Summary
On July 6,Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrailreleased a bug fix patch that addressed some Xbox Series X/S version issues that made the game unplayable in certain locations. While other fixes need to be done, the newFinal Fantasy 14patch also addressed a bug that caused certain player character faces to glitch when using emotes.
Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrailhad a record-breaking launchand a smoother experience than its predecessor,Endwalker.This was thanks to players using the Data Center Travel system to alleviate queue times on the Aether Data Center. However,Dawntrailstill had issues that affected players across the board, especially on the Xbox Series X/S client. On July 5,Final Fantasy 14producer and director Naoki Yoshida said that players would be compensated with game time as an apology forDawntrail’s problems. All players will receive two days of game time, but Xbox players will get 10 days to make up for issues specific to that version.
A day afterYoshida’s game time announcement, Square Enix released the first bug fix patch forFinal Fantasy 14: Dawntrailsince its full release. According to anannouncement on the Lodestone, the Patch 7.0 Hotfix update required just over 200MB to download, and arrived after a brief maintenance period. The Xbox Series X/S game client saw some preliminary steps taken to address issues where the game turns unresponsive when going between zones with crowds of players. Square Enix referred to the problem as a memory fragmentation issue exclusive to the Xbox version. However, Square Enix also said the investigation is ongoing, as they are working with Microsoft to account for each potential cause. The company did not rule out granting additional game time to Xbox Series X/S players as the investigations continue.
Final Fantasy 14 Patch 7.0 Hotfixes (June 11, 2025)
The following issues have been addressed:
Also included in the Patch 7.0 Hotfix update were fixes to bugs related toFinal Fantasy 14’s major graphical update.Male au ra faces that glitchedwhen using the “Eat Pizza” emote were among the bugs fixed, along with animation fixes for certain main story quests and trials that did not behave correctly. A graphical fix for the Scholar’s level 100 ability, Seraphism, was also among the changes made in the Patch 7.0 Hotfix update. A previous update also fixed a “cheese strategy” for one of the extreme trials inDawntrailthat led players to trivialize one part of the battle.
But, some issues persist inFinal Fantasy 14, withan invisible pole in the endgame hub Solution Ninebeing one of them. With Patch 7.01 arriving on July 16, Square Enix will continue its efforts to stamp out as manyDawntrailbugs as possible.
Final Fantasy 14 (2010)
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