Final Fantasy XIV (14) Update 9.16 Patch Notes 1.000.037 (FFXIV 9.16)

Final Fantasy XIV (FFXIV) update 9.16 (5.58) for PS4 and PS5 (1.000.037) is now available for download. According to the official Final Fantasy 14 update 9.16 patch notes, the latest update added quality of life improvements. Apart from this, the latest FF14 version 9.16 also performance improvements.

Previously, a big update added a conclusion to the Shadowbringers story and the second installment of YoRHa: Dark Apocalypse, courtesy of guest creators Yosuke Saito and YOKO TARO.

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What is new in Final Fantasy XIV Version 9.16 Patch Notes (FFXIV 9.16) – 1.000.037

Content

EXP gained by Trust NPCs has been increased.

Battle System

The Cloud Deck (Extreme) has been moved from the Raid Finder to the Duty Finder.

The drop rate for the Diamond Gwiber Trumpet in the Cloud Deck (Extreme) has been increased.

Moreover, players can now obtain this item in exchange for totems by speaking with C’intana in Mor Dhona (X:22.7 Y:6.7).

The weekly restriction on receiving Blades of Lost Antiquity from Eden’s Promise: Eternity has been removed.

The strength of the Echo granted in Eden’s Promise (Savage) has been increased.

The Echo will take effect upon entering Eden’s Promise (Savage) raids, increasing players’ maximum HP, damage dealt, and healing potency by 15%.
* Unlike other instances, the strength of the Echo will not increase in the event all party members are incapacitated.

The following adjustments have been made to the Tower at Paradigm’s Breach.

The weekly restriction on rewards obtained from coffers has been removed.

The weekly restriction on obtaining Breach Coins has been removed.

The following items will now appear in a treasure chest allotted to each party of an alliance when undertaking the Tower at Paradigm’s Breach:

• Stuffed Android Units
• Modern Aesthetics – Battle-ready Bobs
• Modern Aesthetics – Scanning for Style
• Smaller Stubby
• 9S Automaton
• 2B Card
• The Sound of the End Orchestrion Roll
• Mourning Orchestrion Roll
• Emil (Despair) Orchestrion Roll
• Kainé (Final Fantasy Main Theme Version) Orchestrion Roll
• The Sound of the End: 8bit Orchestrion Roll

The amount of mettle rewarded from skirmishes and critical engagements in the Bozjan southern front and Zadnor has been increased between Resistance ranks 1 and 14.

The following adjustments have been made to the critical engagement the Battle of Castrum Lacus Litore:

When fighting the 4th Legion helldiver, damage dealt by consecutive hits of the attack Infrared Blast has been reduced.

The maximum HP of the NPC ally tunnel armor has been increased.

The mechanic requiring six players to step on switches to open a gate no longer requires players to remain on said switches.

Following this change, a group of less than six players should now be able to complete this mechanic.

During the critical engagement On Serpents’ Wings in Zadnor, the cast time of the enemy action used in the final phase has been increased from 60 to 90 seconds.

The following adjustments have been made to the items required to create Resistance weapons:

The item required to enhance weapons purchased with Allagan tomestones of revelation, Crypt Ester, can be purchased from Fathard in Eulmore (X:10.1 Y:11.7).

Required Items

• Manufactured Coin / Puppet’s Coin / Breach Coin

Upgrading Equipment

• After acquiring the items to enhance your equipment from Fathard, speak with Shee-Tatch in Eulmore (X:10.3 Y:12.0) and exchange them for augmented gear of your choice.

The following adjustments have been made to PvP actions:

Shared Tank Actions

Shared Magic DPS Actions

Paladin

Dark Knight

Gunbreaker

Monk

Machinist

Dancer

Black Mage

Summoner

Scholar

Astrologian

Season Twenty of the Feast will begin.

When the season ends, the top-ranking players from each data center will receive vouchers via the moogle delivery service.

Players finishing in bronze tier or higher can claim rewards by speaking with the Feast Quartermaster at the Wolves’ Den Pier (X:4.9 Y:5.7).

Learn more about rewards.
* The Season Twenty ranking will be updated daily, beginning from the day after the start of the season. In the event of an error, the rankings will not be updated on that day.

In an effort to ease server congestion, players who are inactive for more than 30 minutes will be logged out automatically.

The following issues have been addressed.

• • An issue in the Rak’tika Greatwood wherein certain NPCs were not behaving as intended.
  • An issue in the Save the Queen field notes wherein the image of Gunnhildr was not displayed correctly.
  • An issue in certain Save the Queen cutscenes wherein the graphics for Gunnhildr were not displayed correctly.
  • An issue in the Epic of Alexander (Ultimate) wherein, under certain conditions, target selection would be removed from the boss. (PlayStation®5 version only)
  • An issue wherein the graphics for the Blade’s Fortitude, replica Blade’s Fortitude, and matte replica Blade’s Fortitude shields were displayed incorrectly.
  • An issue wherein the message to warn players with a full inventory before challenging a Triple Triad NPC was not displayed.
  • An issue wherein some players were unable to log in after using the Home World Transfer Service.
  • An issue wherein, under certain conditions, selecting “Visit Another World Server” from the subcommands on the character selection screen while the character’s Home World was unavailable prevented the player from accessing the character selection screen from the title screen.
  • Minor text issues have been addressed.
  • An issue wherein text in the Field Record entry of Fran Eruyt had not been adjusted.

Other various issues have also been addressed.

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