How to get an ARR (Zodiac) relic weapon in FFXIV

For those who’re bored and really feel like there’s nothing left to do in Remaining Fantasy 14, it’s your decision to think about selecting up a elaborate weapon by finishing the A Realm Reborn relic weapon, often known as Zodiac weapons. These weapons are massively outdated stat-wise, however are value accumulating if you’d like them for glamour.

In contrast to the Stormblood relic and Shadowbringers relic weapons, these weapons don’t require any particular discipline operations responsibility. Slightly, you’ll be despatched round all of the ARR zones and dungeons repeatedly to grind the steps for this relic weapon.

Beneath we element every part you want to find out about getting an A Realm Reborn Zodiac relic weapon.

A Realm Reborn Zodiac relic weapons, defined

These weapons are certainly one of a form. Whereas they used to be best-in-slot many moons in the past, the one cause you’d need to seize these now could be as glamour. The weapons look nice; the primary few levels are the poster baby weapons for his or her respective jobs from when A Realm Reborn got here out. They’re an incredible addition to your assortment if you’d like a traditional look to your outfit.

So as to make this weapon, you’ve gotten to observe a ton of complicated steps. If you’d like the total Zeta weapon, you’ll want to do all eight steps we listing under. Nonetheless, in case you just like the look of the Atma weapon and need to cease there, you are able to do that, too.

As anticipated with this outdated relic, you’ll be able to solely make ARR relic weapons for ARR jobs: Warrior, Paladin, White Mage, Scholar, Monk, Dragoon, Ninja, Bard, Black Mage, and Summoner.

You’ll additionally want to watch out to by no means discard your weapon. You can’t get the weapon again with out having to redo your complete course of. If you’d like a model of your weapon for glam, you should buy stage 1 replicas from Drake in North Shroud subsequent to Gerolt, however you’ll want to have your weapon on-hand to purchase them. You’ll be able to’t put the precise weapons into your glamour dresser, so you’ll need to purchase replicas if you’d like to use them in glamour plates.

You are able to do this relic course of on the free trial, however a number of the steps require stage 1 materia, which is extraordinarily exhausting to get as a free trial participant, so I don’t advocate it.

I additionally actually solely advocate doing this grind as soon as the job you need the weapon for is stage 70 or greater. You’ll have to spam a lot of dungeons, and it’s greatest to give you the chance to do them unsynced by yourself, slightly than queueing for them and ready for that queue to pop.

Step 1: How to get your base Zodiac weapon

So as to make a relic weapon, you want to be at the least stage 50 in the job you need the weapon for, and also you want to have crushed the A Realm Reborn principal situation quest “The Ultimate Weapon.” You additionally want to have the category and job quests to your chosen job accomplished up to stage 50.

You must also make certain to unlock the “Amdapor Keep” dungeon through the facet quest “Ghosts of Amdapor,” as you’ll want it for this quest.

Truthfully, this step is defined for you when you really begin the quests, however in case you wished to look forward to see what the steps are, right here they’re laid out for you:

1. Discuss to Nedrick Ironheart in Vesper Bay (Western Thanalan) to begin the search “The Weaponsmith of Legend.” Full mentioned quest and you need to find yourself at Gerolt in North Shroud. You received’t want to repeat this quest when you do it as soon as.
2. Discuss to Gerolt because the job you need the weapon for to begin the search “A Relic Reborn.” He’ll mark a location in your map that varies relying on the job you’re taking part in as. Head to the marked location and produce him again the damaged weapon.
3. Acquire the precise weapon that Gerolt requests (both by crafting or shopping for it) and meld two of the required materia to it. Your quest log will let you know which weapon and which materia to meld. Flip the weapon in to Gerolt when it’s completed.
4. Full the trial “A Relic Reborn: The Chimera” because the job you’re doing the relic for to get Alumina Salts. (In case your chosen job is excessive stage, you’ll be able to select to do the responsibility unsynced, permitting you to defeat it rapidly by your self.) Discuss to Gerolt once more when you’ve completed the trial.
5. Discuss to Rowena in Revenant’s Toll and enter the dungeon “Amdapor Keep” because the job you’re doing the weapon for to get an Amdapor Glyph. (You are able to do this unsynced once more, in case you’re a excessive sufficient stage.) Give Rowena the Amdapor Glyph.
6. Head again to Gerolt and provides him the ebook that Rowena gave you. He’ll provide you with an “unfinished” model of your weapon. Equip it and defeat the enemies listed. (The enemies are depending on what job you’re taking part in as.)
7. After speaking to Gerolt once more, full the trial “A Relic Reborn: The Hydra” together with your unfinished weapon outfitted. (Identical to the opposite steps, you are able to do this unsynced.)
8. Unequip your weapon and hand it again to Gerolt.
9. You’ll now be tasked with grabbing three objects from primals. Full the trials “The Bowl of Embers (Hard)” to get a White-Sizzling Ember, “The Howling Eye (Hard)” to get a Howling Gale, and “The Navel (Hard)” to get a Hyperfused Ore, in that order. You will have to full these trials because the job you’re getting the weapon for, after all. (And sure, you are able to do these unsynced, too.) Hand the three objects over to Gerolt.
10. Purchase a Radz-at-Han Quenching Oil for 15 Allagan Tomestones of Poetics from Auriana in Mor Dhona and provides it to Gerolt. You can even purchase these from the Rowena’s Consultant NPCs in Ishgard, Limsa Lominsa, Gridania, and Ul’dah.

