FINAL FANTASY XIV Patch 7.31 Notes: Brings New Quests, PvP Tweaks, and Cosmic Exploration Expansion

FINAL FANTASY XIV Patch 7.31: New Quests, PvP Adjustments, and Cosmic Exploration Expansion

Patch 7.31 for FINAL FANTASY XIV brings a wealth of exciting updates to the game, including new sidequests, enhancements to the PvP system, and the introduction of the Cosmic Exploration initiative.

Players can look forward to expanded content with fresh quests, adjustments to battle mechanics, and enhancements to items and mounts.

This patch also introduces new locations, such as Phaenna, alongside a range of new achievements, minions, and music. Dive into the patch notes to see what’s new in this exciting update!

FF XIV 7.31 Patch Notes and Updates

Playable Content

Areas

• The arrival coordinates when teleporting or returning to Bestways Burrow have been adjusted.

Quests

New Sidequests Added:

• Cosmic Exploration

  • You may only access and progress through Cosmic Exploration quests from your Home World.

    1. Go Forth, Brave Explorers

       • Disciple of the Hand or Land level 10

       • Sinus Ardorum (X:20.4 Y:20.0) - Searchingway

       • Players must first complete the quest "Passion, Thy Name Is Ardorum."

    2. The Brightest Star

       • Disciple of the Hand or Land level 10

       • Phaenna (X:27.2 Y:13.8) - Searchingway

       • Players must first complete the quest "Go Forth, Brave Explorers," and achieve a certain amount of project progress.

    3. A Manager's Discernment

       • Disciple of the Hand or Land level 10

       • Phaenna (X:28.4 Y:12.7) - Mumukko

       • Players must first complete the quests "The Brightest Star" and "A Manager's Persistence," and contribute a certain amount to cosmic exploration.

    4. Perspective Reflected

       • Disciple of the Hand or Land level 10

       • Phaenna (X:29.1 Y:13.6) - Ishgardian Glassworker

       • Players must first complete the quest "The Brightest Star," and contribute a certain amount to cosmic exploration.

    5. Pilot Wanted

       • Disciple of the Hand or Land level 10

       • Phaenna (X:26.1 Y:12.5) - Vacuum Suit Specialist

       • Players must first complete the quest "The Brightest Star," and contribute a certain amount to cosmic exploration.

    6. A Manager's Delegation

       • Disciple of the Hand or Land level 10

       • Phaenna (X:28.4 Y:12.7) - Mumukko

       • Players must first complete the quests "A Manager's Discernment," "Perspective Reflected," and "Pilot Wanted."

    7. Phantom Weapons

       • Keeping the Old Ways Alive

         • Disciple of War or Magic level 100

         • The Phantom Village (X:6.6 Y:7.1) - Lydirceil

         • Players must first complete the quest "Forging the Phantasmal."

       • Aether, Aether, Everywhere

         • Disciple of War or Magic level 100

         • The Phantom Village (X:6.6 Y:7.1) - Lydirceil

         • Players must first complete the quest "Keeping the Old Ways Alive."

       • Wrought by Hands Phantasmal

         • Disciple of War or Magic level 100

         • The Phantom Village (X:6.6 Y:7.1) - Lydirceil

         • Players must first complete the quest "Aether, Aether, Everywhere."

FATEs

• A new item is available in exchange for bicolor gemstones from Rral Wuruq in Yak T'el.

Housing

• New furnishings have been added.

• New orchestrion rolls have been added.

The Manderville Gold Saucer

• New Triple Triad cards have been added.

Miscellaneous

• A new emote has been added.

Battle System

PvP Adjustments

• All Jobs:

  • Purify: MP cost reduced from 2,500 to 2,000.

  • Recuperate: MP cost reduced from 2,500 to 2,000.

• Dark Knight:

  • Salted Earth:

    • Healing over time potency increased from 4,000 to 6,000.

    • Damage over time potency increased from 4,000 to 6,000.

    • Delay until Salt and Darkness becomes usable reduced from 1 to 0.8 seconds.

  • Salt and Darkness: Potency increased from 4,000 to 6,000.

• Monk:

  • Dragon Kick: Potency increased from 4,500 to 5,500.

  • Twin Snakes: Potency increased from 5,000 to 6,000.

  • Demolish: Potency increased from 5,500 to 6,500.

  • Leaping Opo: Potency increased from 6,500 to 7,000.

  • Rising Raptor: Potency increased from 7,000 to 7,500.

  • Pouncing Coeurl: Potency increased from 7,500 to 8,000.

  • Phantom Rush: Reduction in potency for enemies after the first target has been removed.

  • Earth's Reply: Potency increased from 3,000 plus 25% of compiled damage to 4,000 plus 25% of compiled damage.

  • Cure potency: Increased from 6,000 plus 50% of compiled damage to 8,000 plus 50% of compiled damage.

• Dragoon:

  • Geirskogul: Increase to damage suffered caused by Life of the Dragon reduced from 25% to 15%.

