Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker expansion announced for fall 2021

The second new job will be revealed during the Final Fantasy XIV Digital Fan Festival 2021 which will take place from May 14 to 15, 2021. The Fan Festival will also bring with it special elements in the game, notably Lunar Whale Mountain (the first mounts for 8 people!) and three minions – Rydia, Edge and Rosa.

Presentation of Sage, the new profession of healer beginning in #Endwalker!

Watch the high resolution trailer on YouTube!

Have you played Final Fantasy XIV Online?

YESNO

https://t.co/NvIPrLFvexpic.twitter.com/IBteZe16yE

– FINAL FANTASY XIV (@FF_XIV_EN) February 6, 2021

Endwalker and patch 6.0 will conclude the story of Hydaelyn and Zodiark and end the story that began in A Realm Reborn. Starting with Update 6.1, a whole new story will begin in the world of Final Fantasy 14.

Endwalker will also see the level cap raised to 90 and feature “massive new areas” begging to be explored, including the Imperial Capital of Garlemald, Thavnair, and the city of Radz-at-Han.

Fans of Final Fantasy X will also be happy to see Anima’s return as a new threat to face, and its design has been recreated by its original creator.

A new high difficulty raid – Pandæmonium – will also be added alongside a new Alliance raid series that seeks to reveal the secrets of the world of Hydaelyn.

The Trust System also gets a new ally to recruit, and this time is Estinien Wyrmblood from Heavensward.

Other additions include a new residential area known as Ishgard, down to the Golden Saucer, an island sanctuary that looks amazingly like Harvest Moon (“Raise animals, farm the land, and learn to live off the land! ”), and much more.

FINAL FANTASY XIV is coming to PlayStation 5, with an open beta slated for Tuesday, April 13, 2021!

Watch the high resolution trailer on YouTube!
https://t.co/cN6FFzAXN7 pic.twitter.com/Ozls8lTuff

– FINAL FANTASY XIV (@FF_XIV_EN) February 6, 2021

A new data center travel system is also in development that will allow you to travel to other worlds to play with friends.

Finally, it was revealed that Final Fantasy 14 will officially arrive on PS5 on April 13, 2021, in open beta. Although it is now available with backward compatibility, this version will be optimized for the new system.

Any advice to give us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Adam Bankhurst is a news editor for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Tic.