The 2017 Final Fantasy Frankfurt Fan Festival was held on Feb 19th. Like the previous Fan Festival, which was held in Tokyo, the festival began with a speech from director Naoki Yoshida. The festival was full of surprises from beginning to end. The trailer for the 4.0 update revealed the new job, Samurai; after the trailer, Yoshida once again surprised the audience by appearing in a Samurai costume.

The Samurai is a new DPS job which will be added in Stormblood along with the Red Mage. The Samurai will deal massive melee damage using a Katana. Players who completed the main scenario quests for Heavensward will be able to play the Red Mage and Samurai starting from level 50.

Along with the new job, a new area and new in-game content was also revealed. A new Beast God Susano, a new Omega dungeon (which will be very challenging), and the 24-player raid, Return to Ivalice, will be the core features of Stormblood.

Lastly, the 4th and newest residential area, Shirogane, will be added, and the number of available furniture per house will be doubled. Also a new system will allow players to move their houses, giving them a lot more freedom with housing.

Details on the Stormblood content revealed at the Frankfurt Fan Festival can be found below.

New Continent: Doma 

- The player must recapture Ala Mhigo and Doma from the Empire
- Yugiri will be the protagonist for the main story of Doma
- The costume Yugiri is wearing in the trailer is a new Ninja AF3 costume
- Gosetsu, the new NPC standing next to Yugiri, will appear in V3.5 Part2.

New Job: Samurai

- A melee DPS character.
- Only Red Mage and Samurai will be added as new jobs in Stormblood.
- Uses Katana and Saya.
- Starts at level 50; no base class necessary to play Samurai.
- Main stat is STR and shares gear with Monk.
- A typical DPS character that deals massive damage.
- Uses sword techniques from a Far Eastern Nation.
- Uses three forces: Snow, Moon, and Flower.
- Stores energy in the Katana and deals damage as you draw your Katana.
- Knowing the best moment to draw the Katana will be the core gameplay technique.
- Job quests begin in A Realm Reborn.
- Tanks and Healers will not be added so there might be some issues with the Battle system. The Battle system will go through improvements that will serve as a balance update for Tanks and Healers.

New Town: Kugane, the Far Eastern Nation

- A port town in the Far Eastern Nation which is composed of many islands.
- Visitors are forbidden to enter the nation.
- Kugane is an artificial island and the only town where foreign trading is allowed.
- Battles are strictly forbidden in the town. However, small wars are going on among different nations.

New Area: The Ruby Sea

- Pirates are dominating the Ruby Sea.
- Based on Japanese folklore about a cursed island.
- The sea is close to Kugane and players will be able to visit it from Kugane.

New Beat Tribe: The Kojin

- The Kojin tribe resides on the Ruby Sea.
- Skilled traders who actively trade with other races.
- Mostly active underwater and have also settled underwater.
- Believe that gods dwell in everything.

New Beast God: Lord of the Revel, Susano

- The Beast God that the Kojin tribe worships.
- The first Beast God in FF14.
- Trailers will be revealed later.

New Area: Yanxia

- An area within the Doma continent.
- An area dominated by the Garlean Empire.
- Massive battles are waiting for players.

New Area: The Azim Steppe

- A great plain where the Au Ra race resides.
- You can encounter the Au Ra race in this area.

New Dungeons

- One is located at the same location as Hullbreaker Isle.
- No details can be revealed at this moment.

New Residential Area: Shirogane

- A residential area located in the Far Eastern Nation.
- Japanese traditional-style houses are available and we are currently working on the furniture.
The area will open as soon as V4.0 becomes available, and you cannot purchase the land right away.
- Please enjoy the other features of V4.0 first.
- When land purchases become available, the moving system will also be available.
- Even though you cannot purchase any houses, you can still enter the area and take a look around. Feel free to look for a nice spot for your future house.
- The number of installable furniture will double.

Change in System Requirements

- FF14 no longer supports PS3 after the V4.0 update.
- There might be some graphic issues with housing in 32-bit OS, so we strongly recommend 64-bit OS.

Theme Song: Revolution

- Composed by Uematsu Nobuo.
- Dragonsong was in the perspective of a dragon, but this one is in the perspective of a human.
The song was partially revealed at the festival.