Final Fantasy XI: Scars of Abyssea is the second of three "Battle Area Add-ons" for Final Fantasy XI, released on September 8, 2010. It continues the adventures in the parallel universe of Abyssea across three new areas and introduces new varieties of equipment, such as the head, legs and feet pieces in the iconic Empyrean Armor sets. Like Vision of Abyssea, the content of Scars of Abyssea cater mainly to players above level 75.
After the player rescues a total of five Abyssea areas from the vile creatures that menace it, Joachim informs him that Gilgamesh wishes to meet with him again at the stone circle in La Theine Plateau.
Gilgamesh tries to reason the cause of the calamity that has befallen Abyssea. He explains that there once existed Champions of Abyssea, who were in fact adventurers not unlike those found in Vana'diel. But they, including the players very own Abyssean alter-ego have disappeared. He then explains that Abyssea has been breaking down in a lattice pattern and the world has undergone numerous radical changes and fears that even worse events will soon transpire. Gilgamesh resolves to seek answers from the lil' mistress and leaves.
Scars of Abyssea does not formally include missions, but contains quests that mark the main storyline of the Abyssea add-ons. Similar to Vision of Abyssea, this add-on does not come with any battlefields or special notorious monsters and all notorious monsters that are required to progress in the storyline come from NMs that are part of Abyssea battle system.