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FINAL FANTASY XIV has been updated.
*Game clients will update automatically upon launch.
[Date & Time]
Aug. 7, 2026 12:19 a.m. (PDT)
[Affected Service]
- FINAL FANTASY XIV
[Update Details]
FINAL FANTASY XIV Hotfixes (Aug. 7, 2026)
■ Optimized processing to speed up data loading to reduce the time of screen transitions within duties. (Nintendo Switch™ 2 version only)
■ The following issues have been addressed:
- Upon completing the Allied Society Quest “Hero's Day Off,” a message notifying that your reputation had advanced to “Allied” would not appear.
- In the Occult Crescent: North Horn, the quest "In the Shadow of the Tower" would display the quest completed icon above the NPC even if the objective had not been completed.
- In the following duties, if a player logged out while incapacitated and then logged back in more than 10 minutes later, they could return to the duty despite having been expelled.
- The Occult Crescent: South Horn - Forked Tower: Blood
- The Occult Crescent: North Horn - Forked Tower: Magic
- The Occult Crescent: North Horn - The Forked Tower: Magic (Extreme)
- The Forbidden Land, Eureka Hydatos - The Baldesion Arsenal
- In the Occult Crescent, when a player had multiple damage-nullifying buffs from the following phantom actions, receiving damage would not only consume the buff of the corresponding damage type, but other damage-nullifying buffs as well.
Shirahadori / Image / Occult Blink
- In the Occult Crescent: North Horn critical encounter “Dark Artistry,” the visual effect of the enemy action “Dark Flare” appeared narrower than the actual attack.
- In the Occult Crescent: North Horn critical encounter “Accept No Imitators,” no sound effect was played when the visual indicator for the boss action “Spinebreaking Stampede” was displayed.
- In the Occult Crescent: North Horn FATE “Eye to Eye,” certain visual effects from the boss actions ”Cold Stare” and “Sinister Sight” were displayed for players who were not participating in the FATE.
- In the Occult Crescent: North Horn, stepping onto the circles to travel to specific locations could cause players to become stuck in the ground or midair and prevent movement.
- The animations/visual effects for the following phantom actions were not displayed properly in the Occult Crescent.
Occult Aero III / Occult Holy / Chaos Drive / Punishing Ray / Drain Touch / Step Forth
- Visual effects were not depicted properly at certain camera angles for the following weapons when they were drawn.
Phantom Spear Occultum / Phantom Cane Occultum / Phantom Index Occultum /
Phantom Codex Occultum / Phantom Revolver Occultum / Phantom Degen Occultum
- When Tradewinds Gaskins were equipped along with certain foot gear on the following races/genders, graphics around the waist were displayed incorrectly:
Midlander Male / Highlander Male / Elezen Male / Miqo'te Male / Au Ra Male / Viera Male
- When Vana'dielian Tights of Healing were equipped on the following races/genders, the graphics of the left leg were displayed incorrectly when an idle animation entered a specific pose:
Midlander Female / Highlander Female / Elezen Female / Viera Female
- The keybind and log filter settings saved via Configuration Sharing were stored under "Miscellaneous Data" instead of "Character Configuration."
- Touch screen input was not recognized as player input during duties, causing players using only touch screen controls to be treated as inactive and forcibly removed from duties after a certain period of time. (Nintendo Switch™ 2 version only)
- In the Gold Saucer GATE "Air Force One", shots fired via touch screen controls were launched toward the previous reticle position rather than the location touched. (Nintendo Switch™ 2 version only)
- Duty Recorder replay data did not play back correctly when a chapter was selected while the replay was paused. (Nintendo Switch™ 2 version only)