That’s it for step one. It’s not too shabby!

Step 2: How to get your Zenith Zodiac weapon

So long as you’ve gotten your Zodiac weapon in-hand from the first step, you need to be ready to full this half easy-peasy. To get your Zenith Zodiac weapon, do the next:

1. Purchase 3 Thavnairian Mists for 20 Allagan Tomestones of Poetics every (60 Poetics complete) from Auriana in Mor Dhona. You can even purchase these from the Rowena’s Consultant NPCs in Ishgard, Limsa Lominsa, Gridania, and Ul’dah.
2. Work together with the furnace to the left of Gerolt in North Shroud to commerce your Zodiac weapon and the three mists in to your Zenith Zodiac weapon.

That’s actually it. Your weapon will now have a mushy little glow to it, too!

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Step 3: How to get your Atma Zodiac weapon

The Atma step may be grindy, as you want to full FATEs in order to improve your weapon. To begin it, you’ll want to do the next:

1. Equip your Zenith Zodiac weapon and speak to Gerolt in North Shroud to settle for the search “Up in Arms.” After ending your dialog with Gerolt, flip round and speak to Jalzahn on the constructing in entrance of Gerolt.
2. Farm 12 Atma from FATEs in from their respective areas with a Zodiac Zenith weapon outfitted. It doesn’t essentially want to be the one you’re upgrading.
3. Unequip your Zodiac Zenith weapon and switch in each the weapon and all 12 Atma to Jalzahn to get your Atma Zodiac weapon.

You want to gather certainly one of every Atma, which comes from totally different areas. They’re positioned as follows:

• Atma of the Archer: North Shroud
• Atma of the Goat: East Shroud
• Atma of the Maiden: Central Shroud
• Atma of the Lion: Outer La Noscea
• Atma of the Water-bearer: Higher La Noscea
• Atma of the Ram: Center La Noscea
• Atma of the Crab: Western La Noscea
• Atma of the Fish: Decrease La Noscea
• Atma of the Bull: Jap Thanalan
• Atma of the Scales: Central Thanalan
• Atma of the Twins: Western Thanalan
• Atma of the Scorpion: Southern Thanalan

You’ll want to do FATEs in these areas to get the precise Atma. It doesn’t matter which FATEs you do in the realm, however you do want to have a Zodiac Zenith weapon outfitted when you do them. The FATEs solely have an opportunity to drop an Atma, that means you could get unfortunate and have to do fairly a little bit of FATEs to get your weapon.

Your weapon will lose its glow, however get a brand new colorway.

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Step 4: How to get your Animus Zodiac weapon

This half might be the sloggiest of all of it, so brace your self. Simply as a reminder, making a relic weapon is a marathon, not a dash (very like FFXIV as an entire), so keep in mind to take breaks as crucial. Earlier than you soar in, you need to just remember to have the next dungeons unlocked:

You don’t have to full the dungeon or quest, simply unlock the dungeon. (Actually, you should have to run these for this step, so that you would possibly as nicely wait and knock out two birds with one stone.)

