January 12, 2021
Events in Vana'diel
January 12, 2021 - Sheol: Gaol is added to Odyssey. Unlike previous Odyssey areas, this area is centered around boss battles and awards exclusive equipment. It also features new systems, such as disallowing duplicate jobs among party members, and designated areas for players to change jobs between battles.
February 10, 2021
Events in Vana'diel
February 10, 2021 - The third chapter of the Voracious Resurgence takes place in San d'Oria and is updated over the course of three months.
May 10, 2021
Events in Vana'diel
May 10, 2021 – The Voracious Resurgence Part 4 is released and unfolds across two months. The first half takes place in Bastok and features a quarrel with Quadav, while the latter half takes place in Aht Urhgan and has adventurers investigate a certain "rare monster."
August 11, 2021
Events in Vana'diel
August 11, 2021 – The Voracious Resurgence Part 5 is released and unfolds across two months. Adventurers investigate the ancient civilization in the Aht Urhgan region and their connection to a legendary monster known as Falak.
November 10, 2021
Events in Vana'diel
November 10, 2021 – Adventurers who have achieved job master status may now progress even further with the new Master Levels system, in which they can earn exemplar points to increase their master level and consequently increase the maximum value of their basic attributes and combat skills. Furthermore, the maximum level of their support job is increased by one for every five master levels, inspiring adventurers with new ideas for main/support job combinations. The master level cap of 20 is gradually increased over time, concluding with master level 50 in the November 10, 2022 version update.
November 10, 2021
Behind-the-scenes CommentaryI wasn’t completely sure about bringing back the old style of leveling, but when it turned out to be a big hit, I was reminded of how our adventurers have often said, “In FFXI, leveling is part of the journey!” (Akihiko Matsui, Producer)
November 10, 2021
Behind-the-scenes Commentary
Job points were meant to reinforce the characteristics of each job, but as we were implementing them, I felt that we needed something to enhance player characters’ basic attributes like HP and STR. (Increasing the support job level cap had yet to be considered at that point.) But I wanted to power up the characters themselves rather than the basic attributes for individual jobs, so Master Levels were designed to introduce new skills and other elements separately from improving basic attributes.
That by itself provided some measure of character advancement, but it was a simple power up without noteworthy changes. I couldn’t shake the feeling that it wasn’t quite enough and ended up increasing the support job level cap as well. (Masaru Taniguchi, Planner)
November 10, 2021
Events in Vana'diel
November 10, 2021 – With the introduction of master levels, high-level monsters are added to Promyvion areas and Alzadaal Undersea Ruins. Future updates would continue to adjust monster spawn locations for various areas.
November 10, 2021
Events in Vana'diel
November 10, 2021 – The Mandragora Mania minigame, originally available during the 18th and 19th anniversary events, can now be played at any time. Adventurers can earn a special currency known as "jingly" to obtain reward items from NPCs. After obtaining a reward, adventurers may pay a fee of 10,000 gil on the following month to reset its obtainment status.
November 10, 2021
Events in Vana'diel
November 10, 2021 – The Voracious Resurgence Part 6 is released and unfolds across two months. Adventurers journey to Reisenjima, where they are caught up in a conflict involving a certain Yagudo.