Patch 6.5

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Patch 6.5

"Growing Light"

Expansion: Endwalker
Release Date: October 3, 2023
Promo Page: Link
Patch Notes: 6.5 6.51 6.55

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Introduction

Patch 6.5: Growing Light is the fifth and final major content update introduced for Endwalker.

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Here’s the patch schedule in tandem with our global Fan Festival schedule.
Patch 6.5 and Part 1 of the main scenario will be released after the North American Fan Festival.
Patch 6.51 will be released in late October after the European Fan Festival.
Patch 6.55 and Part 2 of the main scenario will be released in mid-January 2024 after the Japanese Fan Festival.

— Letter from the Producer LIVE Part LXXVIII (08/14/2023)

Notable Features, Additions, and Changes

New Content

Main Story: Growing Light: Part 1 (7 quests), Part 2 (3 quests) (6.55)
Side Story: Somehow Further Hildibrand Adventures (2 quests) (6.55)
Side Story: Tataru's Grand Endeavor (2 quests) (6.55)
Tribal Quests: Endwalker Tribal Alliance Quests (2 quests) (6.55)
Alliance Raid: Thaleia, the third and final part of the Myths of the Realm story and raid series
Dungeon: The Lunar Subterrane
Variant Dungeon: Aloalo Island (6.51)
Criterion Dungeons: Another Aloalo Island, Another Aloalo Island (Savage) (6.51)
Trials
- The Abyssal Fracture, The Abyssal Fracture (Extreme)
- The Gilded Araya (6.55)
Faux Hollows: The Singularity Reactor (Unreal)
Manderville Weapons final stage (6.55)
DoH/DoL Splendorous Tools final stage (6.51)
PvP: The Red Sands (Crystalline Conflict arena) (6.51)

System Changes and Additions

Main Scenario improvements
- Duty Support for The Drowned City of Skalla, The Burn, and The Ghimlyt Dark.
Custom Deliveries: Margrat
Gold Saucer update: Fall Guys collaboration (6.51)
Island Sanctuary update
Free Trial expanded to include Stormblood (Lv. 70 content)
Xbox Series X|S open beta (January-February 2024)^[1]
Cloud Data Center test (21-27 November 2023)
- East Coast North America
- Newly created characters only, no transfers, backup configuration settings disabled.
- Characters will be granted 50,000,000 gil, Tales of Adventure, and all jobs through Shadowbringers.
- All character data will be deleted at the end of the test.