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Zodiac Braves Weapons/Quest

2026-06-06T20:07:49Z

Nanahacress: Fix language

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{| class="relic-quest" style="text-align:left; width:720px"
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|width="100px" align="center" valign="middle"| '''[[Nexus Zodiac Weapons/Quest|Nexus <<< IL 115]]'''
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{| style=" width:100%"
|align="center" colspan="4" class="relic-quest-heading"| '''<big>[[Zodiac Braves Weapons]]</big>'''
|-
|width="120px" class="relic-quest-heading"| '''Item Level'''
|width="140px" class="relic-quest-cell"| 125
|width="120px" class="relic-quest-heading"| '''Patch'''
|width="140px" class="relic-quest-cell"| 2.45
|-
|width="120px" class="relic-quest-heading" | '''Starting Location'''
|class="relic-quest-cell" colspan="3"| [[Jalzahn]] - [[Hyrstmill]], [[North Shroud]] (X:29.5, Y:19.6)
|-
|width="120px" class="relic-quest-heading"| '''Notable NPCs'''
|class="relic-quest-cell" colspan="3"| [[Papana]] - [[Mor Dhona]] (X:22.9, Y:7.3) [[Guiding Star]] - [[Mor Dhona]] (X:21, Y:6) [[Brangwine]] - [[Mor Dhona]] (X:22.0, Y:6.7) [[Adkin]] - [[The Bonfire]], [[Central Thanalan]] (X:23, Y:13) [[Gerolt (ARR)|Gerolt]] - [[Hyrstmill]], [[North Shroud]] (X:30, Y:20).
|-
|width="120px" class="relic-quest-heading"| '''Quests'''
|class="relic-quest-cell" colspan="3"| {{questlink|type=feature|name=Wherefore Art Thou, Zodiac}} {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Ponze of Flesh}} {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Labor of Love}} {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Treasured Mother}} {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Method in His Malice}} {{questlink|type=feature|name=His Dark Materia}}
|-
|width="120px" class="relic-quest-heading"| '''Reward'''
|class="relic-quest-cell" colspan="3"| {{item icon|Excalibur|size=big|x}} {{item icon|Aegis Shield|size=big|x}} {{item icon|Ragnarok|size=big|x}} {{item icon|Longinus|size=big|x}} {{item icon|Kaiser Knuckles|size=big|x}} {{item icon|Sasuke's Blades|size=big|x}} {{item icon|Yoichi Bow|size=big|x}} {{item icon|Lilith Rod|size=big|x}} {{item icon|Apocalypse|size=big|x}} {{item icon|Nirvana|size=big|x}} {{item icon|Last Resort|size=big|x}}
|}
|width="100px" align="center" valign="middle"| '''[[Zodiac Zeta Weapons/Quest|Zeta >>> IL 135]]'''
|} </center>
==Upgrading Nexus to Zodiac Braves==
1. First complete {{questlink|type=feature|name=Wherefore Art Thou, Zodiac}}.

2. Next Complete the following quests:
*{{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Ponze of Flesh}} from [[Papana]] in [[Mor Dhona]] (22.9, 7.3): {{Item icon|Book of Skylight}}
*{{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Labor of Love}} from [[Guiding Star]] in [[Mor Dhona]] (21, 6): {{Item icon|Zodium}}
*{{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Treasured Mother}} from [[Brangwine]] in [[Mor Dhona]] (22.0, 6.7): {{Item icon|Flawless Alexandrite}}
*{{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Method in His Malice}} from [[Adkin]] in [[Central Thanalan]] (23, 13): {{Item icon|Zodiac Scroll}}

'''Note:''' the Quests are completed using a combination of items from the "Purchased", "Crafted", and "Dungeon" Items listed below to get the special quest items. The quests can be active simultaneously, and completed in any order. The "Dungeon" items can only be obtained once a quest has been started and reaches the step where the NPC asks for the item.

3. Next complete {{questlink|type=feature|name=His Dark Materia}} from Gerolt in [[Hyrstmill]], [[North Shroud]] (x30,y20).

4. Finally, talk to Jalzahn and select Zodiac Weapon Recreation. While the dialogue tells you that the process only has a 1.4% chance of success, and that the relic will be lost if it fails, the process '''is guaranteed to succeed''', 100%.

You will need to unlock the following non-MSQ dungeons for some of the quest materials:
* {{i|Hullbreaker Isle}} ({{i|King of the Hull}})
* {{i|The Tam-Tara Deepcroft (Hard)}} ({{i|Corpse Groom}})
* {{i|The Stone Vigil (Hard)}} ({{i|Blood for Stone}})
* {{i|Sastasha (Hard)}} ({{i|It's Definitely Pirates}})
* {{i|The Sunken Temple of Qarn (Hard)}} ({{i|The Wrath of Qarn}})

===All the Items Needed===
To obtain all of the items, players need: at least {{gil|400000}} [[gil]], {{company seal}} 80k [[Company Seals]], {{tomestone|Poetics|800}} [[Allagan Tomestone of Poetics]], drops from 16 [[dungeons]], and 8 level 50★★★ {{HQ}} HQ crafted items. The dungeon items are only available when a quest NPC requests that item.

