Animated Weapons/Quest

- Start - OR Zeta <<< IL 135

Animated Weapons Item Level 170 Patch 3.15 Starting Location Rowena - Idyllshire, Idyllshire (x5,y5) Notable NPCs Rowena - Idyllshire, Idyllshire (x5,y5) Ardashir - Azys Lla, Alpha Quadrant (x7,y11) Quests An Unexpected Proposal Soul without Life Reward

Awoken >>> IL 200

Pre-Requisite

Before beginning to create your Relic Weapon, you must:

• Complete the Main Scenario Quest: Heavensward
• Reach level 60 for your chosen job.

An Unexpected Proposal

Starting NPC:

Rowena

Starting Location:

Dravania, Idyllshire (x5.7,y5.5)

Your journey begins with "An Unexpected Proposal" quest. This is a one time quest and does not need to be repeated; further weapons will start from Soul without Life. For this quest, simply:

1. Speak to Rowena (x5,y5) in Idyllshire.
2. Travel to Alpha Quadrant in Azys Lla to speak with Ardashir (x7,y11).

The subsequent quests need to be completed in order, for each relic, and are job-specific. However, you can work on multiple relics at one time. For example, you can pick up Soul without Life on your Paladin, whilst working on Coming into Its Own for your Warrior.

Soul without Life

Starting NPC:

Ardashir

Starting Location:

Alpha Quadrant, Azys Lla (x7,y11)

Reward:

1447 gil, Animated Weapon depending on job

1. Speak to Ardashir (x7,y11) in Azys Lla.
2. Travel to Mor Dhona to speak with Syndony (x22,y5). She will give you two options to receive the   Astral Nodule and   Umbral Nodule.
   1. Give up a Zodiac Zeta Weapon. Speak to Syndony again and she will allow you to turn one zeta weapon of any type (except Paladin, where both the sword and the shield are required) for both the   Astral Nodule and the   Umbral Nodule. You will lose your Zodiac Zeta Weapon.

      NOTE: If you are trading in your relic, make sure to finish The Vital Title quest from Jalzahn before you do. This is the quest you complete for the   Home of the Brave achievement.

      NOTE2: Trading in your Zodiac Zeta Weapon will allow you to buy replicas of all stages from Drake, even without the Zeta weapon in your inventory.

   2. Farm fates in Heavensward zones for Crystals to turn in to her for Nodules (approx 33% drop chance for each):

      • Collect   Luminous Wind Crystal,   Luminous Fire Crystal,   Luminous Lightning Crystal and turn into Syndony for an   Astral Nodule
      • Collect   Luminous Ice Crystal,   Luminous Earth Crystal,   Luminous Water Crystal and turn into Syndony for an   Umbral Nodule

3. Travel to Alpha Quadrant in Azys Lla to speak with Ardashir (x7,y11).

Zone	Luminous Crystal
The Sea of Clouds	Luminous Wind Crystal
Azys Lla	Luminous Fire Crystal
The Churning Mists	Luminous Lightning Crystal
Coerthas Western Highlands	Luminous Ice Crystal
The Dravanian Forelands	Luminous Earth Crystal
The Dravanian Hinterlands	Luminous Water Crystal

Notes:

• Luminous Crystals can drop from any FATE in that zone, but you must complete them with a Gold Rating. It is completely random: you may get 3 Luminous Crystals in the space of an hour or just 1 Luminous Crystal after three days.
  • Before Patch 3.57, the drop rate appeared to be approximately 20%. The patch, however, buffed it even higher than that, to an estimated 33%.
  • Being in a party or having your Chocobo out has no direct effect on the drop rate. However, being able to complete FATEs faster has obvious benefits.
• The only mandatory requirement is that you must have an active "Soul without Life" quest in order for Luminous Crystals to appear. You can choose to be on any job or use any weapon you like.
  • This is a good opportunity for you to train your Chocobo or another job if you wish, and also to collect the Grand Company Seals used to acquire items for the Coming into Its Own phase of the Anima Weapon arc.
  • A Blue Mage using a combination of:   Hydro Pull,   The Ram's Voice,   Ultravibration,   Choco Meteor, and various oGCD primal spells, can clear FATEs relatively quickly.
  • Use of the Party Finder is recommended to quickly group with other players.
• When Luminous Crystals do drop, you will be alerted in-game by a popup.
• The Luminous Crystals go into your normal inventory rather than your Key Item inventory. Make sure you have free space in your inventory.
• You do not need to stay for the entire length of the FATE, but only successfully completed FATEs with at least a Gold Rating will drop Luminous Crystals.
• You can collect multiple Luminous Crystals of the same kind; however only one of each type is used per weapon.
• Can be done at the same time as the Resistance Weapons quest For Want of a Memory.