FFXIV Dawntrail - HUGE Secrets You NEED To Know

FFXIV Dawntrial huge new features you need to know.
With the release of FFXIV Dawntrail, there are lots of new features and systems that are easy to miss, so hopefully there is something new here. From how to unlock thew new systems to little changes you can make in your settings to improve both graphics and questing.
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:22 Unlock Facewear
1:09 Free Fantasia
2:01 Sharper Graphics
3:03 Easy Relics
4:45 Double Dye Tip
5:32 Questing Trick
6:48 Outro

[@MedievalMarty]

Hope some of these help! Follow the live streams twitch.tv/MedievalMarty To chat all things Dawntrail: discord.gg/y4snJAasZf

[@josewhiteheart1614]

another cool thing with fantasia now, you have 1 hour in game grace period to re-adjust your character for free after a use, maybe in case to edit minor changes you forget/don't like, like voice usually.

[@kiyoshiizumi02]

I was going nuts tryna figure out where the “make people disappear when near quest npc” option was and this cleared it up for me. Thank you.

[@hadokenexe]

Bro that 99 3D scaling is a gamechanger!! It removes that weird softening filter completely

[@MedievalMarty]

yesss! glad you've noticed it difference. I found it a lot better, glad you do too :)

[@TheVivi13]

Fun fact, there isn't a "softening filter". That's just the normal game graphics. The reason that putting it to 99 makes it so sharp is because changing the setting to anything below 100 causes FSR to "activate", and FSR itself comes with a sharpening filter. The downside to this is having FSR "active" causes a bit of a performance load, as well as some buggy graphics in some specific places. An alternative is keeping it at 100 and applying some sort of external sharpening like with Reshade or the Alt+Z Nvidia filter. That being said these kinds of settings affect everyone differently so it's probably fine to stay at 99.

[@Siinwu]

@@MedievalMarty when i turned it on i by accident did it on the pier in the new city, and i noticed the water changed drastically, but it wasn't the water, i could see the sand texture under it clear as day! same goes for grass and other foliage, you can see a huge difference i've notice there.

[@AcaciaLouvegrise]

Wow yeah i tried it too. I'm one of those who spend five million hours in Group Pose, and i was sure it would do nothing trully noticable. But no... it looks so clean at 99... kinda hurts to go back to 100, now...

[@I.cant.wait.]

Doesn't seem you have that option on ps5 though?

[@Tailionis]

Small creators sometime give the best information. Ty sir.

[@GameMa5Ter2O01]

btw lads excalibur zeta and ragnarok zeta both have dual dye system on them

[@WGSXFrank]

If you have an RTX card, just use the nvidia overlay to add a sharpness filter. It's the best the game can look without relying on a reshade, and without the need for FSR downscaling.

[@simplynoah5034]

Same, though I also use it to darken the shadows a bit. The only problem is sometimes the overlay settings just disappear and I have to reset them.

[@omegaxtrigun]

fyi if you go to a calamity salvager they have an option “exchange spectacles” where they give you facewear versions of glasses head gear you’ve previously obtained.

[@HuNtOziO]

If on PC you can also just press X to click on npcs and other items when other players are in the way

[@tobiasreinhold7642]

Was looking for someone to have mentioned this yet. Pressing "X" removes the names and makes other players un-clickable, making it easy to select quest NPCs.

[@Shiirow]

@@tobiasreinhold7642 I rather just they disappeared altogether. which I select rather than wasting a key press each and every time I need to click a NPC with a crowd.

[@aeit999]

Everything I hear press X I'm full of cringe. Everyone has remapped layouts and that old solution to bound 'hide nearby players' to any button is off. Finaly it's solved thanks Yoshi

[@Driahva]

@@tobiasreinhold7642 The option was useful before they added this, but THIS is the better way for many people.

[@orangemc9358]

An alternative to sharpening for Nvidia users: Geforce Experience ALT+F3 game filters. Set the Sharpen (NOT Sharpen+) to 100 on both sliders. Want it a bit crispier? Decrease the "ignore film grain" option. This way you get the superior DLSS, with the added sharpness, without any performance loss. If you want to really up performance, however, you can go to nexus mods and get the DLSS/FSR/XESS mod for FFXIV. You can select presets, like any other game with the mod.

