Where are Hildibrand and Gilgamesh?

[Takira]

Seriously though? I miss them.

[ItMe]

Hildebrand makes a cameo at the end of the Heroes Gauntlet, but that's about it.
I hope to see them again soon.

[JeanneOrnitier]

Hildibrand has a low random chance to show up as one of the summoned warriors fighting in the background in Heroes' Gauntlet. Gilgamesh isn't with him though.

I had completrly blanked on it once this patch came out, but that cameo last patch made me so sure we'd finally be getting more Hildy quests this time. That is odd.

[YianKutku]

Technically Gilgamesh is working at the Gold Saucer at the moment.

I'm actually fine with this, because I know when we get more Greg adventures (whether it's in his Greg or Jim forms), the dialogue is absolutely going to reference that in some hilarious way.

[Bright-Flower]

I'm guessing that with the delays, the Hildebrand quests were among the first things to hit the cutting room floor in terms of development priority.

[JeanneOrnitier]

That sadly makes the most sense.

[Cilia]

Pretty sure a Hildibrand adventure wasn't planned for 5.X at all; there's no indication they ever intended to put one in other than the cliffhanger at the end of the previous one. Certain corners have also been cut as the game's gone on, like going from 3 dungeons per patch to 1, and not making primal weapons for GNB and DNC.

[JeanneOrnitier]

The cliffhanger was specifically them going into the rift between worlds, that seems like a very clear setup for a continuation on the First. I can easily believe a ShB Hildibrand story got cut due to virus delays, but given how the last questline ended I don't believe for a second it was never planned at all.

[Wyssahtyn]

https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/1231672.html

There were no plans for Hildibrand. The developers apparently felt it was growing stale and wanted to take a break.

[Erendis]

See if we find him on the moon when we go there...