Dawntrail is shaping up to be the breath of fresh tropic strain we require .
Final Fantasy XIV ’s last live alphabetic character before Dawntrail ’s launch revealed a fresh house trailer along with an extraordinary amount of young content for players to look forward to . Everything from young geartrain set to mounts , minions , boss gameplay , more elaborate look at Tural ’s new areas , and newfangled system features , there are plenty of goodies to unpack .
First FFXIV Dawntrail trial mount teased
Well into the Live Letter program , FFXIV film director Naoki ( " Yoshi - P " ) Yoshida took the time to let on a handful of new mount that players can expect to get during their journey through Dawntrail . One that we did n’t of necessity look to see so before long , however , was the first prescribed trial run riding horse for 7.0 , and it ’s an exceptionally happy surprise .
As Yoshi - P demonstrates , the mount itself is a set of backstage that seize to the participant ’s back , give up them to fundamentally " be " the mount . Many players have actually been begging for this case of mount since it was first teased in the early Clarence Day of Endwalker with wing style accessories and the winged transportation in The Excitatron Treasure Dungeon .
So , each trial climb bring out throughout 7.0 will be a different - looking solidifying of offstage that histrion can bend in every horse sense of the Son . We can only suppose what the final mount will bet like after collecting them all .
Other adorable mounts such as an Alpaca and Sugar Glider ( seen above ) were also delightfully teased , and the latter establish full use of Dawntrail ’s newfangled " mount lean " navigation feature . Dawntrail is in spades set for some serious " riding horse drip " that players will be striving to get their hands on .
Various adorable Dawntrail minions
Along with plenty of mounts to show off , Yoshi - P had several minions to break as well that likely will drop from a variety of type of content throughout Dawntrail . Included were a hilarious - looking lizard ( apparently an homage to the Chupacabra ) , a Leopard cub , a baby Mamoolja , a miniature adaptation of the buff new Cactuar enemy , a charming grey housecat , and , of course , a miniature Alpaca .
Eccentric role and (raid?) gearsets revealed
There were also some new gearset looks for Yoshi - P to show off in his common optical printout fashion , and he started with the very … well , hardcore role cogwheel for all DoW and DoM classes that participant can expect to get after cease Dawntrail ’s new office questlines . So far , the FFXIV community has been very outspoken about its ocular ties to influences like Fist of the North Star and even the Mad Max feature films .
He also uncover a brace of looks from the young tomestone gear that players will be able to exchange for Dawntrail ’s new tomestone up-to-dateness , Allagan Tomestones of Aesthetics and Heliometry . The latter tomestones wo n’t become available until Patch 7.05 . While the coup d’oeil was abbreviated , Yoshi - P did take care to show the feel for Pictomancer ( catch above ) , one ofDawntrail ’s new combat business .
The most off-the-wall - looking gear mechanism by far , however , is the hyper - futuristic feeling , which crop from torso suits to other tech - heavy looks . Yoshi - P lead care not to show them all or spoil where these hardening can be get from , but given their overall spirit , we can surmise that this likely is the first exercise set of Arcadion raid gear . The Arcadion raids ( normal difficultness ) will be available in patch 7.01 , which comes on July 16 , and the savage interpretation of the tier up will devolve later in Patch 7.05 on July 30 .
Image via Square Enix | Dawntrail Trial Mount
Closer looks at various Dawntrail areas
As the release of Dawntrail gets ever secretive , Yoshi - P took care to give even closer spirit at various area in Dawntrail , including some young one , though he clarifies that this still is n’t all of them .
yet , we got the finalized version of Tulliyollal ’s dock city , where we ’ll first be go far in the expansion . We also got a nip of a never - before - seen hub call Shaaloani , which gives off some very charming Wild West vibes in the midriff of a desert region .
Other areas show let in a village entrance in the vibrantly colorful Kozama’uka , where the iconic scraggy falls are locate , along with two contrasting areas of Yak’Tel , another tropical part . While one is shiny and lush under the sunlight , another part of the realm is hidden under a tree diagram canopy so slurred that it resemble nighttime beneath it , with some beautiful foliation to boot .
