2026 - (08/12/2026) The August Version Update Has Landed!

Event-related

The following additions and changes have been made to Vana'Bout.
- The event's starting time will be changed as follows:
  1:00 a.m. (PDT) / 8:00 a.m. (GMT) / 9:00 a.m. (BST) > 8:00 a.m. (PDT) / 3:00 p.m. (GMT) / 4:00 p.m. (BST)
- The following adjustments have been made to the personal rewards.
  A Kupon I-Amb x3 will be added to the Silver Tier.
  - Category: Ambuscade Vouchers
  - Category:Ambuscade weapon upgrade materials
    - Abdhaljs Nugget x5
    - Abdhaljs Gem x5
    - Abdhaljs Anima x5
    - Abdhaljs Matter x5
  - Ambuscade armor upgrade materials
    - Abdhaljs Metal x15
    - Abdhaljs Fiber x15
  - Ambuscade cape upgrade materials
    - Abdhaljs Thread x20
    - Abdhaljs Dust x20
    - Abdhaljs Sap x10
    - Abdhaljs Dye x10
    - Abdhaljs Resin x5
    - Abdhaljs Needle
  - Other
    - Abdhaljs Seal
- New time-based objectives (VB) have been added.
- New daily objectives (VBD) have been added.
- The listed details for some objectives have been revised.
  There are no changes to the contents or difficulty level of these objectives.
- Changes between the daily objectives each day have been minimized.
  Example 1: The following objective will be available each day of the event:
  - Example 1: The following objective will be available each day of the event:
    Hunting, Kupo! (VBD): Defeat the requisite number of experience-yielding enemies in non-Abyssea areas. Special Reward: 20 plaudits.
  - Example 2: Example 2: The following objective will be available once every two days:
    This Chain Shall Not Be Broken (VBD): ) Achieve an experience point chain bonus of 5. Special Reward: 30 plaudits.
    Depending on the timing with which you cancel an objective, the same objective may appear again after the previous one is canceled.
The monthly Records of Eminence objectives have been swapped out.

Battle-related

Multiple new notorious monsters have been added to the Seekers of Adoulin areas.
- Rewards
  
  Once a notorious monster is defeated, a locked treasure box will appear in its location. The treasure box will disappear three minutes (Earth time) after it spawns, so be sure to open it before it's gone.
- How to open treasure boxes
  
  Players who defeat the monster
  - Any party/alliance members who earn experience points upon defeating the monster can unlock the treasure box without using the necessary item. However, if they travel to another area before opening the box, they will lose the ability to open it.
  - You can also use the Orvail Box Key item to open the box.

Players not in the party/alliance that defeats the monster

Use the Orvail Box Key to open the box.

Orvail Box Key

This item can be purchased from Shabi in Western Adoulin (I-9).
* You can only buy one Orvail Box Key per hour (Earth time).

The foes in Ambuscade have been swapped out.
- As such, the corresponding Records of Eminence objectives have changed.

Item-related

New items have been added.
New items are now storable via the Porter Moogle.

Storage Slip 31
Abyssal Mask
* The Abyssal Mask is a special piece of equipment designed to celebrate the collaboration event with Wizardry Variants Daphne.
*Read on for more details regarding the collaboration event.

System-related

Added a temporary fix for instances of reduced game performance under certain conditions when logging in or changing areas with a character who is in possession of a large number of items.

Resolved Issues

The issue wherein using the Character Race Change Service with the Ancestry Moogle in Port Bastok can prevent the background music from switching or your character's original appearance from displaying in some cases, even if "Display old" is selected in the character display settings.
The issue wherein notorious monsters such as Assimilator in Limbus (Apollyon) can reappear after being defeated.
The issue wherein using Dark Shot with the corsair job ability "Quick Draw" can prevent the damage-over-time effect of an active Bio, Bio II, or Bio III black magic spell that has been applied to the target from activating.
The issue wherein the following items cannot be delivered to other characters under the same account.
Prophetic Knife / Prophetic Axe / Prophetic Sword / Prophetic Club / Prophetica / Reciente Coselete / Mirce Wardecors / Noble Redingote
The issue wherein the following monsters names were incorrect.
- Trunktusk Razz → Trunktusk Raaz
- Arebati's Razz → Arebati's Raaz
- Bumba's Razz → Bumba's Raaz

Known Issues

Game performance may be temporarily reduced under certain conditions when logging in or changing areas with a character who is in possession of a large number of items.