FFXIV Patch 7.2 Patch Notes (FF14 update 7.2)

[Final Fantasy XIV] FFXIV patch 7.2 details released for PC, PS4, and PS5 players. According to the official FFXIV 7.2 patch notes, the latest update brings graphical upgrades which enhances shadows, NPCs, and relic weapons. Housing gains SSAO toggle and contest furnishings. Job adjustments balance PvE/PvP (e.g., Paladin AoE buffs, Black Mage QoL).  Apart from this, today’s FF14 update 7.2 also addresses Superbolide, emotes, and crafting errors.

[Final Fantasy 14] FFXIV 7.2 Patch Notes (FF14 7.2) – March 24, 2025

New Adventures Await

The Warrior of Light faces the returned Queen of Reason as unrest grips Alexandria. This patch introduces:

• New Trial: Recollection (Normal & Extreme)

• New Raid Dungeon: The Arcadion: Cruiserweight Division (Normal & Savage)

• Frontline Update: Borderland Ruins (Secure) returns

• Group Pose Enhancements: Improved depth of field effects

Future Content Preview

• Patch 7.21: Cosmic Exploration, Tool Enhancement Quests (Cosmic Tools)

• Patch 7.25:

  • Mamool Ja Allied Society Quests

  • Occult Crescent & Phantom Weapon Enhancement Quests

  • Inconceivably Further Hildibrand Adventures

Playable Content

Quests

Main Scenario Quests

• New Quest: A Glimmer of the Past

  • Requirements: Complete Crossroads (Lv. 100)

  • Starting NPC: Krile (The Backroom – X:6.0 Y:6.4)

• Additional quests will continue the story (details TBA).

Chronicles of a New Era

• New Raid Questline: The Arcadion

  • Starting Quest: Souls under Siege

    • Requirements: Complete The Neoteric Witch

    • NPC: Yaana (Solution Nine – X:22.2 Y:16.6)

Sidequests

• New Quest: When Death Comes to Dinner

  • Requirements: Complete Dawntrail & Tasteful Memories

  • NPC: The Cornservant (Tuliyollal – X:16.4 Y:12.8)

New Game+ Updates

• Weather forecasts and repairs now available.

Treasure Hunt

• Adjusted rewards for Loboskin & Br’aaxskin Treasure Maps

• Adjusted rewards in Cenote Ja Ja Gural

Grand & Free Companies

• Submersible Updates:

  • New areas & items

  • Max rank increased from 125 → 130

Housing

• New Option: Disable SSAO for indoor furnishings

  • Adjusted via Interior Settings (requires remodeling authority)

• Auto-Demolition Warning: Now displays for estate gardens

• New Furnishings:

  • Winners & select entries from the FFXIV Furnishing Design Contest 2022

  • New orchestrion rolls, aquarium fish, and Paperflower Seeds (available from Material Suppliers)

The Manderville Gold Saucer

• New MGP Prizes

• Triple Triad Updates:

  • New cards & NPC opponents

Miscellaneous

• Challenge Log: New Field Operations category (includes Eureka challenges)

• Duty Support Additions:

  • The Sunken Temple of Qarn (A Realm Reborn)

  • The Underkeep (Dawntrail)

• Wondrous Tails Updates:

  • New objectives: The Underkeep, Jeuno: The First Walk

  • Adjusted certificate exchange rewards

  • Roulette name changes (no duty changes)

• Faux Hollows:

  • New Unreal Trial: Hells’ Kier (Unreal) (replaces The Jade Stoa)

  • New items for faux leaves

• New Emotes:

  • Tomescroll (looping Tomestone)

  • Study (looping Read)

Battle System Updates

Job Adjustments

(Full details in the Job Guide)

Tanks

• Paladin: Potency buffs (AoE adjustments)

• Warrior: Melee Mastery II adjustments (potency tweaks)

• Dark Knight: AoE potency falloff reduced

• Gunbreaker: Reign of Beasts & Noble Blood potency increased

Melee DPS

• Monk: AoE falloff adjustments (Tornado Kick, Elixir Field)