• Ninja:

  • Forked Raiju: Fleeting Raiju Ready effect duration reduced from 10 to 5 seconds.

• Samurai:

  • Meikyo Shisui: Effect duration reduced from 3 to 2 seconds.

• Viper:

  • Backlash: Amount of damage dealt absorbed as HP reduced from 100% to 50%.

• Bard:

  • Encore of Light: Reduction of target's MP reduced from 5,000 to 4,000.

• Machinist:

  • Maximum HP: Increased from 57,000 to 58,500.

  • Scattergun: Potency increased from 6,000 to 8,000.

• Dancer:

  • Fountain: Potency increased from 6,000 to 7,000.

  • Fountainfall: Potency increased from 8,000 to 9,000.

  • Fan Dance: Potency increased from 4,000 to 6,000.

• Black Mage:

  • Xenoglossy: Amount of HP absorbed when player HP is above 50% reduced from 100% to 50%.

  • Wreath of Ice: Reduction to damage taken reduced from 25% to 20%.

• Summoner:

  • Necrotize: Potency increased from 4,000 to 5,000.

• Pictomancer:

  • Maximum HP: Reduced from 55,500 to 54,000.

  • Smudge: Recast time increased from 12 to 15 seconds.

• White Mage:

  • Miracle of Nature: Reduction of target's MP reduced from 2,500 to 1,000.

  • Afflatus Purgation: Potency reduced from 20,000 to 16,000.

• Scholar:

  • Maximum HP: Reduced from 55,500 to 54,000.

• Astrologian:

  • Celestial River: No longer reduces healing potency of nearby enemies by 30%.

• Sage:

  • Phlegma III: Potency increased from 8,000 to 10,000.

  • Psyche: Potency for enemies more than 3 yalms away increased from 6,000 to 8,000.

Items & Recipes:

• New Items: Items added in Patch 7.31 will be listed at a later date.

• New Recipes: Recipes added in Patch 7.31 will be listed at a later date.

Gameplay Changes:

• Hotbar Item Range Update: When using an item registered to a hotbar, the icon will now appear grayed out if the target character is out of range.

New Location: Phaenna

• Location Added: Phaenna, the new destination for the Cosmic Exploration Initiative.

• Quest Requirements:

  • Go Forth, Brave Explorers quest required.

  • Disciple of the Hand or Land level 10.

  • Located at Sinus Ardorum (X:20.4 Y:20.0).

  • Complete "Passion, Thy Name Is Ardorum" before unlocking Phaenna.

• Travel to Phaenna:

  • Use Bestways Burrow Aetheryte or speak with NPCs Drivingway and Cruisingway to travel.

  • Drivingway is located in Mare Lamentorum (X:21.9 Y:13.2).

  • Cruisingway is located in Sinus Ardorum (X:20.6 Y:19.5).

Phaenna Credits & Exploration Tokens:

• Phaenna Credits: Earned by participating in stellar missions and projects on Phaenna. Can be used to draw cosmic fortunes or for mech op pilot applications.

  • Displayed on the exotablet along with lunar credits.

• Phaenna Exploration Tokens: Earned from EX+ stellar missions. These tokens can be exchanged for a special mount, and both tokens and mount can be sold on the market.

Stellar Successes:

• Daily Successes: After completing the "Go Forth, Brave Explorers" quest, lunar credits will be converted to Phaenna credits through daily successes.

• Standard Successes: Added as a new category for Phaenna. Players can track progress in other stars via the pulldown menu in the Stellar Successes window.

• Starward Standings: Now based on contributions from stellar missions, mech ops, and projects on Phaenna. To check standings, speak to Scanningway (X:28.1 Y:12.6) on Phaenna.

  • Contributions from Sinus Ardorum will not count towards Starward Standings.

Commendations:

• Star Contributors: Recognized for their contributions with:

  • A hologram of the player displayed on Phaenna (X:27.9 Y:12.7).

  • The player’s name on the Starward standings stela (X:28.0 Y:12.6).

  • Special visual effects applied in cosmic exploration areas.

  • Re-selection: Cannot be reselected for 14 days, but if the current Star Contributor maintains the highest contribution score, they will be designated again on the following day.

Infrastructure & Tools:

• Infrastructure Index: Opens automatically upon project completion, with an option to disable this feature via the Cosmic Exploration Settings window.

• Cosmic Tool Enhancements:

  • Players can enhance their tools by completing stellar missions.

  • Research Data required for enhancements can be tracked via Cosmic Research on the exotablet.

  • Enhanced prototypes and tools can be obtained from Researchingway on the current star.

  • Research data is class-specific, and players must complete stellar missions to accrue it.

New Content:

• New Mounts: Added new mounts to the game.

• New Minions: New minions have been added.

• New Facewear: Added new facewear options.

Server Changes:

• Field Instance for Phaenna: Multiple field instances will be implemented to reduce server congestion for Phaenna. This feature will be removed once congestion is under control.

