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At the Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival in Las Vegas today, Naoki Yoshida announced Final Fantasy XIV's next expansion, Stormblood. Slated for a release in summer 2017, we have a few details about 4.0. Before we go into that, check out the Teaser Trailer!


Thanks to Siliconera we have some more details:


  • The Monk job will be a focus in Stormblood just like how Dragoon was a focus in the previous expansion, Heavensward.
  • While it wasn’t officially announced, Yoshi-P wore a “Scarlet Witch” shirt, teasing a possible Red Mage job as one of the new ones for 4.0. He previously wore a Batman shirt to tease the Dark Knight job, and a 007 shirt to tease a new gunner class which ended up being Machinist.
  • The level cap will be raised from 60 to 70.
  • Stormblood will usher in a revamped battle system which will include an additional skill system overhaul and a reassessment of ineffective, unused actions.
  • The size and number of new areas will not be less than Heavensward
  • All new Primals will feature characters from previous Final Fantasy titles, but also ones original to XIV.
  • Stormblood will, of course, feature all new dungeons for players to explore, as well as new high-end raids and alliance raids
  • “The Forbidden Land – Eureka” will be unique to Stormblood, and will span its own entire area. It will include notorious monsters and might be used for next set of high-end weapons, such as zodiac and anima.
  • New gear and recipes will be added in the expansion, and the new gear will include winners of the fan-designed gear contest.
  • Item inventory will be expanded in Stormblood thanks to upgrades to the game’s servers.
  • A fourth residential area will be added, though the location of the area was not revealed.
  • The release of Stormblood will see the end of PlayStation 3 support for Final Fantasy XIV. This was also met with a cheer from the audience.



Are you excited? What are you thoughts on another expansion so soon? Share your thoughts!