• Dragoon: Drakesbane, Stardiver potency increases

• Ninja: Aeolian Edge, Armor Crush adjustments

• Samurai: Hissatsu: Kyuten/Guren potency reductions

• Reaper: Void Reaping, Cross Reaping potency buffs

• Viper: Legacy combo potency increases

Ranged DPS

• Bard: Shadowbite, Ladonsbite potency increases

• Machinist: Spread Shot, Scattergun potency reductions

• Dancer: Windmill, Bladeshower potency buffs

Magical DPS

• Black Mage:

  • Blizzard/Fire cast time reduced (2.5s → 2s)

  • Aspect Mastery no longer expires

  • Ley Lines duration reduced (30s → 20s)

• Summoner: Necrotize, Exodus potency increases

• Red Mage: Vice of Thorns, Prefulgence potency buffs

• Pictomancer: Multiple potency adjustments (Fire in Red, Aero in Green, etc.)

Healers

• White Mage: Dia DoT potency increase

• Scholar: Biolysis DoT potency increase

• Astrologian: Gravity II potency buff

• Sage: Eukrasian Dosis III potency increase

Dungeons & Trials

New Dungeon: The Underkeep

• Level: 100 | iLvl: 705+

• Trust/Duty Support: Available

• Explorer Mode: Enabled

New Trial: Recollection

• Normal: iLvl 715+

• Extreme: Unlocked via Wandering Minstrel (Tuliyollal)

  • Drops tradable for gear (Solution Nine – X:8.7 Y:13.5)

New Raid: The Arcadion

• Normal (Cruiserweight Tier): iLvl 715+

  • Weekly token system (exchange for gear)

• Savage (Unlocks April 1):

  • iLvl 730-740+ (phased unlocks)

  • Babyface Champion’s Coffers (weekly lock)

  • AAC Illustrated: CW Edition tokens for upgrades

PvP Updates

• Frontline: Borderland Ruins (Secure) returns

Item & System Updates

• New Tomestones: Allagan Tomestones of Mathematics (450/week cap)

• Duty Recorder Updates: New duties recordable

• Alliance Raid Adjustments:

  • EXP rebalanced (Aglaia/Euphrosyne/Thaleia reduced)

  • Jeuno: The First Walk: Weekly restrictions removed

Graphical & QoL Improvements

• Black Mage Gauge: Astral Fire/Umbral Ice duration removed

• Action Queueing: Now works for meals/medicine/Sprint

Graphical Updates & System Adjustments

Player Character Model Refinements

• Adjusted based on community feedback.

  • Free Fantasia Offer: Obtain a Phial of Fantasia from the Wandering Moogle (Old Gridania – X:10.7 Y:6.4) until Patch 7.3.

  • [Read more about model adjustments here.]

Lighting & Shadow Enhancements

• Improved Shadow Quality:

  • Multiple light sources now factor into shadows for characters, mounts, and cutscenes.

• Increased Shadow Density:

  • Added more shadows in 2.x–6.x areas, including:

    • Grand Company Barracks

    • Eulmore (The Canopy)

    • Select instanced events.

NPC & Gear Visual Upgrades

NPC Improvements

• Higher-resolution textures for faces and gear.

• Enhanced material quality (e.g., armor reflectivity, fabric details).

Weapon & Gear Upgrades

• Graphical overhauls for Relic Weapons (ARR–Shadowbringers) and iconic gear sets, including:

  • Curtana/Holy Shield (Paladin)

  • Bravura (Warrior)

  • Stardust Rod (Black Mage)

  • Artemis Bow (Bard)

  • All Zenith/Atma/Animus/Novus/Nexus/Replica variants.

• Armor Sets:

  • Gallant, Drachen, Evoker, Scholar, and more (including Augmented versions).

Environment & Vegetation

• High-Resolution Vegetation:

  • Applied to 3.x–6.x zones, cities, fields, and duties (excluding Coerthas Western Highlands, Rak’tika, The Tempest, and Ultima Thule).

• Object Density & Detail:

  • Increased polygon counts, texture resolution, and object placement in fields/cities.

System & QoL Changes

Sprint Adjustment

• Now transitions to Jog after expiring:

  • Jog: Unlimited duration, +15% speed (cancel manually or by generating enmity).

Actions & Traits Window

• New Display Option: Sort DoH/DoL actions by function.

• General Tab Additions:

  • Actions for targeting marked enemies (cycles lowest→highest numbered).

• New “Duties” Category:

  • Includes Duty Action I/II.