*Since [[patch 3.0]], some requirements have been severely lightened and acquisition rates are much higher.

====Purchased Items====
{| {{STDT|item sortable}}
|-
! Quest
! Item
! Cost
! Where
|-
| All (1 per quest) || 4x {{Item icon|Bombard Core}} || {{company seal}} 80,000 [[Company Seals]] (20,000 each) || [[Twin_Adder#Materiel|Serpent Quartermaster]] in [[New Gridania]], [[The_Maelstrom#Materiel|Maelstrom Quartermaster]] in [[Limsa Lominsa]], or [[Immortal_Flames#Materiel|Flame Quartermaster]] in [[Ul'dah]]
(requires Second Lieutenant rank)
|-
| All (1 per quest) || 4x {{Item icon|Sacred Spring Water}} || {{tomestone|Poetics|800}} [[Allagan Tomestone of Poetics]] (200 each) || [[Auriana]] in [[Mor Dhona]] (x22,y6). (Appears only after completing {{questlink|type=feature|name=Wherefore Art Thou, Zodiac}})
|-
| {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Method in His Malice}} || 1x {{Item icon|Furite Sand}} || {{gil|100000}} Gil || [[Merchant and Mender (Whitebrim Front)|Merchant & Mender in Whitebrim Front]] in [[Coerthas Central Highlands]] (x13,y16)
|-
| {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Labor of Love}} || 1x {{Item icon|Allagan Resin}} || {{gil|100000}} Gil || [[Merchant and Mender (Forgotten Springs)|Merchant & Mender in Forgotten Springs]] in [[Southern Thanalan]] (x15,y29)
|-
| {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Ponze of Flesh}} || 1x {{Item icon|Bronze Lake Crystal}} || {{gil|100000}} [[Gil]] || [[Junkmonger (Jijiroon's Trading Post)|Junkmonger at Jijiroon's Trading Post]] in [[Upper La Noscea]] (x26,y26)
|-
| {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Treasured Mother}} || 1x {{Item icon|Brass Kettle}} || {{gil|100000}} Gil || [[Tool Supplier and Mender|Tool Supplier & Mender]] in [[Hyrstmill]] in [[North Shroud]] (x29,y19)
|}

====Crafted Items====
The following items may be crafted or purchased from another player. They must be [[High Quality]] {{HQ}}. The recipes are unlocked by the corresponding [[Master Recipe Books|Master Recipes (1)]] book.

Each recipe requires an ingredient that comes from {{action icon|desynthesis|desynthesizing}} a specific item sold by the [[Merchant_and_Mender_(The_Silver_Bazaar)|Merchant and Mender]] in [[The Silver Bazaar]] in [[Western Thanalan]] (x15,y29) for {{gil|3000}} [[gil]].
* You do not need a high desynth level to get the ingredients, the RNG is the same regardless of desynth level.
* The chance of getting the ingredient from a desynth is estimated to be about 18%<ref name="dropchance">As of December 2024, tested with n=451, resulting in 81 drops. (n=31 spears, n=50 pestles, n=71 mortars, n=59 rings, n=73 grimoires, n=50 robes, n=59 phials, n=58 decanters. Resulted in 10 drops for each item, except robes which had 11 drops.)</ref>({{gil|16,667}} gil per ingredient, on average).

{| {{STDT|item sortable}}
|-
! Quest
! Item
! Class
! Ingredient
! Source Item
|-
| {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Ponze of Flesh}} || {{Item icon|Perfect Firewood|hq=true}} || {{CRP}} [[Carpenter]] || {{Item icon|Aged Spear Shaft}} || {{Item icon|Aged Spear}}
|-
| {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Labor of Love}} || {{Item icon|Perfect Pestle|hq=true}} || {{BSM}} [[Blacksmith]] || {{Item icon|Aged Pestle Pieces}} || {{Item icon|Aged Pestle}}
|-
| {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Labor of Love}} || {{Item icon|Perfect Mortar|hq=true}} || {{ARM}} [[Armorer]] || {{Item icon|Aged Mortar Pieces}} || {{Item icon|Aged Mortar}}
|-
| {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Ponze of Flesh}} || {{Item icon|Furnace Ring|hq=true}} || {{GSM}} [[Goldsmith]] || {{Item icon|Aged Eye of Fire}} || {{Item icon|Aged Ring}}
|-
| {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Method in His Malice}} ||{{Item icon|Perfect Vellum|hq=true}} || {{LTW}} [[Leatherworker]] || {{Item icon|Aged Vellum}} || {{Item icon|Aged Grimoire}}
|-
| {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Treasured Mother}} || {{Item icon|Perfect Cloth|hq=true}} || {{WVR}} [[Weaver]] || {{Item icon|Stained Cloth}} || {{Item icon|Aged Robe}}
|-
| {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Method in His Malice}} || {{Item icon|Perfect Pounce|hq=true}} || {{ALC}} [[Alchemist]] || {{Item icon|Dried Ether}} || {{Item icon|Aged Phial}}
|-
| {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Treasured Mother}} || {{Item icon|Tailor-made Eel Pie|hq=true}} || {{CUL}} [[Culinarian]] || {{Item icon|Vintage Cooking Sherry}} || {{Item icon|Aged Decanter}}
|-
|}

