Patch 4.56 presents the gripping conclusion to the Stormblood main scenario, the next chapter in the misadventures of everyone's favorite agent of enquiry, and a special new series of beast tribe quests.



* The following quests and duties are scheduled to be released in upcoming patches:

[4.57] World Visit system





FINAL FANTASY XIV Patch 4.56

Patch 4.56 contains content that can only be accessed by registering the expansion packs for FINAL FANTASY XIV to your service account. To distinguish between adjustments that are and are not affected by the registration of these expansions, the following notations will be used throughout the patch notes:

These additions and adjustments only require the purchase of FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn. These additions and adjustments require the purchase and registration of FINAL FANTASY XIV: Heavensward. These additions and adjustments require the purchase and registration of FINAL FANTASY XIV: Stormblood. These additions and adjustments contain elements that may require the purchase and registration of the expansion packs noted above.

Playable Content

Quests

New main scenario quests have been added.

A Brief Reprieve Disciple of War or Magic level 70 The Rising Stones (X:6.0 Y:5.9) Hoary Boulder Players must first complete the main scenario quest "The Face of War.”

??? Disciple of War or Magic level 70 ??? ??? Players must first complete the main scenario quest "A Brief Reprieve.”

New side story quests have been added.

Hildibrand

The Past Is Never Past Disciple of War or Magic level 70 Kugane (X:10.5 Y:8.2) Nashu Mhakaracca Players must first complete the quest "Good Swords, Good Dogs."

??? Disciple of War or Magic level 70 ??? ??? Players must first complete the quest "The Past Is Never Past."

New beast tribe quests have been added.

The Ananta Maid's Tail Disciple of War or Magic level 70 Kugane (X:13.1 Y:9.8) East Aldenard Trading Company Assistant Players must first complete the beast tribe quests "True-blue," "Celebratory Smorgasbord," and "Disciples of Creation."

??? Disciple of War or Magic level 70 ??? ??? Players must first complete the beast tribe quest "The Ananta Maid's Tail."

??? Disciple of War or Magic level 70 ??? ??? Players must first complete the beast tribe quest "???"

??? Disciple of War or Magic level 70 ??? ??? Players must first complete the beast tribe quest "???"

Housing

New furnishings have been added.

The following items, which allow players to employ material suppliers, junkmongers, armor menders, and stewards with new appearances, have been added:

Kojin Material Supplier Permit Kojin Junkmonger Permit Kojin Mender Permit Kojin Manservant Permit



The Manderville Gold Saucer

A new Triple Triad card has been added.

Miscellaneous

Wondrous Tails objectives now include the Orbonne Monastery.

A new emote has been added.

Battle System

A new trial, Kugane Ohashi, has been added.

Level Requirement Disciple of War or Magic level 70 Item Level Requirement Average item level 365 or above Party Size Eight players Time Limit 60 minutes

Requirements

The Past Is Never Past Disciple of War or Magic level 70 Kugane (X:10.5 Y:8.2) Nashu Mhakaracca Players must first complete the quest "Good Swords, Good Dogs."

The following adjustments have been made to trials:

The Bowl of Embers (Normal) and The Bowl of Embers (Hard)

When Ifrit becomes immune to damage, he will now receive Invincibility status. Additional effects from weapon skills and enfeeblements can now be applied.

The Bowl of Embers (Extreme)

While infernal nails are present, dealing a certain amount of damage to Ifrit will cause him to become temporarily invincible. Hellfire can no longer be prevented by dealing damage to Ifrit.

When Ifrit becomes immune to damage, he will now receive Invincibility status. Additional effects from weapon skills and enfeeblements can now be applied.

The damage dealt by certain variants of Hellfire has been increased.

The Navel (Normal) and the Navel (Hard)

If all surviving party members are trapped in granite gaols, the battle will no longer restart. Instead, the trapped players will be released after a certain amount of time has passed and will incur damage.

Players trapped in granite goals will no longer be automatically KO'd when hit by Earthen Fury.

