest could not be progressed.

- When transferring to an instance, an error is displayed and the instance cannot be entered properly.


Countermeasures have been taken for the following issues.

- In the Wolves' Den it is hard to target a character who is jumping.
*Because this is a temporary fix, there will only be a partial mitigation of the issue. Further addressing of this issue is planned in Patch 2.15, which should be implemented in late January.

- The launcher cannot perform the version update under circumstances.

The following issues have been addressed:
- An issue wherein the Dimension Blade fragment and Savage Arc of Triumph monument are unable to be put up for sale on the market.
- An issue wherein making a class change or job change will cause the client to crash. (PlayStation®3 version only)

A countermeasure has been implemented for the following issue.
- Certain circumstances sometimes cause the server to crash.

The following adjustment has been made:
- The amount of time that must pass once a Duty is entered before a Vote to Abandon is possible has been increased from five minutes to fifteen minutes.


The following issues have been addressed:
- An issue wherein items put up for sale in the marketplace are sometimes priced at 0 gil.
- An issue wherein using the Paladin’s “Cover” ability causes unintended effects, such as abnormal amounts of damage.

Countermeasures have been emplaced for the following issue:
- An issue wherein NPCs are sometimes unresponsive.

The following issues have been addressed:

- An issue in “The Binding Coil of Bahamut – Turn 2” in which the ADS’s usage interval of its AoE attack “Object 199” is too short.
- An issue in “The Binding Coil of Bahamut – Turn 5” in which if Twintania is unable to attack its main target, it will attack the target next highest in enmity.
- An issue wherein the cross hotbar may not switch over smoothly.

The following issues have been addressed.

• The servers would crash under certain circumstances.
• The Manor Sentry does not disappear after its HP reaches zero in the last encounter of Haukke Manor (Hard).
• Character movement lags considerably and/or actions take an unusual amount of time to trigger in certain instances. (PlayStation®3 version only)
• Character movement and controls are unresponsive for a brief period after interacting with NPCs or viewing event cutscenes.
• The graphics in certain cutscenes during the quest “The Rise and Fall of Gentlemen” do not display properly.
• Characters appear to float in the air momentarily after dismounting.
• Transferring an item to a retainer will sometimes result in the icon of the transferred item remaining in the player’s inventory instead of disappearing.
• When placing an item for sale in the marketplace, the initial cursor position is on the “Cancel” button.
• When using the text command “/action(/ac” or “/petaction(/pac)”, if a target character is specified, but that target character is not present, the game will automatically select a viable target and carry out the command.
  * With this current hotfix, if the specified target is not present, the error message “The target name you have selected is invalid” will display and the action will not be carried out. If a target is not specified, the action will be carried out automatically on a viable target, just as if the action had been enacted from the hotbar.
• The mouse cursor is visible when using waymarks even if "Locked to Cursor" is selected for ground targeting settings.
• A player's application to a free company will not be received when an application to a different free company is canceled prior to submission.
• The client will sometimes crash under usage of a CPU with greater than 32 cores. (Windows version only)
• Screenshots will always be saved as “High-quality PNG” even if settings are changed to be lower. (PlayStation®3 version only)
• A section of Help text does not display properly on the World select screen during character creation. (PlayStation®4 beta test version only)

A countermeasure has been implemented to prevent heavy load of the servers to generate issues.


The following adjustments have been made to the ready check feature.

• Players can no longer use the ready check if they are the focus of a monster’s enmity. If another party member who is not the focus of enmity initiates a ready check, the ready check confirmation answer for the player who is the focus of enmity will automatically be submitted as “No.”
• The name of the player who initiates the ready check will now be displayed on-screen and in the chat logs.
• A “Respond Later” button has been added. When this option is selected, the player can place a temporary hold on answering the ready check confirmation. To submit an answer after placing a hold, selecting “Ready Check” from the social menu will re-open the ready check confirmation dialog box. If the player is still on the “Respond Later” status after the 30-second confirmation period elapses, that player’s answer will be automatically submitted as “No.”
• The window will no longer automatically reappear after the ready check has been selected.

The following issues have been addressed.

• The level of the monster “Plasmoid” in the “Outer La Noscea” area was incorrect.
• Certain parts of the dialog of the NPC “J’brohka” in the “Eastern La Noscea” area was displayed in Japanese.
• The journal’s listed objective for the tradecraft levequest “Red Letter Day” was listed as “Tomato Pie” when it should have been “Rolanberry Lassi.”