Image via Square Enix | Alpaca Mount
There are also shots of mountainous Urqopacha , which Yoshi - P observe will be very traversable . In other discussion , the mountainscapes are n’t just for scenery . Two shots of Heritage Found include a look at an forbidding , deserted metropolis , and we also get a mystifying look at Solution Nine , Dawntrail ’s highly - forebode hyper - futurist hub that sire its very owngrand concept artistic production ( and some possible glam teaser ) .
Brief footage of boss fights including Arcadion
Yoshi - P also provided some first - hand footage of two major foreman fights that can be encountered in Dawntrail . The first show is the run chief fight against Valigarmanda , a major adversary and plot point in the enlargement . Yoshi - P need attention not to show much at all in footing of mechanics , but the fight takes place on a giant stone pillar loom in the clouds of what is probably over Tulliyollal or somewhere nearby . The first winged tryout mount teased afterwards in the livestream apparently drop from this scrap .
The other major fight shown off was one of the raid bosses from The Arcadion 8 - human beings raid series , which takes place in a glacial opposite setting . Set clearly in the depths of Solution Nine — thespian will face up off against various opposition in a vibrant arena setting , with NPCs filling the viewpoint and an announcer narrating the fight itself , which is an downright first for FFXIV . Little was revealed about the identity element of the Bos itself , but the Japanese over its health bar translates to " Black Cat , " so we have that , at least .
New launch trailer reveals subtle plot hints and a mysterious maiden
To coincide with the imminent launching of Dawntrail , a make - young house trailer was also shown with muckle of novel visual plot hints to gaze at and mull . While Yoshi - P give virtually nothing out about what player can expect with the story , despite their extremely counterpoint esthetic , it looks like the futurist universe of Solution Nine will collide with Tulliyollal and its surrounding regions .
How precisely remains to be seen , but it seems that the fabled City of Gold written in the chronological record of Tural ’s history actually allude to the mankind of Solution Nine . Either way , it look like Wuk Lamat will have to go to even greater length to protect her homeland of Tural and further try her ability to rise to her father ’s throne .
Other elusive hints include a chalice - shaped object that seems to be incredibly important in some fashion and our Scions tread through an extremely yellow portal somewhere . All in all , this entirely fresh storyline is dress to get off to a gripping offset with Dawntrail .
Image via Square Enix | Sugar Glider mount
FFXIV x Gong Cha boba collaboration event launches in July
The extensive Live Letter concluded with various product promotion , let in yet another drink - related collaboration consequence determine to take the proverbial baton after theMountain Dew collab eventcurrently going on .
The FFXIV x Gong Cha collaboration event kick off on July 17 and end on August 28 . instrumentalist can take part by buy at least 3 drinks in one transaction from any participating Gong Cha shop in North America , Europe , and Oceania regions . probably similar to the Butterfinger collaboration effect from a few years ago , players should keep their receipt , as they will in all probability be used to pay off for the Porxie King Mount , a purple variant of the existing Porxie mount from Shadowbringers ' beast tribe questline .
Further details will probably follow up at Dawntrail ’s launch , including how exactly to redeem your transactions .
Image via Square Enix | Alpaca Minion
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Image via Square Enix | Swole Cactuar Minion
Image via Square Enix | Mamool-ja Minion
Image via Square Enix | Grey Housecat Minion
Image via Square Enix | Leopard Cub Minion
Image via Square Enix | Lizard (Chupacabra?) Minion
Image via Square Enix | Dawntrail Tank Role Gear
Image via Square Enix | Arcadion Raid Gear?
Image via Square Enix | Pictomancer Tome Gear
Image via Square Enix | Shaaloani
Image via Square Enix | Tulliyollal
Image via Square Enix | Kozama’uka
Image via Square Enix | Yak’Tel
Image via Square Enix | Yak’Tel (darker area)
Image via Square Enix | Urqopacha
Image via Square Enix | Heritage Found
Image via Square Enix | Heritage Found (City)
Image via Square Enix | Solution Nine
Image via Square Enix | Arcadion Raid (???)
Image via Square Enix | Valigarmanda Trial Boss
Image via Square Enix | “Enigmatic Maiden”
Image via Square Enix | Valigarmanda boss fight
Image via Square Enix | Important MSQ plot object
Image via Square Enix | Scions enter a (YELLOW) portal
Image via Square Enix | Mysterious structure (near Solution Nine?)
Image via Square Enix | Foot Soldiers from Solution Nine?
Image via Square Enix | Warrior of Light aboard the ship for Tural
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