Gae Bolg

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Physical Damage Magic Damage  
60  
Auto-attack Delay DPS
62.40 3.12 20

— In-game description

Gae Bolg is an item level 80 Lancer's Arm and can be used by Dragoon. It requires being at least level 50 to be equipped.

Acquisition

Quests

Quest Type Level Quest Giver Required Items Unlocks Rewards
A Relic Reborn (Gae Bolg) Feature quest 50 Gerolt (ARR) 1   Timeworn Gae Bolg
1   Champion's Lance
2   Savage Aim Materia III
1   Alumina Salts
1   Amdapor Glyph
1   Unfinished Gae Bolg
1   The Book of Reinette
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 Chimera
A Relic Reborn: The Hydra
A Relic Reborn: The Hydra
  Having a Gae Old Time
1   Gae Bolg

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 Gil 1,000   Having a Gae Old Time
Calamity Salvager Old Gridania (10, 8.4) Purchase Job-specific Gear → Purchase Lv. 50 Arms & Tools Gil 1,000   Having a Gae Old Time
Calamity Salvager Ul'dah - Steps of Thal (12.6, 13.1) Purchase Job-specific Gear → Purchase Lv. 50 Arms & Tools Gil 1,000   Having a Gae Old Time
Journeyman Salvager Player Housing (–, –) Purchase Job-specific Gear → Purchase Lv. 50 Arms & Tools Gil 1,000   Having a Gae Old Time

Used For

Exchange

Item Vendor Location / Coordinates Section Cost Unlock req.
  Gae Bolg Zenith Furnace North Shroud (30, 20) General  1 +  3

Images

Lore

Fancy yerself a dragonslayer, eh? Well, I happen to know jus' the weapon for ye...but wouldn't it be quicker if ye had one of the Holy See's blacksmiths pound one out?

Hm, yer expression tells me there's a reason why ye came to me instead. Well, I ain't one to pry into the affairs of Ishgard. Don't fancy being branded a heretic, see. Also, I don't reckon I'd enjoy the view from the Gates of Judgement half so much if me head was on a pike.

Anyroad, it's a spear named Gae Bolg that ye'll be wantin'.

I've heard tell it's made of dragon bone, but how it's forged is a jealously guarded secret. Bein' the genius that I am, though, I reckon I can unravel the mystery if I could jus' get me hands on a sample.

Now then, did ye ever hear of Saint Reinette, the legendary dragoon? I only ask 'cause she's s'posed to have wielded the very same weapon, see.

Story goes that a dragon slew her sweetheart, promptin' the ol' girl to seek out the beast what did it an' put it down. Havin' exacted her revenge, they say she thrust her spear into the ground where the battle was waged, givin' up the life of a dragoon to become a woman of the cloth. Unlucky for ye, the valley where the spear sleeps is Ixali territory─a stronghold called Natalan, to be precise. But if yer desire's strong, I trust ye already know what must be done.

— Gerolt, when asked to restore a weapon for a Dragoon.

But what's done is done...or in this case, not done. Anyroad, let's talk about that text ye brought. It contains an account of Saint Reinette's painfully pious life. Seems to be a part of Ishgard's holy scriptures.

Be true to the Fury, live in virtuous penury, dedicate yer life to the blah-bloody-blah...

The book fair put me to sleep, an' not even eleventeen flagons of mead can do that.

Anyroad, one bit touched on ol' Saint Reinette's time as a dragoon. That's where I found a passage describin' the relic spear Gae Bolg.

Turns out the base of the spearhead─that's the bit what looks like wings─ain't jus' for show. Apparently, it helps dragoons get their arc jus' right when they're leapin' on their prey.

— Gerolt, regarding literature on Saint Reinette.