The following issue has been addressed.

• An issue wherein the servers would crash under certain circumstances.

The following issues have been addressed.

• The monsters in the dungeon "The Lost City of Amdapor" occasionally ceased to attack.
• A player’s character occasionally became uncontrollable while in the dungeon "The Lost City of Amdapor."
• Pets occasionally took only very low damage while in the instance "Thornmarch (Extreme)."
• The FATE "Steel Reign" would not spawn.
• If a server had crashed after a player had used a master recipe book, the effect gained from the book was occasionally lost.
• Servers would crash under certain circumstances.
• If a player joined an instance via Duty Finder and then re-logged while in the instance, they were removed from the instance upon logging back into the game.
• If a player’s retainer equipped an item that had their appearance changed via glamours, the appearance of the item occasionally did not display correctly.
• If a free company master had not logged in for a while, the rights to the master occasionally did not automatically transfer over to the correct member.
• The category "Crop Disposal" was missing from the list of master privileges for free companies.

*EDIT Apr. 3, 2014 10:50 (GMT)
Because we have confirmed that the Lodestone feature referenced below has not yet been implemented, we removed the following line from the above list:

• The short message of a free company would not reflect properly on to the Lodestone.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused.

*EDIT Apr. 3, 2014 12:30 (GMT)
Revised the issue affecting "Thornmarch (Extreme)."

The following issue has been addressed:

• An issue where character data would not refresh on Lodestone and the iOS/Android app “Libra Eorzea.”

■The following issue has been addressed.

-An issue where the keyboard stops responding while typing. (PlayStation®4 version only)

*On account of the system, the Windows and PlayStation®3 versions will also receive a client update but this will not affect content within the game.

The following issues have been addressed:

• An issue in the Whorleater (Hard) and the Whorleater (Extreme) where the Tidal Wave cannot be blocked if two or more players simultaneously use the Elemental Converter.
• An issue with Grand Company supply missions where supply and provisioning missions will not reset even though the next mission allowance has passed.

The following issues have been addressed:

- Resolved an issue with Treasure Hunting, in which attempting to progress through “Peisteskin Treasure Map” in Upper La Noscea, monsters would spawn in places not meant for battle.

- Resolved an issue in which the materia listed below would have their attributes turned to 0 when attached to fishing gear:

Gatherer’s Guile, Gatherer’s Guerdon, Gatherer’s Grasp, Craftsman’s Competence, Craftsman’s Cunning, Craftsman’s Command.

- Resolved an issue in which Hotbar and Cross Hotbar display details would differ from the registered details through certain gear set actions.

- Resolved an issue within the Zodiac Weapon story in which the amount of Superior Enchanted Ink needed to obtain a sphere scroll displayed within the confirmation window was incorrect.

The following issues have been addressed.

• During the boss battle in the instance “The Lost City of Amdapor” the client will crash if the boss is defeated at the same time as the suction of the diabolical gate.
• In the instance “The Second Coil of Bahamut - Turn 4” the Dalamud spawn will immediately recommence its special attack after it is interrupted the first time by the action “Holmgang.”
• The server may crash under certain circumstances.
• Housing functions become unusable if a Miniature Aetheryte is placed in the estate’s garden.
• Furnishing functions may become unusable under certain circumstances when placing furnishings.
• Materia assimilation will not complete if a zone change occurs during the process and subsequent assimilation is not possible until the player logs out.
• An unintended item may be turned into materia if the intended item is replaced by another item in the inventory immediately after the materia assimilation begins.
• Sightseeing Log entry #032 cannot be completed even if the objective has been met.
• The purchase and/or the purchase screen cannot be closed out if “cancel” is performed with the controller/keyboard directly after a purchase in a shop.
• Returning to the crafting log after crafting will not save the NQ/HQ material distribution with the exception of the recipe displayed at the top.
• Using Repair directly after the auto-attack motion has begun will render the player unable to take any actions besides basic movement.
• Certain guildleve messages are displayed in Japanese.

The following issue has been addressed.

• In “The Whorleater (Extreme)” , Leviathan may return to a pre-battle state.

The following change has been made to Frontline:

- All players queued for Frontline when matchmaking completes will be sent to Frontline, regardless of if players chose “Abandon” or no option at all at the last moment.

