Masaki Nakagawa, a lead designer for combat content in Final Fantasy 14, recently announced on social media that he’s developing exciting new content for a future update to the Dawntrail expansion. He clarified that this project isn’t the conclusion to the Arcadion raid series, which is scheduled to finish with Patch 7.4, ‘Into The Mist,’ arriving this December in Final Fantasy 14.
Nakagawa, known as Mr. Ozma within the Final Fantasy 14 community for his work on the challenging The Weeping City of Mhach raid, has designed some of the game’s toughest battles. He’s known for innovative ideas, like the time-traveling mechanic in the Dragonsong’s Reprise (Ultimate) raid from Endwalker, where players had to solve the puzzle mid-fight. He also created the Cloud of Darkness (Chaotic) alliance raid, which was released on Christmas Eve 2024.
Final Fantasy 14’s Mr. Ozma Teases His Next Content Project
With the recent release of Patch 7.35 and the new Deep Dungeon, Pilgrim’s Traverse, in October, Final Fantasy 14’s Nakagawa has been discussing his design philosophy, emphasizing that fights should be enjoyable first and foremost. In response to a player question, Nakagawa clarified that he isn’t involved in designing the final stage of the Arcadion raid series, the AAC Heavyweight Tier. A different team is handling that content. The normal version of the AAC Heavyweight Tier will be available with Final Fantasy 14 Patch 7.4, ‘Into The Mist,’ on December 16th, with the more challenging Savage version launching on January 6th.
Nakagawa has revealed he’s developing exciting new content for Final Fantasy 14, expected to arrive with Patch 7.5x in 2026. While he didn’t specify exactly what this new battle content will be, he assured fans he’s fully dedicated to it. Currently, confirmed features for Patch 7.5 and future updates include the final part of the Echoes of Vana’diel raid series, another area in the Occult Crescent, the new Beastmaster job, and potentially the second Ultimate raid for Dawntrail.
Nakagawa didn’t share many specifics, but his words got Final Fantasy 14 fans talking online. With the new Patch 7.4 adding a new raid and several improvements, players are eager to see what Nakagawa and Square Enix have planned for them in the future.
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2025-11-03 00:06