User:Daytona/Timeline of previews

Some dates on this page may be off by a day due to timezones.

Timeline of expansion previews

	Heavensward previews		Stormblood previews		Shadowbringers previews		Endwalker previews		Dawntrail previews		8.0 previews
Weeks since x.4	Date	Event	Date	Event	Date	Event	Date	Event	Date	Event	Date	Event
-2	Sat, 18 Oct 2014	NA FanFest • HW teaser trailer
-1	Sat, 25 Oct 2014	EU FanFest • Dark Knight reveal
0	Tue, 28 Oct 2014	Patch 2.4	Tue, 27 Sep 2016	Patch 3.4	Tue, 18 Sep 2018	Patch 4.4	Tue, 8 Dec 2020	Patch 5.4	Tue, 23 May 2023	Patch 6.4	Tue, 16 Dec 2025	Patch 7.4
1
2			Sat, 15 Oct 2016	NA FanFest • SB teaser trailer
3
4
5
6	Sat, 20 Dec 2014	JP FanFest • Au Ra reveal • Machinist reveal • Astrologian reveal
7
8					Sat, 17 Nov 2018	NA FanFest • ShB teaser trailer	Fri, 5 Feb 2021	EW teaser trailer
9									Sat, 29 Jul 2023	NA FanFest • DT teaser trailer
10
11
12	Tue, 20 Jan 2015	Patch 2.5	Sat, 24 Dec 2016	JP FanFest • Red Mage reveal
13
14
15
16			Tue, 17 Jan 2017	Patch 3.5	Tue, 8 Jan 2019	Patch 4.5
17
18							Tue, 13 Apr 2021	Patch 5.5			Sat, 25 Apr 2026	NA FanFest
19					Sat, 2 Feb 2019	EU FanFest • ShB extended teaser trailer • Female Viera reveal • Gunbreaker reveal			Tue, 3 Oct 2023	Patch 6.5	Tue, 28 Apr 2026	Patch 7.5
20			Sat, 18 Feb 2017	EU FanFest • SB full trailer • Samurai reveal
21									Sat, 21 Oct 2023	EU FanFest • DT extended teaser trailer • Viper reveal
22	Tue, 31 Mar 2015	Patch 2.55					Sat, 15 May 2021	Digital FanFest • EW full trailer • Male Viera reveal • Reaper reveal • Sage reveal
23	Sat, 11 Apr 2015	HW full trailer
24							Tue, 25 May 2021	Patch 5.55
25	Thu, 23 Apr 2015	Live Letter XX • HW benchmark trailer
26			Tue, 28 Mar 2017	Patch 3.56	Sat, 23 Mar 2019	JP FanFest • ShB full trailer • Male Hrothgar reveal • Dancer reveal
27					Tue, 26 Mar 2019	Patch 4.56
28
29	Thu, 21 May 2015	Live Letter XXI • HW job action trailer
30	Wed, 27 May 2015	HW Media Tour reveals	Fri, 28 Apr 2017	Live Letter XXXV • SB benchmark trailer			Fri, 9 Jul 2021	Live Letter LXV • EW benchmark trailer
31											Sat, 25 Jul 2026	EU FanFest
32									Sat, 6 Jan 2024	JP FanFest • DT full trailer • Female Hrothgar reveal • Pictomancer reveal
33	Tue, 16 Jun 2015	HW launch trailer Preliminary patch notes	Mon, 22 May 2017	Live Letter XXXVI • SB job action trailer
34	Tue, 23 Jun 2015	Launch day							Tue, 16 Jan 2024	Patch 6.55
35			Wed, 31 May 2017	SB Media Tour reveals	Thu, 23 May 2019	Live Letter LI • ShB benchmark trailer • ShB job action trailer
36			Wed, 7 Jun 2017	SB launch trailer	Wed, 29 May 2019	ShB Media Tour reveals
37			Thu, 15 Jun 2017	Preliminary patch notes	Mon, 10 Jun 2019	ShB launch trailer
38			Tue, 20 Jun 2017	Launch day	Fri, 14 Jun 2019	Live Letter LII					Tue, 8 Sep 2026	Patch 7.56 (predicted)
39
40					Wed, 26 Jun 2019	Preliminary patch notes	Fri, 17 Sep 2021	Live Letter LXVI • EW job action trailer
41					Tue, 2 Jul 2019	Launch day
42
43
44							Thu, 14 Oct 2021	EW Media Tour reveals
45											Sat, 31 Oct 2026	JP FanFest
46									Fri, 12 Apr 2024	Live Letter LXXX • DT benchmark trailer
47							Fri, 5 Nov 2021	Live Letter LXVII • EW launch trailer
48
49
50
51							Wed, 1 Dec 2021	Preliminary patch notes	Thu, 16 May 2024	Live Letter LXXXI • DT job action trailer
52							Tue, 7 Dec 2021	Launch day
53
54									Thu, 6 Jun 2024	DT Media Tour reveals
55									Fri, 14 Jun 2024	Live Letter LXXXII • DT launch trailer
56
57									Tue, 25 Jun 2024	Preliminary patch notes
58									Tue, 2 Jul 2024	Launch day