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Final Fantasy XI’s September 2026 update is a smaller one, but it includes a notable change for new and returning players: the Free Trial character level cap is going up from 50 to 75. Square Enix also plans to remove the Free Trial’s time limit later in September, though an exact date wasn’t given. Producer and director Yoji Fujito outlined the update in an official forum post, noting that this month’s patch is mainly focused on the third phase of Trust magic changes.

Black Desert Console opened Inner Edania after its Sept. 3 maintenance, adding a new endgame region with weekly boss subjugations, high-end monster zones, new accessory paths, and more Life content. The same patch also raises the character level cap to 70, with Pearl Abyss saying the cap will move to 75 in a later update.

Once Human’s Version 3.0.5 update is scheduled for September 2, 2026 at 4:00 PM PT, with maintenance expected to last around two hours. The patch adds a storage search tool, portable crafting in RaidZone, expanded fashion dye options, and a round of fixes and smaller quality-of-life changes. Players will get compensation after maintenance: 1,000 Starchrom, 100 Mitsuko’s Mark, one Stardust Secret Crate: S14 Epic, and 30 Colorful Badges.

Jagex has laid out RuneScape’s September plans, with the month mostly focused on wrapping up the remaining weeks of Leagues II: EQUILIBRIUM before Havenhythe Part 2 arrives on September 28. According to the official post, September also brings two notable updates before then: an engine update next week with a Vulkan beta, and a “Deep Clean” update later in the month aimed at cutting down clutter across the game.

Sega has outlined the September slate for Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis, with several limited-time quests, anniversary rewards, and a new 15-star weapon upgrade path rolling out through the month. Some of it is live now, including the Yurze Augment Select Aug ’26 scratch and the limited-time urgent quest Moonlight Harvest, where up to eight players gather crops for Retem’s Harvest Festival while fighting off enemy waves.

Project Gorgon’s latest update, Voltronin’, has merged four lower-population servers into one. Laeth, Miraverre, Strekios, and Dreva are now combined under the Dreva server, with characters from all four worlds moved over. The change is meant to make grouping easier after the game’s launch spread players across too many servers. If you had characters on the affected servers, they should now appear on Dreva, though there are a few cleanup issues still being handled.

Digital Extremes showed off Soulframe’s next early build update during Warframe Devstream 197, with Preludes 16: Of Hook & Hound planned as a free update for mid-September. The update’s biggest addition is cub bonding, which starts building toward Soulframe’s eventual mount system. Players will be able to spend time with their wolf cub around the Isle, and its temperament will shift based on what they do.

Warframe’s next major update, Iceblade of Narin, launches September 23 on all platforms. Digital Extremes detailed the update during Devstream 197 from TennoVIP: Seoul, confirming the new Warframe Narin, a fresh social space on Earth, six-player missions, Citrine Prime, and several system changes. The update centers on Yuvan Peak, a new Relay set on the dark side of Earth. That’s where players will find Narin’s Crest and the icy sword tied to the new frame.

Method has defeated Mythic Ula’tek in World of Warcraft: Midnight, taking World Third in The Venomous Abyss Race to World First. The kill came on September 4 at 15:28 BST, or 7:28 AM PT, after 409 pulls on the raid’s final boss. That locks in the top three for Mythic The Venomous Abyss. Team Liquid claimed World First on September 3, with Echo following later the same day for World Second. Method’s kill came roughly a day later, after a steady string of deeper Phase 3 attempts.

Dragon Snacks Games has announced Farhaven, its debut game and a co-op sandbox RPG built around small, private persistent worlds for up to 16 players. The studio is calling it a “FriendMO,” basically an MMO-style shared world without the thousands of strangers. In Farhaven, players build and decorate a shared magical town, take on jobs, farm, fish, cook, craft, and head beyond the Mist for procedurally generated adventures.