Final Fantasy XI: Battle Area Add-on Part I Vision of Abyssea
ファイナルファンタジーXI バトルエリア拡張コンテンツ第一弾 「禁断の地アビセア」 Fainaru Fantajī XI Batoru eria kakuchō kontentsu dai ichi-dan "Kindan no Chi Abisea"
Developers	Square Enix
Publishers	Square Enix
Release dates	PlayStation 2 version: June 6, 2010 / June 7, 2010 PC version: June 6, 2010 / June 7, 2010 / June 8, 2010 Xbox 360 version: June 6, 2010 / June 7, 2010 / June 8, 2010
Genre	MMORPG
Game modes	Massively Multiplayer Online
Ratings	ESRB:Teen
Platforms	PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox 360

Final Fantasy XI: Vision of Abyssea is the first of three "Battle Area Add-ons" for Final Fantasy XI released in 2010. It is set in a parallel universe to Vana'diel whose inhabitants are fighting for their lives against a powerful force known as the Abyssean Hordes. Players can fight off these hordes and complete quests in three new areas to acquire a variety of new equipment, as well as the fabled Empyrean Weapons. This is the first add-on to Final Fantasy XI that does not formally include new missions. However, Vision of Abyssea adds many new quests and countless new monsters and equipment for players over level 75.

Vision of Abyssea requires players to have both Rise of the Zilart and Wings of the Goddess expansions registered and installed to play. Characters must be level 30 or above to access Abyssea-related content.

Service for Vision of Abyssea commenced on June 22, 2010 (JST).

New AdditionsEdit

QuestsEdit

Vision of Abyssea does not formally include missions, but contains quests that mark the main storyline of the Abyssea add-ons. Unlike previous expansions and add-ons, Vision of Abyssea does not come with any battlefields or special Notorious Monsters. Instead, the notorious monsters that are required to progress in the storyline come from NMs that are part of Abyssea battle system.

Other new quests are also available for players to undertake.

See also: Missions (Final Fantasy XI)/Abyssea.

AreasEdit

New RegionsEdit

Abyssea

• Abyssea - La Theine
• Abyssea - Konschtat
• Abyssea - Tahrongi

EnemiesEdit

This list does not include reskinned enemies of the same genus or unique bosses.

• Caturae
• Clionid
• Limule

Gameplay SystemsEdit

• Abyssea
• Demilune Voidwalker NMs
• Empyrean Weapons

CharactersEdit

Apart from each player's own character, who drives the storyline forward, there are a number of other non-playable characters that take on significant roles in the Vision of Abyssea storyline.

• Joachim is the first Abyssean who meets with the player. He introduces the player to the realm of Abyssea and serves as the first point of contact between the player and the survivors of his own world.
• Gilgamesh of the parallel reality of Abyssea was once the pirate leader of Norg, but now serves as an officer of the resistance effort against the hordes of invading monsters.

StoryEdit

A Journey BeginsEdit

In Port Jeuno, the player encounters a bright flash of light in the sky and blacks out. He is attended to by a man named Joachim who says that the player has "potential". Joachim explains that the flash of light was a phenomenon known as noise - caused when one dimension brushes irregularly against another, and that ordinary people are usually not able to see this.

Joachim surmises that the player has natural attunement to the phasic alignment of their dimensions, but without explaining further, gives a traverser stone to the player and gets him to see something with his own two eyes by visiting a cavernous maw. The player ventures to a maw to discover that it is a portal to an alternate dimension very similar to Vana'diel.

Returning to Joachim, the player is told that this alternate plane of reality is known as Abyssea, and that Joachim himself is from that realm. He explains of how Abyssea was overrun by monsters the day the blue sky turned blood-red. Joachim explains that they have crossed over to Vana'diel to seek help from adventurers as their struggles in Abyssea have reached a dire state. It is also explained that the traverser stone he gave the player served as a key to enter Abyssea as well as an anchor for the player in that other dimension.

After the player rescues three Abyssea areas from the vile creatures that menace it, Joachim informs him that there is someone that wants to meet him at the stone circle in La Theine Plateau.

This man turns out to be Gilgamesh from the Abyssean realm. As the pirate leader of Norg, he is unable to make an appearance in town without stirring up too much trouble and thus chose La Theine Plateau as a meeting place. However, in the dire state that Abyssea is now in, he has become an officer for the resistance effort. He had been assigned by the lil' mistress to measure the players suitability in aiding Abyssea, a test that he has passed with flying colors. Gilgamesh leaves and looks forward to their next meeting.

Back in Port Jeuno, Joachim explains that the situation in Abyssea is still dire. Abyssean hordes continue to pour out from the crevices to attack the people. However, he feels that the player is their ray of hope in this struggle as he has thus far proven himself through his conquests in Abyssea.

(The story continues in Final Fantasy XI: Scars of Abyssea.)

MusicEdit

Main article: Final Fantasy XI Original Soundtrack - Plus

Vision of Abyssea introduces two new tracks to Final Fantasy XI. The first track is "Abyssea - Scarlet Skies, Shadowed Plains", which plays throughout Abyssea, and the second track is "Melodies Errant" which is the party battle theme in all Abyssea areas.