Patch 4.31 is now live, and challenges players to tackle the second Ultimate difficulty high-end duty, The Weapon's Refrain (Ultimate)!



Updated on 6/12/2018 at 12:00 a.m. (PDT)

FINAL FANTASY XIV Patch 4.31

Patch 4.31 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.

Battle System

The high-end duty The Weapon's Refrain (Ultimate) has been added.

Just as warriors temper their spirits in battle, so too does the wandering minstrel hone his craft through colorful retellings of heroic deeds. His rendition of your triumph over the Ultima Weapon takes the threads of history and weaves them into an epic tapestry. However, his ballad contains so many embellishments and fabrications that it bears little resemblance to your own tale, and you wonder if he was even listening to you. Nevertheless, you find yourself utterly captivated─whisked away to a battlefield that exists only in your mind's eye...

Level Requirement Disciple of War or Magic level 70 Party Size Eight players Time Limit 120 minutes

Requirements

After completing Sigmascape V4.0 (Savage), speak with the wandering minstrel in Kugane (X:11.6 Y:12.6) as a level 70 Disciple of War or Magic.

Entering The Weapon's Refrain (Ultimate)

The Weapon's Refrain (Ultimate) can only be accessed via the Raid Finder after forming a party of eight players who have all completed Sigmascape V4.0 (Savage).

Completion Reward

Upon completing The Weapon's Refrain (Ultimate), players can also earn a separate reward once per week. Players who have yet to receive that week's reward can still claim it even if other members of the party have completed the duty prior to the weekly reset.



The reward can be exchanged with Eschina in Rhalgr's Reach (X:13.8 Y:11.8) for Ultima weapons.



* Reward eligibility is reset every Tuesday at 1:00 a.m. (PDT)

Items

New items have been added.

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System

New achievements and titles have been added.

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

New music has been added.

Resolved Issues

The following issues have been addressed.

An issue in the sidequest "A Striking Opportunity" wherein the Stone, Sky, Sea title was not displayed correctly during a cutscene.



An issue in the quest "Annihilation" wherein some NPC dialogue was incorrect.



An issue in Namazu beast tribe main quests wherein the completion status of certain Stormblood main scenario quests would hinder progression.



An issue in Dragon's Neck wherein falling from the arena would cause a KO from which the player could not be revived.



An issue in a trial added in Patch 4.3 wherein the player would incur severe damage under certain conditions.



An issue in the Unending Coil of Bahamut (Ultimate) wherein transitions between phases were not displayed correctly.



An issue in the Palace of the Dead wherein the conditions stated for accessing floor 101 and higher were incorrect.



An issue wherein using "Aetherial Manipulation" or "Between the Lines" with a black mage and then queuing a spell immediately after would cause the spell to be interrupted.



An issue wherein "Viewing Cutscene" would be incorrectly displayed in the player list.



An issue wherein successfully recruiting a party in the Party Finder would cause the client to crash under certain conditions.



An issue wherein accessing a crystal bell after applying to join a duty via the Duty Finder would cause certain UI elements to become hidden.



An issue wherein the mikoshi mount would force the hotbar to switch to the mount hotbar regardless of character configuration settings.



An issue wherein using the eggshilaration system's ability "Shockobo" would incorrectly display the effect in two locations.



An issue wherein the client would crash after performing certain actions under "Approaching Completion" and "Current Area" in the Achievements menu.



An issue wherein the achievement "Triple-decker VIII" could not be awarded under certain conditions.

* This achievement can be obtained by accessing it from the Achievements menu after fulfilling the requirements.



An issue wherein placing items in the donation basket would cause the client to crash under certain conditions.



An issue in the Doman Enclave wherein certain NPCs were not displayed correctly.



An issue wherein reversed X or Y axis settings were not applied to the group pose camera.



An issue wherein the names of augmented gear purchased using Resistance tokens was incorrect.

Other various issues have also been addressed.



* Updated Tuesday, June 5 at 2:00 a.m. (PDT)

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