Lodestar Tools/Quest

Vrandtic Visionary's <<< IL 635

Lodestar Tools Item Level 640 Patch 6.51 Notable NPCs Chora-Zoi - The Crystarium (x10.5, y7.7) Quests Stand Tool, My Friend Reward

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Vrandtic Visionary's Tools can be upgraded to Lodestar Tools by crafting Expert Recipe  collectables (for crafters) or gathering  collectables (for gatherers), handing them in to Quinnana for "components", and handing those in to Chora-Zoi.

Gatherers also have the option of using Aetherial Reduction on the collectables to get the components, rather than handing them in. Aetherial Reduction has a chance of earning double the components, so it's faster than handing in the collectables.

Items required

Crafters

Your current Splendorous Tool must be equipped when crafting the required items.

Craft 20 of the sixth-tier tool-specific collectables  at maximum collectability and trade them to Quinnana to receive 60 nightforged components. Give these to Chora-Zoi to complete the sixth and final upgrade.

Warning: These are Expert Recipes, meaning that is is much more efficient to craft them manually with an understanding of expert crafting.

• Each craft requires 1x of an item that can be bought from the Scrip Exchange for  35 Purple Crafters' Scrips, or from the Market Board.
  • In best case (20 crafts), this costs a total of  700.
  • In worst case (60 crafts), this costs a total of  2,100.

Macro tips:

If making macros, note that the crafts for this step sometimes have the "Malleable" condition (1.5x to progress gained) - meaning there is a chance that the craft will finish too early and have low collectability. This can be fixed by adding Final Appraisal with a wait time of 2 seconds, right before any action that would increase progress - this will prevent said action from finishing the craft. Since Final Appraisal does not consume a step, and it costs only 1 CP to use, it is easy to slot it in as a guardrail without much drawback.

However, make sure that Final Appraisal is NOT active for the final step of the craft, or else durability will likely run out at the last step, and the craft will fail. The buff lasts for 5 steps and is only consumed when progress would've hit 100%, so it can be cast a few steps before the progress-increasing skill it is intended to stop.

If the "Primed" condition is active on the step that Final Appraisal is cast, then the buff will last 7 steps instead. Therefore, for additional safety, try to avoid casting Final Appraisal within the final 7 steps of a craft.

Alternatively, ensure that the progress-increasing actions in your macro are at the end, when quality is already maxed out.

Job	Item	Collectability	Reward/Amount
Carpenter	Connoisseur's Shishi-odoshi	800-1199	1 Nightforged Carpenter's Component
	Connoisseur's Shishi-odoshi	1200-1599	2 Nightforged Carpenter's Component
	Connoisseur's Shishi-odoshi	1600+	3 Nightforged Carpenter's Component
Blacksmith	Connoisseur's Retainer Bell	800-1199	1 Nightforged Blacksmith's Component
	Connoisseur's Retainer Bell	1200-1599	2 Nightforged Blacksmith's Component
	Connoisseur's Retainer Bell	1600+	3 Nightforged Blacksmith's Component
Armorer	Connoisseur's Marching Horn	800-1199	1 Nightforged Armorer's Component
	Connoisseur's Marching Horn	1200-1599	2 Nightforged Armorer's Component
	Connoisseur's Marching Horn	1600+	3 Nightforged Armorer's Component
Goldsmith	Connoisseur's Marble Fountain	800-1199	1 Nightforged Goldsmith's Component
	Connoisseur's Marble Fountain	1200-1599	2 Nightforged Goldsmith's Component
	Connoisseur's Marble Fountain	1600+	3 Nightforged Goldsmith's Component
Leatherworker	Connoisseur's Leather Jacket	800-1199	1 Nightforged Leatherworker's Component
	Connoisseur's Leather Jacket	1200-1599	2 Nightforged Leatherworker's Component
	Connoisseur's Leather Jacket	1600+	3 Nightforged Leatherworker's Component
Weaver	Connoisseur's Fat Cat Sofa	800-1199	1 Nightforged Weaver's Component
	Connoisseur's Fat Cat Sofa	1200-1599	2 Nightforged Weaver's Component
	Connoisseur's Fat Cat Sofa	1600+	3 Nightforged Weaver's Component
Alchemist	Connoisseur's Tincture of Vitality	800-1199	1 Nightforged Alchemist's Component
	Connoisseur's Tincture of Vitality	1200-1599	2 Nightforged Alchemist's Component
	Connoisseur's Tincture of Vitality	1600+	3 Nightforged Alchemist's Component
Culinarian	Connoisseur's Chili Crab	800-1199	1 Nightforged Culinarian's Component
	Connoisseur's Chili Crab	1200-1599	2 Nightforged Culinarian's Component
	Connoisseur's Chili Crab	1600+	3 Nightforged Culinarian's Component