[@Omni8152]

Dont forget the ability to set the voiced scenes to progress automatically without the text scenes advancing too quickly too

[@gustersanspeur]

I saw that yesterday and was like : wait, did I miss it all those years?! Glad I didn’t haha

[@miraihibino1277]

Is the mount leaning when you turning working for other people? It worked the first day for me and I loved it but when I logged out for sleep and then got back on it was gone… I’m on PS5 and I’ve seen some comments from other PS5 users having the same problem.

[@bandi138138]

That last tip was amazing. Thank you

[@MedievalMarty]

Happy it helped :D

[@MrCarlWax]

I would add something if you use NVIDIA DLSS. The setting below called "Frame Rate Threshold", put it at "Below 60 fps" or "Below 30 fps". Never "Always enabled". Because it will try to reach the highest possible FPS your screen can do and it will lower your graphics settings to reach it. If your game doesnt look as good as you thought it would or the Anti-Aliasing doesnt seem to do much. Try this. I essentially played without Anti-Aliasing during launch because every time I entered a cutscene it removed it and I only got it back if I turned DLSS off and on again. Just realised today that it was the Frame Rate Threshold doing it. Got it on 60 FPS now and I finally can experience the new AA.

[@tristariker6630]

Yeah, if you use NVIDIA turn it off. Go to AMD regardless of your card. ITs huge.

[@HuNtOziO]

DLSS is bugged at the moment don't use it.

[@TheSiddster]

@@tristariker6630 Why tho? AMD's looks like absolute shit, while NVIDIA's actually looks really good if you add a little sharpening filter on top.

[@MrCarlWax]

Idk what these comments on Nvidia is about. DLSS straight up is just better. Try AMD and look at trees from a distance and see the flickering. DLSS has none of that.

[@TheSiddster]

@@MrCarlWax Exactly! Finally rid of that nasty flickering on leaves and grass etc

[@Alp-xe6ty]

All great tips, nice one 👍

[@vipercrb5622]

If you're the kind of person who stands too close to NPCs; may you never roll higher than a 1 for loot, may all your parties end in a vote for surrender, may you never win a housing lottery, may you always fail at cacpot and minicacpot, may a Ufiti always follow you and fling it's dung at you, may your free company drift apart, may you never get more than 1 line in WT, may lalafells spam emote you in your dreams, may your taco always spill its contents out of the shell as you take a bite, and above all, may your favorite NPC perish canonically within the plot.

[@tokomo4]

If you don't want to hide players gathering around a quest giver, you can use num lock 0 (default setting I believe) to target closest npc, this will select the quest giver if you're close enough. I use this also when navigating menus. Num lock 0 to target npc, and you can even use num lock 4,8,6,2 too navigate menus of merchants and num lock 0 to confirm if you feel super lazy and don't wanna use a mouse.

[@RayshunoTengi]

I dont really understand the tomestone or relic weapon exchange thing. Can anyone explain in detail? The person at Radz at Han isnt there for me?

[@brokenserenity01]

there are two pairs of glasses available from a vendor in gridania and the other cities...its the same one that sells the cherry bomb minion and similar items.

[@MedievalMarty]

Ooh, didn’t know this! Thank you ☺️

[@Driahva]

Oh, and also some of your flying mounts now tilt and swoop. The Lanners seem so much more birdlike now and I love it.

[@redisssska]

that 99% 3D scaling thing kills fps like crazy, it went from 70 to 55 fps for me

[@Adreal2010]

The setting to hide the other players around the Quest givers is top drawer!

[@TheMalayLinguist]

thank you for making this video

[@FunkiestChickenlawl]

If there was ever a piece of armor that they should double-dye at some point, it's the Uraeus Coat. That thing just looks so good on EVERYTHING. Every single race, every single class, and goes well with every single other armor piece, but you're forced to combo with a red undershirt no matter what.

[@Reinbjorn]

They’re gonna do all armor pieces I believe; it’s just gonna take some time because there’s so many items lol

[@ibigfire]

I really want them to make the Shisui Joi items dyeable at all. And other currently non-dyeable items. Though I suspect they won't because they paywalled the dyeable versions which was pretty greedy of them. But it would be super nice if they did.