====Dungeon Items====
The following items may only be gathered once the requisite quests have been started and the items are asked for as a quest objective. The items are rewarded upon leaving the dungeon. The dungeons '''do not need to be completed with the class that accepted the quests''' and '''do not need a relic weapon equipped''' to be rewarded the item. The dungeons can also be completed unsynced with an [[Unrestricted Party]].

'''Notes:'''
* The turtle boss in {{i|The Stone Vigil (Hard)}} can take a long time to defeat solo unsynced, due to its damage reduction. However, the damage reduction can be bypassed by certain effects, such as {{BLU}} [[Blue Mage]]'s {{action icon|Missile}} or {{action icon|Level 5 Death}}.
* As of Patch 7.5, the quest host can no longer use limited jobs to obtain the quest rewards due to limited job exclusion. Bring another player on a limited job if needed.
* The [[Decaying Gourmand]] (first boss) in {{i|The Lost City of Amdapor}} has a move that will trap and then kill you if you are solo - unless your damage is high enough to skip it. Consider queuing for this dungeon if your damage isn't cutting it.

{| {{STDT|item sortable}}
|-
! Quest
! Item
! Where
|-
| rowspan=4 | {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Ponze of Flesh}} || {{Item icon|Horn of the Beast}} || {{i|Dzemael Darkhold}}
|-
|{{Item icon|Gobmachine Bangplate}} || {{i|Brayflox's Longstop (Hard)}}
|-
|{{Item icon|Narasimha Hide}} || {{i|Halatali (Hard)}}
|-
|{{Item icon|Sickle Fang}} || {{i|Snowcloak}}
|-
| rowspan=4 | {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Labor of Love}} || {{Item icon|Vale Bubo}} || {{i|The Aurum Vale}}
|-
|{{Item icon|Voidweave}} || {{i|Haukke Manor (Hard)}}
|-
|{{Item icon|Amdapor Vellum}} || {{i|The Lost City of Amdapor}}
|-
|{{Item icon|Indigo Pearl}} || {{i|Sastasha (Hard)}}
|-
| rowspan=4 | {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Method in His Malice}} || {{Item icon|Tonberry King Blood}} || {{i|The Wanderer's Palace}}
|-
|{{Item icon|Royal Gigant Blood}} || {{i|Copperbell Mines (Hard)}}
|-
|{{Item icon|Kraken Blood}} || {{i|Hullbreaker Isle}}
|-
|{{Item icon|Vicegerent Blood}} || {{i|The Sunken Temple of Qarn (Hard)}}
|-
| rowspan=4 | {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Treasured Mother}} || {{Item icon|Lost Treasure of Amdapor}} || {{i|Amdapor Keep}}
|-
|{{Item icon|Lost Treasure of Pharos Sirius}} || {{i|Pharos Sirius}}
|-
|{{Item icon|Lost Treasure of the Tam-Tara Deepcroft}} || {{i|The Tam-Tara Deepcroft (Hard)}}
|-
|{{Item icon|Lost Treasure of the Stone Vigil}} || {{i|The Stone Vigil (Hard)}}
|-
|}
===Parallel routing with Animus step===
For players aiming to obtain multiple jobs' relic weapons, a major time-saver is to route the Zodiac Braves step to be done at the same time as another weapon's Animus (books) step. This is possible by weaving together book purchases and the material quest steps together, as there is a lot of overlap in the required dungeons.