Due to this change, it is possible that Frontline campaigns will not start with full parties.
In these cases, we ask that party leaders please use the “Add Member” feature.
* We plan to implement a feature next week that will automatically add members for in-progress Frontline campaigns.

Also, to make registering for Frontline smoother, we ask that players consider using the “Join Party in Progress” option in the Duty Finder.


The following issues have been addressed:

- Before Frontline matchmaking completes the text “A party member has withdrawn from the duty. Finding new member.” would appear.
- The “Desynthesize” action may cause the server to crash.
- In “Syrcus Tower” Amon would only use auto-attack.
- (PlayStation®3 version only) The “Desynthesize” action would not work and cause the game client to become unresponsive.
- (PlayStation®4 version only) In certain instanced content battle music would not loop properly.

- Attempting to change your personal chocobo’s name with a chocobokeep would display an error message in Japanese if your personal chocobo is set to a chocobo stable.

*In order for even more players to be able to participate in elite mark battles, the following adjustments have been made. Please note that further adjustments may be made once congestion has been eased.

The following adjustments have been made to “The Hunt”:
- Elite marks maximum HP has been increased.
Rank B maximum HP has been raised from solo to light party level, Rank A maximum HP has been raised from light party to full party level.
Although the Rank S maximum HP level was already intended for multiple parties, we have further raised the necessary number to require even more parties.
Similar to Odin and Behemoth, because raising the maximum HP of Rank S means stressed server loads due to the concentration of players, we plan to make ongoing adjustments as we watch the server situation.
- As the elite marks HP is increased, the amount of contribution points in which affects the reward after defeating will be eased.
- S rank elite marks will have top display priority.
Because the elite marks maximum HP have been changed to reflect the party numbers required, we are also looking into adjusting the amount from the “Regular mark bills” and “Elite mark bills” reward. We will continue to make careful content adjustments as we monitor player trends and server stress loads.

*The following feature has been added to improve Frontline matchmaking.

For Frontline only, the following change has been made:
- Party members will be added automatically if required once duty has commenced.
Automatic member addition will take place upon the start of battle (when the gates open).
When registering for a Frontline campaign we recommend checking “Join Party in Progress,” which will make the matchmaking process smoother, and ask players to consider choosing this option whenever possible.

The following changes have been made to chat mode.
- When chat mode is switched to “Linkshell” during the “Temporarily switch chat mode to linkshell” operation, it will now always switch to an active linkshell.
*There will be no switch if chat mode is already set to any linkshell.
- In order to address an issue existing from before the implementation of patch 2.3, the shortcut command for temporarily switching chat mode to linkshell (Initial setting: ALT+L) has been changed to always choose an active linkshell as the base selection.

The following issues have been addressed:
- In The Striking Tree (Hard) and The Striking Tree (Extreme) the damage taken by pets was abnormally low.
- In Syrcus Tower wherein the ground would not illuminate when charging the matter field generator.
- Players were unable to use pet actions when a pet was casting a spell.
- Controls did not function properly when taking damage while in the process of trading event items to NPCs during a quest or FATE.
- Certain items would become inaccessible when players used the Sort subcommand with the Desynthesis window open.
- The game client would become unresponsive when players enlisted in a free company that had not purchased housing used the View Room Details command in another player's estate.
- Players were withdrawn from a Duty when selecting Commence at the same time another player selected Withdraw.
- Using the ALT+L or ALT+Shift+L to cycle forward or backward would start from the first linkshell instead of the last selected linkshell when the chat mode was not set to linkshell.

- The UI would occasionally blink when facing the camera toward a large crowd.
- The text options More Items (DoH) and More Items (DoL) were reversed when talking to the NPC Talan.
- In Syrcus Tower certain treasure chests did not display properly.
- In The Striking Tree (Hard) the weather text displayed when hovering the cursor over the weather icon was in Japanese.
- In The Second Coil of Bahamut targeting the entrance would display a macro error.

*Edited Jul. 25, 2014 12:40 (GMT)
- Added information about switching to active linkshells.
- Adjusted wording regarding the issue-addressing alteration to chat mode switching

• There will now be stricter evaluation of movement cheating in Frontline.

The following change has been made to “The Hunt”.

• The Elite Mark Bill has been adjusted so that when it is updated the same monster will not be the targeted mark two weeks in a row.

The following issues have been addressed.

• In ”The Striking Tree (Extreme)”, the text indicating the “Treasure Coffer” was in Japanese.
• Certain Achievement texts in “The Hunt” have been revised.