• Instance Division Removal: The division of Shaaloani, Heritage Found, Living Memory, and Lower Jeuno into multiple instances (introduced in Patch 7.3) will be removed to alleviate congestion.

New Achievements & Titles:

• New achievements and titles have been added.

  • PlayStation®5: New trophies have been added.

  • Xbox Series X|S: New achievements have been added.

Audio:

• New Music and Sound Effects: Additional music and sound effects have been introduced.

Resolved Issues

• An issue wherein framerate would drop during certain instanced dungeon battles added in Patch 7.3. (PlayStation®5 / PlayStation®4 / Xbox Series X|S versions only)
• An issue with San d'Oria: The Second Walk wherein the radius of certain boss attacks differed from the intended range.
• An issue with Vault Oneiron wherein the damage dealt by the enemy action Acceleration Bomb was lower than intended.
• An issue with the Shifting Altars of Uznair, the Shifting Oubliettes of Lyhe Ghiah, and the Shifting Gymnasion Agonon, wherein certain enemies would erroneously spawn in the center of the battlefield.
• An issue when obtaining Enlightenment silver pieces or Enlightenment gold pieces on the Occult Crescent: South Horn, wherein the corresponding log message would erroneously display twice.
• An issue with Eureka Orthos wherein graphic text appeared in German on floors where demiclones were unavailable. (English only)
• An issue in Crystalline Conflict custom matches wherein, under certain conditions, after a pictomancer was incapacitated and they did not use the PvP action Creature Motif through the end of the match, they would be unable to use this action after selecting the “Rematch” option.
• An issue when executing the gunbreaker PvP action Relentless Rush or the dancer PvP action Honing Dance in Crystalline Conflict, wherein players were unaffected by the knockback effect caused by Turbulence in Cloud Nine or Tatami Twist in the Clockwork Castletown.
• An issue wherein motions of certain PvE and PvP actions did not display correctly.
• An issue when playing as Miqo'te with the hairstyle granted by Modern Aesthetics - Scion Special Issue IV, wherein equipping certain headgear would sometimes cause characters' ears to display incorrectly.
• An issue when playing as a female Viera wherein equipping the headgear Assassin's Hood would sometimes cause facial clipping issues.
• An issue wherein the icon for Phoenix Down registered to a hotbar did not correctly indicate whether the item could be used when the target character was out of range.
• An issue in Group Pose’s portrait mode wherein the orientation of certain enemies was incorrect, and certain weapon effects were misaligned.
• An issue wherein receiving a chat or closing the tutorial window for transportation or escort quests could cause the game client to crash.
• * The above issue was detailed under the heading in this news post.
• Other minor text issues have also been addressed.
• An issue with the character settings backup feature wherein downloading certain data uploaded before Patch 7.3 would cause configuration settings to be applied incorrectly.

Known Issues

• An issue with cosmic exploration mech ops when changing class after submitting a pilot application, wherein players who switch their primary tool directly via the methods listed below are unable to subsequently change class or participate in the mech op, leading to the forfeit of their submitted application.
• ・Selecting and switching their primary tool via the Character window
• ・Selecting and switching their primary tool via the Armoury Chest
• * We are currently investigating the cause of this issue and working on a fix as a matter of priority. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. For the interim, players can avoid the issue via the methods listed below:
• ・Refraining from changing class between submitting a pilot application and beginning the mech op
• ・Changing class by swapping gear sets
• An issue with the quest "Go Forth, Brave Explorers" wherein quest icons do not display on the map in areas outside of Sinus Ardorum.
• An issue with the quest "Keeping the Old Ways Alive" wherein quest icons do not display on the map in areas outside of the phantom village.
• An issue when speaking with Scanningway during cosmic exploration wherein, under certain conditions, dialogue indicating the player has not made any contributions during the current ranking period is erroneously displayed, despite the player having contributed.
• * This is a text-only issue.
• An issue with fishing stellar missions during cosmic exploration, wherein the explanation for certain critical missions not accessible due to cosmic exploration progress erroneously states "Data unavailable for incomplete missions."
• An issue with cosmic exploration wherein completing a project while the cutscene in which players receive a cosmic tool is playing causes the cutscene to display incorrectly, and the environment to appear unchanged for the affected player, despite having completed the project.
• * This issue can be resolved by changing areas or logging out and logging back in.
• An issue with the cosmic exploration mech op directive "Shatter Glass Clusters" wherein the delivery range of certain field scanners is incorrect.
• * Players encountering difficulties as a result of this issue may need to move closer to an affected field scanner to deliver resources.
• An issue when undertaking certain mech ops on Phaenna during cosmic exploration, wherein players can clip through terrain while traveling to the mission site as a pilot.
• An issue in Group Pose’s portrait mode wherein animations and weather effects do not display correctly when completing a cosmic exploration project or while glass rain is active.
• An issue wherein players are unable to mute characters while undertaking a duty.