To make your Animus weapon, you’ll want to do the next:

1. Equip your Atma Zodiac weapon and speak to Jalzahn to begin the search “Trial of the Braves.”
2. He’ll let you know to go speak to Rowena, who will redirect you to G’jusana in Mor Dhona.
3. Purchase a specialty ebook from G’jusana for 100 Allagan Tomestones of Poetics, open the ebook out of your key merchandise stock, and try what the ebook asks of you. The ebook will process you with killing 10 totally different enemies, together with finishing three dungeons, three FATEs, and three levequests.
4. Full the duties in the ebook after which head again to G’jusana to purchase the following one. You want to full 9 books complete to end this step of your weapon (900 Poetics complete).
5. When you end out the 9 books, unequip your Atma Zodiac weapon, speak to Jalzahn, and choose “Relic Weapon Atma Enhancement” to improve it to an Animus weapon.

The ebook stuff is fairly straight-forward, albeit grindy. There are 9 totally different books to full, every with their very own set of stuff to do. Slightly than itemizing the entire aims right here (there are a ton), I’d advocate consulting the Remaining Fantasy 14 On-line Wiki to go down the listing of books, maintaining the web page to your present ebook open and finishing every goal space by space. In your sake, right here’s a listing of all of the books with hyperlinks:

Word that if the levequest that you just want to do isn’t showing in the listing of accessible leves, you’ll be able to refresh the listing by finishing one. Some FATEs received’t spawn except one other FATE will get accomplished, which is why I like to recommend you wanting on the Wiki listing.

You’ll rapidly notice that every ebook has you basically operating backwards and forwards between the identical areas, making this process extraordinarily annoying, particularly since you’ll be able to’t have a number of books directly. Fortunately, in case you’re overleveled, the enemies, dungeons, and levequests must be fast work, and the FATEs nonetheless shouldn’t be too dangerous even when it forces you to stage sync. (As a stage 90 White Mage, I used to be ready to full all of the books fully solo – and my gear is fairly outdated.)

This step is absolutely tough however you’ll finally get into the rhythm, realizing the place you want to go together with every ebook quicker as you full extra books. We obtained the entire duties performed in Mor Dhona first, would then go to Coerthas for these steps, after which go straight to Camp Bluefog in Northern Thanalan for levequests, after which undergo all of the zones in Thanalan, Shroud, and La Noscea in that order.

Your weapon is glowing once more!

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Step 5: How to get your Novus Zodiac weapon

After the Animus step, this step appears like nothing, particularly in case you’ve been sitting on Poetics for some time.

To get your Novus weapon, do the next:

1. Along with your weapon outfitted, speak to Jalzahn to begin the search “Celestial Radiance” and observe the steps to full it. You will have to purchase 3 bottles of Superior Enchanted Ink for 25 Poetics every (75 Poetics complete) throughout this quest. You should purchase these from Auriana in Mor Dhona or from the Rowena’s Consultant NPCs in Ishgard, Limsa Lominsa, Gridania, and Ul’dah.
2. Discuss to Hubairtin to begin the search “Star Light, Star Bright” and commerce the ink for a Sphere Scroll to your weapon. You’ll now have a Sphere Scroll in your stock you could open freely.
3. You’ll want to infuse 75 materia into your Sphere Scroll. As well as to the 75 materia, you’ll want 75 Alexandrite, which is required to fusing the materia into the scroll. The stats and materia you connect to your weapon doesn’t actually matter since these weapons are extraordinarily outdated and you need to solely be utilizing these for glamour.
4. Upon getting your 75 materia in your Sphere Scroll, return to Jalzahn together with your weapon outfitted to full the search.
5. Unequip your weapon, speak to him once more and choose “Relic Weapon Animus Enhancement” to improve to your Novus weapon.

How to use the Sphere Scroll

The Sphere Scroll is a bizarre mechanic that we by no means actually see once more after this. You will have to meld 11 materia of 1 tier in order to give you the chance to meld the following tier. So in case you’re beginning out, you’ll want to efficiently meld 11 Piety I materia earlier than you’ll be able to meld any Piety II materia and so forth. As talked about, the stats right here don’t matter, so we simply purchased a bunch of the most affordable materia we might off the marketboard.

Stage one materia can get costly because it’s a little bit of a rarity – you’ll be able to solely get it from the marketboard or by extracting materials from totally spiritbonded low-level gear. Because of this this course of isn’t nice totally free trial gamers.

The place to get Alexandrite

There are a number of methods to get Alexandrite:

• Incomes a gold ranking in FATEs together with your Animus weapon outfitted (once more!)
• Finishing Mysterious Maps as any job with any weapon, which you should buy from Auriana in Mor Dhona for 75 Poetics every. To do that, you’ll want to have the Decipher and Dig talent, which unlocks from the search “Treasures and Tribulations.” Every map drops 5 Alexandrite.
• Shopping for the Alexandrite for 50 Allied Seals every out of your Grand Firm Hunt Billmaster.

