Endwalker Patch 6.4 Hub (2024)

Last updated on May 17, 2023 at 11:00by Lyra1 comment

This is the main hub for Endwalker's Patch 6.4, The Dark Throne. Here,we will present information on the patch, as well as links to our guidesand overviews of new features and changes. Note that this page containsspoilers for the story of Endwalker.

Endwalker's fourth major patch, Patch 6.4 The Dark Throne, is set to releaseon May 17, 2023. All the information about the latest patch can be found onthis hub, as well as all Endwalker-related pages and guides Icy Veinshas to offer.

Patch 6.4 introduces a great deal of content, including new main scenario quests,raids, dungeons, and trials. The patch also has substantial improvements to currentcontent, such as Island Sanctuary, a new season of Crystalline Conflict, and theManderville weapon quests. Further updates to the patch will include a newVariant and Criterion Dungeon.

Ocean Fishing will receive updates. Noted in the 6.4 Live Letter was a newfishing route towards Kugane, which will contain new fish, routes, andachievements.

The Island Sanctuary will receive updates. The maximum sanctuary rank will beraise, and new gathering points, materials, animals, landmarks, and rewards willbe added. In addition, the latest update will allow players to place furnishingson their island as glamours, allowing them to customize their sanctuary as theysee fit.

With a new raid tier, Allagan Tomestones are receiving their scheduled updates.Allagan Tomestones of Astronomy will be removed and Allagan Tomestones ofCausality will become uncapped. A new weekly capped tomestone, Comedy, will beintroduced.

Patch 6.4 will bring a balance update to various jobs in FFXIV. No specificdetails were given, but an overview of sweeping systems changes was discussed.Many offensive and defensive party buffs had their range extended to 30 yalms,and improvements were made to the usability of certain actions, such asPaladin's Atonement and Dragoon's Jumps.

Patch 6.45 will feature the expansion's Blue Mage update, which will raisethe level cap from 70 to 80. This means new spells, new gear, new Masked Carnivalechallenges, and new duties for Blue Mages to tackle!

Several new duties will be released in Endwalker with Patch 6.4. One dungeon,one raid, and two trials will be immediately available on release, and theSavage difficulty of the raid will be released one week later in Patch 6.41.

Patch 6.4 will start the final arc of the post-Endwalker story, whereWarriors of Light will finally confront Golbez.

There are a multitude of new sidequests that will be released in the 6.4 patchcycle. Included are new quests in the Tataru's Grand Endeavor questline, whichrequire the completion of previous quests as well as the Sorrow of Werlyttrial questline from Shadowbringers. Somehow Further Hildibrand Adventures willbe returning, albeit in Patch 6.45.

In Patch 6.45, Manderville weapons introduced in Patch 6.25 will have newquests, allowing you to upgrade these weapons even further! Additionally, newquests to upgrade Splendorous Tools will also be added.

One new endgame dungeon will be released in Patch 6.4, The Aetherfont. Thedetails of the dungeon are still unknown. In addition, a new Variant andCriterion Dungeon, Mount Rokkon, will be released in patch 6.45. To learn moreabout Endwalker dungeons as well as the newest dungeon after the patch releases,visit our Endwalker dungeon hub.

One new Trial with a Normal and Extreme difficulty, the Voidcast Dais, willbe released in Patch 6.4, where Warriors of Light will fight Golbez. Inaddition, one new Unreal Trial will be introduced: Containment Bay Z1T9 (Unreal),where players do battle against Zurvan of the Warring Triad. Written tips andguides on the trials will be released on our Trials hub after the patch is live,so take a look if you are interested in defeating these duties!

The final tier of the Pandaemonium, Anabaseios, will be released in Patch 6.4.The normal difficulty will be released with the patch and the Savage difficultywill be released one week later in Patch 6.41, which seems to be the schedulegoing forwards. Adjustments to gearing from Savage tiers are being made in thispatch as well.

As FFXIV is a vertical progression MMO, new and improved gear can be acquiredin the patch. Patch 6.4 will feature an increased item level, with a new baseitem level of 640 from raiding and crafted gear. Patch 6.4 also contains changesto the Savage loot system, which is intended to help players gear up moreconsistently at a quicker pace. Learn more about how to gear up from ourEndwalker gearing guide! You can also find best-in-slot gear lists on each ofour job guides!

In Patch 6.4, both Crystalline Conflict and Frontlines will receive updates.Adjustments to PvP actions will be made, and season seven will begin with newand updated rewards. Series 3 will end and Series 4 of the reward track will begin.

Frontlines will be receiving major updates in the newest patch. There will bea new UI displaying match time and score between the three teams. In addition,the Borderland Ruins (Secure) map will be temporarily removed. The Fields ofGlory (Shatter) map has been adjusted to be made symmetrical, and the dailyFrontlines roulette will now reward Series EXP.