A recommended ordering (according to [https://docs.google.com/document/d/18kjzwvNZYHEyweBFtyO4XLX5vrRD8h1vkEluEpgcTXU/edit?tab=t.0 this guide by K'lo Kay]) is as follows:
{| {{STDT|item}}
|-
! Step !! Task !! Notes
|-
| 1 || Accept all 4 quests || -
|-
| 2 || Turn in the initial items for:
* {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Ponze of Flesh}}
* {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Labor of Love}}
* {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Treasured Mother}}
| -
|-
| 3 || Purchase and complete the {{item icon|Book of Skyfall I}}
* Clear {{i|Copperbell Mines}}
* Clear {{i|Dzemael Darkhold}}
* Clear {{i|Brayflox's Longstop (Hard)}}
| Collects {{item icon|Horn of the Beast}} and {{item icon|Gobmachine Bangplate}} for {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Ponze of Flesh}}
|-
| 4 || Progress {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Ponze of Flesh}} || -
|-
| 5 || Purchase and complete the {{item icon|Book of Skyearth I}}
* Clear {{i|Halatali}}
* Clear {{i|Amdapor Keep}}
* Clear {{i|Pharos Sirius}}
| Collects {{item icon|Lost Treasure of Amdapor}} and {{item icon|Lost Treasure of Pharos Sirius}} for {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Treasured Mother}}
|-
| 6 || Purchase and complete the {{item icon|Book of Skywind I}}
* Clear {{i|Sastasha}}
* Clear {{i|The Aurum Vale}}
* Clear {{i|Halatali (Hard)}}
|
* Collects {{item icon|Vale Bubo}} for {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Labor of Love}}
* Collects {{item icon|Narasimha Hide}} for {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Ponze of Flesh}}
|-
| 7 || Purchase and complete the {{item icon|Book of Skyfall II}}
* Clear {{i|The Thousand Maws of Toto-Rak}}
* Clear {{i|Amdapor Keep}}
* Clear {{i|Haukke Manor (Hard)}}
| Collects {{item icon|Voidweave}} for {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Labor of Love}}
|-
| 8 || Progress {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Labor of Love}} || -
|-
| 9 || Purchase and complete the {{item icon|Book of Skyfire I}}
* Clear {{i|The Tam-Tara Deepcroft}}
* Clear {{i|The Stone Vigil}}
* Clear {{i|The Lost City of Amdapor}}
| Collects {{item icon|Amdapor Vellum}} for {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Labor of Love}}
|-
| 10 || Purchase and complete the {{item icon|Book of Skyfire II}}
* Clear {{i|Brayflox's Longstop}}
* Clear {{i|The Wanderer's Palace}}
* Clear {{i|Copperbell Mines (Hard)}}
| Collects {{item icon|Tonberry King Blood}} for {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Method in His Malice}}
|-
| 11 || Progress {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Method in His Malice}} || -
|-
| 12 || Purchase and complete the {{item icon|Book of Skywind II}}
* Clear {{i|Haukke Manor}}
* Clear {{i|Copperbell Mines (Hard)}}
* Clear {{i|Brayflox's Longstop (Hard)}}
| Collects {{item icon|Royal Gigant Blood}} for {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Method in His Malice}}
|-
| 13 || Progress {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Method in His Malice}} || -
|-
| 14 || Purchase and complete the {{item icon|Book of Netherfire I}}
* Clear {{i|The Sunken Temple of Qarn}}
* Clear {{i|Haukke Manor (Hard)}}
* Clear {{i|Halatali (Hard)}}
| -
|-
| 15 || Purchase and complete the {{item icon|Book of Netherfall I}}
* Clear {{i|Cutter's Cry}}
* Clear {{i|Pharos Sirius}}
* Clear {{i|The Lost City of Amdapor}}
| -
|-
| 16 || Clear {{i|Hullbreaker Isle}} || Collects {{item icon|Kraken Blood}} for {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Method in His Malice}}
|-
| 17 || Clear {{i|The Tam-Tara Deepcroft (Hard)}} || Collects {{item icon|Lost Treasure of the Tam-Tara Deepcroft}} for {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Treasured Mother}}
|-
| 18 || Progress {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Method in His Malice}} || -
|-
| 19 || Progress {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Treasured Mother}} || -
|-
| 20 || Clear {{i|Stone Vigil (Hard)}} || Collects {{item icon|Lost Treasure of the Stone Vigil}} for {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Treasured Mother}}
|-
| 21 || Clear {{i|Snowcloak}}
|
* Collects {{item icon|Sickle Fang}} for {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Ponze of Flesh}}
* Can also progress the first part of the [[Anima Weapons]] quest {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Toughening Up}}
|-
| 22 || Clear {{i|Sastasha (Hard)}}
|
* Collects {{item icon|Indigo Pearl}} for {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Labor of Love}}
* Can also progress the first part of the [[Anima Weapons]] quest {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Toughening Up}}
|-
| 23 || Clear {{i|The Sunken Temple of Qarn (Hard)}}
|
* Collects {{item icon|Vicegerent Blood}} for {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Method in His Malice}}
* Can also progress the first part of the [[Anima Weapons]] quest {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Toughening Up}}
|-
| 23 || Complete all 4 quests || -
|}

==Achievements==
[[Zodiac Braves Weapons]] are associated with the following achievements:
{| {{STDT| mech1 sortable align-left}}
{{achievement table header}}
{{achievement table row|Lethal Weapon}}
{{achievement table row|What's Nexus}}
|}

==References==
<references/>

{{Relic Weapons nav}}
{{End Game Progression}}
[[Category:Zodiac Weapons Quests]]

