Square Enix offers timeline when to expect Final Fantasy XIV’s Xbox Series X|S open beta

What you need to know

• Final Fantasy XIV is the 14th mainline entry in the Final Fantasy series and is the second long-running MMORPG in the franchise’s library.
• An open-beta session for the Xbox Series X|S version of Final Fantasy XIV, is set to launch during the Patch 6.5x series of Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker. The new patch cycle is set to begin on October 3, 2023. 
• The upcoming Xbox version of Final Fantasy XIV, set to release in Spring 2024, shall feature all the PC’s content from A Realm Reborn up until the latest expansion, Endwalker.
• Final Fantasy XIV is expecting to see a new expansion in 2024 called Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail

On September 29, 2023, Square Enix updated the website for Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker’s upcoming Patch 6.5x series, which is set to begin on October 3, 2023 with Patch 6.5. 

This series of updates for the long-running MMORPG shall include:

• New Main Scenario quests: Growing Light.
• New sidequests including Tataru’s Grand Endeaver, Somehow Further Hildibrand Adventures, Manderville Weapons, and Splendorous Tools.
• A new Alliance Raid Dungeon: Myths of the Realm, Part 3: Thaleia.
• A new dungeon: Lunar Subterrane.
• A new Trial called The Abyssal Fracture where players will battle a boss called Zeromus.
• Endwalker Tribal Alliance Quests
• A new Custom Deliveries client: Margrat,
• A collaboration with Fall Guys at the Manderville Gold Saucer.
• A new update for Island Sanctuary.
• A new Crystalline Conflict Arena.
• The Duty Support shall include all the Main Scenario dungeons of Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood.
• The Free-trial shall be extended to include all the content of Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood.
• New minions, PVP gear, and mounts.