Finishing Up In Final Fantasy XIV's Patch 7.35.

With patch 7.4 due to drop in less than 6 weeks, I've spent my time trying to tidy up the place and finish tasks before the next story arc begins. I don't think I'm like most players as I haven't touched major content like The Occult Crescent, Pilgrim's Traverse, the FFXIV x Monster Hunter Wilds crossover event, or any savage or Unreal dungeons. Except for the crossover event none of the major content really interests me, especially with my lack of combat skill. So how have I spent my time in the game?

Cosmic exploration receives some oversight

The first event was working on Cosmic Exploration content. My home server finished the last bit of construction on Monday and I ran through the end quests last night. Looking at the special site I see that as of now three of the four logical data centers in North America have completed Cosmic Exploration. No world in the game is slower than level 20, meaning everyone will complete the Phaenna content before patch 7.41.

Also, as far as I know the Phaenna end quests revealed a very important lore fact. Y'shtola has eleven sisters. Well, her entry in the Final Fantasy wiki tells the story, but I think this was the first time mentioned in the reborn game. The big question is whether players will accept Y'shtola not appearing in a future expansion if one of her sisters plays a major part.

Pleasing the spirits

Next up was reaching bloodsworn with the Yok Huy. On Monday I also finished up Dawntrail's third and final allied society questline. The Yok Huy is the 20th allied society I've reached max reputation with. I'm now ready for the final set of intersocietal quests that should come out in patch 7.5x.

I so want this glamour

I also finished the current installment of the Inconceivably Further Hildibrand Adventures. Personally I think I like the Dawntrail Hildibrand story the best so far. I've never used New Game Plus, but I'm tempted to go back and do the entire set of Hildibrand adventures sometime in the future.

My chocobo companion

The last task finished was 6 years in the making. I finally leveled my chocobo companion to level 20. I'm not saying that's a long time but my neighbor who also plays FFXIV was a bit surprised I hadn't done so yet. Leveling a companion from level 10 to 20 takes a Thavnairian Onion for each level. Back when I began the price, at over 1 million gil each, was a bit too rich for my pouch. But I now have over 160 million gil and the price has dropped to around 100-200 thousand gil so I finally got the task out of the way.

I do have two more tasks I hope to complete by the end of the month involving dungeon runs. The first is finally getting all my Trust characters up to level 100. I currently have 7 of the 8 active NPC avatars in Dawntral to max level. I am currently running through Vanguard with Urianger, who will reach level 98 after the next dungeon completion. 

My squadron roster

The next is finishing up some very old content. I never did max out my squadron. Once I made Captain in The Order of the Twin Adder I didn't see any reason for continuing to play an abandoned game system. Fast forward a few years and the completionist in me was screaming to finish the job. Between squadron missions and running a group through The Vault once a night I figure I can check this off my todo list before Thanksgiving. The squadron version of The Vault requires a minimum of level 57 and last night I reached that with my lowest ranked squadron member.

With the next patch so close I won't have to worry about things to do. When all else fails I still have the class point grind in Cosmic Exploration to work on. I would really like to get the hardest to get mount from the content. the High Mobility Vacuum Suit. But I won't earn that for a few months yet. In the meantime I'll pick through things and try to do some catching up on content.