Final Fantasy 16 Update 1.21 Patch Notes and Latest Updates
by Madhumitha
Updated Dec 11, 2023
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Final Fantasy XVI
Final Fantasy XVI is a video game made by Square Enix that came out in 2023 for PlayStation 5. It's the sixteenth main game in the Final Fantasy series. You can play as Clive Rosfield, who lives in a world called Valisthea split into six nations. Each nation has special crystals and people called Dominants who can control powerful creatures called Eikons. There's a big problem called the Blight that's hurting the land.
Clive's home gets destroyed, and he gets caught up in a war between the nations and a hidden force causing trouble. The game has cool places to explore and a combat system where you can fight using weapons and magic. A lot of people worked on making the game, and they wanted to tell a dark fantasy story that many people would like. Making the game was hard because of the COVID-19 pandemic and later the war in Ukraine.
People who reviewed the game liked the story, how it looked, the music, and how it played. But some said it didn't have enough role-playing stuff, had technical problems, and the side tasks weren't so good. The game sold more than three million copies in its first week after coming out.
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Final Fantasy 16 Update 1.21 Patch Notes
This update is available for all users, and makes the following changes:
Additional Features
Adds a new Inner Voice option to the Grand Cast menu, which can be viewed upon inquiring with Vivian about the State of the Realm. Adds several new orchestrion rolls.
Hover the cursor over a character and press the touchpad to view their inner feelings toward their allies and enemies. See how each character's feelings change as the story progresses.
These can be obtained from in-game vendors after progressing a certain way through the story.
Changes to Arcade Mode
Adds a technical bonus feature that increases battle performance scores. Adds new accolades. Adjusts ranking thresholds over individual legs and stages. Introduces a new leaderboard. Allows you to view leaderboards and rankings from previous versions.
Adjusts the difficulty level of Ultimaniac stages.
Adds and adjusts explanations of various features.
Attacking enemies and performing a variety of battle techniques fills the technical bonus gauge, which increases your score multiplier each time it crosses a certain threshold. The gauge depletes over time or upon taking damage.
These can be earned by clearing stages within a certain time limit or with a final battle performance score above a certain threshold.
The changes described above allow players to earn higher battle performance scores than they could previously. The ranking thresholds are adjusted to account for this.
All scores earned after the update is installed will be recorded on this new leaderboard.
Changes to Training Mode
Adds an Immediate Takedown option. Adds a Megaflare Level option. Adds a Zantetsuken Level option.
With this option turned on, attacks will reduce an enemy's will gauge by 50%, allowing you to partially stagger enemies with a single attack, then fully stagger them with a second attack.
This option allows you to fix your Megaflare level to any value.
This option allows you to fix your Zantetsuken level to any value.
System-related Changes
Adds a Photo Mode shortcut option. Adds the ability to enter Photo Mode from the pause screen. Adds the option to retry from the Game Over screen when Clive is defeated by a notorious mark. Allows you to examine the details of the rewards available from the Patron's Whisper in the hideaway.
Adds the option to filter save data in the Load Game tab of the System menu. Adds a Credits option to the title menu. Adds and adjusts various UI elements.
This option, accessible from the Game Settings tab of the System menu, allows you to launch Photo Mode by pressing the touchpad with two fingers.
This allows photos to be taken during cutscenes, with certain exceptions.
Retrying will return Clive to the point immediately before the battle with the notorious mark begins.
Press □ to cycle between the following filtering options: Show All Saves, Show Auto-saves, and Show Manual Saves.
This option, which allows you to view the credits sequence, becomes available after completing the game.
Bug Fixes
Corrects the following issues:
Final Fantasy XVI Game Play
Final Fantasy XVI is a game where you play as Clive Rosfield, traveling across different areas in Valisthea. You'll explore dungeons, towns, and open fields by walking or riding a bird-like creature called a Chocobo.
Clive has a hideout where he can talk to other characters, buy things like potions and weapons, and take on tasks like helping people or hunting monsters. There's a special database in the game called Active Time Lore that holds info about places, characters, and words in the game.
