Final Fantasy XIV Patch 7.3 Releasing August 5

During the latest Letter from the Producer livestream for MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV, producer and director Naoki Yoshida announced that its next major update will release on August 5, 2025. The presentation, viewable in full below alongside the update’s new trailer, included a preview of much of the new content in the Patch 7.3 update, dubbed “The Promise of Tomorrow”. The update (and subsequent smaller updates) includes:

• Main Story Quest content including the new Meso Terminal dungeon and a new Trial with both Normal and Extreme modes
• Part two of the Echoes of Vana’diel Final Fantasy XI-themed Alliance Raid, San d’Oria: The Second Walk
• Unreal Trial, The Wreath of Snakes (Unreal)
• Vault Oneiron Treasure Dungeon
• Duty Support for the Cutter’s Cry dungeon
• PvP Series 9
• Miscellaneous updates including chat bubbles, Phoenix Down changes, and Group Pose updates

Patch 7.31

• Cosmic Exploration content with the new planet of Phaenna
• Phantom Weapon Enhancement Quests

Patch 7.35

• Pilgrim’s Traverse Deep Dungeon
• More Inconceivably Further Hildibrand Adventures
• Yok Huy Allied Society Quests

Taking place after the events of Endwalker, and marking the start of a major new story arc for the game, Dawntrail sees the Warrior of Light’s help requested for Tural’s contested rite of succession. The expansion adds two new Jobs: melee DPS role Viper and ranged DPS role Pictomancer. It also includes a new level cap of 100, new dungeons, new locations, new side content, and more. Those looking to read more about Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail can check out RPGamer’s review of its PlayStation 5 version.

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