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Patch 7.5 Trail to the Heavens key art
PATCH 7.5

Patch 7.5 Notes

Trail to the Heavens

The Warrior of Light and their companions begin to unravel the mysteries of the key. Patch 7.5 brings the new trial The Unmaking, the Echoes of Vana'diel - Windurst alliance raid, the brand-new Crystalline Conflict arena Archeia Harmonias, and a wave of housing, glamour, and quality-of-life improvements.

Release DateApril 29, 2026
ExpansionDawntrail
Patch TypeMajor Patch
Patch Size~2.1 GB
Patch 7.5 is Live!

At a Glance

9New Main Story QuestsStory & Side Stories20Battle ChangesJobs, Actions & Traits21Item UpdatesGear & Glamour12Housing UpdatesItems & Features13System UpdatesQoL & Improvements7Known IssuesUnder Investigation

Story & Quests

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Patch 7.5 main scenario quest screenshot from Lodestone
Main Scenario
5 quests

Disciple of War or Magic level 100. Begins with Krile in Solution Nine (X:12.6 Y:6.0).

  • In Fate's Footsteps — opens the Trail to the Heavens arc
  • Four follow-up quests (titles withheld by Square Enix to avoid spoilers)
  • Prerequisite: complete "Into the Mist"
  • Heads-up — several existing quests now require a non-limited job; Blue Mage / Beastmaster players with quests in progress must swap classes to continue them
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Echoes of Vana'diel — Windurst storyline screenshot
Echoes of Vana'diel
2 quests

Continues the Windurst storyline — unlocks the new alliance raid Windurst: The Third Walk.

  • The Hollow Promise — Landsguard Messenger, Tuliyollal (X:16.2 Y:3.9)
  • Follow-up quest leads into the new alliance raid
  • Prerequisite: complete "Apocalypse Nigh"
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Sidequests
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  • The Wing Spirit Cometh — Tonawawtan Boy, Tuliyollal (X:15.3 Y:7.5), level 1
  • Prerequisite: progress through the Patch 7.5 MSQ and obtain the seven Wing mounts (Ruin, Resolve, Eternity, Knighthood, Death, Mist, Nihility)

Battle Content

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The Clyteum dungeon screenshot
The Clyteum

Disciple of War or Magic level 100 · Average item level 750+ · 4 players · 90 minutes

  • Trust, Duty Support, and Explorer Mode all supported
  • Unlocks via the new Patch 7.5 main scenario quest "In Fate's Footsteps"
  • Added to Duty Roulette: Expert (now requires ilvl 750)
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The Unmaking trial screenshot
The Unmaking

Disciple of War or Magic level 100 · 8 players · 60 minutes

  • Normal: average item level 755+; unlocked via Patch 7.5 MSQ
  • Extreme: average item level 770+; speak with the Wandering Minstrel in Tuliyollal (X:11.1 Y:14.6)
  • Extreme is Raid Finder only — full premade parties bypass restrictions
  • Item exchange: Uah'shepya in Solution Nine (X:8.7 Y:13.5)
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Windurst: The Third Walk alliance raid screenshot
Windurst: The Third Walk

Disciple of War or Magic level 100 · 8 players or 24-player alliance · 120 minutes · Average item level 755+

  • Echoes of Vana'diel storyline continues from Apocalypse Nigh → The Hollow Promise
  • Auto-formed parties: 1 tank, 2 healers, 5 DPS
  • Weekly: 1 reward item + 2 Cracked Novaclusters + 1 Ranperre Coin
  • Ranperre Coins enhance ilvl 770 mnemonics gear via Uah'shepya in Solution Nine
  • Tattered Third Movement Scores → Echoes of Vana'diel orchestrion rolls (peculiar goblin, Lower Jeuno X:6.5 Y:5.2)
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Cloud of Darkness (Chaotic)

The 7.0 Chaotic raid loosens its weekly restrictions.

  • Unrestricted Party now allowed — solo and partial groups can register
  • Guaranteed coffer rewards at minimum item level: Shroud / Dais / Wisp of Darkness, plus Modern Aesthetics – A Half Times Two
Occult Crescent

Tuning pass for the Occult Crescent field operation, including the Forked Tower critical encounter.