Zodiac Braves Weapons/Quest

2026-06-06T20:03:44Z

Nanahacress: Blue Mage no longer able to obtain quest items in 'A Treasured Mother'

{{TOCRIGHT}}
<center>
{| class="relic-quest" style="text-align:left; width:720px"
|-
|width="100px" align="center" valign="middle"| '''[[Nexus Zodiac Weapons/Quest|Nexus <<< IL 115]]'''
|
{| style=" width:100%"
|align="center" colspan="4" class="relic-quest-heading"| '''<big>[[Zodiac Braves Weapons]]</big>'''
|-
|width="120px" class="relic-quest-heading"| '''Item Level'''
|width="140px" class="relic-quest-cell"| 125
|width="120px" class="relic-quest-heading"| '''Patch'''
|width="140px" class="relic-quest-cell"| 2.45
|-
|width="120px" class="relic-quest-heading" | '''Starting Location'''
|class="relic-quest-cell" colspan="3"| [[Jalzahn]] - [[Hyrstmill]], [[North Shroud]] (X:29.5, Y:19.6)
|-
|width="120px" class="relic-quest-heading"| '''Notable NPCs'''
|class="relic-quest-cell" colspan="3"| [[Papana]] - [[Mor Dhona]] (X:22.9, Y:7.3) [[Guiding Star]] - [[Mor Dhona]] (X:21, Y:6) [[Brangwine]] - [[Mor Dhona]] (X:22.0, Y:6.7) [[Adkin]] - [[The Bonfire]], [[Central Thanalan]] (X:23, Y:13) [[Gerolt (ARR)|Gerolt]] - [[Hyrstmill]], [[North Shroud]] (X:30, Y:20).
|-
|width="120px" class="relic-quest-heading"| '''Quests'''
|class="relic-quest-cell" colspan="3"| {{questlink|type=feature|name=Wherefore Art Thou, Zodiac}} {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Ponze of Flesh}} {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Labor of Love}} {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Treasured Mother}} {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Method in His Malice}} {{questlink|type=feature|name=His Dark Materia}}
|-
|width="120px" class="relic-quest-heading"| '''Reward'''
|class="relic-quest-cell" colspan="3"| {{item icon|Excalibur|size=big|x}} {{item icon|Aegis Shield|size=big|x}} {{item icon|Ragnarok|size=big|x}} {{item icon|Longinus|size=big|x}} {{item icon|Kaiser Knuckles|size=big|x}} {{item icon|Sasuke's Blades|size=big|x}} {{item icon|Yoichi Bow|size=big|x}} {{item icon|Lilith Rod|size=big|x}} {{item icon|Apocalypse|size=big|x}} {{item icon|Nirvana|size=big|x}} {{item icon|Last Resort|size=big|x}}
|}
|width="100px" align="center" valign="middle"| '''[[Zodiac Zeta Weapons/Quest|Zeta >>> IL 135]]'''
|} </center>
==Upgrading Nexus to Zodiac Braves==
1. First complete {{questlink|type=feature|name=Wherefore Art Thou, Zodiac}}.

2. Next Complete the following quests:
*{{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Ponze of Flesh}} from [[Papana]] in [[Mor Dhona]] (22.9, 7.3): {{Item icon|Book of Skylight}}
*{{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Labor of Love}} from [[Guiding Star]] in [[Mor Dhona]] (21, 6): {{Item icon|Zodium}}
*{{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Treasured Mother}} from [[Brangwine]] in [[Mor Dhona]] (22.0, 6.7): {{Item icon|Flawless Alexandrite}}
*{{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Method in His Malice}} from [[Adkin]] in [[Central Thanalan]] (23, 13): {{Item icon|Zodiac Scroll}}

'''Note:''' the Quests are completed using a combination of items from the "Purchased", "Crafted", and "Dungeon" Items listed below to get the special quest items. The quests can be active simultaneously, and completed in any order. The "Dungeon" items can only be obtained once a quest has been started and reaches the step where the NPC asks for the item.

3. Next complete {{questlink|type=feature|name=His Dark Materia}} from Gerolt in [[Hyrstmill]], [[North Shroud]] (x30,y20).

4. Finally, talk to Jalzahn and select Zodiac Weapon Recreation. While the dialogue tells you that the process only has a 1.4% chance of success, and that the relic will be lost if it fails, the process '''is guaranteed to succeed''', 100%.

You will need to unlock the following non-MSQ dungeons for some of the quest materials:
* {{i|Hullbreaker Isle}} ({{i|King of the Hull}})
* {{i|The Tam-Tara Deepcroft (Hard)}} ({{i|Corpse Groom}})
* {{i|The Stone Vigil (Hard)}} ({{i|Blood for Stone}})
* {{i|Sastasha (Hard)}} ({{i|It's Definitely Pirates}})
* {{i|The Sunken Temple of Qarn (Hard)}} ({{i|The Wrath of Qarn}})

===All the Items Needed===
To obtain all of the items, players need: at least {{gil|400000}} [[gil]], {{company seal}} 80k [[Company Seals]], {{tomestone|Poetics|800}} [[Allagan Tomestone of Poetics]], drops from 16 [[dungeons]], and 8 level 50★★★ {{HQ}} HQ crafted items. The dungeon items are only available when a quest NPC requests that item.