[@arecord86]

Saving this video for future reference 😅

[@Kyragirl777]

I can't believe how much that changed the way my game looked. I went around changing the value to do compairisons I was so shocked lol.

[@MedievalMarty]

Glad it helped! I was surprised too haha

[@kokayinewsome9308]

Is there any way to let Square know about ideas for new classes? For the next class they make, I would love if they added a class that runs on stacks for all their atks. And the stacks are like ammo was when MCH first came out. No combos, just you have ammo you use and a helper pet or robot or familiar that makes more ammo as you fight. As you level up the class you get more stacks. You get all the skills you'll ever have when you hit 50. But from 50 to 100 all those existing skills level up to do extra effects. Like canceling enemy casting, speeding up allies casting, raised critical, extra chance of back to back direct hits. Etc. as you use magic ammo, when bullets break they spread their effects. But those effects only last a short time. And a gauge you have for the class allows you to spend that gauge to extend all buffs or debuffs. This class would be like a mix of healer and a tank. Low on damage and speed but high on utility and require practice and planning. Not just spamming. I call it, the Ammo Ace.

[@burneraccounthandle]

lmao

[@visionofgrey]

I do not see that graphic setting. I have DT. Any tips?

[@kokayinewsome9308]

I went ro the calamity salvager with spectacles and still could not convert them to face wear

[@ciberkid22]

Any tips for people running an AMD card? Like an RX 6800

[@leethaex]

You don’t have to talk to the Calamity Salvager, it automatically unlocks when you obtain your first piece of facewear

[@martinsmith9371]

Question if I use the fantasia but don't actually change anything do I loose it? I'm starting to dislike the horns on my aura so wanna change it but don't know what's available lol so yerrrrr I don't wanna waste it and not be able to use it

[@isanowl7898]

Yes it uses it like any other item that’s been used. I suggest playing around in create a character before you edit your character.

[@Sothros]

Wasnt there supossed to be a Feature to for quests where you have to Type Something in the \s chat? Or for beast tribes if you need to craft something? Dunno how to explain it but i remember the devs talking about it ( so you automatically go to the right recipe for crafting )

[@SAKRAYx]

def gonna try the 99 scaling because with everything maxed and scaling on 100 even tried the nvidia dlss but it all feels a bit more fuzzy while it was really sharp before this update :< hope this fixes it for me want my sharpness back

[@Voeluspa45]

How grindy is it? I remember defeating this vampire boss who divides the room into 4 parts so often I could do it blind. Or this murderer tree with the triangle walkways. Cool bosses, but after a while it got boring.

[@spiritmuse]

The calamity salvager will only unlock the facewear slot if you already had glasses in your fashion accessories. Because it's actually obtaining a piece of facewear that unlocks the slot, and if you didn't have any, like me, it won't unlock that way. You have to obtain some from somewhere, like the gold saucer.

[@LonewolfChris]

So excited for this now!

[@SkepticalChris]

As a Lalafell player, one questions the need for fantasias for Lala players, I mean, why mess with perfection?

[@ciberkid22]

Either change the size a bit or voice lol That's all I can think of at least

[@ibigfire]

I'm debating switching to Lala for Dawntrail, since I refuse to buy Fantasias but since I got it for free and still have that one from the MSQ I might give it a shot for this expansion.

[@dannywolfpero]

My lala's skin seems to have whitened up due to lighting changes. I'd use the fantasia to try and find my proper brown skintone.

[@duskshadow25]

Does anyone know if Nvidia DLSS or AMD FSR is better for the graphic settings they added in-game?

[@TheWerns]

Nvidia DLSS is better, but you have to have a GeForce RTX graphics card.

[@HuNtOziO]

DLSS is normally better but it's bugged at the moment don't use it. Makes your game look far worse and performance is weird.

[@mannifinalsummer4544]

I didn't know where to get glasses. Thanks for the tip ❤ also are there big round nerdy glasses available too? They would look awesome on my potato 😂

[@Veddea]

You get them from Submersible Voyages. It's a very rare item and costs millions of Gil on the Marketboard.

[@ibigfire]

There are, yep! Fairly big ones anyway. Though I'm hoping for even more styles, but some of them are big and round and nerdy, I'm using one like that for my Pictomancer glam.