  • Pledge now nullifies status effects on use
  • Shock Cannon converted to unaspected damage
  • Forked Tower — FATE HP scaling now factors players within 180 yalms
  • Increased drop rates for soul shards and notes in critical encounters
  • FATE knowledge / EXP / Enlightenment rewards bumped
Other Battle Updates
  • Shinryu's Domain (Unreal) replaces Tsukuyomi's Pain (Unreal)
  • Arcadion: Heavyweight Tier weekly reward restriction lifted (except Heavy Holoblade)
  • Heavy Holoblade Universal Tomestone exchange reduced from 7 → 4
  • Hell on Rails (Extreme) moved to Duty Finder; Echo boost on wipes (5–25%)
  • Omega: Sigmascape (Savage) coffer weapons added for Gunbreaker, Reaper, Viper, Dancer, Pictomancer, Sage
  • Wings of Death drop rate up in Necron's Embrace; Grave Totem x99 → Wings of Death (Uah'shepya, Solution Nine)
  • Echo strength in AAC Cruiserweight Tier (Savage) now grants 20% HP / damage / healing

PvE Job Adjustments

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  • WarriorUPDATED

    Inner Chaos

    Potency has been increased from 660 to 700.

  • WarriorUPDATED

    Primal Rend

    Potency has been increased from 700 to 720.

  • WarriorUPDATED

    Primal Ruination

    Potency has been increased from 780 to 800.

  • SamuraiADJUSTED

    Midare Setsugekka

    Potency increase from the trait Way of the Samurai III has been changed from 640 to 680.

  • SamuraiADJUSTED

    Kaeshi: Setsugekka

    Potency increase from the trait Way of the Samurai III has been changed from 640 to 680.

  • ReaperUPDATED

    Gluttony

    Potency has been increased from 520 to 560.

  • ReaperADJUSTED

    Void Reaping

    Melee Mastery III potency increase changed from 560 to 580. Enhanced Void Reaping potency increase changed from 620 to 640.

  • ReaperADJUSTED

    Cross Reaping

    Melee Mastery III potency increase changed from 560 to 580. Enhanced Cross Reaping potency increase changed from 620 to 640.

  • ViperUPDATED

    Vicewinder

    Potency has been increased from 500 to 540.

  • ViperUPDATED

    Hunter's Coil

    Potency has been increased from 570 to 630. Flank potency from 620 to 680.

  • ViperUPDATED

    Swiftskin's Coil

    Potency has been increased from 570 to 630. Rear potency from 620 to 680.

  • ViperADJUSTED

    Reawaken / Generations / Legacies / Ouroboros

    Potency reduction after the first target changed from 80% to 75% across Reawaken, all four Generation actions, all four Legacy actions, and Ouroboros.

  • SummonerUPDATED

    Painflare

    Potency has been increased from 150 to 220.

  • SummonerADJUSTED

    Ruby Rite

    Potency upon learning Arcane Mastery changed from 580 to 620.

  • SummonerADJUSTED

    Crimson Cyclone

    Potency upon learning Arcane Mastery changed from 520 to 560.

  • SummonerADJUSTED

    Crimson Strike

    Potency upon learning Arcane Mastery changed from 520 to 560.

  • SummonerUPDATED

    Necrotize

    Potency has been increased from 460 to 500.

  • SageUPDATED

    Phlegma III

    Potency has been increased from 600 to 690.

  • SageADJUSTED

    Eukrasian Dosis III

    Potency upon learning Magick Mastery changed from 85 to 90.

  • SageUPDATED

    Psyche

    Potency has been increased from 600 to 690.

Archeia Harmonias — new Crystalline Conflict arena
PvP Modes

Updates to actions, job kits, and map balance across PvP modes.

  • Crystalline Conflict — new arena Archeia Harmonias added; arena rotation reduced from 90 → 60 minutes
  • Crystalline Conflict Season 19 → Season 20 — Season 19 rewards available via the Seasonal Quartermaster at Wolves' Den Pier; Omega / Ultima finishers begin Season 20 demoted to Crystal
  • PvP Series 10 → Series 11 — separate from Season; new rewards purchasable with Trophy Crystals
  • Frontline — campaign rotation restructured; campaigns now rotate individually instead of being paired with Worqor Chirteh (Triumph)
  • Frontline rating rework — being KO'd no longer reduces rating; KO / assist rating now scales with the opponent's Battle High stacks
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PvP Job Adjustments

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  • All JobsUPDATED

    Recuperate

    Cure potency has been increased from 15,000 to 16,000.

  • All JobsUPDATED

    Guard

    Reduction to damage taken has been increased from 90% to 99%.

