Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn’s is getting an upcoming expansion, Heavensward, which will add two new jobs, a new race, and more. The new race, Au Ra will be introduced as the game’s sixth playable race. They originate from the continent of Othard and have some reptilian features. Anyone already playing the game will likely know Yugiri, and it seems she’ll be removing her mask in Patch 2.5.
There are two new jobs, Astrologian and Machinist. The Astrologians channel celestial magic through their star globe in order to heal others and make use of a divining deck to support their party members. The Machinist weilds firearms to deal ranged damage and deploy turret like weaponry.
A new raid was also unveiled: Alexander is a huge, old, abandoned Mechanical fortress where Goblins have summoned a primal essence. There will be two raid modes, normal which is the ech0 buffed Coils, and Hard, which is much more difficult. As of right now we don’t know much more about the modes but we’ve been told completion of the Final Coil isn’t needed for you to try and fight Alexander.
Heavensward will be the first expansion for Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn and will be out early next year, adding flying mounts, personal airships, and much more to the land of Eorzea.