FFXIV: All new content in Patch 6.4

FFXIV has another significant update on the way. Patch 6.4 is adding in several new features, quests, and activities for players to enjoy. Find out what you can expect when this update goes live at the end of May.

FFXIV Patch 6.4: The Dark Throne

FFXIV The Dark Throne patch 6.4 may 2023 update — Image via Square Enix

FFXIV Patch 6.4: The Dark Throne launches in late May 2023. The following changes come with this sizable update to Square Enix’s MMO. Changes listed follow the order from the Letter from the Producer LIVE Part LXXVI.

New Main Scenario Quests
- The Dark Throne questline
Tataru’s Grand Endeavor Continues
New Instanced Dungeon
- The Aetherfont
New Trials
- The Voidcast Dais
- The Voidcast Dais (Extreme)
New Raid Dungeon
- Pandæmonium: Anabaseios
- Pandæmonium: Anabaseios (Savage)
  - Savage raid launches one week after Patch 6.4
New Unreal Trial
- Containment Bay Z1T9 (Unreal)
Duty Support for Stormblood
- The Sirensong Sea
- Bardam’s Mettle
- Doma Castle
- Castrum Abania
- Ala Mhigo
Job Adjustments (PvE/PvP)
- More info coming soon.
PvP Updates
- PvP Series Four begins
- Season Seven of Crystalline Conflict
Frontline Adjustments
- New UI element displaying match time and score
- The Fields of Glory (Shatter) rules adjusted
- The Borderland Ruins (Secure) is temporarily unavailable
Ocean Fishing Update
- New route (towards Kugane)
Island Sanctuary Updates
- New sanctuary ranks and visions
- New gathering area in the wilds
- New construction plots in the hideaway
- New item rewards
- New materials, craftable items, crops, animals, and isleworks handicrafts
- New structures
- Support for outdoor furnishings added to the hideaway
  - Furnishings can be placed near structures
  - A maximum of 90 slots can be unlocked via Island Sanctuary progress
  - Special furnishings like striking dummies and gardens will not be supported
Miscellaneous Updates
- Allagan tomestones of comedy added
- Maximum number of gear sets increased to 100.
  - Available to all characters immediately, regardless of quest progression
- Job icons now displayed in the chat log and on player nameplates.
  - Chat log icons only display within parties and alliances from now on
- The transaction fee for items sold on the market board is now incorporated into their total price.
  - The entire cost shows under Total.
- Glasses and wing fashion accessories now display when engaged in battle in the overworld.
- Items stored in various locations can be selected when casting glamour in an inn room.
- Fairy glamours are now available to Scholars.
  - Select from Eos, Selene, or Carbuncle!
Tomestone System General Changes
- Weekly cap for Allagan Tomestones of Causality removed.
- Allagan Tomestones of Astronomy no longer available.
- Items earned via Tomestones of Astronomy will return via a new avenue.
- Players can turn in Allagan Tomestones of Astronomy for this Tomestones of Causality.
- Allagan Tomestones of Aphorism removed via Patch 6.4
- Allagan Tomestones of Poetics are now obtainable from trials and duties up to level 80 and the Duty Roulette.
New Crafting Recipes
New Mounts, Minions, and Emotes

Beyond Patch 6.4

While many changes drop with The Dark Throne, others will come during another update. See what changes you can expect after FFXIV’s Patch 6.4 below:

New Variant & Criterion Dungeon #2: Mount Rokkon (Patch 6.45)
- Three difficulty levels
  - Normal
  - Criterion
  - Criterion (Savage)
- Completing Sil’dihn Subterrane is not required to unlock
Blue Mage Update (Patch 6.45)
- Level cap raised from 70 to 80
- New spells and blue mage exclusive gear added
- New enemies added to the Masked Carnivale
Somehow Further Hildibrand Adventures (Patch 6.45)
Crafting & Gathering Updates
- Weapon Enhancement Quests: Manderville Weapons (Patch 6.45)
- Tool Enhancement Quests: Splendorous Tools (Patch 6.45)