- Limitations on auctions have been lifted, so they can take place anywhere in the game.
- "Notorious monsters" are now generated in various places around the game.
- It's now possible to subscribe to the Vana D'iel Tribune (the regularly-updated source of news on the game) and receive it when checking into the Mog House.
- The distribution of experience among parties according to the level of members has been adjusted.
- The Thief job's Surprise Attack ability now receives a damage bonus according to the player's Dexterity statistic.
- The Thief job's Treasure Hunter ability is more effective.
- The effect time of the Bind black magic spell is shorter.
- An experience level of 18 is now required to receive a quest to acquire a support job.
- Monsters which drop quest items now drop different items besides that quest item.
- Some message colors in the combat interface have changed.
- An error related to the message filter and the Raise spell has been corrected.
- Tapping the triangle button now converts character strings in the software keyboard (this is presumably something to do with the Japanese language input system).
- The probability of acquiring crystals while participating in the Conquest system has increased.
- Guards providing signets to characters involved in Conquest have now been placed in consulates in each country, as well as borders. Thus, it's possible to affect the Conquest system even in other countries' territory.
- As a consequence of the aforementioned, certain borders have been redrawn beween Gustaberg and some provinces in Bastok (we apologize for the vagueness here, but the translation is difficult and essentially meaningless to Western players).
- Sale prices on certain expensive items have changed.
- Priced on fishing equipment have also been adjusted.
- Guild shop hours have changed to reflect certain holidays.
- The lists of items for sale at guild shops has changed, as have certain prices.
- Item synthesis occasionally leads to the accidental acquisition of new recipes for high-quality items.
- Item synthesis now produces two items on rare occasions.
- Some quests have new rewards.
- The system of deliverying rare items to homes and the Mog Safe has been corrected -- delivering a second specimen of one item no longer destroys the first.
- The format of resistance values and other equipment attributes has changed.
Meanwhile, Dengeki Online reports that some users may not be able to effectively install the patch to their client program. Users with such difficulties are advised to try again a short time after the release of the patch.