When you encounter enemies, battles happen right where you are. Clive fights using attacks, dodges, and special powers from creatures called Eikons. Clive can switch between these powers during fights to create powerful combos. There's also a tactic called 'Stagger' where you build up damage to stun enemies and hit them harder.
At the beginning, you can choose an easier 'Story' mode or a normal mode. Once you finish the game, you can play again in New Game+ mode with your old stats and items, or try a harder 'Final Fantasy' mode. There's even an arcade mode that grades your combat skills and tougher challenges called Ultimaniac Mode. These modes let Clive upgrade weapons, and accessories and face specific challenges.
Final Fantasy XVI Plot
In Final Fantasy XVI, the story revolves around Clive, who used to protect his younger brother Joshua. During a ceremony to awaken Joshua's powers, their father is killed, triggering Joshua's transformation into the Phoenix Eikon. Unfortunately, Ifrit, another powerful creature, emerges and kills the Phoenix. Clive swears revenge but is enslaved in an enemy army due to his lack of special powers.
Thirteen years later, Clive deserts the army to free his childhood friend, Jill, who was enslaved as a Dominant. Together with a man named Cid, they seek Ifrit's Dominant. Clive gains the power of an Eikon named Garuda after a fight, but things go wrong, leading to tragic events. Clive discovers he can transform into Ifrit, the one who killed Joshua.
As they witness the suffering caused by the nations' Mothercrystals draining the land's life force, Clive, Jill, and Cid decide to destroy these crystals causing the Blight. They encounter an otherworldly being called Ultima, which attempts to possess Clive. Joshua, who survived Ifrit's attack, intervenes and contains Ultima within himself.
Misled by revenge, Hugo, a friend of Benedikta, is manipulated into attacking Clive. Clive destroys the Mothercrystal of the Iron Kingdom and faces Hugo, who transforms into a raging Titan. Clive gains control of Ifrit and defeats Hugo. Later, Dion accidentally kills his father and transforms into Bahamut. Clive helps Joshua defeat Bahamut, and the tragedy escalates as Anabella, Clive's mother, becomes unhinged and kills herself.
Clive continues fighting Ultima's agents, ultimately revealing Ultima's plan to use him as a vessel by absorbing Eikons. Clive, Joshua, and Dion confront Ultima in his sky fortress. Dion falls in battle, and Ultima fatally wounds Joshua. Joshua sacrifices himself to give Clive his Eikon. After a fierce battle, Clive defeats Ultima, heals Joshua, and destroys the final Mothercrystal to rid Valisthea of magic.
In a glimpse into the future, magic becomes a myth, and peace prevails. Post-release expansions 'Echoes of the Fallen' and 'The Rising Tide' delve into the world's elements, revealing more battles and Clive's quest against artificial Mothercrystals and the Eikon Leviathan in the land of Misidia.
Final Fantasy XVI Overview
Square Enix Creative Business Unit III[a]
Publisher
Square Enix
Director
Hiroshi Takai
Kazutoyo Maehiro
Producer
Naoki Yoshida
Designer
Mitsutoshi Gondai
Ryota Suzuki
Programmer
Yusuke Hashimoto
Artist
Hiroshi Minagawa
Kazuya Takahashi
Writer
Kazutoyo Maehiro
Composer
Masayoshi Soken
Series
Final Fantasy
Platform
PlayStation 5
Windows
Release
PlayStation 5 - June 22, 2023
Windows - TBA
Genre
Action role-playing
Mode
Single-player
Developer
Final Fantasy XVI Trailer
Final Fantasy 16 Update 1.21 Patch Notes-FAQs
Update 1.21 focuses on bug fixes, stability improvements, and optimizations within the game.
This update primarily addresses technical issues and doesn't include significant gameplay alterations or new content.
The patch aims to improve overall performance, and stability, and address graphical glitches for a smoother gaming experience.
Yes, the update addresses various reported bugs, including quest progression issues, UI problems, and other minor glitches.
No, Update 1.21 is focused on fixing existing issues and doesn't include any additional downloadable content or expansions.