Final Fantasy XIV: Evercold Collector’s Bundle, Bastion job, new city, game system updates, and more showcased

Square Enix just released new trailers and revealed more from Final Fantasy XIV: Evercold, the next expansion, coming January 2027. 

The first reveal was the Evercold – Extended Teaser Trailer following its original announcement. Square Enix then showcased the Bastion job (starts at level 90). The final job for the expansion will be revealed at Tokyo Fan Fest. Square Enix then revealed updates to the main story, game system, and even exploration. You can find the extended teaser trailer below:

The Final Fantasy XIV: Evercold Collector’s Bundle was also revealed at the end following the Final Fantasy XIV Nintendo Switch 2 release date reveal.

The Final Fantasy 14 Evercold Collector’s Bundle includes both physical items and digital in-game items:

Warrior of Light Reaper statue
A special box featuring artwork created by Yoshitaka Amano
A tapestry depicting the landscape of the Fourth
An Ethos metal keychain
A Köttr mini plush

The digital items are the Crystal Skyltborg, the Valhallar Odin mount, and the new Entreat Crystal emote.

The trailers for the new area Hringhorni (Realmship of Fire), EVANGELION – Ghosts of Desire collaboration, new city (Fargarth), Naglfar (Realmship of Water), and Bastion job can be found below:

Square Enix also revealed a Final Fantasy VII remake series collaboration with Final Fantasy XIV. 

Final Fantasy XIV: Evercold launches January 2027 for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series, Switch 2, and PC platforms. 

Square Enix today revealed brand-new information about Evercold, the sixth expansion for its critically acclaimed MMORPG FINAL FANTASY XIV Online, set to launch in January 2027 alongside new playable content, a FINAL FANTASY VII Remake Trilogy crossover raid series, the Nintendo Switch 2 version release date and more.

An extended teaser trailer for Evercold was also revealed, providing a glimpse into the world of the Fourth and the adventures that await the Warrior of Light in the start of the Goddless Realms Saga story arc. 

During the Fan Festival 2026 in Berlin keynote address, Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida revealed the first new job coming to Evercold: Bastion—a main tank that wields a pair of greatshields known as skyltborg—and unveiled a trailer showcasing the new job in action.

Details were also shared on several new features coming to Evercold, including changes to the narrative structure that will be implemented for the main scenario, field, and game system, allowing players more freedom to choose what area they complete first between various paths in the main scenario. Through Auto Content Balancing, difficulty scaling and enemy levels will adjust to the appropriate player level as they play through dungeons in their chosen order. Additionally, a first look was provided for Character Action Skins, a feature that lets players assign alternate animations to personalize existing General actions, such as Teleport and Warp, with support for additional skins such as job actions arriving in future updates.  Character customization will also be expanded so players have more ways to make their character stand out, including a greater range of color options with the new color picker, the ability to fine-tune features such as eyes and lips, new elements such as eye shadow, and more.

Following the reveal of the EVANGELION – Ghosts of Desire alliance raid series in April, Yoshida unveiled a new teaser trailer and announced that acclaimed director and animator Mahiro Maeda will join the project as a special guest artist and designer. Throughout his career, Maeda has contributed to numerous acclaimed projects, including “Mad Max: Fury Road” (2015) as a concept artist and designer, and “EVANGELION:3.0 +1.0 THRICE UPON A TIME” (2021), where he served as director, concept art director, storyboard artist, art setting designer and key animator.

Joined on stage by FINAL FANTASY VII Remake series Director Naoki Hamaguchi, Yoshida also revealed “Beyond the Lifestream,” a new FINAL FANTASY VII-themed 8-player raid series that players will challenge in Evercold. Both development teams are working closely together to create an exciting new raid experience for players.

Further, FINAL FANTASY XIV will launch on Nintendo Switch 2 on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, with pre-orders starting today on Nintendo eShop. To ensure server stability, there will be an approximately one-month free subscription period on Nintendo Switch 2. Whether beginning with the Free Trial, starting their adventure with the Starter Edition, or diving into the full story and experience with the Complete Edition, more players than ever before will soon be able to join together in the vast world of FINAL FANTASY XIV.

An outline of the content reveals from the keynote address can be found below: 

• New Job: Bastion, a main tank wielding two greatshields known as skyltborg
• New Areas in the Icebound Realm of the Fourth: Naglfar, the Realmship of Water; Hringhorni, the Realmship of Fire; and Fargarth, a new city
• New Raid Series: Beyond the Lifestream – a crossover with the FINAL FANTASY VII Remake trilogy
• New EVANGELION – Ghosts of Desire Teaser Trailer
• Chocobo Companion System Overhaul – Patch 8.1: Beginning with Patch 8.1, Expansive updates to chocobo companions, including an overhaul of the chocobo raising system, as well as the ability to call forth your chocobo to assist you in dungeons
• Nintendo Switch 2 Version: Available for pre-order now; the Free Trial, Starter Edition, Complete Edition, and Dawntrail will launch on Tuesday, 4^th August 2026
• Same-Region Player Matching – Patch 7.5x: Matchmaking will expand across entire physical data centers rather than being limited by logical data centers, beginning with Japan in mid-October and North America and Europe to follow
• New Gold Saucer Mini-game: Keybound Brawler: a FINAL FANTASY VII-themed typing mini-game that can be with up to four players arriving on Wednesday, 28^th October 2026

Finally, Yoshida revealed the Evercold Collector’s Bundle, which includes a collection of physical items: the Evercold Special Art Box, Expertly Crafted Reaper Figure, Ethos Metal Keychain, Köttr Mini Plush, and Tapestry of the Fourth. Also included is the digital Collector’s Edition, featuring three in-game items: the Crystal Skyltborg bastion weapon, Vallhallar Odin mount, and Entreat Crystal emote. More information regarding availability and pre-orders will be announced in the future.

For more information and the latest updates on Evercold, please visit the teaser site at: https://sqex.to/LtSxV

FINAL FANTASY XIV Patch 7.55 will also be releasing on Tuesday, July 28, bringing players more updates, with new Occult Crescent, Phantom Weapons, Inconceivably Further Hildibrand Adventures, and Allied Society quests. More information is available on the official Patch 7.5 promotional site at: https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/dawntrail/patch_7_5/