The 6.4 update of Final Fantasy XIV will be released at the end of May. In addition to all the battle and quest content, there will also be new content for the private island: garden furniture!
This is the island in question: When players complete the rather long story of FFXIV up to patch 6.0, they can unlock their own private island, where they can build structures, take care of animals, and produce various items that can then be sold for special currency.
Like many other players, I was very much looking forward to the island after the announcement. According to FF14 head Naoki Yoshida, it was supposed to be more relaxed and slower content (even though reality turned out differently). You can prepare production, let it run in the background, and count the money from selling materia and dyes.
The only disappointment for me and many others was that you couldn’t really customize the island personally. All players received the same buildings and layout, and you couldn’t place housing furniture. But that will change with patch 6.4.
Here’s what’s new: In the producer stream for patch 6.4, the chief, Naoki Yoshida, stated that the private island will now also receive its own furniture and showed the first screenshot of what that might look like.
In the picture, you can see various items that decorate the gardens of FFXIV houses, and they look amazing. You will be able to unlock up to 90 slots for such furniture pieces as you level up your island.
The option finally makes it possible for my island to really feel like mine. It has been a lot of fun leveling it up and catching the animals (except for the Apkallu – that one was annoying), but it looked exactly like my friends’ islands.
However, I am still cautious with my optimism. It sounded in the producer stream like there would be restrictions on where and how the items can be placed.
My hope is that we can use all currently available garden furniture on the island. I want to have them all.
A demonstration is set to follow in the next stream for patch 6.4.
What patch 6.4 brings additionally
What other content is coming? In addition to the island update, patch 6.4 will also have the usual abundance of content. The release of the update is scheduled for the end of May, likely on May 30.
As usual, the content of the patch will be rolled out over several months and not all at once. Coming:
- The main story quests will continue. According to Yoshida, we are now slowly entering the hot phase before the next addon.
- Final section of the 4-man raid Pandaemonium in normal and epic. The epic version will be released one week after the update goes live.
- New Variant and Criterion Dungeons, which have various endings depending on the route.
- The new trial fight is the villain Golbez in normal and extreme.
- New dungeon Aetherfont, which seems to be located somewhere in the area of Sharlayan.
- New Tataru quests.
- The job Blue Mage will get new content and spells.
- More Hildibrand adventures.
- More upgrades for the Manderville weapons.
- Dream trial Zurvan and more.
But first, the small patch 6.38 will go online on April 8. It will lift the weekly loot restrictions in the raid Pandaemonium: Abyssos, bring some balance adjustments in PvP, and start the next season of the PvP mode Crystalline Conflict.
Fans of mounts and companions can check out in patch 6.35 to see if they are missing any cosmetic items:
Final Fantasy XIV: All mounts, companions, and cosmetic items from patch 6.35
