Curtana

UNIQUE UNTRADABLE UNSELLABLE

Requires
Type: Gladiator's Arm
Repair: GSM (Lv. 40)
Weapon Set: Base Zodiac Weapons
Level: 50
Item Level: 80
Rarity: ERelic
Vendor Cost: 700
Patch: 2.0
Links: EDB GT TC

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Physical Damage Magic Damage

60

Auto-attack Delay DPS

46.40 2.32 20

+19 Strength
+20 Vitality
+23 Direct Hit Rate
+16 Tenacity

Extractable • Projectable • Desynthesizable • Dyeable • Storable • Crest-worthy

— In-game description

Curtana is an item level 80 Gladiator's Arm and can be used by Paladin. It requires being at least level 50 to be equipped.

Acquisition

Quests

Quest	Type	Level	Quest Giver	Required Items	Unlocks	Rewards
A Relic Reborn (Curtana)		50	Gerolt (ARR)	1 Timeworn Curtana 1 Aeolian Scimitar 2 Battledance Materia III 1 Alumina Salts 1 Amdapor Glyph 1 Unfinished Curtana 1 The Song of Tristram 1 White-Hot Ember 1 Howling Gale 1 Hyperfused Ore 1 Radz-at-Han Quenching Oil	A Relic Reborn: The Chimera A Relic Reborn: The Hydra Raising the Curtana	1 Curtana 1 Holy Shield

Purchase

Vendor	Location / Coordinates	Section	Cost	Unlock req.
Calamity Salvager	Limsa Lominsa Upper Decks (11.4, 14.4)	Purchase Job-specific Gear → Purchase Lv. 50 Arms & Tools	700	Raising the Curtana
Calamity Salvager	Old Gridania (10, 8.4)	Purchase Job-specific Gear → Purchase Lv. 50 Arms & Tools	700	Raising the Curtana
Calamity Salvager	Ul'dah - Steps of Thal (12.6, 13.1)	Purchase Job-specific Gear → Purchase Lv. 50 Arms & Tools	700	Raising the Curtana
Journeyman Salvager	Player Housing (–, –)	Purchase Job-specific Gear → Purchase Lv. 50 Arms & Tools	700	Raising the Curtana

Used For

Exchange

Item	Vendor	Location / Coordinates	Section	Cost	Unlock req.
Curtana Zenith Holy Shield Zenith	Furnace	North Shroud (30, 20)	General	1 + 1 + 3	—

Images

Curtana with Holy Shield

Lore

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Fancy yerself a knight in shinin' armor, eh? Whatever floats yer boat, I s'pose...
Anyroad, it's Curtana ye'll be wantin'. 'Twas the blade wielded by Jhal Tristram the True, one of the three first paladins.
Story goes that, when the first sultan of Ul'dah formed the Sultansworn, he had three swords forged from the same ore used to make Oathkeeper─one for each of his champions.
Curtana was one of the blades, an' it was laid to rest with its master when he kicked the bucket. Rumor has it, though, that Jhal Tristram's tomb was plundered recently, an' Curtana taken.
I'd wager a flagon of mead it was them Amalj'aa what did the deed. Fair makes me blood boil imaginin' some filthy lizardman struttin' about Zahar'ak with such a fine blade.
Anyroad, ye'll need to retrieve Curtana one way or another, though how ye go about it makes no odds to me. I fancy ye'll have to pry it from the hands of a dead Amalj'aa, though.

— Gerolt, when asked to restore a weapon for a Paladin

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But what's done is done...or in this case, not done. Anyroad, let's talk about that text ye brought. It contains tales of Jhal Tristram's exploits. Turns out I already knew most of it.
To give ye the gist of it: a young Tristram goes afore the sultan, he pledges him his sword, the Sultansworn are formed, Tristram defeats an Amalj'aa pugilist in a famous duel, then sets off on a quest to retrieve the Sacred Goblet...
Things get a bit fanciful from then on, but cuttin' a long story short, Curtana does get a mention.
Four crystals embedded in the guard an' the ashes of a saint in the hilt─these're the sword's secrets.
In the old days, it was common practice to forge a weapon usin' body parts. A bit morbid, I grant ye, but folk back then believed the spirits of the dead offered the bearer protection.
Unlucky fer ye, the relic's hilt was in 'specially bad shape. I tried to make do with only the host weapon's, but it seems it weren't enough. Ah, but never ye fear─with me bottomless well o' talent, I'll work somethin' out yet.

— Gerolt, regarding literature on Jhal Tristram the True.

Etymology

In real life, Curtana is the sword used to crown British monarchs during their coronation ceremony. It is also called the Sword of Mercy and is associated with the legendary hero and Knight of the Round Table, Tristram.