*Since [[patch 3.0]], some requirements have been severely lightened and acquisition rates are much higher.

====Purchased Items====
{| {{STDT|item sortable}}
|-
! Quest
! Item
! Cost
! Where
|-
| All (1 per quest) || 4x {{Item icon|Bombard Core}} || {{company seal}} 80,000 [[Company Seals]] (20,000 each) || [[Twin_Adder#Materiel|Serpent Quartermaster]] in [[New Gridania]], [[The_Maelstrom#Materiel|Maelstrom Quartermaster]] in [[Limsa Lominsa]], or [[Immortal_Flames#Materiel|Flame Quartermaster]] in [[Ul'dah]]
(requires Second Lieutenant rank)
|-
| All (1 per quest) || 4x {{Item icon|Sacred Spring Water}} || {{tomestone|Poetics|800}} [[Allagan Tomestone of Poetics]] (200 each) || [[Auriana]] in [[Mor Dhona]] (x22,y6). (Appears only after completing {{questlink|type=feature|name=Wherefore Art Thou, Zodiac}})
|-
| {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Method in His Malice}} || 1x {{Item icon|Furite Sand}} || {{gil|100000}} Gil || [[Merchant and Mender (Whitebrim Front)|Merchant & Mender in Whitebrim Front]] in [[Coerthas Central Highlands]] (x13,y16)
|-
| {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Labor of Love}} || 1x {{Item icon|Allagan Resin}} || {{gil|100000}} Gil || [[Merchant and Mender (Forgotten Springs)|Merchant & Mender in Forgotten Springs]] in [[Southern Thanalan]] (x15,y29)
|-
| {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Ponze of Flesh}} || 1x {{Item icon|Bronze Lake Crystal}} || {{gil|100000}} [[Gil]] || [[Junkmonger (Jijiroon's Trading Post)|Junkmonger at Jijiroon's Trading Post]] in [[Upper La Noscea]] (x26,y26)
|-
| {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Treasured Mother}} || 1x {{Item icon|Brass Kettle}} || {{gil|100000}} Gil || [[Tool Supplier and Mender|Tool Supplier & Mender]] in [[Hyrstmill]] in [[North Shroud]] (x29,y19)
|}

====Crafted Items====
The following items may be crafted or purchased from another player. They must be [[High Quality]] {{HQ}}. The recipes are unlocked by the corresponding [[Master Recipe Books|Master Recipes (1)]] book.

Each recipe requires an ingredient that comes from {{action icon|desynthesis|desynthesizing}} a specific item sold by the [[Merchant_and_Mender_(The_Silver_Bazaar)|Merchant and Mender]] in [[The Silver Bazaar]] in [[Western Thanalan]] (x15,y29) for {{gil|3000}} [[gil]].
* You do not need a high desynth level to get the ingredients, the RNG is the same regardless of desynth level.
* The chance of getting the ingredient from a desynth is estimated to be about 18%<ref name="dropchance">As of December 2024, tested with n=451, resulting in 81 drops. (n=31 spears, n=50 pestles, n=71 mortars, n=59 rings, n=73 grimoires, n=50 robes, n=59 phials, n=58 decanters. Resulted in 10 drops for each item, except robes which had 11 drops.)</ref>({{gil|16,667}} gil per ingredient, on average).

{| {{STDT|item sortable}}
|-
! Quest
! Item
! Class
! Ingredient
! Source Item
|-
| {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Ponze of Flesh}} || {{Item icon|Perfect Firewood|hq=true}} || {{CRP}} [[Carpenter]] || {{Item icon|Aged Spear Shaft}} || {{Item icon|Aged Spear}}
|-
| {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Labor of Love}} || {{Item icon|Perfect Pestle|hq=true}} || {{BSM}} [[Blacksmith]] || {{Item icon|Aged Pestle Pieces}} || {{Item icon|Aged Pestle}}
|-
| {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Labor of Love}} || {{Item icon|Perfect Mortar|hq=true}} || {{ARM}} [[Armorer]] || {{Item icon|Aged Mortar Pieces}} || {{Item icon|Aged Mortar}}
|-
| {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Ponze of Flesh}} || {{Item icon|Furnace Ring|hq=true}} || {{GSM}} [[Goldsmith]] || {{Item icon|Aged Eye of Fire}} || {{Item icon|Aged Ring}}
|-
| {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Method in His Malice}} ||{{Item icon|Perfect Vellum|hq=true}} || {{LTW}} [[Leatherworker]] || {{Item icon|Aged Vellum}} || {{Item icon|Aged Grimoire}}
|-
| {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Treasured Mother}} || {{Item icon|Perfect Cloth|hq=true}} || {{WVR}} [[Weaver]] || {{Item icon|Stained Cloth}} || {{Item icon|Aged Robe}}
|-
| {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Method in His Malice}} || {{Item icon|Perfect Pounce|hq=true}} || {{ALC}} [[Alchemist]] || {{Item icon|Dried Ether}} || {{Item icon|Aged Phial}}
|-
| {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Treasured Mother}} || {{Item icon|Tailor-made Eel Pie|hq=true}} || {{CUL}} [[Culinarian]] || {{Item icon|Vintage Cooking Sherry}} || {{Item icon|Aged Decanter}}
|-
|}

