FFXIV 6.3 Patch Notes — New Content, Balance Changes and More

Square Enix recently released patch notes for Final Fantasy XIV (FFXIV) 6.3, which should appear as soon as the most recent maintenance is completed in FFXIV.

Although we already have a general idea of what patch 6.3 for FFXIV contains, thanks to Live Letter 74 and Live Letter 75, these patch notes list in detail everything new in the game. It will also contain exact numeric values for functions such as balance changes and the like. This is especially true for gladiators/paladins who have undergone a major overhaul of their skills. In any case, below are the patch notes for FFXIV Patch 6.3.

FFXIV 6.3 Patch Notes

Areas

• Players can now dive in upper La Noscea
  • Players will have to reach Stormblood to unlock this feature

Quests

• New Main Scenario Quests
  • Nine quests in total
  • The first quest, “Once More unto the Void”, begins at Rads-at-Han (X:4.4 Y:9.8)
  • Players will have to talk to Varshahn to start the quest
  • Players should have finished the quest “Buried Memory” to start this quest
• Character portraits are now implemented for battle dialogue during Main Scenario instanced quest battles for Heavensward.
  • Character portraits for instanced quest battles in A Realm Reborn will arrive in a future update
• Chronicles of a New Era quests were added
  • Myths of the Realm
  • Four quests in total
  • The first quest, “Return to the Phantom Realm”, begins at Mor Dhona (X:23.9 Y:9.1)
  • Players will have to talk to Deryk to start the quest
  • Players should have finished the Chronicles of a New Era quest “The Face of an Explorer” to start this quest
• Various side story quests were added
  • Tales of Newfound Adventure
    • The quest, “Shadowed Pasts Once More”, begins at Radz-at-Han (X:7.3 Y:9.0)
    • Players will have to talk to the Radiant Scout to start this quest
    • Players should have finished “Shadowed Pasts” and Main Scenario Quest “???” to start this quest
  • Tataru’s Grand Endeavor
    • The quest, An Auspicious Opportunity, begins at Old Sharlayan (X:11.8 Y:9.8)
    • Players will have to talk to Mehdjina to start this quest
    • Players should have finished “Small Business, Big Dreams”, as well as the Chronicles of a New Era quest “The Fifth Lord” to start this quest
  • Island Sanctuary
    • The quest, “A Far Eastern Yarn”, begins at the Unnamed Island (X:12.4 Y:28.7)
    • Players will have to talk to the Curious Courier to start this quest
    • Players should have finished “The Land, Wind, and Sea”, as well as made a certain level of progress in the Island Sanctuary to start this quest
  • Custom Deliveries
    • Three quests in total
    • The first quest, “That’s so Anden”, begins at The Crystarium (X:9.3 Y:11.3)
    • Players will have to talk to the Supplicant Sheep to start this quest
    • Players should have finished “Endwalker” as well as “Go West, Craftsman” to start this quest
• New chapters are now in New Game+
  • Tales of Newfound Adventure
• There are now icons on the map for the following duties:
  • Deep Dungeons
    • Palace of the Dead
    • Heaven-on-High
  • Field Operations
    • The Forbidden Land, Eureka
    • the Bozjan Southern Front
    • Delubrum Reginae
    • Zadnor
  • Variant and Criterion Dungeons
    • The Sil’dihn Subterrane
• Quests that are not in a city or open field will now have icons on the map indicating the path to reach it
  • Only for quests from 6.1 to 6.3
  • Support for quests from 6.0 and below will arrive in a future update
• Chronicles of a New Era quests “But I Hardly Noah” and “The Gift of the Archmagus” are no longer available
• Additional information is now available on the journal entries for Crystalline Mean and Studium delivery quests
• Certain Sidequests now have their own categories
  • Chronicles of Light
  • Hildibrand Sidequests
  • Weapon Enhancement Sidequests
  • Records of Unusual Endeavors
  • Side Story Quests
• Deep dungeon quests now classified as Records of Unusual Endeavors in the journal

FATEs

• Odin’s level is now fixed at 50 for FATE “Steel Reign”
• Additional items now available from some Gemstone Traders

Treasure Hunt

• Ophiotauroskin Treasure Maps are now available
• The Shifting Gymnasion Agonon is now available
  • Low chance of a portal appearing when using an Ophiotauroskin Treasure Map
• Adjusted rewards in the Excitatron 6000
• Adjusted rewards for the Kumbhiraskin Treasure Maps