Square Enix shared two Final Fantasy XIV online updates, with one being the release of the Growing Light Original Soundtrack on streaming services and the other being new emojis for the FFXIV YouTube channel. With the former, the album is on services like Amazon Music, Apple Music, Deezer, Steam, Spotify, and YouTube. The latter are available immediately on the channel.
With the FFXIV Growing Light Original Soundtrack, it covers music from various Endwalker patches. The announcement specifically referred to these as 6.X ones, and we know already that it covers music up through 6.5. 93 tracks total are included.
As for the new FFXIV YouTube channel emojis, the banner announcing them teased some of the new characters that appear. From left to right, first we see Meteion, a character from Endwalker. Next to her is a locked-in Paissa Brat. After that, there’s an angry Giant Beaver. One referencing Shadowbringers’ Dwarves appears next to that, and it shows a character holding a mug of ale. Finally, The Echo status effect icon appears on the end. In order to use them, you must be a member of the channel.
Here’s the official image showing all of those new icons.
As a reminder, the latest event live in-game is a Free Login Campaign. That lasts until June 2026. It allows people with inactive accounts to play for 96 hours for free.
Final Fantasy XIV is available for the PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC, the Switch 2 version of the MMORPG will arrive in August 2026, and the FFXIV Growing Light soundtrack is streaming now. The Evercold expansion is due to arrive in January 2027, though there’s no exact release date for it yet.
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