Summary
- Dawntrail Relics in FF14 will be harder to obtain than the controversially easy Endwalker Relics were.
- Previous Relic quests involved long-term goals and multiple activities, unlike the straightforward currency grind in Endwalker.
- The director confirmed the new Relic quests will have multiple ways to enhance weapons, not just another currency grind.
Final Fantasy 14 recently confirmed it would be changing how Relic weapons are obtained in Dawntrail. After a controversially simple series of quests in Endwalker, Final Fantasy 14 fans can expect the Dawntrail Relics to be harder to obtain.
Relics are some of the most powerful weapons in their respective expansions. In most cases, obtaining these weapons requires a large amount of time, effort, and resource gathering. However, in Endwalker, Final Fantasy 14 made the Manderville Relic Weapons easy to obtain, with only 1500 of the basic endgame currency required for each step.
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In an interview with PLAY magazine, Final Fantasy 14 director and producer Naoki Yoshida confirmed Relics would be changing in Dawntrail. While he pointed out that the easy Endwalker Relics made it easier for fans who play multiple jobs to gear up their character, he recognized that some preferred the challenging experiences required to unlock previous Relic weapons. “I’m not going to make it exactly the same as it was originally, but I do appreciate that it gives a sense of reward to the players,” Yoshida admitted. “We will have various routes in place in terms of the methods to enhance the weapons.” While he couldn’t give specifics, he made it clear it would not be another straightforward currency grind as it was in Endwalker.
FF14 is Changing Relic Weapon Quests in Dawntrail
- A Realm Reborn and Heavensward Relics in FF14 required lengthy quests involving various endgame activities.
- Stormblood and Shadowbringers Relics involved field operations.
- Endwalker Relics were a straightforward currency grind.
- Dawntrail Relics will be more like previous weapons, with multiple ways to enhance them.
While an easy quest did make the Final Fantasy 14 Manderville Relics convenient to craft, the simplicity of the activity disappointed many fans. Previous Relic quests required players to interact with multiple parts of the game, providing long-term goals and reasons to log in each day. On the converse, the simple and repetitive Relics from Endwalker contributed to the dearth of activities in the expansion’s endgame period.
That said, the old Relic quests were far from perfect. Though fans remember them fondly now, the A Realm Reborn and Heavensward Relics required a mind-numbing amount of grinding to unlock, and the Stormblood and Shadowbringers ones required players to interface with Final Fantasy 14’s Field Operations, which use an entirely different progression system from the main game. It is likely for the best that the Endwalker Relics won’t be exactly the same as these painstaking quests either.
“I’m not going to make it exactly the same as it was originally... We will have various routes in place in terms of the methods to enhance the weapons.”
Either way, fans have a bit of a wait before they learn what the Dawntrail Relics quests are like. Dawntrail itself is set to hit Final Fantasy 14 this summer, but Relic weapons usually come out a patch or two after the expansion. This means players can expect the Dawntrail Relic weapon quest to arrive in late 2024 or early 2025.
Final Fantasy 14 (2010)
- Released
- August 27, 2013
WHERE TO PLAY
Begin your adventure in FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn
Create your very own Warrior of Light and embark upon a quest to deliver the land from an eternity of Darkness.
Take to the skies in FINAL FANTASY XIV: Heavensward
Take your first steps in the reclusive nation of Ishgard, locked in a seemingly never-ending struggle with dragons.
Rekindle the fires of hope in FINAL FANTASY XIV: Stormblood
Journey to the East and rise up against the might of the Garlean Empire.
Become the darkness in FINAL FANTASY XIV: Shadowbringers
Travel to a world where light ushers all unto oblivion. But hope is not yet lost, for where there is light there is shadow.
Journey to the very stars above in FINAL FANTASY XIV: Endwalker
A great calamity has been building - a second advent of the Final Days. The Warrior of Light must journey ever higher and stand firm as hope's last bastion.
Set forth for new horizons in FINAL FANTASY XIV: Dawntrail
Blue seas, clear skies, and boundless possibilities await! Explore uncharted territories with familiar faces as hope's light dawns once more.
- Developer(s)
- Square Enix
- Publisher(s)
- Square Enix
- Franchise
- Final Fantasy
- Platform(s)
- PC, PS3, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S
- Metascore
- 90
- Genre(s)
- MMORPG
