16/07/2019 07:00
Patch 5.01 Notes

We are proud to present the patch notes for Patch 5.01. Take a look for a comprehensive list of additions and refinements, and information on the new raid series, Eden's Gate.

FINAL FANTASY XIV Patch 5.01

    Playable Content
        Quests Housing
    Battle System
        PvP
    Items
    System
    Resolved Issues
    Known Issues

    Playable Content
        Quests
        Housing
    Battle System
        PvP
    Items
    System
    Resolved Issues
    Known Issues

Patch 5.01 contains content that can only be accessed by registering the expansion packs for FINAL FANTASY XIV to your service account. To distinguish between adjustments that are and are not affected by the registration of these expansions, the following notations will be used throughout the patch notes:

    These additions and adjustments only require the purchase of FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn.
    These additions and adjustments require the purchase and registration of FINAL FANTASY XIV: Heavensward.
    These additions and adjustments require the purchase and registration of FINAL FANTASY XIV: Stormblood.
    These additions and adjustments require the purchase and registration of FINAL FANTASY XIV: Shadowbringers.
    These additions and adjustments contain elements that may require the purchase and registration of the expansion packs noted above.

Quests
New Chronicles of a New Era quests have been added.
In the Middle of Nowhere

Disciple of War or Magic level 80
The Crystarium (X:9.7 Y:12.3)
Anxious Crystarium Guard
Players must first complete the final main scenario quest of Shadowbringers.

Deploy the Core

Disciple of War or Magic level 80
The Empty (X:6.1 Y:5.7)
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Players must first complete the Chronicles of a New Era quest "In the Middle of Nowhere."

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Disciple of War or Magic level 80
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Players must first complete the Chronicles of a New Era quest "???"

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Disciple of War or Magic level 80
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Players must first complete the Chronicles of a New Era quest "???"

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Disciple of War or Magic level 80
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Players must first complete the Chronicles of a New Era quest "???"

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Players must first complete the Chronicles of a New Era quest "???"

Housing
New orchestrion rolls have been added.
Actions have been adjusted as follows:
Lancer/Dragoon
Action 		Adjustment
Disembowel 		Duration has been increased from 24 to 30 seconds.
Scholar
Action 		Adjustment
Art of War 		MP cost reduced from 800 to 600.
Astrologian
Action 		Adjustment
Gravity 		MP cost reduced from 700 to 600.

* The changes to job actions in 5.01 only included adjustments to parameters such as potency and effect duration. However, further changes are planned for Patch 5.05.
Sound effects for certain gunbreaker actions have been adjusted.
The new raid dungeon Eden's Gate has been added.

Level Requirement 		Disciple of War or Magic level 80
Item Level Requirement 		Average item level 425 or above
Party Size 		Eight players
Time Limit 		90 minutes

* Players can queue solo via the Duty Finder after unlocking the raid.
Requirements
Deploy the Core

Disciple of War or Magic level 80
The Empty (X:6.1 Y:5.7)
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Players must first complete the Chronicles of a New Era quest "In the Middle of Nowhere."

Rewards

Treasure coffers that appear upon completing Eden's Gate will not yield gear, but instead yield tokens that can be traded for gear of your choosing.

You can only receive one token per individual Eden raid each week. In the event you are awarded a token from the loot list, you relinquish your right to vie for all remaining tokens regardless of whether you selected Need or Greed.

Also note that there is no weekly restriction on entering Eden's Gate.
* Reward eligibility will be reset every Tuesday at 8:00 (GMT) / 9:00 (BST).
Item Exchange

The items obtained from treasure coffers can be exchanged for gear by speaking with Ghul Gul in Amh Araeng (X:26.6 Y:16.4) or Yhal Yal in Eulmore (X:10.0 Y:11.5).
Item Type 		Required Token / Number of Tokens
Head 		Helm of Early Antiquity x 2
Body 		Armor of Early Antiquity x 4
Hands 		Gauntlets of Early Antiquity x 2
Waist 		Belt of Early Antiquity x 1
Legs 		Chausses of Early Antiquity x 4
Feet 		Greaves of Early Antiquity x 2
Accessories 		Bangle of Early Antiquity x 1
Completion Reward

Upon completing Eden's Gate: Sepulture, players can also earn a blade of early antiquity once per week. This reward can be exchanged with Ghul Gul in Amh Araeng (X:26.6 Y:16.4) or Yhal Yal in Eulmore (X:10.0 Y:11.5) for lightweight tomestones, which can in turn be exchanged for weapons.
* Reward eligibility will be reset every Tuesday at 8:00 (GMT) / 9:00 (BST).
* Weapons will be available for exchange for lightweight tomestones after the introduction of Allagan tomestones of phantasmagoria, which are scheduled to be released two weeks after patch 5.01.
The following duties have been added to Duty Roulette: Mentor:

    Eden's Gate: Resurrection
    Eden's Gate: Descent
    Eden's Gate: Inundation
    Eden's Gate: Sepulture

The following duties have been added to Duty Roulette: Normal Raids:

    Eden's Gate: Resurrection
    Eden's Gate: Inundation
    Eden's Gate: Descent
    Eden's Gate: Sepulture

The required average item level to register for Duty Roulette: Mentor has been increased from 410 to 425.
PvP
PvP actions have been adjusted as follows:
Dancer
Action 		Adjustment
Standard Finish 		Potency reduced from 400 to 300.
Single Standard Finish 		Potency reduced from 800 to 600.
Double Standard Finish 		Potency reduced from 1,200 to 900.
Technical Finish 		Potency reduced from 400 to 300.
Single Technical Finish 		Potency reduced from 800 to 600.
Double Technical Finish 		Potency reduced from 1,200 to 900.
Triple Technical Finish 		Potency reduced from 1,600 to 1,200.
Quadruple Technical Finish 		Potency reduced from 2,000 to 1,500.