  • Melee DPSADJUSTED

    Bloodbath

    Increase to damage dealt changed from 10% to 25%.

  • Melee DPSADJUSTED

    Smite

    Now ignores the effects of Guard when dealing damage.

  • HealerADJUSTED

    Haelan

    Cast time made instant. Cure potency increased from 15,000 to 16,000. Self-target potency reduced to 8,000.

  • DragoonUPDATED

    Chaotic Spring

    HP absorbed from damage dealt increased from 150% to 200%.

  • DragoonUPDATED

    Horrid Roar

    Recast time reduced from 24 to 20 seconds.

  • NinjaUPDATED

    Meisui

    Regen potency increased from 4,000 to 5,000.

  • SamuraiADJUSTED

    Ogi Namikiri

    Barrier potency vs 2+ targets reduced from 10,000 to 8,000.

  • SamuraiADJUSTED

    Meikyo Shisui

    Healing-action HP recovery boost reduced from 20% to 15%.

  • SamuraiADJUSTED

    Kaeshi: Namikiri

    Barrier potency vs 2+ targets reduced from 10,000 to 8,000.

  • SamuraiADJUSTED

    Tendo Setsugekka

    Cure potency reduced from 10,000 to 8,000.

  • SamuraiADJUSTED

    Tendo Kaeshi Setsugekka

    Cure potency reduced from 10,000 to 8,000.

  • ViperUPDATED

    Bloodcoil

    Potency increased from 8,000 to 10,000.

  • ViperUPDATED

    Slither

    Movement speed boost increased from 25% to 50%.

  • ViperUPDATED

    Sanguine Feast

    Potency increased from 8,000 to 10,000.

  • ViperUPDATED

    World-swallower

    Added "Absorbs 50% of damage dealt as HP" effect.

  • DancerADJUSTED

    Curing Waltz

    Cure potency reduced from 12,000 to 10,000.

  • Black MageUPDATED

    Xenoglossy

    Charge time reduced from 16 to 15 seconds.

  • Black MageUPDATED

    Flare

    Potency increased from 13,500 to 15,000.

  • Black MageUPDATED

    Freeze

    Potency increased from 9,000 to 10,000.

  • Black MageUPDATED

    Soul Resonance

    Elemental Star duration increased from 30 to 60 seconds.

  • SummonerADJUSTED

    Mountain Buster

    Added "Reduces damage taken by 15%" effect (5s duration).

  • Red MageUPDATED

    Corps-a-corps

    Monomachy effects: damage dealt to target +10% → +15%; damage taken from target -10% → -15%.

  • Red MageUPDATED

    Forte

    Effect duration increased from 4 to 5 seconds.

  • PictomancerADJUSTED

    Smudge

    Increased movement speed effect duration reduced from 4 to 3 seconds.

  • PictomancerADJUSTED

    Retribution of the Madeen

    Potency reduced from 16,000 to 14,000.

  • White MageADJUSTED

    Cure III

    Potency is no longer reduced after the first target.

  • SageUPDATED

    Pneuma

    Recast time reduced from 30 to 28 seconds.

BIGGEST HOUSING CHANGE IN YEARS

Furnishing Placement Limits Increased

Indoor and outdoor furnishing limits have been increased across every property type. Up to 400 furnishings can be displayed on screen at once; if more than 400 are present simultaneously, those on a different floor stop being displayed (small distant furnishings are hidden first).

Property TypeIndoor (Before → After)Outdoor (Before → After)
Apartments / Private Chambers100 → 150—
Cottages200 → 30020 → 40
Houses300 → 45030 → 60
Mansions400 → 60040 → 80
  • Players can now adjust the number of characters displayed in housing areas via Display Limits in System Configuration.
  • On PlayStation 4, the number of light sources able to cast shadows from characters has been lowered to reduce system stress.
FFXIV Furnishing Design Contest 2025 entries
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New Furnishings & Style
  • Dark Minimalist Style — new Interior Design option
  • FFXIV Furnishing Design Contest 2025 entries added
  • New aquarium fish
  • Jeuno (Starlight Celebration) orchestrion roll now available year-round (peculiar goblin, Lower Jeuno X:6.5 Y:5.2)
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Cornflower Seeds

New flowerpot seed available from Material Suppliers in every housing district.

