FFXIV Story Recap: What You Must Know for Endwalker [Pre-ARR to ShB]

Quazii recaps EVERYTHING you need to know about the lore and story before you start Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker. Contains key plotlines you need to know, everything from pre-A Realm Reborn to the end of Shadowbringers.

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0:00 Intro and Spoiler Warning
0:31 A Time Before 2.0
2:05 A Realm Reborn
5:43 Heavensward
8:34 Stormblood
10:45 Shadowbringers

[ndril]

9:27 it's beyond the scope of the video, but just to clarify, Gaius was not the creator of Ultima Weapon, it was created by Allag in their war against Meracydia who had summoned primals (such as the warring triad). Ultima Weapon is powered by something called "The Heart of Sabik" which was set up like some epic artifact and then not mentioned again for like five years.

[bananajoe]

Dude, much needed. I took a huge break from shadowbringers right in the middle of it. This helped catch me up when I got through shadow bringers.

[kingofheroes]

If I remember correctly, Emet isn't possessing Solus so much as he IS Solus, Solus is his Garlean incarnation that he used to create the Garlean Empire. This is why he is able to use clones of himself to revive himself with eroding his soul, as they are his body, rather than the body of another individual, as opposed to Lahabrea whom liked to possess others like Thancred.

[mrbastos]

I definitely needed this, I stalled the MSQ a lot for various reasons and some things I had totally forgotten until I saw he influx of new players going through the story. I actually forgot stuff like the ARR voices and Lahabrea bit, and some other things were like "oh yeah that happened" yeah good stuff. Thanks!

[PetarBladeStrok]

SPOILERS for anyone who isn't caught up.
Remember when we started ARR and Hydaelyn showed us the meteor shower that Elidibus does in 5.3? Talk about a callback and some ominous/mindblowing stuff. Awesome video Quazii... You made me remember that. lol
My only nitpick is you not mentioning Ardbert and his crew in post-HW patches. It's kinda importat. And also Gaius did not create Ultima Weapon. It was Allag.

[Phatocatto]

I spend last night combing Eorzea, after finishing ALL ARR content, for some special dialogue. The guild masters from beginner job classes, crafting and gathering job classes and Mentor NPCs like adventurer's guild (including NPCs like Buscarron down in south shroud) all more or less had really touching messages for you, responding and reacting to what happened in Uldah. Totally worth doing, also, the NPC Erik (Monk guidance NPC from lvl 30+) had a ton of lore in regards of war history between Ala Mhigo and Eorzea. I tend to take my time and chat with MSQ/or generally quest related NPCs as well since they always have something good to say whether it be funny or touching.
TL;DR take your time when playing if you're invested/interested in the story and you'll find soooo much more. The effort FFXIV devs have really put a good load of effort into the immersive experience.
Side note, Moogle delivery quest was super cute, you get to know specific NPCs more, they definitely feel more 3 dimensional afterwards.

[zambdi]

Been looking for this kind of video for over a week now. Much appreciated!

[joevegaxv]

"with Endwalker just 2 weeks away"
god, I wish.

[drmaus]

I have watched and read so many summaries, and they were all terrible. This one was fantastic. The clips shown were perfectly synced to who you were talking about, you hit the main beats of the story without getting too bogged down in the details, I am so thankful that you made this video. Thank you!

[cloudybebop]

Awesome recap! Definitely needed this refresher! Thank you :D

[Capwi]

I love this channel. this is perfect and what I needed (don't have time to new game + everything) thank you!

[YunaxEU]

YES Quazii, this is exactly what I needed. Thank you so much!

[osto]

This was literly what I was looking for. This was short and sweet, thanks man.

[TheoVorster]

Great summary all around Quazii. Very useful cliff-notes summation of the plot.

[jacobw.]

Great work. Sorely needed for people like myself who don’t particularly enjoy the loooong text read. Thanks 🙏

[lindersen]

Amazing video, exactly the concise no bullshit information I was looking for. Thanks alot!

[fairfarren]

This was a great refresher; thank you!

[alexanderedward]

This was very well done thanks for this!

[SuisekiYaris]

I was looking for this since time ago, as a player who has been in this game for so long, sometimes I forget things hahahah
so this is great to remember :D

[sagarro]

Very useful and good put together recap!