The tooltips for various actions have been revised.
    * The functionality of these actions remains the same.

The following adjustments have been made to Adrenaline Rush:
Action 		Adjustment
Terminal Velocity 		Potency reduced from 7,500 to 6,000.
Cometeor 		Potency reduced from 5,000 to 4,000.
New items have been added.

Items added in patch 5.01 will be listed at a later date.
New minions have been added.
New achievements have been added.
Additions have been made to the auto-translation dictionary.
New music has been added.
The volume of the title screen music has been increased.
The character creation text for both Helions and the Lost has been updated to clarify the Hrothgar lore.

    The following issues have been addressed.
        An issue wherein the icon for the main scenario quest "The Light of Inspiration" sometimes displayed incorrectly.
        An issue with the instanced battle in the main scenario quest "The Oracle of Light" wherein the incapacitation of Alisaie would sometimes not result in duty failure.
        An issue with the side quest "Seeking Inspiration" wherein completing the applicable Duty Roulette: Leveling dungeon would not advance the quest.
        An issue wherein the quest objectives for the side quest "Cut from a Different Cloth" were incorrect.
        An issue with the side quest "Morbid Motivation" wherein completing the applicable dungeon from Duty Roulette: Level 50/60/70 Dungeons would not advance the quest.
        An issue wherein the astrologian PvE action Play would sometimes not take effect when applied to NPCs or companion chocobos.
        An issue with red mage PvE actions wherein the icons for Verthunder and Verstone would change to those of Verflare and Verholy when the corresponding conditions were met even before reaching the level at which Verflare and Verholy are learned.
        An issue with summoner and scholar wherein Physick would not function when executed via text command.
        An issue wherein charged actions could not be executed multiple times in succession under certain conditions.
        An issue wherein the tooltip for the pet action Guard was inaccurate.
        An issue wherein the pet action Whispering Dawn would not take effect under certain conditions.
        An issue wherein the Closed Position status would not be removed upon loss of connection.
        An issue wherein attempting to interrupt certain enemy actions did not have the intended result.
        An issue wherein the white mage PvP action Afflatus Solace could not be executed while afflicted with Silence.
        An issue wherein damage from the ninja PvP actions Bhavacakra, Goka Mekkyaku, and Hyosho Ranryu was not counted as magic damage.
        An issue wherein the ninja PvP actions Goka Mekkyaku and Hyosho Ranryu were categorized incorrectly.
        An issue wherein the tooltip for the summoner PvP action Summon Phoenix was inaccurate.
        An issue with PvP wherein the duration of effects applied by the Cometeor and Terminal Velocity adrenaline rushes was incorrect.
        An issue wherein coffers in the Qitana Ravel would drop the Fallen Tree furnishing directly into the player inventory rather than adding it to the loot window.
        * As of patch 5.01, all party members will be able to roll on this item via the loot window.
        An issue with the Qitana Ravel wherein certain monsters did not always appear.
        An issue with the World of Darkness wherein Cerberus did not display correctly.
        An issue with Sigmascape V1.0 wherein being transported between train cars could cause pets to withdraw.
        An issue with the Crown of the Immaculate wherein detrimental effects were not always removed at the appropriate time.
        An issue wherein both EXP and tokens could be received from Frontline and Rival Wings under certain conditions.
        An issue wherein the Wootz Mask did not display correctly when equipped by Miqo'te and Viera.
        An issue wherein Roegadyn males and Hrothgar did not display correctly when riding the Pegasus or Black Pegasus mounts.
        An issue wherein minions did not display correctly on Hrothgar shoulders.
        An issue wherein the Vanu Vanu Head did not display correctly when equipped by Viera.
        An issue wherein the correct audio for Viera voice types 7 and 9 did not play while in combat.
        An issue wherein the Gyosei Kai could not be dyed.
        An issue wherein the graphical effect indicating that hydrangeas are ready to harvest did not display.
        An issue wherein level 75 exploration ventures could not be commenced by retainers at item level 75.
        An issue wherein players would find themselves automatically partied with their adventurer squadron upon entering an instance under certain conditions.
        An issue with the crafting log wherein the "Search for Item by Crafting Method" subcommand could yield incorrect results.
        An issue wherein the map would become the active on-screen layer after performing certain interactions or zone changes in some quests.
        Other minor text issues have also been addressed.
        An issue wherein the occlusion culling option did not function correctly in the Mac 64-bit application.
        An issue in the Mac 64-bit application wherein switching from full-screen mode to windowed mode caused the areas of the screen outside of the game window to appear black.
        An issue in the Mac 64-bit application wherein the first text character input was not recognized when initiating direct chat.
        An issue when completing certain Crystarium delivery quests wherein text in the quest completion window did not display properly.
        An issue in the level 70 black mage quest wherein Japanese text was displayed.
        An issue in the FATE "Cry Not Wolf" wherein the description contained the wrong location.

Other various issues have also been addressed.

    An issue wherein different NPCs share the same name.
    An issue with the Crafting Log wherein a recipe category on the special recipes tab is incorrectly labeled.