FFXIV Endwalker is available for download right now. Going live way ahead of estimated time frames--maintenance was scheduled to end on December 3 around 1 AM PST--you can press the download button in your launcher right now. We're reporting from the front lines: Here's one of our staff member's in-progress download.

Once the 4236 MB expansion patch downloads and the servers open at some unspecified time tomorrow, players with early access should be able to begin their first trial as the Warrior of Light in Endwalker--getting into game servers.

FFXIV Endwalker will close out the years-long story arc on the conflict between Hydaleyn and Zodiark. The new expansion will also come with two new Jobs: Reaper and Sage. Reaper falls into the melee DPS category and its signature weapon is a scythe. Sage, on the other hand, is a new Healer class. It will join Scholar as a barrier healer and has special gun-like weapons called Nouliths.