====Dungeon Items====
The following items may only be gathered once the requisite quests have been started and the items are asked for as a quest objective. The items are rewarded upon leaving the dungeon. The dungeons '''do not need to be completed with the class that accepted the quests''' and '''do not need a relic weapon equipped''' to be rewarded the item. The dungeons can also be completed unsynced with an [[Unrestricted Party]].

'''Notes:'''
* <s>The turtle boss in {{i|The Stone Vigil (Hard)}} can take a long time to defeat solo unsynced, due to its damage reduction. However, the damage reduction can be bypassed by certain effects, such as {{BLU}} [[Blue Mage]]'s {{action icon|Missile}} or {{action icon|Level 5 Death}}.</s>
* As of Patch 7.5, these dungeons can no longer be cleared with limited jobs to obtain the quest rewards due to limited job exclusion
* The [[Decaying Gourmand]] (first boss) in {{i|The Lost City of Amdapor}} has a move that will trap and then kill you if you are solo - unless your damage is high enough to skip it. Consider queuing for this dungeon if your damage isn't cutting it.

{| {{STDT|item sortable}}
|-
! Quest
! Item
! Where
|-
| rowspan=4 | {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Ponze of Flesh}} || {{Item icon|Horn of the Beast}} || {{i|Dzemael Darkhold}}
|-
|{{Item icon|Gobmachine Bangplate}} || {{i|Brayflox's Longstop (Hard)}}
|-
|{{Item icon|Narasimha Hide}} || {{i|Halatali (Hard)}}
|-
|{{Item icon|Sickle Fang}} || {{i|Snowcloak}}
|-
| rowspan=4 | {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Labor of Love}} || {{Item icon|Vale Bubo}} || {{i|The Aurum Vale}}
|-
|{{Item icon|Voidweave}} || {{i|Haukke Manor (Hard)}}
|-
|{{Item icon|Amdapor Vellum}} || {{i|The Lost City of Amdapor}}
|-
|{{Item icon|Indigo Pearl}} || {{i|Sastasha (Hard)}}
|-
| rowspan=4 | {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Method in His Malice}} || {{Item icon|Tonberry King Blood}} || {{i|The Wanderer's Palace}}
|-
|{{Item icon|Royal Gigant Blood}} || {{i|Copperbell Mines (Hard)}}
|-
|{{Item icon|Kraken Blood}} || {{i|Hullbreaker Isle}}
|-
|{{Item icon|Vicegerent Blood}} || {{i|The Sunken Temple of Qarn (Hard)}}
|-
| rowspan=4 | {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Treasured Mother}} || {{Item icon|Lost Treasure of Amdapor}} || {{i|Amdapor Keep}}
|-
|{{Item icon|Lost Treasure of Pharos Sirius}} || {{i|Pharos Sirius}}
|-
|{{Item icon|Lost Treasure of the Tam-Tara Deepcroft}} || {{i|The Tam-Tara Deepcroft (Hard)}}
|-
|{{Item icon|Lost Treasure of the Stone Vigil}} || {{i|The Stone Vigil (Hard)}}
|-
|}
===Parallel routing with Animus step===
For players aiming to obtain multiple jobs' relic weapons, a major time-saver is to route the Zodiac Braves step to be done at the same time as another weapon's Animus (books) step. This is possible by weaving together book purchases and the material quest steps together, as there is a lot of overlap in the required dungeons.

