Square Enix has dropped two small but nice updates for Final Fantasy XIV fans: the Growing Light Original Soundtrack is now available digitally, and the official FFXIV YouTube channel has added new member-only emojis.
For music enjoyers, this is the bigger one. The Growing Light Original Soundtrack collects tracks from the game’s Endwalker 6.X patch cycle, with music confirmed up through Patch 6.5. In total, the album includes 93 tracks, so this is not just a tiny sampler or promo release.
The soundtrack is available now across multiple platforms, including Amazon Music, Apple Music, Deezer, Steam, Spotify, and YouTube. For Malaysian and SEA players, that makes it pretty easy to access without needing to import a physical album or jump through region nonsense. Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube are already the usual go-to platforms here, so whether you want raid music during work, chill zone themes while studying, or just a nostalgia hit from Endwalker, it is basically ready to go.
It is also a good reminder of how strong FFXIV’s music identity is. Even if you are not actively subbed right now, Masayoshi Soken and the sound team have made the game’s soundtrack feel like part of the community culture. A lot of FFXIV players in Malaysia and SEA do not just remember the bosses — they remember the songs that played when the whole party was wiping at 1% for the fifth time. Painful, but iconic.
The second update is for the official FFXIV YouTube channel, which now has new emojis. These are available immediately, but there is a catch: you need to be a channel member to use them.
The new emoji lineup includes several familiar FFXIV references. Square Enix’s preview showed Meteion from Endwalker, a locked-in Paissa Brat, an angry Giant Beaver, a Shadowbringers Dwarves-inspired character holding a mug of ale, and The Echo status effect icon.
It is a small feature, sure, but for fans who watch Live Letters, trailers, or community streams on YouTube, these emojis add more flavour to chat. FFXIV’s community loves spamming reaction icons at exactly the right chaotic moment, so expect the Giant Beaver and Echo icon to get plenty of mileage whenever Square Enix shows something weird, emotional, or suspiciously savage.
Square Enix also recently has a Free Login Campaign running in-game. This campaign lasts until June 2026 and lets eligible players with inactive accounts return for 96 hours at no cost. That is especially useful if you dropped off after Endwalker or Dawntrail-era content and just want to check your character, clear some old quests, or see whether your FC is still alive.
FFXIV is currently available on PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC. A Nintendo Switch 2 version is scheduled to arrive in August 2026, while the next expansion, Evercold, is planned for January 2027, though Square Enix has not announced an exact release date yet.
For now, Malaysian Warriors of Light can at least vibe to the Growing Light soundtrack while waiting for the next big content drop. Honestly, not a bad way to survive queue times or the daily commute.
Source: Siliconera