Field Instances (Temporary)

• Implemented for Solution Nine, Heritage Found, and new 7.2 areas to reduce congestion.

Achievements & Retainers

New Achievements

• Added for AAC Cruiserweight Tier (Savage), Recollection (Extreme), and Hells’ Kier (Unreal).

• Updated tank/job-specific achievements (e.g., A Tankless Job series).

Retainer Adjustments

• Adjusted drop rates for Exploration Ventures (XXXI).

• New items in Quick Exploration.

• Gil Symbol: Now displayed in retainer menus.

UI & Social Updates

Portraits & Adventurer Plates

• New Poses & Accents added.

• PvP Filter Split: Now separates PvP Series and PvP Seasons.

Group Pose

• Depth of Field (DoF) Upgrades:

  • New f/ values (0.5–1.2).

  • Default changed from f/5.6 → f/2.5.

  • Focal length range expanded (0–400).

• New Stickers & Frames:

  • Added Patch 7.2 logo.

Blacklist/Mute List Reset

• Privacy Measure: Hidden pre-7.2 blacklisted character names/comments.

  • Re-add manually to restore visibility.

• Mute List: Wiped entirely.

Text Commands & Misc.

• New Emote Commands:

  • /tomescroll (looping Tomestone)

  • /study (looping Read)

  • /dazed (stumbling animation).

• Data Center Travel:

  • Worlds now listed randomly to reduce server stress.

Platform-Specific Updates

• PS5/Xbox: New trophies/achievements.

• Launcher Changes:

  • “The Lodestone” tab renamed “Community” (includes Event Finder, Blogs).

  • New backgrounds (Scions: Alphinaud, Alisaie, etc.).