  • Mist (X:11.0 Y:11.4)
  • The Lavender Beds (X:11.9 Y:8.3)
  • The Goblet (X:10.9 Y:8.9)
  • Shirogane (X:10.5 Y:12.1)
  • Empyreum (X:10.2 Y:12.2)
  • Apartments — Apartment Merchant
  • New Gridania (X:11.0 Y:11.2) — Tanie

Items & Glamour

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CRAFTED GEAR — ITEM LEVEL 770 → 780

Augment Your Crafted Gear

Crafted item level 770 equipment can now be exchanged for upgraded item level 780 equipment. Speak with Eirene in Solution Nine (X:8.1 Y:14.0).

How it works

  1. Trade your ilvl 770 gear to Eirene for Everkeep Certificates of Grade 3 Import.
  2. Exchange Allagan tomestones of mathematics for Treno Rain.
  3. Combine the certificates and Treno Rain with Eirene to receive your ilvl 780 augmented gear.

The exchange window now consolidates NQ and HQ items into one view and includes an "Eligible Items" tab listing all gear you can trade in for tokens.

Token exchange vendors

LocationNPC
Rhalgr's Reach (X:9.6 Y:11.6)J'tandhaa
Eulmore (X:10.8 Y:10.7)Hillicen
Radz-at-Han (X:10.8 Y:9.8)Rashti
Solution Nine (X:8.1 Y:14.0)Eirene
Crafted gear augmentation 770 → 780

GLAMOUR SYSTEM

Outfit Glamour Overhaul

Big quality-of-life upgrades to the outfit-based glamour system — the closest the game has come to a "wardrobe" feature.

  • More gear eligible. Hall of the Novice gear and select 2.x dungeon gear can now be saved as outfits; all 3.0+ instanced dungeon gear is now supported.
  • "Try On" subcommand. Preview an outfit before locking it in.
  • Remove individual pieces. Pieces in a saved outfit can now be unequipped one at a time without breaking the set.
  • Armoire — new "Dungeon Gear" tab. Patch 7.0+ dungeon gear can now be stored in the Armoire (previously class/job gear only). The old "Artifact Armor" tab is renamed to "Class/Job Gear".

DYE OVERHAUL

Dye Consolidation

Existing dyes have been consolidated into three universal dyes. Possessing one of the new dyes lets you apply any color in its category to gear. (Online-store dyes and similarly rare dyes are not affected.)

New DyeReplaces
Standard Spectrum Dye100+ standard hues — every white, grey, brown, red, yellow, green, blue, and purple
Wide Spectrum #1 DyeRuby Red, Cherry Pink, Canary Yellow, Vanilla Yellow, Dragoon Blue, Turquoise Blue, Gunmetal Black, Pearl White, Metallic Brass
Wide Spectrum #2 DyeCarmine Red, Neon Pink, Bright Orange, Neon Yellow, Neon Green, Azure Blue, Violet Purple, Metallic Pink, Metallic Ruby Red, Metallic Cobalt Green, Metallic Dark Blue

Other dye changes

  • Dyes from duties / NPC shops / crafting will be replaced with consolidated dye items in your inventory.
  • Quest-reward dyes will also be replaced with consolidated equivalents.
  • Holding pre-7.5 dyes? Exchange them at any Calamity Salvager in Limsa Lominsa, Gridania, or Ul'dah.
  • Pre-consolidation dyes still listed on retainer Market Boards must be cancelled manually — they can no longer be bought, sold, or re-listed.
  • Crafters can now craft pots of Standard Spectrum Dye from any pigment.
  • Dye names now display when hovering over the color icon.
New minions added in Patch 7.5
New Minions
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  • Junior Jinbei
  • Little Blue Viking
  • Caprino
  • Wind-up Prishe
New furnishing items in Patch 7.5
New Furnishing Items
  • FFXIV Furnishing Design Contest 2025 entries
  • Dark Minimalist Style — new Interior Design option
  • New aquarium fish
  • Cornflower Seeds for flowerpots
New Triple Triad cards
Gold Saucer
+9 cards
  • 9 new Triple Triad cards — Nitowikwe, Jullus pyr Norbanus, Zero, Malphas, Shantotto the Demon, Alexander Resurrected, Enuo, Promathia, Shinryu (Vana'diel)
  • King Elmer III renumbered from 9999 → 455
  • New Triple Triad NPC opponents
  • Doman Mahjong: Zero character voice added
  • New MGP prize items
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Other Items & Updates
  • Viera helmet visibility expanded across a wide range of existing helmets — long-requested fix
  • Two-dye-channel support added to many existing weapons and gear sets (check the dye preview in-game)
  • Ocean Fishing — new route unlocks after the Endwalker MSQ, with new bonuses and voyage missions
  • Crafter shop NPCs (Wayward Gaheel Ja, Grenoldt, Varsarudh, Mewazunte, etc.) now support class/job filters
  • New emotes — /cackle and /conduct