[@karasutsuki1733]

the sharper resolution one is lifechanging, holy xD

[@Grayald]

I wasted my Fantasia for minor changes because I forgot about the aesthetitician lol

[@elixer88]

If you only made changes that can be done at an aesthetician, put in a ticket for it; if a GM is feeling benevolent, they may give you a Fantasia. If you made ANY other changes though, even if its just switching the skin tone one over, you are SOL.

[@monsterhunterrivi6303]

MARTY

[@metalgearbear9748]

My jaw dropped when I did the 99 3D scaling, wow.

[@JDxxatteis]

Dye update is confusing the hell out of me right now

[@Mrlaged]

Dropping that setting 1% is nuts.

[@kupokupo94]

Almaty savagery doesn't work for everyone for some reason. Fc mate did the same method and it wouldn't unlock for him

[@sammicoporsammicopor]

I used the free fantasia to switch to a female hrothgar because I think cat's are the coolest pets & i still have the original fantasia from completing a realm reborn.

[@thevoxdeus]

Does anyone know how to set up 1 button combos?

[@elixer88]

IIRC it only works on some skills/spells.

[@omegaxtrigun]

You can’t do it on just any combo. There are specific actions that allow it, and the new jobs use it a lot in their basic combos.

[@thevoxdeus]

@@omegaxtrigun That's very disappointing, but thank you both for the answer!

[@douglasmitchell5033]

doesn't work on my pc with keyboard and mouse.

[@redleifj]

how are you still on FXAA

[@SomeMortyDude]

that tomestone exchange guy at 3:50 isnt there for me

[@isanowl7898]

That NPC is for EW relic weapon. If they’re not there, you need to do the quest.

[@moonshinetheleocat1235]

You can also just hold X to click on an NPC

[@ByrnEtch]

I still find the lack of headwear for Viera and Hrothgar amusing, maybe reach out to some of the more prolific modders that have fixed that issue. Yoshi Pls look forward to it.

[@furuhatanzbr]

For people who has RTX card installed just use DLSS instead of FSR, you'll get sharper graphic as well as smoother texture.

[@Kywu]

false tho, dlss is badly implemented rn it doesn't do much

[@cattysplat]

People who stand on top of quest NPCs still deserve a special place in the seven hells. You know who you are.

[@darkdeception1120]

Yea Setting It To 99 Worked Great.

[@Jakjakattack]

I have already spent an irresponsible amount of time trying various dying combos 🤒

[@MedievalMarty]

Incredible! Its so much fun haha

[@one_eyeddd473]

Same lmao hours yesterday

[@royuky]

New Button on your Retainers "Entrust Duplicates" sends all items you both have of the same kind and combines them.

[@kurtcobane1762]

​@@MedievalMartymy comment keeps getting removed he either is trolling or has the awareness of Helen Keller that's been around since 6.3 look at the 6.3 patch notes to prove it

[@ibigfire]

This is a nice feature for sure, but has been in the game for a fairly long while now. It's not new to Dawntrail.

[@Logical-Ruse]

That 3D scaling is unavailable to change on PS5 btw

[@yes7281]

Will we be able to turn the old tomes into the new DT tomestones at any point?

[@omegaxtrigun]

No you can only turn them in for poetics.

[@MacTaipan]

Here‘s a noob question: I noticed that the majority of players is running around in casual gear, at least in towns. Do they actually equip that outside combat, or is it combat gear glamoured to look casual?

[@DantoriusD]

Usually its combat Gear glammed to look casual.

[@otozm92]

99% of the time is BiS gear with glam on top, the other 1% is usually AFK’ers

[@decemberferret]

Lol i have 4 fantasias now. I like my wol too much to change her

[@LandonTristen]

Having ps5 and a 4k monitor but my ps5 gets super hot when I play in 4k :’)

[@Brooke-dy7gx]

I just never know what to do with the poetics these days!!! I wish we could carry more than the 2k because I'm already full up pre DT and now I'm lost at what to do with them.

[@noneofyourbiz39]

And that’s why I’m not buying Dawntrail yet. The massive amount of ppl near quest giver and quest location. Thx so much for tips though. That fantasia 😁

[@colorInept]

For the quest giver NPC: The default key to hide player names was "X" on keyboard. Makes it easier to click on the NPC, especially when people stand directly on them. Automating it is a good upgrade.

