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-->{{Patch infobox
| patchnum = 6.5
| name = Growing Light
| titlecard-image = PatchTitleCard-6-5.jpg
| expansion = Endwalker
| releasedate = October 3, 2023
| promolink = https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/endwalker/patch_6_5
| patchnotes-links = [https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/e17ce5b98068f6972379cef5adbc6c4b664f9780 6.5] [https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/46ff678d764ec5b14996fcd2fae85a7170f385f0 6.51] [https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/012d8e96b662a92eb4405c25b9958184db248348 6.55]
| prevpatch = 6.4
| nextpatch = 7.0
}} [[File:Growing Light.jpg|right|300px|Concept Art]] {{#ev:youtube|CnSwKgYuIMA|350|right}}
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== Introduction ==
'''Patch 6.5: Growing Light''' is the fifth and final major content update introduced for Endwalker.
{{quotation|[https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/487344 Letter from the Producer LIVE Part LXXVIII (08/14/2023)]|Here’s the patch schedule in tandem with our global Fan Festival schedule.<br>Patch 6.5 and Part 1 of the main scenario will be released after the North American Fan Festival.<br>Patch 6.51 will be released in late October after the European Fan Festival.<br>Patch 6.55 and Part 2 of the main scenario will be released in mid-January 2024 after the Japanese Fan Festival.}}

== Notable Features, Additions, and Changes ==
=== New Content ===
* Main Story: [[Post-Endwalker_Main_Scenario_Quests#Patch_6.5_.28Growing_Light.29|Growing Light]]: Part 1 (7 quests), Part 2 (3 quests) (6.55)
* Side Story: [[Somehow Further Hildibrand Adventures Quests|Somehow Further Hildibrand Adventures]] (2 quests) (6.55)
* Side Story: [[Tataru's Grand Endeavor Quests|Tataru's Grand Endeavor]] (2 quests) (6.55)
*Tribal Quests: [[Allied_Beast_Tribe_Quests#Endwalker|Endwalker Tribal Alliance Quests]] (2 quests) (6.55)
* Alliance Raid: {{questlink|allianceraid|Thaleia}}, the third and final part of the [[Myths of the Realm]] story and raid series
* Dungeon: {{questlink|dungeon|The Lunar Subterrane}}
* Variant Dungeon: {{questlink|vdungeon|Aloalo Island}} (6.51)
* Criterion Dungeons: {{questlink|cdungeon|Another Aloalo Island}}, {{questlink|cdungeon|Another Aloalo Island (Savage)}} (6.51)
* Trials
**{{questlink|trial|The Abyssal Fracture}}, {{questlink|trial|The Abyssal Fracture (Extreme)}} 
**{{questlink|trial|The Gilded Araya}} (6.55)
* [[Faux Hollows]]: {{questlink|trial|The Singularity Reactor (Unreal)}} 
* [[Manderville Weapons]] final stage (6.55)
* DoH/DoL [[Splendorous Tools]] final stage (6.51)
* PvP: {{questlink|pvp|The Red Sands}} ([[Crystalline Conflict]] arena) (6.51)

=== System Changes and Additions ===
* Main Scenario improvements
** [[Duty Support]] for {{questlink|dungeon|The Drowned City of Skalla}}, {{questlink|dungeon|The Burn}}, and {{questlink|dungeon|The Ghimlyt Dark}}.
* [[File:Custom Delivery (map icon).png|20px|link=Custom Deliveries]] [[Custom Deliveries]]: [[Margrat]]
* [[Gold Saucer]] update: Fall Guys collaboration (6.51)
* [[File:Island Sanctuary icon.png|20px|link=Island Sanctuary]] [[Island Sanctuary]] update
* [[Free Trial]] expanded to include [[Stormblood]] (Lv. 70 content)
* Xbox Series X|S open beta (January-February 2024)<ref>https://twitter.com/FF_XIV_EN/status/1715674072888267078</ref>
* Cloud Data Center test (21-27 November 2023)
** East Coast North America
** Newly created characters only, no transfers, backup configuration settings disabled.
** Characters will be granted {{gil|50000000}} gil, Tales of Adventure, and all jobs through Shadowbringers.
** All character data will be deleted at the end of the test.

=== Miscellaneous ===
*[[Item Level]] restrictions for the {{questlink|dutyroulette|Duty Roulette: Alliance Raids}}, to increase its diversity.
**{{exp}} [[EXP]] and [[Allagan Tomestones]] rewards for each alliance raid adjusted according to difficulty and time required for completion.
* [[Item Level|IL]] sync added for {{questlink|trial|The Final Day}}
* Existing [[Hairstyles]] enabled: {{item icon|Modern Aesthetics - Lexen-tails}} and {{item icon|Modern Aesthetics - Form and Function}} for [[Viera]], and {{item icon|Modern Aesthetics - Styled for Hire}} and a new default style for [[Hrothgar]]
* Gender-lock removed from [[Final Fantasy XIV Online Store/Shop/Costume Set#Omega-M_Attire|Omega-M Attire]] and [[Final Fantasy XIV Online Store/Shop/Costume Set#Omega-F_Attire|Omega-F Attire]]
''Note: Not all content listed here will launch on the same day.  This article is about the 6.5x season as a whole.''

== Main Story Summary (Spoilers) == <!-- This section is at the bottom so players who do not wish to see spoilers can stop before reaching it -->
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