Square Enix has revealed new details for FFXIV 6.1 this March 24, updating the preview site for the patch, as we wait for the next Producer Letter stream for the full details and an actual release date.

First off, be sure to check out our summary of the details from the previous Producer Letter stream, as we won't go over them again in here. Keep in mind the details below contain spoilers if you haven't finished Endwalker/6.0 MSQ yet.

FFXIV 6.1 new MSQ screenshots

Version 6.1 will add brand new Main Scenario Quests taking place after Endwalker.

With despair silenced and hope restored, the Scions of the Seventh Dawn step back into the shadows, their star's hero to don the mantle of simple adventurer once more. Eager heart never idle, 'tis not long before the Warrior of Light hearkens unto journey's call...

We've got some new direct-feed screenshots. The first two were shown on the latest stream, but the Y'shtola_one is new. Check them out below.

New Challenges and Systems

Trials - The Minstrel's Ballad: Endsinger's Aria

Had the Endsinger succeeded in gathering but a few more stars' worth of despair─or even that of a few more souls─might the darkness you faced have been so deep, not even the light of hope kindled by your comrades could pierce it? So muses the wandering minstrel, and by his consummately evocative words, you find your mind set adrift amidst that unsettling possibility, where you can rely upon naught save your own conviction to overcome the ultimate incarnation of despair...

New housing in Empyreum

Keep in mind the housing system is changing and will now be using a lottery.

Content overview for patch 6.1

  • New Main Scenario Quests
  • New Sidequests - Tataru's Grand Endeavor
  • New Tribe Quests - The Arkasodara (Patch 6.15)
  • Somehow Further Hildibrand Adventures (Patch 6.15)
  • Omega: Beyond the Rift (Patch 6.1x)
  • Improvements to A Realm Reborn Main Scenario Quests (Patch 2.0 Only)
  • Duty Support System
  • New Dungeon
  • New Trial - The Minstrel's Ballad: Endsinger's Aria
  • New Unreal Trial - Ultima's Bane
  • New Alliance Raid - Myths of the Realm Part 1
  • New Ultimate Duty - Dragonsong's Reprise (Patch 6.11)
  • New PvP Content - Crystalline Conflict
  • New Custom Deliveries - Ameliance (Patch 6.15)
  • New Residential District - Empyreum
  • Adventurer Plates
  • The Unending Codex
  • Data Center Travel (Patch 6.18)
  • Additional New Game+ Chapters
  • Feature to try on items from the FFXIV Online Store
  • New Mounts, Minions, and Emotes

For now, Final Fantasy XIV 6.1 has no specific release date besides mid-April 2022, however we should get an announcement at the Letter From The Producer Live livestream on April 1. We'll be covering it live as always. The stream this time won't have live interpretation from Square Enix USA, so I'll be translating YoshiP's comments, stay tuned.