On Dec 24th at Final Fantasy Tokyo Fan Festival, information on STORMBLOOD (Expansion V4.0) was released to the audience. New features of STORMBLOOD include the following:

New Job: Red Mage

- Uses Rapier and "Magic Crystal" (name not officially confirmed yet).
- Basically a ranged magical DPS, but can also be a hybrid DPS. Does melee attacks with rapiers and magical attacks with crystals.
- The biggest feature is "Continuous magic" (name not officially confrimed yet).
- "Continuous Magic" allows the red mage to "stack" magical power and use it for a stronger attack later.
- There will be slots for cross-class abilities.
- No detailed information on skills and actions revealed yet.
- Like the jobs released in HEAVENSWARD, Red Mage can unlock extra classes.
- Red Mage can start from Level 50, unlike the jobs released in HEAVENSWARD.
- Also, Red Mage can be selected from A Realm Reborn.

Basic features of Expansion Set

- Main story will be about recapturing Ala Mhigo and fighting against Zenos.
- New areas and fields.
- Max level increased to 70.
- Battle system will be improved.
- New dungeons.
- New items and recipes.
- New Exploratory mission called The Forbidden Land, Eureka will be added. Players can enter Eureka by Airship.
- Inventory expansion will be updated in 2 steps.
- 4th housing area will be added.
- There will be more system requirements for Windows users. They should upgrade to 64bit.
- Can no longer play in PS3. There is an upgrade campaign going on right now. It does not require any payment, so we expect everyone to participate.


Swimming

- Swimming and diving will be available in STORMBLOOD.
- Swimming is allowed in only selected areas. You cannot swim in shallow water.
- No emote required. If the water is deep enough, you can enter swimming mode.
- You will be able to swim in ARR regions. For example, Costa del Sol.
- Swimming is slightly slower than walking, but no battle will occur while swimming
- If you die underwater from persistent damage, your character will die with a special motion.


Diving

- No loading/casting time when diving, and bubbles will appear while underwater.
- Like swimming, you are only allowed to dive in certain areas.
- You will never drown. You have magical powers.
- Flying moounts can dive, too.
- Unlike swimming, diving is only available in Stromblood areas.
- New type of gathering will become available for fishers.
- There will be a quest which will allow mounts to dive.

 New Beast Tribe and Raid

- New Beast Tribe, the Ananta, will appear in STORMBLOOD.
- The Anantas reside in the outskirs of Ala Mhigo.
- Known for their skills in spell and gemcraft.
- Made up of only females, and oppressed by the Galean Empire.
- New Beat God "Lakshimi, lady of bliss" will appear.
- New dungeon called "The Bend of Time: OMEGA".
- OMEGA will be mentioned in V3.5.
- New dungeon that requires full raid called "Return of Ivalice".
- Unfortunately, raids are still in development.

Collector's Edition and Further Schedule

- Zenos figure, Map of Eorzea, Stormblood Artbook, Logo sticker, and Original Arts by Amano Yoshitaka are all included in Collector's Edition Pack.
- In addition, Syldra (mount), Bartz (minion) and Chicken Knife for Red Mage will be given.
- More information will be revealed at Frankfurt Fan Festival, which will be held on Feb 18th, 2017.
- STORMBLOOD will be released for global server on June 20th, 2017.