Final Fantasy 14 patch 7.5 arrives April 28 and starts wrapping up Dawntrail

Square Enix used its latest Live Letter to lay out the Final Fantasy XIV 7.5 patch series, which starts April 28 under the name “Trail to the Heavens.” It’s the beginning of Dawntrail’s final stretch, with new Main Scenario quests, a new dungeon called The Clyteum, and a new trial featuring Enuo, a boss pulled from Final Fantasy V.

The patch series also includes one of the bigger additions players have been waiting on: Beastmaster. It’s the next Limited Job, and it’s scheduled to arrive sometime during the 7.5 cycle rather than right on day one. The basic setup sounds familiar if you’ve followed Blue Mage at all. Players will weaken monsters, capture them, and fill out a Bestiary, with a separate new mode tied to the job.

• Patch 7.5 launches April 28 and continues the Main Scenario while setting up the next arc after Dawntrail.
• The new instanced content includes The Clyteum dungeon and the Enuo trial.
• Beastmaster joins as a Limited Job later in the 7.5 series.
• Occult Crescent gets its last region, North Horn, plus more monsters, FATEs, Critical Encounters, a level cap increase, new Phantom Jobs, and the final Forked Tower.
• Shinryu is the next Unreal trial, and a new Ultimate raid was teased but not identified yet.
• Crystalline Conflict is getting a new map themed around Sharlayan libraries.
• Housing item limits are being increased.
• The armoire is being expanded to hold more gear, including Dawntrail dungeon sets, and the dye system is being streamlined.

On the side-content front, 7.5 will finish a few lingering Dawntrail threads. That includes the Allied Tribe capstone quest and new custom deliveries with Tiisol Ja. For players still spending time in Occult Crescent, North Horn is the final zone update, and the last Forked Tower will include both a normal mode with flexible party sizing and an extreme version entered through a separate extreme-only instance.

A couple of the more practical changes may end up mattering just as much as the headline content. Housing item limits are going up, which should be a big deal for decorators, especially in larger homes. Square Enix is also expanding armoire storage to cover more gear, including artifact gear and dungeon equipment from Dawntrail patches. The dye update is a little less clear right now, but the team said dyes will be consolidated so players can pick shades from owned colors instead of managing every individual item the same way they do now.

The developers also briefly mentioned a pilot program for custom 3D printed character models, though that wasn’t part of the main presentation and there’s no real rollout info yet.