The following issue has been addressed.

• Taking an item from or putting an item into a company chest causes the server to crash.

Additionally, we have confirmed that some items that were moved into/out of company chests from Aug. 19, 2014 9:30 (GMT) onward may have become lost. We are currently in the process of restoring the lost items, but because this will take some time, as well as to prevent data mismatching, company chests will be temporarily locked until the item restoration process is over.

We are sorry, and ask for your patience until the item restoration process is concluded.

The estimated date is Aug. 20, 2014.
* The completion date may be subject to change.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

* Edited on Aug. 20, 2014 at 13:53 (GMT)
We have completed restoration of the lost items, and as such have unlocked company chests.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused, and we thank you for your patience and understanding.

The following issues have been addressed.

• In “Crystal Tower: Syrcus Tower” ground-targeting actions such as Shadow Flare could also cause damage to monsters on the floor above.
• If a currently held weekly elite mark bill that was accepted during a previous week had the same target as the current week’s elite mark bill, and the elite mark was slain, then the current week’s elite mark bill, even if it was still unaccepted, was also counted as being completed.
• The graphics for the NPC “A-Ruhn-Senna” did not display properly during cutscenes.

The following issues have been addressed.

• Rank S elite hunt marks did not have top display priority.
• It was not possible to map areas of Hullbreaker Isle.
• The “wind-up Minfilia” and “wind-up Thancred,” obtainable from the “Rising vendor” NPC, could not be discarded.
• In the FATE “If I Only Had a Soul” monster names were displayed in Japanese.

The following issues have been addressed.

• The targeting was off when using an event item on an object during guildleves.
• The movement speed started out very slow when using the gamepad for character movement.
• Using the Face Target function while moving caused the character to face in the direction of the target, only to snap back to their original direction in an instant.

The following issues have been addressed.

・ The movement of the occupation gauge would differ with each Grand Company when another Grand Company attempts to neutralise a location under a specific condition.
・ In the Halatali (Hard) boss fight, Narasimha would engage combat regardless of meeting its requirement.
・ Inspecting a soulglazed Relic Weapon Novus with a Zodiac glass would not display the weapon graphic properly. (Windows version only)
・ Binding Confirm or Cancel to the side buttons of a mouse would result in the button press having no response.
・ Certain text in the menu would appear in Japanese.

Regarding the retainer’s “quick exploration venture,” the following have been added to the list of rare items a retainer can only obtain once they are above a certain item level/gathering ability.

• pot of pure white dye
• pot of jet black dye
• pot of metallic silver dye
• pot of metallic gold dye

The following issue has been addressed.

• For the retainer’s “quick exploration venture” one of the items that was added to the obtainable rare items list, the “pot of metallic gold dye”, could not be obtained.

The following issues have been addressed.

• In “The Akh Afah Amphitheatre (Extreme)” certain circumstances caused the client to freeze and become inoperable. (PlayStation®3 version only)
• In “The Akh Afah Amphitheatre (Hard)” wherein characters revived with Resurrect became uncontrollable under certain circumstances.
• In “The Second Coil of Bahamut - Turn 4” Dalamud spawn did not always draw in meteoric fragments.
• Players who had not logged in since patch 2.2 and logged in after 2.4 had their Allagan Tomestones of Poetics weekly cap already maxed out, even when they had not yet earned or received any.
• A chocobo that was stabled in a chocobo stable could not be removed.
  *After the fix, talking to the NPC “housing enthusiast” will allow you to remove your personal chocobo from the chocobo stable.
  Additionally, this issue allowed personal chocobos to be fetched and gain experience while still being stabled in the chocobo stable; however, because the stabled chocobo is the one with the correct data, we apologise, but the data on your personal chocobo will be overwritten to the correct data upon removal of your personal chocobo from the stable.
• The server would go down under certain conditions.
• The client would crash under certain conditions.
• If direct chat was enabled, there were occasions when key bindings that utilise the Ctrl or Alt key did not function properly.
• An issue wherein there was a mistake in the “Mug” help text.

The following issues have been resolved:

- In the raid dungeon "The Final Coil of Bahamut: Turn 3", certain dungeon mechanics have been changed. Please follow the link below for details:
http://sqex.to/dLI

- In the raid dungeon "The Second Coil of Bahamut: Turn 2", under certain circumstances, accepting a Raise would cause the character to appear in an abnormal location.

