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2019 - (08/06/2019) The August Version Update Has Landed!

≪August 6, 2019 (JST) Version Update≫
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Experience a high-tier battlefield featuring Alexander, the monthly updates to Ambuscade, and job adjustments to red mages and puppetmasters.

Event-related

• The monthly Records of Eminence objectives have been changed.
• A new designation has been added.

Battle-related

• A new high-tier battlefield has been added.
  • ★Divine Interference
    
    • Joining the fray
      To enter the battlefield, players must possess a specific key item that can be purchased in exchange for merit points from one of the following NPCs.
      • Trisvain in Northern San d'Oria (J-7)
      • Raving Opossum in Port Bastok (J-11)
      • Mimble-Pimble in Port Windurst (L-5)
    • Required Key Item for ★Divine Interference

Key Item	Merit Points Required
Divine phantom gem	10

* Players must have cleared the battlefield Waking the Colossus to purchase a Divine phantom gems.

• Entry Location, Boss, and Conditions for Entry

Location	Boss	Conditions
Selbina (H-7)	Alexander	No level restriction Thirty minute time limit Six-person party

• Leaving the Battlefield

• Use the Veridical Conflux Shard Temporary item.
  *You are provided with this item upon entry into the battlefield.
• Reach the time limit.
  *When Alexander has been vanquished, the time limit will be set to six minutes (Earth time).

• Ambuscade has undergone the following additions and adjustments.
  • The foes in Normal and Intense Ambuscades have been swapped out.
    * As such, the corresponding Records of Eminence objectives have changed.
    
  • Certain items obtainable in exchange for hallmarks have been swapped out.
    
  • Some rewards obtainable for total hallmarks have been swapped out.
  • Some rewards obtainable in exchange for badges of gallantry have been swapped out.
• The following jobs have undergone adjustments.
  • Red Mage
    
    • Certain merit point categories have been changed
      * Points placed in the old categories will automatically carry over to the new categories.

Pre-adjustment	→	Post-adjustments
Dia III	→	Enfeebling Magic Duration
Slow II	→	Magic Accuracy
Paralyze II	→	Enhancing Magic Duration
Phalanx II	→	Immunobreak Chance
Bio III	→	En-spell Damage
Blind II	→	Accuracy

• The following spells are now obtainable via scrolls.
  * Those who have placed points in the applicable merit point categories prior to this version update do not need to relearn them.
  Dia III / Slow II / Paralyze II / Phalanx II / Bio III / Blind II

• The duration of the white magic spell Phalanx II has been adjusted to 240 seconds.
• The duration of the white magic spell Dia III has been adjusted to 180 seconds.
• The duration of the black magic spell Bio III has been adjusted to 180 seconds.
  • Puppetmaster
    
    • The following attachments no longer consume maneuvers and instead cause burden based on the number of maneuvers.
      Flame Holder / Ice Maker / Replicator / Economizer
    • The odds of an overload occurring now appear in the log when using a maneuver.

Item-related

• New items have been added.
  
• A synthesis recipe for the Fisherman's Feast item has been added.
• The following augments have been changed.

Pre-adjustment	→	Post-adjustments
Dia III Effect	→	Enfeebling Magic Duration
Slow II Effect	→	Magic Accuracy
Paralyze II Effect	→	Enhancing Magic Duration
Phalanx II Effect	→	Immunobreak Chance
Bio III Effect	→	En-spell Damage
Blind II Effect	→	Accuracy

• The following augment help text has been adjusted.
  *The effects of the augment remain unchanged.

Pre-adjustment	→	Post-adjustments
Phalanx+	→	Phalanx Received+

• The help text of the following items has been adjusted.
  Economizer / Flame Holder / Ice Maker / Replicator
• Hasim in Lower Jeuno (H-9) now sells the following scrolls.
  Dia III / Slow II / Paralyze II / Phalanx II
• Susu in Lower Jeuno (H-9) now sells the following scrolls.
  Bio III / Blind II
• The following items are now storable via the Porter Moogle.
  • Storage Slip 22
    Citrullus Shirt / Hotengeki
  • Storage Slip 23
    Ranine Staff

System-related

• Adjustments have been made to Ambuscade in order to decrease waiting time.
  Players will now enter either Maquette Abdhaljs – Legion A or Maquette Abdhaljs Legion B depending on how crowded Ambuscade is at a given time.
  * Players will be assigned an instance area at the time of application.
  * Players may not necessarily enter Ambuscade in the order in which their application was processed depending on the state of the instance to which they are assigned.
  * The name of the instance area has no effect on the actual Ambuscade content.

Resolved Issues

• The issue in Dynamis – Divergence wherein the message stating that an item cannot be obtained was incorrect under certain circumstances.
• The issue wherein entering a battlefield from Selbina would display an improper difficulty under certain conditions.
• The issue wherein the effects of the augment Ancient Magic Magic Attack Bonus were incorrect.
• The issue wherein it was possible to start creating an aeonic weapon of the same name while in possession of an aeonic weapon that is augmented.
• The issue with the phantom gem exchange NPCs wherein the text displaying when checking your results was incorrect.

Known Issues

• The alter ego Iroha II will occasionally use improper action logic when casting the white magic spells Protectra V and Shellra V.

Source entry: 2019 - (08/06/2019) The August Version Update Has Landed!. Cached on this server on 5 November 2026.