Patch 1.20c has gone live, ushering in expanded item search features and a number of bug fixes.
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Jan 31 2012
Tagged: patch 1.20 
Dec 21 2011
FINAL FANTASY XIV fans the world round, the twenty-second Letter from the Producer has arrived for your viewing pleasure!
Pore over the complete letter.
Dec 15 2011
Patch 1.20 has gone live, bringing with it all the exciting new content and refinements announced thus far and a whole host more besides. Adventurers can now test their mettle against Good King Moggle Mog XII in the latest primal battle, glory in their accomplishments with Achievements, experience the fruits of the class reforms, and the list goes on!
Read up on all the details.
* We regret to inform you that the release of the feature allowing players to purchase items directly from the Item Search interface has been postponed. Selecting an item in the interface will bring up a purchase prompt; however, an error message will appear when you attempt to proceed with the transaction. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
An announcement will be made in the near future regarding the new implementation date.
Dec 12 2011
A new thread has been started in the Updates section of the official forums. The title of the thread is as follows:
[patch1.20] Patch 1.20 Notes
Proceed to the thread.
* The following changes and additions are planned for patch 1.20.
All features are currently being tested, and are subject to change and postponement.
Dec 12 2011
Patch 1.20 will see the introduction of new battle content featuring Good King Moggle Mog XII.
Read on for the details.
Dec 8 2011
The following thread located under “Updates” in the Official FINAL FANTASY XIV Forums has been updated:
[dev1251] Additional Market Features
Dec 7 2011
The following thread located under “Updates” in the Official FINAL FANTASY XIV Forums has been updated:
[dev1081] Achievements
Proceed to the thread.
Dec 6 2011
In this latest post from Naoki Yoshida, he states that unless any critical bugs arise, the next patch for Final Fantasy XIV will be released on December 14th!
Hello! This is Producer/Director Yoshida. 
We have pretty much solidified the date for the release of patch 1.20 for 12/14, but we are still continuing to make final adjustments and stamp out bugs, and I think we should be able to finalize this around tomorrow night. (As long as no critically huge bugs pop up.) Please wait just a bit longer for us to announce a firm date.
In regards to the billing announcement, since the US and Europe have legal time frames to keep in consideration, I’m afraid this had to be done around the patch notes release.
Also, in regards to retainers, for 2.0 the system will change and we intend to make it so it will not be the character that is given the retainer, but the user’s account itself. (Purchased retainers will be usable with any character under the account. Item transfer is a separate problem though.)
Due to the fact that a lot of confusion could arise if we started to charge for retainers now, we decided to hold off on charging for retainers for the moment.
