FFXIV Daily Brief (Oct 20): Patch 7.57 Hotfix Maintenance Underway, JP Account Breach Warning 2026-10-20

Final Fantasy XIV is running an All Worlds maintenance to deploy Patch 7.57 Hotfixes, with servers offline from 12:00 to 18:00 Beijing Time on October 20 and Data Center Travel, Mog Station services and Duty Recorder affected. Square Enix separately warned on October 19 of a wave of unauthorized logins on Japanese accounts, believed to be credential stuffing, and urged players to reset passwords and enable one-time passwords. The hotfix notes themselves have not yet been published. The week ahead also brings a Duty Commenced broadcast, the first Crucible Rankings season, and the Tokyo Fan Fest keynote on October 31. ...