The Striking Tree (Hard) and the Striking Tree (Extreme)

While grey arbiters are present, dealing a certain amount of damage to Ramuh will cause him to become temporarily invincible. Judgment Bolt can no longer be prevented by dealing damage to Ramuh.

The maximum damage dealt by Judgment Bolt has been reduced.

The Whorleater (Hard) and the Whorleater (Extreme)

While gyre spumes are present, dealing a certain amount of damage to Leviathan or its tail will cause it to become temporarily invincible. Tidal Wave can no longer be prevented by dealing damage to Leviathan.

The maximum damage dealt by Tidal Wave has been reduced.

The Akh Afah Amphitheatre (Hard) and the Akh Afah Amphitheatre (Extreme

While ice soldiers are present, dealing a certain amount of damage to Shiva will cause her to become temporarily invincible. Diamond Dust can no longer be prevented by dealing damage to Shiva.

The strength of the Echo granted in Omega: Deltascape (Savage) and Omega: Sigmascape (Savage) has been increased.

The Echo will take effect upon entering Omega: Deltascape (Savage) and Omega: Sigmascape (Savage), increasing players' maximum HP, damage dealt, and healing potency by 15%.

* Unlike other instances, the strength of the Echo will not increase in the event all party members are incapacitated.

Alphascape (Savage) has been adjusted as follows:

Two treasure coffers will now always appear. Furthermore, the weekly restriction on rewards obtained from coffers has been removed.

The weekly entrance restriction on all areas of Omega: Alphascape (Savage) has been removed.

Players may now proceed directly to any area of Omega: Alphascape (Savage).

Players will now receive the power of the Echo.

The Echo will take effect upon entering Omega: Alphascape (Savage), increasing players' maximum HP, damage dealt, and healing potency by 10%.

* Unlike other instances, the strength of the Echo will not increase in the event all party members are incapacitated.

The following duty has been added to Duty Roulette: Alliance Raids:

The Orbonne Monastery

The following duty has been added to Duty Roulette: Trials:

Kugane Ohashi

The following duties has been added to Duty Roulette: Mentor:

Kugane Ohashi

The weekly limitation on Allagan tomestones of genesis has been increased from 450 to 900.

* The maximum store of 2,000 tomestones has not been changed.

PvP

The following changes and additions have been made to Frontline and Rival Wings:

Other players will now be unable to apply debuffs to players with the Invincibility status at Grand Company landings.

Players will now be under the effect of the Invincibility status for 15 seconds after rejoining combat and exiting the landing.

Items will no longer be available for use.

This change has been made to prevent unpleasant player experiences resulting from certain uses of items.

Items

New items have been added.

View the new items.

New big fish have been added to fishing spots in the Gyr Abania and Othard regions.

New chocobo barding has been added.

New minions have been added.

System

New achievements and titles have been added.

Additions and adjustments have been made to text commands.

New phrases have been added to the auto-translation dictionary.

In preparation for the upcoming server expansion, two EU data centers will now appear on the Data Center Selection screen.

The implementation of a new EU data center is scheduled for Tuesday, April 2, 2019. Prior to implementation, all Worlds will be displayed on the Character Selection screen, regardless of which data center is selected.

Resolved Issues

The following issues have been addressed.

An issue wherein friend invitations could not be canceled under certain conditions.



An issue wherein the action text for the white mage PvP mage action Protect was incorrect.



An issue in Hidden Gorge wherein players near a steam cannon could not be targeted under certain conditions.



An issue with the Challenge Log wherein the conditions for Prepare to Dice and Luck Be a Lady Tonight both incorrectly specified that Astrologos campaigns are required to complete the challenges. Both challenges can be completed with any type of Rival Wings campaign.



An issue wherein the graphics of the Demi Ozma mount did not display properly when mounted.



An issue wherein in the venture completion notification was displayed on the title screen under certain conditions.



An issue in the Ala Mhigo instanced dungeon wherein display issues occurred during the cutscene that plays upon completion.

Other various issues have also been addressed.

Known Issues

An issue wherein certain items awarded during the Patch 4.56 main scenario quests cannot be purchased from hired journeyman salvagers.

* These items can be purchased from Calamity salvagers as normal.

New Items