{"id":730653,"date":"2026-08-07T17:58:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T17:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/730653\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T17:58:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T17:58:17","slug":"final-fantasy-xiv-online-updated-on-switch-2-here-are-the-full-patch-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/730653\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Fantasy XIV Online Updated On Switch 2, Here Are The Full Patch Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"FFXIV Online\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a1c22d797ccab\/ffxiv-online.large.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ffxiv-online.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"509\" alt=\"FFXIV Online\"\/><\/a> Image: Square Enix<\/p>\n<p>Square Enix already gave us a handy heads up that it would address some loading issues with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/final-fantasy-xiv-online\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Final Fantasy XIV Online<\/a> for the Switch 2.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the update is live, but it brings a host of other improvements and fixes along with it, several of which are specifically for Nintendo&#8217;s console. The loading is the highlight, of course, but we&#8217;ve also got improvements to touch screen functionality and more.<\/p>\n<p>So make sure you update the game to the latest version manually if it doesn&#8217;t do it automatically (and it really should). For now, here&#8217;s a look at the full patch notes:<\/p>\n<p>\u25a0 Optimised processing to speed up data loading to reduce the time of screen transitions within duties. (Nintendo Switch\u2122 2 version only)<\/p>\n<p>\u25a0 The following issues have been addressed:<br \/>&#8211; Upon completing the Allied Society Quest \u201cHero&#8217;s Day Off,\u201d a message notifying that your reputation had advanced to \u201cAllied\u201d would not appear.<br \/>&#8211; In the Occult Crescent: North Horn, the quest &#8220;In the Shadow of the Tower&#8221; would display the quest completed icon above the NPC even if the objective had not been completed.<br \/>&#8211; In the following duties, if a player logged out while incapacitated and then logged back in more than 10 minutes later, they could return to the duty despite having been expelled.<br \/>\u3000- The Occult Crescent: South Horn &#8211; Forked Tower: Blood<br \/>\u3000- The Occult Crescent: North Horn &#8211; Forked Tower: Magic<br \/>\u3000- The Occult Crescent: North Horn &#8211; The Forked Tower: Magic (Extreme)<br \/>\u3000- The Forbidden Land, Eureka Hydatos &#8211; The Baldesion Arsenal<br \/>&#8211; In the Occult Crescent, when a player had multiple damage-nullifying buffs from the following phantom actions, receiving damage would not only consume the buff of the corresponding damage type, but other damage-nullifying buffs as well.<br \/>\u3000Shirahadori \/ Image \/ Occult Blink<br \/>&#8211; In the Occult Crescent: North Horn critical encounter \u201cDark Artistry,\u201d the visual effect of the enemy action \u201cDark Flare\u201d appeared narrower than the actual attack.<br \/>&#8211; In the Occult Crescent: North Horn critical encounter \u201cAccept No Imitators,\u201d no sound effect was played when the visual indicator for the boss action \u201cSpinebreaking Stampede\u201d was displayed.<br \/>&#8211; In the Occult Crescent: North Horn FATE \u201cEye to Eye,\u201d certain visual effects from the boss actions \u201dCold Stare\u201d and \u201cSinister Sight\u201d were displayed for players who were not participating in the FATE.<br \/>&#8211; In the Occult Crescent: North Horn, stepping onto the circles to travel to specific locations could cause players to become stuck in the ground or midair and prevent movement.<br \/>&#8211; The animations\/visual effects for the following phantom actions were not displayed properly in the Occult Crescent.<br \/>\u3000Occult Aero III \/ Occult Holy \/ Chaos Drive \/ Punishing Ray \/ Drain Touch \/ Step Forth<br \/>&#8211; Visual effects were not depicted properly at certain camera angles for the following weapons when they were drawn.<br \/>\u3000Phantom Spear Occultum \/ Phantom Cane Occultum \/ Phantom Index Occultum \/<br \/>\u3000Phantom Codex Occultum \/ Phantom Revolver Occultum \/ Phantom Degen Occultum<br \/>&#8211; When Tradewinds Gaskins were equipped along with certain foot gear on the following races\/genders, graphics around the waist were displayed incorrectly:<br \/>\u3000Midlander Male \/ Highlander Male \/ Elezen Male \/ Miqo&#8217;te Male \/ Au Ra Male \/ Viera Male<br \/>&#8211; When Vana&#8217;dielian Tights of Healing were equipped on the following races\/genders, the graphics of the left leg were displayed incorrectly when an idle animation entered a specific pose:<br \/>\u3000Midlander Female \/ Highlander Female \/ Elezen Female \/ Viera Female<br \/>&#8211; The keybind and log filter settings saved via Configuration Sharing were stored under &#8220;Miscellaneous Data&#8221; instead of &#8220;Character Configuration.&#8221;<br \/>&#8211; Touch screen input was not recognised as player input during duties, causing players using only touch screen controls to be treated as inactive and forcibly removed from duties after a certain period of time. (Nintendo Switch\u2122 2 version only)<br \/>&#8211; In the Gold Saucer GATE &#8220;Air Force One&#8221;, shots fired via touch screen controls were launched toward the previous reticle position rather than the location touched. (Nintendo Switch\u2122 2 version only)<br \/>&#8211; Duty Recorder replay data did not play back correctly when a chapter was selected while the replay was paused. (Nintendo Switch\u2122 2 version only)<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re still busy tinkering away at our review for Final Fantasy XIV Online, so if you&#8217;re on the fence about this one, then be sure to check it out when it&#8217;s live.<\/p>\n<p>Have you been playing Final Fantasy XIV Online on the Switch 2? What do you make of it so far? Let us know with a comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text source\">[source <a class=\"external\" title=\"External Link: https:\/\/eu.finalfantasyxiv.com\/lodestone\/news\/detail\/fb91794ce87a6b6b2cf7c916b4dceb066efa1d7c\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/eu.finalfantasyxiv.com\/lodestone\/news\/detail\/fb91794ce87a6b6b2cf7c916b4dceb066efa1d7c\" target=\"_blank\">eu.finalfantasyxiv.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>\tRelated Games<\/p>\n<p>\tSee Also<\/p>\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1752498903_442_avatar.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Ollie Reynolds\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Nintendo Life\u2019s resident horror fanatic, when he\u2019s not knee-deep in Resident Evil and Silent Hill lore, Ollie likes to dive into a good horror book while nursing a lovely cup of tea. 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