Final Fantasy XIV Fan Fest reveals masses of new details including a new Job, Collector’s Edition, and Switch 2 release

Taking on the Messe Berlin for the weekend with information, panels and different actions, Closing Fantasy Fan Pageant Berlin 2026 is now underway. I’ll be checking in with updates and different issues over the occasion, however we simply had the opening Keynote Deal with. This opening contained new details about the upcoming growth Evercold, together with the primary of two new Jobs coming with the replace.

Beginning with the prolonged teaser trailer (see beneath) and following the preliminary teaser on the Fan Fest in Anaheim, we had been handled with a deluge of recent reveals. Not solely did this trailer present the arrival of the Warrior of Gentle, Alphinaud, and Estinien into the Fourth. The final of which instantly drop-kicked a creature into shards in one of many coolest issues I’ve seen in latest sport trailers.

The trailer additionally featured new characters, new areas and snippets of story. There wasn’t a fantastic deal revealed concerning the story, with solely scant whisperings of what the participant will face on the Fourth. However, with the reveal of the brand new character got here the bombastic reveal of the primary new Job coming with Evercold (full with an enormous cheer from the viewers).

After the trailer, we bought into the meat of discussing the growth, with Naoki Yoshida taking to the stage for the total keynote handle. Dressed within the gear set of this newly revealed Job, Yoshi-P kicked off with a proof of this dual-shield wielder.

New Job: Bastion

Principal Tank function, beginning at Degree 90 and obtainable in Limsa Lominsa. It wields a pair of greatshields generally known as skyltborg—and unveiled a trailer showcasing the brand new job in motion (see beneath). From the gameplay, my impression is that it’s gradual and heavy, with ranged capability from the transformation of the shields into weapons. It seems prefer it packs a punch, pun meant, and I’m wanting ahead to getting my fingers on it to see what they imply after they stated it has a variety of healing boons.

The world of Evercold

We noticed a number of updates concerning the world of Closing Fantasy XIV: Evercold. Detailing how the folks of the Fourth reside within the skies, we bought to see among the grand airships (known as Realmships) that kind this world. This primarily targeted on Naglfar, Realmship of Water, an attractive water-based environ, with an enormous crystal at centre of ship known as Arc Crystal. It was teased that these crystals would closely play into the narrative of Evercold, however since when has Closing Fantasy not beloved crystals? This space additionally comprises Falgarthr, first revealed participant city, so this realmship is certainly the primary or a really early space of the sport.

The important thing factor revealed is that Evercold will enable gamers extra freedom to decide on their route by way of the Principal Situation, with gamers having the selection of the subsequent space they go to. They did acknowledge that this may trigger vital points with stage balancing, however the cheeky sods considered that. They’re including a brand new characteristic known as Auto Content material Balancing, which can see the scaling and enemy ranges adjusting to the suitable participant stage as they play by way of dungeons in actual time.

Closing Fantasy XIV – Nintendo Swap 2 Version

One thing that I’ve been far too excited for, greater than most, is the discharge of FFXIV on Nintendo Swap 2. Throughout the keynote handle, it was revealed that it’ll launch on 4th August, 2026, with pre-orders beginning immediately on Nintendo eShop. To make sure server stability, in addition they introduced one-month free subscription interval on Nintendo Swap 2. Additionally, they once more confirmed that this model would require an extra subscription and that this subscription will probably be diminished for these with pre-existing subscriptions on different platforms.

Collector’s Version

As a ultimate large announcement for this put up, Naoki Yoshida revealed the Evercold Collector’s Bundle, which features a assortment of bodily objects: the Evercold Particular Artwork Field, Expertly Crafted Reaper Determine, Ethos Steel Keychain, Köttr Mini Plush, and Tapestry of the Fourth. Additionally included is the digital Collector’s Version, that includes three in-game objects: the Crystal Skyltborg bastion weapon, Vallhallar Odin mount, and Entreat Crystal emote. The standard of that is nice, and the mount having not only a transformation however one that’s THIS clear is unbelievable. Possibly I’m simply simply happy.

That’s all the large Evercold stuff for now (with a few one exceptions that basically wants its personal slot – please stay up for it). The factor that at all times strikes me about these occasions is that they very clearly are having a lot enjoyable with this. The jokes with one another on the stage, referencing memes and previous occasions, their enjoyable is infectious. I’m all for mainly every thing I’ve seen, and we nonetheless have a lot to seek out out throughout this occasion and the subsequent Fan Fest in Japan … however what did you consider the reveals?