A recommended ordering (according to [https://docs.google.com/document/d/18kjzwvNZYHEyweBFtyO4XLX5vrRD8h1vkEluEpgcTXU/edit?tab=t.0 this guide by K'lo Kay]) is as follows:
{| {{STDT|item}}
|-
! Step !! Task !! Notes
|-
| 1 || Accept all 4 quests || -
|-
| 2 || Turn in the initial items for:
* {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Ponze of Flesh}}
* {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Labor of Love}}
* {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Treasured Mother}}
| -
|-
| 3 || Purchase and complete the {{item icon|Book of Skyfall I}}
* Clear {{i|Copperbell Mines}}
* Clear {{i|Dzemael Darkhold}}
* Clear {{i|Brayflox's Longstop (Hard)}}
| Collects {{item icon|Horn of the Beast}} and {{item icon|Gobmachine Bangplate}} for {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Ponze of Flesh}}
|-
| 4 || Progress {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Ponze of Flesh}} || -
|-
| 5 || Purchase and complete the {{item icon|Book of Skyearth I}}
* Clear {{i|Halatali}}
* Clear {{i|Amdapor Keep}}
* Clear {{i|Pharos Sirius}}
| Collects {{item icon|Lost Treasure of Amdapor}} and {{item icon|Lost Treasure of Pharos Sirius}} for {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Treasured Mother}}
|-
| 6 || Purchase and complete the {{item icon|Book of Skywind I}}
* Clear {{i|Sastasha}}
* Clear {{i|The Aurum Vale}}
* Clear {{i|Halatali (Hard)}}
|
* Collects {{item icon|Vale Bubo}} for {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Labor of Love}}
* Collects {{item icon|Narasimha Hide}} for {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Ponze of Flesh}}
|-
| 7 || Purchase and complete the {{item icon|Book of Skyfall II}}
* Clear {{i|The Thousand Maws of Toto-Rak}}
* Clear {{i|Amdapor Keep}}
* Clear {{i|Haukke Manor (Hard)}}
| Collects {{item icon|Voidweave}} for {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Labor of Love}}
|-
| 8 || Progress {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Labor of Love}} || -
|-
| 9 || Purchase and complete the {{item icon|Book of Skyfire I}}
* Clear {{i|The Tam-Tara Deepcroft}}
* Clear {{i|The Stone Vigil}}
* Clear {{i|The Lost City of Amdapor}}
| Collects {{item icon|Amdapor Vellum}} for {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Labor of Love}}
|-
| 10 || Purchase and complete the {{item icon|Book of Skyfire II}}
* Clear {{i|Brayflox's Longstop}}
* Clear {{i|The Wanderer's Palace}}
* Clear {{i|Copperbell Mines (Hard)}}
| Collects {{item icon|Tonberry King Blood}} for {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Method in His Malice}}
|-
| 11 || Progress {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Method in His Malice}} || -
|-
| 12 || Purchase and complete the {{item icon|Book of Skywind II}}
* Clear {{i|Haukke Manor}}
* Clear {{i|Copperbell Mines (Hard)}}
* Clear {{i|Brayflox's Longstop (Hard)}}
| Collects {{item icon|Royal Gigant Blood}} for {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Method in His Malice}}
|-
| 13 || Progress {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Method in His Malice}} || -
|-
| 14 || Purchase and complete the {{item icon|Book of Netherfire I}}
* Clear {{i|The Sunken Temple of Qarn}}
* Clear {{i|Haukke Manor (Hard)}}
* Clear {{i|Halatali (Hard)}}
| -
|-
| 15 || Purchase and complete the {{item icon|Book of Netherfall I}}
* Clear {{i|Cutter's Cry}}
* Clear {{i|Pharos Sirius}}
* Clear {{i|The Lost City of Amdapor}}
| -
|-
| 16 || Clear {{i|Hullbreaker Isle}} || Collects {{item icon|Kraken Blood}} for {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Method in His Malice}}
|-
| 17 || Clear {{i|The Tam-Tara Deepcroft (Hard)}} || Collects {{item icon|Lost Treasure of the Tam-Tara Deepcroft}} for {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Treasured Mother}}
|-
| 18 || Progress {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Method in His Malice}} || -
|-
| 19 || Progress {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Treasured Mother}} || -
|-
| 20 || Clear {{i|Stone Vigil (Hard)}} || Collects {{item icon|Lost Treasure of the Stone Vigil}} for {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Treasured Mother}}
|-
| 21 || Clear {{i|Snowcloak}}
|
* Collects {{item icon|Sickle Fang}} for {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=A Ponze of Flesh}}
* Can also progress the first part of the [[Anima Weapons]] quest {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Toughening Up}}
|-
| 22 || Clear {{i|Sastasha (Hard)}}
|
* Collects {{item icon|Indigo Pearl}} for {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Labor of Love}}
* Can also progress the first part of the [[Anima Weapons]] quest {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Toughening Up}}
|-
| 23 || Clear {{i|The Sunken Temple of Qarn (Hard)}}
|
* Collects {{item icon|Vicegerent Blood}} for {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Method in His Malice}}
* Can also progress the first part of the [[Anima Weapons]] quest {{questlink|type=repfeature|name=Toughening Up}}
|-
| 23 || Complete all 4 quests || -
|}

==Achievements==
[[Zodiac Braves Weapons]] are associated with the following achievements:
{| {{STDT| mech1 sortable align-left}}
{{achievement table header}}
{{achievement table row|Lethal Weapon}}
{{achievement table row|What's Nexus}}
|}

==References==
<references/>

{{Relic Weapons nav}}
{{End Game Progression}}
[[Category:Zodiac Weapons Quests]]