Overview

• Capcom detailed the free update at Tokyo Game Show 2025, confirming a Final Fantasy XIV collaboration centered on the Omega Planetes hunt.
• Demo footage shows MMO-style mechanics including multi-phase patterns like Pantokrator, a wipe-risk Delta Attack, minions that create shields, and an HP-reducing status penalty.
• Reporters describe the encounter as one of the game’s toughest to date, drawing comparisons to Monster Hunter: World’s Behemoth and emphasizing coordinated play.
• The update introduces FF14-themed gear such as the Bale armor’s Soul of the Dark Knight barrier skill, a Greatsword ability called Shadowbringer, and the Soul of the Pictomancer three-spell sequence.
• Access to the fight is reported to require Hunter Rank 41 and completion of the mission What Lies Ahead, and Capcom’s fall Festival of Accord: Dreamspell is scheduled for Oct. 22–Nov. 12.