Class	Item (Currency)	Item (Gathered)	Item (Collectable)
Carpenter	20-60x Select Bamboo Stick	20-60x Ambrosial Water 20-60x Siltstone 20-60x Granite	20-60x Connoisseur's Shishi-odoshi 
Blacksmith	20-60x Select Duraluminum Ingot	20-60x Integral Log 20-60x Pewter Ore 20-60x Wildfowl Feather	20-60x Connoisseur's Retainer Bell 
Armorer	20-60x Select Brashgold Plate	20-60x Mahogany Log 20-60x Bismuth Ore 20-60x Manganese Ore	20-60x Connoisseur's Marching Horn 
Goldsmith	20-60x Select Marble	20-60x Ambrosial Water 20-60x Annite 20-60x Granite	20-60x Connoisseur's Marble Fountain 
Leatherworker	20-60x Select Chalicotherium Leather	20-60x Ruby Cotton Boll 20-60x Almasty Fur 20-60x AR-Caean Cotton Boll	20-60x Connoisseur's Leather Jacket 
Weaver	20-60x Select Duskcourt Cloth	20-60x Almasty Fur 20-60x AR-Caean Cotton Boll 20-60x Scarlet Moko Grass	20-60x Connoisseur's Fat Cat Sofa 
Alchemist	20-60x Select Cudweed	20-60x Petalouda Scales 20-60x Berkanan Sap 20-60x Amra	20-60x Connoisseur's Tincture of Vitality 
Culinarian	20-60x Select Blue Crab	20-60x Thavnairian Perilla Leaf 20-60x Blood Tomato 20-60x Pearl Ginger	20-60x Connoisseur's Chili Crab 

Notes:

• The Almasty Fur, Petalouda Scales, Berkanan Sap, and Amra are monster parts that cannot be gathered by Miner or Botanist. They can be collected in bulk from sending a combat Retainer on Hunting ventures, or bought in bulk from Gemstone Traders for Bicolor Gemstones.

Botanist and Miner

Your current Splendorous Tool must be equipped when gathering at the specified gathering points.

Gather 110 of the sixth-tier tool-specific collectables  at maximum collectability and trade them to Quinnana to receive 220 nightforged components. Give these to Chora-Zoi to complete the sixth upgrade.

Job	Item	Collectability	Reward/Amount
Miner	Connoisseur's Raw Onyx	580-999	1 Nightforged Miner's Component
	Connoisseur's Raw Onyx	1000	2 Nightforged Miner's Component
Botanist	Connoisseur's Glimshroom	580-999	1 Nightforged Botanist's Component
	Connoisseur's Glimshroom	1000	2 Nightforged Botanist's Component

Alternatively, collectable reward items can now also be obtained through Aetherial Reduction, yielding either 3 or a low chance of 6 items at 1000 collectability. This means that the reward item quota is fulfilled faster that way, requiring 74 or fewer collectables at 1000 collectability, rather than the 110 needed when turning them in to Quinnana.

You will also require 220 hidden items ( Nightforged Ice Cluster or Nightforged Water Cluster) located at the same nodes the collectables  are.

• Note: These are not considered "elemental clusters" despite the name and appearance, so The Twelve's Bounty and The Giving Land do not work. Regular yield-increasing skills such as King's Yield or Blessed Harvest should work, though.

Fisher

• Remember to equip the Vrandtic Visionary's Fishing Rod, use Select Bait Ball as bait, and have Collect active.
• Select Bait Balls can be purchased from Quinnana in the Crystarium (X:10.4, Y:7.7) for  2 each.

Catch 68 of the sixth-tier tool-specific collectables  at maximum collectability and trade them to Quinnana to receive 170 of the nightforged components. Give these to Chora-Zoi to complete the sixth upgrade.

• Little Bounty is a ! bite at 5 seconds. Rest if nothing bites by 7 seconds.
• Saint Fathric's Face requires Fisher's Intuition, which is granted by catching 3x Little Bounty and lasts 3 minutes. Once active, it is a !! bite between 3-5 seconds.

Job	Item	Collectability	Reward/Amount
Fisher	Little Bounty	9-20	1 Nightforged Fisher's Component
Fisher	Little Bounty	21+	2 Nightforged Fisher's Component
Fisher	Saint Fathric's Face	384-901	3 Nightforged Fisher's Component
Fisher	Saint Fathric's Face	902+	4 Nightforged Fisher's Component

Alternatively, collectable reward items can now also be obtained through Aetherial Reduction, Little Bounty yielding either 2 or 4 items at 21+ collectability, and Saint Fathric's Face yielding either 4 or 8 items at 902+ collectability. This means that the reward item quota is fulfilled faster that way.

Achievements

Lodestar Tools are associated with the following achievements:

Name	Points	Task	Reward	Patch
Vrandtastic: Lodestar Saw	10	Obtain a lodestar saw.	-	6.51
Vrandtastic: Lodestar Cross-pein Hammer	10	Obtain a lodestar cross-pein hammer.	-	6.51
Vrandtastic: Lodestar Raising Hammer	10	Obtain a lodestar raising hammer.	-	6.51
Vrandtastic: Lodestar Mallet	10	Obtain a lodestar mallet.	-	6.51
Vrandtastic: Lodestar Round Knife	10	Obtain a lodestar round knife.	-	6.51
Vrandtastic: Lodestar Needle	10	Obtain a lodestar needle.	-	6.51
Vrandtastic: Lodestar Alembic	10	Obtain a lodestar alembic.	-	6.51
Vrandtastic: Lodestar Frypan	10	Obtain a lodestar frypan.	-	6.51
Vrandtastic: Lodestar Pickaxe	10	Obtain a lodestar pickaxe.	-	6.51
Vrandtastic: Lodestar Hatchet	10	Obtain a lodestar hatchet.	-	6.51
Vrandtastic: Lodestar Fishing Rod	10	Obtain a lodestar fishing rod.	-	6.51

Lodestar Tools (iLvl 640)
Lodestar Saw (CRP) Lodestar Cross-pein Hammer (BSM) Lodestar Raising Hammer (ARM) Lodestar Mallet (GSM) Lodestar Round Knife (LTW) Lodestar Needle (WVR) Lodestar Alembic (ALC) Lodestar Frypan (CUL) Lodestar Pickaxe (MIN) Lodestar Hatchet (BTN) Lodestar Fishing Rod (FSH)