Resolved Issues

• The following issues have been addressed.
  • An issue during a cutscene in the main scenario quest “Under His Wing” wherein the player’s weapon did not display correctly under certain conditions.
  • An issue wherein the paladin job quest “Keeping the Oath” could not be progressed under certain conditions.
  • An issue when undertaking the Cloud of Darkness (Chaotic) wherein summoner and scholar pets were erroneously afflicted with the status effect Cloying Condensation when resummoned.
  • An issue at the start of battle wherein use of certain actions to engage enemies caused them to behave incorrectly when they initiated combat.
  • An issue wherein the icon for the PvE and PvP status effect Atonement Ready was incorrect.
  • An issue when using the gunbreaker PvE action Superbolide wherein players could survive damage with 1 HP even when missing the timing to activate Superbolide’s invulnerability effect.
  • An issue wherein the healing effect of the gunbreaker PvE action Heart of Corundum and scholar PvE action Excogitation, which triggers when HP falls below 50%, would heal gunbreakers who reduce their HP to 50% using Superbolide.
  • An issue wherein the execution requirements listed for the scholar PvE action Seraphism were incorrect.
    * This was a text-only issue. The action itself remains unchanged.
  • An issue wherein the recast timer of the following pictomancer actions could be triggered outside of combat under certain conditions:
    Pom Motif, Wing Motif, Claw Motif, Maw Motif, Hammer Motif, Starry Sky Motif
  • An issue when playing as pictomancer wherein players could enter Stone, Sky, Sea while under the effect of Subtractive Palette.
  • An issue when viewing PvP action descriptions in non-PvP areas wherein the recast times listed were incorrect.
    * This was a text-only issue. The actions themselves remain unchanged.
  • An issue wherein damage dealt by the warrior PvP action Orogeny was less than intended when striking multiple targets under certain conditions.
  • An issue wherein the warrior PvP action Orogeny did not consume 10% of HP when missing a target.
  • An issue wherein the dark knight PvP action Salted Earth did not note the radius of the draw-in effect or the salted earth created on the ground.
  • An issue wherein the samurai PvP action Kasha Combo could not strike a sprinting target under certain conditions.
  • An issue wherein players under the effect of the ninja PvP status effect Fleeting Raiju Ready could not execute Fleeting Raiju if they first executed Three Mudra.
  • An issue when playing dragoon in PvP wherein being targeted by certain attacks immediately before executing Sky High would result in being struck midair.
  • An issue wherein knocking out a target using the reaper PvP action Plentiful Harvest granted and immediately consumed the status effect Immortal Sacrifice.
  • An issue wherein the description of the machinist PvP status effect Overheated was incorrect.
  • An issue wherein multiple dancers in PvP selecting a single player as their dance partner would not receive the status effect Solo Step when said dance partner knocked out an enemy.
  • An issue when playing as dancer in PvP wherein the additional effects of Fan Dance and Saber dance granted to your party members immediately expire when selecting a new dance partner.
  • An issue wherein players under the effect of the dancer PvP status effect Seduced were still able to move freely.
  • An issue wherein the lowered damage effect of the black mage PvP action Lethargy did not affect pets.
  • An issue after using the scholar PvP action Biolysis wherein the status effect Recitation granted by Expedient and Seraphism did not behave as intended.
  • An issue when playing in the Crystalline Conflict arena the Volcanic Heart wherein players could get caught on the corner of the stairs.
  • An issue when playing in the Crystalline Conflict arena the Clockwork Castletown wherein players who triggered trick floors became unable to move under certain conditions.
  • An issue wherein graphics of the gear Educand’s Jacket displayed incorrectly.
  • An issue wherein the class to repair Bow Eternal and Staff Eternal was erroneously designated as carpenter.
  • An issue wherein the hairstyle granted by Modern Aesthetics – Scion Special Issue IV did not display correctly for certain races.
  • An issue wherein the hairstyle granted by Modern Aesthetics – Scion Special Issue IV did not display correctly when wearing a Loose Fit Cap as a Lalafell.
  • An issue wherein the hairstyle granted by Modern Aesthetics – Liberating Locks caused clipping issues when wearing a Faerie Tale Princess’s Tiara as a non-Viera female character.
  • An issue wherein the Great White Tsuchinoko minion had the wrong behavior type.
  • An issue when dyeing certain gear wherein using shale brown dye would erroneously dye the item gobbiebag brown.
  • An issue when riding certain mounts wherein player emotes would not be interrupted by the use of mount actions.
  • An issue wherein rank B elite marks would continuously respawn at certain locations.
  • An issue wherein using the fisher action Rest before entering group pose mode caused zoom settings to persist after exiting group pose mode.
  • An issue wherein the reward from the final Nitowikwe custom delivery quest could not be purchased from the Calamity Salvager.
  • An issue wherein casting glamours on custom delivery NPCs without unlocking dyes allowed players to do so without consuming glamour prisms.
  • An issue with the glamour dresser wherein the search function was erroneously case-sensitive.
  • An issue in the Hall of the Novice wherein Esuna cast by NPCs had a cast time.
  • An issue when casting glamours on custom delivery NPCs wherein dyes did not correctly change colors under certain conditions.
  • An issue in housing wherein light would erroneously appear on basement walls at certain times.
  • An issue in housing wherein the refracted light from water surfaces did not display correctly on nearby furnishings.
  • An issue when sharing an estate with two different estate owners wherein the characters listed as main and secondary rightsholder were swapped between estates under certain conditions.
    * For players who previously encountered this issue, this fix will cause the characters to be listed correctly.
  • An issue wherein players appeared to be moving while using certain emotes from the perspective of other players.
  • An issue wherein certain emotes did not display correctly when used in a specific order.
  • An issue when using the Drink Tea emote wherein using another emote during the drinking animation resulted in a steam effect persisting on the player’s hands.
  • An issue wherein the Toast and Break Fast emotes did not display correctly under certain conditions.
  • An issue when using group pose while under the effect of the PvP status Guard wherein players not under this effect would not look at the camera, nor would their motions and effects be looped.
  • An issue wherein the log text color setting for emotes, as well as tab preferences in the Teleport Settings menu could not be backed up using the server backup function.
  • An issue wherein button calibrations were erroneously changed when certain controllers were connected in a specific way.
    * The addressing of this issue may change your button calibration when the game launches after the release of Patch 7.2. If this is the case, we ask that you reconfigure and recalibrate your active controller.
  • An issue wherein certain graphics did not display properly.
  • An issue wherein certain text was incorrect.

Previously, a big FFXIV update 6.3 added two new jobs, reaper and sage, an increased level cap of 90, the new male Viera race, and so much more. Unfortunately, since the last major patch, players are facing a long list of bug fixes and gameplay changes. Today’s FFXIV patch 7.2.0 will address a few of these issues.

Download free Final Fantasy XIV (FFXIV) update 7.2 on PS4, Xbox One, and PC.