Final Fantasy XIV’s 6.2 patch is an enormous one, and the preliminary patch notes launched at present are simply as hefty. We’ll primarily give attention to the extremely anticipated Island Sanctuary feature–a location the place you may create your “personal private paradise,” gather assets, construct constructions, develop crops, and domesticate the land. It’s a farming sim that everybody’s been ready for.

Island Sanctuary

Unlocking

Only gamers who’ve accomplished Endwalker can unlock Island Sanctuary. No Disciples of Hand or Land jobs are required to take part in Island actions. Island Sanctuary’s unlock quest is situated in Old Sharlayan (X: 11.9, Y:11.0), and gamers want to speak to the Clueless Crier. By talking with Baldin in Lower La Noscea (X: 24.9, Y: 34.8), gamers can journey to their Island Sanctuary at any time. The dev group can even implement a number of discipline cases in Lower La Noscea so the realm will not be congested when 6.2 launches.

Sanctuary Rank

Every island has a Sanctuary Rank, and the upper it’s, the extra options turn into out there. You can elevate their Sanctuary Rank by collaborating in actions on the island. The extra you do duties on the island, the extra Seafarer’s Cowries and Islander’s Cowries–special currencies–you’ll earn.

Island actions

• Gathering: Collect assets on the land. You can verify what you’ve got gathered by means of the islekeep’s index
• Crafting: With gathered materials, you may craft gadgets within the Sanctuary Crafting Log. There’s additionally a workshop the place employed mammets can create handicrafts.
• Construction: Clicking on the longboard in entrance of a vacant plot will inform gamers what supplies they want and the way lengthy constructions like a comfy cabin will take. The cozy cabin can be your homebase and is the place to trade gadgets with retailers.
• Farming and Husbandry: Not solely are you able to develop crops, you may also care for island wildlife. Minions too, as much as 40, can roam free in your island.

Social

Players can go to different gamers’ islands–they have to be buddies, FC members, or get together members–and every island can host as much as 16 gamers. You will not be capable to craft or collect on one other participant’s island. To get to different gamers’ islands, communicate to decrease La Noscea’s Baldin (X: 24.9, Y: 34.8). If you need to open your individual island for visits, you may want to succeed in a “adequate sanctuary rank.”

In patch notes not associated to Island Sanctuary, gamers can count on to enter a brand new dungeon referred to as Fell Court of Troia in 6.2, in addition to a brand new trial. The subsequent Pandaemonium raid can even be out there, and it’s titled Pandaemonium: Abyssos.

The weekly cap for Astronomy tombstones has additionally been eliminated. Previously, gamers may solely earn 450 per week. The most stock restrict of two,000 nonetheless applies, nonetheless. The Steps of Faith additionally has been remodeled right into a single-player quest battle as an alternative of an eight-party trial.

Other miscellaneous tweaks:

• Glamour dresser has elevated functionality from 400 to 800
• Lots of gender unlocked glamour items–like Far Eastern Maiden’s Hat and Mun’gaek Boots.
• Adventure plates exiting beta and are actually formally launched
• New PvP season will start with 6.2
• Couple of tweaks to Ivalice quests–changes in NPCs who may give the hunt in addition to quest titles

There are much more minor updates within the 6.2 patch, and for a rundown of every little thing, head on over to Lodestone’s official FFXIV 6.2 patch notes. Patch 6.2 can be launched on August 22.