FINAL FANTASY 14 ENDWALKER

Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker  is the fourth  expansion pack  to  Final Fantasy XIV , a  massively multiplayer online role-playing game  (MMORPG) developed and published by  Square Enix  for  Microsoft Windows ,  macOS ,  PlayStation 4 , and  PlayStation 5 . It was released on December 7, 2021, over two years after  Shadowbringers , the previous expansion, with its production delayed by the  COVID-19 pandemic . Like its predecessors,  Naoki Yoshida  served as director and producer and  Masayoshi Soken  composed the soundtrack. The expansion pack was released as a standalone product for current players; for new players, the "Complete Edition" that originally launched with  Heavensward  was updated to include all expansions including  Endwalker . In  Endwalker,  players as the Warrior of Light travel to the secluded nation of Sharlayan to seek help in handling the approaching Final Days, an apocalyptic event that threatens to destroy the entire world. Meanwhile, Zenos, the mad son of the former emperor of Garlemald, has  murdered his father  and now seeks a final confrontation with the Warrior of Light. Zenos is assisted by the  nihilistic  Ascian Fandaniel, who wants the Final Days to occur so everyone, himself included, is wiped out. The story has been marketed as the "finale" of the Hydaelyn–Zodiark arc, drawing the current ongoing story since  A Realm Reborn  to a close, with an entirely new story beginning in the major patches following release, in contrast to past expansion's stories continuing into midway through the post-release patches. In addition to adding new areas, the expansion pack increases the level cap to 90 and debuts two new  Final Fantasy  "jobs" , Sage and Reaper among other changes.