[@felix_zero]

The soft filter is there for realism and natural light. With the sharpness turned to 99 it makes the game look like borderlands with a black line around everything. Your character looks fime but the environments look fake af with it like that and trees that are like 4 miles away look unnaturally sharp. Just my opinion

[@kendric99]

Thanks for the heads up on the resolution scaling! That's great to know.

[@OldManDoom]

I mean who ISN’T champing at the bit to use their free fantasia to change into an awesome Viera with their new awesome hates and ALL the additional glamour plates you now have to make fantastic new glams you can come up with You want to look your best with being an emotional support puppy for the most obnoxious character ever in the game, and be a side character in your own story

[@Legendi-chan]

I can double dye my pants and excalibur yea i am good rn

[@LookingForSomethingMissing]

You didn’t include the stutter features 😂

[@zanon3362]

I turned the 3d resolution down to 99 and my fps went from 37ish to 41ish. So i was like huh... Then set it to zero and im at 60. So im going to be the oddball going with 3d resolution of 0

[@Plaste776]

Did you say golden saucer? -_-

[@Michael-jx9bh]

2 more headwear at race gear vendors - simple & monocle. Do NOT buy them on MB at over 3k gill.

[@ventusevans]

XD you think everyone has lots of mgp for the glasses? XD i dont play gold saucer, just go there to exchange cards

[@DantoriusD]

Me neither but i still have 4mil mgp. Just do the weekly fashion report and thsts already 80k for nearly nothing. Lists can je found on Redit or other Sites. Also you get vouchers from Wonderous Trails which is a good source to level your classes.

[@zed4229]

Wish they would let me and the wife Duo in duty support/trusts but well they keep them locked to solo ill pass

[@manuleko12]

i'd say 1 hidden tip as the 99 3d scaling isn't on the patch notes the rest is all there, just read... hidden feature that everyone should know is holding X on your keyboard will stop all player interactions no matter how many are on top of a npc, chest, anything, and you can click in it no problem.

[@iris-xo]

I see absolutely no different in the graphic “sharpness” what lol

[@zydeox1221]

KZbin compression does that. If you look really really close to his bunny guy face in the moment he hits apply from the 99 to 100 there is a very subtle change to the image. It is more significant in person.

[@aeit999]

Fuck dont give people stupid ideas. Dont put resolution to 99%. Your performance takes huge hit no matter the rig and it will look good only on centrain elements. Use reshade for sharpening.

[@1011skarn]

Probably no midcore content, but hey, we get to wear glasses now.

[@Funguspower2]

I just don't understand how Sphene becomes the last trial robot thing

[@HikingFeral]

at 99 the game looks absolutely disgusting. I have no idea why you and others are suggesting this. It looks terrible.

[@kokayinewsome9308]

How dare you play BLM?! Who do you think you are?!

[@MedievalMarty]

I've learned the error of my ways and switched to Picto 😂

[@kokayinewsome9308]

@@MedievalMarty I'm joking, I wish I was skilled enough to play BLM. Tried it and never got good. I always wanted a mage pet class. But the closest thing I got to that was MCH after the dumbed down SMN.

[@englishboy993]

Raids are still toxic with crybaby elitists

[@VampireNoblesse]

worst detail, all new female viera caster sets have very flat butts & chests.. (DEI / ESG BS again ..., atleast SE shareholders are becoming aware..)

[@HMNNO]

That sucks, why get rid of the curves

[@rasrandir]

What is dei or esg?

[@ibigfire]

​@@rasrandirA bogeyman for bigots. It's a type of consulting company that media creation companies go to for things like diversity and inclusion feedback, trying to make sure they're being inclusive and not accidentally racist or sexist or the like. But there's a certain group of people online that have turned it into their own personal bogeyman that they blame for everything they don't like in games.

[@omegaxtrigun]

It has nothing to do with dei lol. They just don’t want their game looking like a porn game with characters running around built like bimbo porn stars. This game has never had characters looking like that anyway, even before dei was a thing.

[@rasrandir]

@@ibigfire Aaah that whole thing. Yeah I saw that. "uaaah evil feminists want to take away the boobs and all the gender T-T" what a joke. Thanks for the clarification :)

[@amethist6774]

kinda dissapointed, i didn't learn anything...

[@rhanos1234]

Or you could just press X.