- In the trial "Akh Afah Amphitheatre (Extreme)", Shiva's model may not have reappeared after using "Diamond Dust".

- In the dungeon "Sastasha (Hard)", the boss "Captain Madison" may have become unresponsive.

- In the FATE "Defending the Hive", at a certain point when a popup appears, selecting "No" would cause the character to become unresponsive.

- Using the action "Assassinate" under certain conditions would cause the character to appear in an abnormal location.

- It was possible to stable your chocobo at both your free company house and personal house at the same time.
(* As we have already informed you previously, the state of your personal chocobo after the fix will depend on what the state of your personal chocobo was before the fix.)
-If you had already fetched your chocobo from your free company house stable before the fix, after the fix you will only be able to fetch the chocobo from your personal house, and by doing so the data for the chocobo from your personal house stable will be used.
-If you had already fetched your chocobo from your personal house before the fix, after the fix you will only be able to fetch the chocobo from your free company house stable, and by doing so the data for the chocobo from your free company house stable will be used.
-If you left your chocobo stabled at both locations before the fix, only your free company house-stabled chocobo’s data will be saved.
-Additionally, due to the effects of this issue, after your personal chocobo’s data has been overwritten you may find that it has exceeded its rank cap in experience. In this case, feeding your chocobo a Thavnairian onion to raise its rank cap will allow you to gain the correct experience. There will be no loss of any experience that you have gained.
We apologize for any inconvenience..

- When doing a Grand Company Expert Delivery, the delivered item would not be the designated item.

- When the following items were HQ, the “GP” stat was higher than intended, which resulted in equipped materia having a lower value:
* Their stats have been reverted to their pre-2.4 values.
Miner’s Shirt / Botanist’s Doublet / Fisher’s Shirt / Miner’s Gloves /
Botanist’s Gloves / Fisher’s Gloves / Militia Bracelets

- The following items incorrectly listed their desynthesis and repair class as "Leatherworker" instead of "Armorer”:
Allagan Tassets of Striking / Allagan Tassets of Aiming / Allagan Tassets of Maiming

- In the Crafting Log, after removing a recipe from your Favorites, activating that recipe from the Hotbar would cause the game client to crash.

- Activating the free company actions "Meat and Mead" and "Meat and Mead II" would not extend their duration.

- When "Status Icon Display Type" is set to "Justified Left", the durations for free company actions would display incorrectly on the "Status Effects" UI element.

- In the "Actions & Traits" menu, Additional Actions could not be rearranged by dragging and dropping.

- Certain text commands would not appear in the auto-translation dictionary.

- Certain text for the NPC “wandering minstrel” would display in Japanese.

• In “The Second Coil of Bahamut”, the effect of The Echo will be increased. The Echo will be applied upon commencement of duty, and max HP/dealt damage/effect of restorative magic will be increased by 15%.
  *Restarting will not increase the effect.

• It will now be possible to queue solo for “The Akh Afah Amphitheatre (Extreme)” in the Duty Finder.

The following issues have been addressed.

• An issue wherein the battle with Phlegethon in “The Crystal Tower: Labyrinth of the Ancients” would not progress normally under certain conditions.
• An issue in the special quest “The Ties that Bind” wherein the message when obtaining the “Embrace” emote would display repeatedly.
• An issue in the special quest “The Ties that Bind” wherein under certain conditions it was possible to progress the quest even without having acquired all pieces of clothing.
• An issue in the Eternal Bond special quests wherein times referenced in the quest texts were displayed in Japan Standard Time (JST).
• An issue wherein servers would crash under certain conditions.
• An issue when using the Party Finder wherein certain conditions would cause abnormal terminations of the client.
• An issue in the quest “The Past Is a Story We Never Tell” wherein incorrect messages would display during progression of the quest.
• An issue wherein the quest title for “Guildmaster, Prelate, and Plot” would display in Japanese.

■Starlight Celebration NPCs and Objects now appear in residential district subdivisions.

http://img.finalfantasyxiv.com/t/22e...12fca883_1.png

Additionally, we would like to mention that quest icons currently appear over NPCs’ heads and on the minimap, but not in the map window.
With few days remaining in the seasonal event, we are working to implement a solution to this quickly.

Your feedback is very important to us, and we will be more careful when designing future events.
We apologise for any inconvenience that this issue may have caused.