I actually advocate doing a little bit of every part. You’ll be able to solely technically carry three maps directly (one in your stock, one deciphered one, and one in your chocobo saddlebag), so going backwards and forwards to Mor Dhona is usually a ache. That being mentioned, I had a handful of Allied Seals to spend, so going half-and-half was good.

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Step 6: How to get your Nexus Zodiac Weapon

Are you prepared to do extra ARR duties? Wahoo! To get your Nexus weapon, you’ll want to do the next:

1. Equip your relic weapon and speak to Jalzahn to begin the search “Mmmmmm, Soulglazed Relics” (this sport is so unserious) to get a Zodiac Glass.
2. Discuss to Jalzahn and choose “Zodiac Relic Weapon Novus Soulglazing” and choose your weapon to add the Soulglazed impact to it.
3. Fill your weapon with mild by doing content material, like dungeons, trials, and FATEs. You’ll be able to examine the sunshine ranges of your weapon by utilizing the Zodiac Glass in your stock. You will have to full the responsibility together with your relic weapon outfitted to achieve mild.
4. As soon as the Zodiac Glass says it has “bursting activity,” head again to Jalzahn together with your weapon unequipped and choose “Relic Weapon Novus Enhancement” to improve right into a Nexus weapon.

How to earn mild to soulglaze your weapon

Doing totally different A Realm Reborn content material gives you totally different ranges of mild and a number of the duties gives you bonus mild. The duties that give bonus mild rotate randomly each two hours and you may run any of the content material unsynced, so long as your weapon is provided at completion.

The sunshine values rewarded and wanted to full your weapon are invisible, however you want 2,000 mild for it to have “bursting activity.”

For those who’re doing this solo, the quickest approach to rake in mild to your weapon is to run “The Bowl of Embers” unsynced. Since you’ll be able to instantly obliterate Ifrit, you need to be ready to clear the responsibility in a matter of seconds, making it very quick, albeit grindy (once more) to full. With no bonus, regular provides 8 mild. We have been ready to get via three Ifrit fights in a minute, netting in an simple 24 mild per minute.

When you have a good friend who’s keen to spend a couple of minutes serving to you out, you’ll be able to select to run “The Bowl of Embers (Extreme)” with them. In case your good friend is equipped at stage 90, they need to give you the chance to one- or two-shot Ifrit, permitting you to internet in 32 mild per run and round 96 per minute.

For those who don’t like operating Ifrit, you’ll be able to at all times type of go down the listing of content material to maintain issues just a little extra partaking. Most ARR dungeons gives you 48 mild, with a number of giving much less. Beneath you’ll be able to see how a lot mild every responsibility rewards.

Finally, you need to do whichever you want greatest. If operating “The Aurum Vale” rapidly is essentially the most partaking content material for you, then all of the extra energy to you.

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Step 7: How to get your Zodiac Braves weapon

This step is fairly materials heavy and also you’ll want to run a number of extra dungeons. As well as to being a Second Lieutenant rank in your Grand Firm, you’ll need to have the next dungeons unlocked (in addition those that we’ve listed earlier than):

To truly begin making your Zodiac Braves weapon, you’ll want to do the next:

1. Unequip your Nexus weapon and speak to Jalzahn to begin and full the search “Wherefore Art Thou, Zodiac.”
2. Full the search “One Man’s Trash” from Ealdwine, in case you haven’t already. Ealdwine is sitting proper subsequent to Jalzahn.
3. Head to Mor Dhona. Discuss to Papana to begin the search “A Ponze of Flesh,” Guiding Star to begin “Labor of Love,” and Brangwine to begin “A Treasured Mother.”
4. Head to Central Thanalan and speak to Adkin to begin the search “Method in His Malice.”
5. Flip in the required objects (see under) and full the dungeons required for every quest to get the precise merchandise. The dungeons may be accomplished unsynced, as no matter job and with no matter weapon. You don’t want to be utilizing your relic to clear get these dungeon drops.
6. When you end all 4 quests, make certain your relic weapon is provided and speak to Gerolt to begin and full the search “His Dark Materia.”
7. Unequip your weapon, speak to Jalzahn, and choose “Zodiac Weapon Recreation” to improve your weapon to a Zodiac Braves weapon. There will probably be a immediate asking in case you’re certain you need to proceed and that you’ll lose your relic weapon if the method fails – say sure anyway. It should succeed 100%, don’t fear.

