Everything You Need To Know About Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail
Final Fantasy XIV publisher Square Enix and developer Creative Business Unit III revealed the MMO's next expansion, Dawntrail, during Day 1 of Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival 2023.
Square Enix revealed this 7.0 expansion that acts as a new beginning for Final Fantasy XIV with a new cinematic trailer. After the trailer, director Naoki Yoshida took to the main stage to host a keynote presentation, and it was during this that we learned a lot about the Dawntrail expansion, which will hit the game sometime in summer 2024. Let's break it all down.
The logo below was created by famed Final Fantasy series illustrator Yoshitaka Amano, and it prominently uses the color gold, the theme color for the expansion. Yoshida explained during the keynote presentation on July 28 that the team wanted to «bring the very best summer vacation a hero could possibly have» to the Warriors of Light (the players). Without spoiling the events of 2021's Endwalker expansion –read Game Informer's Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker review here – Yoshida says Dawntrail represents a significant shift from the previous expansion. Where Endwalker was dark, with the end of the universe on the line, Dawntrail is brighter and seemingly lighter in tone.
«It's a new beginning of Final Fantasy XIV [and] the theme is a journey of discovery,» he said. «As you know, the arc we've been on from 1.0 to Endwalker about Hydaelyn and Zodiark has concluded. So you can think of this as our first step into a new story for Final Fantasy XIV.»
As for what brings the Warriors of Light to this New World, a slide during the keynote presentation reads, «Warriors of Light will receive a very special guest. Winds of opportunity bring a visitor from the new world, seeking the Warrior of
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