Square Enix describes Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn’s latest 2.4 update, titled Dreams of Ice, as the game’s biggest update to date. It’s available now.
Amongst other additions, the update adds new and expanded storylines, several environments, a new job and class, and the wintery dungeon of Snowcloak.
That, admittedly, is a lot of stuff. Even Final Fantasy royalty is making an appearance; Dreams of Ice offers a new Primal Battle against Shiva, The Lady of Frost, “whom players will fight in new hard and extreme quests in The Akh Afah Apitheatre.” Anyone who’s ever played a game in the franchise before will remember former summon Shiva fondly.
The Rogue Class and Ninja Job are both agile damage-dealers, completing Rogue quests will allow you to progress to ninja-hood. Ninjas can “manipulate the vital energies of the land, the air and of living beings.” Rogues with magic, essentially.
Rounding things off, the dungeons of Sastasha and The Sunken Temple of Qarn will both get a new hard mode, a new main scenario will cover the age-old war between the nation of Ishgard and the Dravanian Horde, and there are some new PVP ranks to earn. You can see the full list of new goodies below.
Full list of new content included In Dreams of Ice (Patch 2.4):
· New Rogue Class and Ninja Job
· Shiva (Hard / Extreme) New Primal Battle
· Snowcloak (New Dungeon)
· Sastasha (Hard Mode of existing Dungeon)
· The Sunken Temple of Qarn (Hard Mode of existing Dungeon)
· New Housing Wards
· New Main Scenario
· New Hildibrand Side Story
· The Final Coil of Bahamut
· New Allagan Tomestones
· Addition of the New PvP Ranks
· Item Level Increase