FFXIV: Patch 7.1 finally has a release date, and we don’t have long to wait

In what will be very welcome news for players of Final Fantasy XIV, there is finally a release date for 7.1 Crossroads, and we don’t have long to wait – it’s coming on November 12. 

The announcement came as part of today’s Live Letter 84, during which we also had many in-game sneak peeks of new content that will be coming with the patch. With Dawntrail having released on July 2, it’s been a long four month wait f꧒or the new content that has🐠 been expected and teased ever since. 

When patch 7.1 drops on November 12, there will be a selection of new content to take part in. Of course, the new MSQ and FFXI-themed Alliance Raid Echoes of Vana’diel are definitely the things gettin🎉g players most excited, but the following will also be added to keep us entertained until the next patch:

• Pelupelu Allied Society Quests
• Yuweyawata Field Station Dungeon
• Minstrel’s Ballad: Sphene’s Burden
• The Jade Stoa (Unreal)
• New Pandaemonium quest

Sadly, we were not given news of Shade’s Triangle or Cosmic Exploration, despite players in the East having been given updated screenshots and information regarding the tw⛦o new bits of content at events such as Fan Festivals in Korea and China. It seems we’ll have to wait a bit longer before we finally get some details here in the West. 

We were, on the other hand, given details about a bunch of new 🍬content that players can dive into come November 12, as well as a new trailer that gives some hints about the direction that the story of Dawntrail is heading in:

According to Yoshida, while the story of Endwalker was essentially finished in 6.0, they’re returning to their old method of keeping a story going for longer than a single patch, and Dawntrail’s story will continue until patch 7.3. After that, we’ll start on a new story, although the same characte🥂rs wil🤡l likely be involved and embarking on a new adventure.