Zodiac Braves weapon merchandise necessities

You’ll want a handful of various kinds of foreign money to get previous this quest. Notably you want to receive these things from these retailers:

• 4 Bombard Cores (20,000 Grand Firm seals every) out of your respective GC Quartermaster (80,000 GC seals complete)
• 4 Sacred Spring Water (200 Poetics every) from Auriana in Mor Dhona (800 Poetics complete)
• 1 Bronze Lake Crystal (100,000 gil) from the Junkmonger in Higher La Noscea (26, 26)
• 1 Allagan Resin (100,000 gil) from the Service provider & Mender in Southern Thanalan (15, 29)
• 1 Furite Sand (100,000 gil) from the Service provider & Mender in Coerthas Central Highlands (13, 16)
• 1 Brass Kettle (100,000 gil) from the Instrument Provider & Mender in North Shroud (29, 19)

Additionally, you will want some objects which can be particularly crafted and prime quality. You should purchase them from the marketboard in case you have the gil, however in case you have stage 50+ crafters, you may make them your self. Nonetheless, to get the bottom supplies for these crafts, you’ve gotten to purchase and desynth particular objects offered by the Service provider and Mender in Western Thanalan (15, 29). Every desynth solely has an opportunity to drop the related items, and you could get different objects as a substitute. The objects are as follows:

• Desynth an Aged Spear to get an Aged Spear Shaft to make a Good Firewood.
• Desynth an Aged Pestle to get Aged Pestle Items to make a Good Pestle.
• Desynth an Aged Mortar to get Aged Mortar Items to make a Good Mortar.
• Desynth an Aged Ring to get an Aged Eye of Hearth to make a Furnace Ring.
• Desynth an Aged Grimoire to get Aged Vellum to make Good Vellum.
• Desynth an Aged Gown to get a Stained Fabric to make Good Fabric.
• Desynth an Aged Phial to get Dried Ether to make Good Pounce.
• Desynth an Aged Decanter to get Classic Cooking Sherry to make Tailored Eel Pie.

To craft these your self, additionally, you will want the Master Recipes I ebook for every crafting job, too.

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Step 8: How to get your Zodiac Zeta weapon

That is the final step. You’re virtually there, you simply have some extra responsibility grinding to go!

To make your Zodiac Zeta weapon, you’ll want to do the next:

1. Discuss to Jalzahn together with your weapon outfitted to begin and full the search “Rise and Shine.” Get used to speaking to Remon in Swiftperch (the place the search ends).
2. Discuss to Remon to purchase a Mahatma for 50 Poetics. Identical to the Nexus step, you’ll want to imbue this Mahatma with mild by finishing duties.
3. Fill in your first Mahatma, after which speak to Remon to purchase the following one for an additional 50 Poetics and fill that one in, too. You’ll want to repeat this step many instances, as you’ve gotten 12 Mahatmas complete to fill (600 Poetics complete).
4. After you fill in all 12 Mahatmas, speak to Jalzahn once more together with your weapon unequipped and choose “Zodiac Weapon Awakening” to get your remaining Zodiac Zeta weapon.

How to earn mild for Mahatmas

That is virtually precisely the identical because the Nexus step, although the values are totally different. Once more, the quantity of sunshine rewarded and gained is invisible, however gamers have deduced that every Mahatma wants 40 mild. There may be additionally nonetheless a bonus that rotates each two hours (and the Nexus bonus responsibility is similar because the Zeta bonus responsibility). As per regular, you do want to have your weapon outfitted while you end the responsibility, and duties may be accomplished unsynced.

The duties additionally give totally different quantities of sunshine now:

If one of many regular dungeons is on bonus, you’ll be able to full a Mahatma with a single run, making it fairly worthwhile. In any other case the identical guidelines apply from the Nexus step: Spam “The Bowl of Embers” in case you’re operating solo to get about 12 mild per minute. Run “The Bowl of Embers (Extreme)” in case you have a high-level good friend keen to two-shot the boss for you.

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And that’s all there may be to it. You at the moment are completed together with your ARR relic weapon grind, however you’ll be able to at all times begin from the start if you’d like one other one. Or you’ll be able to transfer on to making a Stormblood relic or Shadowbringers relic weapon in case you miss that grind.