Quality of Life

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All Updates
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  • Free Trial expanded — now includes content up to level 80 and the Shadowbringers expansion
  • Configuration Sharing — share full settings via 16-character codes
  • Group Pose: Portrait Mode added — includes Eye Settings, a Soft Focus toggle, and a Patch 7.5 logo frame
  • Party Finder: new "Balanced Party" button for 8-player duties
  • Party Finder advanced search supports multi-purpose selection and a comment text filter
  • Cross-world linkshells — new "Organize CWLS" tool for managing 8+ linkshells across data-center travel; full cross-DC linkshell messaging teased for a future patch
  • Standby after a synthesis now ends automatically on job change, food/medicine use, party operations, or linkshell join/leave (Party Finder still unavailable in standby)
  • Dye Consolidation — pigments grouped into 3 spectrum types
  • Deep dungeon KO-count thresholds adjusted — Palace of the Dead floor 100, Heaven-on-High / Eureka Orthos / Pilgrim's Traverse floor 30; players holding pre-7.5 saves can amend with Wood Wailer Captain (South Shroud), Kyusei (Ruby Sea), Khatun (Mor Dhona), or Vanthau (Il Mheg)
  • All consumable items can now be queued for use
  • Sightseeing Log shows the required emote on arrival; selecting it opens the emote list
  • Waymarks can be saved and loaded during field operations
  • Expert delivery indicates whether eligible items are in Armoury Chest or inventory

Resolved & Known Issues

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Resolved Issues

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  • An issue in the quest "In Search of Meaning" wherein the icon indicating quest progress in the duty list would not display correctly under certain conditions.
  • An issue in the Great Gubal Library wherein, when using Duty Support, Alphinaud would summon the incorrect type of pet.
  • An issue in the Dead Ends wherein, when players are KO'd by the status Doom inflicted by the boss Ra-la, the status Willful would not activate.
  • An issue in the Pool of Tribute and the Pool of Tribute (Extreme) wherein Ame-no-Murakumo would regenerate HP.
  • An issue when entering Everkeep with Duty Support wherein, under certain conditions, the battle would proceed even when the player is outside the boundary.
  • An issue with bard wherein the help text for the PvE action Empyreal Arrow did not mention the additional effects for the Enhanced Empyreal Arrow trait.
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  • An issue with the effect Guard when applied during PvP wherein movement speed was incorrectly affected.
  • An issue with characters getting stuck in terrain during the Frontline campaign Worqor Chirteh (Triumph).
  • An issue with housing wherein adjusting the interior design of a free company estate would also affect the private chambers of the estate.
  • An issue with gunbreaker wherein, when executing Bloodfest after Royal Guard with the job gauge in simple mode, the color of the Powder Gauge would not return to normal.
  • An issue with the Strategy Board wherein the displayed presets were incorrect in certain conditions.
  • An issue wherein the items obtained by desynthesizing fish acquired from the continent of Tural were incorrect.

Known Issues

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  • An issue when undertaking the Inconceivably Further Hildibrand Adventures quest "Meteorites and Meteor-wrongs" wherein, after the final cutscene fades to black, the screen remains black and the quest cannot be completed (workaround: restart the game client).
  • An issue when playing the warrior job quest "Pirates of Shallow Water" wherein certain NPC graphics do not display correctly.
  • An issue with certain Patch 7.5 minions wherein incorrect graphics are displayed on PlayStation 4 and Xbox Series S, or when using standard texture resolution on Windows / Mac.
  • An issue with Eye Settings in the Group Pose menu wherein the eyelid graphics display incorrectly for face type 2 male Duskwight Elezen when eyelids are at the "0" setting.
  • An issue wherein some NPC dialogue will display in Japanese during certain parts of the Patch 7.5 main scenario quests.
  • An issue when a support action is set on the hotbar while entering certain duties where a duty action is available, wherein the support action will erroneously display the icon of the duty action.
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  • An issue with arcanists and summoners wherein executing actions with certain pets results in an incorrect motion when the summoned pet leaves the battlefield.