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New legendary nodes, new ephemeral nodes, and new white and purple scrip lists. Get to gathering!

Well, I've finally got my Botanist and Miner up to level 90 in Endwalker. I've also unlocked all the legendary nodes (a full 9,600 white scrips later!) the grind is over. Now we grind for gil! 

First, you'll probably want to grind white scrips, these are used to buy the books that unlock the legendary nodes, but they also provide massive XP. Best way to get to 90!

Once you've done that you can go for purple scrips to buy the new grade IX and X materias or some gear (and probably more once patch 6.05 drops with the new recipies). Or you could just start gathering new crafting materials from the legendary nodes.

The ephemeral nodes page has been updated too, though it does seem to be short 2 elements and time spans. Again, I'm guessing that this will be updated on January 4th with patch 6.05. Run this list to get tons of crystals and clusters plus the new Aethersands that will likely be in high demand with the new recipies.

Coming from Final Fantasy XI I had extremely high expectations for this new game.

I played the original beta for XI and I started playing XI. It wasn’t long into when all of my friends quit. I mean like some didn’t even make it out of the Beta. Everybody hated it. I would have played it out if there were any companions. The original Final Fantasy XI 1.0 went on for a year or so before the servers were shut down for them to remake the entire game. The trailer does bring back some fun memories, I just wish they showed a little bit of some actual gameplay. It’s classic Square-Enix cutscene wonders.

Don’t worry, it’s still coming out this year!

The Final Final Fantasy XIV expansion is set to NOW release on December 7, 2021. A short delay from it’s original release date. The game’s director Naoki Yoshida was in tears during the announcement. People have been waiting for a very long time for this release. Fans of the game have taken days off from work and rescheduling during the holiday season won’t be easy. Shit happens though and Shigeru Miyamoto said it best: “It’ll come out when it’s GD ready!” or something like that.

Coming to the Final Fantasy XIV world Fall 2021!

Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker. Is this the end? In case you didn’t know, Final Fantasy XI, the first MMO from Square Enix just celebrated 19 years online. So I don’t think FFXIV is going anywhere anytime soon. Here’s the full 6 minute trailer for Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker.

Here's the new nodes for patch 5.4 plus an ephemeral node update

Patch 5.4 Futures Rewritten for Final Fantasy XIV has been released. There are some new items to gather and a re-work of collectable gathering.

Here's the new items click the image for the full list:

In addition to the new items, there was also some major changes to the way collectable items are harvested, vist the ephemeral nodes page for full details and update locations for the nodes.

2 new items added for gathering twice a day

Check out the 2 new items (2 times daily) added in patch 5.3 (Reflections in Crystal) of Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers from our sister site MasterDotL.com

Don't miss the new levinstrike aethersand on the ephemeral nodes either!

August 11 has been a long time coming.

We've been stuck on the current patch of FFXIV for 5 months now (thanks, covid). Finally some more news about 5.3 is out and we have an official release date of August 11. 

Patch 5.3, titled Reflections in Crystal, is scheduled to release on August 11th and is the ideal opportunity for new players to dive into FINAL FANTASY XIV Online. Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida announced that alongside the streamlining of the main questline of the original game, A Realm Reborn™, players new to FINAL FANTASY XIV Online can enjoy an expanded free trial experience which will include all content from A Realm Reborn and the Heavensward™ expansion—including the entire Patch 3.x series—up to level 60. The freely playable content represents hundreds of hours of award-winning gameplay and story experiences and comes with no limit on playtime.

Additionally, all existing and future A Realm Reborn players will also have access to the complete Heavensward expansion and all the benefits it includes.

Patch 5.3 also features many trials and challenges for veteran players to enjoy, including the finale of the Shadowbringers™ storyline, the next chapter in the NieR-inspired YoRHa: Dark Apocalypse alliance raid series, and more.

Further details on content planned to launch in the Patch 5.3 series is outlined below:

Check out xivads.com, classified ads for FFXIV.

XIVads.com is a place where you can trade offline in Final Fantasy XIV.  You can also set up raid groups & post miscellaneous classified ads.  We're in beta now, please send any feed back to @goukinews #xivads

Go to xivads.com and create your free account, link to your lodestone profile(s) and start posting ads. Ads are shown for two weeks (or you can withdraw them at any time) and will link to your offering character's lodestone profile so people know you're legit and can message you in-game at a later time.

You can view current ads and filter by world and by the ad type (LFG, LFM, WTB, WTS, etc). Keep an eye on the market conditions while you're at work or on the toilet. 

Any suggestions for other ad types? Comment here or tweet @goukinews

What are your odds on desynthing?

I'd been saving up for this desynth fest for months.  I figured no matter what I had to pop all of these before the 2.4 patch.  Here's how it all went down.

This guy is 1 of the biggest Jimmys on Malboro.

Here's the deal. When I started Final Fantasy XIV 2.0 back in the beta, this Jimmy & I were in the same FC. I knew this guy was a hardcore crafter. I was too, but nobody really knew. The night I got all my crafts to 50, this nuab Hokuten was just a few hours behind me. When he had found out I beat him to 50, he never really spoke to me again since. He's just been a huge douche. Now I got some of his doucheyness on tape. You suck Hokuten. I'm the Master Crafter. Jimmy!

LAS VEGAS OCTOBER 17-18-19 RIO HOTEL AND CASINO

Oh man am I excited for this. I have no idea what to expect, but there's gonna have to be some really cool stuff to get into there for something that is gonna last 3 days. I'm really hoping to get to interview Yoshi P. I gotta axe him some serious questions. It'd be like my own personal Live Letter from the Producer.

I stream Final Fantasy XIV every Wednesday night at around 7ish. PT. I am on the Malboro server, my name is Avitas Sibannac. (do you get it?) I also am the FC leader of <Kefka> so come find me in game & check out our massive house that my FC built. 

Can't wait to meet some of you Jimmys in real life at the Fast Festival. See you in October!

This is the clip I want to show you